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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is there an objective difference between good and evil? |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2009, 12:01 pm
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Replies: 44
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| Godwin's Law is in this case a joke. Since neither side of the argument called the other side Nazi-ish, Godwin's Law can't be used in it's proper context. I just figured I'd throw it out as a joke, when I read the title, I just started wondering how long it would take. Yes, generally the Nazis serve... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think of objectivism? |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2009, 11:47 am
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Replies: 89
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| I love Ayn Rand's four novels, so I'm a fan of her philosophy, but I've not delved into it deeply enough to understand it. Terry Goodkind apparently largely based his Sword of Truth series on objectivist principles, and I own all of those as well. From what I've read, I'd probably be an objectivist ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Striking Argument |
| zerooftheday |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2009, 11:41 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,938
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| Hoo-rah, Marine! Ehh, I generally hate folks who make a grand show of mocking religion. They ought to be punched no matter which systems of belief they support and attack. And the Marine's statement is perfect. You can, of course, take this story as a statement that apparently God only likes America... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Another Interesting List of Bible Characters |
| zerooftheday |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2009, 11:36 am
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| Nah, coolest Bible character is totally Shamgaar. Judges 3:31: "After Ehud came Shamgaar, son of Anath, who killed 600 Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel." Yup, dude gets a single verse devoted to him, and the only things we know about him is that he was Anath's son and he killed six hu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: High pain threshold |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2009, 11:21 am
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Replies: 51
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| I have a pretty high pain tolerance, but I can't stand wearing clothes that feel like they're pulling at me. I really, really hate things tugging at my neck. I cut my hand open at work, bled all over the place and I just kinda stared at it as I walked to the nearest first aid kit. Watch the blood pu... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: do you think obama will change the world? |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 2:40 pm
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Replies: 38
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| Without a doubt. Wait, did you want to know how? I'm not sure I want to know. He's extremely anti-gun, having proposed some draconian measures when he was in the IL senate (or was it congress). His campaign statements used the word "common-sense" far too often, considering who is now in his cabinet.... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Say Something Nice about President Bush |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 2:26 pm
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Replies: 93
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| He's proof that political offices can be held by non-NTs. Proof that having dyslexia isn't a bar from success. (defined as attaining that which one wants) |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Caveat Emptor: Monarchies may be harmful to your freedom. |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 2:22 pm
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Replies: 2
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| The Israelites were bitching about how they wanted a king, since all the cool countries had a king. God wasn't diggin' this idea, since kings were all about not listening to God when everything hit the fan. So God sends Samuel to try to dissuade the Israelites. The first king of Israel, Saul, was a ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is there an objective difference between good and evil? |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 2:11 pm
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Replies: 44
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| Godwin's Law invoked! 20-something posts in and the Nazis show up. Teehee. With the word "Evil" in the title, we should have placed bets. Anyways, here I goes: Does it take something on the level of the Holocaust in order for an act to be objectively evil? Certainly killing large numbers of people i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: love for siblings |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 5:54 am
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Replies: 20
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| Ehh, both my sisters, (one NT, one BP) and I (BP/AS) fought our whole lives through, then as they left for college, things changed. Now, I don't know of any mixed-gender siblings that are tighter than we are. I didn't always like them, I didn't always feel love for them, but as I learn more about my... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Suicidal Ideation as a fuzzy, daily constant |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 5:41 am
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Replies: 71
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| I keep trying to explain to people the difference between not wanting to be alive and wanting to kill myself. People kept freaking out, and I kept trying to explain to them that hating life wasn't the same thing as sitting in my room with one of my firearms in my mouth. Someone actually offered to h... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: OCD and ASDs |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 5:29 am
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Replies: 17
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| I don't know to what extent my tinge of OCD (CDO is the letters in the proper ORDER!! !) is connected to Asperger's. From what I've read, I have mild Asperger's. It's there, but it's not as bad as it gets. I've been describing myself as "Very bi-polar, mildly autistic, with a dash of OCD thrown in f... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: <Trollish Post> |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 4:40 am
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Replies: 39
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| Bah, I'm most annoyed by the folks who can't be bothered to ask why someone believes what they believe, so they just attack the person. C'mon folks, it may be an internet message board, but we could probably try to do a little better at being smart than just sniping at people who disagree. You can't... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is there an objective difference between good and evil? |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 2:32 am
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Replies: 44
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| *The more I'm on these boards, the more eccentric my speech becomes. Mostly because no one here will care, and folks in real life get annoyed when I abruptly swap "thees" and "thous" into speech. And they really hate when I switch my syntax around.* I'm going to go out on a limb here, especially con... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: C. S. Lewis |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 2:07 am
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Replies: 14
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I very much enjoyed the Narnia series, it was the first fantasy series I was allowed to read. I've yet to read his other works, fiction or not.
I probably ought to read Mere Christianity, but it's just not on my list. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: A powerful argument against any specific religion |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2009, 2:05 pm
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Replies: 62
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| Interesting. I'd counter with the fact that although the folks who dominate our gov't claim Christianity, the majority of US citizens do not believe. Why then would any American become a Christian? Perhaps the thesis should be narrowed down. Maybe it comes down to the family that raised us, not the ... |
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