Logic? what sort of hubris is it that prompts you to think you have the attributes to be a master criminal? The master criminals one has read about...
Yazata #66 writes: I'm not convinced that Joe was "groveling". Perhaps he was just being realistic. When anyone claims to speak on behalf of all...
Joe Fox #42 writes: All of us realize that ultimate truth is beyond our human capacity to understand completely."All of us" are not necessarily...
wynn writes in #24: "The problem is, rather, that atheists tend to implicitly define themselves/their stance in relation to theism. So for all...
Combo writes in #68: I have so far stated that the possibility of the existence of realities surpassing man's capacity to comprehend them is...
Well, even if only some people have it, whence came they? Given or not? Be that as it may, the word "given" is unsuitable in that it implies they...
You had better clarify your intention here. Do you mean humankind must have self-reliance, self-confidence? If that is the case then I agree with...
Sarkus, thanks for the thoughtful reply. The only further comment I would venture would be to express my incredulity at the human mind's capacity...
So, Eugene, it seems you are equating the rejection of a specific notion with an actual ideology? Atheism is a rejection, a repudiation, of a...
Sarkus #120, while acknowledging his erudition is vastly superior to mine, I would like to take strong exception to Frame's categorisation of humans...
lg writes #118: I am not writing my own dictionary. I am not even challenging the definition you offered. What I am challenging is your assertion...
Biggles wrote previously: Nature has no remit to care for us. It will not mourn our extinction. It will thrive and prosper without us. Fork...
lightgigantic #102 writes: Bigotry is simply a more intense form of discrimination. IOW whatever manner a person is discriminatory is a manner that...
OP: The only problem is that there is no universally accepted idea as to what that "better life for people alive in the present and for future...
On the contrary, bigotry, regardless whether it appears under the guise of gender, creed, nationality, geography, annual income, marital status, age,...
I'd be most appreciative if you would explain what you intended when you wrote: "We all believe in something." as it pertains to the context of your...
Re your argument on bigotry: Quite to the contrary, religious bigotry by definition is generated by and is a feature of unreason. People, generally,...
That's not necessarily an insoluble dilemma. But if there is one point in this question that is certain it is that religion is no solution. Its...
Sean McMeekin teaches history at Koc University in Istanbul, where he lives. Another Guardian page relates an interesting story of why he wrote this...
I beg your pardon Sidergoat. It was Lakon to whom I have already replied in earlier posts. It is early a.m. here in the Philippines and I have...
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