Sunday School
Sunday School July 21st 2024
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July 24, 2024 at 1:49 pm #54341
now I find myself uncaring about events.
Me too. But I think it’s about ageing. Last weekend, I went to my first sci-fi con in 20 years. It just doesn’t feel the same. I didn’t even go to any of the room parties. Today I’m feeling old.
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July 24, 2024 at 2:04 pm #54343I don’t have money to donate but I will find $25 to donate to her campaign.
The day Biden announced withdrawing, I got a text message asking for a donation to the Harris campaign. The same day. So soon? can it be trusted? I’ve gotten begging texts from both campaigns for months. I’ve ignored them, assuming they were actually from Russian hackers or the Rump campaign. When I’m ready to donate, I’ll contact my local Dem HQ, and ask them.
July 24, 2024 at 2:12 pm #54344As he says, simply putting up 10 guidelines, some of which are strange in today’s world, isn’t going to cut it.
Yeah, but we’re talking about Louisiana. They have been undereducated for generations. Posting random stuff on the wall is probably standard instruction in Louisiana. And they might be tested and graded on it.
* What’s going on? Every time I quote someone, It tries to attribute the wrong person.
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July 24, 2024 at 2:28 pm #54346In response to ‘banning the Hijab’, I was going to say “Yeah, but you’ll never see a nun doing sports in a habit.” Then I saw this photo:
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July 24, 2024 at 3:15 pm #54349The day Biden announced withdrawing, I got a text message asking for a donation to the Harris campaign. The same day. So soon? can it be trusted?
Go to her campaign site to donate. ActBlue handles donations. Have for years for Democrat candidates.If they were a fraud, they’d have been shut down years ago.
July 24, 2024 at 5:43 pm #54350Yeah, but we’re talking about Louisiana. They have been undereducated for generations.
I’m sure the people in Louisiana are as intelligent as anyone else.
July 24, 2024 at 6:11 pm #54351Yeah, but we’re talking about Louisiana. They have been undereducated for generations.
I’m sure the people in Louisiana are as intelligent as anyone else.
2nd to last
Louisiana avg IQ 95.2
July 24, 2024 at 7:47 pm #54352What can I say? The average in the US is 98.
July 24, 2024 at 7:56 pm #54353Why France is banning the Hijab for their Olympic athletes but Amnesty International is not happy about it.
I don’t think that France should ban the Hijab for Olympic athletes. It’s too much interfering in individual rights. But
the report argues that the Olympics weaponizes laïcité by imposing restrictions disproportionately affecting Muslim women.
Really though? It’s only Muslim women who wear religious symbols. Now, that opens a can of worms.
July 24, 2024 at 8:02 pm #54354I’m not proposing a college-level course, but rather one that talks about the justification of one’s actions in terms of balancing benefits against consequences and the harm one does not just to society but to oneself through bad moral/ethical choices.
That would be a good thing to teach. But it’s quite simple to teach. It’s the practical part of the morality iceberg. With morality, it’s a question of “how complicated do you want to go?” It’s a very knotty problem and at the moment, most moral philosophers seem to get hung up agonising over details of things they’ve never seen. Even when you’ve seen it, the terrain is full of rabbit holes.
It could be high-school level, or college level, or “experimental” level.
I think moral philosophy / psychology is like history – you can go simple, or complicated.
July 24, 2024 at 9:26 pm #54355What can I say? The average in the US is 98.
Yes, that’s why we came up with the Intelligence Capital Index, LOL. USA, USA, USA. Supposedly measures the ability of a country to harness the intelligence it has.
July 24, 2024 at 11:19 pm #54356@ Simon
Nobody ever decided not to murder someone because they remembered a placard on display in their classroom.
July 25, 2024 at 5:25 am #54357Nobody ever decided not to murder someone because they remembered a placard on display in their classroom.
I agree with you. People have to reason it out. But cultural norms must have a big influence.
July 25, 2024 at 3:09 pm #54358I’m not proposing a college-level course, but rather one that talks about the justification of one’s actions in terms of balancing benefits against consequences and the harm one does not just to society but to oneself through bad moral/ethical choices.
At the end of the day, I think that’s probably the most important take-away from studying morality: short term versus long term consequences.
Something else is that young people tend to lack morality – they don’t have a clue how to act. Studies have found that older people are more conscientious and caring, maybe because they have responsibilities.
Also, I do think it’s important to think about the pressure to thrive – to seek benefits – normativity, since people can seek to gratifiy this in criminal ways. That’s kind of the key to choosing morality over immorality.
July 27, 2024 at 1:14 pm #54362I’m sure the people in Louisiana are as intelligent as anyone else.
Yeah but this ain’t about intelligence. I’m talking about education. The BS that goes on in their classrooms. If intelligence was very formative they wouldn’t be christians.
* There it goes again. I’m quoting Simon, but it tried to say “_Robert_ wrote:” …
Does this happen to anyone else?
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