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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School October 7th 2018 in the forum
Sunday School 7 years, 6 months ago@clearsky – that’s a pretty comprehensive definition of religions vs. atheism, which it’s hard to argue with.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Is the Xian God A Predator? Are All Gods Predators? in the forum Theism 7 years, 6 months ago
@clearsky – “The Good Samaritan” –
according to the Wikipedia entry for the parable of the Good Samaritan, the Jews and Samaritans normally hated each other.
Jesus is quoted as saying “But those mine enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring them hither and slay them before me.” – Luke 19:27
This is from the parable of the ten…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic Is the Xian God A Predator? Are All Gods Predators? in the forum Theism 7 years, 6 months ago
@clearsky wrote : One drawback is that in the G.R ask one to treat others as we would like to be treated.
I think the more primitive issue is who we consider to be ‘others’. Sexist, racist, misogynist- all acceptable states for a person as long as they are considered outside the group, and therefore not the ‘others’ in the Golden rule as a…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School September 30th 2018 in the forum
Sunday School 7 years, 6 months ago@Clearsky – thanks for the example of “The Tragedy of the Commons”.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School September 23rd 2018 in the forum
Sunday School 7 years, 6 months ago@clearsky, it makes sense that people would share as much as they need to, and no more. However, sharing is really a form of reciprocity, because within a group, the getting of food is a shared activity, and so no one person can really feed themselves or survive on their own. So, it’s give and take all round to ensure the survival of all in t…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton posted a new activity comment 7 years, 6 months ago
@clearsky – “by explanation do you mean using science to, explain the phenomena of religion?” I meant explaining morality through science.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School September 16th 2018 in the forum
Sunday School 7 years, 7 months ago@clearsky – don’t you think the same is true of any behaviour? We evolved to have certain instincts and behaviours, but we still have choices in how we act.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic My new book: Deciphering the Gospels Proves Jesus Never Existed in the forum Theism 7 years, 7 months ago
@clearsky – I like your 3-point definition of “truth”, and I’m going to use it in my web site.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Competition, cooperation and their opposites in the forum Science 7 years, 7 months ago
@clearsky – the Prisoner’s Dilemma is interesting, but I think the “interdependence” model of cooperation – two-way helping – is more realistic. In this model, animal A is useful to animal B (and vice versa), therefore animal B has a warm positive regard for animal A and will help them because of this situation.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic What is [interpersonal] moral legitimacy, and do we need it? in the forum Science 7 years, 7 months ago
@clearsky – that video is great, @bellen might like it.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Competition, cooperation and their opposites in the forum Science 7 years, 7 months ago
Thanks to @daughterofkarl and @clearsky for your helpful suggestions. I feel this is the final version I want to use: “narcissism” lives in the top left quadrant very nicely.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic What is [interpersonal] moral legitimacy, and do we need it? in the forum Science 7 years, 7 months ago
@Clearsky – I often argue that atheism is the mature position to hold (as opposed to theism). Once we can say to ourselves that “I am an atheist” we are compelled to consider the implications of what that means. This is especially true for those of us that have moved from a position of theism. We come to understand that we are very fortunate to…[Read more]