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michael17 wrote:
I don’t believe anyone that says they are.

Why would you doubt someone who was indoctrinated into a religious cult, slowly came to their senses and drifted away from it (or cast it a way) and then find themselves drawn back to it (even possibly more devout than before). This happens every day. If they say they are born again, t…[Read more]

The average American does not trust government

Paranoia seems to be a way of life for many people indeed. They are the last people who should have weapons of murder from a distance.

I often grab a gun when just wandering around my property, I have shot 6 foot long rattlesnakes.

In some Canadian provinces you are allowed to have certain guns in…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
I think it may look like Americans are crazy with this gun thing.

I don’t think Americans are crazy in this sense. But the average citizen is as deluded as a typical Christian is. Delusion is repeatedly doing the same thing over and over again expecting one result when it is always the other result. The illusion that the general…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
If your home is under assault by a band of bad guys, you’ll wish you had a fully automatic weapon

No. No I wouldn’t wish it because having a loaded weapon in your house increases the likelihood of someone getting shot, something which usually has nothing to do with a gang of guys entering your house and bringing out  a gun may in…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
When one posited “solution” is to give teachers extra pay to become trained in firearms then you know the problem is not even understood and nowhere near being properly addressed.

Solid evidence that these people have gone beyond gun-insanity….into “totally losing their brains”. Arming teachers…under the micro…[Read more]

Bellen wrote:
I know it’s not “all about mental health.” I am saying it’s all about having no stable family.

Sorry…this is neither the case. Some terrorists and murderers come from stable families (hence their brothers and sisters who turned out fine). And people from broken families become policemen and first responders who work to counter…[Read more]

Belle, I think you have made an important point. Western countries don’t invest enough time and resources into mental health. And the USA, with its lack of universal health care, and in many states, barely funded social programs…that Americans (especially poor ones) are hit the hardest by it. As well as their families. And that those constantly…[Read more]

Some people go:

Hey you can have guns responsibly…it happens all over the world. In most Canadian provinces you can have a gun just as you can drive a car. Only you have to demonstrate your ability to use it, be knowledgeable about each weapon and the risks involved and keeping it in your house, have a gun safe, submit to inspections, no se…[Read more]

Karma is a perpetually undefined term. Even the broadest meaning of the concept is extremely different per Hinduism vs. Bhuddism. But that aside almost no one gives a single definition and methodology that can stand up to scrutiny. Major problems include:

The problem of bad results vs. bad intentions. One persons suffering by x is another persons…[Read more]

I have to do a lot of searching for various sources as well as auxiliary information. Google used to be invaluable for this. Great search functions. Now I have to put a lot more work into finding what I’m actually looking for. It’s complex and I’ve had to spend a lot of time figuring out how to get around or avoid the “directed content”.

It used…[Read more]

First, chomsky is not a philosopher. He is a linguist who dabbles in political theory and very basic philosophical discourse. I agree with his general world view, and I sympathise with him. He lives in the only developed first world Country that is extremely hostile towards social spending, universal health care, financial regulation and c…[Read more]

On the other hand, if you read The Selfish Gene, you will understand how our genes have their own plans for us

Is replacing “purpose” with “plans” really an improvement? Is referring to genes as an aspirational and driven force any better? It’s just replicating code.

There is no purpose to life. We are a sack of cells which are obsessively and endlessly replicating their particular “code”. Anything more than that…is secondary…besides the point (including the emergence of emotional creatures, cooperative animals and intelligent mankind). I think you should be extremely careful with the term “purpose”…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Rosary beads are like an abacus for prayers. They are to help you recite prayers to the Creator of the Universe where you can command him to give you your daily ration of bread and ask forgiveness for your sins. You mainly pray to the Virgin Mary to remind her that you are a sinner and to praise her for the fruit of…

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