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Yeah well that is only your theory Reg.

Real hard core truth is immutable. It is the church speaking ex cathedra. Truth aint beauty. Truth aint couth. Truth is ruthless. And we can only attain truth listening to the prophets and prelates who bestow their pellets. Having a direct line we must be resigned to an austere existence filled with fear…[Read more]

Science is the systematic endeavor to observe empirical facts about reality and use them to formulate coherent theories that explain natural phenomena. As new measurements and observations are made, an increasing number of facts become available. Consequently, scientific theories must be continuously revised, expanded, or even replaced. This…[Read more]

“A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right, and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.”

― Booker T. Washington

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
MAGA policies

“Wrong is right, and lies are truth”.

@Jakelafort – If you have written negatively about Trump you may want to write something in public sphere that praises him.

I have a friend who is going to finish his Masters in Philosophy at a university in the USA next spring. Yesterday I suggested to him that he should write a treatise on the merits of MAGA policies with praise for it going to…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
Let’s imagine that 10% (or any %) of atheists turn to terrorism. Would that form a valid basis for attempts to stifle or stamp out atheism?

It would give people a reason to dislike atheism, as is the case with Islam.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
remind me again why Evolution is ‘only a theory’.

That’s pretty neat.  It is a theory, but it’s consistent with every biological phenomenon.

Let’s imagine that 10% (or any %) of atheists turn to terrorism. Would that form a valid basis for attempts to stifle or stamp out atheism?

First Nasrullah. Now Sinwar.

These valiant freedom fighters are falling like dominos. Imagine the consternation and period of mourning our university students will endure. Just awful. If they can sacrifice a few Jewish student it won’t offset the loss obviously but it will be just enough to go on.

If you have written negatively about Trump you may want to write something in public sphere that praises him. If you’re male sumpin like i love that man in a heterosexual way. If female you can go on about he can grab you by the P any time you want.

If it comes off according to the betting odds it really will be interesting to see how this plays…[Read more]

Nicely done Reg.

There goes special creation and a young earth.

I had a debate recently with a theist (No, I don’t have a life) who spent time trying to convince me that Evolution was ‘only a theory’. I won’t repeat it here as you are all familiar with the usual tropes about Irreducible Complexity, Fine Tuning Arguments, The Watchmaker analogy etc. I pointed out the assumptions and fallacies in his argumen…[Read more]

I don’t even see how anyone promoting Islamic ideology can call themselves a liberal. What a con job.

Pope, not sure how valuable comments are since my assumption is that tendentious videos about ideological issues will have most views and comments primarily from those aligned with speaker. But i don’t typically read the comments so i am not sure.

About dysfunctional idealisms? We have to recognize some fundamental truths. Humans are so utterly…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
And yet more evidence of how stupid far left ideologues are. Ignorance and stupidity reign supreme. Twas ever thus.

Is it cheating if I just bypassed 1-1/2 hours of video and got a 5-minute gist of it by scanning the YT member comments? I do that fairly often now, for long videos.

Or, what can we do to mitigate these…[Read more]

And yet more evidence of how stupid far left ideologues are. Ignorance and stupidity reign supreme. Twas ever thus.

I wish there were more like her as well. Although i wonder how she turned out. Is she another ideologue going with the current? Or is she free as can be within the paramaters of our nature and the laws of the unvirse?

Yes, reading a good book will increase your happiness.

I think Harris is making a mistake in following tired advice to stay above the fray. Instead she should roll up her sleeves, get her hands dirty and expose the utter mess that is Trump.

Perfect opportunity right now as he asks her to take a cognitive test. She is stupid says he. Well call him out for F’s sake! Tell him he is a blow hard and is…[Read more]

If happiness is exercising curiosity it follows that all religion and ideology is its enemy.