Strega

Thank you, Reg!

Thanks, Reg!

Are you kidding?  Can you imagine an eternal orgasm?

You know, Simon, if by some extreme chance, there actually is some post death experience, I’d find it a lot more comforting if it didn’t include a ‘Great Leader’ or a pre-set recipe for assumed happiness.

Take the 72 virgins that the Muslim terrorists believe they’re going to get once they’ve blown themselves and all around them to bits.…[Read more]

I think you have the cart before the horse, Simon.  I think the position is that terror management gave rise to the religiosity that includes a hell.  Hell is simply a label given to the fear of death, not the other way around.

Self esteem is the internal measurement we use to evaluate our own ‘success’ in coping.  Terror management is the so…[Read more]

Thanks, Reg!

Simon,

In line with your intent of maximum benefit to humanity, you should be also promoting genetic engineering and institute a selective breeding program.

Right and wrong are subjective, not objective words. Similarly with good and bad.  Events are neutral – humans apply significance, emotion and judgement.

If we are considering a broad brush philosophy rather than a personal one, we have to attempt to minimize the subjectivity element.

This is why I requested the applicable definition for ‘wrong’.

Thank you, Reg!

Simon, I’m not asking for a general definition of right and wrong, simply what it is going to mean here, in this context, in this thread