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Can it be? A heretical fan?! Thanks, Liza. I think by writing about radical viewpoints or new developments in theory the person learns much faster than s/he would by merely reading or listening alone. Since memory is not a very good tool to absorb difficult concepts, our brains also...

Arguing on the internet is like competing in the special olympics... ...because even if you win, you are still retarted. I don't recall saying that "god's thought is my own." Besides this obvious fact, can you even try and answer my question at all? Is it true that God has perfect...

My my, how presumptuous! Then it should not be difficult for you to google at least ONE source to verify your assertions. 99% of the information is worthless, because they emphasize only one aspect of the situation, magnify it until the reader is numb from brain-damage, and overlook...

I guess the Bill Maher impersonation didn't take, eh? :cool: Care to back up that assertion of yours, that "it was decided a long time ago it was for freedom." And that claim the Israelites are calling the shots seems absurd. Could you supply evidence?

In a nutshell Cheri Bush sold the American public with 3 reasons on why invasion of Iraq was necessary: Saddam is best friends with Bin Laden. Saddam is developing WMD. For democracy. The first two was proven false, reasons being that Saddam was a secular Muslim, something Bin Laden hates...

But wait! There's more.... The fundamental assumption in my previous post is the protection of the hegemonic role of the dollar, which translates to the financial interests of the US. Contra the Rumsfeld-Wolfowitz group, there is no immediate danger to the military stature of the US whatsoever...

an oldie but a goodie I already posted this on my boards, a year ago. Maybe this will illuminate the question. ********************************* What could inspire the united states to wage war with another nation that did not formally declar war or directly attack its military or citizens...

Au contraire! This is an exaggeration. There is no basis to either the Illiad or the Odyssey, and the identification of a ruined town in Turkey with Troy of legend cannot be considered as "basis in fact." Just because Tokyo is a real city doesn't mean the movie Godzilla is a true story...

Unless you were trying to be cute, that's not very good etymology, Crazy. The actual history of the word "history" comes from Middle English in 1390, histoire, from Old French, from Latin historia, from Greek histori, from historein, which is to inquire, from histr, which is learned man. The...

In the Life of Jesus (1835) Strauss was one of the first to successfully apply Kantian and Hegelian analyses to the Gospels of the New Testament. Thanks to the Copernican revolution in philosophy, the Kantian turn, Strauss first examined how one views something before examining the nature of...

at last, a substantial response! Before I reply to Al Khawarizmi, I want to stress my method of analysis is existential in its speculations, but is grounded on a schopenhauerian premise that the consciousness is but a paper-thin mask that doesn't truly determine the individual's behavior, for...

Christian logic True, but this is where the Christian will introduce the Argument from Unknown Purposes. We cannot discern God's choices, because of our finite nature, our finite knowledge, and our finite morality. God's choices stem from his infinitely perfect nature, which is essentially...

Quick Example: a man and a woman are both in bed, flush with passion and are about to have sex. The guy is excited and prepares to mount her, but the woman takes this opportunity to inform him that she is a Jew. The guy, being an anti-semite, loses his erection immediately. Conclusion? Racism...

A lack of sexual interest. Yes, you read that right. Not something forbidden in this egalitarian era - the desire to be superior - but a cultural tweaking of an existential condition. Why I think sexual interest is at the root of racism is precisely this: the fundamental drive of man is...

Dissapointing. Actually, i brought up "sincere valid" rebuttals to your assertions, which you haven't addressed. I'm not bringing up questions, because i like to think i am responsible for my own actions and my own decisions. Plus I am not here for education, but rather discussion which is...

No, that would be begging the question. A moral person is not necessarily someone who agrees with your idea of morality. Morality is not a universal concept. It is not uniform across all cultures and all time. Therefore, you have your own particular idea of morality, complete with pre-packed...

Don't let the door hit you on your way out your chosen dictionary definitions of "child" are not highlighted against the adult, so, no dice. The adult is someone else's child, so using your very limited definition, there are two children in the statutory rape case. Obviously you did not think...

Question I just had a thought. If free sex between teenagers is considered consensual, exactly what makes it nonconsensual when the teen is shacking with an adult? If the teen is already physically capable and is mentally cognizant (after all they take sex education classes for learning, and to...

playing your hand too soon.... Congratulations, Reba. In other words you do not believe a young person under the age of 18 is capable of consenting to anything because they're not mature physically or mentally. Since in a biological sense their bodies are capable of engaging in sex, they are...

My cousins are from Italy and they are about the most well-adjusted people you will ever meet in your life. They are, on the whole, a great group of intelligent and sociable people. The fact that the age of consent is 14 has something to do with their lack of prudish or judgmental perception, it...