His first response entirely missed my point, but I'm starting to warm up to the guy now. Do you really need my permission? I already explained...
Religion doesn't create limitations, it opens up possibilities. No, it does more than make absurdities possibilities; it makes them realities....
Well, it was unexpected, I'll give you that. I won't deny it, but that doesn't make Christianity bad or wrong. In fact, fear can be a good...
If that's what a fact is, then we're in a lot of trouble. You can't get two people to agree on the colour of an off-white shirt (I had like a...
It means I stand by my convictions. I have chosen to be a Catholic, and so I must accept all the dogma that goes along with being a Catholic....
Oh, what a relief! And to think I thought that I was responsible for all my wrong doings! Turns out it was God's fault the whole time. What a...
Well, wait a second. The books speak for those who believe in them, no one more. Something doesn't have to speak for everyone to be meaningful....
I suppose I'd agree. But then every discipline would be inseparable from philosophy because the goal of any subject is attain knowledge (in the...
[/color] No, it does so completely arbitrarily. There is no good reason to rank truth above living a good life, or finding meaning in life. If...
Well history presupposes causality. Does that make history philosophy? Every discipline presupposes some kind of philosophical belief. But...
So then someone can believe in God to give life meaning. Even Nietzsche admitted that Kierkegaard lived his life authentically.
That's not really what I was talking about. I was thinking of the scientific mind-set as prioritizing truth above all else. How, exactly, do...
First, I think we're finally starting to agree on something. And do you know why I think that is? Because we've stopped talking about truth and...
Well I've definately seen you write out the cogito, so isn't Descartes' Meditations one of your the books. You seem to hold to a materialist...
I'm not claiming that it's the truth, only that it's meaningful. It's my interpretation of the world around me. Nevertheless, your point still...
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Everyone is conditioned; it's an inevitable consequence of being alive. Past experience, especially early childhood experience, play an important...
Not really. They speak for God. Them too. Right. By my standard, yeah I guess so. But by your standard, I'm brainwashed, indoctrinated,...
Well, here's the most important one: How does knowing the truth make you a better person? Both. I heard from a lot of people, my parents, my...
Isn't an armoured division a bunch of tanks? Well, I'm not sure, but I'm going to guess that's a bunch of tanks too. But I don't see why your...
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