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Is giving birth the initiation of force? We force our babies into existence where they will inevitably feel physical and mental pain (and pleasure of course). Is the continuity of the species universally preferable? How does it affect me that others come after I die? After I die, I won't even have...
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1. n /∞ = 0 and ∞ / n = ∞ The argument that you exist now but cease to exist in the future requires that at some point infinitely in the future you are perceived as not having existed infinitely into the past. If you have not existed into the past from some future perspective and do...
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Deep thoughts , by Michael Suede The big bang is a requirement of atheism and creationism. Both postulate a beginning time. Both state that at one point there was nothing, and then suddenly there was something. The freaking word “creationism” means something from nothing. – a big bang...
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Please watche these two videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EpeF1fcji0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYYXq1Ox4sk&feature=feedf Numaste
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[quote user="Dissilusionist"] Killing a human is worse than killing a dolphin which is worse than killing a dog which is worse than killing a mouse which is worse than killing a fly etc. [/quote] That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. Does she know why? Perhaps she'll die. Seriously...
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I don't understand how any man can claim to know there is NOT a Prime Creator? I can understand being agnostic as once I would have described myself that way. I agree religion has been used as a control mechanism against humanity but I believe one way it has done this is by turning us off to our...
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Personally, as I see it, there is no real free will that exists in human nature. It seems to me that this is because the mind of the human individual is constantly under scrutiny from the judging eye of society and the perameters it imposes. The school systems (that some will call a giant propaganda...
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I'm glad I've done the basic research necessary to bring these issues up in the most rational way. I'm either a pantheist or a panentheist. From the little I know, the difference between the two is irrelevant to me, but pantheist is shorter to write. I've always been curious about Stefan's...
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There are three fundamental paradigms or axioms that influence human behaviour; Morality (NAP), Ethics (Virtue) and Incentives. Lets accept the NAP as the main UPB compliant moral rule. Now, lets assume that incentives drive the initiation of violence (violation of NAP) which results in no choice for...