The relationship of Self to Nature is the same as the relationship of a ripple to a lake. There is only one substance - water (existence). Water expresses...
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will_g_davidson
Jan 30, 2008 1:15 pm
There are people that although they have no belief in a god of personality insist upon labeling Nature (or alternatively the creative force) as god. I have...
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sonole
sonole05
Jan 28, 2008 7:06 pm
Great Point ~ david.kimball@... wrote: Will, I thought this was a great video. I realize he couldn't include everything, but when he addressed the issue...
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curiousdwk
Jan 28, 2008 3:21 am
Will, I thought this was a great video. I realize he couldn't include everything, but when he addressed the issue of "What religious rights do students have?"...
Good point. A metaphor reveals truth (or points to a truth, or contains truth). But it is not true as in the binary representation of being either true or...
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Will
will_g_davidson
Jan 26, 2008 4:49 pm
Supernatural belief is a special kind of delusion. I think that its salient feature is a denial of a fundamental characteristic of the universe. You can call...
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Will
will_g_davidson
Jan 24, 2008 1:42 pm
If religion is a virus, how do you prevent its more malignant strains (such as the one that lead to 9/11) from popping out periodically? What is the difference...
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Will
will_g_davidson
Jan 19, 2008 3:54 pm
To say that an Originator violated the laws of nature in creating the Universe is to imply that the creation of the Universe was an intentional act. But I can...
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curiousdwk
Jan 17, 2008 3:41 am
Larry, Thanks for those thoughts. I have held for some time now that we have two approaches of the mind - one rational and I called the other intuitive (but...
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liftr450
Jan 17, 2008 1:59 am
Will, Pure metaphysics is not based on evidence and proof. It's based on meaningfulness and emotional satisfaction. The problem with religions is that they...
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Jan 12, 2008 1:55 am
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Will
will_g_davidson
Jan 10, 2008 11:06 pm
http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_index.html A good read by many fine authors....
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will_g_davidson
Jan 10, 2008 12:38 pm
Thanks, David. David Kimball <david.kimball@...> wrote: Based on our conversation last night (Tuesday) at our group meeting,...
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curiousdwk
Jan 10, 2008 4:28 am
Based on our conversation last night (Tuesday) at our group meeting, I thought you might appreciate this article in the latest issue of Psychology Today...
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martinfox17
Jan 4, 2008 2:27 am
No problem, and thank you for your quick response and ideas. Ethics is a particular interest of mine so I'm more than happy to discuss it. <<< By law of nature...
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Will
will_g_davidson
Jan 4, 2008 1:15 am
Martin, Thank you for your thoughts. By law of nature I mean that any ethical social system that is contrary to survival is doomed to failure because the...
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martinfox17
Jan 3, 2008 3:18 am
Hi Will, I hope you will forgive me in this particular case for not reading every post that has been prior. I am working at it, but there's a few points in...
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Will
will_g_davidson
Jan 1, 2008 3:59 pm
The law of nature is to survive. Therefore, superior societies are those societies that afford maximum multi-generational sustainability. I would argue that...
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curiousdwk
Dec 28, 2007 5:36 pm
These are a riot. ... Mr Deity...
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Will
will_g_davidson
Dec 28, 2007 4:04 pm
Mr Deity <http://www.mrdeity.com/>...
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Will
will_g_davidson
Dec 28, 2007 3:53 pm
<<<Should science reveal two categorically different realms of being, then naturalists would accept that finding.>>> In my mind this is tantamount to saying...
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Will
will_g_davidson
Dec 28, 2007 3:15 pm
*The Boston Atheist Nequaquam nobis divinitus esse paratam Naturam rerum; tanta stat praedita culpa. -Lucretius Articles, essays and items of interest to...
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Will
will_g_davidson
Dec 28, 2007 3:01 pm
The Four Horseman <http://richarddawkins.net/article,2025,THE-FOUR-HORSEMEN,Discussions-Wi\ th-Richard-Dawkins-Episode-1-RDFRS>...
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Moral-Atheist@yahoogr...
Dec 23, 2007 1:40 am
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Moral-Atheist@yahoogr...
Dec 22, 2007 1:56 am
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curiousdwk
Dec 3, 2007 1:35 am
Thanks Stefan. That's an interesting 12 points that he raises. And I would agree with him. David Kimball ... Hi - I hope you'll forgive the intrusion, but I...
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Stefan Molyneux
stefanmolyneux
Dec 2, 2007 5:13 pm
Hi - I hope you'll forgive the intrusion, but I thought you might be
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