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- January 27th, 2008, 2:08 am
- Forum: Social Club
- Topic: What are you really bad at?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2873
Re: What are you really bad at?
Well, I could loaf for Scotland. At just about anything else, I'm an absolute rabbit.
- January 22nd, 2008, 1:14 am
- Forum: Comedy Club
- Topic: Atheist aphorisms
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3671
Re: Atheist aphorisms
" If God had meant us to believe in Him, He'd have existed." ( Linda Smith)
- January 19th, 2008, 4:32 am
- Forum: Social Club
- Topic: Do something ridiculous - find out your Hobbit name!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2948
Re: Do something ridiculous - find out your Hobbit name!
Sancho Bulge of Hobbiton.
I ask you!
I ask you!
- January 13th, 2008, 12:56 am
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: Atheistic Fundamentalism
- Replies: 59
- Views: 4528
Re: Atheistic Fundamentalism
whitecraw,
I take it this is the article from which you are quoting:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MT ... iNmQ=#more
I take it this is the article from which you are quoting:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MT ... iNmQ=#more
- January 9th, 2008, 1:15 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Arguments for the existence of God?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2375
Re: Arguments for the existence of God?
The theological proof that God exists smacks atheists out!!! watch it and puke :sick: 10 minutes (if you can last out) see if you can count how many times he says "Jim" Ummm, anyone know where I can get a new FallacyMeter? My faithful old FM was reduced to blackened smoking shards after t...
- January 8th, 2008, 6:55 pm
- Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
- Topic: Moral imperative
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1977
Re: Moral imperative
I think it may be relevant that we have passed on to the impersonal agency of the state responsibility for looking after those who are orphaned or homeless or destitute. Since this help is funded by taxation, it is harder to say that we are individually obliged to help ( although we may choose to do...
- January 4th, 2008, 4:39 am
- Forum: Social Club
- Topic: The new insomniacs' thread
- Replies: 245
- Views: 58813
Re: The new insomniacs' thread
What a racket!
Can't a chap have a kip?
Can't a chap have a kip?
- January 3rd, 2008, 7:11 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Arguments for the existence of God?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2375
Re: Proof of the existence of God - discuss
Well, the devil’s in the details. If you’re having trouble navigating Yandell’s syntax (and God knows I don’t blame you) you may be wondering why I find this so amusing. Okay, here’s what Yandell is saying: If you feel like you’re personally experiencing God, then this feeling counts as solid evide...
- January 2nd, 2008, 4:09 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Arguments for the existence of God?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2375
Re: Arguments for the existence of God?
The most difficult one to combat is the one about personal experience. It might seem to me that this was simply evidence of a believer's mental or emotional state at the time but try telling them that. Try the Argument from Pink Elephants: 1. Some people have personally experienced pink elephants 2...
- January 2nd, 2008, 2:15 pm
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: A question for Humanists: What's your view of Marxism?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 746
Re: A question for Humanists: What's your view of Marxism?
How do you view Marxism? Are Marxism and Humanism compatible? I think there is a French Marxist called Satre (?) who is a Humanist Marxist. He criticised Stalinism (which is a bad distortion of Marxism anyway) as ignoring the "human". Is this what you are thinking of? http://www.marxists....
- December 28th, 2007, 8:02 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
- Topic: Oh dear!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2287
Re: Oh dear!
Peace on Earth.
Goodwill to All Men.
Ummm...ermmm..
Oh yes, got it.
Die Heretic Scum!
Goodwill to All Men.
Ummm...ermmm..
Oh yes, got it.
Die Heretic Scum!
- December 22nd, 2007, 2:34 pm
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: Atheistic Fundamentalism
- Replies: 59
- Views: 4528
Re: Atheistic Fundamentalism
The archbishop seems to have forgotten the commandment against bearing false witness:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterval
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterval
- December 19th, 2007, 11:59 pm
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: As Humanists, do you celebrate the festive season?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6246
Re: As Humanists, do you celebrate the festive season?
I shall certainly be imbibing- it isn't Lent or something like that, is it? And I may well sing. I can still manage a natty descant to the second verse of Adeste, fideles.
Why should God have all the best tunes? And smells and bells and theatre...?
And I may well sing. I can still manage a natty descant to the second verse of Adeste, fideles.Why should God have all the best tunes? And smells and bells and theatre...?
- December 14th, 2007, 6:29 pm
- Forum: Social Club
- Topic: If God were English....
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2578
- December 4th, 2007, 11:57 pm
- Forum: Social Club
- Topic: What's your earliest memory?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2065
- December 3rd, 2007, 10:22 pm
- Forum: Social Club
- Topic: You know you have Attention Deficit Disorder when....
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3675
- November 17th, 2007, 11:59 pm
- Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
- Topic: Human rights
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1996
)- November 17th, 2007, 12:55 am
- Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
- Topic: Human rights
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1996
Re: Rights
With regard to duties, moral philosophers often say only someone (thing) who can be said to have the capacity for duty can have rights, they go together, it is reciprocal. I never got to the bottom of this when I studied such things years ago (it related to my professional field which includes poli...
- November 13th, 2007, 10:36 pm
- Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
- Topic: Human rights
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1996
The notion of rights, whether moral or legal, can take a bit of sorting out.
I've always found Hohfeld a useful starting-point. Simple version here:
http://personal.bgsu.edu/~roberth/hohfeld.html
Wet-towel-round-the-head stuff here at 2.1:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rights/
I've always found Hohfeld a useful starting-point. Simple version here:
http://personal.bgsu.edu/~roberth/hohfeld.html
Wet-towel-round-the-head stuff here at 2.1:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rights/
- November 12th, 2007, 12:05 am
- Forum: Culture Club
- Topic: Scotland's Music (three threads merged)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3138
Maria wrote:This seems a good place to remind folk that Celtic Connections is coming soon.
Excellent! Lady Muck and I are stalwarts of the Festival Club.