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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The right religion

    Women have historically been housekeepers. Is it fair? No. However, when the housekeeper leaves the house, does it not cause an at least temporary deteriotation of family? It does, indeed. ...

    Apr 3, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The right religion

    Of course, Gal, that decision is entirely their own.

    Apr 3, 2005
  • Lounge, The Re: Pope John Paul II

    I don't really care if they elect some rampaging monster. I mean, really, what are they going to do? Lead an army of nuns?

    Apr 2, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The right religion

    Yes, which is why, of course, I was being entirely sarcastic with that post and never claimed to be a great philosopher. I mean, sure, sure, it may be superficial, ...

    Apr 2, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The Death Penalty. Right Or Wrong?

    Murder is committed for a reason; usually, the murderers understand and know fully well what they did (see Bundy, Manson, Dahmer), and have a reason for doing so. However, they ...

    Apr 2, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The right religion

    No, no, no. All dogmaticism is bad, but it is inescapable. I mean, "Affirmation of Self" is okay up to a point, but I'm really what Lacan eventually calls an ...

    Apr 2, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The right religion

    I wasn't saying the Pope was infallible or claimed to be so. I said there are a large amount of people who believe what he says should be followed religiously. ...

    Apr 2, 2005
  • Randomosity Re: This is so cool!

    It was...stupid.

    Apr 2, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Living Wills and Terri Schaivo (part rambling)

    Actually...who really cares? This doesn't effect me, and it's none of my business. If I were to give any opinion whatsoever, it would be "Screw her husband"; she didn't have ...

    Apr 2, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The right religion

    Likewise, I can believe that an 18-wheeler logging truck doesn't exist, but the science is that if I stand out in the middle of a road, I'll get obliterated. Religion ...

    Apr 2, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Living Wills and Terri Schaivo (part rambling)

    (For the sake of argumentation, we'll assume there is, in fact, a "divine" entity.) It would, obviously, be far superior to our technology, and kill her off when it wanted ...

    Apr 2, 2005
  • Lounge, The Re: Online Magazine/Newspaper *Updated - 01/04/05 22:52*

    I would, personally, enjoy this. However, I would be a sort of "interdisciplinary" writer; that is to say, I would, basically, write "Miscellaneous" articles and such, usually pertaining to Philosophy

    Apr 2, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The Death Penalty. Right Or Wrong?

    execution and murder are both killing someone. So...? Are you forgetting the basis on which both are committed? If I buy a book, the end result is that I own ...

    Apr 2, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Living Wills and Terri Schaivo (part rambling)

    He wouldn't even pay for an MRI or PET scan to see if she would ever come out of a vegitative state.

    Apr 1, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The right religion

    Citing whatever Holy text you have does not prove anything about your religion. I could just as easily pull out the OED and make a religion.

    Apr 1, 2005


It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
— Neil Armstrong