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It's very... very basic and given the amount people talk about how God provides them with meaning, I sort of doubt it's this. I mean, this appears no better than someone who at least 'thinks' they have a meaning to their life - but ddoesn't know it yet. I imagine it's more that they create...

I think this would give us meaning, in the mind of God - But we still don't have the meaning for ourselves. For instance consider a conscious 'pen', while I have given it the meaning of 'thing to write with' and it knows I have given it 'a' meaning, it has no way of knowing what meaning I gave...

Actually I've heard of heaps of christian terrorists, you're probably just young (and dumb). The Troubles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia There are also buddhist 'terrorists', remember that one man's separatist/freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. Furthermore, my only point is that...

1) Religious people commit suicide too (LOL SUICIDE BOMBERS) 2) It is probably true that there is a correlation between atheism and depression, however if I were to guess that's probably because there's also a correlation between intelligence and atheism. 3) Even if being religious was FUCKING...

There are a billion things in this life that you do, every day, which are ephemeral. Consider building a snowman - You know that one day the sun's going to get too hot and it'll all melt away, but does that make it any less fun to make?

Okay, I understand that basically the 'only' hope for some sort of 'objective' meaning to your life is that there is some magical, all powerful arbiter of truth who has decided your meaning. Either way though, this person existing and this meaning existing doesn't mean that you KNOW this...

I think this is related to the discussion... I've never had a theist explain to me how their faith gives their life meaning. It appears to me that they find meaning in the same sort of things as me... But eh, people maintain it pretty strong. Either way I think most of these sort of questions...

One way I've had it answered is... somewhat anthropic, in that they'll say "the ONLY way the universe could have come into existence is if there were a God who wanted to do so".

In my opinion the most important thing when it comes to your own 'epistemology' is to be consistent, so as to avoid contradictions. I'd say that in general we all accept something along the lines of occam's razor, i.e. that the simplest explanation is the best. Without a specific reason to...

Why suppose that there IS 'a bigger frame of reference' ?

I've brought up old Hawking quote "Saying what came before the big bang is like saying what's north of the north pole" before. There are some pretty good objections to this idea - Though I do think it's a pretty good candidate for a semi-final answer. A lot of the objections attack the idea of...

same thing they were thinking making their other albums

Look forward to hearing it, by the way: That's not good news. While I think it's nice to assess and have a firm grasp of what we both agree to, the juicy stuff is always in the disagreements :)

You think that while theists do good acts they have God in their hearts and minds?

It's not controlling opinion to ban discriminatory businesses. You can have your opinion about whether or not people should be allowed to bar certain races from using their businesses... What will be enforced is another matter -- And whether we enforced that people can 'choose' to discriminate...

I've seen people 'out the corner of my eye' all the time. I've also been in bars where glasses have moved on their own - normally what this is, is a result of the water residue on the bottom of the glass leading to lowered surface tension - so it moves. Ghost don't exist, my dear.

It makes evolutionary sense for males to like the look of the female behind. Consider the standard mating position for thousands of years for people was doggy style and the relative positioning of the bum when standing up to the vagina when bent over in that position. As for tits, a firm, full...

Not really... I mean we have a semi-voluntary ascension to laws. However if I beat some guys ass and get taken to jail, I wouldn't REALLY say that I volunteered for that to happen - I'm not a religious believer in the social contract. The way society appears to work in reality (to me) is a...

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I think "not to be put at disadvantage due to the racial (or whatever) prejudices of others" should be considered a right. I have no problem necessarily with a "white-only" swimming pool, other than in cases where it means that some black people who wanted to go to a swimming pool now cannot...