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On 7/23/2018 at 11:57 PM, Hal 9000 said:
Of course it will expand, it has in every country that allows it. That is the actual problem with assisted suicide.
That is not necessarily a problem. Personally I believe in euthanasia - for everyone I don't like
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On 5/12/2018 at 5:07 PM, Argus said:
Well, you called him a 'shit intellectual'. I don't think that's criticizing ideas. And when you criticize someone in such a fashion you are by inference sneering at/ dismissing those who have read/watched/listened to him and agree with him on a number of issues. That's unlikely to get you much favorable intellectual discussion in return.
Calling Peterson a 'shit intellectual' isn't criticism. It is merely mindless 'white noise' and deserves the appropriate attention.
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On 7/26/2018 at 4:01 PM, turningrite said:
I'd prefer secularism. My father viewed religious chauvinism, including public displays of religion, as detrimental to social equality and as time passes I increasingly tend to agree with him. Personally, many of the accoutrements of religion, like wearing the hijab, kippah or crucifix don't bother me. But some others do. So, in order to be fair, I think a secularist ban, as in France, to be a fair an equitable solution.
France truly is a secular state. The U.S may theoretically be a secular state but in practice is extremely religious.
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On 7/24/2018 at 1:17 PM, cannuck said:
Thanks for an informative post.
I salute your choice.
Thanks for the post from the past. You are an idiot.
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On 3/22/2018 at 1:10 PM, DogOnPorch said:
If you start a war of extermination against the Jews, you had better finish the job. There's your problem. Your guys f---ked-up.
In the Middle East there is only one state where Muslims, Christins, gays, atheists etc are allowed access to all levels of education, medicare, can (and do) sit in the Knesset, and vote.
That state is Israel.
An Israeli PM once said, "if the Muslims put down their arms there will be peace. If the Jews put down their arms, there will be no Jews".
Israel is far from perfect but as a non Jew it is the only state I would live in.
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On 8/9/2018 at 1:13 PM, Queenmandy85 said:
Show where God has killed anyone. So far as I can determine, people die from many causes, but I can't think of any instance where God has killed anyone, apart from the Iliad.
For a Believer-
It is axiomatic with believers that God created/creates ALL life. That includes all life including humans etc., and also viruses, bacteria, prions, cancers. God designed DNA so that it often makes mistakes replication thus birth defects, cancers etc..
Reconcile 'Gods Love' with babies cancer. You cannot.
So God is the biggest killer of all. A Believer might argue that the Creator has the moral right to destroy its own creations. In that case even if you accept that, you are left with a God who may well be feared, but certainly not loved. Saying that 'God is Love' is probably the most inaccurate idiotic statement ever.
As an atheist I have no reason to be concerned with this nonsense. An atheist does not believe God doesn't exist. Once again I add this quote which I have never seen overturned.
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
Epicurus circa. 250 B.C.E
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On 6/30/2018 at 11:34 AM, OftenWrong said:
Because the world is evil
And because the USA isn't.
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On 7/27/2018 at 10:57 AM, turningrite said:
Well, now we're seeing the Doug Ford many of thought would emerge. He's taking the axe to Toronto city council, reducing the number of wards from 47 to 25, and cancelling the regional chair elections in Peel and York. There will be a lot of unhappy campers at city hall, for sure. I'm wondering if this is also intended as a warning shot to Tory not to undermine Ford's position on the illegal/irregular migrant crisis? Tory has been negotiating separately with the federal government to resolve the refugee claimant housing crisis, with the result that many of the migrants will soon be housed in hotels. Meanwhile, our growing horde of homeless get sleeping bags and maybe a cot in a church basement on cold nights, if they're lucky. It's quite a contrast. A friend who didn't support Ford's Conservatives in the election is now saying he's quickly warming to him. I believe Ford's "I'm in charge here" move will have broader repercussions.
Ford is exercising his legal rights. The Toronto City Council has been a watchword for dysfunctional airheads for many many decades and Fords changes are long overdue.
His refusal to do much more than make a few nice speeches on housing for immigrants from the USA who by Canadian, American, & UN law are all illlegal (!) makes sense since immigration is a Federal matter.
Ditto for guns. The Province has no legal say in the matter, and of course neither does the city of Toronto
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Maybe we can persuade Johann Sebastian Bach to come out of retirement and write 'St. Hitchens Passion' in D major?
Or G Minor???
Just a twisted thought:-)
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Maybe we can persuade Johann Sebastian Bach to come out of retirement and write 'St. Hitchens Passion' in D major?
Or G Minor???
Just a twisted thought:-)
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All of the above proves that the Holy Prophet St. Christopher of Hitchens was so very right when he said, "religion poisons everything."
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The story of Adam and Eve is NOT Christian dogma. They stole it from the Jews who stole it from the Sumerians.
Read much?
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BTW Satan doesn't exist anymore. He lived in the fleshly bodies of such people as Billy Graham and Jerry Falwell plus inumerable Popes.
They are all rotting in the ground because of course there is no such thing as an afterlife.
Have a grrreat corporeal existence. It is the only one you will ever have.
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It is mathematically impossible for the human race to be descended from one 'Eve'.
Your question reflects a stone age mentality and is thus rubbish. BTW Homo Sapiens arrived at its present form around 200,000 - 1,000,000 yr ago.
Get an education, get a brain, get a life.
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
Epicurus circa. 350 B.C.E.
Never seen a logical rebuttal in all my 2350 years of life on this mediocre mudball.
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"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
Epicurus circa. 350 B.C. Never seen anybody refute him yet.
I am proud to be a fan of the late Christopher Hitchens who said "religion poisons everything". He was 100% correct.
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So pot is going to become legal - yawn!
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Racism is indeed innate as we can see from our primate cousins who instinctively are aggressive to 'strangers'. However that doesn't mean we have to give in to our animal impulses.
As far as the atomic bombs over Hiroshima & Nagasaki, even Japanese historians admit that they saved more lives they took.
USA had two choices. One, drop the bombs killing maybe 100,000 and end the war, or, invade Japan which everyone agrees would have likely resulted in a million deaths on both sides.
BTW the non nuclear incendiary single night of bombing of Tokyo produced far more deaths.
Further uneeded proof that war indeed is Hell.
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On the other hand, I suppose slaughtering a few hundred million people does indeed reduce the population.
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Most hard line Socialists aka. Communists would agree with you about redistributing wealth.
Russia practiced it from 1917 to 1989. It is believed that the USSR murdered around 150,000,00 of its own citizens.
China started in earnest circa 1949 under Mao who boasted of killing 54,000,00. China ended up killing around 100,000,000 by the end of the 20th century.
All in the name of equality, income redistribution, and the 'Dictatorship of the Proletariat '.
Nowadays we have Venezuela where Communism is starving its citizens, confiscating properties, and people are resorting to dumpster diving.
Other than the facts noted above, yes indeedy, income redistribution works wonderfully well (/sarc)
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AGW has been the greatest scam in modern times. It is now suffering a well deserved slow death.
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If the immigrants are illegal then they must be undocumented.
So we have no way of knowing how many there are. Stop the rabble rousing.
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The God of sport is not a sphere. SHE is a tesseract.
How Do We Deal With Overpopulation, While Respecting Human Rights?
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Rubbish. Canada is a cold country with a sparse population and huge spaces between population centers. comm sense (lacking for the guilt ridden Left) should explain that.
Changing population growth is probably beyond our ability. For obvious reasons, it is hardwired into our DNA.
The secular West certainly seems to be aiming at its own extinction which of course just means that the billions of religious cults such as Orthodox Jews, Christians, Fundamentalist Muslims and Hindus will continue to breed.
In the long term (?) nature aka biology will take care of the problem - and it won't be pretty.