Recent content by Arkanin

Can something come out of nothing? Does ordered existence emerge from a completely disordered nonexistence of rules? Is nonexistence a non-concept? Is "nothingess" just a vacuum, as we like to think of it, and nothing ever comes of it? We don't know, we're monkeys! We're dealing with concepts...

If someone was stranded on a desert island, would they then be condemned to hell? I don't know of any Christians who would affirm that.

MaxP, I don't know if anybody has said this already, but I feel obliged to point it out. Women who want to refrain from sex before marriage are a bit more common than men who feel the same way. If you want to refrain from sex before marriage, it's not very hard for you to find someone like that...

If most people are idiots, your goose is cooked. Most people are idiots. QED.

You have set as a premise that the moral system is objectively good. The moral system is authoritative because you've defined it as such within the confines of this thought experiment. :P

Here's how I like to put this: If nobody's being forced to participate in an activity, it should be legal. For me it boils down to both ethics and pragmatism. Ethically, I believe it's wrong to tell other people what to do with themselves if they aren't participating with anyone who doesn't want...

I don't think seeing a murder would be good for my well-being. People usually react badly to a murder, it's traumatic or worse yet it cheapens the value of life. Now if I had the opportunity to identify and remove the killer from society, that would be a completely different situation. Like you...

Careful, anecdotal evidence is POWERFUL; use it in moderation. I have been following the primaries very carefully. Obama has changed a couple positions as has McCain. What is more important is what they claim to stand for. It's my belief that neoconservative quasi-fascists are traitors who...

Constructive political discourse? ROFL

Someone who disagrees with you said something easily interpreted as hypocritical; therefore, _____________. Please fill in the blank.

Guys, um, the idea that a hypothetical North American Union is getting attention from important leaders is a myth. Almost nobody in the mainstream wants to do this.

I have some pretty unconventional views on this, especially when considering my other views. My first thought is that it's more humane to kill someone than to force them to rot in prison for life. People don't want to acknowledge this only because it would force often small minds to accept the...

Who are our leaders? They're a bunch of guys who are generally rich, white, and completely out of touch with the black community. Ask yourself: is this racism, or is this just a fact? Is it so wrong then for a group to want a leader that understands them more than a leader who ignores them?

READ THE BILL AND THE ARTICLE. BILL It criminalizes "An adult exposing his or her genitals to a child, and enticing the child to expose himself or herself to the adult, for purposes of shocking someone or causing sexual arousal." It's RIGHT THERE IN THE ARTICLE. You guys should be ashamed of...

When sizing up a political candidate? Surely their words, and far more so, their actions.