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    Why Do We Bother?

    Because I have a sick need to understand the mindset that can deny the obvious and can hold multiple conflicting ideas at the same time. I also like to check that I am not falling prey to any of the fallicies that they do. We all know that science is wrong all the time, and constantly being...
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    Greetings

    Thanks for the pointers. This place is huge and it will probably take some time to find my way round.
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    My only problem with hard determinism

    From what I can tell, we believe the same thing. From my perspective, my actions are of my own choosing. From an outside perspective I am merely reacting to stimulus in the only way I can. I understand that objectively, there is no choice, because I could have only possibly made one choice...
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    My only problem with hard determinism

    The exact same situation can't be repeated. I don't mean if you pick heads or tails after the 1st flip was head and the 2nd flip was tales. I mean if the whole of existences was in the exact same state. You were in the exact same mood, every electron in your brain in the same place as it was...
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    The consequences of creationism.

    But you end up with two distinct groups of fruit flies. How did that happen? If there was no evolution, you shouldn't be able to tell them apart, but it possible to tell them apart. Why is that? Simple, because each group evolved on its own.
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    The consequences of creationism.

    Ready to move those goal posts? http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7741 Sure, this is only one link, but I need to leave for work. If you put any amount of effort to education yourself about evolution, not only could you stop spouting nonsense about things you don't understand, you...
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    My only problem with hard determinism

    Choice may be a sticky word here, but my point is that while I have say in what I do or what I choose in any given situation (or what I'm calling state), that I couldn't have chosen anything else. So while to me it seems as if I am making a choice, I really couldn't do anything other than what...
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    My only problem with hard determinism

    The follow up question here is what would cause you to choose the other door?
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    My only problem with hard determinism

    I didn't mean for state 0 to signify a blank state with no past, it was just an arbitrary label I chose to represent a specific moment in time. But I can see how your interpretation of what I wrote makes sense, even if it's not what I intended. I will need to be more careful with my labels.
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    Pro-Life

    I hate abortion more than I hate any other issue. First, I hate that it's a wedge issue, and many people will vote on this one issue to the exclusion of many other important issues. It almost seems to me that starting needless wars and killing millions is okay if someone is pro-life. I can...
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    Are the majority of Christian Forums "fronts" for promoting the Right-Wing Agenda?

    I think this thread is silly. Messengers who want to get a message out go to where people will see the message. They put it on TV, they put it on the radio, and now that internet forums and blogs are widely read, they put the message there too. They would be stupid not to. Sure, it's...
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    Barack and Hillary in dead heat in NH

    Just remember that the polls aren't what count. It's the vote of the people who bother to vote in the primary that count. And unfortunately, it's the people that get to vote in a few select primaries that really count. I just wish I saw and heard less on the horse race, and more on issues...
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    What's So Conservative About the Republican Party?

    I think the current republican party is one of two parties of corporate America. They pay just enough lip service to get the 51st percentile of the vote. They had six years of controlling the presidency and both houses of congress, and what conservative causes made headway? There was no...
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    What would it mean if Ron Paul won and got his way?

    I don't know if I want more people to vote, but I want more people to pay attention! One of my current favorite bumper stickers says "If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention." I think we're starting to see more and more people get fed up with the current ruling class. We may like...
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    Prohibition and drug war politics

    I didn't read the whole thing, but I already agree with his premise. It's really hypocritical to allow tobacco and alcohol while prohibiting other drugs. Some drugs may be bad enough to still control, but if we use alcohol and tobacco as standards, then more should be allowed. Once their...
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