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Combatabilism, in the commonly used philisophical sense, under which I am opperating, holds that portions of both sides are correct, in that people's actions are partly determined and partly free. It is illogical, what you are speaking about is something different. There is no reason to...

Combatalism is illogical. We are either wholy free, or wholy determined. If we are even a little bit determined, or determined probabilistically, then we are still determined and not free. I included six as a re-statement, and concluscion. It helps bind the argument together and helps with...

I saw a few responces that I wanted to reply to. See below: The importance of this idea is that if indeed we have no free will, and people do not act in a manner of their own choosing, then we cannot rightfully make any moral judgements, since all traditional moral theories rely upon the...

According to my archological teacher (who has a Phd in Physical anthropology), there is no direct empirical evidence to suggest that humans and Neadethals had direct contact with one another. Some site showed that humans and Neaderthals shared similar territories, but there are hundreds of years...

It's more of a cautionairy thing:"Don't make use of it unless you actually have some formal understanding fo the field." Quantum mechanics is hideiously complex, and it is something that I believe should not be lightly refered to without a great understanding of the field. Besides, I would...

An Argument in defense of Hard Determinism. 1. All events have causes 2. Our actions are events. 3. all caused events are determined by the past ____________________________ 4. Our actions are determined by the past 5. If our actions are determined by the past, then we have no power to...

oop's. :doh:

Homosexuality existed before humans had the ability to significantly manipulate their environments. It can be found to exist in animals in nature as well, suggesting that at least part of the reason people/animals that are homosexual are that way because of environmental and genetic factors...

As I have said in other threads, opposits as they are traditonally thought of are not needed for their "opposit" to exist or be understood. Good is not the other side of the coin for evil, meaning that they exist independently in actions from another. Evil is not the absense of good, as many...

slight side step It's my opinion that creationists attact evolution so vehemently is that they believe if they could somehow disprove evolution, the next logical step is to take up evolution. Obviously that is not the case, but it is what they believe (for the many, and part of the reason on...

Part of the difference is how the views are represented. ID argument foolows a different kind of argument than do creationists. Part of the difference is that Id is not directly tied into a specific religion, though most IDers are christain right, not all are. It, like more intangible...

You don't need suffering to understand pleasure, they are not two sides of the same coins, but rather independent concepts. Admittedly, it often helps to understand somethings opposite to help make said something more understandable, but is not necessary. Do you need to understand "hot" to...

What depresses me is that while creationists seem to be either simply deluded or crazy, many IDers are smart enough that they should know better, but don't.

He is left with almost all the liberal arts majors, bussiness, some kinds of engineers, sociol sciences, law, gov't theory,theology, a language, mathmatics, philosophy, etc. Though philosophy might be a dangerous one to get into, depending on where you go. But considerin that even heavily...

Id is not science, and does not follow the rules of science, and because if, is not falsifiable. If ID has any relation to science, it is as pseudoscience. The most that can be done is respond to ID critiques of evolution, showing how the critiques are wrong. I personally have more repsect...

I hope that there is at least some sarcasm behind this.

To live a moral life, does one have to be christian? Explain your answer please.

Simply put, why should people be moral? Explain your answer, and please think carefully before replying

And where are the Christian hospitals? Seriously, atheists are not an organized group, an organized sect. They dont have common goals, common agendas, etc. For the most part, large grouping of atheists outside the internet dont exist, especially with an agenda. However, you could talk...

I would rather have lived in Pre-christian Rome than Post Christian Rome -which was when the empire collapsed and and conqured, divided, and fought over by differing groups (many of them Christian). I would rather have lived in 12-14th century Middle east (which was muslim) than live in...