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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    Thanks. I'm not interested in money, however.
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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    There's all sorts of discrimination that has a rational basis. Consider, for example, a women's debate club. Would they acting in a discriminatory manner by disallowing a man to become a member of the club? The answer would be that they are behaving in a discriminatory manner insofar as they are...
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    God existance paradox?

    That's flatly false. The so-called logical problem of evil which purports to demonstrate that God's existence and the existence of evil are logically incompatible has been almost completely abandoned by all philosophers, thanks in no small part to the contributions of Alvin Plantinga...
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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    Right. Note, however, that whether it is in fact "discriminatory" to disallow, say, a man from "marrying" another man or whether this "discrimination" has no rational basis is something that is in contention in the first place and so to assume that it is discriminatory or to assume that that...
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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    That's a good point. Thanks.
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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    To be honest, no. But I did expect another one of these pointless comments which seeks to ridicule instead of address a relevant matter I brought up. Also further note that I did not say that SSM and apartheid are analogous insofar as they are similar in their goals. I simply pointed out that...
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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    "Ripped to shreds"? I'm not sure I remember it like that. As is widely accepted in philosophy, one can show an argument to be defective by either demonstrating that it is not deductively valid such that its premises do not deductively guarantee the entailment of the conclusion or otherwise...
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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    Well, do you have anything substantive to respond to my earlier response to you? Because this just seems as if you are conceding the point and accepting that the comment you made earlier was rather pointless. No skin off my nose, I guess.
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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    Finally, if you guys are convinced that I am wrong about something that I have written, or that I have reasoned invalidly, etc., I invite you to write on the comment section of my blog so that we may have a productive conversation on the matter.
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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    Also, I've noticed that I've received many accusations of straw-manning. I haven't seen any examples as to how I am doing that, however. Is it not the case that the most popular argument for SSM is that we are "treating individuals unjustly by not allowing them to marry someone of the same-sex"...
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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    I use so-called "scare quotes" (see, I'm doing it again) when speaking of same-sex "marriage" because to yield that a same-sex "marriage" is something that is legitimate and that is not in conceptual contention is simply to concede the point and render my argument moot.
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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    Sorry to disappoint, then, by not conforming to that prediction. I wouldn't have to write about it if individuals weren't so obsessed with trying to implement it, would I?
  13. S

    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    That's a pretty pointless comment. Should we tell all those opposed to abortion the same thing? "The argument is over now. Your side lost. Stop campaigning to end abortion. You can choose to either accept abortion gracefully or to continue to fume in impotent rage." Or perhaps to those opposed...
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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    But see, if you had read the "Building A Case Against SSM, Part 1" post, you'd realize that this is either simply question-begging or false. To assume that we are treating individuals "unjustly" by disallowing them to marry someone of the same sex is to assume that two men or two women...
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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

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    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    I'm actually pretty floored by the amount and depth of feedback you guys have provided. Honestly, I greatly appreciate all of it. Thanks! I do realize the blog is very abrasive. For whatever it's worth, it is so on purpose.
  17. S

    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    Haha, thanks for the feedback (not sarcasm).
  18. S

    Blog on Same-Sex "Marriage," Atheism, and More

    Hey guys, I made a blog in which I examine critically same-sex "marriage," atheism, and a host of other topics. I'd appreciate any feedback. Sovereign Dream
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    Argument from Intentionality Contra Materialism

    Right. If materialism is true, then a "concept" is nothing more than a thought in someone's brain and this is itself nothing more than a configuration of atoms firing concept-wise in one's brain. But, of course, we first need to consider whether atoms-firing x-wise or thought-wise can yield any...
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    Argument from Intentionality Contra Materialism

    Finally someone who speaks my language! I have difficulty seeing, however, how emergent properties are not just themselves reducible themselves to atoms interacting x-wise, x-wise just being the relevant so-called emergent property.
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