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  1. Alex_G

    Who taught you your manners?

    Manners exist on a spectrum, on one end there are those actions and reactions that lie heavily in customs and traditions, and are such quite arbitrary. Those, at least applicable to my experienced culture were taught to me by my parents, and through a process of trial and error. On the other end...
  2. Alex_G

    What is your favourite Hymn/carol

    always likes the tune to this one, although it was in welsh when i used to hear/sing it. ZugvUQ4m90U Be still for the presence of the Lord - YouTube Some of these are probably not strictly 'hymns' but in Wales, if i can be sung by a male voice choir it counts :P VXiktmNxk8Q Welsh Mining...
  3. Alex_G

    The What Are You Listening To? Thread - Part Three!

    Bit of quality Eric Johnson 55nAwmVLQSk Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover (Studio Version) - YouTube
  4. Alex_G

    RF Project Noah

    Common name: Red Kite Scientific name: Milvus milvus My favourite bird, with the characteristic forked tail that makes it easily identifiable and distinguished from the more common Buzzard. Almost became extinct here, (declining to 2 pairs in the 1930s) but has since recovered quite well...
  5. Alex_G

    Do you consider circumcision child abuse?

    This is my opinion on circumcision regarding its morality and legality, as I've posted before in other threads. I think more often than not religiously fueled circumcision of young boys very much ticks the boxes of abuse. As mentioned there are two parts to consider. One being the debate as to...
  6. Alex_G

    How Reliable is Conscience?

    The conscience to me simply means elicited emotional experiences relating to moral considerations. I think one can have within this definition, variation in the validity of their feelings. As you say, dogma, and strict things learnt as a child may very well manifest later in life as a form of...
  7. Alex_G

    Post the funniest videos you have ever seen.

    Pretty damn funny, worth a watch! PjckqAU8IkM Masterchef Final 2010 - Funny - YouTube
  8. Alex_G

    Why do animals suffers?? (Islam and Christianity)

    Suffering of any kind can arise for a multitude of reasons, all of which require no invoked God concept in their explanation. This however isn’t really the interesting question here. I’m much more drawn to the fact that the Abrahamic religions don’t seem to value or acknowledge animal welfare...
  9. Alex_G

    Conservatives Big on Fear, Brain Study Finds

    The amygdala isn't synonymous with 'fear bit of the brain'. Its involved in emotional memory, imprinting and conditioning, basically far more sophisticated than 'fear centre', and that's within the context of the limited knowledge we currently have of the brain's inner working. Additionally...
  10. Alex_G

    Is Hedonism Good, Bad, or a Combo of Both?

    Pleasure is a core aspect of life, unavoidable without which you would probably be hard pressed to identify with anything remotely resembling human. It's place in our life can to a large degree be explained in an evolutionary context, motivating and inhibiting behaviour. It's a particular...
  11. Alex_G

    Anthropomorphizing God

    The ironic truth that god was in fact created in mans image speaks volumes. All the info that exists about a god will tell you a lot more about the people to whom the god is of, than any objective truth about any 'real' god.
  12. Alex_G

    Correcting Another's Grammar and/or Spelling

    Correcting someone's grammar is in itself not morally right or wrong, it's the circumstances including perspectives, assumptions, judgments, motivations and delivery that will determine the moral worth of the action when collectively considered. Language is an interesting beast and there are...
  13. Alex_G

    What is/was your major in College/University?

    Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery (Hons) yet learned far more valuable things about life, people and the world via other means whilst i was at university not reflected in the eventual qualification.
  14. Alex_G

    Hitler's Wallet Dilemma

    What i would do and what i should do arnt the same thing, even if they perhaps ought to be. In your example i dont particularly think its morally defensible, nor do i think i would actually steal it. In the way you've phrased it you've pretty much removed any motive of gain, besides the causing...
  15. Alex_G

    should women rule the world?

    Little bit penis obsessed arnt we? I dont think I'm over reacting per say. I strongly worded it because casual sexism actually annoys the hell out of me, whichever direction its in. Its so often guised in a sort of 'tongue in cheek'. When you say ' We've lived with men in near complete control...
  16. Alex_G

    should women rule the world?

    I think it’s the wrong question to ask. The right person for the job is who should be in charge. When that’s the case, things will be good; when it’s not things will be worse. Any system that favours choices based on sex (or any other arbitrary characteristic) is inherently wrong in principle...
  17. Alex_G

    Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch

    Knowing it off by heart to whip out at dinner parties and the like is part of being Welsh :P In fact most Welsh place names are a short descriptive sentences of salient features of the place. Its actually quite sensible way to name, albeit this one is a tad extreme. For example im from...
  18. Alex_G

    The Ego and the Burden of Posing Questions

    ye that does sort of echo some of what i was saying.
  19. Alex_G

    Non-life to life

    I think we need to be careful about these words and what it is we're describing. The emergence of life essentially hinged on the arrival of organic chemistry (hydrocarbons), which facilitated more complex molecules, enzymes and eventually life forms to develop. Life as a word is something we...
  20. Alex_G

    The Ego and the Burden of Posing Questions

    When participating here on RF I’m able to use the fact that it’s essentially other people asking the question to free me up to think far more critically about the potential answer than if I had simply posed the question to myself. I think it’s one of the main reasons that keeps bringing me back...
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