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  1. Alex_G

    Kissing in public

    For me it seems to boil down to a issue of personal space, and what might be considered reasonable in different public areas. Proximity being key, i think most will be ok with 2 people kissing say on a spacious beach, where they’re a good 200 meters away from you, but less keen to tolerate it...
  2. Alex_G

    Evidence of God's/Gods' existence

    For me evidence is quite closely linked with understanding, and so when it comes to belief, the means by which i believe something (i hesitate to use that word however at risk of misinterpretation)), is via an understanding. And so i don’t distance myself from what i think or anticipate...
  3. Alex_G

    Yo

    Hey, welcome to the forums, hope you have a good time here! Alex
  4. Alex_G

    Is This Normal?

    Its most definitely normal i would think, but how common? I’m not sure. I like that you seem to have had a free and un-coerced choice in your belief rather than being brainwashed or frightened as an impressionable child, as i fear is still far too common a mechanism in the world. I always...
  5. Alex_G

    how is this a humble stance?

    I think it’s probably virtuous and healthy to have a reasonable amount of humbleness, but also a degree of self-interest and self-importance, to feel empowered and authentic as an individual in life. I do agree that a belief that we have some cosmic importance, with specific design and care for...
  6. Alex_G

    Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest

    Natural selection refers to the effect the environment has on the successful reproduction of organisms, such that traits that are suited to the specific environment and that play an active role in survival and successful reproduction will be the ones passed on, and statistically within a...
  7. Alex_G

    Ped0philia

    As with most labels, one must always be aware of the spectrum of variability within its definition, and this word is no exception. Obviously you could break the word down to its literal meaning 'liking children' but its not much help. The word is riddled with connotations and stigma (for...
  8. Alex_G

    Physical Abuse | Where is the line drawn?

    This is pretty shocking stuff man.
  9. Alex_G

    Christopher hitchens Dead

    RIP Hitch.
  10. Alex_G

    Inalienable Rights

    I tend to think it refers to those rights which are based on aspects of human nature, rather than any specific custom of tradition. Such that by the very fact of being human (which is not alienable), you will have certain faculties that justify the rights that go along with it, like being the...
  11. Alex_G

    Best explanation for what's going on here gets a Frubal

    No idea. Maybe they’ve developed a powerful 'panties' magnet that’s been put in the floor? It is Japan remember ;) Or maybe its Japan's version of the Lynx/Axe adverts? Instead of 'Even angels will fall' as the catch phrase its the more crude and direct 'Even panties will fall' :p...
  12. Alex_G

    Can morality arise from natural selection?

    Not sure if you were responding to me... But no i wouldn't do what you suggest, however i would feel every painful second of it. Neither do i think that example has any bearing on what i actually said in the post above about not feeling personally connected to the world around you.
  13. Alex_G

    Can morality arise from natural selection?

    Just to add my thoughts here, a man who is so disengaged that he does nothing to safeguard the lives of his innocent loved ones from someone with the clear intent to harm them doesn’t seem very moral to me. Even leaving action out of the equation, to not to feel anything, that strikes me as a...
  14. Alex_G

    Can morality arise from natural selection?

    Not a formal theory in the scientific sense, never was, it was only a perspective, a viewpoint to share on the issue of morality and evolution, as the thread's OP was about. Asking now for a theory of good and bad is a different question entirely.
  15. Alex_G

    Can morality arise from natural selection?

    Apologies for the delayed response, i hadn’t seen your post. I think it’s perfectly reasonable and rational to state the very real fact that we still know very little about the human mind. Being aware of what you don’t know is the first step to wisdom, and rather than forcing an explanation...
  16. Alex_G

    Do any of the atheists here believe in an afterlife?

    No not really. I dont really bother deliberating whether there is or isn’t, as one could just continue with that indefinitely without getting anywhere near any real answers. So my perspective is one of sensible dismissal rather than claiming that there is no afterlife. A major issue with me is...
  17. Alex_G

    Post your pic!

    number 2. With my arm on number 1's shoulder :P
  18. Alex_G

    Post your pic!

    3 of my old housemates and I prior to going to a Christmas ball in London last weekend. Heck, looking at this you might even consider us quite cultured if u didn’t know we had just finished playing a good 3 hours of halo when this was taken.... :p (I'm 1 in from the left as you look at it btw)
  19. Alex_G

    Macro and Micro evolution

    I dont really see a fundamental difference either. It seems its just looking at things on a different scale and in context of a larger timeframe. I actually dislike words like macro/micro-evolution for their tendency to become such easy buzz words. God knows we enjoy labelling and...
  20. Alex_G

    The historical accuracy of the Bible

    I would think that things people had conflicts of interest over or vested interests in would likely have less reliable accuracy than writing that described more benign things. I'd be more inclined to believe something that was written describing some insignificant feature, like a building...
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