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  1. AlexanderG

    Denigration of Sociopolitical Messages in Art and Entertainment: A Tool of Stagnation

    People celebrate activists and speaking truth to power today, as they did in the past. Certain groups that favor the status quo denigrate these activists today, as they did in the past. I'm not really seeing a big difference. If anything, the main difference is the medium through which...
  2. AlexanderG

    What do you do when you're losing faith in God?

    Look into it. Ask questions. Read books. Think it though. Truth has nothing to fear from questioning.
  3. AlexanderG

    "Our Earthly Stewardship" - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    I notice that the solutions he mentioned were strictly vague: "There are many things that we can do—collectively and individually—to be good stewards. Considering our individual circumstances, each of us can use the bountiful resources of the earth more reverently and prudently. We can support...
  4. AlexanderG

    American tourist denied visit with pope, smashed Roman busts in Vatican museums: report

    Was this behavior Christlike, or not? I can't tell.
  5. AlexanderG

    Proud Boy Leader Pleads Guilty to Seditious Conspiracy

    My favorite was when LGBT folks flooded Twitter with the #proudboys hashtag, by posting pictures of themselves kissing their same sex-spouses and talking about how proud they are. And yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if these seditionists were coordinating with Mark Meadows or even Trump. It...
  6. AlexanderG

    Is it only Christians who are saved?

    I think that Christians who are kind, compassionate people will interpret the bible to justify their love and acceptance of people who are different from themselves. They will bask in their surety of universal salvation of people who are as loving as they are, and in the knowledge that all good...
  7. AlexanderG

    Your Belief...

    It seems like a lot of religious people are indoctrinated with a certain epistemology. Namely, the more you want a claim to be true due to its personal emotional appeal, the more likely that this claim is in fact true. As far as I've seen, this is the basis for faith. It is also a terrible way...
  8. AlexanderG

    Energy wars/OPEC ....call in the Military.

    I have this wild theory that a multi-nation war of conquest in the Middle East against all the biggest oil producers might cause a prolonged disruption of oil production and...raise the prices of oil? And cost trillions of dollars to pull off, like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan did? This is...
  9. AlexanderG

    The Cause without a Cause

    No, I don't know what you mean. I think it's easier to explain it as energy has always existed. We can see energy, and see that it can't be created or destroyed. We don't see any gods or disembodied wizard minds that can will themselves into existence.
  10. AlexanderG

    The Cause without a Cause

    I mean, cool assertions and definitions. I could just assert other things in the same way. For example: "All the humans that exist are always conscious and no cause is needed." "Everything I do is good, so no one can force me not to do good." "I could stop that man in front of me from molesting...
  11. AlexanderG

    The Metaphysical Origin of Division and Conflict.

    I never know what the central point is of any of your posts. Are you saying penises are demonic? Or that the creation of women from men is what introduced division and conflict in the world? I know from past discussions with you that you have a very low opinion of women and their supposedly...
  12. AlexanderG

    The Cause without a Cause

    All of these types of arguments are logically flawed. The argument identifies a universal problem, claims that god solves the problem and then asserts that this problem also doesn't apply to god, by definition, which makes the original problem not universal. It's incoherent. Another term for...
  13. AlexanderG

    Some facts about crime

    So Fox News is fear mongering over increasing crime, and blaming it on immigrants? Color me surprised. According to actual data (instead of amorphous xenophobic feelings) immigrants actually commit far less crime than US citizens. Here is one study covering crime rates from 2012-2018: "We find...
  14. AlexanderG

    According To VP U.S. Has Alliance With North Korea

    Harris misspoke and said North instead of South....wow...? Not quite as good as when Trump talked about troops in the Revolutionary War "taking over the airports," or modified a weather map with a sharpie, or referred to an Asian woman as "Coco Chow" but I guess it's a slow news day.
  15. AlexanderG

    Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president

    I think it will splinter and fragment as all denominations do, and one of the fragments will continue to be the most far-right, reactionary population. Religion is just about catering to your own personality type and preferences, since there's no objective tool to determine which denomination...
  16. AlexanderG

    A debate on tipping

    Are you obligated to be a fair, considerate, moral person? No. Can you not tip, thus choosing not to pay for the work someone did for you, and ruining someone's day? You can in restaurants, yes. It causes gratuitous suffering, makes your community worse, and makes you look like a terrible...
  17. AlexanderG

    "I don't consent to your prayers."

    If someone tells you not to do something, because they don't like it, and then you go ahead and do it, then it's clear to that person that you are being intentionally rude and disrespectful of them. It may be clear that you're eagerly hoping to harm them in some way. I'm not sure how this would...
  18. AlexanderG

    Exodus: Safety of Slavery vs Freedom

    I'm not sure how being a slave would feel "secure." You could be beaten at any time, sexually accosted, or starved, killed, or sold off to some new owner. I think it's human nature to always think about how our circumstances could be better, and "complaining" is one form of that. Generations...
  19. AlexanderG

    question

    It really depends what you mean by "greater." There are various things or beings that are bigger, taller, smarter, faster, more pink-colored, more efficacious, or more cheerful than I am. Are they greater than me? I have no idea? Or do you mean are there things that I value more than myself...
  20. AlexanderG

    Does the Christian God want you in heaven?

    If Jesus went so far as to die for our sins, doesn't that mean we should dive right in and sin a lot, to make it worth his sacrifice? Otherwise, he died for nothing!
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