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  1. dust1n

    Epicurus' riddle

    So how can you claim it is a positive reason when you don't anything about the reason? You already said there is objective evil. How can I be evil under any conditions given that there is no evil? Sure. I was just stating, feeling like one has resolved an issue for themselves is of little...
  2. dust1n

    Epicurus' riddle

    Right, it doesn't matter if there are reasons why God is necessitated to make Tay-Sachs disease, because if God is can't do anything without making Tay-Sachs disease, than he is not all-powerful. As soon as God is required to do one thing in order to achieve in any goal, he immediately is not...
  3. dust1n

    Epicurus' riddle

    Agreed. Well, if there is not a purpose, than there is no necessity for it. But if there is a purpose, and God can only achieve that making Tay-Sachs disease, then could isn't capable of anything, because He would be incapable of achieving that purpose without making Tay-Sachs disease. Note...
  4. dust1n

    Epicurus' riddle

    Is it? Either children dying of Tay-Sachs Disease is necessary suffering or it is unnecessary suffering. So what is the suffering from Tay-Sachs needed for? And if the answer is, it's necessary in order to make the world as it is, please refer to Epircurus's question again on what it means when...
  5. dust1n

    Epicurus' riddle

    Let's take an example. Smallpox. People have small pox, but suffering isn't bad, and anything that causes smallpox isn't from evil, and even though God could eliminate it, he stands by and does nothing and that isn't evil either. People have small pox, but suffering is bad, and anything that...
  6. dust1n

    Epicurus' riddle

    Right, I don't think my perception that starving children is a problem, is the problem, personally. He certainly is aware that the humans he created apparently cause false perceptions of suffering. Even if people caused their own suffering, the question would still stand in my mind. If God is...
  7. dust1n

    Epicurus' riddle

    Replace "evil" with "gratuitous suffering" and the problem would remain. Not stopping gratuitous suffering would be malevolent if one is capable of doing so.
  8. dust1n

    Epicurus' riddle

    So wouldn't the sentiment "Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent." Basically, the things that negatively affect people isn't the problem, my perception that such things are problems is the problem?
  9. dust1n

    What I dislike about some of the posting habits here

    I hate it when people complain about this.
  10. dust1n

    Why hurt the innocents to stop the enemy?

    It doesn't. By pretending. That there stupidity has one less boundary than most stupidity. Stupid people have things to prove. Attacking civilians directly is just one step away from attacking civilians "indirectly."
  11. dust1n

    Peak mollycoddling

    That was the one particular strange thing I noticed, was an admission that anything could be a trigger for some sort of acute stress disorder. But how is it possible to warn everyone of everything, if the thing you are warning people about is something only they know about in advance?
  12. dust1n

    Peak mollycoddling

    I don't disagree with the general premise of the OP, as it is pretty absurd, but I do find this notion that criticism is anyway comparable to censorship lacking of much value. If I use my free speech to say anything, and the entire world wants to call me ****** lover, or ***** man, dick boy, or...
  13. dust1n

    What Do Palestinians Want?

    Great article. What I found interesting was all of those people who apparently responded to these surveys negatively, as in, were giving generally non-violence as answers. So, I started reading about and came across this and thought you might enjoy an even broader glimpse, though I'm sure it's...
  14. dust1n

    "I Will Pray for You"

    I guess presumably if the prayer is going to work either way, and some godlike thing gets to decide which prayers get to be answered, I wouldn't tell someone I was going to prayer for them knowing such a godlike entity might decide to fulfill any particular request. No need to get my hopes on...
  15. dust1n

    The "Like" Culture

    Always embarrassing when someone is like, "I'm totally over this relationship, it's done" when they just broke up with someone and you like it to be supportive as a friend, but then they end up back together, and now it seems like you were you were rooting for the break-up the whole time.
  16. dust1n

    Evolution is not observable admits Jerry Coyne

    I don't disagree with him at all. What I'm wondering is the means by which he determines which words aren't human constructs and that don't only exist because humans are around.
  17. dust1n

    Evolution is not observable admits Jerry Coyne

    Man, if that's what you think of word "species," I wonder what you think about word "God" or "is" or "love."
  18. dust1n

    The "Like" Culture

    Right. Also, what if someone's parents dies. I can't "like" it because it seems like I like death or something, but I don't want to know show my support. I think a "sorry for your loss" button is in order.
  19. dust1n

    The "Like" Culture

    I'm just flying through these last ones. But I could not help but enter this thread. What can I say, I'm a "like" socialite. I need to know what's what in the frubal world.
  20. dust1n

    The "Like" Culture

    If those three were options, I would've developed juvenile arthritis from clicking on every single post on RF.
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