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  1. Kartari

    Is God Observable?

    Hi Fool, Ok. Well, there are so many deity concepts floating around, it's difficult to know what anyone is describing when they use words like God. If we are speaking of something natural, like a universal form of love being akin to God, then, personally speaking, I fail to see the point in...
  2. Kartari

    Is God Observable?

    Hi Fool, The problem with thinking God is perceptible through God's presumed effects on other things is that every example of this that I've seen is more simply and soundly explainable as a natural phenomenon. The analogies of presumably formless causes and effects given by a few posters in...
  3. Kartari

    Subjective/Objective reallity

    Hi Segev, Within the context of explaining and manipulating the workings of nature or the cosmos, I agree. But the subjective mind need not be rendered obsolete in other contexts. I believe subjectivity is required for great art and great music, for instance. For culture, creativity...
  4. Kartari

    Who thinks the Dhammapada is the stuff?

    Hear hear!
  5. Kartari

    Is God really THE god?

    Hi Segev, We can't know. One can only believe, as far as I can tell. All of your alternate explanations (and more) are equally plausible as far as we can tell. As a fellow atheist though, I see that the universe as we know it works precisely as if no gods or a God existed. If one of these...
  6. Kartari

    The Argument from Design vs. the Problem of Evil

    Hi Penguin, Not so much reconciled, as to say that the answer depends on the specific God concept we are referring to. If we are speaking of the concept of God as the omniscient and omnipotent Creator, then I fail to see why we couldn't deduce some clear conclusions about the nature of God...
  7. Kartari

    How can atheists explain precognitive dreams?

    Hi sovietchild, Technically speaking, an atheist is someone who disbelieves in god(s). An atheist does not necessarily disbelieve in precognitive dreaming. One can be an atheist and also either believe or disbelieve in precognitive dreaming without being contradictory in either case. I...
  8. Kartari

    Buddhism and Atheism?

    Hi Nowhere Man, As you are probably aware (but I'll write it for the benefit of all readers), there are actually elements of both Mahayana and Theravada in Zen Buddhism. For instance, the strong espousal of taking both Theravadan and Mahayanist monks' vows by both Eisai and Dogen, Zen's most...
  9. Kartari

    Buddhism and Atheism?

    Hi Marc, That's correct. Buddhism more broadly encompasses a wide plethora of schools, with varying beliefs and teachings. Though traditionally polytheistic, the vast majority of schools are non-theistic at their core. Meaning, the belief in, or worship of, gods is at best ancillary to the...
  10. Kartari

    What is 'Islamophobia'?

    Everyone, Concerning the Muslim bans, it can only help the US and the world at large if more people would comprehend the realities of the matter. Around the time the first ban was attempted, the Cato Institute published a series of fact-based articles against it. I highly recommend reading and...
  11. Kartari

    What is 'Islamophobia'?

    Lorgar... In all sincerity, do you not recognize how bigoted this paragraph is? Please, in friendliness, reflect on your paragraph above. But imagine it targets not Muslims but, for instance, blacks. Or Jews. Does it still sound fine to you?
  12. Kartari

    What is 'Islamophobia'?

    Hi Lorgar, This is factually wrong. It is in fact illegal. Please refer to my previous post to shmogie for an explanation.
  13. Kartari

    What is 'Islamophobia'?

    Hi shmogie, This entire post is factually wrong. Both bans are in fact illegal, according to congressional statues placed upon the president. The Immigration Act of 1965 trumps Trump’s claimed precedent to ban immigrants and refugees thusly (Cornell). According to the ’65 Act, no person may...
  14. Kartari

    What is 'Islamophobia'?

    Hi Lorgar, None of the six or seven countries has a single person connected with terrorist attacks on US soil. That is to say, zero people from these countries have actually killed even a single American citizen in an act of terror in the United States. This is according to data spanning from...
  15. Kartari

    Trump Accuses NYT of being Fake News

    Hi Augustus, Actually, history teaches us that you do not need to formally sign into law something to undo liberties like press freedom. You only need the consensus of enough people to take actions which restrict them. Offhand, though this was the result of many rather than one specific...
  16. Kartari

    Trump Accuses NYT of being Fake News

    Revoltingest, I must have missed those, easy for me to do since I'm not her every often. Thanks, I will check them out when I get a chance. Btw, I just recalled an interview to wrap up my point. Trump was interviewed some years ago by someone whose name now escapes me. I was reminded of this...
  17. Kartari

    Trump Accuses NYT of being Fake News

    Hi R, It's not just a "feeling" of being threatened, like some kind of subjective assumption. But, as mentioned, it's in seeing the beginnings of infringements enacted, coupled by his already stated intentions and behaviors, and then logically deducing a pattern that's now beginning to emerge...
  18. Kartari

    Trump Accuses NYT of being Fake News

    Hi R, Historically, going back to the country's origins, that is true. In spite of his more redeeming qualities, America's second president John Adams notoriously infringed upon press freedoms. There have been other presidents to do so I am sure, though I cannot recall the details offhand at...
  19. Kartari

    Trump Accuses NYT of being Fake News

    Hi Augustus, It is inaccurate to make equivalence claims between Trump and specific past fascists, national socialists, and other ruthless dictators. Every individual scenario throughout history is politically unique, in spite of the similarities of human motivations and behaviors. However...
  20. Kartari

    Trump Accuses NYT of being Fake News

    Hi Augustus, Except there is a far deeper similarity in this case. Your analogy is superficial and does not hold.
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