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  1. Politesse

    Can the Sciences Legitimately Distinguish Between True and False Religious Beliefs?

    We were discussing science, though, not materialist naturalism. Science is a methodology, which works whether or not one believes it is the only way to truth. No one would ever need to adopt your hypothesis to use science. Anyone can use science, that's the whole point. You can believe that God...
  2. Politesse

    Gods that want to be eaten

    Wurruri in aboriginal tradition was killed and eaten; not voluntarily, but we are indebted to the act as our capacity for language and culture sprang from this ancient murder.
  3. Politesse

    On Working With Gods & Making Requests Of Them

    Not only do I think it acceptable to offer devotions to a God without first forming a personal relationship with them, I think there are many situations in which it would be unaccountably rude not to. When one is worshiping with their community, for instance, or traveling in their traditional...
  4. Politesse

    Can the Sciences Legitimately Distinguish Between True and False Religious Beliefs?

    One doesn't - that's why the sciences treat all subjective perception as flawed, and insist on objective confirmation through experimentation, replication, and independent observation. That is the entire reason for the existence of science, to act as a check against our inherent subjective bias...
  5. Politesse

    Disposing of the Dead: A Third Option

    I always thought the original incinerator method - wherein most of you ends up as air pollution - was a bit grody.
  6. Politesse

    Can the Sciences Legitimately Distinguish Between True and False Religious Beliefs?

    Science can falsify hypotheses about natural phenomena. It cannot prove that anything, religious or otherwise, is true.
  7. Politesse

    Does the lifestyle of the Buddha appeal to you?

    Ah, there are times! I enjoy my work, and do not regret the decisions I have made. But, I think I would also have been happy as a monk. Whether in reaching enlightenment or not; it is not such a terrible life. Certainly in his position, I could not imagine myself enjoying the palace life very...
  8. Politesse

    Sex Education: Let's Get Real

    Honestly though, I think that's a technique most people are not going to struggle to figure out on their own! Maybe it's just my wicked homosexual urges talking, but there certainly was no manual involved when... well, anyhow! :chicken:
  9. Politesse

    Sex Education: Let's Get Real

    Anal sex Should be covered, given how common it is and the widespread myth that one cannot thereby contract an STD. Anilingus The various uses of the tongue in sexual contact should be mentioned for health and safety reasons, but I see no reason to specifically bring up this one by name...
  10. Politesse

    You die, confront a god in which you didn't believe, now what?

    There aren't really any gods I don't believe in; I try not to speak where I've got no knowledge. But if it was a god I had no personal connection with, I'd do the sensible thing and let him talk first.
  11. Politesse

    Has RF made you more or less religious?

    I enjoy coming to RF and learning new things, but I wouldn't credit it with making me more or less religious. That's in the gods' hands, I think.
  12. Politesse

    is Current western Liberalism. Liberalism? (US FOCUSED)

    Not seeing it. "Liberal" can mean almost whatever you want it to; its parent concept of "freedom" likewise. They largely depend on your goals. Everyone wants freedom when someone offers it to them on a stick, and whether you call that liberalism or libertarianism says more about where and to...
  13. Politesse

    Will there be public nudity in heaven?

    But the same people who don't want to have fun in heaven, don't want to have fun down here either...
  14. Politesse

    Will there be public nudity in heaven?

    His disciples said: On what day will you be revealed to us, and on what day shall we see you? Jesus said: When you unclothe yourselves and are not ashamed, and take your garments and lay them beneath your feet like the little children (and) trample on them, then [you will see] the Son of the...
  15. Politesse

    "The Troops"

    And the same people glibly ignore it when people who are veterans speak in favor of civil disobedience.
  16. Politesse

    "The Troops"

    I'm not a veteran, but a substantial portion of my students are, and most of them are in good spirits but dire straits. Especially those who got injured. I'm all for supporting them, but that doesn't seem like a priority of our government, and those who speak glibly of invading a country for...
  17. Politesse

    Are the Three Classical Laws of Logic Descriptive or Merely Prescriptive?

    If they are descriptive, it should be demonstrable through objective evidence; if it is a matter of opinion, then "descriptive" is too generous a moniker. I don't know if I would consider them prescriptive either; they are more like a methodology than a rule.
  18. Politesse

    How many Pagans use the cross symbol?

    My personal symbol is and has long been a Jerusalem Cross. It represents perfect balance and a sense of fullness to me. One can imagine the guardians of the directions along the tines, if one likes, or the four elements, or the four suits of the Tarot. Either way, the cross draws them all...
  19. Politesse

    Is Certainty the Enemy of Enlightenment?

    Certainty strikes me as being more an emotion than a state. The statement "I'm certain I left my keys somewhere in this room" describes my feelings very accurately, but not necessarily the location of the keys, and therefore, neither the accuracy of my knowledge. And for the same reason, it...
  20. Politesse

    R.I.P. Raymond Buckland

    I'm sorry I never got a chance to meet him. :(
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