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  1. linwood

    Secular Morality and Meaning

    Truly? You would end this fantastic experience just because you discovered it has no meaning beyond being an experience? You see no value in the experience itself?
  2. linwood

    Secular Morality and Meaning

    You answered all those questions before you asked them. If we have to "be" we might as well make our state of "being" as enjoyable as possible. I understand it seems rather trivial after decades of immediate cosmic importance but it is what it is.
  3. linwood

    Would You Lie To

    It`s a foot massager of course.
  4. linwood

    Would You Lie To

    Your brother was not justifying his beliefs. He was lying so he wouldn`t have to face justifying his gods cruelty to his children. That`s even a bit more despicable if you think about it. I will never find myself in the position to require justification of my beliefs with anyone...
  5. linwood

    Religious participation and nonbelief

    Then perhaps I`m wrong, I`d be happy to be wrong in this case. :) Thank you, the quote you left seemed familiar. I`ll check him out.
  6. linwood

    Where do atheists/seculars get their morals from?

    I would phrase my morality as based upon "Don`t violate others" or "Minimize your violation of others as much as humanly possible." The word violate (instead of harm) would cover "physical harm, the psychological and sociological harm," and just about any other "relative" situation you would...
  7. linwood

    "School Surveys 7th-Graders on Oral Sex"

    I`ve barely posted on this topic, don`t know what I`ve changed. Actually yeah, it is in fact the best way I`ve found to educate mine. I must have missed that, where were young children being asked about their oral sex habits?
  8. linwood

    Religious participation and nonbelief

    I don`t think so. This is reminiscent of Joseph Cambell's idea of creating a new "true" myth for our culture. Long story short, I don`t think the masses want reality. Anything less than a mythology that finds us enjoying eternity in a heavenly afterlife simply can`t beat the status quo...
  9. linwood

    "School Surveys 7th-Graders on Oral Sex"

    You mean "robbed of their ignorance" don`t you? Because have knowledge about sex and it`s ramifications has nothing to do with a persons innocence or lack of.
  10. linwood

    Dogma and a Divorce Dilemma

    Almost always. Dogma is for people who can`t think.
  11. linwood

    Hey Spinks! What's Time?

    Well while we wait for Mr.Spinkles. :) I`d say Einstein found time illusory in general as in "it doesn`t exist in reality". It`s a useful human concept used to measure the distance between dedicated intervals. It does not actually exist beyond the conceptual. Just a stab in the dark.
  12. linwood

    Are Humans Destroying Earth?

    Seems like a natural process to me. Parasites explode in population when resources are plenty. When resources are used up parasite populations tend to decrease. The world will be just fine once the humans are all off of it. Shouldn`t take long. :)
  13. linwood

    Hey Spinks! What's Time?

    I`m waiting too.
  14. linwood

    Pastor of picketed church welcomes WBC with donuts.

    Nicely done. I like the gay pride parade in San Fran awhile back where they ran a pool and donated money for however many hours WBC stood outside picketing.
  15. linwood

    "School Surveys 7th-Graders on Oral Sex"

    This is the real problem, idiots like this Whitehead guy who quite possibly honestly believes middle school kids don`t know what oral sex is. If you`ve got middle school kids who don`t know what oral sex is then you need the school to teach them something. You`ve already screwed up.
  16. linwood

    Nepal plans new criminal code forbidding conversion

    Me too. Crappy law.
  17. linwood

    Diocese says it must end all state-funded adoption, foster services

    Many of us feel like those exemptions were a violation to begin with. It`s now been corrected. :)
  18. linwood

    Can we all agree about wikipedia?

    Certainly, just as soon as we can find one less biased and inaccurate than the Wiki. Good luck with that.
  19. linwood

    Teachers opinions in public schools

    I never said I teach nobody is deserving of respect until it`s earned. I said I teach that no one is deserving of any "special" level of respect until it is earned. The actions of police officers in my area over the past 30 years are a major reason why I teach my child NOT to offer them any...
  20. linwood

    Teachers opinions in public schools

    We simply look at the world in different ways. My child is taught that "no person" is deserving of a special level of respect due to nothing more than the title they hold or job they work. My child is taught to respect those who have earned respect regardless of what standards society deems...
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