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    Maybe It Is Time For A Shakeup In DOD

    If an agency fails to account for $842 billion in their budget, it means that agency didn't need $842 billion and can be allocated $842 billion less for their next budget. And, following this simple principle, you will soon discover that every agency of the U.S. government quickly and easily...
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    On the nature of intellect

    I see that you are stating that a table is less real than its form and a painting of a table is less real than a table, but I don't see why the "imitation" is less real than the thing it imitates (we've discarded the idea that something is less real just because is it more transient). The...
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    Teleological Argument (Aquinas)

    Quite so. The argument says: You are now in agreement with the argument! :cool: QED
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    America and Israel against right to food

    Umm... The Right to Food is already enshrined as a Human Right in Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted on December 10, 1948 with 0 votes opposed. So... What does the "Right to Food" mean the context of this resolution from December 16, 2021? I read through it and...
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    On the nature of intellect

    While we can likely agree that the human brain is material, the problem is determining whether or not the human mind is material or immaterial.
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    On the nature of intellect

    I'm sorry... what? You just said that what made one thing less real than another thing is: Both a table and the painting of a table are transient/impermanent. Moreover, the painting of a table could last longer, which means that the painting can be is less transient/impermanent than a table...
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    Teleological Argument (Aquinas)

    You've said something inherently nonsensical by claiming that the idea of what happens to that gas has no relation to what happens to that gas. The relation is self-evident: that what happens to that gas is understood through the idea of what happens to that gas.. Yes, that's laid out clearly...
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    Teleological Argument (Aquinas)

    To be clear, you claimed: Such large collections of interstellar gas do exist now and the stars they will form do not yet exist now. But the idea exists now, in your mind. This idea obviously exists now and those stars obviously do not yet exist. While your existence is not necessary for the...
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    On the nature of intellect

    Can we do that? How do you explain the perception of forms that are universal - not dependent upon the existence of human minds or evolution? The form of tables is immaterial and extramental, but evolution is material and physical.
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    On the nature of intellect

    I don't understand what "less real" means. Of two things which are real, how can the one thing be less real than the other thing? I don't understand why tables are "imperfect"... a table is not completely a table? But then, why call it a table? I can understand that material, physical...
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    Do you think Trump's assassination attempts helped him win the election

    I think it did help to motivate his base to turn out for the vote.
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    Trigger Warning, streets of Gaza

    Meanwhile... 146 of the 193 members of the UN have already recognized the state of Palestine. Apparently, they did not require Palestine to make concessions before recognizing that other human beings can govern themselves. More recently... Knesset votes overwhelmingly against Palestinian...
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    Can any here offer a solution to the middle east conflicts between Israel and Hamas/Hezbollah?

    Gaza is part of the promised Holy Land. It fell to King David in the early 11th century BC. The majority of Jews in Israel are religious. But if you can demonstrate that Gaza was never actually part of the promised land of Israel, then perhaps that would help in reaching a modern day...
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    On the nature of intellect

    "shadowy"? Do you mean of uncertain identity or nature? Or do you mean insubstantial? It seems a strange word choice here. Concrete objects are substantial and of certain identity or nature, yes? If I understand this correctly: the physical table is not a table rather the idea of a table...
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    Teleological Argument (Aquinas)

    Your acknowledgement that stars will form from the interstellar gas exists before the formation of the stars as an idea in your head - in other words, in the order of mental being. This occurs despite the fact that the stars do not yet exist materially - in the order of physical being.
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    Trump is losing the debate acting like a raving lunatic

    To set the record straight, temporary protected status is a designation given byt he government that allows immigrants not to be immediately returned to their country of origin and has nothing to do with whether or not they entered the U.S. legally or illegally. So your claim that because they...
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    Trigger Warning, streets of Gaza

    And despite all the horrors of your video, Israel does not recognize and will never recognize a sovereign state of Palestine. Afterall, it would be rewarding terrorists to do so.
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    Can any here offer a solution to the middle east conflicts between Israel and Hamas/Hezbollah?

    Do you mean everyone converts to Christianity? I suppose that if such a miraculous event took place, then the conflict would end. Similarly, if everyone converted to Judaism or everyone converted to Islam. It is primarily a religious war. The land belongs to the Jews according to their...
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    On the nature of intellect

    There's are some terms to unpack there: "highest faculty" This seems to mean the most important faculty, which immediately raises the questions: What are the other faculties? And why is nous the most important faculty? "human soul" what is it? What is meant here by "human mind"? And what is...
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    Trump using hurricane Helene devastation for political aims, lies about the administration

    Odd, Kemp is governor of Georgia not North Carolina. Apparently not. It's really a good idea that they aren't now going to stop at $750 to cover immediate costs. Kamala's announcement that it was just going to be $750 was not well received. She needed to do better at responding to the people...
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