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The point is in that you're conception of being christian is vastly different than what I and Russell think being a christian implies. To you, leading a good life is enough to be called christian. I do not wish to argue anymore on this as I made my point already. However, since you seem to be a beli...

Your refutation is kind of hard to read because it's not clear when you are quoting and when you are speaking. Russell was agnostic. He thought that we could not find out whether God exists or not. I know what an agnostic is. How is it that people find out every day that God exists, then? Because n...

Your refutation is kind of hard to read because it's not clear when you are quoting and when you are speaking. Russell was agnostic. He thought that we could not find out whether God exists or not. I know what an agnostic is. How is it that people find out every day that God exists, then? Because n...

Perhaps it would be as well, first of all, to try to make out what one means by the word Christian. It is used these days in a very loose sense by a great many people. Some people mean no more by it than a person who attempts to live a good life. In that sense I suppose there would be Christians in...

You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs... The keyword being "dogmatic." Russell here fails to establish cause and...

You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs... The keyword being "dogmatic." Russell here fails to establish cause and...

With clear reasoning Russell explains the objections he has towards Christian faith. He shows the unsoundness of traditional arguments for the existence of god as well as for the reasons for believing in it, and goes on to reveal the stupidity and cruelty of some aspects of Christian morality as wel...

1. Emotions are: A. a great way to manipulate people B. delusional and based on the illusion of a false ego C. what you feel when you don't have any beer D. possible to transcend 2. A "thing" is best defined as: A. that which is finite and has boundaries B. an object, entity, quality, conc...

What about men? Do you think men should shave their legs? How would you feel about a man with his legs shaved?

Hey, Laird, I appreciate the comments. No, the singer of Maiden wasn't an opera singer, though he probably could've been. After setting legendary status in Maiden he got a bit bored and left the band for 5 years to research his own creative potential properly. Here is some of his best solo work. Tea...

Boyan, Thanks for the insightful recommendation. Is 'On Writing and Style' the title of the work? I'm having trouble locating it online. I translated the title into English, but I don't see how it could be any other way around. Here, I found it it's titled On authorship and style on this website. h...

Oh, I see. Well I'm on the metric system myself here but just for you I'll put it in inches. It's 8 inches long and about 6 in wide. But you must take into account that the entire frame is not filled with text, as there is about an inch of space left empty on all four sides of it. But seriously it i...

Depends How small do you need?

70 small pages.

Steven, I see you got some sound advice already in this thread, so I just want to recommend Schopenhauer's short and very valuable work called On writing and style. He was one of the best writers among philosophers which is why he influenced so many literary figures. I have just read it, and it has ...

It doesn't have to be in English. The person who did it to me did it in Spanish, though he speaks very fluent English. Why don't you want to try it in your own language? I was talking about the kneeling down thing I described, not the "do you wanna fuck" line. But that one is good also. -...

Boyan, you ought to try that one with someone you really like, if you don't find it humiliating. But if you're not particularly cool around women, you may want to practice with a friend or family before you go for it. - It's untranslatable so I'd have to do it in english, which is not the official ...

I thought so, but I didn't think it was that bad. We could just be honest for once, for a change, like Russell Crowe in 'Beatiful mind' when he said to that girl: I am sitting here talking to you, but the main thing I want is to have a sexual intercourse with you as soon as possible. I've tried it ...

If all a woman wants is a relationship, get a small dog or become a faghag. Let the men who are fully functional entertain those women who can enjoy the entire spectrum of his talents. Or leave him be to entertain himself without having to waste mental energy on repressing sexual response. If all y...

Boyan wrote: And I thought this might be inevitable. And if so, are we doomed to destroy every opportunity for a meaningful, truthful acquaintance with attractive women due to our, what, biological drives we can't have a say over? (I don't deny here the possibility for such relationships being comb...

You’re missing the point. Daybrown has unintentionally pointed to a universal truth – Basically, the majority of men are only drawn to women because of the involuntary sexual attraction they feel towards them, take that away, and there is no reason for men to go anywhere near women. And if men ...

I'm not reinventing anything. It's a metaphysical concept 2500 years old. It doesn't even matter how you call it.

Basic science suggests that all forces need an opposing force to keep them together. Electron is a negative force which requires a positive force to keep it in place. A bit like blow football. I'm not sure why a quark holds a proton in place being as it is supposed to be inside the proton. I don't ...

Are all proton's the same? Here's my idea: Say a substance theory supporter holds that properties of a graphite inhere in the substance it is made of. This substance would be carbon, but the properties of a graphite are not inherent in carbon, because we know of diamond whose properties are very dif...

Because it's about the metaphysical concept called substance.