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That's sorta the thing here where Nonc demands I engage in the same sort of fol-der-ol I noted big logical problems with earlier... Who says I will? Who says I haven't already? Besides, Augustine agreed with Isiah anyway. I believe Marcus already quoted Isiah for us. Clever . . still waiting . . Fo...

For the record, I find quotes from CtB to be appropriate most anywhere. For instance, when somone complains: Subotai: Food... FOOD! I have not eaten for days. Conan: And who says you will? That's sorta the thing here where Nonc demands I engage in the same sort of fol-der-ol I noted big logical pro...

You don't see a trace of irony in your demand that I define transgressions of God's Law..by induction? What I don't see a trace of is any idea you have even an uninformed opinion of what good and evil are. You seem incapable of even defining the terms, much less understanding anything, but you are ...

Evil is completely and wholly subjective. This does not mean it's not 'real' or any of those anti-relativist canards people have trotted out over the years. It's just that if I do evil, it's inherently destructive to me, and to those I perpetrate against. If I do evil I am heading toward my own doo...

Something funny? As much as I have thought on good and evil, I am still not sure if I can come up with a good definition. Or even a bad one. I prefer the word 'sin' it is much more indicative of what it actually means. People project their own personal piques and grudges too much when attempting to...

You don't see a trace of irony in your demand that I define transgressions of God's Law..by induction? What I don't see a trace of is any idea you have even an uninformed opinion of what good and evil are. You seem incapable of even defining the terms, much less understanding anything, but you are ...

Odin! is still unable to express a positive statement about what the difference is between good and evil. Picks at the arguments of others but seems clueless when asked to make an affirmative statement. You may call it "Picking", but I outlined a few reasons I find your solution to be no ...

Odin! is still unable to express a positive statement about what the difference is between good and evil. Picks at the arguments of others but seems clueless when asked to make an affirmative statement. You may call it "Picking", but I outlined a few reasons I find your solution to be no ...

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Have to say I don't understand statements such as "Evil is the absence of God". The concept is evil is like a shadow, or a hole in your pants. Real, but not a physical existence. It is a lack of goodness, not something which is can be defined without relationship to goodness. A shadow can...

What is Odin!'s definition of good and evil? Lewis makes several references to ancient Norse morality in his summation of Natural Law : 'In Nastrond (= Hell) I saw... murderers.' (Old Norse. Volospá 38, 39) 'Brothers shall fight and be each others' bane.' (Old Norse. Account of the Evil Age before ...

Oh, yeah. My thing has always been what they now call bushcraft ( we just just thought of it as being a competent woodsman). Homesteading/ farming, primitive husbandry, et has been something I've mostly stayed away from. If it gets that bad, fuckit. I'm going Apache. Prefork? "Roger roger ligh...

Marcus wrote:Don't step in cow pies, Nonc . .

Ironic you should mention that. In more than one context...

"......The fact is that we don't know anything about those matters, and we will never know. If when I die I find out that indeed there is a God, a cosmic plan, and an afterlife, fine. I will then ask what I'm supposed to do and try and do it as well as I can. If there isn't, I will be beyond c...

Have to say I don't understand statements such as "Evil is the absence of God". The concept is evil is like a shadow, or a hole in your pants. Real, but not a physical existence. It is a lack of goodness, not something which is can be defined without relationship to goodness. A shadow can...

Demon of Undoing wrote:

Nonc Hilaire wrote:

Odin! wrote:I am ODIN! and I created you. You will submit.

No reason to be such a Thorhead.

He's Freya to do as he like.

A Nørse is a Nørse of cörse of cörse.

Have to say I don't understand statements such as "Evil is the absence of God". History has plenty of examples of both believers and non-believers committing acts of enormous evil. All I can conclude from my own experiences is that the more ideological an individual [or group] and the mor...

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...Others believe differently . . why should that distress you? Why did it distress John Calvin and Martin Luther? Maybe the same reason it distressed Greg and Tom? . . . :o They were burned at the stake for heresy? Ummmmmmm . . not Greg and Tom! Jan or Joan maybe but surely not Greg or Tom . . ;) ...

...Others believe differently . . why should that distress you? Why did it distress John Calvin and Martin Luther? Maybe the same reason it distressed Greg and Tom? . . . :o They were burned at the stake for heresy? Ummmmmmm . . not Greg and Tom! Jan or Joan maybe but surely not Greg or Tom . . ;) ...

Marcus wrote:...Others believe differently . . why should that distress you?

Odin! wrote:Why did it distress John Calvin and Martin Luther?

Maybe the same reason it distressed Greg and Tom? . . .

They were burned at the stake for heresy?

High Density Liquid Energy. When that goes, something else better be online to fuel the articulated dumps, 16 row cultivators, and desalinator manifolds of infinite growth.

Why did it distress Moses, John Calvin and Martin Luther?

Typhoon wrote:

Odin! wrote:"Site ownership transfer completed"?

What has Tinker got you into?

Nothing to do with Enki/Tinker, rather a friend registered the site for me and helped me with the initial phpBB and Wordpress setup.

Whew!