although atheism (in theory) may not cause certain behaviors, it correlates with certain behaviors. is that not good enough cause to dislike atheists, if you dislike the behaviors that correlate with atheism?

also, haha3, good luck trying to get these people to see how rejection of a theory ...

Metsfanmax wrote:I'm impressed that we managed to spend over half a billion dollars on a website.

seriously. jesus f*ck. there are entire companies whose software does what this site is supposed to do, and aren't even worth a fraction of that.

then again, those companies aren't spending other people's money...

so why don't we try to emulate the education systems of the most educated countries?

Basic philosophical discussion being written off as "clever terminology" aside, this is kind of what we've been saying for a while now. Atheism and agnosticism don't give you any other standards to apply to anything than the rejection of the God(s) hypothesis. Whether you believe in ethical ...

DoomYoshi wrote:Nice! Successfully below.

and above as well.

enjoy schrodinger's head.

is there anyone in this thread who believes that they don't fall into one of these three categories:

- morality based on their religion
- morality based on cultural mores
- no absolute morality

if so, i'd love to hear where you get your morality from. i believe i'm not in any of these categories ...

to be honest, scotty, you got destroyed pretty badly in this thread.

just say "republican" instead of capital c "Conservative", because that's usually what people who talk about CCC's are referring to. lower case c "conservative" is actually a noun as well.

hey BBS, it might help to let us know why you think humans are fundamentally different from animals in terms of moral value.

i've gotta say, that sounds a lot like a religious belief.

notyou2 wrote: You sure love law and rule and chaos and anarchy. How do you live with yourself? Perhaps you should end it now.

also, what the f*ck is this excretion of a post?

player, do you really think our schools are effectively teaching their students how to think critically?

why would a cop write you a speeding ticket and then recommend that you fight it in court? are they trying to reach a quota?

my understanding is that there are fundamentally different vowel sounds between american and british english. it's not just "derp the UK is so diverse so there's no such thing as british english"

is there anywhere in the UK, for example, where natives would pronounce my name "jahn" with an "ahh ...

I have been thinking about this recently.

The internet absolutely gives use all kinds of information, but you have to seek it out. In the old days, real "kooks" could not get far because, before long, they would encounter folks who disagreed. Today, people can be quite intelligent, acquire vast ...

i noticed a lot of similarities between this show and death note, which is considered to be one of the best animes ever (and is my favorite out of the 5 or so that i've watched). some of you will probably enjoy it. my first CC avatar was from this show.

it's 37 episodes long. here's an english ...

Hey j9b. In between fucking Carmen Electra (yes, we're still banging even though we got divorced), I want to let you know that you're kind of full of shit. Last year, when you were getting your Keith Primeau (scoring the goal against the Penguins in the 6-OT game like 10 years ago) tattoo on your ...

just because there is more than one english accent in america doesn't mean that american english, as a concept, doesn't exist. same for british english.

weird how your guys' desire to prove me wrong leads to the creation of some kind of weird linguistic relativism.

oh really. is there an "american english accent"?

chang50 wrote: Or the dozens of accents,which give variety and richness to the language..

i mean the british accent overall, regardless of dialect.

PS what's wrong with "boffin", apart from being rather out-dated? I'm fairly sure I've seen it in old US sf authors. Maybe not?

nothing's wrong with boffin! i wish i got to say it in the US, but most people don't know what it means.

i find british english oddly entertaining for some reason ...

jonesthecurl wrote:cookery

british english is awesome lol

cookery cookery cookery

almost as fun to say as "boffin"

Well,if they don't actually BELIEVE in the existence of gods....maybe we are closer than you imagine.It's ridiculous to treat the terms as mutually exclusive when they pertain to what i see as sufficienty seperate entities (knowledge and belief) although I fully expect you to argue they are more ...

language arts would be easy as f*ck

i swear some of my english teachers rolled a d6 to determine essay grades

even though i was considered a "math prodigy" in high school, i would never teach it, because some people just don't get it at all, and that would probably piss me off LOL

Sorry m8 but you're definitions are just plain wrong,atheism is lack of belief in the existence of gods,not certainty which is only a subset of atheism called gnostic atheism.As an agnostic atheist I share your antipathy for such certainty,holding to disbelief but no certain knowledge.
Fair ...