Recent content by SatanicBunny

I agree with you that whining about being punished is silly. There is however a valid cause to complain if the punsihemtn one receives is disproportional to the crime. You took up the issue of downloading music, so I'll use that as an example*: I find it laughable and outright unjust that if...

I'm going to have to agree with you here. I've been thinking about the determinism/free will issue a lot lately (though I have not read the entire thread, so I'm sorry if I'm repeating somene), and here's where I've ended up so far with my thinking: As you said some parts of the universe - and...

Buddhism is the most popular religion in China, and the majority of Buddhist do not believe in a god. So yes, most of the chinese people are "naturally" atheist - as in lacking belief in gods, but not necessarily secular or what we would call rational-minded people.

:D :D :lol: That's an excellent example of christian "condemnation rhethoric". They take a word they want/need to aply to you and beat the shit out of the definition for so long that eventually it will fit - though is infact useless because it doesn't mean anythng anymore - but they can...

That kind of behaviour/coding is actually getting more and more common as web-pages try to become more adaptive (presenting customized contet to the user based on his/her browsing history). As mentioned in the article, it's most widely used by porn side so they can entice users with content that...

I'd say no as well. The consciousness is not a static thing, it's a continuous process which is affected by all the dimensions of space, including time. So even though, in such a machine all the parts of the brain would be in the same position as they were before, the process which begins once...

For the most part I agree with you. However, I think there is one special situation in which suicide can be a valid and reasonable option: terminal illnesses. And by that, I don't mean that every guy who gets diagnosed with cancer, gets depressed and kills himself is acting wisely. I'm just...

Exactly. This is what nearly all common arguments of deists boil down to. They claim that something exists because god created it and thus god must exist. Furthermore, it's also illogical to say that eveything must have a creator (ie. god), but that god himself is somehow eternal. I have never...

Good point there. Likewise a good point. One could argue that the altruistic side of our morality evolved precisely because we are capable of empathy; understanding the feelings of others. Therefore it seems that we wouldn't be capable of such decissions (helping others) in the first place if...

This is a thread I've been meaning to create for quite some time now. It all got started when me and one of my friends, to whom I'll refer to as simply E later on in the text, were discussing all kinds of different moral dilemmas and how we would deal with them. E just began to study theoretical...

They couls say that, and they would fail to grasp the fact that this everchanging condition is the very foundation of science. Science is self-correcting, when it finds a flaw it seeks to correct that flow by finding new and better answers and that's the basis for all modern progress. This is...

You can't kill religion with bombs. Persecuting a religious group is like chopping off a head from a hydra. Religions have always thrived under oppression, it fuels them. The only way to kill a religion is trhough spreading of education and skepticism.

Sorry to nitpick here, but the USSR didnt exist anymore in 1995. I remember reading about some similar scenarion during the cold war, but the cold war ended when the USSR collapsed in december 1991.

I agree 100% with you on that one, Durakken. Hmm... I've read the same thing: The percentual amount of homosexuals within the catholic church is estimated to be hugher than in the normal population. However, I am not certain if it has so much to do with the fact that they "take refuge" in the...

Re: If god doesn't exist why go on living? ( Atheist answers My answer is simply: Why not? Seriously, why not? Because life is too tough? Compared to what exactly?