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Time for voting was extended. There's also the fact that it's not really a "turing test," in that the Christians are able to research each question online and think about the subject for an extended period of time. So, it's testing how much time they put into it just as much as how much they...

Here's something really cool. 15 people were asked 4 questions on god and religion. They are composed of atheists who are answering the questions honestly, and Christians who are pretending to be atheists. Can you tell the difference...

Welcome to the forum, Brandon!

Are you simply saying that theists who consider themselves former atheists were ignorant about the issues? That would be true in many cases, but not all.

I suppose there is the fact that all of our senses can corroborate each other. I can see a chicken. I can also touch it, smell it, taste it, and hear it. But then, to say that killing the chicken is wrong, seems to be a completely separate thing. You have truths, and you have preferences. For...

If I may, to Philosopher, and many moral objectivists, it seems like a moral intuition is like an observation of reality. So, to "feel" that something is right or wrong is analogous to receiving empirical evidence through your senses. Thus, when Commander Eagle tells him to prove that it is...

Meh, I actually agreed with the article, at least most of it. The lemonade example is retarded though.

I don't think there is sufficient evidence to conclude that this universe is unlikely. But, if we did assume that all the "parameters" universes could be "tuned," it stands to reason that any possible universe is astronomically unlikely. So, no matter what universe we could or couldn't have been...

Omg, this looks ****ing amazing!

I agree. This "...why question which comes not from the mind but from the heart" is being asked less in our technical age because it has no practical value whatsoever in the sciences or any application not having to do with the purpose of human beings. Aside from the intent of intelligent...

Re: Is banning the Bhurka the same as arresting suntanned wo Here is where your reasoning falls short. As a general rule, your positive rights should only extend until they potentially violate someone else's rights. Your right to swing your fists through the air ends at my face. Ergo, both you...

As far as I can tell, in this context, "unnatural" is an adeptly disguised euphemism for "I don't like it because it makes me uncomfortable." :)

............. :lol: Where do they claim to have captured these sounds?

I hate this ****. Hehe, under Sharia Law, this would be 100% the girl's fault. She dressed indecently, so the man could only succumb to his instincts and rape her.

I don't like your definition. Whatever definition you use, you should use a definition that is synonymous with whatever we consider to be evil. Because if you don't, you're going to need a new term to describe whatever people consider to be evil, but don't fit under your definition. For...

That's very sad, really. Even with Draw Holocaust Day, they are still the party doing all the censoring. Can you say, "missing the point?"

I suspect that pretty much everybody in this thread are actually in agreement on everything. It's just a matter of semantics. Right. But, at the most basic level, all the factors that lead up to our decisions are just physical processes. A lot of it is external stimuli. A lot of it is the...

If I may, I will pick at your definition a little. If it does not have to be free from physical laws to be free will, then I would probably agree that we have free will. But then, what is free will, exactly? "Willful control over one's own actions" is a bit ambiguous, but I think I see what you...

Well, it's "sort of" clever, but there's a lot of problems with it obviously. The main purpose of DMD was the exercise of free speech in defiance of a religion that condemns it, whereas they are allowed to draw the Holocaust and we're not going to make death threats for it. So, they kind of...

Lol. Hehe. I suppose it was as much a hypothesis as it was a claim. I didn't really know. That looks like a very reliable source. Thanks.