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It is interesting that twice you mention that a person would do the moral thing because it would benefit them. Does that mean that if it doesn't benefit them they wouldn't do the moral thing? Is that typical of Christian biblical morality?

Most southerners didn't have slaves because there was a limited amount of slaves available, and also because not everyone wanted a slave even if they supported the institution of slavery. Pood says the USA is a republic, not a democracy. This is a viewpoint among fans of Ayn Rand and other...

Mathematically, the problem of extended life and new humans being born being a problem, is a "start-up" dilemma. Imagine if humans naturally had a lifespan of 300 years for the past hundred thousand years (we probably would still be a pre-industrial society in this scenario), then with normal...

These people may gather in Washington, but they come from the states, so that is where their corrupt nature initially arises. However, it is probably magnified by being in Washington, associating with fellow corrupt politicians. You are correct that the solution needs to start in Washington (but...

I find it amusing when Americans complain about the price of gas (petrol in Australia) as our regular prices are similar to your peak prices, whilst our max price is much higher. There are a lot of taxes on Australian petrol.

I chose the last option - keep arguing. There are some branches of maths where 2 +2 doesn't equal four. The earth is not a perfect sphere but classed as an oblate spheroid. Supply and demand doesn't always function as the economic theories suggest. While there may have been a person that is...

Murderers is not a static category (nor are many of the others you mentioned). So if wipe out all current murderers, a new batch will crop up. Also what is a murderer? According to some it is anyone who has or performs an abortion. What about world leaders who are responsible for deaths of...

That's so true. Lion IRC seems to be implying most people want to kill off their relative to get an early inheritance, and as in the USA most people are nominally Christian, he means Christians want to give an early send off to heaven (or hell) to the relative. Also many of the people who would...

When it comes to sentencing the judge also takes into account the conduct of the defendant. Did they display repentance, for instance.

Yes, their god is rather strange. I wouldn't want to be praised by an amoeba, firstly because it is such an insignificant creature to mighty, glorious me, and secondly its praise would not fully express how great I am, because it is incapable of perceiving my true glory. Of course, the amoeba...

Wow, the Greens in Britain are now a mainstream party! Everyone else in Britain will be surprised to learn this. Also why should you worry about this when the Republicans (you know that "fringe" party in USA) has gone full evangelist? That is a much bigger concern for everyone else.

This is a quote I wanted to post the other day, but the thread disappeared for me. "Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal" - Robert A. Heinlein

Many people have something that for them is a way of life; for some its politics, for others it could be gardening or cookery. As science people are also humans, and therefore also have emotions and feelings, I am sure they can understand the other side quite well as people, but don't see the...

Yes, Rogue One is very good. The prequel trilogy is not as good as the original trilogy, but it is better then the sequel trilogy.

If Christians actually believed that when people die they go to heaven, they would support people being given the choice to get to heaven faster. But they don't have real faith in their own belief system.

Such data should be encrypted, and protected by simple non-costly measures such as password access, and whatever experts in data protection suggest.

When I saw the original post, it just looked like two circles. but the image wasn't full. When I opened it in a separate tab with the full image the illusion expressed itself, and returning to the cropped image I got traces of the effect. Did your boys see a full image? Could they have a side...

An additional note; this debate shouldn't be framed in terms of collectivism vs individualism, but of conformity vs individualism. It is a well known fact that right-wingers are conformist. It is also known that USA has a high proportion of right-wingers. Therefore, USA has high level of conformism.

To add to my previous post - another reason that I think that you are an American is that only an American would think Sweden, or any other Scandinavian nation, is socialist. They are certainly more free and more individualistic than USA. Another example of American collectivism is their...

There is an obvious thing that I missed mentioning before. Americans are amongst the most indoctrinated people in the world. An example is the pledge of allegiance, which they mindlessly utter all the time. Many of them march in lockstep to the tune of the media (which is mainly right-wing) and...