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I’m not that confident that the United States can easily defeat Venezuela. They might triumph initially. But I could see them quickly... -
Elixir replied to the thread Immigration Issues.Hey, I think it’s a great idea. If they ever expressed a favorable opinion of Trump or of anyone who has ever expressed such a positive...
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Christianity as a religion is also incompatible with certain modern Western values (not necessarily liberal values but dominant values...
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Elixir replied to the thread Sudan Massacre.You’re still saying Islamists are not the problem, Islam is. AGAIN. I get that you hate Islam and love Jesus but I’m saying that’s...
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Elixir replied to the thread Images that make you laugh.
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Elixir replied to the thread Why There is No Free-Will (with Richard Carrier).I heard that before. That was his emotional contrarianism as I understand it. I didn't hear THAT before. That's sad.
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Elixir reacted to pood's post in the thread Why There is No Free-Will (with Richard Carrier) with
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Coyne argues for hard determinism. As noted, he told a jazz musician that he did not write his own composition but hard determinism did... -
Elixir replied to the thread 2026 Midterm Elections.Water is wet. Trump is a power-mad sociopathic killer with the world's most powerful military at his disposal. Venezuela has the world's...
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Elixir replied to the thread Why There is No Free-Will (with Richard Carrier).I dunno - He basically foregoes it afaics. I don't argue at all with the meat robots idea; it seems inarguable to me that physical...
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Elixir replied to the thread Why There is No Free-Will (with Richard Carrier).Jerry Coyne said it pretty well IMO. He says a lot of things very well indeed, especially talking about evolution. His exposures of the...
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Elixir replied to the thread Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men.I don't think sleepy don gives two fux who he hurts - he just likes hurting people, because it momentarily mitigates his vast insecurity.
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Elixir replied to the thread Why There is No Free-Will (with Richard Carrier).Thanks. I'll take your word for it. Truth be told, my intellect and curiosity may be stunted, but this was never a question for me. I...
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Elixir replied to the thread Do Atheists believe in Heaven?.Most concise moral/ethical guidance I ever got. That might speak more to my moral/ethical depravity than to the quality of old Aesop's...
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Elixir replied to the thread Sudan Massacre.Apology. You’re right. Separating religions from their adherents avoids the comparison. Still applies.
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Elixir replied to the thread Sudan Massacre.“Islam is the problem” belies that assertion. So is peanut butter. Somewhere here, lies a category error. Not worth arguing. Emily’s...
