Stephen Law
@stephenlaw
Philosopher, author of The Complete Philosophy Files, The Philosophy Gym etc.
I will be speaking about God and religion with Prof Christopher Insole on Wed 16th September at Conway Hall. His new book is 'If God is The Answr, What is The Question?'
What Libet & the later more dramatic Haynes expts. confirm is *not* that we lack free will, but that the decisions/actions have physical causes, which the physical conservation of energy in any case entails. Which means *they don't have any sort of immaterial 'soul-stuff' cause*.
First they come for the left, as Martin Niemoller famously pointed out.
Why the double standard? One reason is that admitting war crimes would commit Andy to taking significant action against Israel. Burnham clearly has not, and does not want to, do that. 'Significant shift'? Careful reading makes it clear that's the exact opposite of what's intended
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Via Ferrata Dolomites itinerary for this week: *Punta Anna *Tomaselli *Sorapis *Constantini plus bits n bobs.
Teachers - if interested in me speaking at your school, get in touch. Philosophy IB and Al evel, Religious Studies, Gifted and Talented, etc. Entertaining, mind-expanding stuff tailored for your students. email: stephen (AT) thinking-big.uk
The jury also found no intent to cause such an injury (so only guilty of section 20 GBH) - it was accidental (though a result of recklessness). Those describing the injury as a 'smashed spine' are simply lying to you in order to demonise the Filton protestors (with whom you may or may not agree).
While not wanting to diminish injury to PC in Filton case, the widespread description of it as a 'smashed spine' is absurd. Is this a 'smashed vase' (has a tiny hairline fracture)? The fracture was to a small fin on a vertebra, too small to show on X-ray, typically treated with rest & paracetemol
what if they then tell us a man is a bit more God-like than a woman, or whites more god-like than other races? We'll just have to take their word for it.
The idea all humans deserve equal rights/dignity cos all made in God's image either undermines mainstream religious views or else is dangerous. First, if being made in God's image means having observable features such as e.g. being rational, then
As a 65+, I suggest it might be best if everyone 65+ were put down. Perhaps like in Midsommar.
The 'We need Judeo-Christian culture as a moral foundation' argument seems to be getting more of an airing suddenly. Dawkins didn't help with his suggestion that we need cultural Christianity as a bulwark against encroaching Islam. bridge.georgetown.edu/research/civ...
Yes, what are they trying to do? Why do they keep saying 'Look over there?'
This is the recipe being used across mainstream media to convince the electorate that Muslims are a threat to our civilsation, that migrants are criminals, and that white people are the main victims of racism. The journalists doing it must, surely, know what they're doing.
This is the recipe currently being used across the mainstream media to dupe white people into thinking they are the main victims of racism. Most of the journalists doing it are not stupid - they know what they're doing.