The pics thread

[Summerian]

 

[Dak]

Oh look, more yelling.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

 

[Dak]

 

[Eligos]

^

 

[Draehl]

 

[Summerian]

Oh look, more yelling.

Yes
Now what are you going to do about it? Nothing?
Well kind of hard using your gun over the internet so no surprise there...

 

[Vimana]

That's the problem with theistically-centered ethics. It removes "empathy" from the number one spot for the answer to "why shouldn't you hurt people?"

 

[damnromulans]

 

[Eligos]

This all I see in koalas anymore:

 

[Zephyrus]

That's the problem with theistically-centered ethics. It removes "empathy" from the number one spot for the answer to "why shouldn't you hurt people?"

That empathy is abstracted into an absolute principle independent of the subject that then imposes itself like some cosmic emperor. It's the same dynamic whereby a democratic sovereign people becomes alienated from the political institutions of which they are a part. The subjective element in theism is, I think, much more pronounced in any genuine faith and is overlooked both by the naively devout and atheistic.

 

[Summerian]

 

[Vimana]

That empathy is abstracted into an absolute principle independent of the subject that then imposes itself like some cosmic emperor. It's the same dynamic whereby a democratic sovereign people becomes alienated from the political institutions of which they are a part. The subjective element in theism is, I think, much more pronounced in any genuine faith and is overlooked both by the naively devout and atheistic.

The problem with any system that creates dependence on an ideology in order to create the order and benefits in social animals that come from empathy, is that when the ideology is called into question, one's empathy is called into question along with it.

This is why the most heated disagreements are on ideas that cannot be reconciled by empirical objectivism. It's in things like nationalism and music taste. "Better" is an individual's reaction to something, not an objective aspect of the surrounding reality, so when two people disagree on "better," they lack any rational way to absolve it, and if they don't realize it, their tensions grow and grow.

What makes theism especially worse, however, is that gods are humans who provide protection, support, and control that a person feels they lack. Not only that, but there is no empirical support. So not only can they not be reconciled by reason, people depend on them for their very survival. Essentially, these are the most fragile ideas ever from a logical standpoint, and they are also the most dearly-held from an emotional standpoint. Bad combination.

Economic and political systems can be empirically tested, but gods can't. I think it's because empiricism only applies to things that exist, but many would say that's too absolute of an answer.

 

[Mort Divine]

 

[matt schrauben]

Holy shit, there is some awesome shit in this thread.

Keep it coming guys.

 

[KafkaX]

Started watching the first season of American Horror Story, featuring this bombshell: (Alexandra Breckenridge)

 

[Chimaera]

I'm really hoping they bring her back for Season 3.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Most powerful breakfast in the 'verse!

 

[unknown]

shiny

 

[Oblivious Maximus]