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Old 04-16-2015, 11:46 AM   #481 (permalink)
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Except that it's easy for somebody even vaguely knowledgeable about a political ideology to ask manipulative, simplistic, if/then moral questions meant to lead somebody less politically informed to whatever decision they want:

"Do you think people who can't afford food should starve?"

"Do you think it's right for the government to take money that you've worked for and give it to someone who hasn't?"


So no, I don't think "some sort of moral code" is good enough. Education, experience, and a sense of your own intellectual limits are just as necessary. Not that this has anything to do with existential deism.
Aight, true. My point was that you don't need to know what happens after death in order to know what your political affiliation is.
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Old 04-16-2015, 11:49 AM   #482 (permalink)
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Aight, true. My point was that you don't need to know what happens after death in order to know what your political affiliation is.
Spoken like a true liberal.
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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I just meant in the real world. Obviously in fantasy scenarios anything can happen.
how can you say that with such confidence? maybe you know something the rest of us don't?
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Old 04-16-2015, 12:02 PM   #484 (permalink)
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how can you say that with such confidence? maybe you know something the rest of us don't?
It's magic!
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i'm saying... you know the nature of reality, janzoon?
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Old 04-16-2015, 12:07 PM   #486 (permalink)
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i'm saying... you know the nature of reality, janzoon?
Yeah, with magic. How can you possibly doubt me?
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i'm saying... you know the nature of reality, janzoon?
Yeah, man. Trees and ****.
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i'll take that as a no
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i'll take that as a no
There are definitely trees. Even here in the city.
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what about in antarctica?
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