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  Ayn Rand - Opinions?

  by cappytan in

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  for those of you familiar with ayn rand and her ideas on morality, rationality and reason, what is your opinion of those ideas?.

  i'm talking about her actual ideas, not the ideals that libertarianism has adopted and, in some cases, perverted.

  do you think she's a charlatan?

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  Viviane

  One can enjoy reading an author without agreeing with all of their ideologies.

  Of course. I was just commenting on how poorly written Anthem was.
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  Ayn Rand - Opinions?

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those of you familiar with ayn rand and her ideas on morality, rationality and reason, what is your opinion of those ideas?.

  i'm talking about her actual ideas, not the ideals that libertarianism has adopted and, in some cases, perverted.

  do you think she's a charlatan?

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  Viviane

  Anyone who reads Anthem who has been a witness will identify strongly with it.

  Interestingly, I found Anthem to be a contrived novella not with a story to tell but with a message that would appeal to idealism of a teenage understanding of the world, incomplete and underdeveloped, lacking experience. It had all the subtlety of a baseball bat to the head, written in a hamfisted and clumsy manner with all the grace of someone attempting to pick coins while wearing a winter gloves.
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  Ayn Rand - Opinions?

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those of you familiar with ayn rand and her ideas on morality, rationality and reason, what is your opinion of those ideas?.

  i'm talking about her actual ideas, not the ideals that libertarianism has adopted and, in some cases, perverted.

  do you think she's a charlatan?

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  Viviane

  She was a selfish hypocrite concerned only with herself and promoting her poorly thought out ideas.

  Also what VI said.
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  End of the world—How and When—explained scientifically!

  by abiather in

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  end of the worldhow and whenexplained scientifically!.

  problem with humans is that they dont learn from mistakes.

  their greed has already spoiled air and water, and brought global warming which would ultimately sink most of the inhabited earth!.

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  Viviane

  The great scientific minds of this century are coming, slowly, reluctantly, to recognise that a great mistake has been done.

  Not making Internet access subject to an intelligence test?
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  End of the world—How and When—explained scientifically!

  by abiather in

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  end of the worldhow and whenexplained scientifically!.

  problem with humans is that they dont learn from mistakes.

  their greed has already spoiled air and water, and brought global warming which would ultimately sink most of the inhabited earth!.

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  Viviane

  That video makes everyone who watches it dumber for having watched it.
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  REASON demands belief in God

  by abiather in

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  it has been the history of mankind that they proceed from the crude to the subtle in all spheres of life: they seek the subtle amidst the crude, and in the subtle, they seek the subtlest.

  when hunger is extinguished, humans looked for art.

  ancient humans appreciated the harmony of music; they also liked to dance in joy.

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  Viviane

  Anyone who quotes Einstein to support their religious claptrap only proves they understand neither Einstein nor religious claptrap.
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  God does exist here is my nonbiblical reason:

  by Curious Kitten in

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  (before you read i hope no one gets offended by the word retarted...that s how i thought when i was 13)my mom and dad are divorced and my father never helped my mother on raising us, so basically she was a single-mother.

  he just abandoned my three brothers and me and my mother had to work two jobs all of the time so we never got to see her.

  when we did see her it was after school, but all she did was yell at us, make food, and leave to her next job.

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  Viviane

  I have occasionally used recreational drugs. It was a pleasant experience. Many of my friends use recreational drugs responsibly and enjoy them. Just like anything else, they shouldn't be used by people that can't handle them. Some people can't drink, gamble, or have sex without it becoming a problem, same for drugs.
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  WALKING DEAD fans - Was that a JW at the very end of the latest episode?

  by Zoos in

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  did you see the last episode?

  that nicely dressed, freshly-shaven young man that came out from behind the trees at the very end and said:.

  i didn't mean to interrupt.

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  Viviane

  No. I would tell more, but... spoilers, sweety!
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  Neanderthal man

  by scary21 in

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  my ex husband and father of my daughter was never baptized but is still a believer in the wt.. a couple years ago we were talking about evolution ( which he does not believe in ) i brought up the subject of the neanderthals and how we all have their dna except africans ( the ones that never left africa ).

  he said neanderthals are apes and not humans and jw's do not teach that they are humans.

  i said i believe they do.. in the life- how did it get here book, under the sub heading " the human family "is says " neanderthal man....... was undoubtedly human.. his response was " they are just talking about what other people believe " ahhhhh .

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  Viviane

  Humans ARE apes, so there actually isn't a line :D
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  The best reasonable, rational, intelligent discussion on religion I've ever seen

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6e4emx-4k

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  Viviane

  in the bible redeeming is taking back. when anyone has died a physical death, God redeems their soul.

  So your God created man, gave them something, and take it back when he is responsible for their painful death death and the pain and suffering he causes others. God is responsible for their deaths. That's not "redeeming". When you redeem something, get get something in exchange for what you are giving up. The people dead at the hand of your creator God get nothing back for their death. Their soul was collected in the most generous sense and stolen in the worst. They got nothing in exchange for dying painfully at god's hand.

  You still worship a blood soaked raging psychopath.

  I thought I had explained it. God imbued man with dignity when he was created. Then man fell. God recognizes man's dignity (in spite of his fall) and still acts to redeem him.

  Again, God knew all of that would happen if he is omniscient. He created man to fall, to die, to suffer, all so he would have something to sing his praises. Your blood soaked psychopath has severe emotional issues and is the root of all of the pain and suffering, quite the monster.

  Far from moral highground, god is the lowest of the worst sewer.