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A Philosophy To Live By

Discussion in 'Religion & Philosophy' started by gravefiller, Aug 22, 2016.

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  1. gravefiller

    gravefiller Banned

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    Proof? Proof of what. What version of "god" would satisfy you.
     
    gravefiller, Aug 23, 2016
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  2. AboveAlpha

    AboveAlpha Well-Known Member

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    Probably none.

    AA
     
    AboveAlpha, Aug 23, 2016
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  3. tecoyah

    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    As the entire quote is dependent on context and is merely a series of completely separate words...I cannot agree or disagree.

    Truth is certainly not the same thing as hatred and facts are totally separate from racism.

    One can however express hatred by stating what they perceive as truth and factual data can be expressed in such a way that they are deemed racist.
     
    tecoyah, Aug 23, 2016
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    DarkDaimon Well-Known Member

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    The issue is that hate can cloud the truth and racism can misrepresent the facts.
     
    DarkDaimon, Aug 23, 2016
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  5. gravefiller

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    I have certainly written many threads where the truth was considered to be hateful and stated facts that have been considered to be racist.

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    Either something is truthful or it isn't. If it is truthful, nothing can "cloud" it. And if facts are facts, they can't be racist.
     
    gravefiller, Aug 23, 2016
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  6. tecoyah

    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I am in no way surprised that YOU have been considered hateful or racist.
     
    tecoyah, Aug 23, 2016
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    Truth and facts are only degrees of probability. Unless there is some way to completely remove the human factor, all "truth" and all
    "facts" are just statements of belief colored by human knowledge.
     
    Daniel Light, Aug 23, 2016
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    If I come out with a study that says that 75% of asians are pedophiles but fail to mention that my sample was four people from Nambla, then I have clouded the truth. If I say that because Einstein was a Jew and Einstein was a genius, then Jews must be geniuses, then I have misrepresented the facts.
     
    DarkDaimon, Aug 23, 2016
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    Does that make you a hateful racist? Just askin'.
     
    sdelsolray, Aug 23, 2016
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    Since you did not provide a source and your chart does not make it clear if it is about victims or assailants, it is pretty useless to the point being discussed.
     
    Deckel, Aug 23, 2016
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  11. Swensson

    Swensson Devil's advocate

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    Ok, we'll just tell that to those whose bullying has ruined and sometimes ended their lives.
     
    Swensson, Aug 24, 2016
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    Hatred is a negative emotion that only poisons the person who harbors the hatred within themselves.

    Hatred does not harm the hated, only the hater.

    Hatred owns the mind and soul and is just an excuse for what is feared because it is unknown.

    Racism is nothing but ignorance of the humanity of others who are no different than ourselves.

    The above are all facts and no amount of denial will alter them as facts.

    The subjective "truth" that is used to delude oneself into denying those facts is because the hater will cling to their hatred out of fear of the unknown.
     
    Derideo_Te, Aug 24, 2016
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    Truth can be an expression of hate, for example if I say I hate ISIS, that would be a truthful expression of hate. As for "Facts are not racism" I would agree as long as the facts were objective.
     
    robini123, Aug 24, 2016
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    I'll bet a dollar the OP is banned.
     
    maat, Aug 24, 2016
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    Yeah, there is this neonazi guy who keeps coming by and creating sock accounts and getting banned after a couple of days. Looks like the same guy.
     
    yardmeat, Aug 24, 2016
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