Technology: Good Or Bad? -
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Kurt Schaal
Many will likely be critical of my contention that technology is neither good nor bad. How can it not be good that the lifespan of humans in industrialized societies at least has dramatically increased in just the last century, for example? It is tempting to...
A Futile Argument: Attempting To Make God Necessary For Moral Values To Be Meaningful -
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Kurt Schaal
The more one tries to convince others that moral precepts have no value apart from God, the more he demeans the values themselves. This is problematic as it implies that values, such as compassion and forgiveness, are only meaningful if it is believed they originate...
Does God Prefer Paternalism Or Self-Reliance? -
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Kurt Schaal
Of course a paternalistic and socialistic society of God's would not seem oppressive or evil because it would be the choice (perhaps this "choice" could only ever be conceived through God's use of force?) of every member to partake in "spreading wealth and resources evenly". In...
Playing God -
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Kurt Schaal
My problem is not with God per se, rather it is with peoples' ideas of Him which cater to seemingly arbitrary whims. For instance, many believe humanity should use its knowledge and expertise to intervene in debilitating DNA coding errors and other less threatening genetic...
Personal Scandal? -
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Kurt Schaal
To me, the idea of somebody being "personal" to somebody else implies in some way a type of "bribe". For one could say I am being "personal" to a friend of mine who happens to be competing for a contract by giving it to him...
What Is Sacrifice? -
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Kurt Schaal
Say a friend of mine, Jill, asks me if I will help paint her house. Suppose, and this would not be far from actuality, that I do not like painting. But I agree to help her regardless all the while grumbling under my breath about...
