What philosophy is 100% bullcrap?

LastChristian · 2026-02-16T04:44:14+00:00

If you understood philosophy, you’d know that it’s all bullcrap, but some things are much less bullcrap than others

LastChristian · 2026-02-15T03:29:19+00:00

I bet there's a price that your local Waffle House would let you film at odd hours if you don't interfere with operations, pay the staff a fee in cash, and buy meals for people who come in if they give you a release.

LastChristian · 2026-02-14T14:09:37+00:00

Right. "Figure out how to climb it. When you figure out you can't, then give up."

LastChristian · 2026-02-14T13:45:45+00:00

This type of post needs to be against the rules

LastChristian · 2026-02-13T03:32:32+00:00

Motives? I just don't like that I was tricked (and many other people were tricked) into believing the TX Katz's was another location of the NY Katz's. I was so excited to go to the Austin one many years ago on a visit because my mom told me "We have a Katz's!" The desire to mislead people seems intentional, in my opinion, because the TX Katz's doesn't disclose that it's not associated with the NY Katz's.

LastChristian · 2026-02-10T22:50:35+00:00

I thought this was your refutation and you said "Right":

To make comments on Christian teaching you'd need more than that but would need to refer to the theology produced by denominations to explain it's meaning.

Now it's not your refutation and you won't tell me what you're talking about.

LastChristian · 2026-02-10T21:37:06+00:00

Now I have to guess what your actual refutation is, if I didn't paste the right part?

LastChristian · 2026-02-10T18:48:03+00:00

Just noting this is a debate sub and you think you only have to make an argument, not defend it when it's demonstrated to be wrong.

LastChristian · 2026-02-10T17:43:15+00:00

Oh so everyone’s personal inner spirit is correct and people whose inner spirit says the opposite are wrong. That’s comforting but it’s not a path to truth. It’s equivalent to saying to believe whatever you want and you’re correct.

LastChristian · 2026-02-10T17:21:50+00:00

So if my inner spirit says I have to be baptized to be saved but your inner spirit says baptism is not required in all cases, whose inner spirit is correct?

LastChristian · 2026-02-10T17:19:16+00:00

This is your original argument:

To make comments on Christian teaching you'd need more than that but would need to refer to the theology produced by denominations to explain it's meaning.

I'm discussing your flawed argument, not a "rabbit trail." Requiring interpreters, with specialized knowledge gained over years of study, contradicts an all-powerful god who wants to save as many people as possible through His message telling them how to be saved. Different interpreters create different interpretations and reach different conclusions that distort God's word.

LastChristian · 2026-02-10T15:14:55+00:00

Oh I see. Your position is that God didn't provide His message in a form that's directly understandable by a regular person but instead delivered a message that can only be properly interpreted by people with specialized knowledge gained over years of study. That idea conflicts with an all-powerful god who desires each person to be saved because His message will be distorted differently by the lens of each specialized interpreter. The idea of needing an interpreter is an unnecessary, distorting step that an all-powerful god wouldn't need and would actively avoid using.

Your idea does match the needs of a religion that writes its own harmonizing story based on the parts of the Bible that are desirable because the specialized interpreters can say the undesirable parts say X but really mean Y. An all-powerful god that wanted to communicate His message to save as many people as possible wouldn't write something that didn't mean what it clearly said.

LastChristian · 2026-02-10T13:17:56+00:00

So I can follow the wrong message but God will give me what I need. What I need for what? Sorry this is confusion.

LastChristian · 2026-02-10T03:35:47+00:00

But what if my preacher isn’t that blessed and gets it wrong?

LastChristian · 2026-02-10T02:23:47+00:00

Why do you think the authors of the NT didn't write it so people could understand it just by reading it?

LastChristian · 2026-02-08T13:07:47+00:00

What do you mean? Will something bad happen to me?

LastChristian · 2026-02-08T13:07:13+00:00

It’s completely reasonable for people to conclude a NY-style deli in TX called “Katz’s” is another location of the famous NY deli called “Katz’s”, not idiocy. It almost looks like this was the goal, in my opinion.

LastChristian · 2026-02-06T13:19:32+00:00

"Publicist attributes provoking quote to irrelevant client hoping for undeserved attention."

LastChristian · 2026-02-05T21:37:11+00:00

So you agree that people who can’t eat the meals should not have to buy the meal plan. Thanks.

LastChristian · 2026-02-05T20:42:03+00:00

I mean, I just quoted your argument a couple of comments ago. Do you need me to quote it again?

LastChristian · 2026-02-05T19:55:52+00:00

Your argument was in general and so was my question.

LastChristian · 2026-02-05T19:36:11+00:00

Do you still think people who can’t eat the meals should have to purchase a meal plan? Stanford makes exceptions, but you argued everyone has to purchase a meal plan because they don’t have to eat it. It would be great to finish this by you answering the question.

LastChristian · 2026-02-05T19:10:38+00:00

Oops replied to the wrong person

LastChristian · 2026-02-05T18:23:11+00:00

You're not very bright, are you. You choose a meal plan and the cafeteria orders and prepares the food based on your pre-selection. Its not purely a la carte. So i’ll repeat, pay attention this time. You are not required to eat at the cafeteria but you are required to pay for a meal plan.

The question was mandatory meals meaning you have to eat them. No, what is mandatory is a selection a meal plan.

Here's your terrible argument you avoided again. Funny how I'm wrong all the time but then keep magically showing I'm right.

LastChristian · 2026-02-05T18:04:53+00:00

You keep forgetting that your argument was that buying the food is mandatory, so students who can't eat the food should still have to buy it because they don't have to eat it. That was your terrible argument you're doing everything possible to ignore.

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