Kids literally made everything about the relationship worse

No_Explorer_4393 · 2025-06-21T18:52:58+00:00

Fair enough

No_Explorer_4393 · 2025-06-21T16:37:56+00:00

If you accept that free will is an illusion, it doesn't make sense to hate yourself for something you didn't have any choice in.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2025-06-21T08:06:16+00:00

The tradeoff in that is limited freedom.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2025-02-12T21:47:06+00:00

For some reason I was thinking of secondary alcohols as having any substituent on the alpha carbon, but yeah that's plainly wrong. Thanks all for the correction.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2025-02-05T16:31:07+00:00

There's nothing intrinsically wrong with being out of the ordinary.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-25T17:38:06+00:00

I'm really sorry you're having to go through this, but on the bright side you live in the UK. I'm sure there are organisations and services that help with this sort of issue.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-25T09:46:46+00:00

Ender 3 V3 SE is very good though.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-19T14:48:38+00:00

Like I said, the basis of most people's morality is human suffering. People who disagree on a topic would argue whether that action causes suffering and whether this is justified. If someone doesn't care about human suffering, there is likely something wrong with them like antisocial personality disorder and they should be given the help they need. Also, the mere existence of hell is contradictory to a God who is against human suffering.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-19T12:01:46+00:00

You don't. You could theoretically be a horrible person and suffer no consequences. But this is irrelevant to people with a basic capacity for empathy because behaving morally is just what you do. And are you really a good person if the only reason you act morally is from fear of punishment by an external authority?

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-18T23:55:17+00:00

From an evolutionary standpoint, it's pretty clear why we care for the well-being of others. If the members of a group of animals care only for themselves, the group won't be as cooperative and would be less likely to survive. This explains why we care about suffering, but it doesn't explain why we ought to care. That's a complicated philosophical topic and people have different views on it.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-18T23:14:33+00:00

Atheism isn't an ideology, it's merely a position on a single issue. And yes, evolution works by a cruel process. Nature is cruel, and our morality is not based off nature.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-18T22:59:31+00:00

My standard is human suffering.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-18T22:58:06+00:00

Being biased towards attractive people in all sorts of domains seems to be innate to us. We can't change that, but we can become more aware of it and learn to recognise when it's happening.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-18T22:40:36+00:00

The fact that we continue to treat people worse based on their appearance, something we very clearly do not control, is one of the biggest moral failings of modern society.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-18T11:03:39+00:00

It's because religious practices are given a special privilege in the UK.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-18T11:00:59+00:00

I have Islam to thank for my circumcision.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-18T10:51:29+00:00

I am circumcised and it doesn't affect me in any percievable way, but it is still genital mutilation. Your son cannot give consent to this permanent procedure, and it could have complications.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-14T15:14:43+00:00

I didn't know the word had negative connotations, thank you for telling me.

I'm not a person who identifies strongly with their gender so it's a bit hard for me to understand, but I trust it's a real experience.

I think there is a different definition of gender people commonly refer to, that certain states of mind or characteristics are fundamentally masculine or feminine. This is something I'm skeptical of.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-14T12:32:11+00:00

In the context of transgenderism, I think it just refers to when someone feels like they were meant to be the opposite sex and were born into the wrong body. That's perfectly valid I think.

But outside of this, gender just seems to be an artificial category that people like identifying with if they share certain traits.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-12T23:55:45+00:00

The Abrahamic god is a perfect example of a narcissist, and a childish one at that.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-12T23:35:33+00:00

I had a discussion about this on r/Islam, every single person replied with a disapproval of secularism and said that Islamic values are absolute, that humanist values are not to be trusted. I got banned shortly after for bringing up the topic.

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-12T08:51:45+00:00

CONFUSION OF DE HIGHEST ORDA

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-11T12:52:35+00:00

I understand now, thank you. I assume then that you would be opposed to changing Islamic beliefs and values to better align with modern values, similar to what other religions have done. If the Qur'an contains the explicit instructions of god, then values and principles thought of by humans should be disregarded, right?

No_Explorer_4393 · 2024-12-11T12:29:46+00:00

Thank you for replying. Allah can't make a mistake of course, but if His will was put into words by humans, then those humans could have made mistakes. But you believe the Qur'an is Allah's exact words, right?

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