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MineralMan

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70. By whom is it so defined?

Thu Dec 21, 2017, 10:30 AM

Dec 2017

Awareness of surroundings is something most living animals have, right down to animals like ants. If that is your definition of sentience, then the concept of ahimsa must be prominent in your mind. In your definition, all animal life has sentience:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahimsa

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Bernard Law, protector of pedophile priests, is dead. [View all] Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 OP

Karma is never on vacation shanny Dec 2017 #1

You have absolutely no idea if that is true. trotsky Dec 2017 #2

That is mostly correct. shanny Dec 2017 #4

Yes. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #7

Rightfully? Sez you. eom shanny Dec 2017 #8

That's correct. I am the person who said that. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #10

Nice demonstration of the ongoing double standard. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #15

You must be talking about the double standard where atheists say it is OK to criticize ideas... Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #18

If that makes you feel good, I understand. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #19

Yes, I am an idiot. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #22

Another diversion? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #25

No, it's not. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #27

Are you a pastefarian? eom guillaumeb Dec 2017 #37

I don't know what that is. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #40

I am. I once consumed an entire jar of library paste MineralMan Dec 2017 #42

Where has an atheist said you can't criticize atheism? Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #24

An attempt at humor? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #26

Nope Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #29

Some confusion on your part. eom guillaumeb Dec 2017 #38

No. Still none. You claimed a double standard by atheists. I asked for proof. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #39

Please demonstrate the double standard. trotsky Dec 2017 #31

Ooops!! That is not a proper subject for debate. eom guillaumeb Dec 2017 #14

OK shanny Dec 2017 #32

So it's "chastising" someone to point out there is no factual basis for their beliefs? trotsky Dec 2017 #30

lol shanny Dec 2017 #33

Thanks for the response. trotsky Dec 2017 #35

It was earned. shanny Dec 2017 #43

So they're only hilarious in the aggregate? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #44

lol shanny Dec 2017 #47

An interesting way to welcome someone to this group. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #45

How delightful to have you judge me. trotsky Dec 2017 #66

Self-awareness? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #75

I'm aware of you judging others non-stop, yes. trotsky Dec 2017 #81

Nah. He's just dead. MineralMan Dec 2017 #5

You sound quite certain of this. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #46

Evidence. I have,seen an exhumed grave. MineralMan Dec 2017 #48

I have physically seen nothing, literally nothing, guillaumeb Dec 2017 #49

Beliefs are what they are...mental thoughts. MineralMan Dec 2017 #50

True, but as sentient beings, we are more than our bones. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #52

If you are claiming that dualism is a proven fact you are mistaken. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #54

Did you read the part about sentience? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #56

Ok at what point do mental processes meet your qualification of sentience? Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #57

When they rise to the level of human sentience. eom guillaumeb Dec 2017 #58

So is a 1 year old baby sentient? Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #59

A baby human is a human baby, and sentient. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #60

So this "sentience" is then only a property of humans, and all humans have this property? Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #61

Sentience is defined as awareness of surroundings. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #62

A cockroach is very aware of its surroundings. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #63

lolwut? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #68

By whom is it so defined? MineralMan Dec 2017 #70

Erroneous thinking. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #69

Once we are only bones, we are no more sentient beings. MineralMan Dec 2017 #74

Youse guys be 'your' sentient kind of beings and us will be sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #77

I believe I'll continue to post as I choose, if you don't mind. MineralMan Dec 2017 #79

I don't mine. 😉 sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #82

I'm pretty sure it is entirely possible to prove with reasonable confidence that the shithead Law is Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #53

True, but that was not the entire claim. eom guillaumeb Dec 2017 #55

He is facing his karma as we speak, now descending into the seven rings of Hell. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #3

"Know" Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #6

lol shanny Dec 2017 #9

I know the definition of "to know". Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #11

So a kid dying with cancer must have done something horrible, right? Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #12

No. That is a horrible thought. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #16

That's the logical extension of "karma" Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #17

Karma says that bad things happen because you deserve it, right? n/t trotsky Dec 2017 #34

I guess only when it fits the defined "karma" pattern. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #64

And that's the repulsive side of karma. trotsky Dec 2017 #67

Calvinism, too. MineralMan Dec 2017 #71

Correct. trotsky Dec 2017 #73

An amazing leap. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #20

Why is that? Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #21

So you deny that cancer can be caused by many things? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #23

I'm not the one who believe is karma. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #28

It feels really good to believe that will happen, yes. trotsky Dec 2017 #36

It might, you know. You can't win if you don't play. MineralMan Dec 2017 #72

Most Christians believe he's enjoying eternal bliss in Heaven. Mariana Dec 2017 #65

Most and generally again. That 'covers' one's, does it not? sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #78

It is impossible ever to say ALL Christians believe anything. Mariana Dec 2017 #80

If one is sincerely and honestly repentant, mortifies his flesh (see *Law*), sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #83

Good Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #13

may he rest in HELL Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #41

One of John Paul II "mistakes" Sneederbunk Dec 2017 #51

Buh-bye. calimary Dec 2017 #76