The world is insane

The world is insane!

6.5 billion people believe in -and fight wars over- things which do not exist:
Governments, gods, global warming, national borders, paper currencies, nonbinding 'legal' documents, and the platonic poor. They pile into ridiculous schemes like 'universal healthcare', 'public education', fiat money, monopoly regulation, the illegalization of noncriminal activities, the legalization of actually criminal activities, and more generally the provision of and payment for 'government services' at the barrel of a gun.

But it's not a new state of affairs. The world seemingly has always been insane.

 

[v Angel v]

It's always been like this it's nothing numinous.The chances of anything changing for the good are minuscule do you really think anyone will get the picture.I myself am a follower of the Christian religion and I don't think it is right for anyone to think their religion is "greater" than others.Believe what you want just don't criticize other people of their belief and/or religion;I sometimes do due to the ignorant morons making fun or my religion.This world will not change for the better;looking back no less than a century ago you will see that a complete lunatic tried to kill anyone who didn't meet his standards.This however is not the converation only an example of how insane the world has been.

 

[Sanctuary]

The world is insane!

6.5 billion people believe in -and fight wars over- things which do not exist:
Governments, gods, global warming, national borders, paper currencies, nonbinding 'legal' documents, and the platonic poor. They pile into ridiculous schemes like 'universal healthcare', 'public education', fiat money, monopoly regulation, the illegalization of noncriminal activities, the legalization of actually criminal activities, and more generally the provision of and payment for 'government services' at the barrel of a gun.

But it's not a new state of affairs. The world seemingly has always been insane.

Becuase you know for a fact none of that exists.

 

[dam prayer noobs]

The brain is a delusion generator, most people can't help but to believe in those things. Only a few can see through those illusions.

 

[tiger9110]

It really goes to show how personal interests do not promote social interests, greed is one of the major issues that turns the wheel of this corruption.

 

[Arya]

The world is insane!

6.5 billion people believe in -and fight wars over- things which do not exist:
Governments, gods, global warming, national borders, paper currencies, nonbinding 'legal' documents, and the platonic poor. They pile into ridiculous schemes like 'universal healthcare', 'public education', fiat money, monopoly regulation, the illegalization of noncriminal activities, the legalization of actually criminal activities, and more generally the provision of and payment for 'government services' at the barrel of a gun.

But it's not a new state of affairs. The world seemingly has always been insane.

Oh, Sythe.

I've never been able to decipher your posts as either trolls or actual significant posts to the category you're in. >.<

Nonetheless! The many societies that make up with world will always find something to believe in, and fight for. It is what comforts!

These things are the pillows to a relatively rough existence.

It's always been like this it's nothing numinous.The chances of anything changing for the good are minuscule do you really think anyone will get the picture.I myself am a follower of the Christian religion and I don't think it is right for anyone to think their religion is "greater" than others.Believe what you want just don't criticize other people of their belief and/or religion;I sometimes do due to the ignorant morons making fun or my religion.This world will not change for the better;looking back no less than a century ago you will see that a complete lunatic tried to kill anyone who didn't meet his standards.This however is not the converation only an example of how insane the world has been.

If there wasn't the belief that one religious was greater than another, there would only be one religion, if that !

I'm also willing to bet that the majority of those in SFA who 'make fun of' your religion aren't ignorance morons.

 

Becuase you know for a fact none of that exists.

Burden of proof is on you to prove any of it does exist.

Note: not to prove that people believe it exists, but to prove that it actually exists.

It really goes to show how personal interests do not promote social interests, greed is one of the major issues that turns the wheel of this corruption.

You're insane too.

What is a 'social interest'? How does it differ from a personal interest? Is it not an interest held by a person? Can you have an interest that isn't held by a person? Prove to me that such a thing can exist.

If there wasn't the belief that one religious was greater than another, there would only be one religion, if that !

I'm also willing to bet that the majority of those in SFA who 'make fun of' your religion aren't ignorance morons.

When two (real) scientists have a conflict of ideas they engage in a rational debate to find the truth in the matter. If, however, you do not accept the supremacy of reason then you have no standard by which to judge / debate the conflicting ideas, and your only recourse is to violence.

 

[Straggler]

And yet life does and will go on

 

[Sanctuary]

Burden of proof is on you to prove any of it does exist.

Prove it doesn't. Global warming may be totally blown out of preportion, but how do you know that it isn't true.

I could say there's a blue elephant living 100 miles underground in my backyard. You could reply with a "prove it", and I can just say "prove it doesn't". Good luck proving it doesn't.

 

Prove it doesn't. Global warming may be totally blown out of preportion, but how do you know that it isn't true.

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/burden-of-proof.html
The burden of proof is on you.

I could say there's a blue elephant living 100 miles underground in my backyard. You could reply with a "prove it", and I can just say "prove it doesn't". Good luck proving it doesn't.

It's a fallacy.

 

[Sanctuary]

His name is Bob.

 

[Angelmax]

The world is insane!

6.5 billion people believe in -and fight wars over- things which do not exist:
Governments, gods, global warming, national borders, paper currencies, nonbinding 'legal' documents, and the platonic poor.

You said yourself you must justify your statements in this forum, which you have not done to the least.

Global warming is a scientific fact, and there are already examples of rising temperatures around the world.

I honestly can't tell if this thread is sincere or a particularly stupid troll.

 

[Sanctuary]

You said yourself you must justify your statements in this forum, which you have not done to the least.

My point exactly, thanks. =]

 

[Angelmax]

My point exactly, thanks. =]

Something is wrong, I think we may be agreeing with eachother. There must be a mistake. =P

 

[Angelmax]

When two (real) scientists have a conflict of ideas they engage in a rational debate to find the truth in the matter. If, however, you do not accept the supremacy of reason then you have no standard by which to judge / debate the conflicting ideas, and your only recourse is to violence.

Sythe, a rational debate could not be further away from what you instigated with this thread.

 

[Straggler]

His name is Bob.

You're not getting it- if you make a statement like there's a blue elephant under my house it's your job to prove it, not to be unsuccessfully proven wrong. That's a simple rule of debating and logic that you should understand before you post here. You make the clam, you give the proof.

 

[K-3-V-1-N]

It's what happens when first principles aren't used. After you bypass the principle that theft is immoral, taxation doesn't seem that out of the ordinary. Same goes for any other of the widely accepted illusions.

I don't like to say too much though, I'm still trying to work out a personal philosophy with this kind of stuff.

 

You said yourself you must justify your statements in this forum, which you have not done to the least.

Global warming is a scientific fact, and there are already examples of rising temperatures around the world.

I honestly can't tell if this thread is sincere or a particularly stupid troll.

Firslty, by global warming I refer to AGW, as is the common definition, and as you already know.

Secondly, the burden of proof is on anyone who claims these things exist, in particular when this claim is used to justify violence against otherwise innocent people.

The empirical evidence supporting your case for the existence of any of these things is nil. Present some and we will debate the evidence. I don't want your opinion. What are the facts?

Sythe, a rational debate could not be further away from what you instigated with this thread.

You're insane too. I don't claim any of these things exist. The correct skeptical rational position is to assume they do not exist and to continue assuming that they do not until evidence is provided to the contrary. My research has turned up no evidence supporting these things. If you want to take the side that these things do exist then it is your job to provide evidence to support your claim. If you do not do this then YOU are not engaging in rational debate.

Again, burden of proof.

 

[Angelmax]

It's what happens when first principles aren't used. After you bypass the principle that theft is immoral, taxation doesn't seem that out of the ordinary. Same goes for any other of the widely accepted illusions.

How do you propose roads are built, hospitals are run and society is policed without taxes?

 

[K-3-V-1-N]

How do you propose roads are built, hospitals are run and society is policed without taxes?

Private roads, hospitals, and DROs

EDIT:

DRO = Dispute Resolution Organizations

sorry

EDIT:

Policing from private protection firms. There would be plenty of options.