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Natural Law and Social Systems: convert_me
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Joshua Ray Jongema (. Natural Law and Social Systems. I cant decide to not wear a seatbelt while driving or being driven. The Justice component of our fair governing body has passed legislation requiring me to wear my seatbelt, and they base the justification of these legislations upon the ethical consideration referred to as Legal Paternalism, which inherently describes that the law must father citizens within its jurisdiction or society. I understand this concept, and I agree with it. Post a new comment.
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Hitchens: convert_me
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Twitter has erupted in a death match between theists responding to the #godisnotgreat hash tag and atheists mocking them for doing so. One atheist sums it nicely: Christians freaking out about the hash tag is his final Hitchslap. It's the sort of dogmatic groupthink I mentioned in my last post. You either have to swallow the hateful (often Islamaphobic) misrepresentations of your beliefs, or you're a hysterical crazy religious person. They're not reactionary nut bags. Perish the thought!
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Interdependance in a Greedy World: convert_me
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Joshua Ray Jongema (. Interdependance in a Greedy World. Certain people have decided to push an agenda, through social media, which labels anything to do with globalization as Evil's plan according to their own interpretation of prophecy. I find this to be appalling, and I wonder why they have such an interest in demonizing globalization and it's proponents. Then I considered that, perhaps, religion will lose it's monopoly on the world if globalization runs it's course. Post a new comment.
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Groupthink: convert_me
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Is it merely human that people, regardless of their religious beliefs, accept without question statements which affirm their beliefs? One of the problems I have with atheists is their inability to critique arguments in favour of atheism. Regardless of its intellectual merit, an argument in favour of atheism must be correct because it's arguing in favour of atheism. But it sat uneasy with me. Why are new-atheists so prone to groupthink? Post a new comment. Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal.
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