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That sounds more like a personal put down than a reasoned argument.

Due to the emoji? Emoji are for emotions by definition, sure, but it's also a stylistic choice. Emoji are so adorably cute. The aesthetic and comical applications are endless. I don't use them as much in this forum as I do in some others due to our combined efforts at a generally serious tone.

Well, yes and no. Social class is certainly a component. When I was growing up, we moved to a community where kids my age (I was 10 or 11) were swearing constantly and looked upon me as rather frail and naive because I didn't. I may have looked shocked when they started swearing, but unlike what...

In the sense that freedom of speech is a right... however, freedom of speech is not an absolute, and many kinds of harassment and abuse, or so called "fighting words" and slander and libel, can be against the law. Depending on how blasphemy is defined, there could be nuanced discussion about...

I recently ran across the idea of "the bread of shame" which is apparently, a concept in Judaism, that to be given something you did not earn has a heavy shame associated with it. I'm trying to make sense of it and how it is important spiritually, in either mainstream Judaism or Kabbalah Judaism...

Less tolerant and understanding of same sex relationships, in most societies, without any doubt Depends a lot on the stressors or culture of the job. I mean in many, many professional settings people uttering profanities to one another daily would be unthinkable. But in the military or law...

Apparently though, there are some people who just don't seem to think in images. Even if in real life they watch movies and things. It's just how they process things that is different than many. https://www.newsweek.com/seeing-movies-mind-when-reading-imagination-2023385 Then famous Temple...

It's like an almost-pizza!🧐🍕 NO MEAT NO CHEEZ

I have a friend who is allergic to pork She has a number of allergies, nothing life threatening, but we know her allergies well enough to plan dinners correction (after all these years we otta! ;))

??? What is the same thing? What do you mean by "accessory" in this context? Like accessory to a crime? I don't - I don't think that's what you mean but I realize I'm not sure what you mean on this whole topic really, I don't want to jump to conclusions or make assumptions about what you think...

Nothing verifiable, with any degree of certainty Data points of a sort, intriguing for sure. Not conclusive... but of great interest to many. I like reading those accounts too. I take them with a grain of salt, but I don't dismiss them out of hand. Still everything in any "world beyond" is less...

Interesting... That kind of sounds, a little, like Karmic religions. Is that from a passage in any scripture, or a personal philosophy? 🤔

Publicity maybe? 🤔

It is appealing and reassuring, for a time - esp when some people are so brutally victimized and the perpetrator seems to get a carefree life. I find or at least once found it a hopeful idea, that everyone from the worst war criminals down to regular criminals down to bullies down to everyone...

I like that quote I think because people feel powerless in the face of injustice in this world, and hope for some form of it in the next.

Was hoping this might interest people or get a discussion going about the nature of thought...

Sometimes pork chops or loin can be replaced with turkey cutlets

I think he was talking about the remark in post #138 Or the exchange #138, #139, #140... (#141 which you were replying to) (I couldn't quote all of them together as they are on different pages and when I try it doesn't work)

It's possible to have a lot of points of view, including religious, without expressing it. Is there any reason people SHOULD "not make a noise about it" ? I mean maybe... make your case. Some religions, by their own self report, feel they are obligated to "make a noise about it" and get other...

Humans are responsible for the interpersonal chaos. Religions are only the topic, not the actual cause. Competition, Ingroup vs Outgroup, Us vs Them, religion is a factor and an influence. However, some people think that if it weren't for religion there would not be conflict, and I do not think...