Comments by "AWResistance" (@AlanWattResistance) on "Bite-sized Philosophy" channel.

  1. +Nick Williams, "Why not?" Why should they?
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  2. +A Person, I don't need to answer the question, because this isn't my opinion, it's observable fact. I'm not the one asking to deviate from natural law, you are. I'm simply advocating for that which already exists and is intended, but you're asking to deviate from it, so the only real question here is, why should we deviate from natural law? and, can you prove it's beneficial to do so? Thus far none of you have proven that it is, all that you've given me is 'they should do it because they can do it' and 'feelings'.
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  3. +Laura S., I've already addressed this, please read through my previous comments.
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  4. +A Person, I already answered the question in another comment, and i'm still waiting for a reply on how it's beneficial to deny children a mother figure. I'm still waiting to hear how women are not important in the lives of children. I apologize for assuming your position, the comment thread got quite crowded.
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  5. +Ezeckel Reichert, Intended by nature or God, or instituted within nature by God, however you wish to look at it.
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  6. +Phil C, Well, i'm not coming at this from an atheistic perspective, so i'm not cynical about the course of nature.
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  7. +OwO wat r thos, But they shouldn't. Deliberately denying a child a mother or mother-figure is social-engineering and child abuse.
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  8. Good stuff.
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  9. Maybe it isn't rooted in human nature. Cannibal tribes don't give a second thought to killing and eating you, they even eat their own people.
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  10. bollocks
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  11. yes
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  12. LOL
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  13. Because you were raised with Christian values via your parents and culture. When a person or society rejects religion they don't reject the presuppositions, they just reject the context. Basically, you're moral because you have subconsciously absorbed Christian values as a child. If you were raised by a cannibal tribe, you wouldn't think twice about killing and eating someone.
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  14. The traditional view of womanhood is not flawed or damaging, you're just the exception to the rule, and just because you are an exception that doesn't mean that the rule is inherently bad, it just means you're not the norm, which is fine. And it's a good thing that his lectures are targeted to men, because young men have been completely let down by society, and women, in recent decades.
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  15. What about them?
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  16. We pay our taxes because if we don't, the full force of the state comes to pay us a visit.
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  17. +ryan owesney, The Catholic church built it, and more specifically it was a Bishop who use to be a monk.
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  18. Murder is only wrong if life is sacred, and you believe life is sacred, therefore you're religious, without even knowing it.
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  19. @Dr. Shroomy, Extremists directly contradict their own ideals. Extremists are only culturally religious for the sake of preserving group tribalism. Why do cannibal tribes kill and eat their own people then?
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  20. There's nothing wrong with patriarchy though.
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  21. lol
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  22. Transphobia is a good thing.
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  23. Sounds tasty.
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  24. "Nor does that change fact they were quite widespread phenomenon" Incorrect. Before and after the Hopkins/Stearne trials on the 1640's (which were a reaction to the instabilty brought in by the English civil war), trials of witches were usually done on a case by case basis, not en masse. Of course the trial of witches is wrong, but the idea that they were a widespread phenomenon throughtout all Christian/English history is just false. "if something they were much more ruthless all i need to do is point out to witch hunts" You tried to claim that religious societies were more ruthless due to witch trials, but i've proven that witch trials were not a 'widespread phenomenon' (in England), and that not all Christians during the sporadic trials even agreed with those trials, some even refuse to hang accused witches in their jurisdiction.
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  25. I think it was Diamondhead yes, lol, a blast from my past metal days.
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  26. Eve represents the body and Adam represents the soul. Re-read the allegory knowing this and your mind will be blown.
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  27. I'm King.
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  28. Saint Augustine gives a good theological argument against suicide in his City of God. Whether you accept it or not is up to you.
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  29. +Manu Leach, Religious believers tend to adhere more closely to their own moral conscience than regular lay folk. Of course this isn't always the case, but generally true. And i would say that being logical about morality is the fastest way to immorality, afterall it's very easy to justify wrong-doing when it's of benefit to yourself. So you actually have it backwards.
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  30. +Manu Leach, Biblical morality is based upon natural law. The Bible doesn't tell people what their opinions should be, it simply asks people to adhere to natural law, which was instituted by God. It's your morality that is out of line with natural law.
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  31. +Manu Leach, I don't think it limits me. Like Christian theologians and philosophers of the past, i believe the universe and ourselves were created by God, therefore nothing is off limits to study and explore. By exploring the world, the universe and mankind, we can known something about it's Creator, so i don't see my worldview limiting my experience of life. And i'm not a Gnostic either, so i don't see the world as entirely at war with the spirit.
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  32. Why, Is he in need of cash?
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  33. Man breathes confusion.
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  34. You may be right. I'm also a little older than most, i sometimes forget that. I came to the truth a long time ago through other good sources. But the fanboys need to learn that the master simply shows the way, he isn't suppose to hold your hand. Take his advice and live it.
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  35. Couldn't agree more. It is exciting to see what may come of all this.
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  36. While things are subject to change, they will always be futile. A happy family will one day be an unhappy family due to the inevitibility and certainty of change, change which inevitably leads to death. "There is nothing more certain than death, but there is nothing more uncertain than the hour of death." Placing your hope in this world therefore, is foolish. Eternal life on the other hand is not subject to change. Heaven being eternal means absolute security against the process of change, because change occures only in time; where the present moment of immediate awareness is continuously experiencing new events. We are endulging the senses until the senses can no longer sense. All is leading up to inevitable death, therefore the only conclusion is to prepare for the afterlife. "Our reward in heaven is to see God, to live with God, and to live with the very life of God. It is to be with God, and to be in God, Who will be all in all. We shall possess God, the highest good. Where the highest good is, there is the highest joy, the supremest happiness, the truest liberty, the most perfect charity. There we shall find eternal security, fullest knowledge, and all that is blissful and beautiful.....O heavenly city, O blessed citizens! What glorious things are said of you! All are rejoicing there at the sight and sound of God's beauty. He is delightful to see and sweet to possess. He is all our reward, and beyond Him there is nothing further to desire. He is the whole of man's good, in this life and the next, for to know and love God is the highest good we may ever attain."
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  37. P.s: All those things you stated are good things, but just remember to keep in mind your eternal home.
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  38. The journey is mostly internal, but i understand what you mean. I'm not saying the good things in life are bad because of their inevitable end, only that people need to remember that there is an end and to not leave off preparing for it, which many do and it ended before they even begun the journey.
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  39. I choose the word futile to make a point, i will admit that's it's a little dramatic. And i agree that it's very nihilistic, i was also trying to represent the position of the non-believer. I was simply using an extreme to make a point.
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