walruz
11d ago
I think that logically, it is probable that God does exist, so I am not an atheist. In particular my favorite argument is the argument from causation. There must be an uncaused cause; this can be identified with God.
That argument does not present any evidence in favour of God, though. Even granting the assumption that there must be an uncaused cause, and even granted the further assumption that this uncaused cause is sapient, there is still a huge leap to "and this sapient uncaused cause is named YHWH and he really cares about whether you eat pork or not".
walruz
18d ago
There's probably not much of a civilian market for shape-charge warheads, though (and you're not going to kill a tank by dropping a hand grenade on it) (I realise tanks have been killed by drone-dropped hand grenades dropped through an open hatch, but you can't rely on all crews being similarly Russian blasé about their own survival)
walruz
25d ago
Roughly 100% of cases I've come across such an argument that wasn't made up by their opponent (or genuinely espoused by the clinically insane), it is being made in relation to a setting that is reasonably 100% white, 100% male, or both. Not wanting Los Angeles tier skin color diversity in 13th century Bohemia, or not wanting girlbosses storming the beaches of Normandy is completely reasonable.
walruz
28d ago
The people who I hate the most are those who view this war as a way to test new drone technology with real live meat puppets, or who put the strategic goal of "weakening Russia" above the lives of real people.
Funny, the people I hate the most are those who started the war.
Although Americans whining about Ukraine not giving up faster as if they cared about the Ukranians, come a close second.
Reasonable take. Of course, this view must be contrasted with the view of a pro-Israeli (probably would be fair to call most of them "genociding all the Arabs supporters" and most "pro-Israelis fall into this category).
(By which I mean to say, imputing your opponents with the worst possible interpretation of their views isn't very productive)
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