"You should always look out for yourself. But as Forrest Gump's mother said, " A man only needs so much, the rest is just for showing off."
You can't be selfless for very long unless you are also a little selfish sometimes."
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Michael Appleman replied to Rose A's discussion 'Is it possible to be a spiritual atheist?'"Thats how I am too. My atheism came from a more general rejection of the supernatural.
I can certainly see how someone might believe in more general supernatural ideas, and still reject the idea of gods. To me though, the distinction…"
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It's Shit Like This Christians. "Aint no homo gonna make it to heaven"
""Aint no homo gonna make it to heaven"
In their hate they let the truth slip out. lol.
(No one is making it to heaven because it doesn't exist is what I am saying)"
Michael Appleman replied to Robert Karp's discussion 'Atheists Are Not Moral People! Get Your Argument On!'"Who would enforce these contractual agreements?"
Michael Appleman commented on Melissa's blog post 'Hurt feelings.'"In my life when I come across anything absurd like that I just laugh. Cause really, its pretty hilarious that a grown person is acting like that."
Michael Appleman replied to Dizzi90's discussion 'Determinism: Do We Have to?' in the group Atheist Philosophers"Are you even reading the whole post before you reply to it?"
Michael Appleman replied to Dizzi90's discussion 'Determinism: Do We Have to?' in the group Atheist Philosophers"It is in people's nature to not want to be punished. (most anyways) Surely you don't think that being aware of the lack of free will exempt you from being punished for committing a crime?
Everything is a part of the deterministic…"
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Michael Appleman replied to Unseen's discussion 'Things that piss you off (gripes and groans)'"Some people pronounce it nuke-u-ler."
Michael Appleman commented on Arcus's blog post 'Free will and physics: A reply to "Do We Have Free Will?"'"If we don't not have free will, what kind of will do we have? If it isn't deterministic and also not supernatural then how does our will come about? Really the only thing left would be randomness, which still isn't free.
Also, all…"
Michael Appleman commented on Isaac's blog post 'Do We Have Free Will?'"Being aware of your thoughts does not mean you are outside the deterministic system that governs them. It is simply another layer of complexity that obscures the fact that free will is not real. Your choices about your thoughts are still the result…"
Michael Appleman commented on Isaac's blog post 'Do We Have Free Will?'"Yeah if your decisions were random and arbitrary, it still wouldn't be free....just random."
Michael Appleman commented on Atheist Exile's blog post 'Three Conundrums of Free Will'"I find all philosophising in favor of free will to just be pointless redefining of free will to something that is not free will."
Michael Appleman liked Robert Karp's blog post JUST AWESOME! Kentucky school superintendent attacks the teaching of evolution as fact - Commissioner of Education gives a flawless replyMichael Appleman replied to Nick Sykora's discussion 'Is it wrong for me to be offended at other peoples offence when I say my beliefs and others get offended by them?'"It wouldn't surprise me. Pigs have a lot biologically in common with humans."
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- At 4:55pm on September 23, 2011,
Monica Salcedo (Monicks) said… Welcome to Think Atheist, Michael! It is great to have you here.
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- At 4:03pm on September 19, 2011,
Robert Karp said… Welcome to the Think Atheist community Michael!
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