"Once something is wasted, it is no longer available as a resource.... for this debate, it is a waste of money, time, and energy since it can be easily avoided by proper use of contraception.
Also, I said it could be argued, not that it necessarily…"
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Objections to incest
Started this discussion. Last reply by Pope OoO (Out of Order) Feb 6. 39 Replies 0 Likes
Hi All, I allow my mind to wander sometimes (particularly on the bus) and somehow wound up thinking about incest. I get that it's wrong, The thought of being sexual with my brother is definitely…Continue
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Minimum standard of humane living (discussion about welfare)
Started Feb 12, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
In Australia, our welfare payments for the unemployed are very low. A little over $400 per fortnight, about $16 per day after rent has been payed. A lot of Australians receiving this payment are…Continue
Interesting Math problem for Christians and Atheists alike
Started this discussion. Last reply by Lewal Sep 22, 2011. 63 Replies 3 Likes
According to the bible, God created Adam and Eve about 6000 years ago...Lets think about some maths:Two people multiplying to 6.5 billion in 6000 years. Ignoring the whole flood thing, how many…Continue
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matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"Heres an example where empowering women (by giving them more maternity leave) would actually be a net negative to society as they become less employable. By elevating the parental leave available to men to a comparable level, the contrast between…"
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"I don't see how one woman acting this way for attention is dictating..."
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"Hi Belle, a large part of my objection was indeed the absolutism of the statement. Given that people around the world are not the same as people in modern western society, I agree that empowerment of women and men up to the point of equality with…"
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"Please see my response to the original place where this is asked... I was asleep when you were posting this."
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"That pretty much sums it up."
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"I believe it may well apply here... In modern society, women are plenty empowered to do whatever they want. They can go for the top jobs, there is no barrier to that except for the same barriers opposed to men. If women rarely apply, of course men…"
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"That's a long time to still be recovering. Are you suggesting 3+ years is an appropriate length for maternity leave? Who should pay for this leave? What about the child's father, why isn't he able to take some similar length of leave…"
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"Family law courts are biased towards favouring women.
Women aren't drafted into mandatory US military service (i.e. don't even have to register as draftable).
In a fairly equal society, like ours, further empowering women would result in…"
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"How so? Adam and I have explained why Kim K fits the description of empowered, in our view at least. All you have offered in rebuttal is "Nope, your point is invalid!"."
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"Agreed, if all of world were brought up to current first world standards, we would have a fine world indeed. But here in the first world, I don't see the case for further empowerment of women."
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"Jumping out the window is an action. The man surving the action is an event which shows that
Is true. i.e. there is at least one time when empowering women is does not better society."
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"Here's what wikipedia says on the matter:
I think overall it boils down to increasing the power of an individual or group."
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"Yes, see my post below, re: an equal society."
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"Yes, and I am still waiting for you substantiate your claim that the answer is yes.
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Catholic church offends and disgusts me (news article response)
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 7:13pm 4 Comments 0 Likes
Hi All,
I checked the news on news.com.au this morning and found this article. In which the catholic church both offends and disgusts me.
I will start by explaining the latter. It makes the assumption that a woman needs a husband to be complete, and urges young women in Australia to marry quickly or they will miss out. Why, as a man,…
Continue Another reason religion is a bad, bad, thing (like we needed another one)
Posted on January 5, 2012 at 5:21pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
Image being 15 years old, your parents have just sent you and your siblings to your aunt's house for christmas. Upon arrival, you are accused of being a sorcerer and tortured as such, and by christmas day, you have begged for the release and peace of death and are finally drowned.
I found the following link while browsing for my morning news: …
Continue Grid computing
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 10:56pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hi all,
I wanted to put up a post about grid or distributed computing. If there is a problem which can be solved by a computer, that's great. What happens when it would take a single computer a thousand years to compute the solution? The answer is to break the problem down into as many small pieces as possible and to compute them all at the same time! Now the problem for someone with a large problem set is no longer a lack of time to compute their final result, but a lack of…
Continue Political compass
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 8:23pm 10 Comments 0 Likes
Hi all,
My (future) uncle-in-law showed me politicalcompass.org the other day and I thought it would be interesting to compare my place on the compass to that of other atheists. We might even be able to show, once and for all, that atheists really do have different views.
I took the test and ended up in the lower left region, somewhere near Ghandi and the Dalai Lama. Apparently this means I would prefer a somewhat economically communistic society with liberal social…
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- At 1:37pm on November 18, 2011,
Syqnys said… Thanks. The album is out now, here: http://syqs.bandcamp.com/album/hypatias-reign
- At 11:56am on June 21, 2011,
Monica Salcedo (Monicks) said… Welcome to Think Atheist, Matt! It is great to have you here.
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