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dmallind

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19. It's utter tosh to claim they can be anything BUT - and your own cites bear that out.

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Tue Nov 27, 2012, 05:54 PM

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God lets babies die … so popular atheist and artist creates humanitarian fundraiser [View all] rug Nov 2012 OP

Nature is not indifferent if we are not. gtar100 Nov 2012 #1

EIther way, it's anthropomorphizing inanimate objects. rug Nov 2012 #2

It couldn't be that anthropomorphy is the correct moral/philosophical view? Fumesucker Nov 2012 #3

I think that is a mis-characterization of quantum theory. redgreenandblue Nov 2012 #4

Sorry, I don't buy that. rug Nov 2012 #6

Your argument is convincing Fumesucker Nov 2012 #10

You appear to be separating yourself from nature. gtar100 Nov 2012 #11

No, but I'm not attributing my characteristics to the universe either. rug Nov 2012 #12

Nor am I being so generic. But, to coin a phrase or two, gtar100 Nov 2012 #20

Indifference is unique to neither humanity nor animate objects dmallind Nov 2012 #13

Really? How is a rock indifferent? rug Nov 2012 #14

How is it not? dmallind Nov 2012 #15

To be indifferent, something first have to know things differ. rug Nov 2012 #16

Utter tosh. Does a baby need to understand differential diagnosis to be asymptomatic? dmallind Nov 2012 #17

Utter tosh? I'm not the one claiming rocks can be indifferent. rug Nov 2012 #18

It's utter tosh to claim they can be anything BUT - and your own cites bear that out. dmallind Nov 2012 #19

I must stop now. The lamp is glowering at me. rug Nov 2012 #21

So raising money for charities disgusts you? JKingman Nov 2012 #5

To the contrary, people who try to put words in my mouth disgust me. rug Nov 2012 #7

Then perhaps you could attempt to explain the purpose of this thread JKingman Nov 2012 #8

Two reasons. rug Nov 2012 #9

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