Philosophy

Thursday, May 12, 2005

 

Dave Chappelle

I pray that comic genius Dave Chappelle is in the hands of good people and is doing well.

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

 

Conservatism v. Liberalism

Pro-life vs. Pro-choice

Ban gay marriage vs. Allow gay marriage

Flat taxes and no estate taxes vs. Tax 40-70% of high incomes and wealthy estates

Judeo-Christian religious and moral values vs. unspecified moral values

Small government vs. Big government

Personal responsibility vs. State interventionism

Monday, May 09, 2005

 

Characteristics of a Winner

Characteristics of a Winner

A winner has drive, loves and seeks competition, and does not doubt themself.

A winner has determination, recognizing that progress can be slow but not giving up. A winner knows there is no such thing as instant success.

A winner dominates, and is not intimated.

A winner is coachable, listening and learning from the coach. A winner asks questions to learn and seek knowledge but doesn't question authority.

A winner has confidence, believing in their ability and knowing their limits, working on their weaknesses with the strength of their strong points.

A winner is aggressive in that they make things happen instead of sitting back and waiting for things to happen.

A winner is responsible, accepting responsibility for all their actions. A winner learns, improves, and greatly decreases their "failures" by taking responsibility for the failures without feeling like a failure.

A winner has trust, and believes in the coach. A winner speaks well of the coach, knowing that it is the player is the only one that looks bad when they put down the coach. A winner shares the coaches values as the coach shares his knowledge and believe in the player.

A winner lets their conscience develop, learning right from wrong.

A winner is mentally tough and able to cope with failure. A winner knows that they've done everything possible to succeed.

A winner has emotional control, handling pressure the right way. A winner sticks to their game plan and concentrates in all situations. A winner visualizes success with positive self motivation.

A winner has commitment, and understands what it will take to reach their goal. It is tougher to be successful than to be a failure.


 

Politics Summary

False Political Ideologies and Bad Forms of Government

Anarchism fails to minimize coercion because in an anarchist society there would be no natural monopolies, unlimited coercion, no aid to the poor, and unlimited pollution of ecosystems and torture and extinction of organisms.

Anarcho-capitalism

Anarcho-communism

Anarcho-socialism

Communism reduces economic prosperity by eliminating property rights.

Ethnocracy is racist by allowing only one race or ethnicity to govern.

Fascism

Gerontocracy

Kakistocracy

Kleptocracy

Krytocracy

Liberalism is wrongly pro-choice, pro-high taxes, and pro-gay marriage.

Libertarianism is wrongly pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-isolationism, and anti-currency.

Marxism

Marxism-Leninism

Nazism is wrongly pro-choice, pro-censorship, anti-capitalism, anti-Polish, anti-Semitic, anti-Slavic, anti-democratic, anti-miscegeneration, racist, genocidal, and pro-eugenics.

Ochlocracy violates personal liberty by allowing unlimited coercion, unfair treatment, and torture by strong persons. It violates personal security by freely allowing robbery and assassination.

Oligarchy

Populism

Pornocracy

Socialism violates property rights and rights of free economic association. By imposing poor regulations and collectives, economic prosperity is impaired.

Stalinism

Theocracy, although a good idea, throughout history has been corrupt and goes against the values and guidelines that would be taught by a maximally great God.

Totalitarianism

Welfare Statism


 

Theology Summary

Many months of intense research, searching the web, and personal experience have led me to the following conclusions, which will be gradually supported as I build on this site in my spare time, but can in the meantime be supporting by honestly examining the evidence offered from various sites across the web.

Agnosticism ignores the demand to make a decision either way on such a crucial issue.

Atheism denies the truth of God (see definition of God, theistic arguments, and atheistic arguments).

Deism ignores the evidence for God’s involvement in the world.

Dualism denies the superiority of God to Satan, as God is Satan’s Creator.

Maltheism ignores the sound counter-arguments refuting allegations of God’s so-called malevolence.

Paganism ignores the evidence for Christianity.

Pandeism is false because it ignores God’s transcendence over the universe and the fact that if He became the universe then His involvement in human affairs would be unexplained.

Panendeism ignores the changelessness of God established by the KCA.

Panentheism

Pantheism falsely claims that every individual is divine, and ignores the evidence supporting the existence of a personal, transcendent Creator of the universe. It falsely claims that God is physically omnipresent, when His omnipresence is in fact spiritual. Pantheistic religions such as Jainism are therefore false in the key aspect of theology.

Polytheism falsely claims that there are multiple Gods. Polytheistic religions such as Hinduism, Shintoism, and Taoism are therefore false in the key aspect of theology.


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