"To create [the phenomenon of C-fiber stimulation], it would seem that God need only create beings with C-fibers capable of the appropriate type of physical stimulation; whether the beings are conscious or not is irrelevant here. It would seem, though, that to make the C-fiber stimulation correspond to pain, or be felt as pain, God must do ( Read more... )

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"Police: Man stabs son in left buttock after he refused to take off his hat in church"
By Associated Press
4:35 PM EST, February 24, 2009

BALTIMORE (AP) - Police said a 58-year-old man stabbed his teenage son after he refused to take off his hat at church earlier in the day. The father and his 19-year-old son got into an argument on Sunday afternoon. ( Read more... )

"Those who believe in fate say 'Whoever is rewarded by the superior is of course rewarded by fate. It is not because of virtue that he is rewarded. Whoever is punished is of course punished by fate. It is not because of his cruelty that he is punished.' In consequence people do not show filial piety and deep love to their parents at home or respect ( Read more... )

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An Appeal to Consequences is a logical fallacy that can take either of the following forms:

If P, then Q will occur.
Q is desirable.
Therefore, P is true.

If P, then Q will occur.
Q is undesirable.
Therefore, P is false.
 Such an appeal is considered fallacious because no matter how desirable or undesirable the outcomes of a belief are, that has no ( Read more... )

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"As deep down and as far as he could go - as a boy, in the country, on Jersey - Alexander Bowen had been a genuine animal lover. He had grown up taking a delight in being close to a cat or a dog, savoring the smell of a stable and deriving from the presence of cattle a peace of mind that required no explanation. He had made up his mind to become a ( Read more... )