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The person that came up with the idea that having a good job and a good wife is synonymous with eating your cake and having it is the one who should be shot. Let's try to reason carefully more often.

I love ice cream!

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Probably fake.

You're right. I'm sorry. She probably just forgot. I get upset when people rush their posts.

From http://www.bowness.demon.co.uk/brain.htm

"But back to the problem of evil," said the professor. "You stated that evil is the absence of good. How does that solve the problem of evil?"

The student said lifelessly: "If evil is the absence of good, then god did not create evil." It was evident that this was something the student had learned by rote and had often repeated.

The professor shrugged his shoulders. "Okay, let's suppose for the moment that this is true. This still does not explain evil. If a tidal wave wipes out a whole town, and 100,000 people die, is that evil?"

"There is the absence of good," said the student.

"But so what? The problem is why god did not prevent the disaster. If god is all-powerful he can prevent it, and if he is all-knowing he knows that it is about to happen. So whether he created the tidal wave is not relevant. What we want to know is why he did not do anything to stop it."

The student looked confused. "But why should he prevent it? It's not his fault."

"If a human being had the power to prevent a tidal wave wiping out a town, and this person intentionally failed to stop it, we would not say that the person is good. Even if the person said, 'It's not my fault,' we would be appalled that someone could stand by and do nothing as thousands die. So if god does not prevent natural disasters, and he is able to do so, we should not say that god is good by the same reasoning. In fact, we would probably say that god is evil."

The Christian student thought for a moment. "I guess I'd have to agree."

"So redefining evil as the absence of good does nothing to solve the problem of evil," said the professor. "At best it shows that god did not create it, but this does not explain why god does not prevent it."

The Christian student shook a finger at the professor. "But that's according to our human standards. What if god has a higher morality? We can't judge him by our standards."

The professor laughed. "Then you just lost your case. If you admit that god does not fit our definition of good, then we should not call him good. Case closed."

"I don't understand," said the student, wrinkling his brow.

"If I go outside and see a vehicle with four tires, a metal body, a steering wheel, a motor and so on, and it fits the definition of a car, is it a car?" "Of course it is," said the Christian student. "That's what a car is."

"But what if someone says that on some other definition it could be considered an airplane. Does that mean it's not a car?"

"No," said the student. "It still fits the definition of a car. That's what we mean by saying that it's a car. It doesn't fit the definition of an airplane, so we shouldn't call it that."

"Exactly," said the professor. "If it fits the definition, then that's what it is. If god fits the definition of good, then he is good. If he does not, then he is not. If you admit that he does not fit our definition of good, then he is not good. It does no good to say that he could be 'good' in some other definition. If we want to know whether he is good by our definition, you have answered that question. God is not good."

"I don't believe it!" said the Christian student. "A few minutes ago I would have laughed at the suggestion that god is not good, but now I actually agree. God doesn't fit the definition of good, so he's not good."

"There you go," said the professor.

"But wait a minute," said the student. "God could still be good in some other definition even if we don't call him good. Despite what we think, god could still have his own morality that says he's good. Even if we couldn't call him good, that doesn't mean that he isn't good on some definition. He could have his own definition anyway."

"Oh, you would not want to push the view that god might be good in some other definition," said the professor.

"Why not?" "Well, if he has definitions of things that are radically different from our own, he might have a different definition of lots of other things. He might have his own definitions of such things as eternal reward, or eternal life. Your supposed eternal life in heaven might just be a year, or it could be a thousand years of torture. God could just say he has a definition of reward that includes excruciating torture as part of the definition."

"That's right!" said the Christian, jumping up. His eyes were wide open. "If god can redefine any word, then anything goes. God could send all believers to what we call hell and say that it is heaven. He could give us ten days in heaven and say that that's his definition of eternity!"

"Now you're thinking!" said the professor, pointing a finger at the student. "This is what a philosophy class is supposed to do for students."

The Christian student continued. "God could promise us eternal life and then not give it to us and say that's his definition of keeping a promise!"

"Yes, yes," said the professor.
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We win!

Well the Bakassi leaders are behind this and they are Nigerians, so you are right in a sense. Also, the English speaking Camerounians are championing the cause. It's a laughable cause: a chief wants to become head of state!

If death was so noble, why did Ojukwu not choose to die with the millions of Igbos he sacrificed? If I am going to sacrifice my life, which I won't do, it won't be for the sake of some corrupt power-hungry leaders.

The leaders of the Bakassi community are afraid that when the region comes under Camerounian authority, they will become nobodies. For this purpose they are willing to sacrifice the lives of their subjects. It's shameful.

Lonely. Lonely. Lonely.

I think I need . . . more money!

Efani: you know this is a joke, right?

Under normal circumstances I will ban you before you have the time to collect anything. You guys don't understand the way I operate at all. I can go very far if my aim is to prevent someone from accessing the site. But I hardly ban women because I need women on the site more than I need men - except the beetches of course.

So I forgive you Mama Put. Go and sin no more! And, um, please remember to introduce me to your daughters.

You guys are not learned. Do you even know what satire is? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire

his hair might look nicer than mine. and we cannot have that.

Bloody female supremacist sexist piglet woman. We men deserve equal rights to beauty.

The problem is that Nigeria doesn't have much of a middle class

We have all agreed that "Nigeria does not have a middle class" but what exactly is this middle class?

Badman888: I have been banning people every day for the last 14 months and the site has been growing. Threaten me with something else. What abou Rhodalyn? Should I ban her for being a pest? Evesh[i] nko[/i]?

Mamaput: I see nothing wrong in what I said to Drusilla, which I think you should read carefully again:
You're a dishonest person, Drusilla. My simple question was "why is it ok to butcher animals, since they have souls?" and you have tried to dodge it with a trainload of bullshit words. Angry I will pretend you don't exist on this site.

If Drusilla is indeed being dishonest, don't I have a right to tell her what I feel about her dishonesty?

If you don't want a "rude" answer don't annoy people simple! This is a public discussion forum, not anyone's family. Even you Mamaput, if you tell a lie I will tell you to your face. If I know your house I will go there to tell you to your face.

And I have a nasty headache too. I need to ban someone to feel better!

Mamaput, what did you say about me in the thread about souls?

What's "middle class"? Overfed technorats who would never dream of starting a business?

Nah, I think I'll just ban him. He's out of touch with Nairaland reality and I suspect some people have left this site because of him, blaming me for not banning him. I will ban him on a whim in the next few days.

You're a dishonest person, Drusilla. My simple question was "why is it ok to butcher animals, since they have souls?" and you have tried to dodge it with a trainload of bullshit words. I will pretend you don't exist on this site.

thanks

Ok, I've unbanned him, but you can expect him to throw a tantrum and refuse to post for a few months. Cheers!

If the soul is different from the brain, then how come when Terry Shiavo's brain was damaged by a virus she ended up without any mind, will and emotions? When I forget something, does it mean part of my soul is lost? When someone has an accident and his mind/will/emotions are affected, does it mean the physical impact affected his soul?

Hehe. Well he's a very interesting man.

When I feel lonely, I buy myself ice cream and I savor it. Or I get a cheque that i'm yet to cash and I stare at it, trying to calculate how many litres of ice-cream I could buy with the money, how many pieces of fish i can buy, how many books I can buy, etc. Or I log on to the Internet to enjoy Nairaland, or chat with my intellectual male friends. (In the old days, I used to call friends on my phone but these days I rely on my Yahoo messenger friends).

As a 37 year old lady, you are culturally configured to want to be in a relationship, so you can cook for your husband, have kids, care for them, etc. You need to find a new purpose for your life that's as rich as engaging as the traditional one of raising a family. You need to manufacture happiness and fulfilness for yourself. I'm doing just that.

Yorubas wil disagree on that 'point' of yours, otokx. Besides all I care about is a good leader.

He had a fight with mariory under politics and Akolawole said, "this is why intelligent people don't post on Nairaland" which made me to ban Akolawole from posting till Monday, but I don't know what to do about afemi.

Hello,

I find Afeni very annoying. Others do too. Should I ban him permanently? Some otherwise valuable Nairaland members are too stupid to ignore him, so is it better to exclude him from the community? Permanently?

Seun.