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When did you explain this genius solution, that no one could argue with?

You can't be arsed to answer anything that doesn't fit your view, however reasonable; it's a yin-yang thing.

My momma said, "to get things done, you better not mess with major Tom." And I believe her... 😉

Not at all, the bit I see as futile is: "Someone had blundered. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die." You and I have no Idea what it's like to be a Palestinian or Israeli, with the level of fear (both imagined and real) they live with (both today and yesterday) and we both can only guess at how that has warped their understanding of what a human bean is... Not that I'm accusing you, but a good analog as to why peace/pacifism has a chance, is in the playground when kids start to fight, we rush up all excited shouting "fight, fight..." but when the big kid wins and doesn't stop the beating, the rest of the yard either turn round and walk away shouting "wanker" or pile in on the wanker. depending on how big he is. BTW I think Isreal is 'now' being the bigger wanker; they seriously need a teacher to intervene...

Other ways for both sides; for instance, if Isreal really want to rid themselves of Hamas and the like, then why not spend some of that vast military funding, on making life more comfortable for the Palestinians than Hamas can achieve, it shouldn't be difficult. You must learn to subvert them, if they're stronger, or a constant irritant/threat. All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.

I just mean there's other ways to fight and getting what you want, that doesn't involve killing people; for both side's. If only a good guy could get heard...

Didn't imagine otherwise, but I was hoping for a reply.

I'm sorry @J.C.MacSwell this was never intended to insult (as it seems to be perceived), it's just an observation; and I'm pretty sure our politics broadly align, so neither is it an accusation. Being a pacifist doesn't mean I won't defend me and mine and it doesn't mean I snivel and collaborate, what it means is, let's not use people as cannon fodder before an overwhelming force. I hope that clears thing's up.

You don't need god to know the shape of one's soul, you just need to be brutally honest with yourself; confessions need no outside observer.

Is that an extract from mien kampf? If history teaches us anything, it's that every war ends with excessive pacifism. Watch from 25 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM3Pb3ejA54

I would have answered, but apparently he doesn't like or listen to my discourse, whatever...

You should read again, when did I ask a loaded question? Or redefine a term? It's remarkably easy to offend people with a joke, especially when they don't understand it: “The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.” ― Omar Khayyám

Let it be a lesson, from the book of Reg... This lesson is from the book of Dennis. Your confusing fake with communal integration, to fake is to cheat your fellowship (see above). Age isn't an analog of wisdom, but it does get used as an insult, by the befuddled elderly... 🙄

According to google, or at least your understanding of the question I answered...

Obviously, please read again... Is Google the soul arbiter of understanding?

I think that rabbit hole deserves it's own topic, feel free to start one...

What's the difference?

That's a fake, no wonder you're struggling to keep up/-to-date... Did g/God teach you that? I have... That's convenient... 🙄

My iron-e-meter just went pop, again... 🙄

Call it what you like, but a soul seems concise enough...

Well, the evidence suggests that if I do something horrible and I know that I have, then I'll suffer a consequence of some sort, PTSD and the like...

Because my computer told me too... I didn't say that I need a soul, I'm just happy to accept that I have one; assuming a soul and god are different... Now, please answer my question.

Indeed, it becomes a cascade of guilt, with very little open for debate about justice.

Why? Did you stop cheating?

That's not what I said. A more pertinent question, I think, is what happens to our soul's while we're alive. @Phi for All This is what I think we're missing, in our modern age, that a stone aged person just saw as a fact. A good person has a good soul and is therefore in heaven, alive or dead; when seen as a fact it becomes a reason to celebrate their life, in their death; morning becomes easier, as does forgiveness. This is what I think Nietzche was searching for, a scientific explanation of the soul, that can replace a need for god; in our age of enlightenment. There is no value in a fake. Why do you need God? Genuine question Maybe Buddha, understood... 😉