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You said religion is a dogma, which I do not disagree with, but I pointed out that atheism, science or anything for that matter, requires a presupposed dogma as well. I never said there aren't observable facts in the physical world - in fact, I agree with you to the point where, if I may, use...

Haha. How would I know when the world is going to end? In what alternate universe does 'calendar' mean prophecy or predictions!? They were the only civilisation, which was not part of what Sir Halford Mackinder, described as the "World-Island", that is, composed of the continents of Europe...

Believing in atheistic evolution, like believing in creation, requires acceptance of a certain presuppositional dogma and it requires placing one’s faith in a story about the unrepeatable past. To accept that worldview, you must have faith in a professor or textbook—or yet another secondhand...

For the Mayans it did, the science of cosmology was central to their religious beliefs and predictions and required vast scientific feats in the field of mathematics, as seen in the accuracy of their calendar and constellation commentaries.

Yes, this was my point. But this shouldn't be the case, especially after R2P was adopted 7 years ago now. Guess it's a worthless and impossible to enforce, but so effectively quoted by Obama when he went into Libya.

No, in the middle ages, monasteries were the central places of learning until Christian universities were formed in England (notably Oxford and Cambridge). It were these highly religious educational institutions that fostered the Arts and Sciences for hundreds of years, expanding human knowledge...

Thanks buddy, appreciate the advice!

All the things you stated can be qualities that are possessed by an atheist. I hate how some people associate intellectual inferiority to a belief in God. It goes to show how they lack in intelligence for assuming such a thing, it was out of religion that science and education was fostered in...

It was time to intervene this time last year. It's horrible what's going on at the moment. But they go with what's in their interests. THat's why they got involved in Yugoslavia in 1999 and Libya in 2011, but didn't in Rwanda 1994 (where 800,000 people were killed in 10 months...A rate higher...

I disagree. I think learning about international relations can be an extremely useful combination with a Commerce degree. I'm doing Arts/Law right now and in the Arts component i'm intending to complete majors in International Relations and Philosophy. International relations not only teaches...

Yes, we do need an Executive - if we don't then the system of government we have wouldn't work. Our Constitution brought into existence a system of representative government in which those who exercise legislative and executive power are directly chosen by the people. We might not have an...

Out of curiosity, since a republic wouldn't have a constitutional monarchy would you support an elected Executive?

Change of plans for semester 2: LAWS1012 - Torts PHIL2642 - Critical Thinking PHIL2647 -The Philosophy of Happiness USSC2602 - Introduction to US Politics so pumped! :P

Thank you!

"While it tends to deal with abstract concepts that often have no immediately obvious practical application, philosophy teaches students some important lessons. Writing essays in philosophy requires you to develop highly structured, logical and coherent arguments: students are able to put forth...

My choices are: -Intro Logic - Critical Thinking -Philosophy of Happiness - Society, Knowledge and Self. I can only pick 2 from the above. I'm limited to these are Intro Logic and Society are junior units, whilst Critical Thinking and Philosophy of Happiness - while being senior units...

I want to major in Philosophy and International relations on my Arts side of my double degree. This semester for international relations I did 6 junior credit points. Next semester I'm looking to do a unit of study at the United States Study Centre - Intro to US Politics, which counts as a GOVT...

Have you considered looking at UNSW's AAA scholarship? If you want to do law and don't get the ATAR, then do another course that interests you and then go for postgraduate Law (JD). But yes, for Law don't go to UWS. Go to USyd, UNSW, MQ or UTS. Even if you get a lower ATAR, aim for a transfer or...

Words cannot describe how glad I am that she's not in Law. I can't imagine spending 5 years stuck in the nearby proximity of this girl.

The Libs have my vote. Abbott well people may hate him because of his views on social issues, but it's not like he has the power to legislate against them lol. People's social views should not be an issue as long as they don't enforce them on others. If anyone is considering voting for the...