Morality And Values Depend On The Existence

Everything We Do Is For The Purpose Of Altering Consciousness. We Form Friendships So That We Can Feel Certain Emotions, Like Love, And Avoid Others, Like Loneliness. We Eat Specific Foods To Enjoy Their Fleeting Presence On Our Tongues. We Read For The Pleasure Of Thinking Another Person's Thoughts.

The Men Who Committed The Atrocities Of September 11 Were Certainly Not "cowards," As They Were Repeatedly Described In The Western Media, Nor Were They Lunatics In Any Ordinary Sense. They Were Men Of Faith—perfect Faith, As It Turns Out—and This, It Must Finally Be Acknowledged, Is A Terrible Thing To Be.

From My Point Of View, Compatibilism Is A Little Like Saying: A Puppet Is Free So Long As It Loves Its Strings.

The Principal Tenet Of Jainism Is Non-harming. Observant Jains Will Literally Not Harm A Fly. Fundamentalist Jainism And Fundamentalist Islam Do Not Have The Same Consequences, Neither Logically Nor Behaviorally.

It Is Time We Realize That Belief Is Not A Private Matter. As A Man Believes, So He Will Act. Believe That You Are A Member Of A Chosen People, Awash In The Salacious Exports Of An Evil Culture That Is Turning Your Children Away From God, Believe That You Will Be Rewarded With An Eternity Of Unimaginable Delights By Dealing Death To These Infidels—and Flying A Plane Into A Building Is Only A Matter Of Being Asked To Do It.