For me, no.

Besides, put aside the ridiculous deterministic view, there is no 'way'. Enough with the anthropocentric argument.

The truth? In what sense?

The life? No, there are many better ways to live frankly.

Nobody knows.

And I'd make a leap of science and claim that it definitely wasn't god. Or god in the theistic sense. It could have been some form of extra-universal rabbit empire for all we know.

We do know of the technicalities of spontaneous quantum fluctuation and of how the Universe came into existence. The Why, is irrelevant because nothing existed before time came into existence along with the Universe. The assumption of Why asserts that there is an external force interfering, while it is physically impossible because spacetime did not exist and as such nothing could intervene and magically create the Universe.

And as for those who claim that god created life on Earth and all other similar and relevant claims, Science has a pretty good grasp on that so please take your creationism some place else.

Direct effects refer to the direct impact it will have on the minds of the rapists, which might get them into actually enacting what child porn they're watching.

After effects, (or the other effects), refer to the effects it can have on the society at large.

No I haven't. Have you?

I wouldn't mind if there were some form of counseling services available for child porn viewers so that they can control their desires, much like the rest of us, and in this case where social reform is present, animated pornography would be legal. But once again, we are not dealing with rational folk here.

Definitely. This needs to happen.

But.

We must not venture out into space before we fix our own mistakes, and by mistakes I'm speaking of the ridiculous thinking we use today. We must fix our mistakes as a species, for example the divisive concept of nations, corrupt governments, large corporations, etc. All those who work for the interest of one over all. As we venture out into space we need to make sure that all these mentalities are destroyed right here and now, before we pollute the entire Universe and cause more death and destruction. We need to abandon this type of society, this type of thought, we need to become rational, independent and logical beings. We need to be selfless in our pursuit of the collective good, only then will our race survive, and thrive in space, not impeded by ridiculous ideologies and pitiful selfish desires.

And with that, comes the pursuit of knowledge. Read up on Eckhart Tolle.

I don't believe in a god in the conventional sense of the word, which is apparently a monopoly of monotheism. I don't believe in such a god because that god would have to actively intervene in our affairs according to what he stated, but he doesn't.

I do believe that there are logical complications caused by a cause-and-effect principle applied to the Big Bang (Apart from other principles which both prove and disprove the existence of a god outside space and time)

Now with the lack of any evidence, I cannot make any conclusive claims of this and maintain the position that if a causal factor exists outside of our Universe which is compatible with the Deistic god (and such a scenario is scientifically invalid but logically true) then Deism is true. But considering the scientific evidence, I am inclined towards believing that the Universe had no conceivable cause which we can test and comprehend, giving no premise for a deistic/theistic argument. Thus as nothing, absolutely nothing has existed before the Universe, there was no cause.

This is where this complexity lies, on one hand logic defies Science and asserts the cause-and-effect principle, on the other, the Scientific evidence is overwhelming and points towards the regular spontaneously-created (no creationist propaganda intended) Universe which is widely accepted by the scientific community. I hope that more evidence is available later on so that there is more certainty about the nature of this matter.

Alan Watts states that the fear of nothingness-after-death that permeates our thought, is unnecessary, as if there was nothing, it is not an experience, and thusly it cannot be fear-inducing if it cannot be experienced.

From a personal perspective, I find nothing to be greatly incomprehensible, but well-established human sciences state otherwise. Nothing is dealt with quite often in many scientific fields, and as such, I'm better off doing some casual thing rather than contemplating on a resolved and irrelevant matter.

I'm only supporting this statement because of my personal bias.

However, I think that we simply can't know that, for now that is. And speculations don't help either. Only cold-hard evidence helps.

Yes.

It's not about the direct effects, but the after-effects are what matters. We are not dealing with rational people, but with mindless rapists who would do anything to satisfy their cravings.

Religion of course. You can't say you have a personal relationship with Hitler if you read Mein Kampf.

It is simple.

We have evidence for it. Thus we are inclined to accept it.

The other side has no evidence. Their only tool is to ridicule Evolution or cite pseudoscience for that matter. Nothing short of idiocy and is simply unacceptable.

Good day.