Is there something we can all agree on?

Great Debates
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Let’s say I die tomorrow, and find myself facing Orlya, Owl God of Questioning. Before I’m allowed to pass on to the afterlife, it asks me to answer one question - what one piece of knowledge have I gained from my time on Earth?

Obviously I’d like to have the best chance of being allowed to continue on as possible, and i’d like to make His Scepticness impressed with my answer, too. So I need a principle, a fact, some knowledge that is not only the most likely to be true but also has importance, gravity.

What one principle can we all agree on?

Note: Please don’t turn this into a debate on that principle; I don’t want someone to come in claiming “all killing is wrong” and then have this turn into a debate on that issue. If one person disagrees with that principle, and can give their reason, it’s out. If you want to argue about that issue or reason, start a new thread.

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All human beings need to breathe air in order to survive.

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Even Gandhi could be a dick sometimes.

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The Nicene Creed.

5

Well, this is true, but it’s not really a principle… its just a biological fact.

cite? But again, not really a principle, just a subjective opinion.

Being that it’s a part of Christian church history, I’m going to say that this isn’t going to qualify as even remotely being something we can all agree on.

In fact the only thing I think we could all agree on is that there probably isn’t anything we can all agree on. :smiley:

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Nope: burn victims sometimes are given an oxygen-rich liquid to breathe isntead of air. Out with you!

Humans can be amazingly argumentative.

Daniel

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There is only one piece of wisdom that will remain true for all situations.

“This too, shall pass.”

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I don’t think that’s true any more.

Daniel

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Does agreeing to disagree count?

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I once started a poll asking people who they like better, Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse. Every single person said they liked Bugs Bunny better. Considering the wide range of backgrounds and opinions present on this board, I feel it is acceptable to regard our members as a fair representative sample of humanity. So we resolved that it was a proven fact: Bugs Bunny is better than Mickey Mouse.

It may not be profound, but you take your universal truths where you can find them.

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Given that I’d be telling it to an Owl-god after I died, I was mostly hoping he’d have a sense of humor.

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The Iron Law of Distribution, Mark 4:25.

“For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.”

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Curly was better than Shemp

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Do as you would be done by is a pretty good piece of advice.

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Although most folks agree, Andy the Great and a few other weirdos don’t.

Daniel

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How about “Humans would never agree” ?

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Ignorance fights back.

18

And fetuses breathe embryonic fluid

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I think, restated in less snarky terms, this is a good example. Rephrasing: no one is perfect. Alternatively, everyone is/has been wrong about something. Coverse to that last, perhaps: everyone is/has been right something.

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I think, restated in less snarky terms, this is a good example. Rephrasing: no one is perfect. Alternatively, everyone is/has been wrong about something. Coverse to that last, perhaps: everyone is/has been right about something.