I like to think it's because If ever someone were to start a totalitarian dystopia, Bob Hope would be the first logical choice for supreme leader...
The definition of religion has several clauses and you cherry picked only one of them, by only that criteria any community is a religion. This...
But we need not disprove god's existance, in fact none of us are claiming to know that he doesn't exist; we are only saying that we have no good...
Whether or not a god exists can in theory be quantitavely determined in theory, If there was a god for example he could well just make a giant...
I think you are misunderstanding the difference between belief and knowledge. I believe for example that life exists on other planets, but I don't...
Now, I'm not a fan of Obama's but what I think he meant by that may well be that If the best Russian athlete in any given discipline just so...
One can not believe in a singular and personal god and still believe in ghosts, psychics, other supernatural phenomena.
I'll admit I have not read the book, mainly because this is the first time I have heard of this neurosurgeon. Even before having read it I can...
I'm sorry but your entire post is a big ad hominem, dismissing arguments because you dislike the people who are making them. Whether or not this...
I would say that the shape of sand dunes is fairly precise; do you know of any creative force that creates sand dunes, or is it just the wind and...
I asked you to show me how you know that the universe was created and all you seem to be doing is stating that the universe was created in...
Please show how you know point C, because that is where I have the biggest issue with what you are saying. and how did you get to moral...
I'm making a statement of ignorance on my part, I'm saying that I honestly don't know I have certain postulates which sound reasonable to me but...
The problem here is that you are making many assumptions; firstly you are making an argument from ignorance, saying in essence that since...
Specifically in regards to your example of thumbs; it could be postulated that during a time and in a place where there were many trees the...
I think someone mentioned this before; but blackrook, I dont think you have anywhere enough information to be able to tell whether anyone on this...
It would have to be put in some context, but most likely I would read it as though the author was trying to convey a literal truth. Now whether...
I would say they are both an issue. As I see it one could read the bible in one of three ways; entirely literally, entirely metaphorically, or...
If you really think about the show, The Doctor doesn't force others to not own guns; instead he has dealt with weapons so much that he is loath to...
I think you would find it difficult to find a single person here who would would want to have these people executed, let alone thrown into death...
Is being christian really the main point of all American culture though? Even If it were no one is denying Christians the right to put giant...
Doctor Who is probably one of the most morally and intellectually stimulating shows I have ever seen, especially that last two doctors have been...
My entire point is that it is precisely because of the separation of church and state that no atheists are being lynched. That in that past...
I honestly don't mind the use of AD and BC though I can see why some people are in favor of not using religious doctrines that are currently being...
In the strictest definition theism is only the belief in a god or gods, so technically a person who believes in ghosts but not in a god is still...
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