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It is all this kind of drug-den ideology that drove me to atheism when I was in my teens. Then one day, I became a little wiser and realized that religion was not necessarily so paltry. That there...

I am an ex-Atheist, so I am actually quite familiar with the New Atheist point-of-view. However, as an ex-atheist, I find the New Atheists to be paltry and pathetic. If you want to read intelligent...

An eye-for-an-eye and a tooth-for-a-tooth will make the whole world blind. They committed brutal murder in the name of lex talionis. "Something harsher" will only seek to perpetuate the same cycle...

Since most evangelical churches these days preach a message that deny the realities of life, I am not surprised. Christianity, for the most part in America, lures people in by promising them a fix to...

Could you define what you mean by "lust"?

There should be an option for universalists.

The problem with your analogy is that there is no fundamental transformation. Transforming our death-drive impulses into sport is a very great transformation away from war, violence and murder....

Well, perhaps it is because I read the biblical literature holistically and adhere to preterism. For me, the apocalypse happened in 70AD, so all that talk about the end, I interpret as apocalyptic...

I do not get the Office. It's not funny. It's just a show about nothing.

It is an ideological variant of W.V.O. Quine's epistemological holism. Beliefs are like a web, not piecemeal.

I just fell from heaven and now I'm sad.

A difficulty arises in the common use of the word "conservative," however. It seems to include a mixture of what are two distinct traditions in my humble opinion: (i.) the communitarian conservative...

Freud said that our primal energies never simply disappear but always have to be re-directed. Therefore, sports is one may in which we create a socially-sanctioned method for expressing our violent...

I am not convinced that merely calling "preference" makes it all right. It is akin to saying "no offense" and then insulting somebody.

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Why don't you start off with a prayer book. I am terrible at thinking on my feet when it comes prayer, so I enjoy meditating to classic prayers. Instead of making it all about myself, I love allowing...

I wrote the word "reasonable" to qualify my statement. Obviously there are absurd beliefs of all kinds. It is simply that I would not consider those religious beliefs "reasonable". Those who refuse...

There will be no violence at this wedding.

This is a beginning and a continuation of thier growth as individuals. With mutual care, respect, responsibility, and knowledge comes the affirmation of each one's own life, happiness, growth and...

Does anybody have a problem with blood and organ donation? I cannot possibly think of a reason why any reasonable person would be against it.

I am fully indifferent to whether my hypothetical significant other would have been a virgin before I met her. It never really enters into my thought-process about whether a girl is a virgin or not.

I am allergic to nuts, so I could never develop an addiction.

Just beware of turning the idea of God into a magic sky genie.

You got grounded for eating? :unsure:

Star Trek: Nemesis, which is still the best Star Trek film. It was the only one of the ten that was not written as with a kitschy style that appeals mostly to fans rather people in general. It was...

As long as I am in my black priest outfit, I am good to go. The rest of you all can be naked for all I care.