I'm guessing Deists are smarter than Biblical literalists, but then, it takes a special kind of intelligence to argue in favour of things like...
I wouldn't say it's pointless, but all it really amounts to is a set of assumptions. I think Ethics is cited by those who just want to bolster...
Basically, the second you try to maximise another person's pleasure, you run the risk of failing to do so, causing yourself and possibly them...
"Years ago, my mother gave me a bullet...a bullet, and I put it in my breast pocket. Two years after that, I was walking down the street, when a...
There are references to sins as being "detestable", as well as the one I mentioned earlier about witches. It seems incredible to me that you can...
Regardless, the Bible certainly appears to leave ample room for family breakdown if one member were to transgress in one way or another.
That's all I've got.
Common sense again, eh? Just looking around, my life is pretty great, so clearly I and my family and John Logie Baird have been doing something...
Because you think they could contribute to making it better? I think the thing that worries some people, possibly legitimately, is not that...
It is notable to mention also that, while a lot of people go from believing in God to not believing in God or vice versa, IQ should not (if...
It's true of the economy, but I hope that that's where the similarity between God and the economy ends!
Your argument was that, if a family is divided by the presence of a Christian, it is because the non-Christians cannot tolerate the Christian;...
Kind of a self-referential argument though, isn't it? By contrast, the Koran states throughout its text that it is a copy of an actual book in...
I think it's pretty shortsighted to talk as if nothing in the Bible could ever cause fission of a family group. Just as an extreme example and...
I will of course concede if you can prove otherwise, but given Bertrand Russell's stated beliefs I would be very surprised if the above was not...
Fortunately, I do not believe that. Dare I ask what you think gave you that impression?
I'd go a step further and say that, if the question WAS irrefutably answered, those people would respond by changing the parameters of the...
I guess there's the argument that a religion is just a cult plus one thousand years or so. I haven't seen it happen or not happen, obviously (I'm...
What, like coat pegs?
That somebody's role is to contribute another mouth to feed "for the sake of society" is likewise pretty stupid. Yes, someone has to do it, but...
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