Haha, I guess I walked into that one. I will revise my statement then. I don't know about most of my gay friends till I ask them. I know of only one for certain who has told me that she only 'discovered' she was gay over time. From her description it sounds like she was already gay but it took a...
What I meant by the rose statement is that we are off on semantics about the definition of religion when the post was more about do we have faith. I might have to rethink my view on religion. I myself treat it as a religion. The US Courts have ruled that it's a religion in that it's protected...
That's funny, because most of the gay people I know weren't always gay. Most of them didn't become gay till highschool. (or at least that's when they came out). I will have to really ask them though now, because it could have been them being gay before then and it took them that long to realize it.
I guess it's going to come down to the person. Baseball isn't your religion, but someone could make it their religion. Atheism itself isn't a religion, but some people do make it their religion. I personally don't care if you label it a religion or not. So long as you understand what I believe...
Possibly. I might have to breakout a dictionary. But even still I don't think it's a far stretch. Religion doesn't have to be practiced to be a religion. I'm not saying religion and belief system are one and the same, but they are interrelated. Besides most survey forms list Atheism as a...
The Helicopter being shot down was Henry's helicopter. Radar I think was sent home due to problems with his family stateside. He didn't die. Frank burns went crazy, then got promoted and sent stateside.
My avatar is from Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu. A Japanese Anime. Really funny and worth checking out. First you have to watch Full Metal Panic (26 episodes) though, as Fumoffu (13 episodes I think) is the second season. They are on a third season now.
So true. I doubt it's much a problem with the people on this board, but all to often people underestimate the power of conversation. Even with complete strangers.
You're actually arguing two different things here, and we atheists are arguing the second point rather than the first.
You're saying that atheists is a relgion, and that religion takes great faith.
As far as atheism being a religion...yeah, I define it as a religion. I define a religion as...
By the Black Holocaust are we refering to Katrina and New Orleans, or something like slavery? I'm not sure I get the context here. I've never heard as something refered to as the Black Holocaust before.
Are there periods of time worse than the Jewish Holocaust...probably. It's not an isolated...
Took me a while to figure this out. You make a great point for me to bring up next time a christian says that all suicide is wrong. I don't like people putting everything into black and white. Should be fun since I'm going on a church retreat in about 3 weeks, though I doubt there will be any...
I like Ryan do this. Though to keep this on topic, PM or email the logs, problems, and/or requests.
As far as programming, I have a degree in programming, and love thinking like a computer. I'm not so good with flow charts. However when you need help coding, let me know.
Well put. I firmly believe that people should activly seek out and learn about those things that they fear don't understand. To a point anyways. I'm not saying someone who has a fear of being shot to go get shot. Just don't be afraid of learning about things you don't believe in.
Though there...
Sorry, but before we discuss your paper I must critique it (I don't mean to be a grammar nazi or anything, but like I said, have to critique it before discussing it). First of all you repeat to many words. Most notably is Rockefeller. 6 Sentances in the first paragraph alone start with his name...
I've often had the theory (based upon no real research) that Hitler planned to fail eventually, but wanted to take out as many people as possible before he finally fell. When looked upon in that context it really does explain a lot of his bad strategies and extreme policies.
I wouldn't mind hearing why you think that's a recipe for disaster. What is it about sex that makes it bad until you throw in the word love. Would killing be good if we did it out of love?
Sex is an act...it is neither good nor bad, but dependent upon the way people use it. And love is by far...
By my definition it is. For me suicide isn't ending your own life directly, but can also be by making a choice that will knowingly result in your own death within the near future, for whatever reason.
I'm kinda lost as to the point of this debate. It seems irrelevant to me. Even by stating these paradox's...they , like everything else doesn't prove or disprove the existance of god. Nor does it even provide evidence for or against it. They are just paradox's.
Nevertheless since I love...