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    Well, well, well...FBI raid Jeffrey Clark's home, take his electronics.

    Inaccurate. But I accept your declination to say either their reason for search and seizure, or the Oath or affirmation attesting to it. I accept that you do not know what they were looking for (but have some speculation about it). In your example, they do seem to have specific ideas about...
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    Well, well, well...FBI raid Jeffrey Clark's home, take his electronics.

    As you know, homes can't be raided without probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. So what was the existing evidence for a crime? And what were they looking for? If you can't say, then just...
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    Well, well, well...FBI raid Jeffrey Clark's home, take his electronics.

    This seems like a bit of a Hail Mary to find something incriminating. Federal Authorities Search Home of Jeffery Clark As you know, homes can't be raided without probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things...
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    Are believers happier than atheists?

    Some people regard Buddhism as a religion without deities. Animism can attribute souls to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. But I don't know how defensible claims of atheist religion really are once you dig deep into it.
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    The bait & switch on discussions of materialism

    The question of the number of categories of things to believe in is better addressed through the concepts of monism and dualism. Immaterialism lumps everything into one category: the belief that material things have no objective existence.
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    Are believers happier than atheists?

    Atheists can find happiness in other ways than believing in God. Atheists can be religious and atheists can be civically active. On the other hand, atheists have a higher rate of drug use.
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    Would the world be better off without any religion?

    I think that, as the world currently is, religion is, on the whole, more beneficial than detrimental. The major religions: Christianity, Islam, and Hindiism are, on the whole, more beneficial than detrimental. Even many of the smaller religions are more benefical than detrimental. Even though...
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    Civil Rights, Basically

    I think it is more accurate to say that the Mountain Man never had the right to poop anywhere he wanted - he never had a right to poop on other people, which is to say he never had a right to violate other people. Moving into town simply made him aware of this, because there weren't any other...
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    Civil Rights, Basically

    I think you are using the term "right" incorrectly. Are you saying that a person's actions in the mountains are always morally good, justified, or acceptable just because he is alone and no one else is there? I also find your use of the word "absolute" confusing. You say his right is...
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    Busting gun-culture myths that always surface after mass shootings; let’s get real

    The author made the following statements:
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    Gun debate poll and privatizing the school system.

    This is basically what the Swiss do and I think it would reduce gun deaths in the U.S.
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    Ohio governor to sign bill allowing armed school employees

    It seems to me that it sends the message that mass shooters in Ohio are going to be quickly shot, which would be an appropriate deterrence, don't you think? The article is scarce on details. It doesn't say what major law enforcement groups (if any) oppose the bill, nor does why say why they...
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    Busting gun-culture myths that always surface after mass shootings; let’s get real

    The author is confused; he makes contradictory statements. His arguments are familiar: make a list of talking points that includes a few things most people will agree with and many people will then assume the other points are also true. It is a refined rhetorical technique. The reality is...
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    Christian Atheism

    If he knows that God is absent, then I can't agree that he is "open to experience".
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    If Jesus Died...

    1 John 1-6 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. We know that we have...
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    Civil Rights, Basically

    What is an "absolute right to do anything they please"? There is no such thing. "Absolute right" is rhetorical, not informative. What do you mean by "the inevitable conflicts between an individual citizen's rights and the welfare of others in their society must always be decided in favor of...
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    If you believe that intercessory prayer can be effective...

    I think the history of witch-hunting indicates that laws to find and punish people who pray for evil things to happen is the greater danger to society. If people are going to try and use prayers to do evil to others, then why would they balk at using laws to do evil to others. Why is it...
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    It is hypocritical to use religion and the Bible to justify opposition to abortion.

    I would appreciate it if you would do that. That doesn't answer the question, but maybe it's a start.
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    It is hypocritical to use religion and the Bible to justify opposition to abortion.

    A proper consideration of morality doesn't ignore context. That's a reasoned argument, but it doesn't resolve the question of how people today can or should judge the unborn.
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    Christianity's hidden privilege

    Excellent question! Can you explain how the religious congregation ends up bearing the extra cost of the traffic upgrades and not the community as a whole? Is the local government levying a fee on Mosque builders that it doesn't levy on on Church builders?
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