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  1. HonestJoe

    LEFTISTS fear opposing views, a prime example is provided

    Then why is this thread based on a satirical comedy monologue being used to blindly attack "leftists" rather than a presentation of arguments on the topic in a logical and adult way? And why did you then use it as a platform to go off on some weird tangent about (over-simplified) gender...
  2. HonestJoe

    LEFTISTS fear opposing views, a prime example is provided

    That video is just generic satire based on the comic conflation with the rhetorical term "woke revolution" with (selected) actual revolutions in history. What makes you think anyone is "absolutely terrified" by it? Couldn't it be argued that it is Maher (and by extension, you) who is scared...
  3. HonestJoe

    Those Who Know God Exists But Deny Him

    I don't believe in any kind of gods but even if I found one existed, I wouldn't worship them. Something like respect or support might be appropriate (though so could fear or submission, depending on the nature of the god) but I've never understood how worship of anyone or anything makes any sense.
  4. HonestJoe

    Olympics Medal Count

    I don't know, you're the one who chose to search for it. You could have search for medals per capita if that's what you were interested in. Because national population is far from being the only factor in Olympic medal success, be that in individual events or overall totals. Traditions around...
  5. HonestJoe

    We will never separate the church from the state in Germany. (Impressions from the Giordano Bruno Foundation.)

    I'd never heard of them but they seem to be a Secular Humanist organisation (so as close to a religion as you can get without being one) and don't appear to have "separation of church and state" front and centre. Maybe that is because Germany largely already has such a separation (baring some...
  6. HonestJoe

    It Takes A Man And A Woman To Create Life.

    Without wanting to get too gynaecological about it, you technically need a woman and some sperm. Or to put it another way, you need the woman for nine months but the man only for nine minutes (and that can include the post-coital cigarette). :cool:
  7. HonestJoe

    What if...

    You might try to but there is a good chance you'd just make them worse. The ability to exert power isn't nearly as important as the knowledge of when and where you should. (Sorry for bringing a little seriousness to a light-hearted thread.)
  8. HonestJoe

    Do humans have a religious instinct?

    Humans only have a "religious instinct" in the same way we have "horror film instinct" or "rollercoaster instinct". There are fundamental evolved characteristics that are (or were) beneficial to our survival that happen to come together to work in entirely different ways. There is obviously no...
  9. HonestJoe

    What if...

    I'd do the same things I currently do, just from a little further away. :cool:
  10. HonestJoe

    God Knows Pain

    The word you're looking for is "evasion".
  11. HonestJoe

    What Age Is Acceptable To Identify As The Opposite Sex?

    The same age it is "acceptable" to identify as your biological sex? It's something of a moot question really, since this isn't something people (especially children) choose to do as our gender identity is largely subconscious. I'm sure plenty of people with gender identity issues would happily...
  12. HonestJoe

    God Knows Pain

    You seem to be avoiding the question. Do you consider the death and resurrection of Jesus a good or bad thing (and by all means explain any more nuanced perception)? If God makes life possible, he also makes pain, suffering and death possible, if not inevitable (especially if he is omniscient)...
  13. HonestJoe

    God Knows Pain

    What about good things? Wasn't the death and resurrection of Jesus a good thing?
  14. HonestJoe

    God Knows Pain

    You stated that God knows pain because his son died. How is that not comparing God with people whose children die? If that wasn't your intention, what was it? You also didn't address the issue that the Biblical God would know Jesus would die and also that he could and would be resurrected, and...
  15. HonestJoe

    God Knows Pain

    As per the Bible, God allowed (arguably, caused) his son's death to make a theological point to his followers, in the full knowledge that he would resurrect his son and bring him to heaven. Trying to compare that to the pain and suffering of parents who loose a child is grossly insulting and...
  16. HonestJoe

    It’s Time To Cast Aside Blame

    So why do you keep fighting me on this? Why not seek peace by accepting that I have a valid practical point?
  17. HonestJoe

    It’s Time To Cast Aside Blame

    The questions need answering at some point regardless. The inability of people to agree on those answers is the reason peace hasn't been achieved. Unfortunately, simply declaring that there should be peace doesn't achieve anything. If it were that easy, it would have been resolved already. A lot...
  18. HonestJoe

    It’s Time To Cast Aside Blame

    You are amazing! Nobody has ever considered that an an answer and you should submit your revelation to the Israeli and Palestinian leaders immediately. :rolleyes: Seriously, as if that isn't essentially what everyone wants. The difficult questions are around how that peace is achieved. This is...
  19. HonestJoe

    road-tested technology in the U.S. Patent Office allow cars and trucks to run on hydrogen extracted from tap water by electrolysis...

    The point is that the OP isn't referring to hydrogen fuel cells, they're referring to some kind of device put in a car that extracts hydrogen from tap water which is then used as fuel in a conventional ICE engine (while ironically using examples of fuel cell powered vehicles in production as...
  20. HonestJoe

    Why Don’t You Believe Jesus Rose From The Grave?

    Nothing you could say I expect, but only because I've heard everything that is typically said about this and it is not convincing to me (either way). As I said though, you'd just need to provide a definitive hypothesis and some objective evidence to support it to get my interest (just the...
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