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  1. Penumbra

    A omnipotent, omnibenevolent God and human beings suffering

    I don't identify as a theist, and certainly not a classical monotheist, but your argument is self-refuting. If you make the argument that god is above logic, then you can't use logic to argue what a god would do or should do. Basically, you can't use logic to arrive at a conclusion for which...
  2. Penumbra

    California Solar Plants Igniting Birds Mid-Air

    Well that's a case for building photovoltaic solar power plants instead of concentrated solar power plants. PV doesn't have this problem, so that should be a variable to consider when designing a power plant now.
  3. Penumbra

    Robin Williams Dead from Apparent Suicide

    The world is a little bit dimmer now. =/ May he RIP.
  4. Penumbra

    Social Attitude Test

    Progressivism 87.5 Socialism 37.5 Tenderness 34.375 Your test scores indicate that you are a tough-minded ultra-progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a journalist. It appears that you are distrustful towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards...
  5. Penumbra

    Should a mature man have the right to marry a 12-years-old girl

    In older civilizations and tribes, as well as some less economically developed ones today, partnering with someone at a very young age, especially the girl being so young, was common. In a way it made sense; just like other animals begin reproducing soon after they're old enough to, that's what...
  6. Penumbra

    A question

    One thing is, technically it's not really supposed to work like that. As a purple area, it's for the use of members of the area only. It's not a blue area where others are allowed to ask questions. So you might not be getting answers because really this area isn't meant for this purpose. I...
  7. Penumbra

    Do you support a public LGBT Subforum?

    I support it if that's what people want. The Rainbow Room is kind of dead, so I suspect that with the numbers on RF, a public LGBT DIR will also be kind of dead after a while. Probably not as dead as the Amish DIR, though. So there's that.
  8. Penumbra

    Gender Roles

    No. It's very possible. People born with Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome are born with XY chromosomes but have female external genitalia, and are entirely female in appearance, but the have hidden internal testes instead of ovaries. They're actually generally somewhat more feminine...
  9. Penumbra

    Do you think your Ideal World/Society is possible in Future?

    Depends how far you mean. There are many places in the world that are peaceful and prosperous and free, and have the highest self-reported happiness and other more objective measures of well-being like health and education. If some spots can do it, in theory, all parts can. But violent...
  10. Penumbra

    Question about gravity and space

    That's a useful number, and shows why some objects are not receding at all. The expansion between the Alpha Centauri system and the Solar System is 300 meters per hour, but solar systems can move through space much faster than that, and so could potentially move towards each other if they...
  11. Penumbra

    Are the cultural ideologies of the Middle East irreconcilable with Secularism?

    Well yeah but I mean if it's possible, and people like them are evidence that it is possible, then by definition it's not irreconcilable. Extremely hard to reconcile, for sure.
  12. Penumbra

    Question about gravity and space

    You've received some incorrect answers here. Gravitational fields are infinite in size. But, their strength decays exponentially the further you get from that mass. So, they are only relevant when fairly close to the source, like the moon to the Earth or the solar system to the sun. So all...
  13. Penumbra

    DIR Rules Poll, Humanism DIR

    I made a new voting thread due to your requests. Please place your votes there.
  14. Penumbra

    Humanism DIR Color

    Due to requests in this thread, here's another poll. Humanism DIR is currently blue because of two votes (and it was a tie, which defaulted to the status quo of blue). Most DIRs are green, and a smaller subset are blue, which is the somewhat stricter color: -For any DIR or discussion...
  15. Penumbra

    Can Essential Oils / perfumes heal certain ailments?

    Essential oils don't have a lot of scientific evidence supporting them. There's a rather low-volume collection of studies showing inconclusive effects, or slightly positive effects, or in some cases slightly negative effects. But at least unlike homeopathy where things are diluted to the point...
  16. Penumbra

    Are the cultural ideologies of the Middle East irreconcilable with Secularism?

    There are two Muslims in Congress in the United States. Both of them are extremely liberal Democrats. They're both part of the Progressive Caucus of Congress, which is the most liberal caucus in Congress. One of them, Keith Ellison, is the chair of the Progressive Caucus, so he leads the...
  17. Penumbra

    Do you believe in good?

    I think good is that which promotes well-being. That would match up with some of the definitions in the OP, more or less.
  18. Penumbra

    the complete ufc/mma thread

    I don't watch UFC. Though, when I was a teenager I had an mma sparring match against a reigning women's Ring of Combat champion from a higher weight class. (It didn't go very well for me, lol.)
  19. Penumbra

    I am not able to Post any Visitor Messages.

    More specifically, you need: -At least 20 frubals -At least 10 posts -At least 14 days of being a member here The system automatically promotes you to the senior member usergroup then, which opens up a couple of options that new members don't have. You haven't been here for 14 days yet.
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