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  1. Penumbra

    Is the universe a necessary being?

    I doubt anyone has enough info at this time to say one way or another on that.
  2. Penumbra

    Why do people always blame God?

    It comes from the claim in some religions that god is omnipotent and omniscient. If a god is impotent, unknowing, nonexistent, or exists in some vague form that lacks any recognizable will or intelligence, then there's nothing to blame.
  3. Penumbra

    Profiling Religions

    Here's a direct comparison between European Christians and European Muslims on some of those questions: Source: How widespread is Islamic fundamentalism in Western Europe? - The Washington Post As for America... -Here's a link about American attitudes towards members of various religions...
  4. Penumbra

    What would happen if Islamists attack the Vatican?

    Swiss guards would probably handle it, possibly after the damage has already been inflicted, and then most likely the current pope would issue a statement about mourning for the lost and the need for peace and love and other inclusive statements reaching out to the global Muslim community, while...
  5. Penumbra

    Pro-Atheist/Secular Music

    The majority of music isn't religious, and is just secular. And I can't think of why I'd want to sit around listening to like, specifically pro-atheism music. That being said, I think Christ Copyright by Nothing More is a good song. It's a criticism of self-righteous religious dogmatism...
  6. Penumbra

    Dealing with death as an atheist

    I view death as peace. I'd like the idea that the individual consciousness of people can somehow go to a happier realm where injustices or pain in this life are balanced out by a better life somewhere else. I don't see a reason to believe something like that, though. And yet, at death, if it...
  7. Penumbra

    Profiling Religions

    Something like two thirds of European Muslims, according to polls, think Sharia law is more important than the law of their current country. Two thirds say they will not have homosexuals as friends, and 45% say Jews cannot be trusted. Here's an example: Europe: Islamic Fundamentalism is...
  8. Penumbra

    Profiling Religions

    You still haven't presented any case that women are actually more radical. There's very little for me to respond to any more than I already have, because there simply hasn't been an argument developed, other than a) women report more general religiosity, b) ?, c) ?, d) therefore women are more...
  9. Penumbra

    Little Things that Please You...

    Dark Chocolate
  10. Penumbra

    Profiling Religions

    I can't tell if you're being serious about presenting this as an actual argument or not. I hope not. Look at the actual questions in that poll that you provided. You're not demonstrating any link at all between a) people claiming to be religious and doing things like attending places of...
  11. Penumbra

    Little Things That Annoy You

    Clutter.
  12. Penumbra

    Profiling Religions

    Religiosity is not the same as radicalism.
  13. Penumbra

    What do You Smell Like Right Now?

    Vanilla grapefruit.
  14. Penumbra

    ::poke:: Oh hi. ^-^

    ::poke:: Oh hi. ^-^
  15. Penumbra

    Have You Ever.....?

    LOTR, I guess. Movies I thought were okay, books didn't appeal to me. Have you ever been in a fight?
  16. Penumbra

    Profiling Religions

    I would prefer that those whose job it is to seek out and prevent acts of terrorism, use methods based on statistics or other empirical means, that have the highest rate of success. If men between the ages of 16 and 45, traveling alone or in other all-male groups, for instance, happen to have...
  17. Penumbra

    Do you think stepping on bugs is wrong - why or why not?

    Each person kills trillions of micro-organisms simply by existing, so if all organisms are in the same category then what are a few hundred extra bugs, mammals, or even other humans throughout the course of a life? I fail to see value in such black-and-white categorization of organisms.
  18. Penumbra

    Pascal's Wager?

    I think Pascal's Wager is too deeply flawed, and ethnocentric, to be salvaged. There are so many assumptions. For it to make sense, a god would have to exist, and then a god that specifically cares about what humans believe about that god and especially what they do while naked, and then a...
  19. Penumbra

    Friends with ''Benefits''

    I've only ever been monogamous. Intimacy is more important to me than sexuality, so while sex is interesting to me when it comes to someone I'm deeply intimate with, it's uninteresting to me when it comes to someone I'm not deeply intimate with. I wouldn't necessarily mandate that a partner...
  20. Penumbra

    Big ender thread

    There has been research showing things like: -High levels of estrogen generally result in larger hip-to-waist ratios. -A fairly large hip-to-waist ratio is positively correlated with health and fertility. -The cognitive performance of children is positively correlated with larger...
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