So it's been awhile since I've been here. I won't go into details, but I needed a break. So I come back, and everything is all different; it's like a whole new forum. But it's just as well, I'm probably a new me, in that I'm considering going nack to Christianity; but this isn't a rejection...
This is a case of voting for the lesser of two evils. What's worse: a minority breaking into stores because they don't get equal protection, or the establishment killing off minorities that don't get equal protection?
Both good points. The root issue, I think, is the attitude the police have to begin with, which us that they are free to do as they please with no retribution. And unfortunately, this is often the case. The police, withstate government approval, has free reign to do what they will, with no...
I think ethics are learned based on culture and upbrining. To me, there doesn't seem to be anything to suggest that they're above human limitations, or absolute, or qnything of the sort.
It's definitely real, and I know this from personal experience. I won't go into details, but it's something I've been thinking about for some time, and the more I think about it, the madder I get. And it's even worse than most of you even realize.
Atheism doesn't always equal non-religious. I'm an atheist Buddhist. But other than that, I have several reasons for being here: 1. trying to clarify and sharpen my own beliefs, 2. asking questions about others' beliefs I don't understand, and 3. talking with people of my religion. There is a...
Thankfully, I had already switched from Firefox to Chrome some time back. I think it would be funny to see all these businesses start to lose business because of denying service to homosexuals.
Evangelical Christians believe that the US is a Christian nation, founded on Christian principals, and that all the founding fathers were Christians. But I found these lists interesting:
Here's a listing of all the founding fathers who were either deists or Unitarian/Universalists/UU's...
Where are the best internet chat rooms, especially for religious discussions? I haven't been able to find anything. Keep in mind, I ask because I haven't been able to get Paltalk to work since their update, and I have no idea how to use IRQ (if someone wants to guide me, this would be fine too).
I think this paradox is assuming too much. If there are intelligent alien species (and I believe that there are), why assume they have the technology to contact us? We could very easily turn the question around on ourselves: why haven't we contacted alien life? If we can assume that there is...