I've seen several posts here asking how someone is defining a term, particularly in threads where people are talking past each other.
At what point did it become acceptable for everyone to have their own personalized definition of a word? Do we not have words and corresponding agreed-upon...
Moved the question because upon further thought it would be better here.
What are some criticisms of Buddhism and Hinduism? This can be anything from serious critique to plain old opinion.
We all have read the bible about the Garden of Eden. We all have questions about many of the stories in the bible. The story about the Garden of Eden was not written in the bible completely from the story that was found. Some will say because men were the ones who chose the stories of the...
So which is more important? When I speak of the greater good i'm talking about things like making laws that restrict certain actions or monitor certain actions so people can be kept safe kind of deal.
AT what point do you stop discussing or debating with someone? I've talked to numerous people about all sorts of things and at a certain point it starts to seem to me that it's just not even worth going further. People get emotion or believe things so ridiculous that it's impossible to take...
The rejection of Islam.
Over the years that I have left Islam my mind has become more and more convinced that Islam is a downright fabrication. In fact I have come to regard it as one of the greatest cons in the history of man. On par with Mormonism when it comes to how downright silly the...
Here are a couple of debates I watched recently on youtube so I thought I would put them up here and see what you all thought.
And here is David Wood's video on why he is a Christian.
Whenever I've tried to think about God as all loving or just a God guy/gal I find it rather difficult. The biggest problem with someone being omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent is that it makes it impossible for said being to escape blame for literally everything.
Any wrong doing was...
Islam is now pretty much impossible to separate from the culture of the people who practice it. What I mean by that is there are plenty of practices in Islam that have no place in the Quran and debatably a place in hadith that Muslims carry out everyday.
One of these things is the head...
What arguments do you believe point to there being a God or gods and why do you think this makes more sense than the idea that there are no gods? I am personally a non-believer but I would greatly like to hear arguments against this position and possibly find a religion that at least makes...