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Recent content by Alaric

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    What is Faith?

    Well said! Faith is a belief in which you don't allow for the idea that you could be wrong; you choose to have total commitment to what you believe. Belief is just when you think something is some way for whatever reason, which could change if you're given more information. I think it's an...
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    Only Atheists can be Truly Moral

    The thing is, morality is basically about judging your actions based on their intended or perceived effect on other people. If you don't take those effects into account, you are not being moral. In the end, the individual can only rationally justify an act he commits as moral if he would be okay...
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    When certain Christians go too far

    How do you know whether they were having fun or not? What does that prove? Do you judge the truth of God's moral law by modern standards, chamberlain? A Christian is not supposed to do that - a Christian is just supposed to unquestioningly believe and obey. How do you know God is completely...
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    What are the best arguments for Atheism?

    Orthodox, I usually split my atheism arguments into three parts: Logic & comprehension: probably a better name for this, but this deals with the fact that most religion seem to contradict themselves, or just don't make any sense. This is the whole debate about what God really is, is...
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    When certain Christians go too far

    Flamethrower, I hope you're right - but how do you know when you're just seeing only the parts of Christianity that fit in with modern day morality and rational thought, and ignoring the ugly bits? He flooded the world because people were having too much fun, remember. Of course unChristian...
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    contradiction of omnipotency?

    I think it is intrinsically contradictory, Brien - as far as I can see, the problem is simply that omnipotence effectively means that you are the entire universe - everythig, past, present and future. In order to be an individual being separate from other matter, you can't have power over it...
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    contradiction of omnipotency?

    I think it is intrinsically contradictory, Brien - as far as I can see, the problem is simply that omnipotence effectively means that you are the entire universe - everythig, past, present and future. In order to be an individual being separate from other matter, you can't have power over it...
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    Atheism is a lie

    Maryanne, if you had had the same experiences in a different country practicing a different religion, you would have 'discovered the truth' of that one instead. What if you took apart and analysed exactly what feelings they were that you had, what it was specifically that comforted you - then...
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    Affirmative Action

    Yeah, I figured it was more like how you describe it, PW, but even that seems to be stretching it. Surely a white Texan and a black Texan would be much closer culturally than a black Texan and a black New Yorker? There might be a slight tendency for young people to identify more with role models...
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    When certain Christians go too far

    Flamethrower, Well that sure provoked a reaction! :smile: I'll admit I was being deliberately unnuanced, but I still think it's a valid point. So many people I have known have called themselves Christian, but have no real idea of what that means; they would think it somehow makes sense to...
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    When certain Christians go too far

    But how much flexibility is there really? Doesn't true Christianity require you to focus on God, live by God's rules, etc - which would mean that anything that contradicts it should be discouraged? I certainly understand that you don't want to hate things, but doesn't your tolerance just mean...
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    Affirmative Action

    I think it's better just to get rid of the whole thing. Discrimination in any form should never be an option, it just perpetuates the idea that it's reasonable to classify people based on their colour. If there's a problem, then they need to improve poor neighbourhoods and all that. It's so...
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    white supremecy

    Then you are a racist, not a white supremacist. Racists are people who think that certain races (usually their own, isn't that a surprise?) are superior to others. White supremacists are people who think that the 'white race' (as though it exists) should rule over everyone else. And no it hasn't...
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    white supremecy

    Then you are a racist, not a white supremacist. Racists are people who think that certain races (usually their own, isn't that a surprise?) are superior to others. White supremacists are people who think that the 'white race' (as though it exists) should rule over everyone else. And no it hasn't...
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    America's Relationship with the World

    I think there were lots of different reasons - I think for a lot of the general populace, it was a mix of not wanting the US to act unilaterally, not wanting civilians to be hurt, hatred of Bush, not wanting to antagonize Muslims, and general distrust of any argument for planes dropping bombs on...
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