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  1. Polaris

    Obama is a Centrist

    According to a voter rating system used by the National Journal, Obama was rated the most liberal senator in 2007. Statistical analysis is performed on each senator's voting record and measured against a conservative/liberal ideology index for three different areas: economic, social, and foreign...
  2. Polaris

    New Website: mormonsfor8.com

    So it's bigoted, intolerant, and hateful for us to promote a definition of marriage that we honestly believe is best for our country? We're hateful and intolerant because we honestly believe that every child deserves a father and a mother and because we believe that any state-sanctioned act that...
  3. Polaris

    Modern Christianity and the Bodily Resurrection of Jesus - Belief and implications

    Based on my experience (someone please correct me if I'm wrong), I believe that most modern Christians do not believe in the eternal bodily resurrection of Jesus in the sense I think you are implying. Most modern Christians believe in the trinity and that God is a spirit-only being. Therefore...
  4. Polaris

    Christians: There are no modern-day prophets

    Interesting post... I'm a little confused by your opening statment here. What is the gift of prophecy if not the direct word of God? If prophecy isn't the word of God than whose word is it? I can understand prophecy as being divided into two types: 1. doctrinal prophecy - the establishment...
  5. Polaris

    Evolution question

    Even so, the notion of subspecies is important here as the new species can still reproduce with a subset of the original species (not including itself).
  6. Polaris

    Evolution question

    Until... the new diverging species can only reproduce with a subset of the species in question.
  7. Polaris

    Evolution question

    No that makes sense. So now my question goes back to the OP. If the two groups were sufficiently isolated to result in two different species why are there no living remnants of the "main" group from which modern humans sprang? or the "main" group before that, or the "main" group before that...
  8. Polaris

    Evolution question

    Which I may have done had you not felt compelled to include your snide remark. Here we go again. Hello Miss Condescending. I'm not purporting to know the answer here. I specifically asked the question: how many of those 150 million differences are legitimate and how do they translate to...
  9. Polaris

    Evolution question

    You assume too much. My intent isn't to attempt to poke holes in evolution theory, my intent is to better understand the theory. I'm perfectly open to the idea that God used evolutionary processes to create man (and all other forms of life). I have questions that I would like answered to help...
  10. Polaris

    Evolution question

    But doesn't the evolution of a new species first require some sort of practical subspecies variation? Otherwise how does a new species emerge?
  11. Polaris

    Evolution question

    A basic grasp? Sure. Why do you so often feel the need to talk down to people? I don't know exactly. I've read that our DNA is about 95% equivalent, yet 5% of 3 billion DNA pairs is still 150 million DNA differences, many of which can be attributed to differences in junk DNA that has no real...
  12. Polaris

    Evolution question

    I'm not sure of the offical definition of a species that you refer to, but when I think of species I think of animals of similar genetic makeup such that they are capable of producing offspring. It seems that evolution would call for a whole spectrum of subspecies where at some point an animal...
  13. Polaris

    Evolution question

    I realize that percentage-wise we are quite similar to australopithecus, but when your talking about a few billion DNA base pairs those small percentages equate to fairly large numbers. I have a hard time seeing the transition from australopithecus to modern man in just a few dozen evolutionary...
  14. Polaris

    LDS letter on same-sex marriage

    Sure it does. Through democratic processes the state has the right to set the qualifying terms for certain benefits. We're talking about legal marriage, not simply the companionship of two individuals.
  15. Polaris

    LDS letter on same-sex marriage

    Correction. No one is inherently entitled to those benefits, those desiring them must qualify. Regardless, they are benefits, not rights.
  16. Polaris

    LDS letter on same-sex marriage

    State-sanctioned marriage (and the legal benefits that accomany it) is not a right. Marriage is a state-recognized union whose members qualify for certain benefits that encourage and facilitate the rearing of families. Those benefits are just that -- benefits, not rights.
  17. Polaris

    LDS letter on same-sex marriage

    Exactly what rights are we opposing?
  18. Polaris

    LDS letter on same-sex marriage

    You don't think that as more same-sex couples get married that the number of same-sex couples seeking to raise children will also increase? I do, on two fronts: as same-sex relationships gain acceptance and even endorsement in society, more people will choose to take that path; and as the...
  19. Polaris

    LDS letter on same-sex marriage

    Those aren't really comparable. Ofcourse the preference would be for both mother and father to be present to rear their children, but acceptance of military duties are sacrifices made by some parents to help provide a better, more safe and secure future for our children and our nation as a...
  20. Polaris

    LDS letter on same-sex marriage

    This one's not too hard to foresee. More same-sex parents leads to more same-sex parents with adopted (or otherwise conceived) children, means more children without either a father, or a mother. When one believes that homosexual activity is immoral to begin with, its not a stretch to suggest...
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