Have you noticed the "fighting" in the "Holy Land" and the Middle East yet?
Did you hear about the mothers who killed their babies while under the influence of "revealed" religion?
How about the laws that allow otherwise normal people to withhold medical care for their minor children, laws...
This is an article to help those of you struggling for what to say or how to match point for point your nemisis positions.
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Abortion is a Sin
Alcohol is a Sin
Homosexuality is a Sin
Pornagrapgy is a Sin
Sex outside of...
(or Psalm 22 or Catch 22)
For me to believe it is important for me to understand. . . . .The following is meant to be a realistic look at what Christians believe, mostly as the foundation of their system of belief. It is not meant to be negative or positive but a look at the scripture's words...
For those of you who claim to be Christian while assailing the lives and rights of others in God's name, I'm hoping the following serves as a reminder of Christianity's true promise - one that many seem to have forgotten.
For those of you who enjoy silver linings in your clouds - this is...
Those of us who have, prior to embracing Deism, been stuck in the rut of revealed religion know that our sincere belief at that time was that whichever religion we were following was from God. We firmly believed that by obeying the laws and dogma of that particular religion we were actually...
To see Bush re-elected is an emotional blow. He seems to have secured a mandate based on his policies of pre-emptive war, war on the environment, crony capitalism, veiled racism, homophobia and a fundamentalism that would make the Taliban proud. This despite the largest "Get out the Vote" effort...
30+ years ago John Kerry has been accused of giving comfort and aid to the enemy when he returned from Vietnam and went before congress to speak of the injustices of that war. For this he has been accused of time and time again even from the SBVets. Let's talk hypocricy.
Here's another...
This week Pat Robertson appeared on CNN's Paula Zahn Show.
"Robertson, an ardent Bush supporter, told CNN in an interview Tuesday night that he urged the president to prepare the American people for the prospect of casualties before launching the war in March 2003.
Robertson said Bush told...
The war is increasingly unpopular at home, so what is the Bush Administration's response? hold off on major attacks until after the election:
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Supporters of President Bush like to talk about his character. What kind of character is this? If the war in Iraq was not a mistake, and no...
I would like to throw out this topic for debate as I inch closer to the end of my life on a daily basis. I personally plan to live out my remaining years (when they arrive, of course) in the hopes that, should I require a speedy end to a painful existence, it will be legal and efficient to...
DISCLAIMER: First, my purpose for Deistic threads is to acquaint people with a variation on religion which goes back centuries. If you believe in God, you are already a Deist. Some Deists choose to remain in their present system of beliefs with a new dimension added to their faith. Deism should...
"The creation is the Bible of the Deist. He there reads, in the handwriting of the Creator himself, the certainty of His existence and the immutability of His power, and all other Bibles and Testaments are to him forgeries."
-Thomas Paine
"I shall try to correct errors when shown to be...
So you believe everything in the Bible is literally true?
Then you believe it's a sin to eat pork or shellfish, or for a man to shave his beard, and that those who work on the Sabbath should be put to death?
Even under Christ's New Covenant, the New Testament is still the literal word of...
The word "prophet" comes from two Greek words : "speak" and "for". First, it means: a person who speaks for God or a god. The word also signifies someone who utters divinely inspired revelations. Thirdly, the word applies to someone who foretells future events.
In the Bible, the prophets...
Why did I leave Christianity and become a Deist? The answer is not simple, but I will try to give one. For one does not simply become a Deist when one was previously a member of a revealed religion, one must first have some experience which triggers Reason. Once Reason awakens, then the truth is...
The "original sin" concept does NOT make sense and this is why.
It is a physical impossibility to be born a sinner because of the nature of sin. Sin is not a substance. It has no physical properties and cannot possibly be passed on physically from one person to another. What is sin?
The...