From the UN Declaration of Human Rights:
Article 15
1. Everyone has the right to a nationality.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
Those of you who oppose the recognition of Palestinian statehood: how do you think this...
Since the question has been posed to theists, I figured another thread for everyone else might be illuminating.
So... what do you think, atheists? Does God exist?
I've been reading this thread: Why do christianity get so much hate?
... and thought some data would be illuminating.
Please feel free to expand on your answers in the thread below.
Edit: I realized that the question wording is a bit wonky. The idea is that you or the person you know was...
A common slogan in the Palestinian freedom movement is "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." Some people call this a call for genocide.
Is the phrase "From the River to the Sea" a call to genocide? Please vote.
A quick summary:
New Hampshire has a state law mandating that the date for their party primaries be earlier than the date of any other state.
The Democratic National Committee revamped their party's primary schedule, making South Carolina first and establishing a new date range where primaries...
I have to say: when I hear people who are opposed to same-sex marriage start to oppose different foods (e.g. GMOs, lab-grown meat, "Impossible" burgers, etc.), it starts me wondering whether the person who wrote this actually knew something about the future:
1 Timothy 4:1-5:
Thoughts? Does...
Please don't read too much into the thread title; it's mostly just to play off the title of this other thread:
https://www.religiousforums.com/threads/why-atheists-don%E2%80%99t-really-exist.268870/
... but there is a sincere thought behind it: when talking to theists, I get the sense that the...
"A position unsupported by evidence is no more likely to be true than a random guess."
This ties into the recent discussion about how we should handle a lack of evidence supporting a claim.
Please feel free to post any thoughts or discussion below.
If you think God has a gender (e.g. if you refer to God with "he/him" pronouns), how did you decide which pronouns apply?
I mean, I assume you aren't basing this on God's chromosomes or genitalia (or are you? :eek:), so what criteria are you basing your decision on?
Inspired by this thread: The religion you believe in - Why did you choose to believe that religion?
I'm not talking about religions where a passing familiarity was enough for you decide they weren't for you. I'm talking about religions that you were once immersed in: the ones you seriously...
A thought for discussion:
An important aspect of religious freedom is individual freedom of religious belief and expression. I think this is largely based on a recognition that religious beliefs tend to be closely held, and demanding that someone violate these closely-held beliefs can cause...
Today is Elizabeth's funeral. In honour of the occasion, one of our candidates for local office (Ontario has municipal elections next month) posted something on Facebook about Elizabeth and what she meant to him. The post included this picture:
What organization, order or whatnot are all...
More Canadians see monarchy as 'outdated' but political risks block change
It will be interesting if a recent poll from last year ends up reflecting Canadian attitudes once Charles has actually been on the throne for a while:
More Than Half Of Canadians Wouldn't Support Prince Charles As King...
I'm not sure how many of you have been following this story, but here's the short version:
- a group calling itself "The United People of Canada" (which they abbreviate "TUPOC") announced that they were establishing something called "the Embassy" in a deconsecrated church in Ottawa that had...
When I see theists push back against someone calling themselves an atheist as opposed to an agnostic, they tend to bring up objections that would apply to empirical knowledge generally, not just to gods: things like the limitations of us as imperfect human beings, the idea that induction can't...
Here's a summarization of Anselm's Ontological Argument:
Anselm: Ontological Argument for the God’s Existence | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
I'm going to focus on point #2, but first, an exercise for you to try at home: draw a bicycle.
Draw a bicycle in as much detail as you can...
Something I've noticed when Mormons and Baha'is quote their religious writings: they're always peppered with "thee," "thou," and "-est" reminiscent of the KJV Bible.
... but both movements arose in the 19th Century, long after this style of language had become obsolete.
So what's going on? Is...
From the CBC today:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/covid-19-vaccine-transplant-charter-rights-1.6518642
Thoughts?
Personally, I think this is a reasonable decision. As the judge pointed out, nobody has the right to a donor organ, and this decision was made for sound medical reasons.