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  1. Pah

    Some "enemies" of LGBT freedom

    The Top Ten Power Brokers of the Religious Right | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet In a country where freedom is prized and equality a keyword of Constitutional law, would it not be an injustice to allow such as exemplified above the "freedom of religion" of a minority to co-opt what...
  2. Pah

    The more things change...

    ... the more they stay the same. Except for Facebook. If you'd like to add me as a friend, I belong to the RF group. :slap: - none of that, now.
  3. Pah

    The Golden Compass - Spoiler Alert!

    Has anyone seen the movie? Has anyone read the trilogy? There is a quote going around Christian circles that the movie is about killing god. The author, Philip Pullman, said in a 2003 telephone interview with the Sidney Morning Herald's Steve Meacham "My books are about killing God"...
  4. Pah

    Do you REALLY think that life begins at conception?

    There are two moral questions I'd like to again propose that have previously been posted to RF. The first concerns the trolley that is a runaway with the operator having died while driving the trolley. The trolley is coming to a branch in the track with one track having five people standing...
  5. Pah

    Social Cooperation

    The family is not the cornerstone of society. Niether the nuclear family nor the extended family can survive without the resources provided by society. It is an evolution dead-end if the children of families do not reproduce and for this they need the health and well-being available to them...
  6. Pah

    Religious Politics - You think ID was a threat to our schools?

    Help Chris Rodda Fight Fake History By Bruce Wilson, 2007-05-05 13:31:16 Section: Front Page, Topic: History http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/5/5/133116/3083 What was clipped were the words asking for assistance for Chris Ronda to continue the struggle stop the lies of the...
  7. Pah

    Brights

    http://www.the-brights.net/vision/principles.html The Brights' Principles 1. The Brights is a constituency of individuals As individuals, we Brights have differing circumstances within which we function. We do not think alike on many action issues, and beyond the other principles below, it...
  8. Pah

    I'm really not new

    "Shadow" is an alterego. I was having trouble signing in after a long absence and I'm hoping the old Maize (not that SHE'S old - but a long time friend) can fix things. Bob Pah (rember him?) Bright-ness
  9. Pah

    Christians 'should show more respect'

  10. Pah

    God Ordered Woman to Sacrifice Children

    http://atheism.about.com/b/a/258603.htm?nl=1 From Austin Cline In some circles, hearing God's voice is considered an answered prayer or a revelation. What isn't Ms. Harris just like the run of the mill Christian? Or are all Christian delusionary when hearing God?
  11. Pah

    Salt Lake City - sexually repressed?

    http://atheism.about.com/b/a/258599.htm?nl=1 Austin Cline quotes Institute for Humanist Studies Discuss within Christianity, in general
  12. Pah

    Separation of Church and State

    It really isn't debatable any longer, religion was seen by our founding fathers as a devisive force that could produce a tyranny of tha majority [see http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44144 The Federalist Papers: No. 10] . When the question arose of Christianity's role in...
  13. Pah

    Living Prophets

    There are 14 former Prophets of the Church of the Latter Day Saints plus the current Gordan B. Hinckley. I'm curious as why that title was chosen rather than something like "God's Messanger" which seems to more closely fit the role of the Prophet.
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    Religious Politics - Modern Inquisition in Nebraska

    http://www.talk2action.org/story/2006/12/30/155152/75 Modern Inquisition in Nebraska By cyncooper Sat Dec 30, 2006 at 03:51:52 PM EST The afflicted - It seems that if a religious organization can thwart Constituional rights, would it not be subject to judicial restraint? Though I would...
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    What is omniscience?

    Is it that God really knows everything? Although an obvious difficuly arises with the adoption of free will as an answer to evil, here is still still the idea from childhold that God does in fact know the miniscule facts about the entire universe. Using "Exploring the Natural Foundations of...
  16. Pah

    Should some vote thier conscience?

    Or perhaps consider what is best for the populace?
  17. Pah

    God in Nature

    I'll define nature as the material world and the processes that govern it. God is defined as the creater and diety still active in this world. Some have said that nature is evidence for God. But when confronted with scientific evidence, a subset of those have said the God created the...
  18. Pah

    Religious Politics - Judge rules a religion is not sincere

    http://www.constitutioncenter.org/education/TeachingwithCurrentEvents/ConstitutionNewswire/17099.shtml Judge Rules Arizona Church's Use of Marijuana Lacks 'Sincere' Religious Belief The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Stephanie Innes December 27, 2006 It stikes me that the separation of...
  19. Pah

    Potentiality as a factor in anti-abortion.

    I think it was Victor who said that, in the matter of abortion or stem cell research that he began when his mother conceived - that conception was the beginning of his humanity. It may have been someone else for (I'm making an assumption here) I'm thinking Victor recognizes the sacred...
  20. Pah

    The Atheist’s Wager:

    http://atheism.about.com/od/atheismquestions/a/afraidofhell.htm Austin Cline There must be flaws as there are in Pacal's Wager. What would they be?
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