I know this is a touchy issue. As a man, I cannot possibly fully understand how a woman is affected by rape. This is something only a woman can understand.
I am puzzled though, and hope I could get some explanation on this. The idea came up in discussions about abortion, but I think it applies...
My religion involves the imitation of god. My question here is what others think about this concept. For example, one idea that I have heard is that the lawmaker is not subject to the laws he makes. But I contest, if we cannot model ourselves off of god's moral character, what should we model it...
Thomas Paine said, "any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be a true system."
This issue came up with me personally when I allowed my mother to take my children to church one Sunday moring. When they returned, I realized that they had been told...
(Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily represent the opinions of other Deists.)
I believe the existence of a god, but deny the idea of an afterlife. My main reason for this is that I cannot find a single compelling purpose for an afterlife, and that a...
It is my belief, which I seek to justify here, that the word "prophet" comes from the ancient equivalent to "poet" and thus the ancient prophets were no different than the poets of today.
With the majority of the people being illiterate, verbal story telling was the norm. As a poem, a band of...