I recall when Bernie Sanders lost the primary that my very best possible outcome for this election would be for Trump to win and then turn his back on everything he promised. Well not litterally everything but to definitly push a bunch of non-conservative issues through.
A few days in he is...
This is mostly geared towards people who are religious and actually believe many of the more fantastical things in the old testament or still believed to be happening.
Some good examples from Christianity is the talking snake, 7 day creation story, 6k year old earth, literal angels that walk...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/15/obama-says-liberal-college-students-should-not-be-coddled-are-we-really-surprised/
Bit backwards to what many people assume Obama does. Here Obama criticizes the liberal biases in colleges that often reject conservative speakers...
I can "choose" to say what my favorite color is but I don't feel that I, personally, have the capability to "choose" what I subjectively enjoy. My favorite color changes often with mood and with the complex varieties of mixture of colors.
But do we have any aspect of "choice" in our favorite...
The issue of homosexuality isn't that it should be stamped out or it should be inhibited.
The fact of the matter is that homosexuals exist. It is from birth. We even know why.
Scientists May Have Finally Unlocked Puzzle of Why People Are Gay - US News
So now that we know it is not an option...
I usually attempt to avoid posting anything about myself and bringing any real life issues to the forum. But in this case I really am lost and I've tried other forums.
For the past five years I have been with the woman that is currently my wife. We have been married for about a year and a...
Charles Darwin is not the author or authority on evolution today. It is constantly brought up by creationists about how Darwin was wrong about "X" or wrong about "Y". This is irrelevant. He sparked the theory of evolution but the overwhelming vast majority of evidence and thought put into...
Do men face a different set of issues than women in divorce? Not just alimony or anything like that but on a social and emotional level? It is socially acceptable to break down emotionally for men during a divorce as it is generally expected with women? Do we face different stigma? A divorced...
I haven't seen a thread about this yet. I might have missed it.
Wisconsin Agency Bans Talk of Climate Change - Scientific American
He doesn't want to discuss its merits but he implemented the bill. The very fact that he doesn't want to discuss if its legitimate or not doesn't matter to him...
There has been a renewed push for Anti-Blasphemy laws in the recent week. A cartoonist I am sure you all have heard about drew caricatures of Muhammad. An artist and 11 other members of that French magazine were killed by two radical gunmen.
Seems like an isolated incident of radical Islam...
This thread is dedicated to debating creationist claims either about evolution itself but hopefully more along the lines of Intelligent Design and creationism.
Have at it.
As the title says. Should we do away with the electoral college system and elect presidents directly? We already elect most other offices directly.
The objection to a direct election was because back in the day they didn't have internet or television. They feared that candidates in Georgia...
If it is already a given that you believe in god (or don't or whatever your position may be) and you know someone who is seeking answers and have not yet been convinced to join your side (which to reiterate you believe to be correct), would you lie to them about a situation or event in order to...
There are a few ideas out there being floated on how to properly deal with the incredible homeless population and how to help them.
Without proposing any ideas of my own I would like to hear a defensible position on how to better help the homeless population both short term and long term. What...
Interesting article.
Man cured of arachnophobia after doctors remove part of his brain - NY Daily News
If we can cure Arachnophobia what other things can we or should we do with surgery on the brain?
If you were in some sort of situation where you found out that god did not exist. There was some sort of way to totally blow away any faith and proved to you that god did not exist. If you had the choice to erase your memory so you could keep your faith rather than continue to live with the...
Biblically in Genesis 1:27
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
It seems that god had created man and woman. But Adam later in Genesis 2...
22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[h] he had...