The title says it all, really. Do you think there is a problem with incest (keeping the debate limited solely to individuals who are genetically closely related having sex with each other for fun rather than reproduction) that justifies it being banned? What reasons do you have for your...
Premise 1: God is the greatest possible being.
Premise 2: God accomplished the creation of the universe.
Premise 3: To accomplish something while suffering a handicap is greater than accomplishing that thing with no handicap.
Conclusion: A God who created the universe while being handicapped...
I'm considering bribes from two people.
Person A gives me an infinite number of envelopes. The first envelope has $1, the second has $2, and so on, with the nth envelope containing n dollars.
Person B also gives me an infinite number of envelopes. The first envelope has $2, the second has $4...
When I first heard of the First Cause argument, it said, "everything that exists needs a cause, and that cause is God." Now, this made no sense to me, as I immediately thought, "Well, doesn't God need a cause too if he exists?"
These days, that version of the argument has apparently fallen out...
From a discussion in another thread where @Trailblazer mentioned that she takes the position that homeopathic medicines have been tested and have a place in medical treatments. I disagree, and hold that there has never been any scientific test that shows that homeopathic methods have created any...
Prophecies play a role in many major religions, and many faithful use them to prove that their faith is the "One True Faith"™. However, I've found that pretty much every prophecy fails at some point.
If the prophecy is about something that is probably going to happen anyway, then it's useless...
The idea that the laws of nature were different in the past has been presented by the user @dad in several threads on this site, and myself and others have disagreed with his arguments. In another thread, I asked him if he would be agreeable to me starting a thread specifically for him to...
I am an agnostic atheist. That means that while I don't believe in God, I don't say that I know for a fact that he doesn't exist. I am perfectly willing to change my position, but I will need some good evidence.
So, what do you think is the most convincing argument for the existence of God...
Let's say that one day, God comes down and says to you, "Look, I like you, so I'm going to give you a free pass to Heaven. You can do whatever you want, and you'll never be punished for it. Not in this life, not after you die. No matter what you do, you are guaranteed to get into Heaven."...
Here's an idea regarding what is an acceptable sexual practice and what is not.
As long as all individuals involved in the particular sexual act are consenting, do whatever you want.
Anyone have thoughts about this?
NOTE: By "being involved", I mean either directly or indirectly.
Can anyone give me an example of something where the best explanation was once a scientific explanation but now the best explanation is a spiritual one?
Do the laws and whatnot in the OT apply to us in today's society?
If you say that some of them apply while others don't, please provide a method by which I can determine whether a particular law/instruction from the OT applies today without having to ask you regarding that specific example.
Okay, a simple question...
We've seen that many places in the world lately have given gay couples the right to be married. However, there are still many people who claim that homosexuality is wrong. In my experience, the arguments against homosexuality come down to:
God says it's...
Let's say there is a person who is quite healthy, but for whatever reason, if they have sex and produce a child, this child has a fairly high risk of having a genetic condition that can cause them some harm.
Should this person be banned from having sex?
I am playing a computer game. I am presented with a screen coloured red. At certain intervals, 20 small coloured squares appear in random locations in this red screen. They can be of any colour, and of any brightness. They can be blue, green, red, light or dark, black or white or any shade...
I would like to know what evidence there is of Jesus outside the Bible. As in, secular, non-religious evidence. So no Bible or any other holy text.
I'd like to see something from the time when Jesus actually lived. Things written afterwards can only repeat the beliefs of others, after all...
Try as I might, I can only think of one logically and rationally justifiable reason:
Something should be banned by law because in a statistically significant percentage of cases it leads to harm of someone.
I challenge anyone to give me a different reason to ban something which is rationally...
Let's face it, there are many reasons for banning sex.
First of all, it's icky. Both the man and the woman produce all kinds of body fluids, lubricants etc, which is messy and requires cleaning up. We've all seen those things on TV where they use that special light in hotel rooms to show...