I believe this topic is sort of being discussed in another lengthy thread. I wanted to get your current thoughts on the right to healthcare. Of course anyone with money or the right insurance can buy the care they need, but what if you're broke? Do people have the right to free healthcare if...
They say Dr. Lawrence Kutner committed suicide but I think he was murdered. Suicide just doesn't fit the facts. Maybe we can figure out what happened before Dr. House does.
National News - Pa. teen charged in foiled school attack plot
Yet another story of a bullied kid plotting to take revenge on his school. This time he was turned in by his friend. He didn't actually bring his guns to school, just had his friend hold on to them for him.
I'm questioning the...
Is it worth it to "upgrade" from XP to Vista just to be able to use DX10? Does it really make much of a difference? I've got a good DX10 card but don't know if it's really worth upgrading to Vista to be able to fully utilize it.
A few weeks ago my wife broke her fixed bridge while eating lunch. For those who don't know, a bridge is a row of false teeth anchored in place by a few real teeth. It's a fixed bridge in that her real teeth were filed down into a shape and then the bridge was put over them, making it permanent...
With the population growing the way it is and the divorce rate so high, does marriage really serve any useful purpose anymore? What effects would it have on society if the government abolished civil marriage altogether and left it simply as a religious ceremony? What effect would it have on...
My favorite hobby when I was younger was photography. I had a fully manual film SLR with a 50mm lense and a big 50-200mm zoom lense. I had fun experimenting with different ISO films, f-stops, exposure times, and focal lengths and got lots of complements on the pictures I took. After college, my...
When I walked into church Sunday morning they told me that we're doing flower communion. Since I didn't know about it ahead of time they told me to take a flower out of the basket and take a seat and they would explain during the service. We sat there wondering if we were going to have to eat...
After hi-jacking Dopp's thread, we decided to start our own. I don't think I've done a one on one thread before, but Fish-Hunter seem to be experienced with it. I figured we could just start off where we left off in the other thread and see where it goes.
Well, I haven't read what you've said...
From talking with a dozen or so different UU members, I have a feeling that no two members have the same "Elevator speech". When someone asks you what a Unitarian Universalist is, what do you say?
My wife and I are signed up for Roots class tomorrow night. It's a class that teaches the basic principles of UU. It looks like it will be one 3 hour session. It looks like it's going to be very interesting. I'll tell you all about it afterwards.
From what I understand, when someone is reincarnated they inherit the karma of their previous life. To me this sounds a lot like us inheriting the sin of Adam and Eve. Is there really any difference?
I would like to think that children are born innocent. I believe that when a child is born...
Is it really true that everyone has inherent worth and dignity or is that what UU's are trying to give to everyone? I think a lot of people don't feel they are worth much. Many people are stuck in situations that aren't very dignified. Does everyone already have this worth and dignity or is UU...
Here's a good quiz on morals and social responsibility
BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Mind - Morals
Results
You scored 41 out of a total of 44.
Your score puts you in the highest category of social...
A person has to be 16 to get a drivers license,18 to join the army, and 21 to drink. The legal age of marriage varies by state but I haven't heard anything under 13. What do you suppose should be the minimum age a person should get baptized? I suppose it depends on what you believe baptism is...