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The problem with the Bible is, people like Phelps are right. It does say you're supposed to kill people who work on Sabbath, don't obey their parents, worship other gods, etc etc. Even if you excluded the "old rules" (though Jesus says not to), there are enough equivalent bits in the NT. That...

Split from: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63556 And now, the 9/11 tragedy in perspective... * about 3000 civilians died in the bombing raids on Afghanistan in 2001 * about 45.000 Iraqi civilians have died since the start of the war * almost 3000 coalition...

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I just finished watching the History Channel's presentation on Thanksgiving. It was pretty good (not as good as the one on Christmas, though). Anyway, as I sat in front of the TV, I thought, "Well they showed us what Puritans, Northerners, Southerners, Native American Indians, soldiers, rich...

OK so I got this idea from the other long thread about Vietnam. Many people posted that from the American perspective, the Vietnam War was a total waste because our objectives were not accomplished and we retreated, and the communists took over. However I think if you look at it from teh...

Consider two concepts: "simultaneous", and "stationary". They mean the same thing, but with the roles of time and space swapped. "Simultaneous" means "same time, different places". "Stationary" means "Same place at different times". Ok. Let's say you and I are out in space, drifting past each...

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In this thread, I''ll be discussing a few issues pertaining to relativity. First, let's discuss this post, from another thread:- The light we sense is moving through our inner-awareness of space and our inner-awareness of time. The qualitative value of inner-space and inner-time is a variant...

Below are some quotes from a review in E-Skeptic of the book "Facing Death: Epicurus and His Critics". The book suggests that Epicurus could provide a philosophy for atheists to overcome fear of death.... Death is nothing to us because the instant we cease to exist we experience nothing...

There has been a substantial amount of moaning and groaning from the Democratic camp over the recent election which suggests to me there is a need for some historical perspective. Crying that Bush got "only" 51 percent of the vote and had better heed the losing 48 percent (or half) of the...

(I doubt this one will ever make it to the Language Awards, but I'm hoping I'm making this sufficiently coherent for the purpose.) In reading through some of Shanek's posts, and in reading the continuing debate regarding Federal regulation, (particularly in regards to its excesses), I thought...

Being the good Unitarians that we are, my wife and I are finally starting to get back into the habit of going to church on a semi-regular basis. Yesterday's <strike>philosophy lecture</strike> sermon was about the sources of our morality and was entitled something along the lines of "Do we...

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I've read about Einstein's interest in socialism elsewhere and in doing so it helps refine my idea that one can be a genius in certain areas, but seriously lacking in other areas. I was doing some research on gulags and came acroos another quote by Einstein that doesn't praise the philosophy of...