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I don't think the gays should get any special treatment because of their sexuality, I don't recall anyone, including gays, asking for special treatment. I just happen to believe that gays shouldn't try to force their doctrine on me. I will have no... [Read More]
As far as ECHELON goes, Carter and Clinton used the same program, and no one complained about it then. You aren't serious. MANY people complained about it then. It was all the rage to complain about echelon among the geeks in the early 90s at the be... [Read More]
A federal judge has resigned from the court that oversees government surveillance in intelligence cases in protest of President Bush's secret authorization of a domestic spying program, according to two sources. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/... [Read More]
I wrote the following at another forum (a science forum, believe it or not) in which I was debating a proponent of 'intelligent' design. I borrowed heavily from Dr. Miller's "The Flagellum Unspun - The Collapse of Irreducible Complexity (http://... [Read More]
This just dawned on me: I cannot answer for all religions, but I can safely say that Christianity (and Catholicism), Isn't that a bit like saying, "I can safely say that meat (and beef)...?" After all, Catholics are Christian.... [Read More]
I think if you were to go back and read LV's comments a little more carefully, you'd note that he said it was "that evolution is against faith" is what was "bullsh**t." Not your faith. If memory serves me correctly from past threa... [Read More]
What I was saying was that the vast majority of world populace does not believe in evolution. That graph of the world's religions doesn't say that. In fact, evolution gets along quite well with religion as far as I can tell.... [Read More]
That so? I've only heard one. Please tell me what variations [of creation stories]you have heard. You're kidding right? There are creation stories for nearly every culture past and present: Egyptian, Native American, Maya (popohl vuh), Asian, etc,... [Read More]
One reason why proponents of creationist nonsense will purposely avoid this thread is because they simply will not be able to argue against the evidence. The Mousetrap By John Allen Paulos The theory of intelligent design, the purportedly more s... [Read More]
To understand the anti-evolution crowd, you really have to look at their strategies and goals. There is the infamous "Wedge Strategy" of the mis-named Discovery Institute, which outlines very boldly some of these. We also get a look at some... [Read More]
Aside from the preponderance of evidence and predictions that have come from the theory of evolution, I can only say that there is no other demonstrable mechanism to explain our existence. The creation explanation can be immediately disgarded, since... [Read More]
I've yet to see a reason for invading the sovereign nation of Iraq that didn't boil down to a non sequitur. Except protecting the dollar hegemony and preventing the Iraqi oil from causing OPEC to switch to the euro for its primary currency. No WMD'... [Read More]
What would you expect to find? What would be the point of hiding Vx, Sarin, or anthrax if it would be rendered useless and inert in a matter of months? Again, let me reiterate. The justifications for the invasion of Iraq are merely poorly constructe... [Read More]
When it gets right down to it, we had all kinds of reasons to go to war. WMD was reason #1, and it hasn't panned out (to the point, as StaffSaberist pointed out, that the President admitted that the intelligence was wrong). I've heard various theorie... [Read More]
Yes, lets not get too America-centric... Realise is appropriate for British spelling. I'm always amazed at the clarity and proficiency my Danish friend exhibits with his English in comparison to many posters of the many forums I visit for whom Englis... [Read More]
2132, actually (Skin quotes a larger figure earlier, but that's including allied troops). I used this as my source (http://cryptome.org/mil-dead-iqw.htm). It not only lists graphs of those killed in each month, but the names, ranks and often circums... [Read More]
Cult 1. Worship; reverential homage rendered to a divine being or beings. 2. A particular form or system of religious worship The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. 1989 There aren't many dictionary sources that rival the OED. Regardless, cult, fr... [Read More]
A quick glance at the thread reveals: 11 Americans opposed; 4 non-Americans opposed; 7 Americans in favor; 3 Americans who don't care/have no discernable opinion. It was a quick look at the actual posts and not the poll itself. Obviously there were... [Read More]
I don't think anyone is trying to restrict anyone from being christian. But if this country has demonstrated anything in 200 years, its that being a majority does not mean you are right. Nor does it mean you have the right to impose your beliefs on m... [Read More]
Okay, I knew I was going to find a thread like this again eventually. Not going to read the whole thread, but I am going to address points liberals made (made up?) on the subject. Except I didn't see where you demonstrated that any points were made... [Read More]
I must echo my cigar-smoking avaitor friend above. The earliest trips to the "New World" were to establish trade goods: tobacco caught on like wild fire, fishing was good in the North East, etc. But let me be the first to say "welcome... [Read More]
Both "under God" and "in God we trust" were started in the 1950s. Moreover, the Founding Fathers were mostly deists: Jefferson, Washington, John Adams, Madison, Franklin, Ethan Allen, perhaps even Paine, though I think he was an... [Read More]