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    Good evidence

    For any atheists and/or agnostics out there: You are likely a non-beleiver because you have not been presented with any good evidence for God's existence. As such, I wanted to ask you what sorts of evidence would be compelling enough to convince you. Does this sort of evidence even exist...
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    Better for Society?

    If there were some way to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that God does not exist, or that Christianity is wrong, yet it was also found that religion is good for society, should we continue to practice religion anyways? In other words, what do you guys think is more important: truth or...
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    Is Faith a Virtue?

    Firstly, I should define what I mean by "faith." As I see it, faith is belief without empirical evidence. While many religious people may claim that they have empirical evidence of God's existence or of the truth of a particular religion, I think that the sheer number of different religions...
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    Should religion be a part of politics?

    Despite church and state being separate in the U.S., religion seems to be playing a major part in the election campaigns of the major candidates. We saw a huge kaffufle over Mitt Romney being a Mormon. We've also seen Barack Obama being haunted by his former affiliation with a specific church...
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    Where is the Discussion/Debate forum?

    There used to be a section for specifically debating evolution vs creationism. I also see it posted everywhere that "for discussions of atheistic evolution go to the discussion/debate forum." However, all the links seem to be broken. Anyone know where those forums went?
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    Atheist's Nightmare

    I'm sure many (or most) of you have already seen this, but it's worth posting anyways. Very convincing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4yBvvGi_2A Enjoy.
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    Ideas?

    Well guys, if you have any suggestions, I'm all ears. I have to write a mini-proposal for an experiment to test for an adaptive trait in any organism on the planet. Anything come to mind? I figured since there are so many people with such diverse views, something interesting might spring up...
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    The Fall and Taoism

    Taoism predates Christianity by about 300 to 600 years. Included in it's philosophy is the belief by when we, as humans, make distinctions between what is Good and what is Bad, we are dividing the unified whole. By making these distinctions, we are separating ourselves from creation, and from...
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    Chimp to Human Brains - discussion

    In another thread, Mark Kennedy presented a paper published in Nature, in which researchers discovered a highly accelerated region in the human genome that is thought to be responsible for the evolution of the modern human brain. Here is how the discussion started: The full article can be...
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    Moral Absolutism

    Well, I've encountered this question a fair number of times, so I figured I'd make a thread specifically about it. Many religious folk that I have talked to often claim that without God, there would be no morality. Without God to give humans an absolute set of morals by which to live by...
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    Brain Death

    Brain death is defined as the "irreversible end of all brain activity." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_death#Brain_death_and_consciousness "A brain-dead individual has no clinical evidence of brain function upon physical examination. This includes no response to pain and no cranial nerve...
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    What constitutes a person?

    Maybe it would be pertinent to the pro-choice/pro-life debate to discuss what makes something a person (particularly because the pro-life position aims to extend the rights of all other persons to include fetuses as well). Ok, so let's start by setting up two extremes, and then discuss where...
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    God will save the planet...

    Alright, this might sound like a very silly, or even rude question, but I was just wondering what you guys think... I've been looking over other Christian forums online, and I noticed that among very conservative Christians, there seem to be some believers (not all of course!) who believe that...
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    To convince a YEC

    I read Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion about a year ago, and I found it pretty interesting. He presented one story in particular, of a geologist (i think?) that went through the Bible (I'm guessing the OT) page by page, and cut out every phrase that he thought contradicted modern science...
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    When did it start?

    Well, I've been itching to ask this question for a while, so I guess now is as good a time as any! Assuming the theory of evolution from common descent is TRUE, then at what point did God begin interacting with humankind through divine prophets? Evolutionary theory predicts a slow, gradual...
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    Falsify Common Descent

    I recently heard an incredibly entertaining audio clip of a debate betwen a famous creationist (Kent Hovind) and an evolution graduate student (Martin). In this clip, Martin completely obliterates every argument that Kent Hovind tries to push forward. It's actually quite amazing. Here are some...
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    Falsify Common Descent

    Oops...I originally posted this in the wrong spot. Could a mod please delete this thread? I have re-posted my original thread in the general Origins Theory forum, rather than here. Thanks!
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    Free Will Considered

    I find the topic of Free Will to be an interesting one, and I wanted to hear your opinions on it. I'm not sure if this will spawn some sort of discussion or not, but anyways, here are some of my thoughts... I think that we would all agree that a world in which we had free will would be better...
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    Unforgivable Sin

    Well, we all know what the unforgivable sin is: renouncing the holy spirit. God/Jesus would be willing to forgive you of every other sin, save that one. I recently came across a series of videos on YouTube of people renouncing the holy spirit. This raises a few questions for me: 1) If you...
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    Mice with Human Brains!

    I recently read an article in the Globe and Mail (a Canadian national newspaper) that discussed the work of scientists who were beginning to genetically engineer mice to produce more human-like brains by inserting human genes into the mice genome. Unsurprisingly, this sparked quite an ethical...
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