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Well, for the record, I was being sincere. While it's unfortunate that you are unable and unwilling to take my sincerity at face value, you're certainly not obligated to in any case. I was actually willing to discuss, based on some interactions we've had previously that I have found...

I still like the idea of reserving legal authority for marriage to the state, and removing it from religious entities. That way any consenting adults who want to partake of marital benefits and responsibilities bestowed by the state can obtain a civil marriage license, whether they're a...

Is it even remotely possible that the source really is indeed unreliable? Is it remotely possible that people really would be more willing to discuss this with you if broader sources were offered? Is it? Or is that just inconceivable to you? I really honestly would be happy to discuss...

Shane, you seem terrified of the idea of GLBT folks gaining full acceptance into society. Is that a fair assessment? If so, what are you afraid will happen? If not, I retract and apologize.

I have mixed feelings about the death penalty. On one hand, the death penalty is the most sure way of removing a truly dangerous individual from society, even more sure than life in prison without parole, as dead people don't escape from prisons or come back from the grave to do more damage...

I see no moral issues with individual ownership of firearms. I'll be learning to use them myself as soon as our household gets a little time and money (and I wish I'd had the opportunity to learn long ago).

I'm sorry, but WND is just not a reliable source. And I don't know about anyone else, but I simply can't comment on whether or not a single article on an event that happened 5 years ago from an extremely biased news source says anything about the downfall of my culture's chosen religion. It just...

Yes. Pretty amazing work they did. I'm a bit skeptical that something like that would work again, but you never know... with any luck we'll never have to find out. Hmm, I've thought of another question: does anyone here feel that violating a woman's medical privacy is justified in the interest...

Well... beggars can't be choosers. This is a rotten economy and I'd say that some employment is probably better than none. If you don't have an extreme moral objection to the job, I'd say take it. It isn't up to your family to decide something like that for you, btw, if you're a legal adult...

This too. I can think of a half a dozen things to ingest right now that are readily available either in my garden, at the local supermarket, or at the local drugstore. All of them have a reasonable chance of terminating a very early pregnancy. None are illegal, and a couple of them are...

Well - it would be fair to consider me, if you will, an apostate per Hebrews 6:4-6. In other words, I do understand the analogy, as I was once a Christian, and once even used the same analogy for probably similar reasons. If I may carry the analogy further, however: in my case, I have drunk the...

Indeed. Unfortunate thing, that. Ah, well. Nobody's perfect.

Heh! I suppose he might be apprehensive about some of the more... effusive denominations. But I think it's more likely that he's just too busy and would rather sleep in on Sundays, or go to work.

If abortion were made illegal, I suppose any punishment would depend on how its outlawing were handled. Shane offered one possibility, where early abortions are handled as misdemeanors and later abortions handled as murders, with punishments appropriate to the offense. This has the drawback of...

Wow. I thought I'd seen everything. Then I woke up this morning, saw a thread about cheating get twisted by its author into a thread about gay marriage (two topics which aren't even remotely related), and then I realized I was wrong. I haven't seen everything yet. I'm tempted to award rep...

All religions sexist? No. Many are though, some more so than others.

I noted that I wouldn't try to sell you atheism as it is not my place to assume I know what's best for you spiritually. Are you unable to provide me the same courtesy?

Yikes! That's a bummer. :( I've more often seen it from people who don't think things through terribly well. Thing is, I think the label may be warranted, if you're really talking about someone who is indeed openly hostile towards whatever your cause or belief is. Christopher Hitchens, for...

I understand. I agree that it's flawed. If nothing else, an automatic "everyone not like me is hostile to me" reaction is paranoid and not terribly bright.

This was certainly true for me. The wrong Christian at the wrong time helped push me over into apostasy for good. It wasn't that there was nothing else going on, it was simply a matter of timing. /digression With regard to the OP, it sounds as if you're asking if tribalism is ethical...