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I wish I could find the link (I'm sure it would turn up if I had the energy to google for 5 minutes), but I remember a while back WorldNetDaily published an article called "Declaration of Independence Banned From Schools!". The article tried to say that a school prohibited a teacher from...

And in Christian Utopia, everyone is happy, gets along, no one's rights are ever marginalized at the expense of the group in power, and no one is ever publically executed: Come on, Voegelin, you know better. Atheists and materialists despise Pol Pot tremendously, because he is a tyrant who...

To be fair, I once found a guy who was claiming that Bigfoot is evidence of evolution, but those categorically wrong statements are just once in a blue moon. However, they're nothing compared to "APES DON'T SHAVE!" and "HOW CAN BULLS MATE WITH OTHER BULLS! ITS YOUR FUNERAL EVOLUTIONISTS!".

Are you trying to say that gender roles tell us anything morally? No, I'm saying that no one has ever defined the word "perversion", it doesnt mean anything. People use the word as a way of dismissing behaviors as morally without ever explaining their moral relevance.

You know, when people talk about sexual morality, the word "perversion" comes up almost 100% of the time. I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about: The word "perversion" is a pretty nasty word, isn't it? Apparently, it has moral implications such that something being a perversion makes it...

What irony? That works too, I completely agree.

I want to add another "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE SAYING" moment to the list, and this comes up a lot: Verse (such and such) says atheists are liars and fools, and they are rebels and (insert long list of other attributes that describe atheist's evil intentions). I don't know how many...

Self-referential paradoxes are often the least interesting, they usually result through quirks in our language rather than indicating some forsight in thinking. "There are no absolutes", "This sentence is false", "I am lying now", and so on. Go derail someone else's thread.

Let's do ourselves all a favor and stop responding JohnR7's posts.

Its only natural that some people form opinions on ethical questions, such as on the permissibility of abortion or gay marriage, but too often I see some people who say things that are just bizarre, as if they weren't actually reading the words they were typing. Here's one example of just...

I suppose then you wouldn't have a problem with immigration if we didn't go out of way to make accomodations for them, and required them to pay taxes like everyone else, right? Thats probably the most reasonable solution and it enjoys bipartisan support, and its certainly a superior option to...

There used to be a time when the Republican party was all about personal responsibility but now their major party platform is strongly based on legislating moral standards, especially in the bedroom. And they used to embody conservative values like slow, controlled change, but they've become...

People kill plants, animals, and microbes all the time, and don't really think about it. But they don't take human life with such ease, which clearly implies that something having the property of "life" is irrelevant otherwise there would be no way to make moral distinctions between taking plant...

Its not even really that, but rather it has to do with the moral status of the fetus. Abortion comes down to the question "on what basis is the fetus so morally valuable that its life should be protected". Its pretty clear that abortion does not come down to the definition of life (or death...

The "homosexuality is a choice" argument is just a red herring, because whether its a choice or not does not explain why homosexuality should be condemned. The reason why people state so forcefully that homosexuality is a choice is to paint homosexuals as people as wantonly immoral people...

Back on topic: Given that I'm not a Christian, I would be extremely offended if anyone suggested that I should be compelled to follow the rules of a religion that I don't belong to, so definitely the Constitution is more important. A persons religious beliefs are intensely personal, and the...

Interestingly, homosexuality is singled out with a lot of ferociousness, moreso than any other sin in the Bible. I've even seen some people suggest that homosexuals should be put to death, or to a lesser extreme I've seen people say that homosexuals should have fewer rights than heterosexuals...

There is a definite correlation between pregnancy rate and women's education, so the best way to reduce the overall number of abortions is through the promotion of sex education. I recommend sex education that encourages the use of birth control more than strictly abstinence, because quite...

Sometimes Seasame Street gets it wrong:

You can't seriously believe that rape victims get abortions because they need someone to punish, do you? I don't think there is a single rape victim on the planet whose their rationale for getting an abortion is summed up with "well, you know, someone needed to be punished, and I decided to...