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    Secular humanism

    Often, I see opinions from religious conservatives that think very little of secular humanism. This surprises me. The existence of God is not a moral question. As an atheist, I still have to have an ethical system to guide my actions. If you are a person who thinks little of secular...
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    Vatican astronomer on creationism

    "Creationism dismissed as 'a kind of paganism' by Vatican's astronomer" "BELIEVING that God created the universe in six days is a form of superstitious paganism, the Vatican astronomer Guy Consolmagno claimed yesterday. Brother Consolmagno, who works in a Vatican observatory in Arizona and as...
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    Intelligent Design Falsifiability

    Anyone willing to take a few seconds to help me in a discussion with a friend of mine: Would the successful creation of life from non-life (a collection of elements / compounds) falsify the theory of intelligent design ?
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    Deleted - messed up poll

    Deleted - messed up the poll I wanted to post
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    Catholic church getting rid of 'gay' priests

    "Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, who will oversee the seminary review, recently told the National Catholic Register that "anyone who has engaged in homosexual activity, or has strong homosexual inclinations" should not be accepted into seminaries, even if their last gay sexual activity was a decade...
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    Need help from the evolutionists

    A good friend of mine and myself have a running argument about evolution. He basically claims it takes as much faith to believe in it as not, based primarily on him finding it hard to believe it alone could be responsible for the diversity we find today. What are some good sources I could point...
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    Thou shalt not kill / murder

    What does this commandment mean ? I know of such a low percentage of Christians who are pacifists (actually, I know zero, but I'm sure some are) that obviously it does not mean thou shalt not kill anyone ever. Can anyone provide a good explanation or point me to one ?
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    A Compromise

    Mostly for humor but anyway: I have a compromise. We put the theory that there may be an Intelligent Designer in science along with the theory that the Intelligent Designer may have evolved from a series of less intelligent designers. Everyone goes home happy. :D :D :D
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    Girls don't go for guys w/ inappropriate content poll redone.

    People were surpised by the poll results of the 'Girls don't want a guy who looks at inappropriate content' thread. Some Christians explained away the results as being skewed by a high number of non Christians voting and guessed that Christians would have voted overwhelmingly one way. However, they did not...