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I don't. In the long term we're going to need that oil anyway, we may as well start now and stop funding Middle Eastern terrorism.

It's good to be honest with yourself. So you want to lose weight in order to be more attractive to women? Great! Roll with that. Even if that's the only real reason you want to get healthy, at least you're getting healthy. Xenedrine may help at first, but it's not a cure-all, and it's...

Thanks guys. I'm glad this didn't turn into an athiesm vs. christianity debate, because that's not what I intended. I really just wanted this aspect of Christ cleared up for me.

Not entirely true from a historical standpoint. For a few hundred years there in the dark ages (5th to about 9th century AD if memory serves me correctly) there were always TWO popes. Both (whoever they happened to be) claimed to be THE pope. One in Rome, and one in Constantinople. You are...

So the official story is that the man who was Jesus Christ was really God. He was literally, actually, God in human form. Presumably he knew this. Now the Bible says that his death was an incredible sacrifice. How so? Being God, he would know that he was immortal, temporary physical pain...

[notroll] Sorry about that, but this question has been answered. This forum isn't for debates. :)

Well Natural Law, as proposed by John Locke in his "Second Treatise on Government" is basically this. Preserve mankind. As he explains it, this consists of doing two things. 1. Above all, preserve yourself. (meaning thrive as much as possible) 2. Leave other people's "stuff" alone. (do not...

This by no means disproves atheism. It would be difficult for any atheist to prove otherwise. However, these observations also do not prove the existence of God. Perhaps there were a million billion trillion little big bangs before this one, with different initial conditions, and they all...

True, not all wars are fought for the sole purpose of boosting the economy. But certain ones come to mind...

Once again, I do NOT advocate Communism. But Karl Marx came up with Communism. He defined it. And Communism, as he defined it, has never been seen before. That is a fact. The oppressive regimes in countries that call themselves communist are actually socialist dictatorships. In political...

Yes there were warnings for months that the Japanese were planning a surprise attack. This is well documented. We knew this. What we did not know was the time and the place. We suspected it would be Guam, and we were wrong.

As I have already posted earlier, those ten points Marx writes are the basis for a Socialist society. Socialsim, as defined by Marx himself, is the transition period between capitalism and Communism. Communism is the glorious future mode of production, where "from each according to his...

If you have actually read the Communist Manifesto, you would know that this is not true. Communism is purely a "mode of production", to use Marx's own term. At it's core, it is an economic system where everybody decides what the needs of everybody will be, and then everybody goes and produces...

OK, we disagree. I find your view of capitalism interesting. You would rather have all of humankind live in huts, wear animal fur clothing, and live off the land for all of eternity; than for humankind to achieve any technological progress at all? Of course capitalism encourages you to come...

False assumption. Capitalism depends on honest individuals trading goods and services value for value. Greed enters the picture only when governments promise favors to certain groups.

If PETA is all about the "tree of life" and how animals are our cousins...well then plants would be distant relatives also! But here are thousands of PETA members eating tofu, and soybeans, and brocolli, without remorse! It's time we formed a new group, People for the Ethical Eschewal of...

NeonBlack, I'm glad to see you are getting help. My sister had a battle with anorexia a couple of years ago, so I know what kind of a toll it can take on a person. Just remember there is hope! Now my sis is doing great, she got married this year and just had a baby, and she couldn't be...

It was the sudden rise of nationalism, exacerbated by the uneasiness in Britain and France caused by the newly formed German state, that ultimately led to World War I. True, the Austrians should have suppressed the Serbs quickly, and averted war. But nationalism and the various alliance...

So on that glorious day when capitalism implodes...what happens? Does the capitalistic cycle start over again? Or do the people of the world unite in an uber-socialistic movement and create one giant world government that supports them from the cradle to the grave? In other words, what's...

The only way to "revamp" Medicare is to eliminate it completely. It is a pyramid scheme, just like Social Security, and when the baby boomers retire, we are ALL going to pay for it.