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I don't have that right but history does. They would be taken from common talking points and party mantras. It would also be based on common misconceptions on the issues. I didn't think of that, it could be open book. My thought was that people would learn more in preparation for it rather...

It is, if someone does not know the basic facts on the issue at hand then they do not deserve to help decide the issue at hand. This would go both ways of course if someone help liberal beliefs that do not line up with reality but the Fox News audience is the most prominent example. The...

It shouldn't be an IQ test or a psychological test but a test of basic facts taken from various talking points. Stuff like how many times the debt ceiling has been raised since it was created or how much the wars cost. The main problem right now is that too many people watch Fox news and get a...

Looking at the amount of Christian factions there are it is evident his words are not clear. So why does God not communicate his will through actions?

Well I found out what church he goes to, it's a Calvary Chapel. I know he got involved with them through AA so that might help too. Any advice about talking to the elders would be appreciated.

It's possible, I haven't personally seen the father in over a decade, last time I did was before his conversion when he was raging drunk. Sadly the boy might have been better off if he still was a raging drunk. His mom is my aunt, and yeah they are divorced. Let's just say that him living...

They are the ones that PUT him into that home. He is part of a church with multiple branches, some kind of Baptist group or something. It's not a "cult of one" he is getting reenforcement from other people.

Technically he is not "abusing" my cousin, just creating an environment where he wants to kill himself. We are trying to build a case but without contact we don't have much to go on.

I just learned over Thanksgiving dinner that my 11yo cousin is basically being held prisoner by his EXTREMELY Christian father. By being held prisoner I mean that he has no access to a phone, internet, mail, or TV because apparently all those things are the devil. His father will also not...

They are also pro-IVF which ends up with dozens of embryos that are just tossed away.

So now Christians claim exclusive rights to "love". So murdering children can be "good" and "holy". That's not what the Bible says, it says that as long as the slave doesn't die it's OK. In either cause though you are regulating an unjust practice rather then eliminating it. This is what...

Does this mean that one cannot love without loving God? In other words you condone the actions in the OT because it was God that did them, even though you don't know why he did them. What is a sin and what is immoral and harmful are two different sets of things. It is a sin to work on the...

Satan is ALSO God's creation, so you can't just pass blame because that's just a shell game. Ultimately an all powerful God is responsible for EVERYTHING. Basically you would murder a child if your God asked you to and not even ask why. That's the issue isn't it. When your God story was...

Jesus was clear that salvation was through him alone and those that don't know him would not receive salvation. The natural consequence of this is that every civilization that didn't know him would be in hell simply because they never heard of him. Paul tried to dance around this issue but...

Except that you believe that all those civilizations are in hell because they didn't believe as you do. He murdered his children for disobeying him. It is interesting that what GOD deems appropriate was also what the people in the Bible found expedient, genocide or slavery for example. The...

What about don't challenge your parking ticket or serve in a jury? These practices are being expanded to government buildings as well. There are also plans to expand them to things like sports events.

My answer to this far-fetched scenario would be yes, I would shoot the man. However, in a real situation I wouldn't have a gun because ultimately having a gun would be more likely to hurt someone then not having a gun. The real world policy for this situation is to lock down the room before...

Not really. Overall I have been lucky in the life I've had so far and any failings are of my own accord. What I am talking about are things mentioned in the Bible. Oh but he does, you see God set down a lot of laws and rules for for us to follow but quickly throws them out whenever it's...

Every functional civilization has come up with those rules independently, except for the false god of course. An all powerful God with full knowledge of the future should not have a use such methods to "maintain His vision for the world." Being "God-like" would involve murder and lots of it...

Many Christians I have asked admit to not know the reasoning behind many of God's more despicable acts. It does bother me that they don't question it. In anycase, according to Christians the God in the OT is the same God in the NT so reflecting on his actions in the OT is legitimate. Of...