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All of my life. I was raised vegetarian and changed to a vegan diet when I was in my early 30s. I've never regretted the decision to eat ethically, and live better for it.

I think there is little (if anything), in the Bible which is not either culturally accepted standards; presented as God's word, political power-plays of the day; presented as God's word, or ancient myths (accepted to be true like the flood); presented as God's word. I would also say that if...

I agree with Aerika on this; it's still intolerance and therefore, still bigotry. If someone's religion teaches they should kill those of differing beliefs is not still killing? Bigotry is about what one believes, not why they believe it.

Actually, this depends on who you ask. Ask ten different Christians and you'll get ten different answers. Then most will tell you they've attained their understanding of the Bible's promises via the Holy Spirit. Which happens to be what you've accepted, but is no more evidenced or confirmable...

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But it's important to note that the strife between children and parents doesn't exist specifically because they're YECs. The strife would likely be as devastating between Christian parents and non-Christian children, especially if those children have given up the idea of a supreme being all...

I don't have any links but I might be able to shed a little light on the colon cancer/meat link. It has to do with digestive physiology and particularly, the length of the digestive tract. If you analyze the digestive tracts of carnivores you'll find that they tend to have bodies about 1/4th...

I'm not sure whether to see that as some kind of vague answer or a way to avoid answering. I have to say I'm leaning toward the latter. Either the Earth was completely flooded at some time or it wasn't. So you either believe that it was or it wasn't. And if you believe, in complete...

So suppose you've heard the prophecies and you believe them; how many places are you going to look for your newborn Messiah? As far as the miracles being foretold, what makes you think the tales of the miracles weren't tailored to match the prophecies without the miracles ever really...

Then my apology is yours. If I recall correctly there is something around here referred to as "Poe's Law" which states "Without the use of a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to make a parody of Fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing."...

:doh: Uhm... how about; kids shouldn't try to argue that Lego blocks aren't man made until they learn about the polymerization of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)? Or were you not trying to make a coherent comparison?

It's equally routine to find creationist who don't know enough about science to realize that abiogenesis and evolution are two completely different and separate theories, and thus attempt to put the two together into a singular scientific concept. The less you know about any scientific...

No one is against a Suggestion/Complaint Box. The problem arises when you realize that it has no bottom and empties into an incinerator. It's there as a pacifier. Were that not the case, it wouldn't be a hidden system.

Thank you again, Glass*Soul. Everyone should be asking themselves why this is so. People hide things when they know they have something to hide, not when they don't. In other words, they already know what they're doing is wrong. It's advanced knowledge that they will be doing things and...

Which is received and addressed by the same people who are perpetrating the enforcement of harmful rules which serve to retard the spread of knowledge. This problem has been going on here for years. It has been challenged for years and for years those in positions of power have ignored the...

We likely agree on more than we disagree. It's just that most of the time, we're discussing those topics where we disagree. Thanks for the reps. :) :thumbsup:

See, here's the problem. When the Germans were killing all of the Jews, they were playing by the rules. If they had helped a Jew escape to freedom, they would have been violating the rules. Sometimes the rules are the problem. Society would be much improved if people would learn that making...

This is quickly reaching the point where it may be appropriate to take it to a new thread. I'm speaking of the intolerance of a people who follow a given belief system which is supposed to be based on tolerance. There appears to be something inherent in the belief system or how it is produced...

My icon shows that I'm not a Muslim. Obviously, since I'm not one, I can't speak as one. When not just the majority, but the vast majority, of those following a particular belief system continually proclaim love, tolerance and caring but practice hatred, intolerance and elitism, maybe the...

Not every venomous snake will envenomate you with every bite. That doesn't make it sound advice to play carelessly with venomous snakes. The fact that 25% of bites from venomous snakes are "dry bites" doesn't change the fact that the other 75% result in envenomation. Am I putting down an...