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    Peer Review Reviewed

    It should be noted that out of the surveys that were reviewed; "Six studies had been conducted among biomedical researchers, eight were more specifically targeted at researchers holding various positions in the medical/clinical sciences (including pharmacology, nursing, health education...
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    Are You Offended by "Merry Christmas"?

    I was emailed this earlier, and thought you'd all get a kick out of it.
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    Why is virginity mocked?

    No worries - I didn't realize that it was just directed at him. I just wanted to be sure I understood your point so I could follow along. :) edit - also, I hope you didn't take any of my posts as impolite or condesending - that wasn't my intention. If I came off that way, I apologize.
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    Why is virginity mocked?

    What's funny is that I had edited my post to remove that line, because I didn't want to go there again, especially since some of my previous posts could be construed as having that opinion. I re-added it though, so people would know what you're referring to. I agree though (which is why I...
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    Does morality exist without God?

    Google the Piraha people and Daniel Everett. The Piraha have been doing fine without any concept of God or a higher power for centuries.
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    The loss of Christopher Hitchens

    Measured in height or weight? ;)
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    Why is virginity mocked?

    In step one, you’re saying that people may not believe because they prayed and didn’t get what they were praying for. In step two, you’re saying that people may not believe because logic says that if it could happen naturally, then there’s no reason to presume...
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    Is abortion reasonable?

    See posts 514, 515, and 516 for a recap. You can start there for some of the items that you missed. Thanks
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    Should the news be accurate?

    Because the US media isn't/hasn't been accruate. Especially right after 9/11.
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    Should the news be accurate?

    Because news corporations and journalists have codified the ethical standards that they’re supposed to follow, and should put those standards above their desire for profit. Journalism ethics and standards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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    Are You Offended by "Merry Christmas"?

    Apple and oranges. People say Happy Holidays at this time of year, because unlike those other holidays you mentioned, most of the people in the country are celebrating one of a few different holidays at the end of December. How many people do you know that celebrate the Feast of Luthfild? But...
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    Should the news be accurate?

    News should be accurate, but unfortunately in this day and age, where ratings and advertising is king, it's not going to happen.
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    Why is virginity mocked?

    I know, and I never post like that. I was trying to prove a point that you can't (or at least shouldn't) be insulting and then just say that "LOL - from my perspective, I don't think I was insulting you. I was just stating what I saw" (like she did) and that makes it all better. Nothing I...
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    Why is virginity mocked?

    You breed cattle? That’s great, and I agree – it is fascinating. But do you think that you “can’t imagine” how some people don’t enjoy breeding cattle? That you “would be so lonesome, so sad, so depressed, so anxious, so ugly, so fearful, so angry, so...
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    Why is virginity mocked?

    I say this with the utmost respect for your beliefs, but I shudder to think how closed minded and dependant on God you must be. You may not be aware, but you speak the same language as drug addicts. From someone on the outside looking in, it sounds no different than what I used to hear in my...
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    Are You Offended by "Merry Christmas"?

    This used to be true, btw. Nowadays, not so much. My guess is that it's because of the commercialization of Christmas, and how that rolled over to Chanukkah. As more Jewish kids became secularized, and had non-Jewish friends, they would tell their parents that Jimmy next door just got a new...
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    The Logic of the ACLU

    Props for being consistent. I still don't think that this is a matter of being offended though, and more a subject of law and promoting one religion over another. To their credit (and I don't think this was mentioned in the news articles) the school tried to get the complainants to accept a...
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    The Logic of the ACLU

    I don’t know if it matters, but the complainants in this case weren’t secular – they were Jewish and Catholic. So you think it would be fine if one of your children (or any school visitors, for that matter), while waiting outside of the principal’s office, has to look...
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    The Logic of the ACLU

    Just wanted to point out that according to your links, unlike the portrait of Jesus (which was hanging in the hallway outside the principal’s office), the Buddha items were on display in individual classrooms “not as religious icons, but as symbols of important aspects of history and...
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    why homosexuals don't want to be set free

    How would you react to people who you truly believe are misreading and misunderstanding scripture? What if they’re fundamentalist in the extreme, and tell you that if you use modern medicine to treat your child’s serious illness instead of relying on God to heal your child, that you’ll be...