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Political commentator Cenk Uygur from The Young Turks recently wrote a piece for The New York Times' opinion pages declaring not only the demise of network news but offering us his reasons for it. Rather than think that the sinking ship of network news might be due to younger generations viewing...

The question is whether traffic ticket fines should be based on one's income rather than as a fix number. The idea behind it is to make the person who committed the infraction "feel" the punishment as a way to deter their behavior. A person who is middle class or under that incurs a fine...

This thread is not on general apologetics. Please keep your posts centered on the topic. If Jesus returned likely as he looked (i.e., as a brown, Middle Eastern man) performing much of his miraculous deeds, being honest with yourself, would you immediately embrace him or would you be highly...

“As far as I’m concerned, you’re a tyrant to the Constitution of the United States of America,” said an open carry advocate. That was directed at a state representative when open carry activists entered Poncho Nevarez's office asking if he would support the Texas Constitutional Carry Act of...

Most people I come across hold the view that any preferences of attraction we have based on race are entirely culturally created. But is this because it is impossible to innately find some races hotter than others or does this instead stem from our sensibilities and not wanting to offend others...

Let this thread be about sexual objectification as advanced by feminists. Read before responding. ___ Sexual objectification, as defined by many feminists, is the viewing of people solely as depersonalized objects of desire instead of as individuals with complex personalities and...

I used to think this line of reasoning was found only in religious moderates, and that fundamentalists rejected this. Essentially the reasoning I'm talking about goes like this: Religious moderate version: "How can you fundamentalists believe in a God who condones horrific atrocities?! I...

The thread "Georgia gay teen attacked by family" is getting far too derailed from the original topic. Let this thread be only about secular arguments against homosexuality. Before I let you guys loose, let me respond to some of the recent arguments and assertions made so that we don't...

Dinosaurs missing from the tar pits does seem to be a conundrum for the YEC point of view. Please, lets hear your best rationalization. Remember, your client is taking a hit based on this evidence, and you, as his attorney, are honor bound to say something. You know what to do when the...

The question in this thread's title sans brackets is typically posed at atheists about why the world or the universe exists and a lack of an answer, with Christians hinting in a matter-of-factly sort of way that it's because of God. But the question isn't satisfactorily answered by invoking...

Often we like to say, to ourselves and others, that human life is invaluable. That saving lives is worth every effort and expense—but we actually don't really mean it. As callous as it may seem at first blush, determining the price of human life is needed to create good public policy. One...

Boy band One Direction are purveyors of illogicality. Observe the following lyrics from a famous song of theirs: "You don't know you're beautiful, That's what makes you beautiful." This is circular reasoning fallacy. For you to not know you are beautiful, you need to be beautiful in the...

This thread was split automatically after 1000 replies and this thread has been automatically created. The old thread automatically closed is here: "Please explain to me how this is moral."

So this came out on Showtime a few weeks ago. Has anyone seen it? Official Kidnapped For Christ Trailer - YouTube

Our minds are prone to illusions, fallacies, and superstitions. For instance, people place a heavy reliance on eyewitness testimony despite being embarrassingly unreliable. We have a tendency to place heavy trust in our senses despite its failures as well as our mental failures which interpret...

A serial rapist has for over a decade kidnapped, raped and mutilated the bodies of innocent children. This man later finds Christ and sincerely turns to Jesus for forgiveness and accepts Him. Moments later a car strikes the man and he dies. He is saved and goes to heaven. An atheist lives his...

Many of you seem to confuse the map for the territory; that is, you confuse the abstract representation of something with the actual thing itself. Two current threads highlight this cognitive error: In the sub-forum 'News & Current Events': Teen suspended after refusing to stand for Pledge of...

Virginia Police Want To Force A 17 Year-Old Boy To Have An Erection, And Then Take Pictures Of It | ThinkProgress This is so infuriating and stupid for too many reasons to count.

So the "You Can't Smoke Inside Your Own Car" thread made me think of something I'd like you all to think about and respond to. The thread I linked above referred to a very specific case, namely a law that fines smokers if they smoke inside a car with a child younger than 8. I want to go...

Thoughts?