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    Darryl Kile in hall of fame?

    Darryl Kile is among the players being considered for entry into the major league baseball hall of fame. Do you agree with this decision? I am posting this partially due to one of my roommates who feels very strongly that Kile does not deserve to be compared to the other hall of fame entrants...
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    Inappropriate use of "Lest We Forget"?

    Not too long ago passed the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks, and the phrase "lest we forget" was used a great deal in relation to those attacks. Some people feel that this is an inappropriate use of the phrase that has come to be connected to the world wars and other major...
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    Should Bush Accept the Challenge?

    Recently, Saddam Hussein has challenged Bush to a duel, in order to solve this thing without all the killing that would inevitably result. Do you think Bush should accept? If so, who do you think would win? :)
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    Iraqi No-Fly Zone

    Can someone provide some information on the UN Resolution or whatever it is that made a no-fly zone out of Iraq? This is partially in response to the article in the current news thing above, located here: http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/10/03/iraq.leaflets/index.html The US has, for the past few...
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    Legislation of Morality

    This thread is partially in response to an issue raised in the abortion thread, but it is better debated in a thread of its own. Should morality be legislated by a state that does not claim to be of any religious affiliation?
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    The impending war with Iraq

    A few days ago, Bush threatened war with Iraq unless Saddam allows in UN weapons inspectors. Saddam agrees to allow the inspectors in unconditionally. Bush then accuses Saddam of giving in in order to gain time to hide his weapons. Is Bush interested in peace?
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    Where did the light come from?

    Genesis 1:3 says that God created light. But not until verse 14 does God create the sun, the moon, or the stars. I realize that this has probably been discussed in here before, but I couldn't find a thread specifically about it. Any thoughts?
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    Bush involved in insider trading in 1990?

    http://www.msnbc.com/news/780072.asp?pne=msn It appears that Bush unloaded 212140 shares in the Harken Energy Corp. only days before the stock took a huge nose-dive in June of 1990. Bush then may have used connections (ie. his father) in order to avoid being questioned by the SEC. While...
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    "Plan Colombia...Plan of Death"

    I recently heard about this article, and it was quite disturbing. I don't know what everybody's feelings are regarding America's "War on Drugs", but I thought this might interest some of you. I had no idea that things were this bad in Colombia. Go to the link here...
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    Submitting to earthly authorities

    We have the following verse from the bible. 1 Peter 2 13 Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority. Firstly, as a Christian, can we object to what a government is doing? If I were to live in a nation with a rabid...