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Is the Old Testament No Longer Valid for Christians?

Religion – One of the many Christian apologist escape routes for the violence mandated by God is to suggest that that was the Old Testament God, but the God of the New Testament is loving and forgiving and...

Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 08:02pm

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Videos About the West and Its Relationship to the Middle East

Politics – Here are several videos that I have selected from the web that I think are helpful in understanding the situation in the Middle East, particularly the Western relationship to that region.

Submitted and Voted for on July 18, 2008 11:59am

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Noam Chomsky and William F. Buckley

Politics – Is there a better pair to set up against one another? I saw Chomsky's response on Big Think and figured it was best that I match his opinion of Buckley to his appearance on Buckley's...

Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 03:38pm

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Chomsky on Iraq

Politics – I Love Him and I Despise Him See that's the thing with Chomsky, I love him and I despise him. He's clearly very well read and research. He clearly has great intellectual horsepower.

Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 11:51am

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Chomsky's Approach to Afghanistan... It's Just Like Oklahoma City??

Politics – Chomsky's Approach to Afghanistan... It's Just Like Oklahoma City?? The one thing that I most like to do to get my blood flowing is listen to and/or read Noam Chomsky.

Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 11:51am

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Is Energy Independence a Dangerous Delusion?

Politics – As we all know, both candidates pay lip service to being energy "independent," but no one (including myself) seems to ask the question: should we be energy independent?

Submitted and Voted for on July 16, 2008 11:14am

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If You're Stupid, Even a Pet Rock Is Intelligently Designed

Religion – Intelligent Design is Creationism, Creationism Is Unscientific I don't understand for the life of me how so many people can still believe in Creationism. Well, that's not really true.

Submitted and Voted for on July 14, 2008 09:10pm

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UN and AU Failures of the Week -- Zimbabwe and Sudan

Politics – Zimbabwe-- AU Fights Against Sanctions ...In all of this however, the UN and AU have failed to act. They refuse to take action against Mugabe. They refuse to accept sanctions. In fact, the only time they take action is to shoot down the actions of others. This action against action is usually led by South Africa. You can think of them as the Pat

Submitted and Voted for on July 10, 2008 01:54pm

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Iran and US and Israel Unleash Weapons of Mass Rhetoric

Politics – Let the fun continue... Just when you thought that situation in Iran couldn't get any more rhetorical and dangerous it gets crazy, Hollywood crazy.

Submitted and Voted for on July 10, 2008 01:08pm

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Foxhole Atheist Sent Home Early From Iraq

Religion – Apparently the US Army needs neither atheists nor gays these days. Everyone who reads a newspaper should know by now about the numerous gay soldiers sent home from Iraq, even though the army is...

Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 11:56am

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Thoughts on the 2008 Election (Part Two: McCain)

Politics – There was not a single other Republican candidate that was even worth a second look. Period. I was grossly disappointed with the field, except for McCain. I like McCain.

Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:10pm

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Thoughts on the 2008 Election (Part One: Obama)

Politics – As I watched the Democratic candidates debate last summer, two candidates did not lose my vote. The first was Joe Biden, who subsequently lost everyone else's vote. The other was Obama.

Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:10pm

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Morality Is Not Objective. So What?

Religion – A lot of times when I am out and about on the internet surfing through various arguments "for God" I encounter this argument: "Without God we cannot have objective morals." ...

Submitted and Voted for on July 07, 2008 03:05pm

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untheist, atheist, nontheist, intheist... Let's Call the Whole Thing Off!

Religion – I have inadvertently stepped into a web-debate that I had no idea was even occurring. In my post about some of the misunderstandings of atheism I used the made up word "untheism." While...

Submitted and Voted for on July 07, 2008 01:04pm

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atheists and Foxholes

Religion – One of the "grand" arguments I hear theists make to atheists is that "there are no atheists in foxholes." This "argument" is another attempt to claim knowledge...

Submitted and Voted for on July 07, 2008 01:03pm