Athena

:lol: No I don't remember it. I look for an envelope that has my address on it.

aaha, you asked the second question. :grin:

Thank you. I hope there are a few more definitions before I ask the next question.

Thank you and we should know the big, big difference was Aristotle and the Catholic church's Scholasticism that got philosophical and scientific think...

Are you sure Christianity was not spread by the sword? We might have read different accounts of history? What were the steps of persuasion used? How a...

I see Christianity as just as good or bad as Islam. I hear about what is happening in Texas and wonder if are we coming to the end of our democracy be...

That would be a terrible mistake for the reason TheMadFool mentioned. This conflict is as old as the Persain war with the Greeks. Any help the Taliban...

Thank you, thank you. The answer to your question is yes. But until we share the same source of information I don't think anyone will believe me. At l...

That gives a good perspective. Can we agree on some truths? While the Taliban and ISIS mean well, religious truths can not take the place of understan...

I am so sorry! I never meant to indicate I take all this lightly and it certainly is no game to me, but if we loose our sense of humor, there is no ho...

That means Armageddon because it is it is not just a branch of Islam that is fundamentalist and more than willing to enter war against the powers of e...

Where is the center of the Muslim world? Like attacking the Mormons may seem like a good thing to do but it would not change the power and influence o...

When Europeans began sailing around the tip of Africa to reach China and India, it was the end of Islam's glory. The mid-east stopped being the all-im...

The first data would be the hormonal difference between males and females. Next is zoology a study of animal behaviors and physical reasons for them. ...

Oh, I so want to argue against what you said just for the fun of it and I love your ending statement that clarifies we are playing with all these idea...

You guys are absolutely awesome! I am overwhelmed as I see this thread taking a whole different direction. I have been way too focused on the US, and ...

In the Puritan US a politician can lie big time and do plenty of things I think are appalling but oh my god, if the politician is a man and touches a ...

Christians are very proud of how much charity they give. At one time the US government paired up with preachers to get people to accept low wages and ...

I am so glad you referred to all social animals. I don't think we should be discussing anything about humans without an understanding of being one of ...

I disagree because I firmly believe both the hormonal but each is the result of different circumstances. If the community is being invaded, patriarchy...

I heard there was a time when slavery was an improvement over killing everyone. It is better than the Aztec custom of sacrificing a people to the gods...

Personally, I am in favor of saving the statues for everyone. We have not had the ability to feed everyone and even if they did, they would multiply a...

Because I have been listening to an explanation of what science has to do with liberty and because in the past Islam was very successful and more adva...

Grandmothers learn quickly that if they want to make a difference, they better be very tactful and very careful about how they word themselves because...

I have a big problem with that because it goes against the Koran. We can know when people make a law, be it a government law or a holy book law, when ...

It is not like foreigners can just enter a country and impact that country culturally or politically. They may not even be able to assimilate because ...

I had to check to be sure this is the thread on Afghanistan and not my thread about Patriarchy versus Matriarchy. I would say your idea of how to deal...

Thanks and what do you think about the point I made?

:lol: I laugh because I immediately disagree with what you said, and then when I try to explain that disagreement, my brain freezes. Have you experien...

Your line of reasoning has merit, however, I don't know how we could validate that thinking happens anywhere besides in our brains. We can validate th...

Okay, now we are getting down to the nitty grittty. The reality this link speaks of pisses me off and most certainly has moral and political implicati...

I watched the video about Islam and was overwhelmed with information! Your brain seems to handle information much better than mine so I am asking you ...

To tie your post into the subject of this thread, what should the ruler achieve?

Hum, do women also get this psychic imperative to dominate? This thread has taken a turn I did not anticipate. We know in times of war women are stole...

Judaka, I am in a bit of shock. I do not see the US as being free of corruption. I do not think our democracy is the best. And right now I wouldn't be...

:grin: I was swept up in women's lib just like everyone else and had it not been for a recession ravaging my life and plans, I may still be cheering f...

I am strongly in favor of your first sentence and it is concern about the negative effect that working outside of the home, can have on parenting and ...

:lol: :rofl: :love: :lol: I need to catch my breath. I have not laughed this hard for a while. Your first line is hilarious! What you said about our d...

Some tribes were/are matriarchies because we can be sure who the mother is, and the earth is our mother so it makes sense the women inherit the land a...

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I think the sex drive and urge to rule or "dominate" go together. However, we might consider, there are different reasons for wanting to have authorit...

I agree and disagree. It depends on the age of the child. Here is where we have made a huge mistake! The industrial revolution took men and women out ...

You make an excellent point, most democracies including all the places the Allies have invaded, except Germany (formerly a Christian republic) and Jap...

That is the same as Genghis Khan's reasoning and the lifestyles are similar. What is not understood is building trade and industry can result in the w...

I agree, it looks like I must think very carefully about what I say and maybe better say nothing at all lest I get mistaken for someone from Texas ......

Matriarchy and patriarchy are social orders that meet different needs under different circumstances and they go with notions of the creator. Is the cr...

I love your argument and will check out the link. I think we need a different thread to discuss authoritarianism. We disagree on the subject because I...

It is not exactly gender that should determine our roles, but the needs of the family and the community and things like democracy and liberty. Thank y...

Thank you. Our thinking is very different and I am curious about why that is so. You speak of a reality that is nothing like life was before the 19th ...

Absolutely! thank you so much for that post. That is not the full extent of what a homemaker does because there are all the relationships to think abo...