Well, to play the devil's advocate once again (an ironic phrase in this instance), the Christian might respond to this as follows. God is indeed ultim...
I can't tell if you're being coy with me or not. Heister clearly picked up on my meaning, as his criticism depends on understanding it. You did this. ...
I am. This is just one doorway into the larger problem of evil, which would take us far away from the thread topic and down a pretty deep rabbit hole....
Nice try. Ironically, your wording here is itself rather "sneaky." People who call themselves pro-life are not trying to meddle with a woman's body. T...
I mostly agree, as the secularization thesis has now long been discredited. But I'm also not one to commit the tu quoque fallacy of calling secularism...
It won't, if we defeat it. Andrew also said that it can undermine Western values, and I agree with him, though from a slightly different angle, I imag...
You guys are ridiculous. Read the sentence again. He asked you a simple question about Muslims who demand that the West ban pornography and gay marria...
Once again, as far as I can tell, the US is obligated to do this whether I want it to or not. But yes, I do want the US to do as you say. If we sign o...
What on earth. No it's not. Now see, either you exist in an echo chamber or you haven't read what I've said. This question has basically already been ...
I've focused on both. The topic is Islamic terrorism, which has drifted to foreign policy. I mentioned that Western governments should shut down mosqu...
Yes, I agree and appreciate your comments on that subject. Your attempted jabs at conservatism I'm less enamored with, as they are ironically neither ...
How absurd. No, andrew, I'm not in favor of wasting money or the curtailment of freedom. By "not doing enough" I mean that Western governments have br...
What are you talking about? I thought we already went over how there are many different kinds of conservative. I'm one kind. There are others with who...
Good god man. For the millionth time, the major difference between fatalities due to terrorism and those due to accidents is the motive involved, or l...
Excepting the avoidance systems, which I would let the private sector handle, none of these require much money, and they sound like good ideas to me. ...
In and of themselves? No, I was talking about the scare-mongering narrative you tried peddling. But I think you knew that are now being pedantic. I al...
"So many tragedies?" Like what? I'm sure they exist, but let's think here. These "Western countries" are the freest, safest, most prosperous at presen...
The article made it clear to me that this statistic is itself likely to be baseless fear-mongering that "manipulates our emotions and sells papers/get...
The what now? I'm with the bull. To hell with the girl. She represents more of that silly feminist, social justice, anti-capitalist nonsense that will...
The rise of ISIS is a consequence of the US and her allies pulling out of Iraq in 2012. After almost every major war the US has fought, we have left b...
Yes. The toppling of Saddam's regime was one of the swiftest military operations in history, made all the more remarkable given the tiny number of all...
Taking away their ability to use planes and the like just postpones having to actually solve the problem, much like taking away the Ring from Sauron. ...
Intentions matter, so it's not primarily a numbers game. Right now, the threat of theocratic Islam is of far greater concern than so-called "austerity...
Alright, fair enough. But now I would question your labeling yourself a Buddhist. You could just be a meditator, which is fine, but that's not what ma...
But you're not being quite honest here, for you have said on numerous occasions that you identify with a particular Japanese school of Buddhism. The "...
"Spiritual but not religious" is one of those almost meaningless phrases lots of millennials like to use to describe themselves, which basically means...
Also, there's no ability to delete posts you've made? Just now for example, I made a brief comment but then saw that someone else basically said the s...
A somewhat surprising claim. Why do you think this? It shows no signs of abating to me. All the traditional forms of religion that foster the perennia...
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