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They can technically vote for someone other than the popularly-elected candidate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector). In any event, barr...

The blue dress? Monica's dress which Bill ejaculated on? Is this a matter of national concern? We know in advance that Trump is a lech who has bragged...

In some ways, Obama has outstripped his predecessors in deporting illegal immigrants; in other ways, he has probably been less aggressive (likely more...

This is a red herring. The fact remains that Trump encouraged Russia to hack further emails, and thus we have the gruesome spectacle of a presidential...

I think it's entirely possible that he will just be a giant pain in the ass for Hillary if she's elected. He was a star campaigner in 1992, but I thin...

I'm not sure that's been worked out yet. He may be "First Gentleman" (more in keeping with its female complement in the Unites States, "First Lady.") ...

Why not? They support a party which has made it its mission to, for instance, severely curtail womens' access to abortion (for which married women wit...

Yes, married women tend to prefer Republicans. But, as I said, single women are a Democratic constituency.

I don't think that all Republicans are pigs. As a group, I have no reason for thinking that Republicans are any more boorish than are Democrats, indep...

Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky were engaged in a consensual relationship. Is your dime-store psychoanalysis about Bill wanting to humiliate Monica b...

Can you blame them? All of those sweet, sweet lettuce picking gigs have gone to swarthy Mexicans, rendering GOP voters' aspirations to perform backbre...

No, he means the Russian government, whom Trump encouraged at a press conference to hack into (additional) DNC emails. Trump is the traitor to our cou...

How embarrassing to see how far the party of "family values" has deteriorated, and the contortions some of its adherents will go through in order to d...

The New Agey book wasn't particularly philosophical, so don't worry. Beyond that, the less said about it, the better (though I will say that, beyond t...

I've never read any Kierkegaard (except for the occasional quotation referenced in secondary sources), so I can't comment on that. Though I should poi...

Really? You understand me well enough to engage in a relatively lucid (if somewhat acrimonious) exchange on this forum. Which post(s) of mine did you ...

As far as I can tell (and yes, I admittedly have read a limited amount of certain Sophisticated Theologians) they don't write in a manner in which the...

Not sure what you mean by "only read." I most definitely have read authors with whom I disagree, on matters of philosophy, politics, and religion. If ...

I have read them in their responses to Dawkins and company (Dawkins seems to draw most of their ire, in my impression). No, I don't understand them, w...

I'm sorry you feel condescended to. But, I would question which one of us is not doing philosophy, as you never offer any arguments for your viewpoint...

Why is it "superficial" to believe the holy texts of one's religion? I don't believe that the rarified air of "sophisticated theologians" is any more ...

Many people do, so it is perfectly legitimate to address those beliefs. And, again, Christians qua Christians would seemingly necessarily be committed...

I'm beginning to think you have such a stringent notion of "classical theist" that only a very select few can qualify as one. If that's the case, then...

Different people have criticized different aspects of religious beliefs, some involving a more "hands-on" theistic conception of God, and others invol...

This is not true. They criticize myriad aspects of the NT, as well (assuming that by the "New Atheists" we mutually understand that we're referring to...

Why shouldn't the New Atheists grapple with beliefs "touted around the world"? Because you find such beliefs to be shallow or puerile? Even if they ar...

Bingo. Occam's Razor. (Though theists could perhaps argue that one or more features of the universe other than its mere existence require the interven...

I don't think they "sound" the same, but Christians believe they are (no mainstream variety of Christianity with which I'm familiar asserts that the G...

The very notion of a "theistic" God is one which interacts with its creation and takes some interest in human welfare or actions, as opposed to a deis...

It's not "the narrative I would like to think": it's what the texts say. Again, God is not only a personal entity in the NT, God is a person!

I understand, but you said "classical theistic God," not "the God of the philosophers" or something. Regardless, focusing only on the Judeo-Christian ...

You mean the part of the Bible where God assumes human form? That only serves to underscore my point, I should say.

How so? At least in the Judeo-Christian tradition, the Bible very clearly speaks of God having likes, dislikes, emotions, etc, and engaging with human...

I agree it's counter-intuitive, but there's no reason to expect our evolved intuitions to be a perfect (or even very reliable) guide to how nature ope...

I don't know that this is a "basic scientific principle" (indeed, it seems to have been more of a philosophical claim than anything else; I'm here thi...

I don't understand the term in a special light. I just don't see what's "coinciding" here. If it's not a non-sequitur, please show how my statements i...

Again, what is "coincidental" about that? Non-sequitur. I didn't say it did. My response was geared towards your comment about some people "bowing dow...

A "coincidence" of what? (In my experience, the people most ardently claiming for humility in the face of the universe are those with the least amount...

This is not true. There is a long history of "natural theology" which purports to explain the complexity of nature (especially its biological complexi...

My favorite response to this charge was made by Craig Venter (or one of his associates): "We're not playing."

Don't worry: Trump's rational and highly-educated team of poll watchers will ensure a fair election takes place. I can't imagine that causing any prob...

I must confess I didn't watch more than snippets of the debate (I generally don't watch political debates, as it's pointless to do so IMO). I understa...

It's amusing/depressing that Trump is happy to accept polling results when they break his way, and yet doubts them or rejects them outright when they ...

Again with this O'Keefe video? You do know that O'Keefe is a demonstrated fraud and liar, right? I already pointed this out to you in another thread, ...

You don't read the news much, do you? Trump was virtually obsessed with the birther issue for some time (prior to his running for President), even cla...

Nothing in this email thread suggests that Podesta et al believed that Obama was foreign-born, or that they proposed to say so for political gain. The...

Or President Muhammad somebody.

I am also excited by the possibility of electing the first female president. It's interesting how little discussion that's merited, either because tha...

No, I am not freakin kidding you (lemme guess: here comes the part where you rant about how Hillary supposedly laughed at a rape victim and sought to ...

Why wouldn't one defend the Clintons? A person needn't be perfect in order to defend them (and God knows the Clintons aren't perfect). Bill and Hillar...