I have to give you props for that attempted slight of hand, but sorry, I am not buying it. Intelligent design/creationism is a small group of...
Do not get my hopes up, mate. No more GOP is too good a future to tease about.
Analytical philosophers have traditionally been the lap-dogs of scientists. I adhere to the continental-philosophic tradition which is more...
I am not even claiming the biblical literature is based upon Love. I am simply trying to do point out some commonsense. Are there any serious...
I am not even sure that is true. It is more of a Protestant thing to say, rather than a Christian thing in general. Considering there are 1.2...
Last time I checked, businesses were not considered to be free of rules and regulations. What you do with your business is not considered to be on...
Well, I also reject a Cartesian sort of dualism. In Hegelian philosophy, Mind is considered to be an all-pervasive principle, so I am not quite...
Those are from the Epistles of St. Paul, not the words of Jesus. And here I was all prepared to learn something new. :frown:
I am not aware that Jesus was ever recorded speaking on the issue of slavery. Well, I studied gender/sexuality as an undergrad so....
I love using this argument against conservative Christians. Their reply is very predictable. They try to apply cultural relativism to the slavery...
To the best of my knowledge, Pierre Teilhard was confronted for contesting the doctrine of original sin, not for his anthropological activities....
Christians have commonly interpreted the biblical literature in light of Christ and His Gospel, because we believe He is the revelation of God the...
I am a Roman Catholic, so we commonly adhere to the theory of evolution. Pope Benedict XVI wrote a book on the symbolic interpretation of Genesis;...
"'Elementary education by the state' is altogether objectionable. Defining by a general law the expenditures on the elementary schools, the...
Sid Roth is a charlatan. He reduces God to an idol, and to a cheap magic trick. Father Robert Barron told an anecdote about his niece: her...
Merely saying you are not racist does not magically stop you from being racist. What you choose to give attention to is revealing. For example,...
Thanks for the warm introduction, Jiyuu. It is greatly appreciated. I do not think any one of us has it all figured out. I am continually humbled...
Since this thread is already absurd, I figure this as good an excuse as any to post this Bond/Silva clip:...
I only know Bakunin through V.I. Lenin. I think it is in the State and Revolution that V.I. Lenin accuses Bakunin of having no transition period,...
I have read Dawkins. I actually enjoyed his Ancestor's Tale. I wish he would have stuck with evolutionary theory and zoology, because he knows...
Have you ever actually read Terry Eagleton? Mr. Eagleton does take into account religious fundamentalism. In the very same article he writes:...
St. Augustine wrote a book called On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis. In said book, he asserted that we should not interpret Genesis...
Hmmm... it may be, but I do not believe we are cynical enough. So for example, as far as politics goes, Republicans and Democrats are basically...
I am still not understanding what it is that you mean. I cannot make any logical sense out of what you wrote. Sorry, I do not mean to sound like a...
Hallo everybody! I suppose a little background information would be appropriate. I am a political philosophy student with a penchant for...
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