by VorJack
One of the good things about working in the museum field is that other museum folks are more willing to tell it to you straight. And so, during a tour of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, one curator told a group of us about the historic baseball that Abner Doubleday didn’t [...]
If God existed and was “all-powerful,” what actions/events should he be held morally accountable for?
(Note: Your answers may or may not be used in a top-secret art project…)
by VorJack
For me, one of the most fraught and frustrating words in the english language is the word “spiritual.” Salman Rushdie once complained that everything in Western culture gets stuck with the “spiritual” label. Even walking your dog could be considered spiritual.
There was an episode of Nature dealing with Death Valley. They interviewed [...]
by VorJack
I’m reading Diarmid MacCulloch’s Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years right now. Let me just say that I will NOT be reviewing this thousand page monstrosity. It’s fairly good so far, but I can’t see myself finishing it any time soon.
Sharp-eyed readers will notice that Christianity has gained another one thousand years [...]
by VorJack
Despite the attention received by the New Atheists, they are just the most recent face of atheism. There have been many previous generation of atheists. In my recent poll, 18% of respondents stated that they had always been an atheist, and presumably this means that most of them were raised in non-theistic households.
The [...]
by VorJack
I first heard about Adam and Eve in Sunday school. Then I heard about cave men from some pop culture source – the comic strip B.C. maybe.
This confused me. I kept asking people who came first: Adam & Eve or the cave men? I can’t remember ever getting an answer.
Later on [...]
by VorJack
One debate that has passed me by is the male infant circumcision debate. It always catches me off guard when I suddenly find people with very developed opinions on the matter.
So, in the interest of my education: What are your arguments for or against male infant circumcision?
by VorJack
Lots of folks used the last question to figure out where other commentors live. So let’s cut to the chase:
Where all y’all at?
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By GOD ALL DAY: God finds ways into peoples lives. Weather it through dreams or life experinces and your right everybodys... The double standards of God
Entropist: These idiots are wrong on so many different levels, its hard to... Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” Rally – Interviews With Participants
Just a Guy: Me an my wife have negotiated infidelity. Meaning she can be with other guys as long as she doesn’t hide... Negotiated Infidelity
Gwenny: Absolutely not! The world has plenty of people having kids. A child consumes HUGE amounts of resources, which from both a... QotD: Kids?
Siberia: Or maybe they know they have neither patience nor inclination to deal with the fruit of their loins and thus, rather than be... QotD: Kids?
DDM: Repubs and Dems. He’s saying they only take first impressions and... Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” Rally – Interviews With Participants
CM: Good point, most religions encourage having a lot of children. From an evolutionary standpoint you sort of owe it to your... QotD: Kids?
