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Many other people have followers who believe they hold supernatural powers, often despite compelling evidence to the contrary. This persists even in...

Correct. And if I were more informed and the issue were more personal to me, I would probably have some sharply defined opinions on that matter. I...

My position is that things are better than they used to be, but there is still plenty of hell on Earth. There has never been a golden age, but there...

But why were you illustrating that?

Guns were clearly designed to kill, in fact guns were clearly first developed to kill people. It was simple escalation. Using them for hunting as...

"given"? No one gives me money. Money is earned. I never said you should feel sorry "for people who have everything", so not sure why you'd...

The whole child thing was brought up as an attempt to elicit an emotional response, rather than a logical one. If you want to be drawn into, then I...

You only stated you felt it should be related to "the amount of damage a weapon might be able to inflict, and how quickly it can do so". With...

That seems counter intuitive, in my view. The more accurate the device the less apt to hit what is NOT being aimed at. Say a pesky fly on the end...

I do? Why? What is the point you think I made? I believe in reasonable gun legislation, but not an overreaction that goes too far in...

Steve, I understand that in a fictional historical sense. However, I do not believe that Jesus ever actually rose from the dead, nor was the son of...

Doing what?

From post 19 in this thread. Wanna tell me something I don't already know or have said?

You need more of a concrete answer than that. You now seem to be arguing against your own point. Based on what you are saying to do not wish...

You seem to be bouncing all over. What is your position?

Regarding gun control, although I'm not an expert, I would think that the amount of damage a weapon might be able to inflict, and how quickly it can...

870 million people starving? More than 36 million dying directly or indirectly from malnutrition per year? I am not saying things suck everywhere...

I don't think things suck and I am am unsure what gave you that opinion.

We live in the most peaceful prosperous moral time in human history. In many respects things still suck, but they have gotten continuously getting...

Based on what criteria?

I realize there are many solutions to things in theory.

I wouldn't be hard on Gates if I met him, but I am not talking to him right now. Regarding people being allowed to spend the money given to them...

I am his source!

If your comment "they should have kept it in their pants" includes masturbation instead of strict celibacy (some people believe that any...

Imo, slavery was not the inevitable result of capitalism or a requirement of civilization. I'll explain: Capitalism is evil to all who don't...

Which does not provide any eyewitnesses to Jesus' ministry. What it does is note that there are few documents which reference Pontius Pilate, which...

Bullshit. Sexual release can happen by yourself, so there's ZERO need to create a child that you can't be responsible for. I do have sympathy...

Since the topic here isn't about why I disagree with you on killing "other things" (animals), it would detract from the current topic....we're...

Again, you add the persons intent as part of the design for a gun, which is incorrect. A gun can easily launch a projectile straight up, at nothing,...