AuroraOrodel

If your story is taking place in the Republic of Ireland, there's still a really strong sense of nationalism there. Gaelic isn't called Gaelic, it's called Irish. Most of the ...

Nonetheless, what I'm trying to ask is whether you guys really think 'punishment' helps. Getting people to not do stuff because they're scared of getting hurt. There will still be ...

Considering our jail system is massively overcrowded, under-staffed, and out-dated, it's amazing we find money to manage them in the United States. We have a lot of dumb misdemeanors that ...

People who believe in a god are not reasonable in the literal sense. Either way I'm not talking about potential. I'm talking about something that repeatedly fosters radicalism and at ...

EDIT: now that I'm no longer at work and have time for thinking... Let's imagine a hypothetical situation where you have two different towns. In one of the towns there ...

Now to the radicals. I understand you can't judge Christians by their fundamentalists. However, the fundamentalists (that blow up abortion clinics, picket the funerals of soldiers, tell their children

Literal as in: There are people that read their holy books and believe at face value what they say. There are people who LITERALLY believe the universe is 6,000 years ...

Here's the facts that we know: There is zero evidence for anything supernatural. There is actually a great deal about the universe and our own tiny world that is not ...

EDIT: Also, Aurora (I think we posted at the same time!), I did not say "absolute bad" on purpose. Otherwise, Christianity would totally be out of the picture, when it ...

The main difference between atheism and theism is that in atheism, there is no absolute good. Nor is there absolute perfection. Nor is there any difference between right and wrong. ...

I love discussions of this nature. Do we have a question to start out with? Also, for purposes of discussion, are we going to confine the definition of "God" to ...

I like this. I really like this. A lot. The world is crystal clear to me and very intriguing. Your characters are equally intriguing. I would like to know the ...

I love mythological beasties! Part I: The merchant's story has a strong oratory feel to it. Much mythology has this feeling, because the stories are meant to be read aloud ...

Overall, I like this. It has the feel of a fable, what with the animals and the clear morality. I think the second half that focuses on Gabriel is stronger ...

When writing fight scenes, the specific moves are less important than the character's emotional and physical state. When I'm reading a fight scene, I'm less interested in how the character ...