Galatea

Leja, be hesitant to blame teachers alone. There's a principal over their heads, superintendents over theirs, and states over theirs. In CO, for example, our state assessment (per the requirements ...

he gives you choises and then lets you choose... what you choose is up to you. But he punishes you for those choices? What if he's not listening? How can ...

I would also like to point out that men who run for office are rarely criticized as being poor parents. I dislike Palin, but to attack her parenting? Like Obama ...

Doubt is normal and natural. Questions are normal and natural. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. A lot of terrible things happened to me in high school. I saw councilors, ...

So, my thoughts on Christianity are invalid? I'm baptized, confirmed as a Methodist, took several years of extensive Bible study and left the church when I was probably 17 or ...

And my argument would be that the creation story was put in place by people who didn't know how to explain the world around them except through stories. Like Zeus' ...

thunder, do you realize what you've just done? You've gone and created an -interpretation- of the tale of (wo)Man's creation based on your own personal understandings of the story. What ...

Is woman made from man's rib and naturally subordinate to him? There are actually two creation stories in the Bible. One that maintains this myth, and the other that says ...

Contrary to popular belief, 2012 is when the Mayan calendar starts over , not ends. We're currently in what they Maya called the "Hell years". We're also in the last ...

Hey now, you can't go judging all of America because of our President. I certainly didn't vote him. Have you seen the approval ratings lately? The country all but loathes ...

I think Rubric's question is more along the lines of "Why do we need the Bible to dictate morality?" Is there anyone who truly follows the Bible to the letter ...

Meep, America doesn't "prance about". You'd think, from reading the posts here, that America is constantly up in every other country's face, insistent and demanding and policing. That simply isn't ...

See, I think that art really requires talent on the author's part. A red box on a white canvas...I don't see how that has any deep meaning or underlying self ...

wiseman, sources are perfectly acceptable. In a debate like this, you make a better arguement if you are well informed. Furthermore, Sgt. Salt did an excellent job of representing his ...

What do we do, though, Minerva? Nations are constantly appealing the United States for assistance. If we don't help, we're selfish. If we do help, we're sticking out noses in ...