Rubric

Slavery is also a social concept.

On the logic of "fastest-growing" religion. Also, Vanz, just a minor quibble, but it's a tad discourteous to use the phrasing "Christians and Catholics" in much the same way that ...

Alternatively it's because they're Christians, rather than Mosaic Hebrews. Seriously, give John or Romans a read some time. EDITOR'S NOTE: Of course, historically, the medieval church was all about th

The problem with "I am human" is that it fails to express the empathy or solidarity of "I am Charlie" or the even better "I am Ahmed". The issue is ...

The people who watched the Jurassic Park films and thought "this it Great! We should totes do this in real life!" Aren't the kind of people who should be making ...

All for it in just about every context. It's perfectly normal, natural and healthy and I imagine that people railing against it cause more social dysfunction than the practice itself.

Thank you for that insight Rubric. I feel like I can understand that perspective better, but I still do have some questions. Even if a person is in the position ...

chrisevo98: What I want to know is why Muslims don't like depictions of their prophet, needless speculation go. This really disappointed me. You’re a young person living in the Internet ...

I intentionally said "pursuing action they perceive to be morally justified" rather than anything more positive, and I believe it to be true. Even those pursuing money or power do ...

This post is not really designed to display my own opinion on LGBT+ rights and marriage, but to paint, in broad strokes, some of the issues surrounding the issue from ...

No. Conspiracies surrounding "New World Orders" and the like are a comforting way to try and explain away complex social and political interactions that defy simple explanation or intuitive understand

It may seem like a semantic point, but "Allah" is the Arabic word for God, so Arab Christians also pray to Allah. It's worth remembering this amidst a community increasingly ...

Way to undermine the idea that respect for human dignity isn't contingent on agreeing with someone's outlook.

Burrow: If your approval of someone relies on them not being homosexual then you are, by definition, discriminating against them based on sexual orientation. There are no ifs or buts; ...

I think my other big problem with the pledge is the way it conflates principles with institutions. Consider the words "to the Republic...liberty and Justice for all" What about when ...