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Parents do, however, have a duty of care to their child. If a future career that a child planned to pursue after becoming an adult required a degree of training ...

Using one's own life force to cast spells is a very common fantasy trope, discussed here: and r4p17, the money thing was an analogy for casting from one's personal pool ...

So the basic framework that I’ve found helpful is to approach Magic as a consistent system, and as a social and narrative construct. There are many different ways to discuss ...

I also hear that Shakespeare used a whole bunch of vaguelly unrelated cultural references and metaphors within his own work because he was a ninja-robot-writer from the future who went ...

Let's take a step back then pretzel. I get that you didn't write it, and I don't hold you responsible for the content of it beyond the point that you ...

Just as a heads up, my tone is going to become a bit snarky or even mean during this post, and I just want to signpost that now, and the ...

"Teams are silly. Why can't everyone be on the same team? You should all join my team. My team is the best." - Every team captain.

This raises an interesting question in regards to the value we attach to living and non-living things. How much context ought we apply when compiling that value? For instance, I ...

Couple Things. 1) Be careful when arguing corner cases. Hypothetical examples can be helpful, but don't fall into the trap of thinking that a statistically insignificant or unusual occurrence provides

Giving in to any religion in this day and age would undo progress in civil liberties that have been made since the Dark Ages. Would it? Edit: That is to ...

@carboncore The idea that the Bible is a magic book that you can randomly flick open and find helpful self-help advice applicable to your current difficulties is, frankly, wishful thinking ...

Deuteronomy 20:10-14 As you approach a town to attack it, first offer its people terms for peace. If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all ...

This is a matter you should take up the chain, as DrFeelGood advised, and does not make an appropriate basis for an SD&D thread, as it will (at best) become ...

This Post is responsive, and will be going off track. Fore-warned is fore-armed. On the logic of "fastest-growing" religion. There's no need to be funny. Rob : I disagree, but ...

I think this is needless obscurantism. I think you could look at a “social construct” such as the 1830’s-1860’s slave-holding practice in the southern US states and come to a ...