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"I have tried to believe in god" What on earth does this mean?

Hang on, isn't the enrichment process different for weapons-grade uranium? Regardless, the nuclear bomb is clearly distinct technology. You can take multiple actions with nuclear bombs: you can stockp

Aren't nuclear power and weapons both different (yet related) technologies, rather than actions? If you're arguing that nuclear weaponry is 'bad', then don't think you can argue that technology is ...

A handgun can theoretically deter violence with its potential lethality. Further, not all homicides are murder, and it is possible to wound without killing, and indeed intend to do so.

What are the parameters for the immortality we're discussing? Does everyone just end up a vegetable, or is there a stay on degenerative aging processes affecting the mind and body? ...

That is how we would label a human being who acted like God is described to act in your Bible. This seems to be the heart of our disagreement. We ...

Well, excuse me for not having the soul I don't think anyone was calling you soulless. If the word of God is flexible to fit the conduct of the individual ...

Free will isn't worth a damn in a world that was created by an all-knowing mastermind with a plan. Free Will is essentially constructed from ignorance. With more finely tuned ...

Dearest Enema, And what are you talking about media for? Now, granted I wrote what I wrote a couple of months ago, and sad as it is, my passion to ...

doing things we, or the society we live in, would deem either unproductive or not entertaining/rewarding And when you and society disagree?

The idea of wasting time appeals to the transcendental: an ideal or a perfect use of time that is not being met in the waste. Whether or not that exists, ...

Ok, so you draw the line at nucleur weapons. Citizens should therefore be allowed military jets and clusterbombs? Stealth bombers? Chemical weaponry? Weaponised sofware? When it comes down to it, ...

Could you argue that secession neccessitates a nucleur deterrent and that private citizens should therefore be allowed access the nucleur weaponry? If not, where is the line drawn between "one ...

ThePretentiousEnema says... Yeah, I'm done here. Thanks for those of you who debated in a spirit of good faith, even if we shared divergent opinions. Apologies to those I dealt ...

"You don't agree? Why, you must not understand! Allow me to bless you with my superior intellect!" At this point you're clearly just trying to antagonize. I responded (vehemently, angrily ...