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A far simpler explanation is that the ery nature of man's initial genetic advantage (bigger brain) caused changes such as ability to retain information more comprehensively and pass it on ...

Haha, Ok Idle Muse, massive oversight on my part. I'm sure there are others still around too. I meant it in context of a christian absolute monarchy of the feudal ...

In survival of the fittest you would not expect the 'smartest' to win in terms of power or speed. If I'm sitting in a helicopter looking down the scope of ...

The trade off being a big brain? Doubtful, thought is indeed a good evolutionary triumph, but the problem is that for mental strength you destroy the physical ones we already ...

Given that there's a theory that the earth and moon were created by two meteors striking one another, it could have been formed a good deal more quickly. (I don't ...

This debate won't go anywhere, because the two (or more?) sides of the debate won't be able to agree on a definition of God. In response to Suzanne: I guess ...

Back in those days, all scientific progress was stifled by the Church. It was not the scientists but the Church that told everyone that the earth was flat and the ...

You do realize that Hitler believed it his religious duty to kill Jews? *Facepalm* Hitler wasn't christian, though he did patronise a pagan religion based on worship of the sun. ...

Ah sweet, good to see you understand what I was trying to say; I can be a tad convoluted in my argument at times. As for this idea that logic ...

Err, Blink, I've already answered these concerns so I'll paraphrase my above post to more specifically reiterate. For there to be an overall, absolute moral, there would have to be ...

Hey yeah right. Galerius. So it seems you're one of those moral relativists....awesome. Clearly we wouldn't view the actions you describe as moral (though I woul see them as relatively ...

I'd agree that this is a controversial topic specifically because of how fine the line is, an issue that has already been broached. The chance of exploitation of any statute ...

Not quite Hobbes, when you remember we're talking about "best". Hotel Rwanda.

Hatred, your point about the impure nature of modern democracy is a good one: but ultimately I would maintain that modern democracies at worse offer a refracted view of the ...

Here's a better argument: it doesn't matter if they're human or not, the fact is, they are yet to contribute to society and have not started their own independent life. ...