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Evil is ambiguous. Give me some terms with definitive meanings and I'll tell you whether you can rank them. When determining the severity of crimes, the principles of offence, harm ...

There's never any hard and fast rule, I think to try and set one is to allow for the wrong decision to be made.

I like black because I'm "dark" and "sophisticated" and no-one understands that my emotions are so much more "real" than theirs. And I mean, people only hate emos because they ...

Personally I mainly agree with Firestarter. It shouldn't be an issue for the state, but rather one of academic & professional conduct. There could only ever be a problem if ...

And the difference is clear cut? There is never an excuse for killing? Not in war, not in self defence, not to stop further harm? What about some of the ...

"[N]o man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor ...

Keeping in mind that there's a rather cordial discussion happening in this forum as to the correct interpretation of the Bible, how do we determine which practices fall strictly within ...

How then do we deal with issues such as abusive cultural practices? Do we ignore the elephant in the room that is religion? Religion is currently a viable defence for ...

On what basis? What frame of reference do you use to distinguish allegorical passages from literal ones? For some, such as the parables told by jesus, it is more obvious. ...

For the record, I would also classify Scientology as a cult, even though it has had rather outstanding success in avoinding taxation through applications through religious legislation. Don't trust the

One of the big issues when debating religion in general is that the values found in religion for defining things such as truth, moral right etc don't gel well with ...

Of anxiety, pointing and searching for our deaths. The one third of the world dying to some disease obviously can't point to cancer (though it's considered a bigger issue these ...

I honestly think the blame game isn't constructive, but even faceless corporations need an advocate. Rather than demonising the media, keep in mind that they market what sells, and market ...

I agree with Black ghost, life forms do not obey the laws of classification, they conform to them. As for the parasitic nature of reproduction....parasitic organisms that cannot survive without ...

Hmm we seem to be rehashing the same ideas we brought up earlier... Basically, I would consider smacking a child to be sufficient to teach them right and wrong (in ...