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When an ISIS militant beheads a shia muslim for being an apostate, that violence springs from the same place in the human heart as does the vehemence of those evangelicals ...

I help lead a youth group at a fairly conservative evangelical Anglican Church which includes kids from a deeply religious background who I'd wager would knock you out of the ...

Many arguments for the provision of so-called "gay rights" have been framed in the context of sexual orientation being clearly-defined, static and conforming broadly to the shape of traditional models

No, it's easily demonstrated evidence that our direct experience of our shared world is fundamentally variable and uncertain. That's more than simply any old dress.

cdog, do you have an example of a city that would be a better host for the olympics than Boston, and why it would be more in the interests of ...

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 ...

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 ...