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A great deal of fundamental ideas which we all accept as a matter of social justice came from Christians that was not accepted by, say, the ...

Bob:  Keep in mind, Victor, that those words were penned by a deist - a man who believed there were no consequences to his actions (or ina...

What are the religious motivations for good behavior? Is it all reward and punishment, or is it motivating for people to believe that their...

Herbert Marcuse wrote:  “Tolerance is extended to policies, conditions, and modes of behavior which should not be tolerated because they a...

Marriage licenses, at the very least, require explanation. It would be interesting to know what other countries do on this issue.  One argum...

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It's been decades since I've voted for a Republican for President. I think it unlikely that I will break that streak this year. But,...

In the case of gay marriage, one place to look to start with is the whole issue of what the government is doing giving out marriage licenses...

Japanese Buddhists on the Hawaiian Islands formed the Young Man's Buddhist Association, or the YMBA. Can you imagine the Buddhist monk...

One question that interests me is the question is whether debate of any kind can do anything to marginalize an opposing viewpoint, or wheth...

Here.  When someone becomes a Christian, what sets the stage is the following intuitive insight: There is something very wrong with me; I...

Therefore, go and make atheists of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Richard Dawkins,  and of Sam Harris,  and of Christopher H...

Religious apologists complain bitterly that atheists and secularists are aggressive and hostile in their criticism of them. I always say: l...

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 If someone uses the n-word a lot and makes a lot of crude jokes at the expense of African-Americans they have got to be a......

“But, don’t you see,” said I, “that science never could show anything of the sort?” “Why on earth not?” “Because science studies Nature....

If it's all made up, how did this happen. Here.