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 Topic: Democracy |
AstroGeek
Replies: 69
Views: 2877
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 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:12 pm Subject: Democracy |
I'm conflicted about democracy on a couple of levels:
1) How democratic are we really? I mean, in the United States you pretty much have to be rich to get elected. And white (up until recently). An ... |
| Topic: Is "militant atheism" a misleading term? |
AstroGeek
Replies: 54
Views: 2169
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:54 pm Subject: Is "militant atheism" a misleading term? |
| I have a bit of a different take in this. In my opinion, an atheist can be called militant if he/she is being deliberately shocking or confrontational in their statements (cough, cough, Richard Dawkin ... |
| Topic: Post a random truth (about yourself) |
AstroGeek
Replies: 16790
Views: 595288
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:47 pm Subject: Post a random truth (about yourself) |
| I love musical theater. Last night I had a dream where for some reason I had to sing Defying Gravity in Wicked at my school--which is really weird since I'm a guy, so I can't really play the Wicked Wi ... |
| Topic: Pressures - HELP |
AstroGeek
Replies: 7
Views: 1002
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:40 pm Subject: Pressures - HELP |
| Have you considered coming out to your family? I mean, it's only natural for people to expect you to be straight, because 95% of the population is--it's a pretty safe bet most of the time. |
| Topic: Islam emerges as key issue for GOP (2011) |
AstroGeek
Replies: 49
Views: 2106
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:37 pm Subject: Islam emerges as key issue for GOP (2011) |
| Yes, this guy might well support the stoning of gays. To say I strongly disaprove would be an understatement. However, he doesn't DO it--and there are openly gay guys at my school. That is the more im ... |
| Topic: Islam emerges as key issue for GOP (2011) |
AstroGeek
Replies: 49
Views: 2106
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:14 pm Subject: Islam emerges as key issue for GOP (2011) |
That's true, racism is the wrong word. But it most of these comments are still very prejudice.
As for racism not causing all of this segregation: True, immigrants often cluster together. But I don' ... |
| Topic: Islam emerges as key issue for GOP (2011) |
AstroGeek
Replies: 49
Views: 2106
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:13 am Subject: Islam emerges as key issue for GOP (2011) |
| Let me get this straight: People are arguing that because of racial divisions within England we should be intolerant of Muslims. Could it possibly be that those racial divisions were caused by intoler ... |
| Topic: Islam emerges as key issue for GOP (2011) |
AstroGeek
Replies: 49
Views: 2106
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:54 pm Subject: Islam emerges as key issue for GOP (2011) |
| Well, there isn't a Muslim majority, but I would say no. I do not view Christians as having a right to impose their values on the rest of the population and they are in a majority in the USA. They do ... |
| Topic: Temp Sticky: Worlds of Our Creation |
AstroGeek
Replies: 63
Views: 3393
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:45 pm Subject: Temp Sticky: Worlds of Our Creation |
I've come up with several different ones. I'll describe my favourite one here:
The year is 2770(ish). Humans have now colonized about 20 star systems. The Solar System still has by far the largest ... |
| Topic: Feel like a 12 year old with respect to gay relationships |
AstroGeek
Replies: 5
Views: 2364
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:04 pm Subject: Feel like a 12 year old with respect to gay relationships |
| Thanks everyone! That actually does make me feel a lot better. I guess I'm just so used to being more mature than my peers that it's quite a shock to me now that I finally have to deal with feeling im ... |
| Topic: Islam emerges as key issue for GOP (2011) |
AstroGeek
Replies: 49
Views: 2106
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:56 pm Subject: Islam emerges as key issue for GOP (2011) |
| Okay, all of this is ridiculously racist. Although I strongly disagree with the policies of fundamentalist Muslims I do not think we can declare the entire Muslim community as being evil. They have ev ... |
| Topic: If aliens exist... |
AstroGeek
Replies: 54
Views: 2346
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:43 pm Subject: If aliens exist... |
| Whether other sentient creatures are as violent as us or not (I personally suspect that some would be, many wouldn't be) it would be highly unethical to try to commit genocide against them. |
| Topic: 100 things about NT teens you don't understand |
AstroGeek
Replies: 198
Views: 37743
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:45 pm Subject: 100 things about NT teens you don't understand |
The whole "teacher's pet", "your gay" and "you act like you are (insert race here)" concept. It's really odd.
LOL! I AM a teacher's pet, I've recently realized I'm gay, and someone once said (alt ... |
| Topic: gravity is god |
AstroGeek
Replies: 45
Views: 3909
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:29 am Subject: gravity is god |
| It's true that only small black holes evaporate RIGHT NOW. But, in the very distant future (like trillions of trillions of trillions of years from now) the cosmic microwave background will have been r ... |
| Topic: Any other Humanists out there? |
AstroGeek
Replies: 42
Views: 1962
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:42 pm Subject: Any other Humanists out there? |
| @Vigilans: What you say about detonating the bombs far away is quite true, of course. But I strongly suspect you are being too rational for politicians here. Detonating nuclear bombs in space is a tet ... |
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