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I am lost. Growing up, conservatism meant favoring a smaller government, individual rights, minimal foreign involvement, etc... Now, it seems to mean stronger military, forcing Christian beliefs on non-Christians, and policing the world.

I always had mixed feelings about what the republican par...

@JoeyCMarchio If you just want a short answer for why it is though to be caused by us, the biggest is that we have measured the effect of CO2 as a greenhouse gas. We know what it does and that there is now far more of it. The second reason is that we are experiencing the greatest rate of temperat...

@fivethirty That is a strange way of looking at it to me. Science has little to say on if the idea of "Before" the big bang is a valid concept. The general idea is that space-time was created at that instant. And I do not know that anyone thinks of a pure nothingness as ever having existed. So fa...

@wwhit2001 Heh, fair enough. If you really are interested in multiple universe theories, there is a book titled, "The Hidden Reality" by Brian Greene. It is not an atheist book at all. There is no mention of God or religion. But it does cover all the major multiple universe hypotheses out there i...

Why is Jingle Bells still a thing? We have to stop letting Jingle Bells be a thing when something like this is virtually unknown. I'd hope a robot counsel would demand this.

@hdregmore Can you name some groups who think survival of the fittest should apply to humans? And do you think racial purity is something atheists see as beneficial? I know you live in England and I cannot speak to your experience, but in America, guess what kinds of organizations were the last t...

I realize thanks to Eugene Delgaudio, (perhaps the most hateful bigot to have public attention) this video is going to have a large number of, "Pro family" people viewing it. And as much as I hate to say it, in this one case, they are right. A teacher should not be fired for personal views unless...

@catpee11 His point is valid without regard of the video's message. He was not advocating Jesus so much as pointing out how our dating system works. BC means Before Christ. Clearly the date 1200BC was for our benefit as anyone from that time would have had to rely on a different system.

@renardo3333 " If a man and a woman commit the same crime the man will do longer time." This is actually something many feminists are against. They also oppose the idea that the mother is inherently a better parent in custody cases. "Or how about in the army, women get free breast implants" I am ...

Tesla. Edison. You know you have to do this eventually.

@hdregmore You are an idealist. I commend that, but there is little room for your position on Youtube. It would be amazing if people here were looking for ideological debates, but let's face it. They aren't. If you deal with issues so core to the beliefs of different people, you have to accept th...

@vghardcore Largely because of the arbitrary ways we traditionally have defined race. If you have white skin, you are Caucasian. Never mind the various and until recently almost isolated populations that are as genetically diverse as the middle east to sub-Saharan Africa. We all fall under one br...

@hdregmore Of course many of us do. Everyone likes a sense of community. I just wanted to make sure it was understood that this quote may not be entirely accurate because in my experience, my mentality is very common among atheists. I do not know those who are looking to reinforce denial, but I c...

"Planning a trip" completely changed meaning after, "I'm always hallucinating."

@MegaSage007 I cannot speak for all atheists. (Who can?) I am of a minority even among this group in never having been religious. But defining atheism as war with the god of the bible seems somewhat out there. Though I may have a bit of a biblical bent. I was fascinated by Christianity and Taoism...