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Religion is an easy target for anyone with some capacity to reason. However, it can easily be argued that without religion, the world would be a more barbaric place. Some people seem to need it, others don't. If people would stop trying to account for the meaning and value of others' experience...

I wish that both sides could approach these discussions with a bit more objectivity. Can anyone name another phenomenon (the devil doesn't count) whose existence and nature are so widely debated? I can't but I'm sure that there are some more insightful folks out there than myself.

Religion and Spirituality =/= Synonymous

Science and Spirituality =/= Mutually Exclusive

...or at least they don't have to be. I choose to live in a reality where the above is true. To me, the opinions of others on this matter are beside the point. Trying to account for the experience of others i...

@canucksarepussies Hey what can I say? I guess I've got some range. Please expound on what you were implying there for us. Is the college that one (or more likely one's parents) can afford an accurate measure of intelligence? Maybe your assumption that it is gives us some insight into why you fou...

Whoever gets credit for Friday loses the lawsuit.

I'm white and don't subscribe to any religious faith but I found this sermon to be insightful, entertaining, and moving. I'm a bit confused about the racism remarks. I didn't hear hate speech or anything particularly controversial in what the Reverend had to say.

This reporter was merely doing her job... which just so happens to be spinning stories at the will of corporate media to divide the masses over petty squabbles (ie meaningless party lines in our bought and sold government) because we the people are too powerful for the elite to handle as a united...

In the United States, all laws are supposed to be based on an interpretation of the constitution (as is laid out for us if we bother to look, was intended to protect and not to restrict human freedoms) by public servants whose only function is to voice the will of the people. Law is a man made co...

I didn't find this video very informative. My take on this movement is that there is a sense of frustration over matters ranging from the burden placed on taxpayers without their consent to fund corporate/government agendas that do not represent the interests of the people, to the consolidation o...

Whose interpretation of the constitution deems it illegal for people to assemble and exercise their first ammendment rights? Also, are the police not sworn to protect the constitution, including the bill of rights? A coherent response from one with some semblance of knowledge and/or insight in th...

That was absolutely hysterical. Look, the guy's not perfect or infallible by any means (he is in politics after all) but let's consider the fact that he's following up eight years of Bush-Cheney. This is not a monarchy (thank god... or fsm if you prefer) and he can't possibly repair all the damag...

People who are watching this video and wondering if they should stop drinking themselves probably should. The average temperate drinker almost never has to question their relationship with booze or drugs, and if they do, they can simply stop without all the inner turmoil and deliberation. There i...

@ih8plasticpaddies No. Who would hold them accountable? What I really believe is that people must come together to reconcile their differences without the intervention of government with their oppressive agendas and violent means. Unfortunately, history has shown us that there will always be agg...

I love how willing people are to give the cops free reign to shit on the law that we pay them to uphold. If police aren't agreeing to hold themselves to a higher standard by taking the job then they are not fit to uphold the law. This is rational thought 101 stuff, people. They can beat this guy...

If more people would stop when someone was being detained to watch the way the police behaved with suspects or persons being questioned then we would see less brutality. It is not illegal to observe an arrest. It is not illegal to photograph or record these incidents in a public place. It is not ...

That was a great rendition of one of the most beautiful songs ever. I can only imagine how good it feels to make that music happen. It's clear from the look on his face that it must be pretty amazing.

The fact that the cat is hefty and wearing what appears to be a kimono, combined with the lack of passion in his facial expressions always strikes me as reminiscent of some burn out with a weight problem who has been putting on the same act in some club every night for the past 30 or so years. Al...