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Stein, you are a ray of sunshine in the bitter, twisted cesspool that is Rationalia... And, as with all rays shining onto cesspools, swallowed up without trace... Please don't get too choked up. I'm not proud of the fact that on boards like these I can sometimes get really exasperated and slip into...

From the beginning of Trump’s campaign, I’ve found his appeal to bigotries of all sorts utterly repugnant and just about as blatant as any of the appeals coming from racists of another time like George Wallace or Lester Maddox. That’s one big reason, among many, why I’m voting for Hillary Clinton th...

Yeah, nuff said Crumpy, but humanity is amidst an unparalleled period of peace and prosperity which, paradoxically, is giving you the freedom and leisure to indulge your imagination with self-aurhored stories about how terrible things are. Stein's screed, though a bit religiousy, is a much needed a...

For most of history, the best of times have been those peaceful intervals when a culture can truly thrive. The operative word here may be "peaceful". Humanity can only reach its full potential when there is enough peace, space and prosperity for the spirit to grow. Government's prime function, then ...

Your reply has the feel of a giant nonsequitur about it. Let's try and reset this back to first principles. You started the thread asserting that people who didn't accept the historical existence of Jesus Christ were abusing history. When XC asked you why it mattered if Jesus was a rea guy or not y...

You don't need the historical words of these people to coherently argue for the principles that may have flowed on from their words. All you need in the present is logic and reasoning. Your worship of these people is great from a historical studies perspective, but to claim that they are presently ...

A five-hour Halo binge! I attempted to respond as straightforwardly to your previous as seemed possible, to me anyway. -- The comment above was not addressed to you. I read you 'straighforward' assertions and was not inclined to comment. You have your theory, which is you're own, and to which you a...

I for one applaud Stein's input. So there. Which isn't to say that I agree with any of it. What do you find yourself disagreeing with*, then? No, I am interested. Truly, Stein * I notice two things. i. Stone's literary style, such that it is, is very similar to Stein's. ii. Whether Jesus was a hist...

A five-hour Halo binge! I attempted to respond as straightforwardly to your previous as seemed possible, to me anyway. -- I notice two things. i. Stone's literary style, such that it is, is very similar to Stein's. ii. Whether Jesus was a historical figure or merely a composite myth token has no re...

I notice two things. i. Stone's literary style, such that it is, is very similar to Stein's. ii. Whether Jesus was a historical figure or merely a composite myth token has no relevance to Stein's reply to my question, and no bearing on the issue whatsoever. I also think that any Christian assertion...

I'm saying that there'd be no secularism nor human rights today were it not for Enmetena, Urukagina, Hammurabi, Gotama, Confucius, Socrates, Yeshua, Ulpian, Naylor, Franklin, Tolstoy, Gandhi, King and Mandela and their sort. :lol: We can think for ourselves without knowing anything of these people....

I'm saying that there'd be no secularism nor human rights today were it not for Enmetena, Urukagina, Hammurabi, Gotama, Confucius, Socrates, Yeshua, Ulpian, Naylor, Franklin, Tolstoy, Gandhi, King and Mandela and their sort. :lol: We can think for ourselves without knowing anything of these people....

Those "disagreements over arcane points of research" are what has made the modern world more hospitable to a secular pluralism, you jackass. If you dismiss that, you dismiss the very reason why you happen to be free to talk with strangers in a virtual environment. Human rights are also directly tra...

Honestly, we'd be better off if the world was convinced Jebus was entirely fictional, as that would undermine at least two of the three Abrahamic religions, which together have caused far, far, far more godawful nastiness than any other philosophy I can think of. Nobody is better off believing a li...

I honestly don't understand the problem. The vast majority of people (in the U.S., anyway) not only believe Jebus existed they believe he was the literal Son of God. How is the disbelief of a handful of atheists any threat to historical accuracy? Why do you care so much what people on a few atheist...