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It never fails to amaze me how Christians -- despite their overwhelming majority and dominance in our society, and all the privileges they enjoy -- somehow manage to portray themselves as the underdogs, the oppressed community, always under siege. It really boggles the mind. I am not the only one to...

Which just shows you definitely ain't a "Southerner". :wink: Ever'where else up north of us they call it "p'CAHN". Hmmph.....damn Yankees never could talk right. Here in central Texas we say p'CAHN or pehCAHN. A "pee-can" is something you keep under the bed in case you need to relieve yourself at n...

Second quote: So how did such an irrational worldview ever gain traction in western cvilization -- which was built on objectivity and rationality? That quote seemed so out-of-character from the rest of what I know about RHJ. This is a person who believes in the literal absolute truth of the Bible, d...

This last screed about postmodernism didn't do much for me. Maybe it's because RHJ is shooting down an idea (that all concepts are equally valid) which I already rejected as an absurdity long ago -- probably the first time I ever heard it. He has, however, written a few things that I found striking ...

New Braunsfels?

You're off by about 150 miles. Hamilton Texas is halfway between Waco and Brownwood. (Or some might say, about the middle of nowhere.)

The pilgrim disguise didn't make sense to me. If they were planning to run as soon as they were discovered anyhow, then why not sneak into the barn? Why announce their presence at all? Anyhow. . . It's easy to see where this is going. If ever there was an opportune moment for Quentin to make peacefu...

I'd say yes. That isn't a toy. The bolts will penetrate flesh, if they didn't the thing wouldn't stop a pigeon. Given his height some of those bolts will wind up going into peoples' intestines and without antibiotics such wounds almost invariably lead to fatal infections. It's not impossible, but I...

At first glance, Quentin's decision to help this, um, person. . . seems rather puzzling and maybe naive. However, let's remember for a moment that he doesn't view this scene exactly the way you or I might. Quentin has never seen humans for most of his life, but he's heard plenty about them. They're ...

Is that a knight I spy? A knight girded for battle, in full plate armor? It sure makes a romantic image -- even iconic -- but you don't ride around in plate like that for recreation or routine travel. Makes me wonder what he's doing there. That kind of armor in our world was a product of seemingly ...

What kind of world do we live in, where J. K. Rowling gets to be a billionaire, and RHJ can't pay his bills? Where's the logic, the fairness? I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of un...

The scientific method is an excellent approach but having worked at the Smithsonian for several years I can tell you science has it's high priests and dogmas as well. Talk about absolutists! That I am well aware of, and it can be frustrating at times. But if the evidence is strong enough they event...

Now, I've got to admit I was charmed by The Dark Crystal. . . which doesn't prove any sequel will be worth beans. And X-Men 3 looks good -- in the trailers, but it's easy to make a trailer look good. My gripe is about all the movies aimed at kids, either partly or completely. When I was about 12, St...

someone (sorry but I've forgotten who) moves back with " IF the universe exists forever (through the multiple big bang theory)) THEN atheism is not as bleak as you say it will be, or at least it may not be as bleak as you say it will be" Sorry, I just don't get the whole bleakness thing. Nor do I e...

well, at least being a christian has taught me to sympathise with others. (something I see you failing to do) I'm sorry, I didn't mean to give that impression. :( and you're missing the point entirely with my double bladed attack. the second part (thie infinite existance part) absolutely disproves ...

That is the journey, to find the truth. Is there a God and what is this being like? What is our relationship with this being? How should we then live in light of this knowledge? Just because people disagree doesn't mean they are all wrong. But it's not a search for truth. This is one of my main obj...

so, on one edge of this blade, we have a bleak and pointless existance, and on the other edge, we have something that suggests the existance of either a supreme being, or (if you want to push it) at least a supreme set of rules that must be obeyed beyone all others I don't see the connection. I mea...

if I have to make a choice between being wrong but enjoying my life thinking that I'm right and believing that no matter what I do it won't change how things will end up anyway (screwed as you put it) I think I'd choose to be wrong but enjoy it anyway. just to not believe in something totally bleak...

Zobeid, perhaps you should present an actual reason as to why you think religeon is folly. What is the actual reason that you think the world would be better off without any form of organized religeon? In exceedingly plain and simple terms (as simple as one can get without insulting another person'...

1. If you knew the teachings of the various Christian churches you would find much more agreement than disagreement. And what about the other religions? Some Jews believe God has forbidden them from writing down anything permanent on the sabbath. Some Muslims believe God doesn't want them to create...

until a perfect and stable society does evolve (note the society needs to evolve, not the organisms within it) we will always have a need to create a new generation, and as far as I can see it takes a male and a female to produce that next generation. I may be pointing out the painfully obvious, bu...