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@davis but don’t forget to factor in the kerb of the road where deadly traffic could swerve and catch you unawares as you swerve to avoid the ladder

The content of the bible has nothing to do with serious attempts to record events at the time they took place, and everything to do with Paul creating a religion for political purposes.  It’s nothing freaky. The Mormon religion has the same development history. Again a made up tale of magic and empty promises. I can’t trivialize the contents of h…[Read more]

Hi Kenneth, welcome to Atheist Zone!

@davis I think urban legends are probably closest to a modern day equivalent

@gerardwood I like that.  I think it gets easier to put aside negative things as you get older.  I can’t remember the last time I was consumed with anger.

A society can bestow rights, whether it be by consensus or legislation.  No human is born with inbuilt rights. They may be born with needs, but unless their social environment chooses to address these, they will not have those needs fulfilled.

The human basic animal may have urges to ‘thrive’ but the human mind often quashes some of those urges.…[Read more]

@popebeanie It depends if it’s tax exempt.

Would you like to annotate that statement, Jake?  After all, this is a discussion, not a card game 🙂

I would find Tolkien’s Middle Earth and all its critters more credible than any religions. At least the sacred text is non contradictory.

I also think that a common denominator in the religions I can bring to mind, is that all of them appear to have an unprovable belief that is alleged to be objective, ie that others joining the group can learn a…[Read more]