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Atheism doesn't have genocide amongst its founding principles. To judge by the posts of atheists on the 'net, the principle of atheism is irresponsibility. Christianity declares itself to be founded on the Scriptures, which are full of genocides, massacres, floods etc, actually committed or command...

Noahs ark is a joke , he shouldn't have been given a cent , been believed or indulged in any way , it's just so obvious to someone who lives in the real world , that Noahs ark is an impossible story , it can't, didn't happen ,!!! Quite so. Philosophers ask whether the book of Genesis in which it is...

Kayla wrote:if the Aztec were not pagan, how would you describe them

Aztecs were pagan.

Simplicity of evolution mechanism does not explain its purpose/aim. You will probably answer "there is no aim". But such claim is not possible to verify :( Indeed. If we give thanks to Darwin because we now understand why we are here, we understand more than Darwin did, who took the view ...

tbieter wrote:http://www.startribune.com/opinion/othe ... 23408.html

'According to a 2009 Gallup study, only 38 percent of Americans say they believe in evolution.'

Which may mean that 62 percent of Americans are liars.

The 10 commandments are a load of crap, very little to go on. The principles of the sanctity of life and property are everywhere the basis of civil and criminal law, in their every aspect. Not that anyone needed to be told to neither kill nor steal— law existed long before Moses or even Abraham. Th...

Oh yeah and... Where did John baptize? Were the Pharisees baptized by John? How did God address Jesus at his baptism? Can God be tempted? Is it OK to test (or tempt) God? Who is the Lord of this world? Who owns the earth? Should we serve God alone? This is just Matthew. Don't they say, "Contex...