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Given the water shortages in South Africa it appears to be an advanced socialist state https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/08/15/venezuelans-foregoing-water-taps-run-dry/ Venezuelans Start Foregoing Water as Taps Run Dry South Africa's water shortage is due to the fact that it is (Like...

I have noticed an uptick in insults being bandied about lately and am quite disappointed in the quality of them. You hairless apes can do better, but if need assistance in coming up with one, here is a handy link: http://www.insultsgenerator.com/ Or perhaps you can just stick to the debate without ...

Most of us have a natural code of ethics. A lot of them are pretty terrible. We don't need any Buddha, Moses, Christ or Marx to tell us what to do. If you don't have such a code or refuse to recognize it, that's your problem... That's the point, it is a problem. You leave out the part of religion t...

Well,for me the most normal and natural thing in the World is to be a believer. I see being an atheist as contrived and bogus. Given that the vast majority of believers accept their particular religion because they grew up in it, and that the various religions of the world are mostly mutually exclu...

I just don't see it turning people gay or into pedophiles. Seems like they would be gay already or pedophiles already when they joined up. Agreed. Both of those distinct traits are innate. There's something deeply rooted in the culture of the Catholic hierarchy that has attracted those people. But ...

When it comes to social conservatism, the question is very present in today's mainline protestant denominations in the U.S. As we discussed, the Episcopal Church has effectively schismed. My sister is a Methodist minister, and tells me that her denomination is now wrestling with the same issues (es...

Are there any signs (say, in public opinion polls) that the US voting public, true to form as defined by past history, may elect a predominantly Democrats House of Reps. later this year? Or do you think that the fact that this year the economy is growing at over 4% p.a. will hoodwink voters into re...

But with the so-called "Continuing Anglican" movement, nowadays it may be the former, as socially conservative Anglican parishes look for an ecclesiastical home more in line with their beliefs. So within the Anglican communion there is a body of opinion that holds that the duty of the Church is to ...

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Tue Aug 14, 2018 3:10 pm

Lol anyone else have a pick?

I'd go with low information voters, but then each of you would just assign that to your respective arguments.

This authoritarian club of Erdogan, Trump and Putin (and junior partner Duterte) is rather scary to me. I just hope some uppance comes for Trump before his supporters let him pass his 'enabling act'! :lol: I doubt whether Trump could ever persuade even a Republican controlled Congress to give him s...