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It's been ten years since Mark Richt won an SEC championship. But winning ten games in the east is commendable. Golf clap

It's once again the time of the year when other fans point out all the ways Bama is imperfect and should be beat, while your team is sitting at the house watching.

He talked about himself for like ten minutes and sounded kind of insecure in his defense of the situation, I give it 8/10 Finebaums

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The newest talking point I'm hearing way too much about, making the rounds on Facebook. Read the comments below the video for even more rage-inducing material.

This thread again.

Since it is virtually impossible for anyone with religious belief to objectively look at the notion of religion, their various histories, and actual scientific observations, using things like reason don't work.

Regardless of whether you have any good arguments for there being a creator of the universe, there isn't any factual evidence you can provide to distinguish which religious figure throughout history deserves to be worshipped. You have to rely on faith and circular reasoning. "I believe in X because my religion teaches me that X is the one true God."

If you can't see how ridiculous this line of thinking is, then you are one of them. Luckily the number of these people is dwindling.

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Consider that if a new country sprung up and decided over time it was prudent for the success of the country to kill all first born children

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An example of something God apparently did in the bible.

So, you claim that objective morality exists because of God.

Then, you list an example (one of many) where God takes a subjective view of his stated morality, and kills all first born children for some greater purpose.

If what God does is always moral, then morality is not objective.

If what God does is not always moral, then God is a major a-hole, unworthy of being worshipped.:lol:

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That is interesting because one tenet of the group you attack is to love thy neighbor as thyself. Am I to think that does not pertain to the here and now?

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Seriously? Like how much you all love homosexuals, liberals, atheists, muslims, etc.?

Most people I know that aren't religious are much less judgmental towards people who are different from them. This is not to say that religious people are better or worse than non-believers, just that I think there are some flaws in the tenets of most religions. How can you not look at things like slavery and realize that the bible shouldn' be the basis for our morality?

Listen, I think Jesus was a cool dude who said some wise things. But attempting to follow his teachings doesn't give you any moral superiority over others. It's the us vs. them mentality that leads to most of the problems in this world.

The guy who made this video believes the Earth is 6,000 years old. The arguments he uses are too idiotic to even discuss.

Alcohol is legal, and anyone who wants to drink themselves to death will do so.

Heroin is a much more potent, life-threatening, and addictive drug, but who is to say that we shouldn't have freedom to choose what we put in our bodies?

The problem is that we've already established a culture where this drug is labeled taboo, therefore making anyone who uses the drug necessarily a criminal on the edge of society, as well as anyone they associate with.

I could imagine a world in which drugs were never prohibited. Sure, there would be plenty of people who overdose and die, but that already happens by plenty of legal means (like obesity). Having access to purer drugs, as well as harm reduction through public education and a different social attitude towards their use, heroin would not be as heavily tied to things like theft, disease, overdose, and general shame and rejection from society.

It's an interesting hypothetical as to whether things would get better or not if heroin was legalized and far too complicated for me to speculate definitely. The number of users would definitely go up, but the safety associated with its use would also. Perhaps the hardest aspect would be getting rid of its social stigma that has been propagated for years and years.

I do know that mankind will always use and abuse things that make them feel good: drugs, sex, food, or anything else for that matter, whether they are legal or not. Who has ever consciously decided to become addicted to something?

The question fall back to what should people have the freedom to do, even if it may harm them. I say it would be better to legalize it, but this would require us completely reshaping our society in a number of ways unlikely to ever happen.

I seriously doubt the website Facebook will exist in 2065. Websites and the internet as we know it will be a lot different than we can imagine right now. Just look at websites from about fifteen years ago