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These questions have been bothering me lately, and I figured I would get some people's opinions on the matter: 1. Were the atomic bombings necessary? 2. If the bombings were necessary, should the United States have waited longer than three days to drop the second bomb? 3. Were the...

-I didn't know whether to post this in the science section or the skepticism section; my apologies if I chose wrong. I got bored one day and decided to take my old Ouija board out of the shed. I tried to use it, but the planchette didn't move at all, excluding the little motions made by my hand...

About a year ago my relatives offered to take me on a hunting trip. I was a vegetarian, but I figured that the trip would be fun so I decided to go with them. For two days we roamed the Sonoran Desert, searching for our prey and doing our best to ignore the triple-digit temperature. I wasn't...

To say the least... AronRa has recently been criticized for his handling of the discussion with Randy. An examination of the comments section on Randy's video, however, is suffice to prove that Aron is handling the situation much better than some people would. Here's what some of my atheist...

My cousin's dog died recently *I miss you, Kipp* which led to a discussion between my mother and I regarding consciousness. I don't think anything happens after we die, I think we are like machines, we just shut down. My mother, on the other hand, believes that consciousness survives...

I am currently working towards my A.A. degree. This July I will be starting a chemistry class, but to be honest I don't know all that much about chemistry. Are there any good books, preferably short ones, on the subject?

One of my atheist friends told me about a creationism thread on stormfront. Normally I wouldn't go on a site like that, but I thought I'd check out the thread. Here's a link to it: http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t177229/ Even the people at stormfront know YEC is bullshit. That's saying something.

He could make a book version of of his Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism series, wherein he would dismantle creationist arguments one by one like so: The Flagellum Could Not Have Evolved -"AronRa's rebuttal." I think ImprobableJoe was right when he said people like Dawkins aren't writing...

My town recently had a controversy dealing with the Pledge of Allegiance. A teacher (and many of his students) refused to stand and that ruffled the feathers of some of the more conservative people. I've discussed the issue with my family members, my neighbors, and anyone willing to chat in...

I pulled this from newyork.cbslocal.com. It sounds like bullshit, but I've read the same story on CNN and Fox. Any thoughts on this subject? I believe there is a similar thread to mine somewhere on here, but I want to know what you guys think. Isn't this stuff too crazy to actually happen?

I am learning a new language next year, and I figured I would get some other people's opinions on the matter. What should I learn: Russian, German, or Japanese?

Why did we ban that Ambrose guy?

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I am currently reading a book by professor Kenneth Miller on the evolution-creationism debate. Professor Miller believes a creator is impossible to explain the complexity of life, but goes onto state that the universe itself is the true evidence of design. He is a Catholic. My question is: can...

The people who moved into the house next to mine are, I was shocked to find out, new age believers. They aren't neo- pagans, Scientologists, or the type of people who commit suicide when the astronomical signals are just right. They do, however, pray to a unnamed deity, believe in reincarnation...

Hey guys. I guess I'll introduce myself. I live in Arizona and dream of moving somewhere cold, am an amateur photographer, and continue to skateboard even though I suck at it. I collect coins and am a huge fan of Minecraft and Star Wars. I lost my faith when I was 15 and thought this site might...

All of the history books I have read seem to agree on the influence of the Byzantine Empire and the Mongol Empire on Russian history. However, there seems to be a considerable discrepancy on issue of the origin of the Rus: I own two high school history books and am currently borrowing an...

Europe as a whole has become more secular than ever in the past. In the United States polls have indicated that around 80 to 90% of the population of 300,000,000 have some form of religious belief. A rising trend over here is the conversion of theists to atheism or plain old irreligion...

Aliens, no doubt, are a source of controversy. With thousands of ufo sightings each year from the United States alone one has to wonder whether or not to take claims of such things seriously. Simply pondering the size of own solar system and then realizing we are only one of so many billions...