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Beware of politicians. In fact, beware of everybody. When some people believe they might have even the slightest edge in power over you they are willing to abuse it. Even the more so when they are physically more powerful than you and even more so under the influence of hallucinogens or intoxicating...

A democracy is simply a form of government where people have a say in the government and laws through their votes. A republic is one where that say is through a layer of representatives voted into position to shape the government and laws on behalf of all the voters. The United States of America is ...

If all religions were created by an omnipotent (and good) god then why aren't they the same? Exactly! You've hit the nail on the head. Any god that was all powerful (and good) would certainly have made sure to get the correct word out to everyone. Hence, it should be obvious, the religious books no ...

Odds are very high you have simply "inherited" whatever religion your parents (or at least one) followed and, because of simple rote training, that is what you follow too even though the odds are also pretty near 100% that you are not certain you believe "everything" you are told...

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Basically you just type with two " Enter " (or " Return ") keystrokes to separate paragraphs, I find it easiest to enhance text by first typing in all my text then selecting just the text I want to apply " B " ( bold ) * , " I " ( italics ) * , " U "...

This section could just as easily be called "first cause" or "infinite regression" because that is the question that "God" has been presumably "created" to answer. You can somehow detect yourself and you can believe by touch and observation that there is a &qu...

You've seen the rules. If there is no abuse they won't get any more complicated. Non-innocent abusers generally will be removed, deleted, banned. Innocent abusers will be notified. But warning: to use this website you must engage your thinking brain. No coasting on just what you've read somewhere or...