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Somehow I don't think the type of people you mention are not going to be able to reflect on their own personality, attitude, and behavior. Lack of insight is pretty much their hallmark.

Not who, how!

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Explain why it cannot work the way I described. Hint: its not just randomness.

Yes - the interface of a mutation that "already exists" and the impact of the associated trait on fecundity creates new information. To process this you need to be able to sequence the events, think of the consequence on the population over time, and understand the impact of two variables at...

Not much, you? Correct. Tell right divider and JR as it is there go-to response. Theists with integrity. You will see. As stigma lifts, it will be clear that 3% of the population is exclusively homosexual and 6% Bisexual-Predominantly homosexual. Yes they did. While a small subset of the...

Death of a human would suffice. Yet you fail to demonstrate it. When the emotional pull outweighs the value of the evidence, it is inherently wrong because the substance of the case might not determine the outcome. You think it just to give into bias? Only in the warped mind of a zealot...

Only if magical thinking is your thing. Wrong. Check out the Cosmic Skeptic on youtube. He was raised Catholic, an atheist in high school and got a theology degree at Oxford and found no compelling reason to believe in God. Even advanced apologists grant atheists room for uncertainty, and do...

Right. Here again wild claims are made about a relatively tame reference guide for teachers who are specifically encouraged to use it only as a frame of reference to be adapted for particular students. Someone has taken the guide and made inflammatory statements in the margins to point out the...

marke, You did not even review the primary source document that you provide! And, you accuse others of being uniformed? I have skimmed the proposed curriculum for fourth and fifth grade. 1) The term sexual intercourse comes up once in fourth, twice in the fifth grade. The occurrences do not...

There is truly no compelling evidence that God or gods even exist. Syllogisms don't cut it. The Bible is suspect as a source- period. Yet- you act like you have direct knowledge and endorse the view that people who commit non-violent transgressions should die. You are simply a hateful person...

Of course it does. You must remember that I am not a binar like you and your friends. You are a binar by choice as I see on occasion that you can think in terms of a continuums when it serves you. I advocate for authoritative parenting rather than authoritarian. In authoritative parenting...

Whose doing that? Would it be reasonable to tell an eight year old child: as they get older usually boys like to kiss girls, girls like to kiss boys, less often some boys like to kiss boys, some girls like to kiss girls, some like to kiss both. People have different ideas about what is okay...

Including the details of infancy and the graphic removal of the head serves no purpose, but to give unearned emotional weight to your point. In a court of law, evidence with such unnecessary details will render even relevant facts inadmissible. My morality is based on higher principles and not...

This is all too often untrue. Most abuse of children is perpetrated by parents, It is a wonder why the top ten list of commandment contains no admonition against child abuse or slavery for that matter. Parents need some outside accountability. All too often parents treat their children as...

I appreciated your ability to not get side tracked, and you actually answered the hypothetical. Your hypothetical is disingenuous. You are setting me up to say something horrible. Answering it would be more prejudicial that probative, But, since you followed through, I feel compelled to...

Very doubtful. Besides a one in a million incident with a crackpot teacher, there is no such content being delivered at that age. Get real. Spurious correlation. The death penalty is not a deterrant for crimes borne of impulsivity and hopelessness. What Nine percent of the population does...

Says the dude who of late can only manage to pop out a few emoticons in response to me.

The goal of educating children about sexuality does not come from a sexual feeling. Isn't it obvious that children need some information about sexuality prior to having their own sexual feelings. There can be a discussion and reasonable disagreement over what is age-appropriate. Your blanket...

The question is why would it be rational to expect creatures to take a servile and supplicatory stance toward their creator especially when the form of the creator's dictates can be proven speculative? If humans create a humanoid being, would we necessarily expect the humanoids to follow the...