You know there's a problem when your president's words don't sound out of place coming from Zapp Brannigan...
Are you morally superior to the god of the bible? [Spirituality & Religion] Have you ever sanctioned slavery? Committed or ordered genocide? Let people you love suffer for not loving you back? Shit, i think i'm morally superior to jehova god....
The Burden of Proof: Theists of SW, do you believe that an atheist has a burden of proof when it comes to their lack of belief in a god [Spirituality & Religion] or their rejection of the claim that a god exists? If you say no, then i agree. If you say yes, then let's discuss.
How does creation answer this? It's the scientific consensus that modern birds evolved directly from theropod dinosaurs. [Spirituality & Religion] We even know now that many or even most theropod dinosaurs had some form of feathers. What they also had were clawed forearms, some of which turned into wings. We see those same forearm/wing claws on some modern birds like the emu, the cassowary and...See More »
Why are creationists perfectly happy to accept it when a DNA test shows that they're part irish or native or that they're related to someone famous... [Spirituality & Religion] ...but when DNA shows that we shared a common ancestor with other apes suddenly it's all just conjecture? Come on, fundies. Pick a lane.
Do you really think Trump will go down in history as a great or even good president?WAIT! forestall your knee jerk reaction and think! He ran his campaign on a foundation of petty personal insults and nicknames coupled with pie in the sky promises."If you elect me as student president, EVERY DAY WILL BE PIZZA DAY!" That's a fact....See More »
What a cool time it would be to live on this planet back when there were still entire continents to discover!Imagine stepping onto the shore of a land where no one had ever been. Or at least where no one in the known world had ever been.
Christians: Do you think you have a superior moral code to that which an atheist may achieve without god? [Spirituality & Religion]Please explain your answer.
If evil is the product of free will and there is no evil in heaven...will we have free will in heaven? [Spirituality & Religion]
Why doesn't god want me to believe in him? [Spirituality & Religion]There was a time in my life when i earnestly, desperately asked god to reveal himself to me. If god is real then he would know how to make me believe. But evidently he hasn't done that. So either he doesn't exist or he doesn't want me to believe,...See More »
IF god wants to save us, why has he allowed the truth of his word to be so uncertain? [Spirituality & Religion]Why not make himself known to us so that we might choose to follow him or deny him? Not guess whether he exists or not but KNOW and make our decision from there.
Why is a double edge sword bad?Seems to me you have twice the cutting power. It's not as if a double edged sword means you use one of those edges on yourself, right? You use BOTH of them on the other guy lol
As an atheist, am i arrogant for rejecting the idea of god, or as a theist are you arrogant for thinking that everything was created for you? [Spirituality & Religion]
What reason do we have to believe that such a thing as a soul exists? [Spirituality & Religion] What are the qualities of a soul? How are those qualities expressed? How do you know those qualities can be exclusively attributed to a soul?
Christians: do you believe that the WHOLE bible is the inspired word of god? [Spirituality & Religion]If so, how do you reconcile the many immoral things in the bible like the owning of slaves, the inequality of women and the murder of homosexuals? Now, this is a bit of a gotcha question but i am still genuinely interested in how the faithful...See More »
Women: If all the men in the world disappeared for one day, what would you do with your day?The men are fine, they're safe and happy and they're coming back. What would you do in a world with no men in it for a day?
Creationists: When you reject the theory of evolution, why do you insist on talking about abiogenesis? [Spirituality & Religion] Why do you insist that if evolution doesn't explain origins then it didn't happen? Do you reject the germ theory of disease because it doesn't explain the origin of microorganisms? Do you reject the theory of gravitation because it doesn't explain...See More »
I haven't really been reading the wall threads on SW. So how do trump supporters characterize this shutdown?It seems to me that trump wants his wall and even though the democrats are offering a deal with which republicans were previously on board, he's holding his breath until he gets what he wants. Obviously he's going to say that it's the democrat's...See More »
Is there any burden of proof on atheists to disprove the existence of a god? [Spirituality & Religion]
I'm interested in your questions regarding the Theory of Evolution. [Spirituality & Religion]Evolution is the best, most comprehensive, consistent and predictive theory that exists to explain the diversity of life on this planet...and yet there exists a fringe group who reject it. It is my opinion that this is largely due to ignorance. With...See More »
Hey Creationists. Do you think that creationism should be taught in schools as science? [Spirituality & Religion] If so then you must be able to tell us how creationism could be falsified. You must be able to tell me how creationism can make testable predictions. You must be able to show experimentally how creation functions. Can you do that for us? If not,...See More »
So this is old news, but was anyone besides trump and his fan base surprised when North Korea did not follow through on the nuclear promises? I mean sure, it's something they've done often in the past and sure, their children are taught from infancy how evil americans are, but why WOULDN'T they genuinely be making the deal this time? lol trumpy got played. Was anyone even a little...See More »