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The U.S. government you mean?

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An understanding of God's existence does not necessarily make you a creationist.[/quote]

In theory it doesn't but in reality there is no A without B.

attofishpi wrote:If only Dawkins was a physicist maybe then his opinion would be worth considering in relation to God, instead he wallows in his own short-sighted atheist existence as a biologist.

So creationists go happily vomiting all sorts of bullshit about evolution while Dawkins should shut up. Fair world.

After skimming through the thread I'm glad to see that save for the unions thing, everyone seems to agree that conservatism is crap.

Aversion to death is a result of natural selection. Wanting to taste heaven is a consequence of human's being able to realise we're going to die.

Whistwisth wrote:Why is it un-Faithful to be scientific?.

Because faith is the acceptance without evidence. Once evidence is found it is no longer faith but knowledge.

Tallis wonders why sleep has received so little attention from philosophers. Then he should also be wondering why other basic physiological functions such as urine production, oxygen exchange or T-cell maturation have also been neglected by the Aristotle intellectual offspring.

I can't believe i just subscribed to a philosophy magazine that publishes these things along real stuff. C'mon.