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When it comes to ideas that are given man-made explanations, these explanations never do justice for the underlying idea. To understand is to essentially be able to get around the language barrier (be it mathematics or English itself) to tap into the true nature of what is trying to be...

That's a fake picture people. White house never officially gave out a photo yet. It'll be pretty sad if this turns into something like "Obama birth certificate." They'll give out a photo, then Trump'll be like "I want a long-form photograph of his entire body." :/ Why do people theory craft...

Good starting point. You see the problem; in the end, reality is defined by how we see it from our own eyes. In other words, it's the perception of reality that is itself reality in our minds. So how do we know if it's a true reflection of reality? Or does it matter at all? Is all that matters...

Bought a Kindle. Was great at first, but I didn't realize that I tend to reread passages (or entire chapters at times) and continually reference things from past pages as part of my book reading habit. I found out that I tend to flip back and forth a lot once I figured you can't do this with...

It's likely to be legit, there's not really any reason to think otherwise. Too many conspiracy theory nuts on the internet nowadays. It's a bit ridiculous. Surprised the forum is so silent... Guess there's less users than I originally imagined. Can hear students yelling outside the university...

Well someone's grumpy... I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to terrorist infrastructure or network or organization or whatever else it's called, but I'm not entirely sure how this is going to effect Al Qaeda in general. I could see some kind of implosion due to a power vacuum or what not if this...

Nothing wrong with living in your parents' house if you're going to be in the same city anyway. Saves you a lot of cash. Moving out for the sake of moving out is a bit...juvenile imo. Anyway, I'm sure you've considered this, but what are your thoughts in investing some $$$ for higher...

:/ I don't think you understand what I'm getting at since your response doesn't really reply to anything I said. My argument was a Christian contextualized response to Christians (i.e., I'm arguing against the Christian stance using their own assumptions). Try to understand the idea behind the...

That was just a response to what he said earlier. Prostitution makes things much more accessible. And if the Christian ethic is allegedly sufficient, then taking the time to rebut legalization should be a moot issue. Thus they shouldn't care to defend or support legalization. But after...

[This is actually altered from a PM response I made earlier. There sure are some people who know their faith on this forum.] Sure sure, I recognize that free will includes making laws or what not. But it would seem that despite having free will, Christianity would prefer an individual to...

@Any Christian I'm not a big Christianity buff, but I'm wondering how a Christian would respond to this argument. I'm just doing this for fun, so don't think I'm poking fun or making a contentious point to stir trouble. Here goes: Now one of the things that is inherently prized in Christian...

:/ Most the kids getting caught for possession are from low-income backgrounds. The State ends up paying for detaining them, giving them an attorney, then putting them in a juvenile program. In other words, the taxpayer (you) pays for the majority of state costs. Also the State is getting...

There are a lot of problems with just taking the Bible literally since it's inherently flawed in being an unreliable account of what was originally written or observed many years ago. Many books in the Bible were orally transmitted for many generations before being written down (even the...

Haha...I just find ordinary things enjoyable. Nothing special about it at all. Sometimes people don't see ordinary things as interesting. Sometimes people miss out on it entirely. Then there's people who are able to enjoy even the most basic things. You're thinking too hard about it! I don't...

Well, I don't really think common answers are all that dull or less exciting than wrong answers. Common things are quite amazing imo. There isn't much more I can really say. It's all about perspective.

Well I'm just going to talk about this as how I think it fits in the scheme of the criminal justice system, not the civil system. So despite its flaws, it's most important aspect, imo, is its symbolic nature as the express denunciation of certain conduct by society. There's a lot of discussion...

I was about to go to sleep :/, but I'll post a quick response. I know that I myself have pretty strong thoughts on how I view certain subjects, and tend to end up in almost all online discussions with a sort of "You have your opinion, and I have mine" kind of ending. It's very difficult to have...

It's actually kind of a good thing that people hold convictions in different things, and I don't think the main purpose of a discussion is to have two people come away with the same viewpoint on something (at least for the purposes of what goes on in this forum). The most important thing is...

It's a natural thing to do, and I'm sure all of us have had these types of thoughts now and then, especially when we were younger. But as you get older, you tend to realize that most subjects can be viewed from different perspectives, and all with quite sustainable justifications in support...

:) One of the degrees I'm getting at the end of this semester is in mathematics (Bachelor of Science) at a reputable state university. I may have used "crude" in a rather poor context; however, I wasn't talking about the underlying method of analysis or theory. I was talking about the...