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I think there isn't any such guarantee, myself. I'm a a very leftwing Democrat today, but I remember as an 18-year old seeing Lyndon Johnson radically escalating US military actions in Vietnam, based on total lies about US reasons for involvement in that war. I also have since read, from...

As proposed by financial industry veterans with the Chicago Political Economy Group, a financial transaction tax or "Tobin tax" of only a fraction of a percent on the value of each Wall Street transaction could generate between $200 billion to as much as $500 billion a year in federal revenues...

become drug dealers or prostitutes? At least that would be work in the PRIVATE SECTOR, right? And wouldn't work in the PRIVATE SECTOR make even prostitution and crack dealing almost holy?

imitate Jesus? And just agree to be crucified?

...to Fix Unemployment? I'm asking this question as a socialist, and I frankly don't think job creation should be or CAN be the job of the capitalist private sector. I think the way the capitalist private sector works, the way it invests money for profit, it's going to destroy more jobs than it...

...boosting job creation? A. Cutting taxes for the rich, even at the cost of adding large amounts to the deficit and the US national debt? B. Not cutting taxes for the rich, and using the money saved to pay for government programs helping the middle class and the poor? Whatever your answer...

military overseas? At least some conservative Republicans have concluded that the "mosque" controversy is hurting the US in its efforts to fight Al Qaeda overseas, and that it's probably helping Al Qaeda. For example, George Bush's former speechwriter Michael Gerson has written: "An inclusive...

own businesses? I guess this could be a little trick for people whose unemployment benefits have run out and who aren't earning any income. It could be a little difficult to launch your own company if you're sleeping in a homeless shelter at night or else living at your mother's house and...

If world war 3 did break out, it will probably end in under an hour. Nuclear bombs will wipe us all out

Hmm. It's hard to explain, but I think in most cases, you can learn to stop your mind from doing this. I don't know what kind of "fearful thoughts" you're talking about, though. If you seem to have uncontrolled thoughts that are telling you to do violent things to yourself or other people...

make your side sound good? For example, if you really hate Christianity, is it a good idea to just accuse Christians of every possible sin you can think of, rather than focusing just on what they've actually done? Or if you want to attack Muslims and Islam, is it helpful to paint all of them as...

...bad thing? If so, where? If not, where? I get the feeling that some Christians have very strong beliefs on this subject, which for obvious reasons is also a concern for religious Jews. If you're either Christian or Jewish, what's YOUR interpretation of what the Old Testament and/or the New...

...you very easily? As opposed to coming back at you with snappy objections to Creationism and the idea of Hell, for example. Added Detail: I'm really asking this question of R&S Christians, not R&S Atheists.

...about God until it sank? Rather than, say, trying to cooperate in finding a way to fix the leak? Maybe this is a poor way to ask my question, though. I really wanted to ask about atheists & Christians and the challenge of addressing global population growth, global hunger & global...

pretend heterosexuality? Of course many traditional people probably want all their political leaders to be heterosexuals; that's obvious. Given that some fairly prominent politicians & religious leaders have in fact turned out to be gay, however, how would you prefer them to present themselves...

The full quotation is from Galatians 3:28: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." I'm wondering, do you think this supports the idea of the religious equality of men and women in the...

provide jobs for everyone? If so, how? I ask this question partly because I'm an environmentalist, but partly because as a former Christian, I think we all have a moral duty & a practical need to tend to the welfare of our fellow humans. All the great Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity...

...platform for the Anti-Christ? Jesus taught, "blessed are the peacemakers," but are Christians supposed to be suspicious of every peacemaker, for fear of one-world government? Or alternatively, should loyal Christians just lobby for unilateral disarmament by the United States, with no...