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    How long could someone possibly torture you before it's just grotesque and ridiculous?

    The whole Hell doctrine of an infinity of suffering... Even Adolf Hitler... One million years? One billion years of scorching heat? Wouldn't any reasonable person think the punishment was just ridiculous at this point? It goes beyond sadistic. Even a sadist would have plenty of time to get...
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    What are the representations of the cougar/puma/mountain lion in Indian folklore throughout its habitat?

    BQ: What does that teach us about the tribes that used to live there? Hint: I don't know the answer either. Just have fun with it. If you actually know things about North American Natives and their legends involving the above-mentioned animal, even more incredibly fantastic!
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    Isn't it conceivable that certain economic models are more suitable to...

    ...certain cultural environments? i.e. that one model may work well in America, but bad in Africa. If you consider real world data, it sounds like a no-brainer.
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    Isn't it conceivable that certain economic models are more suitable to...

    ...certain cultural environments? i.e. that one model may work well in America, but bad in Africa. If you consider real world data, it sounds like a no-brainer.
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    Isn't it conceivable that certain economic models are more suitable to...

    ...certain cultural environments? i.e. that one model may work well in America, but bad in Africa. If you consider real world data, it sounds like a no-brainer.
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    Isn't it conceivable that certain economic models are more suitable to...

    ...certain cultural environments? i.e. that one model may work well in America, but bad in Africa. If you consider real world data, it sounds like a no-brainer.
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    Why do creationists think stomping random people on questions of biology

    demonstrates anything? Irnotatroll: Well, yes, they are. I never took chemistry beyond high school. But what does demonstrating my knowledge of chemisty is limited have to do with anything?
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    How common is it for someone to start to show signs of mental illness at age 40?

    And any advice on talking a very resistant relative into at least accepting to have one consultation or two with a psychiatrist? Very concerned.
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    Spiritually speaking, have you ever let anyone rob you of you dignity?

    Why would you do a thing like that?
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    Why do people keep insisting on the idea the Bible was just zapped from the sky

    as we know it from God himself? Can we even have a discussion with such people?
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    Would you assume that Jesus never even felt sexual desire? Isn't that

    conclusion inevitable? Given that 1) Matthew 5:28: "But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart." 2) Jesus is the incarnation of God, and thus shares in His perfection. and if 3) One assumes any sexuality...
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    Why haven't historians of any discipline ever attempted a history of sin?

    I mean, if I can take a "History of the Economy of Canada" course, why the heck doesn't that exist?
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    How much of the $60 billion in arms sold to Saudi Arabia represents profit?

    When the U.S. announces $60 billion in weapon sales to Saudi Arabia, how much of that represents an income for the government (i.e. price - costs)? And is there not a danger, given U.S. deficits and debts, that the government may be tempted to arm the world, simply to help solve its cash flow...
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    Should all scientific papers bear the heading: "We're sorry if our...

    ...conclusions hurt your feelings?"? I think that way, scientists could spend a lot less time debating issues that have absolutely nothing to do with their work. You know, like a disclaimer on those salt packets that says "Don't pour in eye". So that way, when Creationists object things like...
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    Given the opportunity, would you sell U.S. flags to Islamic militants so

    they can burn them? Tough choice. On the one hand, selling flags so people can burn them sure sounds unpatriotic. On the other hand, foregoing an opportunity to make a buck is just unamerican. Capitalism, baby! There is a market!
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    Is it difficult to accept that people have every right to disagree with even your

    most intimate beliefs? If you think about it, people have the right to believe anything they want. No idea of democracy makes sense without that premise. As Noam Chomsky said on a closely related subject: "Either we believe in freedom of speech for everyone, or we don't believe in it at all"...
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    Do you ever feel it would be nice to be an old person just so that you could rant?

    Once you're past a certain age, you can just babble on and on and on and most people will be too polite to stop you. So there is a plus of being that age. Do you intend to use that benefit, when you reach that age, that you can talk about anything you want and most people will have to just sit...
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    If you think other religions are somehow being tricked into following a false God?

    How can you be so sure it's not happening to you?
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    So life is a metaphysics exam and if you fail, you go to Hell?

    What's God's course passing grade? Can you still get in if you get 50%?
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    Why is it assumed social sciences don't cause atheism?

    In a way, I am responding to an earlier comment about how "hard" scientists were more likely to be atheists. As a student of economics, I have to protest: You can't stare at a graph explaining the relationship between monetary mass, interest rates and inflation for very long without losing sight...
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