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Evolution is a well supported scientific idea attested by a wide variety of scientific data and Jesus Christ is a singular figure in human history with strong evidence of being different from every other person that has ever lived. His death burial and resurrection are unique and leads me to...

Anyone know anything about this group: https://www.holyspiritspeaks.org/ ? They showed up as a youtube ad, something about God's name changing? Seems to be out of China. English was hilariously overdubbed what was clearly filmed in another language, so much I thought it was a joke. It's...

Trump supporters do not like criticism, even if it's not direct criticism, or really criticism at all. The ad simply shows the relatively accurate historical roots of the original Anheuser-Busch brewers. There was anti-german immigrant sentiment at the time, and anti-immigrant protests. People...

A french canadian and known internet troll, and Trump supporter. Inspired by French nationalist leader Marine Le Pen, Bissonnette began clashing with others online by attacking refugees and writing of his support for Le Pen and Trump, according to the Globe and Mail. source Fox news spread...

So Trump has revealed the unmitigated evil of his presidency (guessing primarily Steve Bannon's advice). Starting with the unconstitutional interpretation of Trump's executive order (against green card holders) which was announced on Holocaust remembrance day as well as not mentioning Jews in...

This is the third straight year of record warmth. Also global sea ice extent is the lowest on record. CO2 is also continuing to climb. And fyi, solar output is down. But hey we have a nominee for the EPA that doesn't want to tell us what his position is on climate change!

The Tea party: It's all about the deficit and debt! Until Republicans get into power, then it's Repeal the ACA, Build the wall (but have US taxpayers pay for it). Of course the same thing happened under George W and Reagan. Mind you the recession Obama had to deal with was far worse than the...

Unusual for a woman to do this but then, she was apparently very protective of her gun rights. Police in Fort Bend County said that 42-year-old Christy Sheats was shot by officers after they arrived at her home in response to a series of 911 calls. When they arrived, they found two women lying...

It's still getting hotter after 2015 was the hottest year on record by a large margin. We've seen huge areas of the great barrier reef corals bleach as ocean temperatures rise. Odds are good that many of these now white corals will die since they lack the photosynthetic symbiotes that provide...

Let's see how the posters explain this one. A case has been taken by SCOTUS. Cases showing that prosecutors intentionally strike potential black jurors, because they are black. So you end up with Black defendants in majority black cities with juries that are either all white or nearly so. The...

What is the "race problem"? The disproportionate outcomes in the United States of people from different racial groups. Higher incarceration rates, higher rates of poverty, lower rates of educational attainment. Etc. More breakdown on incarceration rates Poverty Rates Higher Unemployment...

Quite a few large mining and other multinational corporations have called for a climate agreement at the meeting in Paris later this year. A new climate agreement in Paris can help strengthen the role of, and minimize risks to, the private sector in a number of ways: Providing Long-Term...

It seems the Exxon knew the dangers of their product's waste (CO2 emissions) back in the 1980s. In an internal September 1982 document, Exxon scientists summarized the expert consensus on human-caused global warming, and the consistency of their own research with that expert consensus. The...

There are quite a few threads covering climate change on ToL and most of them are filled with all sorts of arguments, but one in particular concerning plants. Since I am actually a botanist by training I thought I'd break this one out to address in more detail. For those interested in other...

Here's the real message of the so-called Migrant crisis. Millions of Muslims in Syria have no desire to live under ISIS rule. Instead they are risking their lives to try to make it to live in Europe. The majority of Sunni Muslims who oppose President Bashar Assad's regime also reject the ISIS...

I have seen certain posters on ToL desire discussion of "kinds" vs. species. So where did the idea of species come from? It's quite old but the modern conception of taxonomy and scientific names originated with Carolus Linnaeaus. Linneaus was a Christian, a creationist and a originally a...

I have seen many posters on this board complain that so many people claiming to be "pro-life" believing in protecting the unborn but take exception to groups they do not like: immigrants, the elderly, people of other races, the poor etc. I heard a consistently pro-life message this Sunday from...

A privately funded program that gave IUDs to low income teens in Colorado is now out of money. Should government pick up the slack? Birth rates dropped and abortions dropped in the served population. But the Republican controlled senate in Colorado killed a bill to extend funding for the...

IN05jVNBs64 He's got a good set of pipes if you ask me. A great part of a well done eulogy. Let's see if anyone that disagrees with him politically can admit they like it. :chuckle:

The latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) - aka Obamacare has died an ignominious death. SCOTUS ruling 6-3 in favor of upholding subsidies. In his dissent Justice Scalia calls it SCOTUScare. :p Read Presidential Candidate reactions here.