1. People who've experienced God KNOW that God exists

Comment #231334 by sseldogmai on August 16, 2008 at 6:14 am

yeah about that... I used to know god, that is until the emotions and so called religious experiences that I was always told were the holy spirit came to me while listening to a Pantera song...

Which upon further inspection of my emotional state at both times, I found that it is a natural bodily response to external stimuli that one concurs with strongly.

2. A universe that follows 'laws' implies a 'law giver'

Comment #231329 by sseldogmai on August 16, 2008 at 6:09 am

a law is just a human attempt at categorizing. It implies nothing about a law maker

3. Religions thrived to protect against disease

Comment #223341 by sseldogmai on August 2, 2008 at 4:06 am

It seems to me that they left out one piece of data. Population sizes in these respective areas. Disease diversity should be positively correlated with population size and I would think that religious diversity would also increase with population size.
Canada and Norway are much colder and diversity of life is much lower than in the tropics and rainforests.

4. What's wrong with science as religion

Comment #222883 by sseldogmai on August 1, 2008 at 3:52 am

It seems to me that the only ones that treat science as a religion are the ones who believe in a god in the first place.
It appears that they must convince themselves that science is nothing but another religion so that they can attack it on grounds common to them, since they attack other religions that differ from theirs anyway.

5. Church Cancels Teen Gun Giveaway

Comment #209893 by sseldogmai on July 13, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Comment #209877 by William1w1

The problem with the musket idea is that at that time that was the cream of the crop weapon. So my being able to own a hand gun that is equivalent to anyone else's is no different than then.

Automatic weapons are however illegal except for the military. It is about personal defense, and like I said before criminals don't care about laws so they feel free to get any type of weapon they want.
The key to making a place safe is cracking down on illegal gun sales and ownership, not making it illegal for anyone to own a gun. That would simply make alot more people criminals.

And don't be such a sissy about America, I have lived here 28 years and I have never seen a violent crime involving any type of weapon. No america is not the greatest nation in the world, but it is better than some.

6. Church Cancels Teen Gun Giveaway

Comment #209872 by sseldogmai on July 13, 2008 at 1:01 pm

"There are a few problems right there.

-The fact that one hasn't been convicted isn't guarantee that one won't turn to crime later in life, particularly with low age limits for gun ownership.

-Psychological evaluations are very difficult and expensive. Who should foot the bill? Again, there is no guarantee that conditions won't develop later in life.

-Ire and rage can temporarily blind people, how they will react under certain hormonal tempests doesn't show in normal circumstances (i.e. during evaluation). A gun on hand may turn a verbal dispute into a tragedy.

-Multiple lines of evidence show that possession of firearms is more likely to cause social problems than solve them."

decius,
we can't allow governments to dictate rights based on what might happen in the future. As cliched as it may be, criminals and the likes will always be able to get them simply based on supply and demand. If there is a demand, someone will supply it.