I feel like the advances in science that let people live longer and have more kids are also the reason we shouldn't have too much of an issue. We'll be able to grow more food, faster and make inhospitable areas hospitable. By the time the Earth starts to overflow (which shouldn't be for a while), we'll have hopefully taken concepts to colonize Mars and the Moon to heart.

SPYDER0416

Make inhospitable areas hosptiable? sounds like environmental destruction right there, which is never a good thing for the earth's ecosystem and thus not a good thing for human beings.

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I find the whole "you need religion to be a moral person" argument to be completely false and highly offensive. Morality is based off of socially acceptednorms, not religion. If anything, (I'm going to just put this out there) the disbelief in an afterlife can actually make a person value life more, as they believe that all organisms only have "one shot". To me personally, it seems like religious people really have no concept of death, as they beleive that they will endure afterwards, but death is death. It is the utter end. (from my perspective)

No. If someone asked me what religion I was, I would say that I have no religion. If someone says, "oh, but if you're an atheist, then you are part of the atheistic religion" I would flip out. I think this idea that since atheism is a set of beleifs about religion it becomes a religion is based merely off of teh fact that many people find the concept of living without any religion whatsoever to be disturbing. It can happen, though. Would you call a person a philospher because they have the world view that philosophy is pointless? (because that is a philisophical idea) It honestly gets me mad whne people say that atheism is a religion.

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Yes because they have to do with the government, religion does not. :|

BPoole96

But being Democrat or Republican influences voters. By your logic it shouldn't be tolerated. I hope you see how ridiculous it is to think that candidates who are religious only get elected because they're religious. Or that they're somehow going to legislate their religion on the rest of America. Makes you guys sound as bad as the conspiracy theorists, honestly.

That isn't my logic at all. If I was going by that than any stance the candidates have on any political issue would be be tolerated since they are influencing voters. I'm saying that one's religion should not even be taken into consideration since hteir political stances are all that matters. Instead they spend time going around trying to give off the image that they're a "good Christian". And I never said that candidates only get elected by being religious. Some things they do take it over the top though, like this (GS won't let me link it(

http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/perry-prayer-rally-draws-30-000-1704786.html

The event was called "The Response: A Call of Prayer for a Nation in Crisis" and they played Christian music for hours. Is that really showing his stances or is that just a punlicity stunt to try to improve his image?

I think that these politicians who advertise their religion just do it to get more support, and the fact that it works just goes to show you how much of an effective tool it can be. I personally don't really care about a politicians's religion, as long as they aren't some nut job who allows his personal religious views to influence his critical choices.

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I havn't ever heard this. Link?

germany and russia america always fights with allies 1v1 one they would get destroyed they lost to a 3rd world country they can lose to anything. if germany didnt attack russia in WWII america would be part of germany and we would be speaking german right nowalmasdeathchild

lol? After translating you're post as best I could, am I to beleive that you think the US could be beaten in conventional war just becasue they have allies or because we are losing an assymetric war?

Inception was not really thought-provoking. Thought-provoking means that it makes you consider something from a differnet angle (usually morality). Inception was just hard to understand (for some people, I found it pretty straight-forward).

Anime? well I suppose Avatar The last Airbender. yeah, laugh all you want it's a kid show but I found it to be on an emotional level unmatched by many hollywood movies. Not to mention the sweet fighting moves.

[QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="chaoscougar1"] Five cents - Ace, not once have you posted a link to back up any of what you have said either. No changechaoscougar1

Yes. You wouldn't post a link to prove that the earth orbits the sun.