The Hall of Fire

hal because you view your faith as the one true religion, how do you view the billions of people who are not members of your one true faith but still believe in their own way and fashion? For the time being, lost. I've often wished it wasn't so, but there's no other way to view it in my mind. Jesus...

I'm a Christian, and I view my religion as the one true faith. I don't know many Christians who don't.

That is not the difference. The difference is, Muslims throughout the world have leaders telling them that the west is evil and all non-muslims should die...

Well, I did, Anthy, but coming from you it sounds much better

I can't help but wonder at people's strong desire to use terminology that is offensive to others, no matter how accurate it is. To me, that implies motivation other than simple accuracy. I'm not trying to put words into anyones mouth or anything like that, but to me, it seems, once it's established ...

That's not true, VtF. For some people it's not negative at all (I'm from the south, this I know), simply descriptive. Also, it is used in hip hop culture extensively, not in any derrogatory sense, but as a term of solidarity or protest. Parasite, for all its scientific accuracy, still provides negat...

(the world wont' end when people agree with me, it just feels that way sometime )

In the longish post explaining how an unborn child is like a parasite, all the wording was as if the child was attacking the mother, stealing from it, altering the mothers body to suit its neads. That imagery and language is negative. It implies the mother is fighting with the child. On the other ha...

I think the reason people object to the catorization of a fetus as a parasite is that it can just as easily be seen as the mother's body adjusting to protect the child. It's a matter of how people view the unborn child. If it's something desireable, it's to be protected, if it's undesireable, it's t...

I would say this whole debate is a recipe for disaster, it always is... Faramond, I agree with a lot of what you say, but at the same time, simplification is not trivialization. My stance is also not one that takes peoples decisions lightly, or can take into account the vast number of variables a wo...

That's because it is impossible hal. When you get married and start having a physical relationship with a woman, you'll then understand. This is totally unrelated, of course, but I still disagree that it is impossible. I certainly agree it is undesirable, but if people can go without physical relat...

Hi Hal. Glad you stopped by. I think it's fair to conclude that you think abortion should be illegal unless it endangers the life of the mother. Would you be willing to answer some questions? Actually, no, I think an abortion should not be done. The legality of it is a separate question, really. Th...

I can't believe I even LOOKED at this thread... just shows you how bored I am at work :) Roe v Wade is an incorrect judicial decision (in my humble opinion), and should be overturned. Abortion is not a constitutional issue. That, of course, has no bearing whatsoever on the abortion DEBATE. The Abort...

I've read several of the Left Behind books. I really liked the first one, thought the second one was... less than good, and they went downhill from there... It's rather common for christians to at some point become obsessed with the book of revelation, and wonder when that end time will come. It's c...

If there is anyone in the world worthy of diamonds, i'm sure it is Mrs. Whistler... unless of course it's Mrs. halplm... someone who has yet to be identified...

absinthe... what, are you trying to poison me?!