Chris: " I've deleted all of wwwcounselorpublishingcom posts and have banned him from the community."Oh but I thought my last reply was SO witty! Now nobody will get it.

WwwcounsellorpublishingcomQuote: Imagine a society in which humans do not possess superior value. What would the laws and the society be like? Maybe something similar to cultures . . . such as Hindu society . . .This is exactly the kind of xenophobic thinking that has convinces me that religious peo...

Chris OConnor Comments on Dissident Heart's postQuote: I think Chris'tirade against all-things-theistic, and specific vitriol contra Christianity, is something no Christian or Theist should avoid. I should also add, it is something no Humanist or Rationalist should avoid. If we choose to embrace Fai...

Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive. I have given up on "Celibate", which used to mean "not married". The word "Forte", as in, "My Forte is...", lit. "strong" in French, is properly pronounced "Fort", of the same root; but so man...

Hey Keith, you need a "Member Introduction" 'cause that's where this post belongs. I read one of your stories and really enjoyed it. I don't share your particular sexual interest, at least not anymore; but it brought back to mind some of my very earliest sexual fantasies, going back to 3 -...

AINT NO TOMARRA U SINNA

Jacoby had a major impact on my view of history. Prior to reading this book, I had decided that the U.S. Revolution was a bloody waste . . . what, after all, would be so bad about being a British citizen? A right proper democracy they are these days. Now I see the U.S.A. as more special and more wor...

Drs Gould and Dawkins agreed that it was not wise for real scientists to debate cretinists in public because the fact of the debate, rather than the content, was used by the cretinists to make themselves look "mainstream". Neither was shy about taking on any and all comers, including each ...

BOOK 3: The Ethical Brain by Michael S. Gazzaniga, Three votes.I met Chris in the Yahoo! "Religion" chat room, a favorite hangout of mine. The topic I find most interesting and productive is ethics and morality. I'm excited about reading and discussing this work! If you make yourself reall...

Doc TiessenQuote:. . .in an economic system in which there is no private property, taxes are not necessary. This is the case in Comunism. . .A government can exist without tax dollars... what cannot exist is private property and a capitalistic system without tax dollars.Essentially communism is capi...