Thanks again for your thorough reply. This is exactly what I was looking for, I'll spend some time studying the DoMA and other references you...
Thank you for taking time to respond. My response is twofold. I disagree. I have always understood it to be mate selection. Love is not a...
Is this surprising to anyone? After all, these religions are carried on by living people with limited lifespans. I'm sure 2,000 years from now humans...
I couldn't agree more. A child needs to learn balance, when to be merciful, and when to be severe. There is nothing wrong with either when applied...
Tiassa, this thread seems a little bogus, if not outright trollish. Can you please explain why homosexuals want to get married and why this is a...
I don't blame you for not getting into specifics. Occult history is riddled with plagiarisms and fabrications, attempting to establish a link to an...
Aleister Crowley took this "logical" step after the reception of the Book of the Law in 1904. Adapting many Golden Dawn rituals and writing many of...
I had no idea you were discussing "hypotheticals". The thread is clearly about the legitimacy of the current U.S. Government. If a man or woman...
So the answer is: no, the Constitution was not designed to be subject to public opinion? I don't quite understand how one can read "We the...
First, I'd like to thank you for taking time to answer my questions. Where can it be found in the Constitution that public opinion determines the...
I don't quite understand the correlation between public opinion and the legitimacy of our government. I don't recall any part of the constitution...
Pardon me for poking my nose into this thread, but I have a question. How is the above relevant? If Lincoln knew over 600,000 Americans would die...
Are you saying NZ did not send troops to Iraq?
I must admit I made that list of nations after making a quick glance over Wikipedia's Multinational Force in Iraq entry. It claims New Zealand...
I understand many credit G.W. Bush with full responsibility for everything having to do with Iraq, but what of the 350+ congressmen that voted for...
I haven't arrived at any conclusions. This is why I am asking the questions. I have seen your definitions of historical fact and historical...
So any event or period in time in which we do not have solid, reliable facts ceases to be history? In other words, we can only accept as history what...
Without getting too philosophical, who establishes the facts? How are these facts established? At what point does an objective analysis of all...
There are so many possibilities. The first to come to mind is the avoidance of the Hunnic and Gothic invasions of Rome. Rome withstands the Huns but...
People tend to forget Saddam Hussein was sitting on five hundred tons of yellowcake. If the United States had never invaded Iraq and assuming Iran's...
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