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    Belief without reason

    What is it that you believe to be true without a doubt despite the fact that there is little to no evidence to vallidate your opinion. For me it would be that intelligent life exists outside our solar system, as well as a few conspiracy theories.......namely, the JFK conspiracy theory, and a...
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    intelligent design

    I for one am not a believer in intelligent design, but rather evolution, but what i wish to ask all of you is.......are you in favour of the teaching of ID in schools, should it be taught along side evolution or in replace of it, and for whatever your answers were, what are the reasons for why...
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    mortgage brokers???

    This is a little off topic, but since this is the lounge, I suppose there really is no dominant topic. I have a question to throw out to anyone who might know the answer......What commision percentage of a loan does a mortgage broker or agent get paid? I have looked everywhere and i can not...
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    Properly qualifying our leaders and law makers

    I find it interesting that people of both sides of a debate will often present an opinion with such conviction that you would think that they had just written their PhD dissertation on the subject. Both sides will ridicule the other for an opinion that has no research based validity with an...
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    supporting our troops??

    Why is it that despite the lack of morality behind a military offensive, we are somehow dissenters if we "don't support the troops". The out come of our tactics in Afghanistan should come as no surprise, but of course they do to a lot Canadians.......and for the people that did not see this...
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    The problem with democracy

    I recently visited www.politicalcompass.org to find out where I stand.....as it turns out, right about where I would expect, Economic Left/Right -6.88 and Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -4.97, which places me nearest Gandhi. This brings me to the topic of the thread.....The problem with...
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    Walmart

    with walmart having its sights set on rolling into another town, ive decided to make an attemp to stop it........researching walmarts past and coming up with as much evidence as possible so as to make a good argument for why they should not be allowed into my town. if any of you have any good...
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    Is the United States about to meet it's maker??

    Throughout history various civilizations have come to conquer the world only to eventually meet their demise as their ever increasing urge to expand and control results in their own extinction. With what we see of the United States; the enormous deficits they are running, their growing...
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    What do you all think of having a socialist government??

    The more I think about it the more I think that the world would be far better off if we could do away with capitalism as it is today.......I'm not talking about a Stalinism version of communism, but something more middle of the road.......what do you all think about the idea of a strong...