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We have voodoo, Mexican secularism, WWII, quantum physics (it's your favorite - infinite regression!), Anglicans converting to Roman Catholicism because of their common intolerance for gays, priests who make sense, condom talk, and nuns affected by the economic recession. And Palin says something stupid.

So the Vatican wants to talk. Fine, but before they even think about letting us nonbelievers into their abode, they might want to clean up several skeletons in their closet first, starting with the fact they've previously dissed everything we hold dear.

There are three truths which must be accepted at the beginning of any investigation into the problem of knowledge and truth: The First Fact: The fact of our existence. "I exist." The First Principle: The principle of contradiction. "A thing can not be and not-be at the same time in the same respect." The First Condition: The essential capability of the mind to know truth. "My intellect can reason and discover truth."

Why are we attracted to certain body types and scents?

What do you do when you see the train coming? Common sense tells you to stay away from the tracks. What happens when you are short of cash? Do not spend. It's just common sense.

Contrary to what others may think, Freethinkers have a life. Arguments can be tiring, and it would be nice to have a chance to rest.

It is interesting how education and science allow one to look at the world and honestly admit that it is far more complex than one can ever hope to comprehend. Still, even with the discipline of empiricism, human nature, fear and impatience cause us to simplify things to a point of useless opinions instead of something constructive and usable.

Where was the God that believers, mostly Christians, claim to be true/existing, loving, and powerful? Why would God allow this to happen?

In law, a crime can be categorized as either malum prohibitum (“wrong because prohibited”) or malum in se (“wrong or evil in itself”). In a civilized community, murder, rape, theft, robbery, and kidnapping are generally perceived as mala in se regardless of where they were committed or even if there were no written laws punishing them. On the other hand, illegal possession of drugs or firearms and traffic and tax violations are mala prohibita – crimes in certain societies because their statutes made them crimes.