The Question:
What Is The Meaning Of Life?
JH wrote on July 25, 2007:
Wouldn’t it be ironic if the meaning of life was to ponder about the meaning of life?
In that case, as we’ve asked ourselves the question already, wouldn’t that mean that there is no purpose for us anymore?
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The Question:
Creation vs Evolution: Which Do you Believe In?
JH wrote on July 24, 2007:
I believe in science, the cold facts and the theories. Remember that evolution is referred to as the theory of evolution, meaning that unless it is proven true or false, it’s a theoretical concept.
Do I believe we evolved from monkeys? Very likely. Hell, look at the other alternatives we’ve been given! Either we we’re planted here by aliens, or God made us in his image 4000 years ago.
Monkeys, God or Aliens…
There’s no concrete proof that God exists. There’s no concrete proof that aliens exist. We’ve got monkeys in Zoos. Case closed.To believe in Creation is to renounce all science and scientific methods. If an archeologist carbon dates a bone to be say 3 million years old, give or take a century, is he lying or using faulty equipment?
The theory of evolution believes that through time, a lot of time, humans evolved from other primates. The story of creation suggests, and is trying to prove, that the God created the Earth 4000 years ago, the so-called “Young Earth Model”. (there’s actually a “scientific journal on creation” in America, trying to prove the Young Earth Model with “hard data” and “scientific fact”. Um, right… Good luck…)
That said, I won’t go so far as to believe that the theory of evolution is not a theory, but rather a scientific fact. It’s still a theory, and I’ll believe it as a theory until it is completely and comprehensively proven to be a fact or a logical alternative arrives.
Creation is not that alternative.
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The Question:
Abortion: Are You Pro-Choice or Pro-Life?
J.H. wrote on July 25, 2007:
To each and their own, whichever side of the abortion debate you side with, you have (presumably) a well-grounded argument to back your point.
The problem arises when you apply the question to an international audience. Abortion is viewed very differently in parts of the world. Merely the fact that it’s illegal in many parts of even the western world already swings the general perception of it one way or another.
There are really only two reasons why people may be pro-life.
One, it’s for personal reasons, possibly relating to one’s own life and life situation. It could be very difficult to convince a woman who desperately wants a baby that abortion is a good thing, when they themselves could never personally fathom terminating the pregnancy they are really striving to have.
Then there’s religion. The Catholic church, to name one example, is one of the main reasons why abortion is illegal in many western countries. When one is raised to “respect” all life, hence being pro-life, they are strapped to their point of view by their beliefs.
In an ideal world, abortion would be a non-issue, available everywhere, for whoever wants it or needs it.
The reason this is a heated debate is because people are trying to impose their beliefs on others. Not just the religious, but the other side too.
Personally, I believe abortion is a entirely a woman’s right, making me pro-choice. In the end, what matters more than a feud between pro-life and pro-choice is the woman’s physical, mental and social wellbeing.
The ironic thing in this debate is that while pro-life believers support only their point of view, saying that abortion is murder, etc, etc, pro-choice believers tend to allow for both sides, really making them pro-choice in if truest meaning of the term.
If you want to keep the baby, go ahead and keep it. It’s your right.
If, for whatever reason, you wish not to have a baby, you should have the right and opportunity terminate the pregnancy, without other people telling you it’s wrong or calling you a murderer.Being pro(-woman’s)-choice, I believe no man should ever tell a woman whether or not to have an abortion. In addition, being pro-choice means allowing pro-life believers the right to oppose abortion.
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