IIDB Archive

Philosophy
Asking timeless questions in a modern world.

Moral Foundations & Principles
Morality, immorality, subjectivism, objectivism, social contracts--what does it all mean? What is the source of morality? Discuss all aspects of secular and theistic moral systems.

General Religious Discussions
Discussions about global religions, Non Abrahamic. Historical aspects to be discussed in History of Non Abrahamic Religions/Philosophies & Related Texts.

History of Abrahamic Religions & Related Texts
Discussions relating to the historical aspects of the Abrahamic Religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam and their subsets) and their related texts.

History of Non Abrahamic Religions/Philosophies & Related Texts
Discussions relating to the historical aspects of Non Abrahamic Religions (Asatr, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Confucianism, Hinduism, Neopaganism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism,and more), and their corresponding philosophies and related historical texts.

Abrahamic Religions
Discussions about Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

Non Abrahamic Religions & Philosophies
Discuss religions and philosophies not associated to Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Biblical Criticism & History
Textual and historical discussions of Abrahamic holy books (Bible, Talmud, Qur'an) to challenge and illuminate the stories therein.

Science Discussions
General discussions of science.

Evolution/Creation
The origins and diversity of life--divine fiat or product of natural forces?--and the sociopolitical ramifications of the answer.

Pseudoscience
A place to discuss the paranormal. Far out theories of physics. Extraterrestrial visitation. Out of Body and Near Death experiences. Any paranormal research at all.

Political Discussions
The academic discussion of world issues and politics.
Subforum: Hot Topics: Trayvon/Zimmerman

Church/State Separation
Discuss church-state separation issues including court cases, school prayer, and other topics in the political or community arena dealing with theism treading on nontheism.

General World History
For the discussion of world history from prehistoric to modern times.

Formal Debates (Moderated)
This is where you come after you and your debating opponent have finalized a topic and parameters of a formal debate from the "Formal Debate Proposals" forum. The moderators will start your thread here once the debaters are ready to go. This forum is fully moderated. En garde!

Debate Proposals
Do you want to declare a debate challenge? Do you want someone to come pick up your gauntlet? The express purpose of this forum is for you to do just that! In addition, you would also hammer out the debate parameters with your opponent here.

Resources
A collection of resources for members to use.

Biblical Criticism & History 2011

Existence of God(s)
What does the word "God" mean? Does a god exist? What are the arguments for and against? What does the evidence say?

Republican Primaries/US Presidential Elections
Temporary forum for discussions on the upcoming (US) Republican Primaries and Presidential Elections.

Political Discussions, 2003-2007

World Events & General Politics
A place to discuss local and international news and politics as they relate to today's world and as they relate to historical events.
Subforum: TEMPORARY Election Forum

General Discussion Forums (PRIOR TO JUN-2003)

Secular Community Forums (PRIOR TO JUN-2003)

Feedback Forums (PRIOR TO JUN-2003)

Philosophical Forums (PRIOR TO JUN-2003)

Activism - 2000
Activism Discussion archive for 2000.

Biblical Criticism - 2001
Discuss biblical text and archaeology to challenge and illuminate the stories therein.

Bugs, Problems - 2000
Discussion threads from the Secular Web Bugs/Problems forum for calendar year 2000.

Church -State Separation - 2001
Maintain the wall or tear it down?

Evolution/Creation - 2000
Discussion threads from the Evolution/Creation forum for calendar year 2000.

Evolution/Creation - 1Q & 2Q - 2001
Discussion threads from the Evolution/Creation forum.

Evolution/Creation - 3Q & 4Q - 2001
Did life evolve or was it created?

Existence of God - 3Q - 2000
Discussion threads from the Existence of God forum, last posted to in June through September, 2000.

Existence of God - 4Q - 2000
Discussion threads from the Existence of God forum, last posted to in October through December, 2000.

Existence of God - 1Q - 2001
Discussion threads from the Existence of God(s) forum.

Existence of God - 2Q - 2001
Discussion threads from the Existence of God(s) forum.

Existence of God - 3Q & 4Q - 2001
In this day and age how can anyone believe in any God or gods?

Freethought Humor - 2001
Christians and other theists be warned: what we find to be funny may be in extremely bad taste or even very offensive to you!

Media & Pop Culture - 2001
A discussion area for all manner of "popular culture" items, such as books, movies, television, etc.

Misc. Disc. - 1Q - 2001
Miscellaneous Discussions thread archive for the 1st quarter, 2001.

Misc. Disc. - 2Q - 2001
Miscellaneous Discussions thread archive for the 2nd quarter, 2001.

Misc. Disc. - 3Q & 4Q - 2001
Enter the agora to discuss just about anything (there are limits!).

Misc. Religion Disc. - 2001
Discuss anything about religion, or lack of religion, which doesn't fit within any of our other II forums.

Moral Foundations - 2001
Can people be "good without God?" History argues that we can. But theists can't seem to understand why history is relevant to morality. Since "history is philosophy learned from examples," it is the real source of moral teachings.

Philosophy - 2000
Philosophical Discussion archive for 2000.

Philosophy - 2001
Philosophical discussions for people who think hard.

Political Disc. - 2000
Discussion threads from the Open Political Discussions forum for calendar year 2000.

Political Disc. - 1Q & 2Q - 2001
Discussion threads from the Political Discussions forum for the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2001.

Political Disc. - 3Q & 4Q - 2001
Discuss all manner of political things here!

Science & Skepticism - 2001
General discussions of science, skepticism, and how they relate to one another.

Secular Lifestyle - 2001
Discuss the unique needs of secular people relating to family, friends and coworkers in a predominantly theistic culture.