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Hi, I don't have a registered name, and I realize I shouldn't post this question here, but I was hoping you could just either answer it or move it somewhere else. My question is: What is the origin of the saying "sell your soul"? I have been looking and looking and am unable to find it, so...

You might be interested in the following: Kenneth Einar Himma, "Prior Probabilities and Confirmation Theory: A Problem with the Fine-Tuning Argument" International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, vol. 51, no. 4 (June 2002), 175-194. The PDF version of the article is available without c...

I'm curious about our president's (George W. Bush) apparent inability to pronounce "nuclear" correctly. Doesn't he have advisors who monitor every utterance? Does anybody have an explanation as to why he says, "nook-you-ler"?

"If using a computer is immoral this poster obviously is immoral. He or she is using one too." -This is an obvious fallacy, not to mention the poster never said whether they were moral or not (or to what degree). Jennings claimed to be very moral. "Now as to starvation. Since almost a...

Don, It seems you have misunderstood the entire purpose the article and if my point was unclear, I will elucidate. If you are earnestly reading the bible to perchance comprehend it and ESPECIALLY the Old Testament, you must be willing to accept "for the sake of comprehension" God's divine ...

If using a computer is immoral this poster obviously is immoral. He or she is using one too. Now as to starvation. Since almost all of the starvation in the world is deliberatley caused by various political regimes (Such as Kim Pong Yi and his Communist goon squad in North Korea) My decision not to ...

To reply to Mr. Mizuno. I wasn't falsifying what the Bible said. I was simply giving my opinion of the Holy Book. As for the idea that Christianity or any deeply held faith equals morality or high ethics. THat is simply a widely held popular prejudice not a fact. Christians and other believers are s...

I know it's not important to his argument, but I would hate to see Kevin's mention of "Lucy, the fabricated ape-man" pass unchallenged. Presumably this is a reference to the creationist claim that Don Johanson actually found Lucy's knee joint (an important indicator, though not the only on...

I recently read the article by Daniel Jennings, "I am not a Christian because I AM a moral person", and I wish to dispel a few misconceptions regarding Jennings' "theology" and his anti-philosophical approach to the state of the Christian religion. While I have doubts of my own, ...

Daniel Jennings recent Agora article, I am not a Christian because I am a moral person, is bunk. First, he assumes he’s a moral person, which is obviously not exactly convincing since the great majority of people reading don’t have any idea who he is, so it’s not like we can simply say “yeah, I gues...