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by Sabine Grant
Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:06 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Meet the American Pastor Behind Uganda's Anti-Gay Crackdown
Replies: 303
Views: 3361

By Atheos :Following christian principles is how monarchies with the "Divine right of kings" had been empowered. Following humanist principles is how democracy began. To add water to your well : considering that the Greek civilization introduced the concept of a body representing the will...
by Sabine Grant
Thu Apr 17, 2014 4:33 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Gender gap in tech salaries? Nope.
Replies: 379
Views: 3522

[quote=""bigfield""] Are you discounting biological reasons for gendered differences in interests? IMO it is more a matter of society cultivating a stereotype based on gender role. "women belong here and men belong there". Look at how, for the longest time, nursing was ...
by Sabine Grant
Thu Apr 17, 2014 3:07 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Gender gap in tech salaries? Nope.
Replies: 379
Views: 3522

[quote=""bigfield""] I believe that society is foolish and short sighted if it does not look at reasons that for some careers, the applicants are primarily male and for others, female. Surely the talent pool isn't restricted along gender lines. Interest may fall that way, but why...
by Sabine Grant
Thu Apr 17, 2014 2:05 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Meet the American Pastor Behind Uganda's Anti-Gay Crackdown
Replies: 303
Views: 3361

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by Sabine Grant
Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:35 am
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Peace on earth, with religion?
Replies: 78
Views: 880

[quote=""Tigers!""] We don't need your preaching here. You ought to be taking your 'message' to your own cult members, and getting your own fucked up house led by perverts, shysters, liars, and promoters of murders in order first. I just love all the atheist love and compassion o...
by Sabine Grant
Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:18 am
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Peace on earth, with religion?
Replies: 78
Views: 880

[quote=""Eric H""] Sabine Grant; Eric H : I will share this experience with you as it reflects the willingness of a religious group motivated by their beliefs to care for the sick, to care for a specific type of sick who was widely rejected and abandoned by the society they lived...
by Sabine Grant
Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:14 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Religious Accomodation at York University
Replies: 174
Views: 1515

[quote=""Tom Sawyer""] Non, you are not understanding me correctly. I never stated that there is an obligation to grant a request based on religious grounds. The reasonable aspect of the request whether it be secular or religious is what prevails. There seems to be a misunderstan...
by Sabine Grant
Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:34 am
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Are you going to the new board yet? Why/whynot?
Replies: 63
Views: 1246

[quote=""maxparrish""] My chrystal ball tells me that everybody will keep chatting here until this forum dies. Yep, like a bunch of rowdy drunks at a 2:00 am bar closing, you will have to boot them out with a threat to call the police if they don't all leave. At 6am they will lin...
by Sabine Grant
Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:19 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Hobby Lobby's Oh So Godly Holy Hobby Horse
Replies: 335
Views: 3519

[quote=""Jolly_Penguin""] Well, since obviously no one in the US has ever, ever, in the history of time, ever, ever thought to change the way we, the US citizenry, pay for healthcare; why doesn't a wise Canadian come down here and simply state the case for, say single payer, to t...
by Sabine Grant
Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:37 pm
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Hobby Lobby's Oh So Godly Holy Hobby Horse
Replies: 335
Views: 3519

[quote=""AthenaAwakened""]Well, since obviously no one in the US has ever, ever, in the history of time, ever, ever thought to change the way we, the US citizenry, pay for healthcare; why doesn't a wise Canadian come down here and simply state the case for, say single payer, to t...