The Great Debate

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"Iron sharpens iron." A place for men to impact each other by debate and exchange of ideas. This is a group where no ideas are off limits. If your motto is, "I never talk about politics or religion," this group is not for you. A "gym" for thinkers.

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What makes a liberal or a conservative? 205 Replies

So, I've heard it generalized that liberals trust governments but not people, while conservatives trust people but not governments. What else do you think makes up the fundamental belief system of ...

Tagged: belief, conservative, liberal

Started by Topher White. Last reply by Herb Munson 3 minutes ago.

The Democrat's Health Care Reform Bill 29 Replies

The Senate voted for cloture this evening opening the door to debate the Senate version of the Health Care Reform Bill. I posted the following reply as to my take on the nature of the bill over in ...

Tagged: manditory, subsidies, insurance, government, tax

Started by Herb Munson. Last reply by Topher White 1 hour ago.

Jesus is the reason for the season? Really? How do you figure that? 11 Replies

Every year there are a few Christian organizations that get upset when a store doesn't use the word "Christmas" they ask everyone to boycott the store (It doesn't work of course studies have shown ...

Started by Chris. Last reply by Nathan Mark Devore 2 hours ago.

Climategate 4 Replies

Read an article this morning from the UK titled, Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of 'Anthropogenic Global Warming?' Today, Senator Inhofe, member of the Invironment Committee says he will...

Tagged: change, Climate, Invironment, hackers, email

Started by Herb Munson. Last reply by Deanna McGuire 4 hours ago.

Could you change your religion? 17 Replies

I have thought about this many times and personally I can not. I have tried through my life to look in to another religion and have found many good things about them. But in the end I could no more...

Started by asa c mcguire. Last reply by James Wells 9 hours ago.

What are boys made of? 5 Replies

This is an interesting review of some books about "Boys' studies." What say you all? http://chronicle.com/article/The-Puzzle-of-B

Started by Ray Daniels. Last reply by Ray Daniels 11 hours ago.

Torture 67 Replies

I decided to start this discussion using a reply from the terrorist trial in New York discussion. Here's my take on torture. What is yours? This, of course, is a sticky area. The Bush administrati...

Tagged: Conventions, terrorist, Geneva, waterboarding, 24

Started by Herb Munson. Last reply by Topher White 11 hours ago.

Socialism in the US 24 Replies

Many seem to argue against Universal Healthcare or regulation on businesses is socialism and should not be done. I've always been confused by this mindset as we have many commonly accepted sociali...

Tagged: military, healthcare, firemen, police, US

Started by Deanna McGuire. Last reply by Herb Munson 22 hours ago.

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Comment by California Scott on November 15, 2009 at 7:29pm: I'm glad this group is full of so many varied views. Keep the discussions coming!

Comment by Deanna McGuire on November 15, 2009 at 7:16pm: That's easy to figure... I know I'm mentally ill... I don't have to wonder who it is.

Comment by Herb Munson on November 15, 2009 at 7:00pm: Statistically, they say that 1 out of 4 people are mentally ill. So ... if you are together with three of your friends and you look around and they all look sane ... then, you're the one.

Comment by Herb Munson on November 14, 2009 at 2:25pm: ...can see your pupils dilating.. relax. remember, its all in your head.

Comment by Herb Munson on November 7, 2009 at 10:58pm: Not as much as I'm going to regret starting it in the first place, Topher! ha

Comment by Topher White on November 7, 2009 at 10:34pm: I know I'm going to regret joining this group, Herb, but I can't not.

Comment by California Scott on November 7, 2009 at 4:55pm: I wasn't going to join this group when it had its original title. I thought that it was a redundancy of the Christian Men group. But I hope that this new title will open this group up to many others interested in Religion/Theism/Athiesm. Thanks, Herb!

Comment by Herb Munson on November 7, 2009 at 1:57pm: Any thoughts about Cowboy Bob's Blog post today concerning evolution bias, creationism and intelligent design? http://community.artofmanliness.com/profiles/blogs/intelligent-design-streng

Comment by Jamie on November 7, 2009 at 11:38am: Hey, you changed the name of the group. Now THIS is the debate group, huh? Que sera...

Comment by Herb Munson on November 6, 2009 at 3:03pm: Paul's link below is an excellent site on the reliability and superiority of the ancient texts of the Bible as compared to other ancient writings and texts.