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Starbucks CEO Tells Shareholders to Invest Elsewhere if They Don’t Like Company’s Stance on Gays

March 26, 2013 at 6:35pm

In reply to joeschmo.

It’s a publicly traded company…do whatever you want. Let the market decide. 38% up in stock price? You’re a fool.
‘Biblical’ Alternative to Health Care Sparks Both Intrigue and Controversy — Here’s How It Works

March 26, 2013 at 3:25pm

This is socialism! No, this is what made America great by helping others in need. NO! it is putting the community above the individual. No, it is managing risk which is one of the tenants of capitalism. What is this idea? Is it American or Socialist?
Atheist Cop Sues, Claiming He Was Demoted to Washing Cars for Refusing to Pray on the Job

March 11, 2013 at 3:17pm

In reply to searching for the Truth.

@ searching
I disagree respectfully. There are plenty of examples of what we consider moral behavior (sharing, defense of another at risk to one’s self, justice and fairness to name a few) regardless of what god you pray to or if you don’t believe in one at all. There are some core moralities that we all share as humans. A perfect example that fairness transcends any “creator’ or “law giver” would be Matthew 7:12, the spirit of which exists in almost every major religious text.
However there are other morals or laws in scripture that most Christians and all Americans have rejected as immoral. In Ephesians 6:5, slaves are told, “obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling”. If this is the inerrant word of god, why do we now consider slavery as immoral while considering Matthew 7:12 as evidence of god’s moral superiority.
Leading a moral life does not require a supernatural “law giver”, I am fairly certain that pre-Mosaic societies had just as much a problem with murdering, stealing and adultry and considered them wrong long before the story of the 10 commandments. This is an interesting discussion, but you should not be so quick to dismiss those who do not share your beliefs because there is a good chance we may share most of your morals.
Which Prominent Atheist Is Getting a Starring Role on ‘The Simpsons’?

March 6, 2013 at 4:11pm

In reply to shorelineliz.

@ Locked. Spot on mate! I’m sure that SHORE just cut and pasted these quotes from some creationist website. There is a good list of mined quotes and why they are false here:

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/quotes/mine/part1-1.html

The Gould quote in question is number 50, I believe.
Why Is This Video From 2012 Going Viral & Are Its ‘Income Inequality’ Claims True?

March 6, 2013 at 3:35pm

Many people on this site amaze me. Even when 92 % of Americans think the system should be different (to allow for more mobility), you folks still scream socialism. Wealth “distribution”, in the context of these studies, has nothing to do with socialism. It is used in the same context as, for example, “height distribution of freshman point guards”. The 6’5″ guy will show up in a different place on the chart then the 6’0″ guard. Get it?
What this study is saying is that there is something horribly wrong with the rules governing wealth acquisition in this nation (this disparity has been growing for decades and it is not because 90% of Americans suddenly got lazy). The simple truth is that if you believe in the first commandment of Friedman’s version of capitalism (that profit to the shareholder trumps all else), you must understand why our middle class is shrinking and why those that hold the most securities continue to get wealthier. The deck has been stacked in their favor since the early 1980′s. All the facts are there. Some of you just won’t believe them.
Report: Marines Using Secretive Sham Marriage Schemes to Steal Thousands Per Month in Taxpayer-Funded Benefits

March 4, 2013 at 2:56pm

In reply to fingerprintguy.

Did you or you spouse deploy to war zones after you got married? Married servicepeople get more because generally they give more.
Report: Marines Using Secretive Sham Marriage Schemes to Steal Thousands Per Month in Taxpayer-Funded Benefits

March 4, 2013 at 2:42pm

In reply to banjarmon.

Nice job using a derogatory term for Jewish people to voice your outrage. I can’t believe how thinly veiled the bigotry is on this site.
Report: Marines Using Secretive Sham Marriage Schemes to Steal Thousands Per Month in Taxpayer-Funded Benefits

March 4, 2013 at 2:39pm

So much for the “sanctity of marriage”. This scandal indicates that marriage is mostly an economic union under the guise of a religious union.
What Are Those Green Ribbons People Were Wearing During the State of the Union Speech?

February 12, 2013 at 11:38pm

In reply to JUSTANOTHEROPINION.

Wow, amazingly insightful while offering excellent ways to fix the problems of the nation.
Obama’s New Contraceptive Plan: Religiously-Affiliated Groups Can Opt-Out of Birth Control Mandate, But…

February 11, 2013 at 9:24pm

In reply to DisgustedinUSA.

The supreme court upheld the affordable care act