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Oh, and sorry if my previous post seemed a little harsh.

I assume you (the topic starter) are on the right, correct?

Uh, I would have to disagree with you for one main reason: our motives for our involvement in each respective war are completely different. Primarily, in WWII our objective was to prevent Germany from gaining control of Europe in addition to stopping their torture of the Jews. However, the primary reason for our involvement in the 'War on Terrorism' is oil. So, during WWII they were fighting not only for our protection, but also to free the Jewish captives. Isn't that a just reason? Their 'beef' with our current situation is that we are fighting for something that isn't worthwhile (essentially wasting our troop's lives).

While I can't say that our occupation is warranted, I do believe our time there is up as they have already asked us to leave (that and the war seems to be a huge failure). Anyway, just my two cents.

Net neutrality (in a nutshell) essentially means keeping the internet free of restrictions and out of the hands of the big, bad ISPs. The result of the "free" internet is that you have a freedom of expression, accompanied by prices being (relatively) competitively priced along with a few other perks. However, ISPs being the greedy, snot-nosed corporations dislike competition as it prevents them from having as much control and making as much money as possible.

It is my opinion that net neutrality should be protected, not only because it protects consumers and small businesses, but it also protects the quality of your internet connection. You see, by removing net neutrality ISPs can (and will by the influence of money) prioritize certain sites on the internet. What I mean by prioritize is that they will allow sites that pay them money to "appear" faster in the browser, while sites that opt out of paying the extra amount will appear slower. The end result could have negative effects on smaller businesses.

I would first like to start off by saying that I am neutral on this topic. Science vs. Religion is a very difficult topic to discuss, not only because it is close to many people's hearts but also a majority is based on theory. By theory I mean to say that ultimately our knowledge, as a whole, is limited and to come to a conclusion it difficult due to the blanks we have to fill in ourselves. These theories, whether developed by the Church or by a scientist, do provide an explanation to the reasons why a certain phenomena occur, but again it is one's own choice on what to believe in. Thus on that note I would like to give response to a few people and then end with my own opinion.

Now, a majority of this debate has been dwelling on what the [Christian] Church has done to both help and harm the world as a whole. Casilla, thank-you for the brief history synopsis of what the [Christian] Church has done that has greatly benefited current society. It is true, without the [Christian] Church we would have lost thousands of years of technological advancement. The [Christian] Church also provided a great service during the Middle Ages in Europe. It copied thousands of pieces of text by hand so that it could be saved. However, the access to these documents was restricted only to members of the Church, meaning the public did not have access to it. However, a major reason Europe was able to move out of their education slump was that the printing press was able to mass produce The Bible. So, again, a majority of our education could be linked back to the [Christian] Church. However on a similar note, the [Christian] Church does also have a history of preventing progression (as mentioned by Casilla).

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However Galileo and many others also had their lives threatened because their ideas went against the Church.



This, however, is not by choice but instead by a lack of education on the person's part. This lack of education is again the fault of the [Christian] Church due to the fact that they did not educate the population and restricted access to their copies of ancient texts.

Moving onward, nox (or Speaker) you explain that religion is a major source of both hate crimes and wars. True, hate crimes have been committed because of religions but hate crimes have been committed because of race or ethnicity. Wars have also been started over religion but they have also been started over population, food, money etc. This is a too big of a generalization. You continue on by claiming religion is the reason for pedophiles. Again many members of the Church have been pedophiles, but there are also many who are not. This, again, is too big of a generalization.

Another 'hot topic' in this debate has been abortion. This again is a difficult topic. That is to say, when does the person have a right to end/take away a person's life, and when exactly is a person considered alive?

Finally, I will give my opinion, as I must be on my 2ish post. I have stated, in the beginning, that I am neutral and by that I mean I am torn. I was taught both science and religion, but I would consider myself more atheistic then anything else. Ultimately I believe it is option C. Both Science and Religion are explanations for the same thing. Many claim religion is the sole cause for pain and suffering in the world while it is not. As put by Casilla it is simply human nature. While humans are social creatures, we enjoy conflict and we hate change/anything that is different. While I agree both Science and Religion has provided many good and bad things to humanity, they essentially made up of just theories. NOTHING is known for sure simply because no one was there to both witness and record it. However, just to be a devil's advocate I pose this question to you all: If God does exist, then why is there so much pain and suffering when he/she could simply prevent all of it?

Hope I have provided an adequate response!

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