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It's been oddly cold the last few days. Now I know why. Hell has frozen over. It seems 2smart4u, Strife767, BushBacker, Patriot and Paul actually kind of agree on something. Happy independence day to my southern neighbors. You should get together for a beer tomorrow. If you need a new topic to discuss I suggest Scooter Libby and todays news. That should be fun.

Religion preaches no birth control in Africa thereby contributing to the number of people who die by AIDS every day. No true moral person should support that.

Roughly 66 percent of the worlds population (over 4 billion people) are not Christian and do not believe in your God. Are they wrong? How do you justify that fact with your world view? Evolution's gift, my brain and the ability to think for myself, works just fine thank you.

Please provide a link verifying this claim.

Moving on, without finding a solution, will just allow this to happen again. Ignoring the problem isn't a solution. The main issue is Mr. P's action in his classroom. From all I've read (from former students & Matt's first days in his classroom) it seems likely that Mr. P's actions didn't start recently and have been known of for a long time. If so, Mr. P's actions should have been curtailed previously but were ignored. The school board took your advice to 'move on' previously and that didn't solve the problem. Additionally, calling yourself a 'voice of reason' without considering that patriot, 2smart4u and other guests belong in your crazies category seems ironic.

Early man 'couldn't stomach milk' (bbc news) In order to digest milk, adult humans need to have a gene which produces an enzyme called lactase to break down lactose, one of the main sugars it contains. Without it, a drink of milk proves an uncomfortable experience, causing bloating, stomach cramps and diarrhoea. Today, more than 90% of people of northern European origin have the gene. Working with scientists from Mainz University in Germany, the UCL team looked for the gene that produces the lactase enzyme in Neolithic skeletons dating between 5480BC and 5000BC. These are believed to be from some of the earliest farming communities in Europe. The lactase gene was absent from the DNA extracted from these skeletons, suggesting that these early Europeans would not be tolerant to milk. Dr Mark Thomas, from UCL, said: "The ability to drink milk is the most advantageous trait that's evolved in Europeans in the recent past. "Although the benefits of milk tolerance are not fully understood, they probably include the advantage of a continuous supply compared with the 'boom and bust' of seasonal crops, its nourishing qualities, and the fact that, unlike stream water, it's uncontaminated with parasites, making it safer. "All in all, the ability to drink milk gave some early Europeans a big survival advantage."

British actually. Did you watch the video or proclaim judgment in ignorance?

An interesting starting point for a discussion of atheism and religion. Google video, very long, each part is an hour. part 1 part 2