Debate and Discourse

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February Discussions:

• Meditation 943: Scientology: Just another boiler room operation
  1st post (3 Feb)
• Talk Back 104: God, chips and a shampoo
  (2 posts) 1st post (3 Feb 2 posts)

January Discussions:

• Meditation 952: Why the same-sex focus by the Catholic Church?
  (2 posts) 1st post - latest post (20 Jan)
• A Miscellany 345: The Second Article of Faith
  (2 posts)1st post - latest post (20 Jan)

December Discussions:

• Meditation 158: Wishy-Washy Agnostics
  1st post
• Meditation 947: On Christopher Hitchens
  (2 posts) 1st post - latest post
• Ask the Patriarch 240: Responding to a "Merry Christmas"
  1st post
• Talk Back 88: On accepting the existence of a "Super Intelligent Being"
  (17 posts) 1st post - 1st Dec post (5 posts) - latest post

November Discussions:

• Meditation 814: Copyrighting the Pope©
  1st post
• Meditation 895: The Rapture of Harold Camping
  (3 posts) 1st post - latest post
• Meditation 941: No, we are not "born atheist"
  1st post
• Ask the Patriarch 239: The Question of Original Sin
  1st post

October Discussions:

• Meditation 895: The Rapture of Harold Camping
  (2 posts) 1st post - latest post
• Meditation 929: The Pope Visits Germany
  1st post
• Reflection 76: Can we teach morality without involving religion?
  (6 posts) 1st post - latest post (2 posts)

September Discussions:

• Meditation 777: The Church Ladies Meet The Bastard
  (5 posts) 1st post - latest post
• Meditation 815: Painting the facade... while support beams rot.
  (8 posts) 1st post - latest post
  
• Meditation 895: The Rapture of Harold Camping
  1st post
• Meditation 920: A Basic Difference between Science and Religion
  1st post
• Talk Back 49: Seek Christ in Prayer
  (8 posts) 1st post - latest post
• Reflections on Ethics 06: The 10 Commandments as a Basis for Morality?
  (12 posts) 1st post - latest post
• Talk Back 35: When you stand before Him, what will you say?
  (2 posts) 1st post - latest post