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The Onion

2008-08-19T03:45:45Z

HardRockFan: Grammar

'''The Onion''' is a weekly parody newspaper audience that pokes fun of many subjects, especially America and world leaders. It does not have any political agenda beyond making fun of authority figures, though it frequently mocks [[Christian]] and [[conservative]] viewpoints. The mockery is far from limited to just these two viewpoints, however. The Onion was originally published in [[Madison]], [[Wisconsin]], by students attending the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] and has since grown to national distribution.

== External link ==

*[http://www.theonion.com/ The Onion]

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Debate:Should people genetically engineer a cure for homosexuality

2008-08-19T03:43:33Z

HardRockFan: /* No */

==No==
I think it would be incorrect to say that homosexuality is a "mental illness", and even if it were, personal liberty should always be taken into account. I don't think that any homosexuals want to be "cured", and if they do, and someone could make a cure, then let the gays decide. If the cure is genetically engineered, then I would say definitely no, because [[Abortion|messing with fetuses]] is pretty controversial.

Debate:Should people genetically engineer a cure for homosexuality

2008-08-19T03:43:01Z

HardRockFan: New page: ==No== I think it would be incorrect to say that homosexuality is a "mental illness", and even if it were, personal liberty should always be taken into account. I don't think that any homo...

==No==
I think it would be incorrect to say that homosexuality is a "mental illness", and even if it were, personal liberty should always be taken into account. I don't think that any homosexuals want to be "cured", and if they do, and someone could make a cure, then let the gays decide. If the cure is genetically engineered, then I would say definitely no, because [[messing with fetuses|Abortion]] is pretty controversial.

Theism

2008-08-19T03:30:05Z

HardRockFan:

'''Theism''' is a general term used to acknowledge the belief in a [[Deity]] or deities. According to the ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'', theism more narrowly means belief in a deity that is both [[immanence|immanent]] in the world, but also [[transcendence|transcendent]], and is also [[omniscient]], [[omnipotent]] and [[omnipresent]].<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04679b.htm</ref>

The opposite of theism is [[atheism]], which rejects and often actively opposes belief in God. There is also [[agnosticism]], which is a denial of any possibility of spiritual proof, leaving belief open to either side.
The most common form of theism today is [[monotheism]], the belief in one God as the creator.

Variations of theism include:
* [[polytheism]] (many gods, contrasted to [[monotheism]], one god)
* [[pantheism]] (all is God)
* [[panentheism]] (all is in God)
* [[deism]] (God made the Universe but then ceased to interact with it)
* [[polydeism]] (many Gods made the Universe but then abandoned it)
* [[pandeism]] (God made the Universe by becoming it)
* [[panendeism]] (God made the Universe by partially becoming it)

Some do not consider the deistic variations to relate to theism at all because they refer to an absent God (although the God of pandeism and panendeism is immanent, but non-interfering).

Variations of polytheism include:
* [[monolatry]] (belief in many Gods, but worship of only one)
* [[henotheism]] (belief in many Gods of which one is supreme)
* [[kathenotheism]] (belief in many Gods, but worship of only one at a time, because one is supreme at a time).

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