What do you think is the most controversial topic about at the moment?

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   Adamowenposted 11 years ago

   What do you think is the most controversial topic about at the moment?

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   manningndposted 11 years ago

   Depends on who you are. If you're gay its Chick-fil-a (I love that that rhymes), if you're a liberal it's women's rights with Mitt Romney being so against them, if your a conservative its social security because that is a big part of the deficit and a socialist program but also a major vote killer.

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   JThomp42posted 11 years ago

   Whether there is a God or not. I personally believe their certainly is. Liberalism is trying to do away with God.

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      randslamposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      This really isn't a controversy...have your god...just don't put it on me...called "freedom of religion"...this is what America stands for.

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      JThomp42posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Why must people as you be so hostile about it. I really feel sorry for you when Jesus returns.

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      Attikosposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Randslam, there has been no state church in America since the colonial era. No one is forced to support one. There is a state ideology in the US, the progressivism of the liberal establishment. All taxpayers are forced to support that. No difference.

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      putnutposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Attikos. You said it right. They are trying to force all of us to believe what they do, like that gay is ok, abortion is just like curing cancer, greed is good, no wrong but what they say is wrong at the moment, etc.

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      manningndposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      You people must not actually live in America. Because no one here as ever been forced to marry a gay, and no one has been forced to have an abortion. I pay for stuff I don't agree with too, that is part of being an American.

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      putnutposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      But we get attacked brutally for saying what we believe.

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      Chuck Fieldposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      No sir. We respect your right to believe. We are just trying to get back to equal ground and keep the First Amendment from being trampled on by fundamentalists.

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      manningndposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      It is wrong to attack someone for their beliefs, but there is a difference between belief and policy. I abhor abortion and will talk as many people out of it as I can, but my beliefs should not become policy.

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   Chuck Fieldposted 11 years ago

   When speaking about the U.S., it would be tolerance… pick any subject and it will boil down to this. Those who hold a particular belief or ideology, not tolerating a differing belief. We all want our freedoms, but we have become too self-absorbed in enforcing our beliefs on others. We forget that tolerance is the very foundation of freedom.

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      Chuck Fieldposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      And it did not take 10 minutes to prove my point... JThomp and putnut, wanting to establish a belief on other people. Liberals could care less what you believe as long as your religious doctrine does not force us to do something we don't believe in.

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      bn9900posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Chuck, they aren't pushing anything, all they are saying is that Liberalism is doing away with religion. How else do you explain, banning the words "under God" in the pledge in schools? The attack on Guns? The Healthcare law....

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      manningndposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      What do guns and healthcare have to do with religion? Children learn God in church, school should be about knowledge.

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      Starmom41posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      @manningnd:  your question was exactly what popped into my mind when I read this!

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      randslamposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I'm with Chuck...get your noses out of my business and let "freedom reign"...it's not in the bible...but it's in the Declaration of Independence...free speech, free will, freedom to pursue happiness, freedom of information...but no "you will follow"?

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      bn9900posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I was listing just a few of the things that liberals ram down our thoats...Chuck was claiming that JThomp and Putnut were wanting to ram religion down the conservative throat when he overlooked what the liberals do. That all.

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      putnutposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I'm not trying to force my belief on anyone, just stating what I believe, and once again attacked for it by those who call me intolerant because I supposedly won't allow them to believe what they want because I simply disagree.

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      randslamposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      How can liberals do away with God?  You can worship anywhere you want...but why cram it down a kid's throat...can't your minister do that...give a child a chance to learn how to learn...instead of indoctrination by age five...that's a Catholic trick.

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      putnutposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      randslam... don't you teach your children your particular set of beliefs, if you have any. If you don't, believe me, you would teach them your ideology either on purpose or through osmosis.

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       Chuck Fieldposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       First, I never said that liberals are not guilty of forcing beliefs on people. They get just as wound around the axel as anyone else. Second, the conservatives do not even hear what they are saying. The respondents here, on the conservative side, are

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       putnutposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       I'm not conservative, I am a Christian. I don't get involved in politics, same as Jesus. When they tried to make him king, he left. Christians are supposed to be preaching the Kingdom of God, not man's governments.(which have all been failures. btw)

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   putnutposted 11 years ago

   I agree with Jthom down there. central to the gay issue as well as evolutionism, is the question,"is there a God?". Anyone who has done in depth and unbiased research into the matter would have to agree that ther definitely must be a Creator. So many go into the subject with an agenda, and never see the light.

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      manningndposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      God and gay are separate issues unless you are a Levite. Jesus never mentioned gay (but did repeatedly speak out against Leviticus) and Paul never spoke bad about gay if you go back and read his work in its original Greek. Research that.

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      randslamposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Actually the theory of Eternal Reoccurence would not require a god...only the activity of the physical universe.  Scientists are now showing how something can actually come from nothing...goodbye Creationism...boohoo...bad theory anyway.

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      manningndposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Surely no one denies that we can accurately measure speed, or that we can measure distance with light. Look at the stars tonight, if we can see it and it is 8 billion light years away it has been there at least 8 billion years.

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      putnutposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      manningnd apparently has no actual Bible knowledge. They are wrong on both points they made in reference to it. Jesus never spoke about gay, but he never spoke against Leviticus, either. (where did you hear that garbage?) Paul was very clear about it

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      randslamposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      As for the universe starting 8 billion years ago...sure...but it may have been after an earlier implosion that the universe started up again...ergo...Eternal Re-occurrence--the expanding and shrinking of matter--for all eternity.  Lots of big bangs.

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      Chuck Fieldposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Anyone who has done in depth and unbiased research into the matter would NOT agree that their definitely must be a Creator. If a theory was written and scientists had evaluated the data and found it to be true, someone would have gotten a Nobel prize

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      manningndposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      compare leviticus 24:20 to mathew 5:38. Any time Jesus says you have hear it said by them of old, there is a corresponding passage in Leviticus that he is directly contradicting. Look it up. Being told what the Bible says is not knowing what it says.

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      putnutposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Jesus wasn't speaking out against Leviticus. The Mosaic Law (including Leviticus) was for the Israelites, and served them for centuries, But Jesus was instituting a new way to be as a Christian. Same with those who live by the sword will die by it .

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      manningndposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Jesus contradicted Leviticus repeatedly because they were man made laws added to the law of Moses. When Paul was translated few people read greek so it was easy to change things. Now we know the word mistranslated to gay referred to male prostitutes

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       swalmsleposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Creationism and Evolution have been, to varying degrees, unified since evolution became a science.  Anyone can have a creator.  I prefer evolution.  If there was an all seeing entity that snapped electricity into aminos... great.  No more arguement.

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   bn9900posted 11 years ago

   Politics-Either Obama and the Healthcare fiasco or Gay rights.

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   Attikosposted 11 years ago

   If you define controversial as being fought out, it's the question of who will have the dubious distinction of presiding over the dismal four years of US history we have coming after the disastrous last four.

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   Cristaleposted 11 years ago

   Abortion and politics are always controversial topics and probably always will be.

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   Becky Katzposted 11 years ago

   The same thing it has been for generations, religion and politics. Just mention anything on those two topics and there will be a controversy. That is the great thing about living in the U.S., we do still have the freedom to disagree. How long that will last, who knows!

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      bn9900posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      If obama is reelected, look for further erosions of those freedoms of which you speak.

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    randslamposted 11 years ago

    Lack of tolerance, lack of wisdom, lack of cooperation, etc...these are issues of controversy.  The media stirs up controversy...as do ministers and politicians...it's time for some T-O+L+E x R=A=N--C--E...easy to spell, say, and understand...seems impossible for most religious zealots, politicians and ministers to do.
    
    Look it up...you'll like it...actually allows you to live a neighbourly life...like in Mayberry...y'know on TV?  Respect your fellow humans and let them believe what they want...it's no skin off of your nose.
    
    This could work...no war, no arguments...just learning and increased efficiency and progress towards common goals of global peace, no hunger and equity for all.
    
    What a pursuit for happiness this could be.

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       randslamposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Wow!  How intolerant...someone actually voted this down.  I don't want to be at your place at the pagan festival of Christmas...lol...gotta love it.

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       Attikosposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       What, have you no tolerance for down votes?

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       krsharp05posted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Just the fact that someone voted it down is a perfect illustration of your point though right?

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       randslamposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Yep, there always a wild card...a contrarian who will not bend...I can tolerate it.  I have big shoulders...but my back aches a little...too much golf?

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       Chuck Fieldposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       “The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.” – Ralph W. Sockman  This is the lesson for Christians today.

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    detroitmareposted 11 years ago

    It has been and always will be religion: those who are a part of it, those who are against it, and those who live their lives for it all differ greatly.

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    krsharp05posted 11 years ago

    I'm going out on a limb and away from every argument so far.  You are asking for one topic and the immediate present time.  Gun control.  After the Colorado massacre it's the hot topic.

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    zsobigposted 11 years ago

    Maybe I am wrong, but all I can think about at the moment regarding the whole world is the Olympics, as this is the most popular topic in these days.
    Apart from that there are some more topics of course, but it is good that people talk a lot about the Olympics, as they forget a little bit about their own, much more serious 'problems' - at least in my opinion.
    In fact, politics, religion and sexual orientations are evergreen topics and of course everything in fact, that can even slightly fit into these topics will create controversion between humanity (like present politicians, presidents, freedom, history, tolerance, ideologies, gay/bisexsual orientations, abortion, etc.).
    Mabye that's why I don't like to speak about these topics at all .

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    dirtyductsposted 11 years ago

    The 16 year old Chinese swimmer in the Olympics

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    mismazdaposted 11 years ago

    The presidency, the Olympics,  and the Zimmermann trial.

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    phillippeengelposted 11 years ago

    The most controversial topic now? It is undoubtedly about the repression of human rights in some less developed countries where selfish dictators abound and the inhumane acts they do to the residents.

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    taazakhabarposted 11 years ago

    Does God exist? What is his religion? -- this alone has the potential to divide the world due to difference of opinion

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