a black woman had 7 sons and named them all Domanic.

how did she tell them apart?

she called them by their last names

"Then why does a person with barely a scratch dies and somebody with terminal cancer continues to live? Science since is supposed to hold all the answers"

there are many variables that influence things like that. if you had all knowledge of every variable, then you would be able to predict everything, but we dont have knowledge of all variables. that doesnt mean science is faulty, it means we dont know all the variables

Faith: if im supposed to just blindly believe in something, why shouldnt i just blindly believe in islam or scientology or atheism? and what is so bad about doubting? shouldnt god want us to reject ridiculous claims that go against evidence? shouldnt god want us to think for ourselves? how is faith a better way of determining truth than weighing evidence, using logic, and testing hypotheses?

isnt that a given? it's not like you are going to have macro evolution over a short period of time. if you think that a species can evolve slightly over a short period of time, then it only follows that it might evolve much more over a much longer period of time if the environment continues to change. every big change happens gradually. whales still have some remnants of feet bones. humans/apes still have remnants of tails.

so you say it's fine because the kids arent intelligent enough to understand other forms of guidance? children respond to other forms of guidance much better than to hitting, and even if they only understood hitting, could a teacher hit his/her students? could i hit a random child because i think they are too loud? what difference does it make if its their parents or someone else? you dont own your kids anymore than i do. also, if children having poor intelligence is the reason behind your position, then you must think its okay to correct mentally handicapped children and adults by hitting them, because "they cannot be expected to understand why [they] should do or not do something". thats horrible and not effective. it's even worse to hit someone if they really cant understanding something. you sound more concerned about abusive parents being put in jail than you are about defenseless children being abused

i would give a rebuttal to your argument, but you didnt state an argument.

i suppose it can be more or less, but what would be more selfish would be to demand that someone live their lives in emotional or physical anguish because it might inconvenience you for a while if they died. we are all going to die at some point anyway. if someones suicide hurts you so much, you can always kill yourself too. were Romeo and Juliet selfish?

in a way, yes. a secular class that teaches logic, or religion, or any science helps people learn facts. the more educated people are, the more likely it is that they will become an atheist, especially when they learn that god didnt create man out of thin air - man evolved.

its illegal to hit an adult. if anything, wouldnt it be worse to hit a child? if youre going to have a kid, learn how to parent effectively and give them a happy home. when i was a kid, i preferred when i was in foster homes to living with abusive "discipline"

using such methods only increase excitement levels. if your child is misbehaving you need to calm them down, not escalate the situation. it's like screaming at someone "CALM DOWN!!"; it just makes their emotional state more intense. resorting to those kinds of desperate techniques only teach the kid that you are not in control of them or the situation. you need to show that you are in control and calm, so they can be calm and give you respect and trust. if they respect and trust you and see you as powerful, they will do what you want.