I don't agree with the drinking age being lowered from 21, I like it right where its at. There really isn't any good reason to lower the drinking age.

The problem with drinking is binge drinking and it is a problem in many high schools. Teenagers go to parties and get wasted by drinking excessive amounts of achohol. There's an argument that if you make drinking for 18 year olds legal, it will make them more responsible drinkers, and less likely to binge drink. Although this may have some validity, what will happen then to the 15 year olds and the 14 year olds? By making the alchohol more accesible to 18 year olds, you inadvertantly make it accesible to younger kids in high school and even middle school. Younger age groups will become the binge drinkers and the problem just goes from bad to worse.

Research shows that the brain doesn't full develop until the age of 25 and that alchohol can hinder brain development. 21 is lenient enough in my opinion.

No offense to any English persons or residence of a lower drinking age.

I personally don't believe in a god or any super natural being. When you bring up religion in debate it usually results in opposing sides becoming defensive and not listening and reasoning. They end up talking AT each other and not TO each other.

Evolution and Creationism are both theories. Each one requires a leap of faith to beilieve in and stand for. If one is accpetable to be taught in schools, then other thoeries should have that same privelage.

What miracles are you referring to?

Atheists do not dispute that "miracles" occur, they choose not to attribute miracles to the generosity of a god. It seems more likely to attribute the miracles to human characteristics such as determination.

I see students in school all the time that are concerned only with their grade. They memorize the information needed for the next quiz and test, then simply forget it. Education today does not prepare students properly. We have shifted from oral discussion (socratic seminars) discussing varying points of view to a teacher voicing a single viewpoint in a lecture. If Philosophy was a required subject maybe we could inspire critical thinking and encourage the simple yet most profound question in the English question: "Why?"

How can you site the bible in Genesis as a source for your argument that God created Man. Of course it is going to support your claim because it is a book that was written to voice the "word of God" through Moses.

That is circular reasoning. For example : How do you know God created man? Because Genesis said so. Who wrote Genesis? Moses as he was relaying Gods message.

Great use of logic and support in your argument for the creation of man. There are people like myself with doubts and you simply voicing your opinion without any support, however justified, is elevated thinking at its best.