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The debate over Confederate statues -- and whether they should be allowed -- has been a fairly polarizing one in the United States. I am aware that people here have very different political views -- yet I ask that people here try to respect each other's different opinions and perspectives. I...

I understand that many people here have vastly different political views. I am not a Republican, and I understand that the previous President has been accused of harassing women also. But I've been paying close attention to this particular development, especially as Democrats are meant to have...

What should the ideal qualities of a true leader of a democratic society be, or any other leader, including a leader of a church or a large community? Should they generally try to listen to their head (logic and reason) or heart (instinct and intuition) more? For example, I think left-brain...

In American society and culture, sightings of UFOs and reports of being abducted at night aboard flying saucers have been widely reported by hundreds of thousands of people. In the past, when I was younger, I read several accounts of such incidents, and they were quite disturbing, if indeed not...

Near-Death Experiences seem to be increasingly popular among Americans and other nations. Basically, someone has a close encounter with death -- or is clinically dead, but they are able to revitalize and revive themselves after an otherworldly experience, often with deceased relatives or...

Euthanasia is a subject which most Christians and religious people today seem to overlook or avoid talking about. It concerns the very essence of life and death. And I think it is perhaps more important and deeply profound than we realize. For example, is a physician who helps end someone's life...

The Amish people are an old and isolated community, descended from Germanic immigrants who settled in this country long ago, and who still honors some of their ancient traditions. They are deeply religious, very conservative and family-oriented, distant from the secular world, and have the...

I've been watching several Israeli television series over the past year or so, and I think they are incredibly well-made. (Whether they reflect Christian values per se, of course, is another matter - but they do realistically portray the complicated conflict in the Middle East, between the...

As some people might already know, most Americans these days seem to be increasingly polarized and divided over politics - and it seems that there is a growing discontented population of Americans whose ideas and beliefs do not quite fit neatly with either mainstream party. Some people, or so...

Mormons are a fairly large religious group in the United States, and most of them seem to be family-oriented and relatively conservative. As I understand, they follow both the Bible AND the Book of Mormon - written by Joseph Smith and largely rejected by most mainstream Christians as...

I understand not everyone here is from the United States. But for those who do live there, such as myself, American society has become ever more secular, materialistic and increasingly hostile to Christianity and its associated family values - there are rising divorce rates, increasing amount of...

I cannot help but notice a growing trend in recent years - that as both religion and faith sadly continue its decline in society, many Americans, even Republicans, are increasingly casually using a variety of recreational substances these days, and some seem to argue that they should be embraced...

The Middle East today, despite being the origin of most of the major world religions, is of course a huge and complicated mess, filled with endless conflicts between groups and militant extremism, as well as persecution of minorities, especially Christians. Syria is perhaps the greatest place...

I have been studying American politics and society for quite a while. And I have to admit, sometimes, I can find all of it very depressing. The endless back-and-forth fighting and bickering between the Democrats and Republicans, the scandals from the politicians, the ongoing culture wars (such...