Inquiry @ MindSay 
What is a religion?
Is it good to have a religion? Is it bad to have a religion? Does it matter one way or another?
What's the main characteristic of a religious person? What's the main characteristic of a nonreligious person? From their observable behavior alone, is it possible to know the difference?
What makes a book "sacred" or "holy"? Is there more than one holy book? Can one holy book be holier than another holy book?
Is a holy book true? Are some parts of a holy book truer than other parts? If so, who decides which parts are the truer parts?
What is a god?
What are the characteristics and attributes of a god? Does a god have a body? Is a god born? Does a god die? Does a god have gender? What does gender mean when applied to a god? Does a god have genitalia? Is a god celibate and chaste? Does a god have sex? Does a god eat and drink? Does a god poop and pee? Does a god get hungry? Thirsty? Sleepy? Horny? Angry? Annoyed? Frustrated? Envious? Jealous? Sad? Depressed? Lonely? Happy?
Does a god change? Does a god grow? Does a god learn? Does a god get smarter? Does a god get sick? Does a god get mentally ill? Can a god go crazy? Can a god do wrong? Can a god make a mistake? Can a god be evil?
Can a god cure cancer? Has this ever happened? Can a god regenerate an amputated limb? Has this ever happened?
In the book of Numbers, chapter 15, verses 32-36, in the collection of books known as the Bible, the author writes this story about a god known as the Lord: "While the Israelites were in the desert, a man was discovered gathering wood on the sabbath day. Those who caught him at it brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly. But they kept him in custody, for there was no clear decision as to what should be done with him. Then the Lord said to Moses, 'This man shall be put to death; let the whole community stone him outside the camp.' So the whole community led him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord had commanded Moses." What is your opinion of this god? What is your opinion of the people who obey this god?
In the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 21, verses 18-21, also in the collection of books known as the Bible, according to the author the same god known as the Lord gives the following instructions regarding a son who disobeys his parents and eats and drinks to excess: "If a man has a stubborn and unruly son who will not listen to his father or mother, and will not obey them even though they chastise him, his father and mother shall have him apprehended and brought out to the elders at the gate of his home city, where they shall say to those city elders, 'This son of ours is a stubborn and unruly fellow who will not listen to us; he is a glutton and a drunkard.' Then all his fellow citizens shall stone him to death." What is your opinion of this god? What is your opinion of parents who obey this god? What is your opinion of their fellow citizens who obey this god?
Mr. Skank says he was taught that hell is a place of punishment where people are tortured forever in ways so excruciating and terrible that we cannot even imagine them. In the book of Matthew, chapter 25, verses 31-46, the author records one of the speeches of Jesus, a man considered the son of this same god known above as the Lord, and in his speech Jesus says that anyone who fails to help even one hungry or poor or sick or imprisoned person is cursed and on the day of judgment will be consigned to punishment in "the eternal fire" of hell forever. What is your opinion of this son of a god?
What is critical thinking? What is logic? What is reason? What is academic discourse? What is academic inquiry? What is science? What is the scientific method? What is the purpose of academic inquiry and scientific method? Why are academic inquiry and scientific method in conflict with religion?
