religion

I am always amazed at the level of mental retardation that Christian fundamentalists have to go through to maintain their “faith”. But even more humiliating and more puzzling is the extent of SERVITUDE that they agree to undergo to maintain any sense of their “faith”. They have undergone a...

Atheists are right-- there is no scientific proof of God. But they forget that Theology is outside of the realm of Science. Science doesn't tell us what is moral, or ethical, or anything else that may happen to be outside the realm of what science is capable of telling us. Science is a...

Recently I went on vacation with my family. There's a little girl in the family who was asking about my sugar glider. She called it a flying squirrel. I said no, its a marsupial. She asked why it looked like a squirrel. I then explained that it was an example of convergent evolution, when to...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42256829/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/ What's in those communion wafers anyway?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBOISElGEMg&playnext=1&list=PL74FD6EF56F9E286C This is a 20-1 countdown of clips. I wonder how people feel about the direction of religion worldwide in the near future, and is there any way we can improve on our effort for effective, science-based world building...

I saw this article on HuffPo today. Count the logical fallacies! Here's the one that jumped out at me: If I could address him I'd say "Rabbi, I don't reject the existence of a god or gods because I have been persuaded by the Theory of Evolution. I reject the existence of such a creature...

In debates in this forum where religion and atheism are important subjects of discussion, I often find people who claim that it is a lack of respect towards the people who hold a belief to say that such belief is irrational. Oh, I forgot: I'm talking about god beliefs. ;) I can think of two...

I will preface this by saying that I've read most of this guys blog and he makes many, many good points. He says he is all about rationality, scientific thinking and skepticism and there is evidence all over his blog that points to just that. I fact, I've had a few e-mail conversations with...

I think it is a lot easier to converse with religious people if you think of their religion as you would look at their favorite band or musician. You don’t do research on who is the best guitarist, who can play the cleanest notes and which singer has the best range before you decide what...

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This is an idea that occurred to me reading and commenting on the slavery thread. The only time you would really need the Bible to justify anything is if you wanted to do something immoral. You don't need a Bible to justify being nice to people, not owning slaves, not engaging in sex acts with...

I would think that this speech won't go down very well on this forum: http://www.forum2000.cz/en/projects/forum-2000-conferences/2010/speeches/remarks-by-vaclav-havel-at-the-opening-ceremony/ Below The Guardian's take on it...

"I am his instrument" / Cloth-heads vie to take credit for Chilean miner rescue PZ Myers is having none of it: But they didn't even get their hands dirty! Pathetic.

This was sent to me by someone on another list as something to convince me that God exists. It did not. :( http://www.philosophynow.org/issue78/78antony.htm Does it convince anyone here? :hit:

If you're looking for something interesting to watch on a Sunday, may I recommend the following: BBC: The End of God?: A Horizon Guide to Science and Religion Enjoy! :)

From Simon Singh's site: http://www.simonsingh.net/Hieroglyphs.html That's depressing. I know there are other examples of these sorts of Religion-based cultural erasings (and several non-religion based ones). But it bugs me that this form of writing endured over 3000 years just to get snuffed...

I was watching the news down here in Monterrey, Mexico; where if you hadn't been on a cave for last couple of years you should know there's an epidemic of violence. Turns out that not only druglords are killing people as if an exterminator company, but also a$$$-h0l3s make the daily macho kill...

The UK BBC4 channel has what looks like an interesting programme tonight: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tw1tl I'll be recording it. It doesn't seem to be available via the Web, unfortunately.

delete this tread was about gnosticism, but there is already opened tread about that.

I have an experience that in my mind caused Christianity to epic-ly fail as a belief system. I was always questioning the things they'd say, but this is the one thing that really stands out. If you have any such experiences, please share them. I was 11 or 12 years old, in a christian youth...

So i have been wondering this for a long time, and wanted to see if anyone could shed some light on the issue. Why is it , that if religion is used as the reason for a harmful act, the act itself is seen as protected? I will give some examples to clarify. Let's say i dislike my child. I...

It is a very hard thing to explain to people; Christians, Muslims, Atheists even Agnostics all ask me in wonder: "How can you not care about the afterlife and origin of man? It's only the most important question of life itself!!!1<shift + one>!" It's not in a threatening way, more a curious...

I posted this question first in the Social Issues forum, but got no response, so maybe it is more appropriate in the religion area: I am wondering if a decent case can be made that: 1) A belief in Extraterrestrials vising Earth is a religious belief. 2) Therefore, a city ordinance declaring...

So, I have never had a good time with philosophy. The first real philosophical work that I tried to read was Nietzsche's Also Sprach Zarathustra when I was 16, and I gave up reading it very soon after I gave up trying to understand it. I stayed away from philosophy for a few years, preferring...

I love the book. I think Dawkins nailed the majority of it. EXCEPT.... Except the part where he was supposed to present an argument regarding what might replace religion.The last bit of the book. Educated people can easily grasp his sections on the Burka Slit, Consolation, and Inspiration...

Is Reiki a religion? If so, what makes it one? What makes a religion?

I was wondering what the scientific consensus is regarding religious faith. Example: Is it true that speaking in tongues mirrors that of a schizophrenic on a brain scan? What about faith in general? -complexcontext

i have been told that Antisemitism stemms soley from Religions, i doubt that. I wonder what other people think how it comes into existance now adays.

I don't mean to say that this entire forum is pointless. By all means, keep posting and having fun here. :) I just intend to point out probably the most blaring obstruction that gets in the way that no one really bothers to chip away at. Let me illustrate. Suppose we were to make a bet...

Lately I have discovered that I seem to have developed an interest in science as presented by guys like this (Dr. Kent Hovind) who seem to me, to have a good understanding of science but not so much the Bible, so I'm interested in what "evolutionist" have to say about that more than his...