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Northern Ireland is experiencing some of its worse violence for many years and why? Because a "religious" group can't march down a certain street because there would be clashes with a different "religious" group... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4233850.stm Is Christianity at the...

I seems to me, true skeptics cannot be believers in major religions like Christianity or Islam. Religion, by definition, demands that its followers suspend critical thinking. If you are a skeptic and demand evidence for everything else in your life, but then you make this one exception for...

What surprised me is not the content but the fact that FOX was carrying the story. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165360,00.html O :)

I've read a lot into the history of religions, and I frequently come across the claim that Jesus had to exist historically because christianity couldn't have gotten started without a flesh-and-blood founder. While many more recent religions do have identifiable founders, like Mormonism' Joseph...

Hello all, As you may be knowing, "Homeopathy suggests Natural form of medicine that uses immeasurably small doses of medicines to stimulate the body's own defense and healing process. Homeopathy focuses on bringing the entire body back into homeostasis, or balance". It is a "mass existing...

And only $1,000! What a deal! You'll get so much more use out of this than some silly sandwich. Behold! The Mother Teresa door! Warning. May act as good old fashioned nightmare fuel for some.

I managed to get into a discussion on another thread in this forum about the possiblity of God/a creator/deity. I personally think that something is out there. I believe in evolution, cosmology, biology, etc. to explain the course our universe has taken to get us to where we are today. I'm...

Would this be of interest to continue to post ? Chapters ?? Title: An End of religions? Scientific and religious concepts of the of the world Copyright F. Cap. Text edited by an English native language editor Contents: Preface 1. Fundamental questions of human existence 2. What is matter? 3...

Hola! This is a story about a 16 year old boy named Zack, who lives in the bedroom community of Bartlett, Tennessee, which is next to Memphis. Sometime in the recent past, he decided to "come of the closet" so to speak and told his parents that he was gay. Since Zack is "underage", his parents...

When you listen to left-wing secularists talk, you would swear that Amercia is headed for a theocracy, that Christians are a dominant force in society, that the Republicans are trampling on our freedoms, that GWB in imposing his religious views on a frightened public, and that Secularist are a...

When you listen to left-wing secularists talk, you would swear that Amercia is headed for a theocracy, that Christians are a dominant force in society, that the Republicans are trampling on our freedoms, that GWB in imposing his religious views on a frightened public, and that Secularist are a...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4458873.stm ...full article Let's see if the christian brown-shirts will stand us for religious freedom in this case. I won't hold my breath.

Just a question to the religious people on the board. Specifically the Christians who post all these threads challenging the atheists. Religious people constantly seem to talk about the strength of faith, "just knowing," and how sure they are. So, if you believe as strongly as you say you do...

I found an interesting site while I was browsing for some information during a thread debate. While I dropped out of the debate because of time constraints, I wanted to share the site here. It's got some pretty interesting information, although I can't validate it's accuracy. :)

If you don't believe in gods, or intelligent design, or a divine command or purpose in life, then by default you are an existentialist. You may be many things besides, but you must subscribe to existentialist philosophy. Existentialism is a unilateral philosophical movement that emphasizes...

Well, it looks like the Terri Schiavo circus has added fire to religious right's fight to put the bible into government. Here are some highlights. http://www.au.org/site/News2?abbr=pr&page=NewsArticle&id=7277&security=1002&news_iv_ctrl=1241...

Tomorrow you wake up and there is an envelope on your mantlepiece, on the envelope is: Supposing this is really from God who knows the future and you will try to test this by doing different things than the letter predicts - will you find yourself following the schedule in the letter like a...

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ed...olife_zealotry/ "SOME GOOD may yet come of Terri Schiavo's sad story. More of us will think hard about how we'd want to be treated if terminally incapacitated. More of us will write living wills, making clear who is in charge. And more people will gain a...

So, in another thread, Kodiak made the following comment: That got me wondering: What would the GOP be like without the heavy religious influence in currently has? I'm guessing the Republicans would be more like they were under Regan, but I don't really know. (I wasn't really politically...

Seems like the only thing I'm good for on the forum is posting articles. So here's another. Link Edit: D'oh. This is a duplicate of this thread.

I stayed at a Hyatt hotel earlier this week. In the dresser, I found the traditional Gideon Bible. Surprisingly, right next to it was The Teaching of Buddha placed by the Society for the Promotion of Buddhism. I was impressed by the choice. Is this something that is common at the Hyatt or...

At least the Hajj seemed to go off without incident this year, but now it's a Hindu festival where people have been trampled to death. WTF? In what strange mindset does setting fire to shops become a rational response to people being trampled? I really don't understand.

I heard another prediction for the overturning of Roe V. Wade today on Tucker Carlsen. The preacher was wetting himself about the possibility of ending 1st Trimester abortions on demand. With Scalia and Thomas already on board and OConner not strongly favoring choice, I suspect it could...

To most Christians God is a loving being. What level of proof would it take to show you that if he exists he can't be? Are venus flytraps enough? How about the fact that cat's "play" with mice? Progeria? How about flesh eating bacteria?

...so we are invited to the "religious ceremony" of a daughter of some friends we know through our kids --if it is relevant the celebrating child is NOT in the age group of our children. I don't want to go. I don't want to waste a single moment more of my life sitting in a church or temple...

At TAM3, both Penn Gilette and Richard Dawkins brought up the point that one reason we have religious extremists is because we have religious moderates. It sounded suspiciously like a slippery slope argument, but it made some very good points. If we are sanguine about "good people" who...

I went to a northeastern typical catholic school until 9th grade. And because ofthat I am no longer religious! BA BUMP BUMP. Looking back I have to say I was given a pretty good education, considering the schools limited resouces. One thing I find interesting, the education was very secular...

Interesting.

The Enlightenment gave us the Scientific Method, and the USA as it stands, successful because of science and the scientific method. Religious "Principles" gave us the persecution of Gallelio, the Inquisition, and the dark ages. Guess what the complete majority, the group with control, absolute...

...or, here we go again... Man says fish stick has Jesus' face...