Mon 28 Aug, 2006 10:45 am - [quote="Setanta"]No, Galois, i missed nothing, and it seems more apparent to me that you just used my post as a springboard to preen your ego on your "understanding" of... (view)
Mon 28 Aug, 2006 09:51 am - [quote="fresco"]...of course....hence the function of religion as an opiate and a palliative.[/quote]
But better, perhaps, to kill such pain with ancient wisdoms than to rely quite so... (view)
Mon 28 Aug, 2006 09:28 am - [quote="fresco"]In fact "science" has moved on from the study of linear causal systems to non-linear ones which include fractals and chaos theory. These provide viable models... (view)
Mon 28 Aug, 2006 08:31 am - [quote="Setanta"]I didn't miss anything. The major Abrahamic religions peddle the story about the deity being worshipped for eternity by the "faithful" who are... (view)
Mon 28 Aug, 2006 06:53 am - And then there are superstitions that are not quite outside the realm of science - like coincidence. I have, at various times, made very major decisions (changing continents, changing careers) in... (view)
Mon 28 Aug, 2006 05:25 am - Insignificance
Setana,
You miss the point. The point is not why God would wish to be worshipped, but why we would worship God. Now we know intellectually that as physical objects, our entire... (view)
Thu 3 Mar, 2005 07:17 am - Most of Holy Blood/Holy Grail is speculation, the Priory of Sion probably never existed as described, and much of what is passed as "fact" is guesswork or flawed.
BUT I have not heard... (view)
Tue 1 Mar, 2005 11:54 am - DaVinci code
One thing that looks like it has a historical basis, however, is the reference to Mary Magdelene as being far more central to the Christian story than the repentent prostitute she has... (view)
Wed 9 Feb, 2005 01:23 pm - Re: What's wrong with finding comfort in religion?
[quote="almach1"]but I find beauty in believing it's something greater.
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One can be an atheist and still believe... (view)
Wed 9 Feb, 2005 05:36 am - [quote="au1929"]
How many of our young who reach the age, and I will be generous, of 18 are still virgins.
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Many more, I would wager, than admit to being virgins at 18, the... (view)
