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1 out of 1 (since it happened), or something like 1 out of 1 million (for the number of sperm), or something like 1 out of a trillion billion (for your parents meeting each other, having sex, then all the sperm and so on)

...and it's not even the heaviest ever. That 10kg baby in Italy must have been quite a spectacle.

It's True. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=penthouse My mate asked what the "pent-" part of the word meant. I'm good at etymology but this I didn't know, so looked it up. Above you see the result.

A psychic I once visited (I've posted about her before) told me that God exists, and she followed up with "the odds of being born are 1 in 400,000,000...better chances of winning the lottery." I just wanted to know if there is any truth to that and if anyone has heard anything like that before.

Maybe this thought has come up before, but in reality, aren't converted atheists (once religious people becoming atheists) the only ones who are truly born again? Aren't we all born atheist -- meaning we have no inborn knowledge or belief of any religion? Therefore, by giving up on all the...

I know this has probably been brought up before, but I couldn't find a string on it after some searching. What I'm pondering is the validity behind the Christian claim that we have free will. I'm centering my thoughts around the story of Adam and Eve. Now, if we choose to believe the Biblical...

It's all about Arnold, mainly, but I think they should not with one exception. If someone moved here and became a citizen before the age of 5, and have lived here the rest of the time (at least 30 years by law), then they are American and have American interests and so on. Other than that, I...

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I mean assuming materialism is true. Did my parents need to be born and to form a sexual relationship? But that of course is absurd because each of them would need to have had their parents to have been born and to have met up; and the same going back to when first life appeared on Earth...

BBC story I thought speciation had already been observed in fruit flies?

I was born and raised "soft" atheist. I've always wondered how I'd have faired with a different upbringing, and have a great deal of respect for those who overcame religous upbringing.

A quote from someone on another forum, discussing how one might detect a person with psi capabilities: Just thought you'd like to know. ~~ Paul

In my recent discussions with some born-again christians, I noted that their discussion is essentially focused on the NT with the teaching of Jesus. The OT is given little, if any, thought in their discussions. Is this an artifact of the people I deal with or is this a more wide-spread...

Do you believe humans are born with a blank slate? I don't.

I was looking at the topic about the born again Christian causing problems at the workplace, and I wondered again what exactly "born again" means. Most born again Christians were already Christians, but it seems they've had some kind of epiphany, usually at the urging of a minister or...

I was wondering what's the reasoning behind turning back to christianity? My theory is that when they "doubt their faith" in the first place, somehow they're unconvinced by atheism, and then after a couple of years they turn back to what used to be comfortable. Anyway, I don't mean to argue...