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Ok, so here is my next question that requires more knowledge than I have on hand in a small town in Missouri. Is there proof we exist? What I mean is, how do I know I'm really typeing this post right now? How do I know that the roof above my head is really there at all? I can feel it? See it...

The guy writing a review of Richard Dawkin's book "Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder" on the following page: http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/science/sc0009.html states Dawkin's states in his book that: Let's keep this simple and concentrate on...

I'm currently on a hunt for my babel fish, when I find it, the whole God pesky-ness should be cleared up. :cool:

As a military guy entering the home stretch of my service but also cognizant of the growing number of retirees and very limited health care/hospitals/etc, I am seriously concerned about what kind of health care I can expect when I retire. Needless to say I'm not counting on it exclusively. I...

Double post, delete this one please...

From this thread ... Yes, but there are certain folks -- around here even -- that would contest that "I" doesn't even exist. ;) So, which "I" are we referring to then? The one that exists as a concept? Or, the one that exists in the "id?" Of course when referring to the former, we would have...

It occured to me that compared to Jesus, far less is known about the famous Persian Sage. We don't even have particularly strong evidence as to when he lived (whereas Jesus is nailed down to within a few years)! Is there any chance that Zarathustra as he is concieved today is a composite or...

I'm going to attempt to do this once more, and hopefully I won't get into trouble this time. ;) Now, these are the words of the Nobel prize winning physicist and, father of quantum physics, Max Planck ... Now, I can understand why the mods chose to move the other thread to the Science and...

Picked up this article from Slashdot. Some folks are saying that Dark Matter might not exist and is unecessary to boot. General Relativity can explain the behavior seen in the cosmo. http://www.cerncourier.com/main/article/45/8/8 There is a link to the actually paper in the article. If...

Is anyone else familiar with the video series, Does God Exist? The host, John Clayton, claims to have been an atheist who became a believer in God (of the Bible) through his studies in science. :rolleyes: Here is a link to the website: http://www.doesgodexist.org Here is a link to the video...

To some of you, I'm sure that you have heard other say the same thing. Neal said it on his radio show yesterday, and has stated this before. He believes Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHD (more of the same) have to do with kids upbringing, their environment...NOT from a DISEASE, per say. He...

Source: Consumer Reports Is it important to have unbiased information ONLY if the information concerns products or services that one might buy?

I know that Atoms are the basic building blocks of all matter and that there are a little under or over 114 of them and that when they are mixed together they become different elements or combinations of elements like chemical bonds are, but why do atoms exist in the first place?

... how can we trust our physicians to practice medicine ethically? After all, the classical Hippocratic Oath presupposes the existence of "Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses": http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/doctors/oath_classical.html

... so that our prayers to Him have nowhere to go, how can we travel the seas safely without His protection? After all, the very concept of maritime safety presupposes the existence of Poseidon!

Most people - here, at least - believe that mental experiences (thoughts; feelings; sensations; etc.) are [by-products of] brain processes. I.e., they believe that the brain really exists. But how do we reconcile the 'motion of bricks', as it were (that's what it boils down to if we believe that...

Some time back I taped an episode of the new "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!" (hosted by Dean Cain) with a segment on Daniel Kish (apparently completely blind), executive director of World Access for the Blind. It was claimed that echolocation could be employed by blind people to do things like...

On a Danish website, this article was quoted. Some of the key sentences are these: The article claims that several people have been found to live well with little brain tissue, and these people have even acquired university degrees. It sounds like rubbish to me, and the name Rupert Sheldrake...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/25/AR2005052500470_pf.html ...full article What other things are Italians forbidden from criticizing? Communism? Christianity? Buddhism? Nazism? It seems silly that someone can be brought to trial for "defaming" a religion. This...

Some thoughts on Fundamentalism and Therocracies... A while back, I posted a thread here about the existence of God that was partly tongue-in-cheek, partly serious. The question that immediately comes out of that discussion is: "To what extent do our concepts shape reality?" Now this isn't...

Picking up from the "The Writings of Jesus" thread, what evidence is there that Jesus actually existed?

Ever hear the expression that great minds think alike? Ever hear or read up about synchronistic coincidences (syncronicity)? Ever invent something only to learn it's been recently invented and you didn't know that? You are not going to believe what I am going to tell me. You won't believe me...

Hello all, We listen too much about Soul, Ghosts & other so thought as 'energy based' supernatural or paranormal Phenomena. In science, these can be thought as Illusions, Beliefs and hallucinations, mental defects, blind faiths, dreams etc. In considerations of previous discussions held in...

Heaven as an Argument Against God’s Existence--an article I am writing... Abstract. The argument from evil against God’s existence is usually answered either by the “best of all possible worlds” or by the “free will” argument. These arguments, in return, are usually answered by...

I have not seen this proof or anything like it before, so I feel special for having come up with something like this all on my own :) (I dont care if others have thought of it before me, I still feel special.) I'm not exactly sure how to put this into "proof" form, so I am choosing to put it in...

Ever get sick of that argument?

This is a question I've just been pondering for a while, and wanted to see what others thought; Does nothing (noun, as zero) exist? (not to be read as, "Doesn't anything exist?") If it does exist, isn't it contradicting it's own definition, what it represents? If it doesn't exist, how is the...

Or, if he/she/it does exist, he/she/it has a warped sense of humor: proof

A friend was explaining to me that God could not exist because perfection can not exist. Is this true? Can I not imagine an ideal object such as a perfect square? Or is the non-existence of perfection limited to abstract ideas?