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The "Miracle Channel" has just been hit with a decision that it must change its fund-raising practices, or lose its Canadian broadcast license. In the past, they have used such practices as encouraging people to cash in their retirement funds, or to charge their credit cards if they have no...

Inspired by this thread (especially post #24). Do you agree with the following statement: "The vast majority of people believe that they, uniquely, are the most important being in the universe" Well?

Every so often someone comes on the forum to make the claim that philosophy is nothing more than navel gazing. I can only respond that if this is your take on philosophy then you really don't even know what philosophy is. Let's start of with the question, "why is philosophy important?"...

What ideas or morals do you value and believe in? What do you think about life, the universe and everything (besides 42)? It seems that posts are more often about what is not right or not true. It would be interesting to know what you value and what is true for you. Do you have any beliefs...

Hi there fellow heathens. I think that this is a very important article for all of us here at the JREF Forum. I hope that you read it carefully and follow it's advice. You don't want to be left behind, but if you are (as I'm sure most people on this board will be), this article could SAVE you...

Most ideas about souls of the dead "staying in this world", imply, that those, who "stay" in this world to haunt people, move furniture, etc. do so, because there is some important thing they want to happen before they can rest in peace, e.g. their murderer caught, their loved ones cared for...

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Management theory specifies that change must be predicated on identifying and justifying the need for change, which consequently needs the collection of evidence. This new paper is a milestone for health care service providers. You will need Athens or similar for full text, so the plebs will...

http://www.wluctv6.com/Global/story.asp?S=4194479&nav=81AX ". . . . WHITE HOUSE The Bush administration says it's "saddened" to hear of the deadly roadside bombing that killed ten Marines in Iraq. Press Secretary Scott McClellan says a loss like this represents a "tough day" for the U-S cause...

What in your opinion are the 5 most significant, valuable and impacting concepts in philosophy 1. to philosophers and 2. to the general lay public -- in order of importance? For example, people use Plato's allegory of the cave to describe perception of the world or the illusion of knowing...

What is the single most important purpose and function of philosophy? In another thread someone said that philosophy is not about truth, that it's neither true nor false. If the objective isn't truth then what is it? Philosophy The search for wisdom. The rational investigation of...

I couldn't resist posting a link to today's Sinfest, discussing the afterlife.

The customs/culture of one's country and it's laws are never in sync with personal beliefs. There are always areas of disagreement and disharmony. If very serious conflicts between your country's policies or culture and your philosophy or religious values/ideals developed, would you renounce...

Are racial differences real or nonexistent? Race: A local geographic or global human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics. Are there any differences between human races that are important and real, or are all the...

Nebraska Fears Segregation in Schools Fri Feb 18, 2:26 PM ET By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press Writer LINCOLN, Neb. - Dick Eisenhauer is tired of watching white families take their children out of the schools in his Nebraska district and enroll them in smaller, outlying ones where there are...

This is one of the reasons that free speech in this country is so important. With free speech you know where all the lunatics, and hate mongers are. Without free speech they fester and grow underground without anyone disputing their claims, and they become martyrs when they are denied the...

Please take a look at these national exit poll numbers from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html Bush voters value religious faith (91%) over intelligence (9%). Uugh. :(

Alaskans are voting to legalize marijuana. Good luck you pothead eskimos.

What is the single most important purpose of organized religion, or if you'd rather, unorganized religion? I can list several potential most important purposes: To teach about a supreme being(s), To transmit supreme being thoughts To organize people into communities To guide morals To teach...

Well, I just voted in the most important election in Illinois today. It was most certainly not the Presidential primary. I'm talking about the race for the Junior US Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald is an independent minded Republican, who was not going to get any...

I know there are a couple of doctors here and this has bothered me. How important would marijuana be if it was not illegal? Does it deserve the amount of fuss some people argue for it.

I’m not a techie crusader or anything but having wasted a whole morning trying to fix this I feel obliged to spread the word . . . Basically, on opening Internet Explorer this morning, I found that Google, Altavista, IE Search had all apparently been blocked. All I got when trying to go to any...