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I will be giving a talk on Creation Science at my local Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics group in a couple of months (April 1, actually. I like the irony.). What I plan on doing is taking excerpts from Creationist videos and commenting on the arguments that the Creationists make. What I...

Reading and posting in a few of the current threads that have to do with why people in different parts of the world believe in different gods got me to thinking about this: We hear religious people all the time talking about how their god talks to them. But why is the god that does all the...

I haven't been in this section of the forum for very long, so I thought I'd take a risk and start a thread. I believe in the possibility that there is a theistic God. I am not a part of any religion or denomination. I'm hoping for a discussion of why this possibility cannot be true. Hopefully...

I'm calling it quits on my laptop but not ready to spring for a new one (I really only need it for word-processing, storing/printing pictures, a little spreadsheeting, a little powerpointing, some mild 'net surfing, and playing the occasional game. For a long while now I've had virus and worm...

According to science: Is it better to speak to babies with baby talk? Or adult talk? Do babies learn language better and more effectively when we talk to them using high pitched vocalizations, and sounds such as "ga ga goo goo?" Or when we speak proper (or at least normal) adult sentences using...

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Let’s talk about 101 Most colleges have a numbering system identifying the courses being taught. In the college catalogue you are apt to find that your freshman courses are Physics 101, Chemistry 101, Literature 101, Geography 101, etc. The introductory course to a particular domain of...

What do you think of his philosophical opinions? I am just beginning to read what he actually said and I am somewhat perplexed. So far, what I've read does not appear to suggest what a lot of Christians seem to believe. Since I have not read all of Paul, Mark, Matthew and Luke (I'm assuming...

Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this has been posted here yet, but I couldn't find it in a quick search, and I think it's awesome. Ken Miller giving a lecture about Intelligent Design. He's awesome. On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVRsWAjvQSg

Scientific method - being itself, ironically, a system of beliefs grounded in faith in positivism.

Dr Peter Slezak Science: Good, Bad and Bogus 10 June 2006 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4244448077961192227

The .NET discussion was lively enough, so this should get real interesting :) I think we've hit on this here and there elsewhere, so pardon if this is a duplicate, but anyway.... Seems to me for "smaller" and/or simpler stuff, Access is more than enough (note to purist database snobs: stop...

So, recently I have been testing the waters of so-called "liberal" talk radio here in America. I finally found the Air America affiliate in my town and tuned in to get the intellectual and honest look at the issues that firebrands and bombthrowers on the right don't have. My biggest problem is...

http://www.startribune.com/stories/459/5742884.html (Shouldn't have to sign up the first time through) This made me think of the Limbaugh Web site / "Sponsor a Troop" thread. I'm guessing opinions on this will range from congratulations to condemnations. I personally have little good to say...

The Philadelphia Constitution Center held an evolution debate on October 19. The moderator was none other than Theodore A. McKee, one of the third circuit court judges who will inevitably hear the appeals to the Dover case. The majority of the debate went as expected (Irreducible complexity...

Seriously folks I have seen people talking like pirates on the local news and in these forums and even in the video game I play online. Why did everyone all of a sudden have the inclination to start talking pirate like!

Alright, I have another question for you guys. Is there any truth whatsoever to the idea that toxins and metals build up in the body and need to be cleaned out through 'detoxification remedies'? My first insinct was to call ******** because it sounds so much like a salespitch for some herbal...

So true Helen, so true.

Let's see: Iamme at McDonald's. I am being served one hamburger. That is 0 before, +1. I then inhale it. I am now at 0 hamburgers. I now get another hamburger. I had one hamburger in my posession and now i have taken on another. I inhale that one also. Now I still have 0 hamburgers. I did not...

She's in the news again. How did we get along without her? First, she pleads guilty: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710828/ The the judge throws out the plea agreement: http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2005/05/05/lynndie/ It turns out that military justice is significantly different from...

BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYyy did he not like getting asked to take the Million Dollar challenge..... Right who was it then? Thanks for a great laugh.....:) :)

Just thought this might be a worthwhile topic to jabber on for awhile... I'll tell you this much: you stinkin freakin geeky programmers command about 80% + of the IT jobs (at least around here) and it's getting REALLY old. :mad: ;) Just a grumble from an old ex-programmer who doesn't...

For all the talk about how Bush is such a moderate, and it was the "moderate" Republicans who "really" won the election, it's funny how the fruitcakes keep coming out of the woodwork... http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5081595-110428,00.htm

Schaur on CIA "The talk is that they're out to clean out Democrats and liberals." source If at first you don't succeed, get in someone new who will tell you that you have.

Leave out the conspiracy theories and please only present facts in this thread. If 20% of US oil imports come from the middle east, how much of the world's oil is regulated / sold by U.S companies or its subsidiaries ? no fibbing, provide sources.

A month ago I was out with my mother for shopping. She had forgotten her wallet so I gave her my credit card. Today I received the bill and I saw that she had spent on cosmetics 700$ :eek: I called her to ask what she bought and she started narrating stories about caviar extracts, oxygen...

www.hugo-online.org takes a closer look at John Chambers' Conversations With Eternity in the June-July feature article. An excerpt: "I began to check the verifiable information provided by John Chambers and discovered that not only did he present incorrect basic facts, such as dates, places and...

the "Stop Loss" policy These people wouldn't have been kept in servitude if George W. F*ckhead hadn't gone off on a toot in Iraq.

Man undergoes plastic surgery to look like J-Lo

Area 51 Microbiologist Ready to Talk Link The above was emailed to me. I think my favourite part, is, on the website, to the left are pictures of 'Stargate Stones', which appear to be created with otherwordly technologies, such as sparkly craft paint.