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Let's ask a question about Jesus
by hamilcarr inwhy are some of the pivotal events of jesus' life as recorded in the gospels shamelessly borrowed from pagan predecessors?
the following list is not supposed to be exhaustive: immaculate conception, son of god, death and resurrection, the last supper celebrated with bread and wine, an incarnate god who dies on a cross to redeem all sins, .... h. .
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Real One and Immorality
by hamilcarr inafter going through real one's last posts and his favorite 'i'm only quoting scriptures' argument (regarding homosexuality), i wonder whether you agree on this one:.
it's impossible to be a moral person when you consider biblical rules as inspired.
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Is Philanthropy the Answer?
by hamilcarr inof course not, and you can find the scriptural reasons in the awake issue of may 2008. .
what does your religion teach about philanthropy?
to most non-believers it is the only answer to human suffering which makes a huge difference as far as morality is concerned.... .
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Why Should I Believe in God?
by hamilcarr in?..because if you don`t,your going straight to hell!
!....there`s no beer in hell!
!..and..they play the tune "aiky breaky heart" all day long..it never stops!
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Is This a Universal Characteristic of Religion?
by hamilcarr inthanks to all who participated in the moral values discussion, i think it was a 'high'-quality (wink at zico --- from 'the highest year') debate.
some posters rightly claimed i was too rash in my generalisations of religion and atheism.
so, i kept on searching for the universal characteristics of religion, i mean those features common to all forms of worship.
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Have You Ever Heard of an Atheist Being Visited by a Demon?
by hamilcarr in........ because i haven't.
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Are We Living in Critical Times?
by hamilcarr inin this video steven pinker presents a brief history of violence showing evidence that violence has been in decline for long stretches of time and that today we're probably living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence: critical times refuted and modernity defended!.
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Statistics 2007 Poor Growth Potential Europe
by hamilcarr inhere is an interesting comparison between high-ranking countries by peak witnesses and bible studies (as an indication of growth potential):.
peak witnesses: bible studies.
1. u.s. of america 1,084,005 1. mexico 742,364.
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Making a case for evolution: answer to ID advocates
by hamilcarr into all defenders of intelligent design: it is wrong to assume that evolutionary mechanisms cannot be empirically observed.. i'll give only one example to show evolution is all around us:.
fish are becoming smaller and growing more slowly in response to pressures introduced by fishing, scientists say (google ulf dieckmann).. researchers call this fisheries-induced adaptive change, showing that harvesting drives evolution towards smaller fishes.. many people think evolutionary mechanisms require millions of years to bring about such drastic changes and that it is therefore impossible to empirically observe adaptive change.. it is, however, becoming more and more clear that only two or three decades are needed to provoke large changes, in particular when pressures are high.. although some of darwin's are outmoded and easy targets of id advocates, these data perfectly fit in with the mechanisms he predicted to steer evolution..
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Fun with study article April 2008
by hamilcarr inperhaps it is not surprising that in lands where many have received such an education [at college or university] belief in god is at an all-time low.. w2008-04-15 repudiate "valueless things".
perhaps it is not surprising too that in lands where many haven't received such an education, crime, violence, war, deprivation, starvation, child death, female suppression and mind control are at an all-time high.
is this not a clear fulfillment of the words paul wrote to timothy that we are living in critical times?