by jpo2709posted: 18 Jun 2013
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Religion24
Do not know if anyone has had any similar experience, but something that happened to me regarding religion might need more disscussion or investigation. It centres on my experience when i was...
How is it that the first living organism had offspring? Wouldn't one expect, under undirected circumstances, that the first living organism that came into being accidently would eventually just die without having the foresight to reproduce?
by JanErikTposted: 16 Jun 2013
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Atheism33
Every time I am saying something a bit negative about religion or even just commenting on something religious, my mother in law (who is an agnostic, or at least she says so) says that "When...
by jacqui40posted: 15 Jun 2013
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Religion41
I wonder if i could ask for some guidance / discussion regarding AA ( alcoholics anonymous). I have been a member of this fellowship for 9 years now and have battled with alcohol addiction for...
by dinc12964posted: 14 Jun 2013
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Science169
I shared (on Facebook) the post from RDFRS that said "Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don't see jumping out of buildings" I received plenty of comments but was stumped by this one:...
by achromat666posted: 14 Jun 2013
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Religion19
My 'process of deconversion' as it were, took on a lot of different faces and happened over time in my adolescence. One of the things I did when I was younger was read a lot...
One one of the first discoveries about bees in the time of the ancient Greeks was that on any one flight, they confined themself to one particular species of plant. This is highly convenient for...
by TorrentGamerposted: 11 Jun 2013
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Religion40
I'm a fourteen year old that lives down here in Texas, and my father is a Baptist preacher for a 'cowboy church'. (Basically, it's a church where rednecks go to learn about god.) My mother, on...
by cynicaloptimistrealistposted: 11 Jun 2013
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Politics37
Just when I thought we were finally entering a new era in Ireland, non-belief is at an all time high, the RCC is finally being forced to relax the death grip it had over the...
by petermead1posted: 09 Jun 2013
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Atheism43
Like some of you, I was brought up in a religious household. In my childhood, I went to church, church camp, youth group, and participated in bible studies, among other church activities. I always had my...
by missbuttonposted: 08 Jun 2013
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Science25
Could an evolutionary biologist out there settle an argument for me? The other party in this dispute says that Mitochondrial Eve keeps changing because of 'broken lines'. My position is that everyone alive today has...
by prabinsharma.timilsinaposted: 08 Jun 2013
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Religion8
There are very few number of Atheist here in Nepal. Its only 51 people counted till date with refrence to atheistcensus.com. Well , i am proud of myself because i believe in myself rather then so...
I was thinking the other day about science fiction/science and our future as a human species. Already so much is possible if we just put our faith in God, :p jk had to throw that...
by cynic252posted: 04 Jun 2013
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Science35
I have been having a running debate with a friend about whether DNA is a code...I believe it isnt but I cont convince of the idea and wondered whether I am wrong.
by InYourFaceNewYorkerposted: 04 Jun 2013
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Science8
By now I'm sure almost everyone has heard about the three women in Ohio who were missing for about ten years and then found alive in the house of a guy named Ariel Castro. Details...
I've been wondering about this for a while. What do you say to the family and friends of children who die in tragic circumstances? The idea of an afterlife, although absurd, offers...
by UncertaintyBlogposted: 01 Jun 2013
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Education22
Does anyone have any recommendations for good introductory mathematics books? I'm trying to find something analogous to Richard Feynman's famous lectures on physics, but for math. Haven't thought much about it since high school, but would...
by Stew282posted: 30 May 2013
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Atheism191
When confronted with certain arguments, particularly about the Old Testament God, most Christians point out that they do not believe that God would have unruly teenagers stoned to death or that Moses ordered his captains...
by The Devout Atheistposted: 30 May 2013
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Pseudoscience29
The way I see it, for a con to be pulled off, it requires both a conman and a mark. Can we ascribe any culpability to the person taken in by something they should really...
by Jason Striplingposted: 29 May 2013
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Religion55
Does anyone know if there is a resource that could help me when challenging the door-to-door missionaries? It would be extremely helpful to be able to go and pull a folder with a print out of the...
by kiwichickposted: 25 May 2013
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Religion90
Hi All I am an Ex-Mormon, Over the past few months I have been feeling quite depressed. A few weeks ago I gave in my resignation to leave the Mormon Church, who...
by Steven93posted: 25 May 2013
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Atheism31
As professor Dawkins labours to raise awareness of the importance of critical thinking and of how religion is a hinderance to it, he raises the interesting point of not labeling children as a 'Christian child' but rather as...
Hi there, Somebody asked me why Abiogenesis happened only once. My response was that it may very well have happened multiple times but that the Earth's atmosphere transitioned from...
by Cairsleyposted: 22 May 2013
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Science74
Having read Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett, I am very grateful to the author of this excellent book for setting out what amounts to a promising basis for furthering the understanding of consciousness, which...
by Aubriel_Jposted: 20 May 2013
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Religion58
My name is Abby and I'm an atheist. I happen to live in a very small, very religious town where I am somewhat notorious for my views. My family and I have been horribly harassed...
Fellow atheist parents, Do you or how do you speak about religion or lack thereof around your children? Do you encourage atheism directly in your household or do you encourage the little...
Could somebody suggest a definition of pseudoscience? Because, for example, it should not be difficult to explain why homeopathy is a pseudoscience. Just a few basic facts, but they take time. And this approach is...
by varunvarmajposted: 16 May 2013
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Atheism36
I have lived in the US for a couple of years before returning back to my country India. While in US I was really suprised to see that none of the leading politicians are atheist...
by siriousposted: 16 May 2013
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Religion106
Hey guys, I'm pretty new here. I apologize in advance for my lack of grammar (I'm Swedish...) I have a question for you, that I would be very glad if you could help me with....
by WezleyPetezposted: 11 May 2013
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Religion137
Hi all, I'm pretty new to religion and I have just recently shed my religious blindfold. I have a question that probably has been answered countlessly before but I couldn't find the...
by karatemattposted: 10 May 2013
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Religion140
Presupposing the historical veracity of the Christ figure as a teacher, a religious leader, an iconoclast, and (most importantly) a human man, what evidence acutally exists for assuming the supernatural miracles ascribed to this one man based...
I have had HIV since 1985. Every few years my personal strain of HIV develops an immunity to the drugs that I am taking, and I have to flip to a new cocktail of 3...
I know most would have seen this but from what I can gather all version on YT are poor quality with very poor - out of sync - audio. Here is a beautiful version in...
by alistair.scott.71posted: 06 May 2013
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Science217
For this topic I came up with the following thought experiment: Imagine we were able to clone the early universe, an absolutely perfect clone, right down to the exact position of all its particles...
I'm in my 30s, and have been an atheist since I remember thinking about these issues. I suppose it is because my parents did not expose me to religion prior to the age or reason?...
by Schwarzbachposted: 04 May 2013
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Education27
I have great respect for Richard Dawkins read a number of his books and some of Darwins. I am wondering if someone could answer this question?1.)How did gender evolve at the beginning of life on...
by smalvarmoucoposted: 04 May 2013
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Education32
Any advice for me? My little daughter fears death. She's worrying about the day her mam and dad will die. She has constant nightmares. Do you know about a book we could...
by LightSeekerposted: 03 May 2013
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Science6
My understanding is that all living things on earth contain the DNA molecule. As Dr. Dawkins has so eloquently revealed over the course of his studies, one can trace the evolution of...
After reading the book and listening to the audio-cd I was very keen to get to see this act in the flesh! Unable to see it live I turned to youtube and finally found it!...
by Jumped Up Chimpanzeeposted: 01 May 2013
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Religion46
Earlier this week, Richard Dawkins questioned whether a journalist could be taken seriously for believing in supernatural entities (specifically a winged horse capable of commuting between Heaven and Earth). ...
by Stephen of Wimbledonposted: 30 Apr 2013
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Science60
I was intrigued by Joseph Mastropaolo's suggested contest, which he charaterizes as a way of "improving the quality of arguments between creationists and evolutionists". His characterization, of course, immediately begins to set out the agenda...
by The Unicorn Delusionposted: 26 Apr 2013
Category:
Atheism9
So, I found this video on howcast, and it made me laugh. I though some of you guys may enjoy it, so here:http://www.howcast.com/videos/9347-How-to-Introduce-Your-Atheist-Partner-to-Your-Evangelical-Parents So... Discuss meeting your partners religious parents, I guess?
by Austin Purdyposted: 24 Apr 2013
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Atheism22
I hope that I'm allowed to post this, for this isn't really a debate or an argument (I'm unsure exactly what to post on this site), but I just wanted to say that I'm a...
Hello everybody, My name is Lars and I’m a student at the University of Darmstadt in Germany. I’m currently preparing myself for my forthcoming Master thesis with the potential working title “Popular Science...
by Dawnrazorposted: 24 Apr 2013
Category:
Politics17
Hi all, Long time reader first time poster. I've just seen this situation play out in Australia and I'm frankly a bit annoyed by it, and unsure where to take this. I...
by benoniboyposted: 23 Apr 2013
Category:
Politics22
So what if hypothetically, in the best of all possible worlds, belief in the nonsense of religion would disappear? Say the Roman juggernaut would shut down; the Pope, cardinals and priests would all get real...
by GilliReasonposted: 22 Apr 2013
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Science43
Hello fellow reasoners. I was hoping you could help chip away at my ignorance. I found myself stumped the other day while having a friendly debate with a religious person about evolution. They were clearly...
by Dr. monsterposted: 22 Apr 2013
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Science7
Hi Reading the greatest show on earth makes DNA proof of human evolution look easy. Just send off three samples for testing: 1 human, 1 chimp, 1 very...
Recently I've begun practising meditation for about 40 minutes a day, as often as I can anyway. My interest in religious experience and spirituality was cut short when I was quite young, as I realised...
by Logical Thinkerposted: 19 Apr 2013
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Pseudoscience61
Hey everyone..!!! I'm an atheist brought up in an atheistic Buddhist environment. Everything I learned in my religion or better call it a philosophy, were more like logical stuff and everything was about reasoning, and nothing to...
The Australasian school in which I work has offered to host a presentation by Academy Conferences http://www.academyconferences.com/ that will be attended by some of my school's students and others from around the city. This is...
by siwel.trebor@bighpond.composted: 18 Apr 2013
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Science35
I just saw the RD representative on our show Planet America here in Australia I am fighting mad. I do not believe in religion but would never stop anyone from having a personal belief in god. This does...
Maybe succession isn't the right word, and maybe this sounds like a silly question, but I've been wondering where the younger spokesmen are for the subjects that men like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and Christopher...
by Happy Nihilistposted: 17 Apr 2013
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Atheism49
What would you say is the distinguishing criteria to draw the line between atheist and nihilist? I consider myself an existential nihilist and yet when I read much of the arguments made by self-labelled atheists...
by nongorilla1posted: 17 Apr 2013
Category:
Atheism12
I tripped over a funny story about an online-shoeshop in Germany whose deliveries to US customers takes much longer with their label on the box than without it. The name of the label...
by C. Xanderposted: 16 Apr 2013
Category:
Education29
In the last several decades, it's no secret that the post-modernists have reduced the education system into a drivel of pointless coursework — logical assessment has been replaced with an emphasis on feelings over facts, promoting...
