Flat earthers,never heard of this before,well I knew people in the middle ages thought the earth was flat but not today,maybe they're like the people who say the Earth is only 6000 years old.

Anyway I saw this on the BBC,kind of sad but flat earthers,I'm going with dumb.

Daredevil dies after crash-landing rocket

Essentially Explain concept of Evolution "if valid" preceding Creationism.

So why don't some people have inner speech? Studies show that producing inner speech requires a network of brain activity spanning from the frontal lobe to auditory cortex, which is located near your ears.
These networks are the same as those used when we speak aloud (which also requires motor cortex, because we need to move our tongue, lips, etc.).

One theory proposes that people who do not produce inner speech are unable to activate those networks without also activating their motor...

Can a straight person be homosexual and a gay person be heterosexual?

Does it make a difference?

BC definition not 21st century

I propose how we build our beliefs is up to us to some extent. That is we can build around standards that make us truth seekers.

(1) We can choose to build on clarity and clear proofs and not on shaky grounds.
(2) We can learn how to reason properly and become aware of our ways of thinking that lead us away from truth.
(3) We can funnel our seeking knowledge to reliable sources of information, if we attain skills to recognize who and what is a reliable source of information.
(4) We can...

This thread was inspired by a thread started in Christianity DIR.

The evidence in history shows that Christianity followed the evolving morals and ethics, or code of conduct, of the cultures over time. This is true of other religions also. The standards of morals and ethics such as the Ten Commandments are found in most other cultures and religions of the world. The evolution of morals and ethics can be seen to evolve from the Neolithic cultures. Even in the Neanderthal cultures evidence of...

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Present your best case for creationism---specifically, "the religious doctrine
that all living things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an
omnipotent creator, and not gradually evolved or developed"*---without
referencing evolution or any of its aspects.
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Do people who believe in gnosticism believe lucid dreaming helps with spiritual enlightenment?And can help induce out of body experiences.All in the name of God?

Anyone still in denial?

In his Homily on 1 Timothy 12:3–4,71 the early church father St. John Chrysostom (died 407 CE) made the bold statement that "it is utterly impossible to be rich without committing injustice" (οὐκ ἔστιν οὐκ ἔστι μὴ ἀδικοῦντα πλουτεῖν) and moreover said that wealth is tantamount to theft, for ‘its origin must have come from an injustice against someone’, an ἀδικία (Timothy 1, 3, v.3, v. 8; 6, v.10; John Chrysostom in Schaff, 1886, Vol. 13, p.447). He then poses a rhetorical question: ‘Is this...