I'm not sure if people have heard about this or not, but things like this always baffle me: Calif. Court: Would-be Good Samaritan can be sued - Yahoo! News
It certainly makes me want to have second thoughts about helping anyone. Imagine someone drowning in a flood. "Sorry, can't help you, I...
I just found this news article and couldn't find a thread here already so I decided to start one. You can find the full article at this link: Scientists extract images directly from the brain
Basically, they were able to take signals from the brain and display them on a monitor. As the article...
You wake up in unfamiliar surroundings. As soon as your eyes adjust to the darkness, you can see you're in a cave. You see people around you, who are all wearing nametags*:
Heneni
Mister Emu
Don Penguinoni
Panda
Draka
Dream Angel
Circle_One
((*Note: Obviously you are also wearing a nametag.))...
I have a proposal for a new game in which many people can participate. It starts out with a game master (the first one will most likely be me) and as many contestants as possible. The premise is as follows:
For reasons unknown, you have been kidnapped and taken to an underground cave. You are a...
Would you use it? Would you go backwards or forwards in time? Would you try to change anything? What would you try to change, and why? How do you think this would affect the future?
Discuss.
This is going to be a bit of a rant. Feel free to ignore it. Or, y'know... not...
You may know me as the funny guy. The guy who cracks jokes all the time. The guy who makes you laugh, smile, and things of that nature. The truth is... I have a very hard time laughing on the inside. I like...
I wasn't sure where to put this thread. If it's not in the right place, I apologize.
Q. How accurate do you feel oracles are, whether modern day ones (i.e. Magic 8 Balls) or ancient (i.e. Oracle at Delphi)?
Q. If you could have any super-human ability (call it a superpower if you like), what would it be and why?
Thread inspired by texan1's response in this thread: http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/1340095-post7.html
Some suggestions:
Typical comic-book superhero powers:
Super speed, flying...
Hello to all.
I joined this forum because 1) I am curious about the different religions out there and 2) because I heard it was a place where people could speak with one another about their opinions and such. I personally am pretty much an atheist, if I had to label myself. I am, however...