I recently started reading a book of this title written by Richard Dawkins, and I am starting this thread with the intent of posting specific questions that I have about the work (with the hopes that someone will be able to help me with them), as well as just interesting tidbits of information...
This was bothering me so I did a quick search on yahoo. Came up with this:
http://www.dinosauria.com/jdp/misc/dna.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/25/science/25dino.html?ei=5090&en=b273d4463ac5bade&ex=1269406800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&adxnnlx=1124662548-0IbI6QZ2ptSJ6rWlemIgiA...
If we had read the rest of the thread maybe we would be a little more informed as to the true meaning of the swastika. Far from being a symbol of hate, the swastika was originally used by Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and many Native American tribes as a symbol of good luck. At different times, it...
I agree with the rest of you that there are some reasons to wear clothing (sunburn and frostbite indeed), but in situations where wearing clothing is actually a hindrance and an annoyance (humid Minnesota Julys for example) I think that it comes down to society being scared of sexuality. What is...
I stand by my previous statement. Once we condone "torturing people for their views", we are doomed to live in a society where thoughts can be crimes. 1984 anyone?
Ok, so if God was going to go around killing people because he knew they were going to be evil when they grew up, then why did...
So the people putting together the Bible didn't realize what Jeremiah had said?
Or they didn't realize that there were, in fact, laws regarding sacrifices that had been given?
I find the first one much more likely. But still.. the whole Biblical compilation/authorship thing just confuses me...
Jeremiah 7:22 "I gave your ancestors no commands regarding burnt offerings or any other kind of sacrifices when I brought them out of Egypt."
I hope that everyone will recognize the problem I have with this verse. Much of the Torah is made up of very, very specific laws concerning sacrifices...
No one should be tortured for views. If any torturing must occur it would rightly be beacause of the actions of these men, not their views. Subtle difference, but I do believe it is important.
I have a serious problem believing that young children deserved to be killed right along with all the...
Thanks. Not claiming you were making it up or anything, just find stuff like this really difficult to credit. I had heard of the ancient Hindi spaceship thing before, still don't know what I think of it though. . .
Anyone here heard the idea that perhaps ancient Egypt had developed the...
Major problem with this one. The god of the Old Testament only ever ordered the Israelites to worship him, not anyone else, and only the Israelites made an agreement with this god. (They would serve him, and he would protect them.) Having never ordered any other tribe to worship him, the god of...
When you talk about the Christian god, you're talking about something about which no two people have the same perception. The god of one Christian may be a completely different being from the god of another, simply because each person will interpret the Bible differently, and arrive at different...
If you've got some time on your hands, read "Big Bang" by Simon Singh. Very readable, and lots of good information. I started reading it this morning, so I'm only into the second hundred pages and he hasn't really gotten into the Big Bang yet, lol. But I'm sure it'll be just as good as the rest...
So when they say "Praise to Buddah" on the movie, they're really acknowledging their own/the universal Buddah nature? Or are they praising the Buddah nature of Guatama?
"eht" (alef-chireq-tav) is simply the marker of the direct object (noun upon which the action is performed). In this case it would be the object which God was creating. I would assume the next word would be the object. . but I don't know what "Hashamayem"...