We all know that there are too many links between Santa and Satan for this to be mere coincidence so I did a little research to reveal the true origins of Santa. Now, I am a fan of Colbert so I know the true way of researching... You don't find the facts in books, you find them in your gut. So...
So I was reading Sunstones thread ( http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41976 ) and as I was reading it a question came to my mind...
Why was Jesus necessary? What world events were happening that required the son of God to preach rather than the prophets that God sent in the...
This topic came up in the "Am I a Traitor?" thread and I thought it might be interesting for its own thread...
What do you all think of the health care system in America? Someone pointed out that you *could* get health insurance if you wanted to but is that really the case? I'll use myself as...
The courts here in the USA order people to go to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings all the time to get over their addiction to alcohol. So... Is this right? Here are the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous:
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/en_information_aa.cfm?PageID=17&SubPage=68
The 12...
So... How many threads do you think Pah can get from this article?
http://atheism.about.com/od/religiousright/ig/Christian-Propaganda-Posters/Jesus-Christianity-Schools.htm
Currently it is at 2 but I'll start the poll at 1 for those that believe in miracles! :p
**Note** No offense to Pah...
So what do you all think about the United States government paying reparations for different groups they have oppressed? There are a few different categories and types of reparations...
1) Reparations given to the Japanese people who were sent to the camps during WW2 (they were given 20,000 in...
Alright so I didn't see an active thread on this yet in 2006 so I decided I would start this one up... My question is what do you all think of the Boy Scouts refusal to allow homosexuals and atheists in?
Do you think they should be allowed to keep this policy being a private organization?
Do...
I didn't see this posted anywhere so I figured I'd post it!
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=232368>1=7703
What do you all think? Is this bad taste? Apparently its really about the war on terror but also revolves around a fictional assassination of Bush...
So I've heard a few times that US citizens are less "moral" than other countries and have heard other things to that effect...
Jonny posted a thing about this "Google Trends" search engine in the LDS forum that I'll quote real quick:
So I decided it would be fun to see what cities looked up...
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2006/08/23/hscout534536.html
So now we can apparently get the stem cells from the embryo without destroying the embryo. So two questions...
1. Think this will make the politicans change their minds about federal funding?
2. Do you think...
My girlfriend and I are trying to find some good indoor plants to get for our apartment. I was doing a little research online, but then I thought that this would be a good place to ask to see if anyone had some good success with indoor plants. Basically we are looking for plants that need no...
I am not sure if anyone posted anything like this yet, so here is a thread for it!
So I was watching a game show called Chain Reaction and thought it would be a good idea for a thread. Here is what you do... Start with one word and use another word to make a phrase. Then continue the chain...
So I've always heard one big argument against evolution... Basically the argument is "big changes" cannot happen by way of evolution (ie things randomly growing arms, things sprouting wings... etc)
Hopefully this is some evidence that "big changes" can in fact happen by way of evolution...
This is a theory that I like to believe in actually...
The idea is everything has some sort of pattern, and chaos theory studies those things that do not seem to have any pattern (chaos). The part of the theory I like to believe as being true is this...
Lets say a scientist builds a machine...
This thread will be talking about mass murderers, Hitler and Stalin to name two of them, you can add in your favorite one as you see fit. I figured these guys deserve their own thread every once and awhile because they always pop up in other threads when people run out of valid things to...