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  1. autonomous1one1

    Impacts of japanese earthquake

    Greetings. What are some of the scientific impacts of the 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Japan? One news report indicated that the shelf off Japan dropped a couple of feet and the earth got smaller. This leads to faster rotation and that we loose time - 1.8 microseconds every 24 hours...
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    Insteresting Obama Move for India

    Does anyone else find this to be an interesting positive gesture? Obama Backs India for Permanent Seat on UN Security Council Erica Werner AP...
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    Religious Leaders Denounce Anti-Muslim Bigotry

    Greetings. We are finally getting some action against the anti-Muslim bigotry we have seen as a result of the proposed center in NY. An emergency, interfaith meeting was held 9-7-2010 in Washington and a Google search points to the many resultant news articles. If you see additional articles...
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    Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

    New peace talks have begun, any comments? Clinton Opens Direct Mideast Peace Talks
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    Glenn beck rally in washington today

    No one can claim the US doesn't have diversity of opinion. The question is, can it all be pulled together towards a net gain?
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    List a humanitarian/charity effort

    This thread is to collect some good news for a change by listing any humanitarian effort that becomes visible. Let it begin with links to two other threads along this line: http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/current-events/101947-40-billionaires-donate-half-their-fortunes.html...
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    Space station

    Here is a great example of sustained international cooperation. Check the dates of assembly in the upper left corner as the International Space Station is assembled: USATODAY.com feature
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    Carter Traveling to NKorea to Try to Free American

    Former President Jimmy Carter Traveling to North Korea to Try to Free American Tis always astonishing what one individual known for humanitarian efforts can accomplish. Can you see GW Bush ever in this role?
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    40 Billionaires to Donate Half Their Fortunes

    Now we are getting somewhere. Good for them.. Bill Gates & Warren Buffett persuaded wealthy group, including Ted Turner & T. Boone Pickens, to give to charity. 40 billionaires pledge to donate half their wealth - U.S. news - Giving - msnbc.com
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    What to Pray About?

    Greetings friends. For the purposes of this thread, assume that prayer works regardless of what you may believe personally. With that assumption, please suggest for us your top three most important items to pray about that have the worthiness and applicability to be on everyone's list for...
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    Sharing holiday music

    Greetings All. Now that we are into the holiday season do you have favorite music to link us to? Here is a Celtic Woman performance for Christmas. Hope you enjoy it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDeXUvWbLp8
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    Human Stages of Development

    Greetings. We human beings develop through stages common to other human beings as we grow from babies to full adults. We may develop to different stages at our personal ‘end points.’ The stages have been studied and classified and tests have been developed to determine the stage of...
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    The Joy of Being

    Greetings. Most of us feel joy sometimes during our lives – birth of a child, marriage, salary bonus, giving or helping, a friend succeeds, seeing joy in others, etc. This felt joy from events, achievements, circumstances, etc., is usually temporary and passes with time, but there is a...
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    Discussion: Is There Union With God?

    Greetings. The answer to the question - Is there Union with God? - is without question, 'Yes,' if one believes in God. The reason that we can be so positive is that the term 'union' has so many different meanings. This thread is meant to examine what some of those meanings are - what is meant...
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    Jesus family tomb

    Greetings. Some new information about the tomb of Jesus' family was discussed on TV this morning. Evidently there is a special on the Discovery Channel and, I am not sure, but believe it is on this Sunday, March 4, 2007 at 9:00pm. Seems the tomb materials were discovered back in the 80's but the...
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    Do you agree with any of these tenets?

    Tenets of belief Greetings. Do you agree with any of these tenets of belief? Here are ten tenets that I hold true, except maybe one. Are there any that you agree with? Please feel free to offer any explanations. 1) God is in all. 2) All is in God. 3) God is Love. 4) Religious founders (think...
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    How do you view God-universe-humankind relation?

    Greetings. There are so many interesting viewpoints posted throughout RF on God, the universe, and humankind that I thought it would be interesting for many of us to describe how we see that the three are related. To make it easy, I propose that we use the Venn diagram approach. That is, assume...
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    Are we eternal?

    Greetings. I have read that the drive to overcome finitude is fundamental within humans and thus, eternal life is sought after, believed by many, and studied to be understood. Three prevalent concepts have surfaced in RF threads that explain that we are eternal. The soul is a very common...
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