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other scientists can be ignored? I keep seeing posts and websites which claim that nobody should worry about climate change (which the media tends to call "global warming") because climate scientists can't be trusted. So what other kinds of scientists can be safely ignored because they have...

...would not be found in the Bible? Or are there scriptures in the Bible which clearly state, "Base your beliefs solely on what is written in the 66 books of the Bible and reject that which is pontificated by human authorities outside of the Bible"? I'm asking an honest question here and am...

Christianity Skeptic's handbook? Where did that distortion of Horus get started and enter popular mythology? Earliest citation? And is the "Jesus was based on Mithra" a more recent meme that is simply a substitution of Mithra for Horus?

the Christian movie review sites? Although I found the somewhat entertaining AVATAR very predictable and sort of a traditional compilation of the associated genres ("Dances with Aliens" plus "Pocahantas" as some reviewers described it), I was amazed at how extremely many of the Christian movie...

...is a 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist? Is there any truth to her swimming at that end of the "no lifeguard on duty" Truther pool? ============================== Reading comprehension skills on R&S are abominable. So one more time: the question is about RACHEL MADDOW. Is she a 9/11 Conspiracy...

...implications of Godel's Theorem. Logical? Yes, Godel's Theorem applies to formal systems. But many have posited the universe itself as a formal system (or finite automaton.) So what do you think? Related question: Did the theological implications of Godel's Theorem have anything to do...

...absent newscasters and even a....? .....single conservative counter-weight." and "like watching The View without Elizabeth Hasselbeck." Will the Comcast acquisition clean house and address this embarrassment and restore actual news coverage to MSNBC when hard news events (e.g. elections) are...

...them a lot? ====================== Thanks for the clarification. ====================== Twenty accounts to avoid being blocked? Wow, OCD is alive and well.

special "divine blessing"? I believe it was within a preview of the current American Experience series on PBS (or perhaps Dr. Gates DNA study of Americans documentary series on PBS) the proud claim was made, "The U.S. is unique in the world in that we are all immigrants. Even Native Americans...

special "divine blessing"? I believe it was within a preview of the current American Experience series on PBS (or perhaps Dr. Gates DNA study of Americans documentary series on PBS) the proud claim was made, "The U.S. is unique in the world in that we are all immigrants. Even Native Americans...

special "divine blessing"? I believe it was within a preview of the current American Experience series on PBS (or perhaps Dr. Gates DNA study of Americans documentary series on PBS) the proud claim was made, "The U.S. is unique in the world in that we are all immigrants. Even Native Americans...

...because non-virgins had no....? ....marriage prospects? (That is, because men in that society would not be willing to marry a rape victim, the huge financial penalty and the divorce-prohibited ruling served to ensure lifetime support for her living expenses. A rabbi explained this to me. Is...

...Creationists would deny the presence....? ......of metals in the stars (including the sun). I had never heard this and wonder why any Creationist would allegedly deny the formation of heavier elements in the fusion process of the stars. So, (1) Why would any creationist deny this as...

...BELOW AVERAGE on a standard....? .....reading comprehension & math skills exam while about half of the atheists/agnostics scored ABOVE AVERAGE on the same exam? Or do you think the researchers behind the study (focused solely on U.S. citizens who had lived in America since birth) were...

...BELOW AVERAGE on a standard....? .....reading comprehension & math skills exam while about half of the atheists/agnostics scored ABOVE AVERAGE on the same exam? Or do you think the researchers behind the study (focused solely on U.S. citizens who had lived in America since birth) were...

...BELOW AVERAGE on a standard....? .....reading comprehension & math skills exam while about half of the atheists/agnostics scored ABOVE AVERAGE on the same exam? Or do you think the researchers behind the study (focused solely on U.S. citizens who had lived in America since birth) were...