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Thanks, But No Thanks, From A Happy Atheist
Thanks, But No Thanks, From A Happy Atheist
Q:What makes the best 'case for God' to a skeptic or non-believer, an open-minded seeker, and to a person of faith and Why?
1) The message of scripture?
2) The scientific evidence for an Intelligent Designer?
3) The 'words' that God has 'spoken' - Torah, Jesus, the Qur'an?
4) A compassionate lifestyle?
5) Personal, subjective experience?
-- Karen Armstrong
None of the above.
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Q:What makes the best 'case for God' to a skeptic or non-believer, an open-minded seeker, and to a person of faith and Why?
1) The message of scripture?
2) The scientific evidence for an Intelligent Designer?
3) The 'words' that God has 'spoken' - Torah, Jesus, the Qur'an?
4) A compassionate lifestyle?
5) Personal, subjective experience?
-- Karen Armstrong
None of the above.
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First Spider Known To Science That Feeds Mainly On Plant Food
There are approximately 40,000 species of spiders in the world, all of which have been thought to be strict predators that feed on insects or other animals. Now, scientists have found that a small Central American jumping spider has a uniquely different diet: the species Bagheera kiplingi feeds predominantly on plant food.
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Crows Can Use 'Up To Three Tools' In Correct Sequence Without Training
New experiments by Oxford University scientists reveal that New Caledonian crows can spontaneously use up to three tools in the correct sequence to achieve a goal, something never before observed in non-human animals without explicit training.
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Holy Text Quote of the Day #22
Yahweh Wrestled with Jacob and Lost
"So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered. Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."" -Genesis 32:24-28 NIV
"So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered. Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."" -Genesis 32:24-28 NIV
The Bibles Buried Secrets
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Holy Text Quote of the Day #20
"And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them." -Jeremiah 13:14 KJV
Asia's 5th Specimen of 'Living Fossil' Found
Indonesian fishermen recently caught a coelacanth that was still alive when it was hauled up in their net - the fifth specimen of this "living fossil" fish to be caught in waters off the east coast of this Asian archipelago state.
A local newspaper reported that the specimen, which measured 114cm, was caught on September 16 and collected by a scientist from Indonesia's Sam Ratulangi University for further examination. It died on the way to the university.
Two days previously, Indonesian marine scientists and officials from an aquarium in Japan had photographed another coelacanth in nearby waters - their second sighting in two years in this region.
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A local newspaper reported that the specimen, which measured 114cm, was caught on September 16 and collected by a scientist from Indonesia's Sam Ratulangi University for further examination. It died on the way to the university.
Two days previously, Indonesian marine scientists and officials from an aquarium in Japan had photographed another coelacanth in nearby waters - their second sighting in two years in this region.
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Why Odd Egg-Laying Mammals Still Exist
The reason that odd, egg-laying mammals still exist today may be because their ancestors took to the water, scientists now suggest.
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Did Mankind's Nutrition Suffer in Evolution From Forest to Farm?
Health care as we know it didn't exist 3,000 years ago. But along the Georgia coast, the Pacific Northwest, and coastal Brazil, people grew tall and strong and lived relatively free of disease. They ate game, fish, shellfish and wild plants.
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Evolution Can’t Be Reversed, Research Suggests
In a kind of evolutionary bridge-burning, once a gene has morphed into its current state, the road back gets blocked, new research suggests. So there's no easy way to turn back.
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New Feathered Dinosaur Specimen Strengthens Dino-Bird Link
Non-avian dinosaurs are long extinct, but paleontological thinking about them, especially the dino–bird specimens, clearly continues to evolve long after they are discovered. For instance, the Anchiornis huxleyi, a small, feathered dinosaur, was described last December and assumed to be a transitional species that existed between dinosaurs and birds. But new evidence—and a much better specimen—has revealed that this ambiguous animal actually belongs to the dinosaur clan.
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Mighty T. Rex Killed by Pigeon Parasite?
After surviving countless battles, a giant T. rex was ultimately taken down by a microscopic parasite akin to one carried by modern pigeons, scientists say.
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Oldest Human Skeleton Offers New Clues To Evolution
The oldest-known hominid skeleton was a 4-foot-tall female who walked upright more than 4 million years ago and offers new clues to how humans may have evolved, scientists say.
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Flatfish Support Darwin's Evolutionary Theory, Research Claims
The discovery removes a major argument used by advocates of intelligent design, which suggests that evolution alone cannot account for some of the surprising adaptations found in the natural world.
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Weird, Rare Clouds and the Physics Behind Them
In August, we posted a photograph of some odd, rare clouds known as Morning Glory clouds without providing an explanation for how they form. In response to reader interest, we followed up with meteorologist Roger Smith of the University of Munich, who has studied their formation.
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Hell Planet Where Rock Falls As Rain Found
COROT-7b, an alien planet where a rain of pebbles falls from clouds of rock vapour into lakes of molten lava, has been found by astronomers.
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