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10 Life-Enhancing Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less. It usually takes us much longer to change our moods than we’d like it to take.

10 Life-Enhancing Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less

Here are ten things you can do in ten minutes or less that will have a positive emotional effect on you and those you love. . See it online at Oprah.com . This is a deeply moving segment that may be the best ten minutes you've ever invested in front of a computer. . . . The experience will fill you with fond memories and perhaps make you a bit wistful for days gone by. . . Then spend that time just holding each other. Studies show that hospital patients who can see a natural body of water from their beds get better at a 30 percent faster rate. Shake, twist, and jump around. Sadly, many people measure happiness by how long the experience lasts. Dr. The twelve basic arguments for god #1: Argument from Holy Scripture. I. Vague prophecies. Imagine you could go back in time, just as a human being with no omniscient knowledge of the future like god would surely have. You could make very precise predictions of the future without the need to hide in ambiguity.

Some of my predictions would look like this: “In the 21st Century, there will be a system by which information is spread throughout the entire world, and this system shall be called ‘the internet.’” “Currently, people think that deafness and blindness are a result of being afflicted by the devil or demons. This is what I could offer with a knowledge of what has transpired between then and now that is far inferior to what god’s would have been. Precise prophecies are risky – they have a very high probability of being wrong. For an example, consider the following “prophecy” from Luke 7:27: “his is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.” Here’s a prophecy I just made up. I Am An Atheist: 16 Things Atheists Need Christians to Know. oKsGl.png from googleusercontent.com - StumbleUpon.

What is Consciousness? AMPHIBOLIES. Fallacy List - StumbleUpon. 1.

Fallacy List - StumbleUpon

FAULTY CAUSE: (post hoc ergo propter hoc) mistakes correlation or association for causation, by assuming that because one thing follows another it was caused by the other. example: A black cat crossed Babbs' path yesterday and, sure enough, she was involved in an automobile accident later that same afternoon. example: The introduction of sex education courses at the high school level has resulted in increased promiscuity among teens. A recent study revealed that the number of reported cases of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) was significantly higher for high schools that offered courses in sex education than for high schools that did not. 2. SWEEPING GENERALIZATION: (dicto simpliciter) assumes that what is true of the whole will also be true of the part, or that what is true in most instances will be true in all instances. example: Muffin must be rich or have rich parents, because she belongs to ZXQ, and ZXQ is the richest sorority on campus.

10 Myths Many Religious People Hold About Atheists, Debunked. September 13, 2011 | Like this article?

10 Myths Many Religious People Hold About Atheists, Debunked

Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. In a regular poll conducted by political scientists Robert Putnam and David Campbell on American political attitudes, atheists recently lost their spot as as the most disliked group in America to the Tea Party. Still, number two is simply way too high in the unpopularity rankings for a group of people who just happen to spend Sunday mornings in bed instead of in church.

Of course, the real reason atheists are so hated has little to do with jealousy for all their free time, but largely because most Americans are better acquainted with myths than with the realities of atheists' lives. These myths do more than hurt atheists. 1) There are no atheists in foxholes. Beyond concerns about manipulation are the concerns about accuracy. 2) Atheists are just angry with God. Monicks.net is down for maintenance.