RationalWiki 11 Things The Bible Bans, But You Do Anyway <A HREF=" Widgets</A> Written by 11points Yesterday, I found myself in a discussion about the anti-abortion people. The conversation then took its natural turn to selective, self-serving interpretations of the Bible… finding a few verses that you can use to justify a position that lets you impose your morality on someone, and riding those verses hard and fast for the rest of your life. So I thought it’d be a good time to find a bunch of stuff that the Bible bans… stuff that’s a lot LESS convenient. Here are 11 things that are technically banned by the Bible. See you in Hell, Beatles… and/or kids with bowl cuts, surfer cuts or (my favorite) butt cuts. At least, the pure version of football, where you play with a pigskin. Before you call a 900 number (do people still call 900 numbers, by the way?) No tattoos.
What's The Harm? Hi reader in Canada, it seems you use Wikipedia a lot; I think that's great and hope you find it useful. It's a little awkward to ask, but this Sunday we need your help. We depend on donations averaging $15, but fewer than 1% of readers choose to give. If you donate just $3, you would help keep Wikipedia thriving for years. Maybe later Thank you! Close What's The Harm? Content[edit] As an answer to the question “What’s the harm?” Reception[edit] Skeptics Society Executive Director Michael Shermer has said of the site, "I think it's excellent. Penn Jillette called it "an amazingly great website" in his video blog Penn Says. The site has also been cited as a useful resource in mainstream media articles about alternative medicine, pseudoscience and the paranormal.[7][8] Criticism[edit] Others have criticized the site. History[edit] In a talk at Skeptics in the Pub in Boston on the site's origins,[9] Farley has said that after hearing Penn Jillette talk about The Amaz! References[edit]
Misconceptions: Richard Hoagland's Nonsense Richard Hoagland's Nonsense Introduction Mars is in the news. The Americans sent two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, which landed on Mars a few weeks apart in early 2004, and the European Space Agency sent a probe called Mars Express (which had a lander, Beagle II, with which contact was lost) which went into orbit in late 2003. They join earlier missions such as the Mars Global Surveyor (which I will call MGS from here on out), and Mars Odyssey (just Odyssey from here on out). With all this Good Astronomy happening, you just know a lot of Bad will follow. And it has. Leading the way with this nonsense is none other than Richard C. I have considered Hoagland to be a fringe pseudoscientist, not really worth debunking. These claims, like most conspiracy claims, are silly, internally inconsistent, and pretty easy to show wrong. If only. And you know what? And let me be very clear here: Hoagland's claims are insulting.
Homeopathy Awareness Week, June 14th-21st. Get the facts on homeopathy. Did Jesus really exist? Is there any historical evidence of Jesus Christ? Question: "Did Jesus really exist? Is there any historical evidence of Jesus Christ?" Answer: Typically, when this question is asked, the person asking qualifies the question with “outside of the Bible.” We do not grant this idea that the Bible cannot be considered a source of evidence for the existence of Jesus. The New Testament contains hundreds of references to Jesus Christ. There are those who date the writing of the Gospels to the second century A.D., more than 100 years after Jesus' death. It is also important to recognize that in A.D. 70, the Romans invaded and destroyed Jerusalem and most of Israel, slaughtering its inhabitants. Considering that Jesus' ministry was largely confined to a relatively unimportant area in a small corner of the Roman Empire, a surprising amount of information about Jesus can be drawn from secular historical sources. Flavius Josephus is the most famous Jewish historian. Related Topics: Who is Jesus Christ? Who was Flavius Josephus? What is Mythicism?
Encyclopedia Mythica: mythology, folklore, and religion. Ten percent of brain myth The 10% of brain myth is the widely perpetuated urban legend that most or all only make use of 3%, 10% or some other small percentage of their brains. It has been misattributed to people including Albert Einstein.[1] By association, it is suggested that a person may harness this unused potential and increase intelligence. Though factors of intelligence can increase with training,[2] the popular notion that large parts of the brain remain unused, and could subsequently be "activated", rests more in popular folklore than scientific theory. Though mysteries regarding brain function remain—e.g. memory, consciousness — the physiology of brain mapping suggests that most if not all areas of the brain have a function.[3][4] Origin[edit] According to a related origin story, the 10% myth most likely arose from a misunderstanding (or misrepresentation) of neurological research in the late 19th century or early 20th century. The origin has also been attributed to Dr. Refutation[edit] See also[edit]
Good Thinking Society » Encouraging curious minds and promoting rational enquiry 20 Reasons to Abandon Christianity Table of Contents This pamphlet briefly looks at many of the reasons that Christianity is undesirable from both a personal and a social point of view. All of the matters discussed here have been dealt with elsewhere at greater length, but that's beside the point: the purpose of 20 Reasons to Abandon Christianity is to list the most outstanding misery-producing and socially destructive qualities of Christianity in one place. When considered in toto, they lead to an irresistible conclusion: that Christianity must be abandoned, for the sake of both personal happiness and social progress. As regards the title, "abandon"—rather than "suppress" or "do away with"—was chosen deliberately. 1. 2. As an example of Christianity's cruel brainwashing of the innocent, consider this quotation from an officially approved, 19th-century Catholic children's book (Tracts for Spiritual Reading, by Rev. Look into this little prison. There are many similar passages in this book. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Logical Fallacies: The Fallacy Files Subliminal stimuli Subliminal stimuli (/sʌbˈlɪmɨnəl/; literally "below threshold"), contrary to supraliminal stimuli or "above threshold", are any sensory stimuli below an individual's threshold for conscious perception.[1] A recent review of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies shows that subliminal stimuli activate specific regions of the brain despite participants being unaware.[2] Visual stimuli may be quickly flashed before an individual can process them, or flashed and then masked, thereby interrupting the processing. Audio stimuli may be played below audible volumes or masked by other stimuli. Effectiveness[edit] The effectiveness in subliminal messaging has been demonstrated to prime individual responses and stimulate mild emotional activity.[3][4] Applications, however, often base themselves on the persuasiveness of the message. Method[edit] Objective threshold[edit] Subjective threshold[edit] Direct and Indirect measures[edit] Visual stimuli[edit] Images[edit] Auditory stimuli[edit]