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.
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?
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.
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]
La reconstruction de la raison - La raison et ses domaines 1 L’expression est de Claude Romano, Au cœur de la raison, la phénoménologie (Gallimard ‘Folio’, 2011 (...) 2 Comme l’a montré Bouveresse notamment dans son essai de 2000, « Qu’est-ce que s’orienter dans la pe (...) 1Tout le monde se souvient de l’Éloge historique de la raison, où Voltaire met en scène la Raison et la Vérité sa fille parcourant l’Europe, d’où elles avaient jadis été chassées, et arrivant en France, où elles ne trouvent à « dire que du bien du temps présent ». C’est supposé se passer vers 1775. La mère et la fille ne manquent cependant pas de noter que, si les orages revenaient, elles auraient à retourner dans leur puits. 3 Julien Benda, Exercice d’un enterré vif, Paris, Gallimard, 1945, reed in La jeunesse d’un clerc, Pa (...) 4 On peut lire ainsi, au sujet du livre de Bruno Latour, Enquête sur les modes d’existence (Paris, La (...) i. ii. iii. 4C’est à seulement à la première question, et même à un aspect réduit de celle-ci, que je voudrais m’adresser ici. (2). (3).
Bible passages that conflict with modern morality Bible themes Menu Sponsored link. Quotations: Special note: Of the many thousands of essays on this web site, we regard those in this section to be among the most important. Almost everywhere else in our essays dealing with Christianity, we compare conservative and liberal Christian points of view. Some of the early Christian groups, including many in the Gnostic tradition were so offended by what they viewed as profoundly immoral actions by Yahweh that they rejected the entire Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) or even lowered the status of Yahweh to that of a demiurge -- an inferior deity. The purpose and intent of this section is to show there are some profoundly violent, immoral and unethical passages in the Bible when it is compared to today's secular and religious ethical systems. Solving this problem is difficult. Topics covered in this section: Sponsored link: List of books which deal with hard sayings from the Bible: References used: Site navigation: ... and other paths too numerous to list
Giant's Causeway The Giant's Causeway (known as Clochán an Aifir or Clochán na bhFomhórach in Irish[1] and tha Giant's Causey in Ulster-Scots)[2] is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a National Nature Reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. The Giant's Causeway is today owned and managed by the National Trust and it is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland.[4] Geology[edit] Legend[edit] Engraving of Susanna Drury's A View of the Giant's Causeway: East Prospect, 1768 Tourism[edit] Red basaltic prisms Visitors' centre[edit] Giant's Causeway at sunset Notable features[edit] Flora and fauna[edit] Similar structures[edit] Railway access[edit] Notes[edit] References and further reading[edit] Arnold, Bruce (2002).