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Higgs Boson – are scientific advances squeezing religion out of existence?

A number of ABers have asked for a simple explanation and this is about the simplest I’ve found. http://www.thesun.co....story-of-science.html...

friedgreentomato

How many have you read?

According to a recent BBC poll the average is 6 books - how many can you claim to have read? I have read 64!! Wow!! 1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR...

flobadob

I don't believe in God and I don't accept the theory of the big bang. Yet I find it extremely difficult to believe in nothing. What do you believe in? Do you pray to something other than a God? Are...

Katiekonker

Islam

open question to any Muslim. Following recent would be activities that have been luckily avoided, where do you draw the line between moderate Extreme Muslims?...

Philoctetes

Listener 4197 - Duet for One by Bandmaster

No, I haven't finished it. I just thought I would point out that it is up on the usual site, but under the wrong date, 2012-06-29. Whether this is significant, I cannot tell (It was an old cat,...

beso

Religion as Cognitive Malfunction

Scientific research using functional MRI has shown that religious experiences mainly involve the temporal lobes of the brain. Epileptic seizures in the temporal lobes have also been shown to be...

goodlife

Has God’s Purpose for Mankind Failed?

Is God's purpose for mankind the conversion of the world to the so-called Christian religions? That is what the majority of the sects of Christendom teach.

naomi24

Why didn’t God make his original message clear?

Since Jesus arrived on earth with his new message, many ‘prophets’ have surfaced - Mohammed, Joseph Smith, and Charles Taze Russell, to name but a few – and the millions that follow...

Khandro

Religion for Athiests

In his new book of this title (Hamish Hamilton), Alain de Botton writes that 'atheism should not hector people about the error of super-natural belief: this is "boring". The real task is to...

Dollyeagle

Sa 25203t Times

3d Bleak period's recalled with darkplace underground (9). M?d???t?? 2d. Travel document one's left as train's moving across station (7,4) Looks like transit something. 21d. President's view not...

modeller

What is the purpose of the universe ?

I have entered this question in the religion section but I thought that it might be more appropriate here. Is it allowed ? Let us accept the the fact that there are trillions and trillions of stars ,...

vetuste_ennemi

Is it still published?

I've been looking for Shelley's A Refutation of Deism and can't find it on Amazon or other internet sources either as a single work or as part of an anthology. Do you know of a site which will tell me...

modeller

What is the purpose of the universe?

Let us accept the the fact that there are trillions and trillions of stars , planets and asteroids. Now the bible claims that it was made by an entity we call God. Clerics have claimed for thousands...

vetuste_ennemi

Homeopathic treatment for sarcoptic mange?

My wife and I recently subscribed to the National Fox Welfare Society because we believe the fox or foxes which visit our garden may be suffering from mange. We have just received mange treatment from...

Davethedog

The religious wonder why atheists question them

Anyone with the least amount of intelligence must read this with their jaws on the floor. The way that creationists manipulate everything to their own ends just defies any sort of critical logic....

naomi24

Religion – a fairy tale for adults?

http://www.bostonstan...ries-poster-1-3962839 Well, as the report asks, "what do you think? Should Mr Richards be allowed to display his poster?"...

contendo

Saturday Times The Listener 4195 Sum by Hotspur Saturday June 23rd 2012

Well that wasn't too bad. Now for the bottom half.

oldnitro

Real Gods?

Does it make more sense that people used to worship the sun and other Gods that were part of their environment as opposed to an elderly gentleman sitting on a throne up in the clouds? I know which one...

tabbycat09

The I Cryptic Crossword Wed 20 June (No.425)

Please can anyone help 19 across Supplier of ring in jeweller's, perhaps two words 4 and 4 ??O? B?L? thanks in anticipation...

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