Unless you're a woman. Then you can't drive, and you are expected to wear a cloth bag over your body in scorching temperatures, on pain of death....
Balbus, the content of a religion, the actual values and beliefs within it, matter. Islam is lit up with notions of martyrdom and jihad, which...
I also really enjoyed 4, the entire Dubai section was outstanding.
Not in principle, but I do have issues when the "spiritual lives" of people revolve around statements of fact with which I DO have issues (ie, the...
What if a study finds that people who believe in santa claus tend to be more positive and optimistic and have lower rates of cancer and...
Sure, I just need you to define god for me. I'm not talking about the zodiac, where a picture of the stars is overlayed with mythological...
Same question as "what does the universe have to do with this". Really? You are not worried about getting in a wooden boat, in the atlantic,...
I see, so when you have an unsubstantiated belief in god, that's ok, because that's the beauty of religious multiculturalism, but when I have an...
The reason we respect science is because it provides results and knowledge. Getting your knowledge from a voice in a whirlwind will not bode well...
I guess I get confused about how you know something like this. You are clearly communicating a piece of information you have about god, and I'm...
Then you are of the opinion that astrology is not a scientific phenomenon; it does not actually measure anything with regards to biology or...
And what is your evidence that the issue is that we are stuck on a perspective of god? What is your evidence that this view is not correct? What...
I didn't actually say that all true things are falsifiable. We're talking about measurable, scientific things though; something that astrology is...
One's personal morality and the beliefs one holds are deeply connected. However, it is possible to believe something completely false and...
Hate to break it to you but it's like this with every generation. And it's been the "end days" for a few thousand years now.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=percent+of+world+which+is+religious
Ok, but religion is everywhere dude, our society is built on it, our governments pander to it, and 80% of the world subscribes to one. This isn't...
Or, works too hard, doesn't rest on sunday :)
Thank you for sharing your views Okiefreak, it was very illuminating. I guess you being christian was as confusing to me as me being buddhist...
Wait, I thought astrology was the foundation of all science and has knowledge to offer the world in regards to biology and cosmology, just to...
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