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Well, I already said that I don't understand, but I'm willing to try to put aside my own perspective to see what others there might be. One potential explanation is that humanity puts time into increments, minutes, seconds, hours. Clearly it's at least partly right because of the science that...

I've heard the idea that time is a human creation. As humans, we can't understand existence without time, but that alone doesn't mean that it's real. I don't pretend to understand, really. I'm only human. But I think it's intriguing. - Sarah I wish there was a normal yellow smiley face...

And through cloudy thought, a moment of clarity. Sun's first rays greet night.

Brilliant post, David. That I will someday be as good a parent as you are. Z, what I thought of when I read the part about shrinking all of one's natures, is the compound eye of an insect. Maybe in this life, the personality/ego/whatever is just one facet of the whole. Maybe there are...

Having read this article, I'm surprised to learn that people think this to be new and controversial. I thought it was well-known - not necessarily well understood, but well-known. There are certain 'non-genetic' factors that can indeed influence genetic expression or even the DNA itself. But...

A bit off the topic of the thread, but several of the posts have addressed this. Incidentally, in my genetics lecture today, we talked about this very thing. Regarding the speed of evolution, there are two 'types'. There is 'gradual' evolution and 'punctuated'. Gradual is what we all know as...

This is a little late, but just to clarify, Kaldayen and I were saying the same thing. I'm not sure what you're talking about with the switches. I'll have to check TE's link and get back to that. - Sarah

Unless I misunderstand, I'm afraid that this thread shows a poor understanding of evolution. By your reasoning, one could also say, 'A man desires to be strong, so he works out everyday and gets big muscles. Therefore, his son will have larger muscles.' Unfortunately, genetics does not work...

I get what you're saying, and I thank you for bringing up the point. I have to say though, that I would respect someone who can get to a state of altered consciousness on their own more than I would someone who gets there via a drug. But, you're right it does come down to perspective. Why...

in balance, in peace. A thousand birds rise as one. balanced, in pieces

Re: Favorite Bible Quotes Wow. Where in CO, if I may ask? - Sarah

I would say that the Christian church has all the right in the world to dominate/dictate how Christian churches are used. It is the nature of human society that not everybody can be perfectly happy all of the time, so the society caters to the majority. While not always appropriate, I think this...

To add to what bob x said, Notice that giraffes do not break their legs when drinking, nor do they have a problem getting water. Their bodies are perfect for their needs or they would die out. As for a flexible neck, think about the engineering requirements for that. bob x is absolutely right...

All of that being said, I am not sure how one can verify the truth of the Gospel of Thomas. How can anyone know that these are things that Jesus said or promoted? Maybe there is a good reason that it is excluded from the Bible? I'm not familiar with how books of the Bible were chosen or...

http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gosthom.html The Gospel of St. Thomas is one of my favorite religious works. There are things in it that I don't yet understand, but that which I do understand rings true with what I think true 'religion' to be. Here are a few of the many things which I...

Unfortunately, I am unimpressed by this latest argument. Like other creationist-science ties, it includes jumps, assumption, and exaggeration. While some of these are interesting points, they are simply unexplained things. When something is unexplained and not understood, one cannot say, 'Well...

I'd like to add something that's a little off of the current topic in this thread but which I'm surprised has not been addressed here. That idea in one of the early posts here, that you can ask for something and receive it, I don't think that that is God that one is communicating with, but...

On this site, as well, there is a significant amount of falsehood. Try this one out: [color=#000080][color=#000000] The first comment is based on an unknown assumption. How is energy created? Is it created at all? Could something like the Big Bang have been responsible? Could God have been...

Always with new eyes, A breath of wind stirs the leaves Many colors now.

Waking now again world of tigers and jackals waking or sleeping?