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Yup - like it says on the tin. Over the past few days a visit by the Googlebot last month has finally come up in the search terms. Unfortunately, it was too early to get anything but the main pages (Home, FAQ, About), and also Confucianism, which were the only sections up at the time. There's a...

The trouble is, I see it everywhere. It really came to my attention in the "neo-hippie pot-smoking" crowd - and how they would speak of peace and love one moment, and then denigrate "trendies" and "townies" in a sometimes most incredible manner. I finally figured that the problem wasn;t one of...

This isn't intended to be insulting - I usually have a dynamically neutral position towards Christianity. But there's an important Atheist objection to the whole "salvation plan" which I suddenly thought of in the context of the recent conflict, while watching the news recently. I hope the...

Interesting the notion of the Dead Sea Scrolls containing more than just Essene texts, as I also thought. In which case, it begs the question of who and why was collecting together Essene and early Christian writings together, and why leave them hidden for safe keeping (assuming they were...

I've seen mention before of evidence of doctored texts - or scribal notes being incorporated into (NT) scripture, and of later editing being seen as an acceptable measure of the Holy Ghost at work. I'll see if I can find any. Then there's the old chestnut of setting up a religious council, and...

I guess it requires the acceptance or rejection of the miraculous. The mysteries of birth certainly appear to have been so among the ancient peoples (or, more precisely, the men at least ;) ), so accepting virgin birth...hm, would that really have been so awesome in the ancient world? Actually...

This topic indirectly arose in another thread - so it would be interesting to see the responses from current and future members. Is Christianity really too fixated Salvation? If so, why? Is it down to denominationalism, Church power and control, or simply a personal need on an individual level...

It's interesting to note how the fundamentals are essentially Pauline in origin. Apparently, the Gospels by themselves are not enough. So the teachings, example, and purpose of Jesus according to those scriptures actually appears aside from the fundamentals - which essentially exist upon the...

I'm actually planning on keeping the signature length down at the moment - when I surf boards that do have large signatures allowed, often a lot of people will simply fill it with graphics - big hideous tastless things. :o On the Chronicles site it's not an issue, because it's a small and...

Actually, you're all quite right - I became so focussed on getting the main resources for this site started and compiled that I completely missed the boat on defining what Foundationism represents. Essentially the criticisms that I am re-inventing Agnosticism are quite valid - at least, with the...

Certainly agree on all counts. Admittedly, consciousness is a mysterious and as yet unexplained phenomenon. But as the human experience is very much based on emotions, I find it so incredible that other mammal emotions are treated as nothing but primitive biological reflexes which have...

I've been tempted more recently to buy Nat Geo again - but I simply haven't seen it around. The photography was always superb, but the profiles of different locations always seemed formulaic and repeat the same thing, with only the basic details changed. Maybe that's just me being cynical. The...

That's a nice piece - you make the city sound so exciting! I still do yearn for countryside though - the ability to walk from the concrete and into grass and woods and see hills around me. It is very flat where I live, and the farms spread out on the reclaimed marsh for around 20 miles. Nowhere...

Oh, I believe you! And I can't wait to have enough land to feed myself! That would be great, if I ever reach that point. Not in terms of the labour involved, though. ;)

Hi, blue - nice to see you! :)

Yes, sorry about that. I've edited the original post for the correct link - following through Bigmacscanlon's directions. :)

Ah - sorry about that. When the graphic shows in the test - ie, for Druid, Fairy, whatever - then right-click on the image and save it to your hard drive. Then simply using the "attach file" feature of this forum when posting. There's a browse button at the bottom of a reply box - browse for...

Actually, I really should re-visit what I wrote in the about section - I could do with wording that much better. I do see a lot of commonality between the Agnostic and Foundationist perspective, but I also see Foundationism as an idea in flux, yet to settle into any precise semantic niche. It...

Ah, some very good suggestions. Actually, I'd already like to look at specific cultural influences, so the idea of a section on the psychology and sociology would be a nice extension of that exploration. I need to finish off the section on world religions - then after that I want to get a...

Actually, to be fair, when I wrote that I was relating from an entirely personal level. I cannot extend my own experiences to 6 billion people in what would effectively be an ontological judgement. I would hope that a point was made that uncertainty itself can be a positive thing - and also...