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Ah....this brings up another can of worms (to go along with your wormhole in the Mobius strip, Quahom1?:)). Is there a way of looking at the universe in which everything is true? Now, of course, under the conditions which we were disucssing before, with many alternate universes or realities...

I'm actually kind of uncomfortable with the term "paranormal". Same with the term "supernatural". This is because they imply that things falling into those categories are not entirely "normal" or "natural". How do we know that they are not? My own personal opinion, based on some experience...

In other words, the black hole has indigestion and is ripping huge burps out into the universe.:D Seriously, this is quite an interesting report. I just couldn't resist the image that sentence raised in my mind.:)

Ouch! Maybe that's why I so hate to kill any of my characters off when I'm playing with fiction.:) Seriously, I have thought about this. I'm not so sure if it is the writer, the one imagining the events, who creates them. I had always thought the situation was more that the events happen...

Quahom - if you want to play with the alternate realities scenario, you should read a little novel called "The Man Who Folded Himself" by David Gerrold. Yeah, the guy who wrote the tribbles episode of "Star Trek". The book concerns the idea that every time we make a choice (as I recall, it's...

Don't worry about it, BDS. We are all here to learn. By all means, take a course on comparative religions - that is a really good place to start. And don't abandon your project just because it looks daunting...look at how much you'll learn pursuing it.:)

Well, that sudden stop at the bottom is the part that worries me. But I don't even like roller coasters (well, except the baby coaster back in ToonTown at Disneyland), so I'm not sure how I'd ever cope with freefall.:D Although, to be honest, hang gliding and parasailing both look like a lot...

I never thought about it in light of Einstein and relativity. But now that you bring it up, I'm not sure whether the effect is real and we aren't bound by time, or whether it is an illusion of some kind. Or if that makes any difference. Time itself may be an illusion that we are bound to in...

Welcome, and glad you are here. Even though I still haven't figured out why anyone would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.:)

I'd like to add another note, whether you are going to cover only the contemporary world or historical religious distribution as well. Please don't make the mistake of assuming that all Native Americans subscribe to the same set of religious beliefs. There are quite wide variations. For an...

Well, there are those who suspect that all time is simultaneous. That there really is no past and no future, but only an eternal now. This poses some problems for things like free will that I'm not sure I'm comfortable with. However, it is something to think about. Others see God as...

What? No Tooth Fairy? I'm shocked.;) Seriously, I don't think there is any harm in letting a child believe in the Tooth Fairy. In my own, nonpsychologial, opinion having a tooth fairy to help a child through something that might be traumatic is a good thing. After all, some children may...

Pilgram...My suggestion, if you are looking for information that looks at all religions on an equal footing, would be that you look into books relating to the anthropology and sociology of religion. Comparative studies especially might be helpful to you. I wish you luck in your research and...

Well, I've written and I've been published (some, mostly letters to editors, online book reviews, and an op-ed piece in the Fresno Bee) but I've yet to have anything published that I've been paid for. So, does that make me an author or an aspiring author? Right now I'm working on a...

If there is a deity or deities (and I tend to believe there is, which may disqualify me from this discussion, as I seem to recall it being said that this thread was generally for athiests and agnostics. I step in where I probably shouldn't tread, anyway. Bad habit of mine.:))... If there is...

Well, it gets harder and harder to live here, I have to admit. That's mostly the politicians' fault. Having an attitude definitely helps. Have you ever been to California? If so, which part or parts? The thing about California is, it is probably a lot different than most people who haven't...

I don't know that I've ever had "heroes" either. I have people I admire, to be sure, but I think hero worship is something totally different and something I'm not really comfortable with. When I was a child, I read everything I could get my hands on about Amelia Earheart and Helen Keller. Both...

Interesting questions, emong. I came here for several reasons. First of all, I am and always have been fascinated by belief. In fact, at university my mentor and I aimed my Intercultural Studies major directly at the anthropology of belief systems. Most of the upper division courses I took...

What? And have to do high school over again? Uh-uh. No way. Once was plenty, thanks.:D

I have a question. How does this theory of cat physics help me in disuading the neighborhood cats from having their (very) late evening love-fests outside my bedroom window. I have come to realize the full meaning of the word "caterwauling", which is nice, I suppose, but enough is enough.:D