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The names Israel, Palestine, and Canaan are just transient periods of history. I will call it the Jordan River-Dead Sea Transform Rift Valley. That is a lot to say. So I will use the letters JRDSTR Valley. The earliest human remains in JRDSTR Valley were found in Ubeidiya, some 3 km south of...

The marked similarity between schizophrenia and intense religious faith. I am an Atheist in a four generation Atheistic Family. All were educated, and quite rational and sceptical. During medical school at U. of Edinburgh and my Neuroscience post-grad residency, I first encountered...

The Myth story is that Jesus was immaculately conceived (i.e. without filthy mammalian sex.) Mary had no Y chromosomes in her DNA. How did she get the Y chromosome for Jesus when she did not have one? 1. Jesus was a female, raised as a male. (It happens.) 2. Mary was conceived by a human male...

Official Christian religions all since 324 CE have defined Christianity by its Athanasian variant, with a Blessed Trinity of Father, son, and Holy Spirit. Orthodox, Catholic, Armenian, Coptic, and Maronite all follow a Trinity. Since Mormonism rejects the doctrine of the Trinity and believes...

Ben, as I understand it the truth is much more complex. Unfortunately the Indo-European Pagan Trinitarian version of Christianity after taking power under Theodosius I and II in 393 (approx.) The merger of Trinitarianism with the Roman Empire led to suppression of all earlier versions of...

This is a cut-paste from Facebook by a retired US Army Officer. Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/us/26atheist.html Last month, Specialist Hall and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, an advocacy group, filed suit in federal court...

Let me state clearly that I view Lucifer as a fictional God. I am commenting on the meaning of his story in Christian Mythology. There is clearly a certain attraction to Lucifer, bordering on admiration. Lucifer was supposed to be a very intelligent fellow. He presumably knew that he could not...

As you may have read or heard on cable news, a terrorist bombed the Royal Government Headquarters of the Prime Minister of Norway in Oslo. Then this bastard went to a boy's camp on an island in the bay near Oslo. He had several guns. He shot everyone in sight. He had no expression on his face...

Sounds a wee like Scientology. It goes to show that Bill Maher is right. He says religious belief is a neurological disorder, a form of consensus insanity. Amergin

Would Jesus approve of cuts in aid to the poor? Would Jesus approve of cuts in health care for the poor? Would Jesus approve of cuts in aid to impoverished children? Would Jesus approve of minimal taxation of Corporations whose CEO's get billion dollar yearly bonuses on top of salary? Would...

I ask because Sharia Law would seem to be in violation of Our UK Constitution and the American Constitution. Yet I read and watch on telly, hundreds of thousands of Muslims protesting dictatorial rule, and demanding democratic reforms. I realise that Christianity is inherently opposed to...

I have heard of Shia Islam, Sunni Islam, Wahabi Islam, and now Alawite Islam (the last being the ruling class of Syria. What is Alawite and could someone briefly tell me how it differs from the other forms of Islam? Amergin

Pirates off the coast took four American Fundamentalists in a yacht carrying a boatload of bibles. Yes, they were taking Bibles to an Islamic part of East Africa. The four crawthumpers are now captives of the pirates. The fate of the bibles is unknown. The captives will be safe because they are...

Attn: Thomas and Wil Dr. Hawking tells us about 11 dimensions calculated mathematically but not perceivable to us. I have heard of the Fourth Dimension often, but I have never seen an actual 4 dimensional figure. I have seen the Fourth Dimension in a wall full of mathematical equations. I...

I admit my ignorance about Islam and am sceptical about its critics. I would like Muslims to inform me of some questions. 1. Geology: Does Islam permit belief in the scientific evidence that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old? 2. Geotectonics: Since it is not in the Qur'an, is it permissible...

Allah is a variation of the Judaic God. In prehistoric Amorite theology, El, Elohim, Eloah. El, the father god, has many divine sons, who are known by the plural of his name, Elohim, or Els. Eloah, might then be used to differentiate each of the lesser gods from El himself. In Islam, the...

Allah is a variation of the Judaic God. In prehistoric Amorite theology, El, Elohim, Eloah. El, the father god, has many divine sons, who are known by the plural of his name, Elohim, or Els. Eloah, might then be used to differentiate each of the lesser gods from El himself. In Islam, the...

I have been told by my early school teachers about the soul. As I understood it, every human being has a soul. The soul was described to me as not a material entity, but it inhabits the human body in some way. When the person dies, the soul leaves the body and resides somewhere until the Last...

Those of you who know me realise that I am an Atheist who frequently debates and criticises Christianity. Recent events show that I have neglected to acknowledge that Christians are in fact being persecuted and face genocides in many Muslim nations. Christians are small minorities in those...

There are numerous citations of Hitler's Christian beliefs merged with some Nordic paganism. After the start of the Cold War, American propagandists deliberately lied about the issue of religion and Nazism. Many lied to call Hitler an Atheist. The truth is that Hitler's Nazis had a list of...