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What is good to order in a vegetarian Indian restaurant? I don't really like Indian food, which is a pity because I love spicy and hot stuff, but anyway, "dahl" is okay and vegetarian. To get an idea of what it is, check out this video with one of the world's most awesome philosophers cooking it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_e1CYXZL4A

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In what ways, if any, do you believe in charity? I wouldn't walk past a pond where a child is drowning without helping the child. That's how I see myself as a person. And I don't see why spatial distance, or the exact way a child / someone is dying a preventable death, would matter. There are children dying preventable deaths in Africa every day. And WE can prevent these deaths by donating to charity. NOT *any* charity, but the most...

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Do you participate in volunteer work or give financially to a charity? Why/why not? I give money to the most cost-efficient charities I can find. Why? For the reasons beautifully expressed in the 3minute video on the following site: http://www.thelifeyoucansave.com/ Please watch and share! I also try to inform people about the enormous importance of "being smart about helping others". By focusing on efficiency, one can increase the amount of help one can personally give a...

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What animals have chased you? The one I remember most vividly was a cow. It was kind of my fault though, as I was annoying it with a squeak-thing used for some boardgames, making squeaky noise in front of its face. The cow didn't like it and ran towards me, I got really scared and ran away, jumped over the electric fence and thereby got my crotch shocked. I guess I would have deserved it if there was such a thing as...

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Do you buy overpriced items IF part of the money paid goes to charity?? No, it makes much more sense to buy the cheap version / not buy the item and then donate the money saved -- even when it's just 10$ -- to the most cost-efficient charities. 10$ is already enough to make a difference in someone's life, but only if it goes to an efficient charity. Here are the top recommendations of GiveWell, an organization that rates charities for cost-efficiency:...

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Have you ever donated over $300.00 to a charity? What percentage do you think actually goes to the cause? Not at once, as I'm just a student without much money. But I've donated 200$ several times and I plan on donating 20% or more of my future income. And I really don't care what percentage of the money goes to the cause. That's such an arbitrary and pointless measure. I care about how much my donation helps people, or animals. If 100% of your money goes into a project, yet the project is...

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Do vegans ever "pig-out"?And why are their food items imitations of meat dishes(veggie burgers,tofurky etc.)? Burgers and turkey taste pretty damn good, why wouldn't vegans imitate this? Vegans don't abstain from animal products because they don't like the taste. They abstain because they don't want to cause extra suffering if there's a fine alternative without it. In the Netherlands, researchers are working on cultured meat from the lab, which will be cheaper, healthier, better for the environment,...

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Do vegans typically regard mere vegetarians with less disdain than meat-eaters, or are they all the same to them? The question is slightly loaded because it postulates that vegans regard meat eaters with some amount of disdain. While that's surely the case for many vegans, it's not the case for all of them. If someone's a vegan for ethical reasons (and seriously, why else would you do it?), they would obviously prefer it if other people were vegans too. But vegans who once ate meat realize how meat eaters...

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Go to meatvideo.com and then write what you think and spred the word. I can't really find words that describe the cruelty in the video. Stuff like that is the reason I donate to Vegan Outreach, it's estimated that one dollar prevents 100 days to 51 years of factory farm existences: http://www.utilitarian-essays.com/dollar-worth.pdf Imagine one dollar can prevent about 25 years of the above footage. Even if I mess up everything else in life (which I hope I...

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Is giving money to non-religious charities better value for money as they don't keep some of it for their church? The following organization analyzes charities for their cost-efficiency. They actually see look at the output, the lives saved and improved, not just at "expenses vs. money gone into projects", which is a pretty useless stat if you're concerned about actually doing something good. http://www.givewell.org/ The top charities are hundred times more efficient than average charities. So people who...

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Is it wrong to eat meat in general? Well, is it wrong if kids burn their cat alive for enjoyment, or if they play soccer with a hedgehog? Most people would say that animal cruelty is wrong. And animal cruelty is defined as unnecessarily harming animals. It's possible to live a healthy and happy life without eating meat, or other animal products for that matter. This means that all the suffering farm animals undergo is...

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How can I convince someone to give a million dollars to my favorite charity? Depends on what your favorite charity is. If it's an inefficient charity, you'd have to use cunning strategies like emotional black mail and dubious car salesman tricks. But if your favorite charity is your favorite charity for good reasons, then it shouldn't be too hard to convince people to donate large amounts of money to it. The most cost-effective charities help ten thousand times(!!)...

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KONY 2012: Times are changing, this could be a model for change and a model on which all other issues in this world can be solved. It's very impressive, and it's a great thing that now this important issue is on the mind of millions of humans all over the world. I do however think it's unfortunate that many people are now donating money to Invisible Children. They have achieved what they're best at, namely creating awareness. Sending more money to them isn't going to have much of an impact at this stage. (And some...

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What do you think about the "KONY2012" campaign? I think it's a great thing that they managed to raise so much awareness for an important issue. But I also think it's very inefficient, possibly even hurtful, to donate money to Invisible Children at this stage. They have achieved what they're best at, namely creating awareness. Sending money to them isn't going to do much good. Money should much rather be spent on the most efficient...

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Why do some people seem to have a problem with people who don't eat mammals but eat fish? I only noticed that some people have a problem with fish-eating people who call themselves vegetarians. As you write in the description, people are prone to assume that the choice would be for animal welfare issues. And in that case, it would seem legitimate to point out i.e. that fish can suffer, or that farmed fish probably suffer more than cows, pigs or chicken per unit of meat gained,...

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For people who are Vegan, what did you eat all day today? I had cereals with rice-almond milk for breakfast. A bread with bread spread for snack. For lunch, I ate from the salad buffet at our campus cafeteria. It wasn't very tasty but at least it looked healthy. Unfortunately they almost never serve warm vegan food in the cafeteria.. For dinner, I'm about to decide what to cook. I'm thinking either self-made pizza, or a burrito with soy meat. Or if...

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Charities should give all donated money to the cause they are raising money for? Your opinion please? The proportion of a charity's money that goes to the actual project is quite irrelevant. What matters is whether they use their money efficiently to do the most amount of good. The following organization spent many work hours figuring out which charities have the most impact: http://www.givewell.org/

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How much money do I have to donate to make people not hate me? You still have that money? You might want to read the book "The Life You Can Save" by Peter Singer. Here in the three minute video, you can see a short summary of some of his points: http://www.thelifeyoucansave.com/ On the website, you can also calculate the amount of your money and income you could donate to charitiy according to Singer's suggestion. Which is based on the following...

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Why you kill innocent cows? I don't kill cows, and I try not to buy products that support the killing of them. Actually the killing itself isn't the problem for me, I'm comfortable with animals being painlessly killed. What I'm not comfortable with is inflicting suffering for the mere benefit of a tasty meal that I can just as well get vegan. The way animals are treated in the food industry is abhorrent. In the US, 99%...

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if the definition of Veganism is(read description please). I know several vegans who are very strict about not buying stuff from sources where it's likely that human animals were exploited in the production process. We should all do that, not all people are animal rights people (sadly), but most of us are human rights people, aren't we? But even if some vegans occasionally buy coffee that isn't fair trade, this doesn't mean that all their efforts are...

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If PETA/Vegans had their way, what would happen to domestic chickens? Maybe some people will want to keep chicken as pets, but there'll be much much less chicken and they might die out. But that's not at all problematic. A "species" isn't capable of feeling pain or pleasure. It's inviduals that we should be concerned about. Those that exist should have a nice life without suffering, but there's no need to bring some maximum amount of beings into existence. If...

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Are the brains of vegetarians getting smaller? Many things wrong with this question. Evolution works on genes, and genes don't change depending on what someone eats during their life, genes stay the same. So nothing will happen to vegetarians and their offspring in evolutionary terms. There is a clear correlation with vegetarianism and intelligence, meaning vegetarians are, on average, more intelligent than non-vegetarians. But this isn't...

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What do you do that makes a difference? I'm a utilitarian, so that's basically the main goal in my life. I'm a vegan and I promote veganism. I'm somewhat politically active. I donate a large amount of my money to the most cost-efficient charities (unfortunately I don't yet earn much at all). I try to inform people about the importance of cost-effectiveness in charities.

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I love my vegan taco - "all the flavor with no meat inside" ;) . How about you? I just had vegan tacos yesterday! They were amazing. Self-made seitan (wheat proteine basically, texture like meat and taste too if you use the right spices), chillies, spicy soy-yoghurt sauce and flour tortillas. It was awesome, though I bought the wrong brand of tortillas, next time it'll be even better.

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Why do some believe that the design, as seen in the vast variety of lifeforms on earth point to blind chance and not Intelligent input? Why 'blind'? The question is biased. It suggests you probably don't understand how evolution works. Here's a neat explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW1rVGgFzWU Why do I accept evolution? Well, as a start, I've listed twelve lines of evidence in the following answer: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1769034 Also, here's a good site to inform yourself:...

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What book do you most frequently recommend to others? Why? 'Practical Ethics' by Peter Singer and 'The Selfish Gene' by Richard Dawkins. Both because they change the way one thinks about life.

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Which do you consider more convincing and why: determinism, compatibilism, libertarianism, other? It obviously depends on definitions. It's pointless to argue over 'free will', we should make the word taboo and talk about what we actually MEAN! I don't see how anyone can seriously advocate libertarianism, it would imply randomness, and randomness is not 'willed'! Libertarian free will isn't even worth wanting. I'm quite sure everything we do is determined, but in the relevant sense, I'm...

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What do you wish more people knew and understood about animals? That x amount of animal suffering hurts just as much as the same amount of human suffering.

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Do you give to a charity? If so which ones and why did you pick that one? I support the ones that are most cost-efficient. The differences are huge, if I take care to make sure the money goes to an effective charity, it can help hundreds of times more than when I just pick something that I find emotionally 'touching'. I think cost-effectiviness of charities is a VERY important issue. Here are meta charities that rank charities for effectiveness:...

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If the universe is getting smaller how do I find the middle of it so I am the last to be swallowed up into oblivion? It's not getting smaller, it's expanding. Besides, technically there is no middle, imagine it like the surface of an expanding balloon, just somehow in 3D.

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Boycott animal planet? Inflicting harm to animals just to eat them, while there are perfectly healthy and tasty vegan alternatives, seems just as wrong. The problem is unnecessary suffering, not 'fun'. Sure, boycotting such a show seems to be a good thing. Though there are probably steps one could take that would have a larger impact.

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Whick fast food restaurant (of your opinion) has the best tasting chicken tenders hands down? Chick-fil-A. Then Church's Chicken. Then Wataburger. Then maybe Wendy's. But what do I care, I'm a vegan.

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What movie do you think has the greatest cast? 'Rounders', 'Fight Club', 'Troy'.

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Would you go vegan - why or why not? Why did you stop being a vegan after five months? I'm a vegan, there are so many reasons for it. World hunger, global warming, health. And most importantly: the excruciating suffering the 54 billion animals (not even counting marine animals) that are killed yearly have to go through -- unnecessarily, because we can live happily and healthily without consuming animal products.

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Can you admit that you're wrong? Some people never admit they wrong. I've never had a problem with that...how about you? It's a good thing if you're able to change your mind. It's the only way to make intellectual progress. I used to be theist, free-market advocate, and meat-eater. Now I'm an atheist, somewhat of a socialist, and a vegan. Initially I thought I had it all, rationality-wise, when I rejected theism. But then I discovered that I still had a lot of unquestioned biases. I'm very wary of these now, and...

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Why does Atheism not provide any answer to the bigger questions? Why we here? What happens after we die? What is the meaning of life? Because by itself, atheism is merely non-belief in God. You might as well ask why non-belief in unicorn doesn't answer math questions! Atheism follows if one thinks that theist 'answers' don't make sense. It is not necessary that one has satisfactory answers oneself, it's enough to see that some answers just don't do it. Having said that, you seem to have quite a naive view of philosophy....

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Can you share an incredible fact with me? 99% of animals in the US raised for food purposes live in factory farm conditions.

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My Philosophy of life is ____________? Minimize suffering. I'm a utilitarian.

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Do you think animals love to live, ...............but yet humans slaughter them to fill their palate? I'm not really opposed to killing per se, if one doesn't notice it and doesn't suffer, how would it be wrong? But it's a difficult subject. For all I know, one thing is certain: Suffering feels awful, and unnecessary suffering is bad. That's why I'm a vegan.

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Why should I go vegan when the people who make veggieburgers make such a huge 1000% profit? The US substitutes the hell out of meat. It's an atrocity (seriously). Additionally, I'm a vegan and I've never had a veggie burger. You can find cheap, tasty vegan food when you know where to look. And if you count health costs too (animal products are quite unhealthy), your long term costs will be lowest on a vegan (or vegetarian) diet.

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I am a vegan but i have really bad cravings during my period for things like chocolate but I'm a college student so i don't have accesses to soy chocolate do you have any ideas for things that will stop my cravings? Not all chocolates contain milk! If the cocoa percentage is about 55% or higher, they often don't contain milk, so they should be vegan. Because humans are, biologically speaking, animals too, one should however try to buy fair-trade chocolate, or else one supports animal suffering which wouldn't be very vegan..

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Vegetarians/Vegans: How long did it take you to adjust to your new diet? Since I really loved meat, I had to start gradually, and I would never have thought I could ever become a vegan. Initially, I started become a week-day vegetarian, meaning eating meat only on weekends, and only one dish a day then. That worked great, it was easy because I could always look forward to the meat and enjoy it. Then, after about three months, I decided I could easily do more. I...

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Vegetarians, if we give an animal a sleeping pill, then give it a shot to kill it, is it okay to eat that animal? I'm a vegan, but I wouldn't see anything wrong with it if the animal, up to that point, hadn't been inflicted with unnecessary suffering, and if its death would lead to other animals feeling distress because of it. Many vegans would disagree, but I'm a vegan for utilitarian reasons, so what counts is suffering. Most animal species don't see themselves as being existing in time, meaning they...

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Vegetarians, if we grew meat outside of the the animal, like we do with organs for humans, would you eat meat? I'm a strict vegetarian, but yeah, I'd probably eat it. I've heard that in-vitro meat can be produced to be healthier than conventional meat. It'll probably still be less healthy than a vegan diet, but oh well, I do like the taste of it so I would eat now and then. Good question btw, I do think that in-vitro meat is the most efficient way to end unnecessary suffering in animals. If it's...

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If vegetarians love animals so much, why do they eat all their food? I'm a vegan, and I don't even like animals much. I mean, I don't dislike them either, but I was never the type of person that said 'aww cute' when seeing animals. Except maybe baby hedgehogs or koalas, but other than that, I'm relatively unmoved by animals. Anyway, I'm a vegan for utilitarian reasons. Unnecessary suffering is wrong, and the 'joy' felt from eating animal products instead of...

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Do vegans eat honey or honeycomb? Technically not. However, I consider myself a vegan and I do eat honey-traces in certain products. I wouldn't like buy a jar of honey, but honestly I don't care about small traces of honey in my food. The biological evidence suggests with very high likelihood that bees cannot feel pain. So eating honey most likely doesn't cause suffering. Since I can't be perfectly sure about it, I don't buy...

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Why do you chose to be vegan, and what is your favorite vegan dish? I'm a vegan for ethical reasons. Unnecessary suffering is wrong, no matter in what body it happens in, human or non human. Animals like cows or pigs have about the same level of awareness as human infants or late-stage Alzheimer patients. We wouldn't let them suffer in order to get a tasty meal, so, unless we'd want to make the same mistake racists or sexists make (which is to treat people with...

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What not to say to a police officer when pulled over? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aLBLirxRQ4

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I just wanna know if any of you guys know the song which starts like this: Dum Dum Dee Da... dum dum dee da kinda... pls help!! also... there is also a line wen its: Hysteria! Does it go like this: Dum Dum DeeDa Dum Dum DeeDa DumDumDeeDumDumDeeDumDumDumDumDa That is without vocals or other noises in the beginning, just that melody?

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What is the name of two groups of plants that spend most of their life cycle in the sporophyte generation? Angiosperms (definately), and probably gymnosperms too..

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What are some qualities of a Good Spiritual Teacher...in your opinion? Can't think of any because the word 'good spiritual teacher' is an oxymoron to me.

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Evolution .......is it fact ? Or endless theory? It is both. Facts and theories are not used for describing the same thing. A fact is not a 'proven theory'. There are no such things as 'proven theories' in science, because the word is redundant. Every theory in science has succesfully predicted the outcome of countless experiments, it is a body of explanations that best explains a set of phenomena. A theory in science...

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Didn't the Power of Love Create the Universe? This question is neither in the right category nor does it make sense. Evolution is not about what created the universe, evolution is the explanation for life's diversity. And what you mean by 'power of love' is obscure to me, all I can say is that it is highly unlikely that before the universe there was even such a thing as love. Love is the product of complex brains, and...

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An atheist is some that has a belief that God doesn’t exist. What is someone who does not have any belief? Is 'not collecting comics' a hobby? The same way, 'not believing in God' is NOT a belief. Otherwise, you would have a billion beliefs, for example, I assume you 'don't believe' in pink unicorns or Narnia or Hogwarts. Not believing therefore is the default option. Only if there is evidence or reasons for believing something that belief will be...

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In a referendum recently,57% of Swiss people voted to ban minarets from the pretty landscapes of Switzerland. BRAVO! Q: Does this mean then that small Swiss companies can kiss goodbye to selling any more cuckoo clocks to Saudi Arabia? I'm Swiss, yet definately not one of those 57%. The situation is indeed difficult now and it's possible that there will be sanctions from some Islamic countries. Another problem is that it's unsure whether the referendum is against human rights, there might be possible court cases coming up.

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How did the brain evolve? The same way every complex feature of life did. Small, gradual changes that each represented an improvement over the previous thing got favored by natural selection. It might have been used for something else in the very beginning and then gotten exapted. i.e. Bird wings are tought to have evolved from ancestral 'wings' that were used for regulating body temperature or for...

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Whats the theme song for your mood right now? Longview by Green Day I'm procrestinating again..

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Where can I find the most complete list of homeopathic ingredients or elements? If you mean classical homeopathy, there's literally nothing in it. Nothing at all, not even a single molecule of 'ingredient'. It's water and suger, that's it.

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If i am disobedient to my parents is it true as a christian i must tell them am sorry and change my ways towards them is it a must that i do that? Or can i just change without telling them am sorry? Watch out, in the OT, it says disobedient children should be stoned to death. Fortunately, people don't take that very literally these days. However, Christianity does teach you must obey your parents. I guess if you don't feel sorry it doesn't make sense if you lie to them. Something general: Talk to your parents and tell them why you did what you did and why you feel...

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Why cant you buy songs from The Beatles from iTUNES? (and I mean the beatles not gimmik groups) That's a great question, last time I tried, I couldn't even download them for free! And those gimmick versions suck big time!

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What exactly is the religion of Agnosticism? It's not a religion. It's like not knowing whether one collects comics, and that's obviously not a hobby. Some Agnostics point out that 'one can never know for sure so why should one take a position'. That's a flawed argument for two reasons: 1) Things that exist leave evidence, it's possible to imagine a universe where God actually appears to people (as...

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What is the worst method of torture you ever heard of? Victim must be healthy and in good condition to start with torturing. In the morning, when the victim is not tired anymore (help with some long-lasting caffeine medicine or so to make them hyper), show them a deep grave with stone walls. Put them in there in a small coffin, tie the hands and legs together so that moving or switching position is impossible. Leave a small hole that indirectly...

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Atheists: What's your reason not to believe in God? Wrong question. Not believing is the default option. There is an infinite amount of things that in theory one could believe in. It's economical to not believe in them as long as there is no evidence. There is no evidence for God, or at least, I have not yet been confronted with any, therefore, I'm an atheist. For the same reason I don't believe in unicorns.

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When did consciousness come in through the evolutionary process, and why? Consciousness most likely arose as a by-product. It wasn't really selected for by evolution, yet there was a selection for ever growing computing power by the brain. At some part, the tasks get so complex that something, our brain, has the sensation of 'consciousness'. The brain works like a parallel-processor. Many neuron circuits fire, lots of things are being computed and...

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IS fight on terrorism becoming only America's fight? (we have 68000 troops in Afghan and much more in Iraq. Why other countries not in the fight? Why only America? ) Since when is Iraq about Terrorism, I thought it was a complete failure by CIA and Bush claiming there were WMDs when in reality there were no such things. Additionally, it was the US who actually gave money and weapons to the Mujahedeen (supporting them against Russia), then they became today's Taliban. So partially it is the US' fault. And anyway, there are other nations in Iraq...

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What are some common misconceptions about evolution often touted by its opponents? Mutations are always harmful.

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Aside from a few US states, where else is teaching evolution deemed controversial? It's illegal in some Muslim theocracies.

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Evolutionists: If something existed that wasn't the result strictly of natural processes, how would you know any better? How would science detect it? What kind of question is that? Evolution is a scientific theory and a fact, so it's rational to accept it. I don't see how this makes you an 'evolutionist' any more than a 'gravitationist' or 'relativityist'. And why does accepting evolution imply that one doesn't believe in supernatural things? Some scientists are actually religious!

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Can we know that math is genuine? How do we know for sure if 1miilion times 100 is 100 million? Can we count it up? I think this site is BS but it's got me thinking... I think this site is a parody of the 'micro/macro-evolution' argument of creationists.

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How much does science contribute to the beauty of the world? Even though science doesn't physically change the beauty of the world, it makes it visible to us. Without science, we wouldn't see the beauty of microscopical structures or of distant galaxies. And I think there beauty in understanding too. Knowing how things work can be very satisfying.

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In some states, schools are required to permit religious answers to exam questions (i.e. how old is the Earth) as per "freedom of religion" legislation. How will this affect the American education system? Wow that's just insane! What is wrong with this country?? I went to a Christian private school for a year. In a religion test, it asked whether revelation was 'just a dream' or 'God talking to john'. I chose the first one, of course it got marked wrong.

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Have you heard the song "Fireflies"? If not here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI4JLa0hbUw After hearing this song, I'm no longer against abortion, it could've stopped this song. Listen to it and let me know if it's changed your mind. LOL I've never been against women's right to choose freely on abortion. But I agree with you this song is terrible and I literally can't listen to it without getting mad at something;) This is my OPINION.

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If evolution does not occur without "natural selection" how can life emerge without being selected for or.. "intervention"? The very origin of life has nothing to do with evolution. It's called abiogenesis and Palifox has described it very well.

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Why are men physically stronger than women overall? Because they compete for women. The dominant males get the prettiest, healthist and most fertile women. And they may get more women than one. Actually, humans are from nature slightly polygamous, altough this is being repressed by society. Differences in body size indicate polygamy.

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With what/whom did the first occurence of a new species procreate? Even assuming a two or more step process where only eventually were the new unable to mate with a previous species, should not the latter then be evident in the fossil record? Speciation happens gradually and very slowly. Just like 'children' don't magically turn into 'adults' on their 18th birthday, species don't turn into different species within one generation. Only with hindsight, if there is a lot of time between two fossils, they can be classified as different species. A parent individual never gave birth to an individual of a...

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If you prayed to God for proof of his existance, and the next day a goose started flying backwards away from it's v group, then stopped flying and started walking down a flight of invisible stairs, stood(in mid-air) in front of you, and asked "happy now?" I'd be like OMG, God's a Goose!!

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Why can´t there be free will without god? I don't think there could even be free will with God. I mean, how would you define it? How can the same conditions that influence a decision lead to two different decisions? One would have to be worse than the other, and if they're equal, it's not really a decision, just 'mental coin flipping'. The only way in which one could imagine 'freer' beings than...

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I'm an atheist born to a jewish family... i think i shouldn't be considered jewish cos i don't believe in judaism, while by jewish law i'm jewish no matter what i believe. what do you guys think makes more sense? Some people claim that Judaism is an ethnicity as well as a religion. I guess if your family is truly Jewish and has lots of Jewish ancestors it makes sense to consider yourself a Jew as ethnicity. Yet concerning religious views, you're definately an atheist and if soemeone asks you about your religion you don't even need to mention Judaism. That's just my view.

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What if answerbag introduced an enemy list? has anyone here pissed you off enough with a question or answer to add them to your list first, i.e. trolls or something(i have seen troll hater comments here)... i know there has to be a few haters... who? A user called Retro_Rebel once downrated all my answers&questions he could find, each -5, and then asked a question about 'Don't you hate people who anonymously downrate'. It's the most immature and hypocritical thing I've ever seen on this site. Yet I still wouldn't want an enemy list. This site is not about troll wars and public enemy lists.

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What is your favorite all time movie and why is it your favorite? My favorite movie of all time is 'Inglorious Basterds'. Some other great movies are: 'Memento' 'The Game' 'Dogville' 'A Walk to Remember' 'Juno'

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As a rule, is your success and happiness more important than the success and happiness of others? What would be an exception? My success and my happiness are more important to me than those from others, however, I don't want to be successful and happy on the cost of others. If others have to suffer (too much), I don't want it for me. Additionally, if it's about the happiness of a person I love, then I cut back on my own interests, because whatever makes that person happy makes me happy too.

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Why are many folk so intolerant of fat people? Discrimination on other grounds is widely frowned upon, so why is weight different? Because if someone is fat, it's often his/her own fault. However, one should be very careful with this since also a big part of it is genetically determined. And if one is the child of parents that always serve fast food and let you eat chips and stuff in between of the meals, one can't really do much either..

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If the bible is the word of God, why is it possible to lie under oath? They just touched a "holy book", shouldn't the book swing open and spit out a fire ball to consume the person without singeing the chair they're sitting in? (that's not really an answer so please don't rate it) Is it true that in US court on has to swear an oath on the Bible? Doesn't that violate separation of church and state?

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How do scientists date rocks to tell how old they are? Only volcanic rocks can be dated absolutely. When the lava cools down, all 'clocks' start at zero, because there's almost no gas in lava. Then the radioactive elements decay at a constant rate and the gas they release gets trapped in small bubbles in the rock. For example (there are many more): Thorium-232 decays to Lead-208 at a half-life rate of 14 billion years....

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Why are there so many questions derogatory to people's beliefs, Christianity, Islam, Atheism? I find it disrespectful and distasteful, how about you? What's wrong with asking question and forcing people to reconsider their believes? It's an important process that one questions one's own believes and challenges the ones that appear to be wrong. Everyone should be entitled to have own believes, it's not about that. It's about challenging them instead of just accepting them as equally. Why should I accept arguments...

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If having an abortion doubles a woman's risk for developing breast cancer, why does Susan G. Komen, a reputable cancer research facility, support Planned Parenthood, the leading abortion clinic of America, with millions of funds annually? I highly doubt that this is true, yet even if, what would be wrong with it? Smoking more than triples the risk for cancer, yet people do smoke since it benefits them (release of stress, good feeling, social reasons etc). Even if abortion increased the risk for cancer, maybe it's worth it for some people and they should be able to choose freely. Being pregnant for 9 months is not the...

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When looking at how complex life is and seeing it at the micro level,does not the similarity of all things not point to an intelligent crater. And the designer itself? Must be even more complex right? So it makes the problem harder to explain instead of easier. What a terrible 'explanation'. The answer is evolution, gradual change that accumulates the 'luck' involved and slowly piles it up to reach astonishing complexity. It cannot be the other way around for any designer needs an even greater explanation than...

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If you have always truly been an atheist,but it turns out there really was a God would you be forgiven. Forgiven for what? Not being gullible and believe an ancient text was God's literal word? How the hell am I supposed to know that if there is no evidence? There are quite a few religious texts that claim to be true, why should I choose any one of them, not to mention hit the right one? Well if the God happens to be the God of the Bible, then he wouldn't forgive. Apparently critical...

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Why don't they roll up ALL RELIGIONS into one and make it easier to find, maybe Satanism would simplify all of their beliefs? What matters is what is the truth, and not what is easy to find or what sounds good. One can't just make something up and believe in it. Oh never mind, apparently that's possible since there already are so many religions. So let's just say it doesn't really help if one creates yet another one. Because most people would prefer to stay with their own religion.

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Have you ever been angry and everybody pisses you off? But you really don't know why? That's me every morning if I don't actively try to not be like this. I hate getting up early and it puts me in a bad mood. Yet after like 2 hours it gets better, and by noon I'm happy most of the time;)

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What are the odds of getting dealt 4 pocket pairs in a row in texas holdem on a normal 10 man table? The amount of people on your table dosn't matter. You get a first card, and the odds that the next card will be the same kind are 3 (the ones of this kind that are left) out of 51 (the amount of cards left to get drawn for you). Even though your 'outs' may already dead, since other people might be holding them, this doesn't affect the math, only certain information does. ...

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On adult swim what cartoon do you think is ridiculous? Pretty much all of them. I haven't watched it often enough to even remember the names, yet I found all that I watched to be gross and of very low niveau.

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In this age of terrorism, how far should government go protecting us before it becomes a bigger threat than the suicide bombers? See LINK: There's no link. So I'll just use this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kges9tsMM_Q Terrorism must be fought, yet not by all means.

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Today at my 8 year olds baseball game the scoreboard showed 10-2; however, the coach told the people to stop putting points on after 10 because the team we played really struggled. Would you like your child playing in a league like this? I do. I lost my first soccer game 36 to 3 (normal soccer games end about 4-2), so that was pretty sick. Yet I did not get demoralized and I would have felt even worse if they stopped counting. You gotta learn to deal with such stuff and get better.

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Wat is yer tolerance for spicy food? I can eat half a habanero, yet it gets pretty heavy and I wouldn't want to go any further (at least not at the moment). I've never given up on food because it was too spicy. I'm addicted to spicy food..

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Do you believe in absolute truth? Yes of course there is absolute truth.

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Which War in History Was Your Favorite? Why? First of all I want to clarifiy that I do not like war at all. I am however fascinated by it, and there are certain wars I enjoy to study in history, and analyzing them is very useful for preventing further wars. My favorite wars are World War II, Cold War and the Punic Wars. World War II is an example of the power of the masses and propaganda. It's scary what this can do to people...

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Spiritually speaking-what is it that you would like to know more about? I would want to know what 'spiritually' means. It seems to be a very fancy word that is used often nowadays.

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If a couple of Atheist Witnesses came knockin' at your door, would you give them a bit of your time? Sure, yet not for religious talk, I already don't believe in God. I would ask them how people react and talk about how they try to convince people that there is no God.

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When is it right to kill? Religiously right? Morally Right? Legally Right? Religiously Right: Depending on your holy book and the interpretation that you think is true. People who believe the Bible is the inerrant, literal word of God might think it's right to stone a person to death for working on the sabbath. Fundamentlist muslims too would advocate stoning as punishment for many things, such as adultery or if someone leaves Islam. It's also...

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Who's your favourite character in Harry Potter? (books specifically) Ginny Weasley. I loved the part in book 6 where she told Harry to not trust that book (potions book of Half Blood Prince), it was very powerful since she went through possession by Voldemort after trusting in a book.. She changed the most out of all the characters I think. And it really must be hard to be the only girl with like 6 older brothers;) It's impressive how she regained...

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Did you join this site to ask a question or answer something? And what was your very first post about? It was an answer. I couldn't remember so I looked it up, I answered this question: http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2425729 Also, looking through some of my old answers made me realize how much my believes have changed since then..

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What are 100 solid proofs of evolution? Here you go, I grouped the evidence into 'only' 12 categories, yet if you would actually count the implications and real-life examples of what I'm saying, you will arrive at literally millions of solid pieces of evidence. 1. ERVs: Endogeneous retroviruses are viruses that can insert themselves in the genome of an organism. If it happens in the germ line, they get passed on....

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What book do you want to read but have never gotten around to it? Books from Carl Sagan.

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I don't undersand why some people don't believe in god. I feel bad for people who think that everything was made out of nothing, and that our ancestors are monkeys. I know that we were created in the image of god and if anyone wants to debate his I accept I would be happy to debate it with you. Since the question has so many responses you can take your time though, I'm not in a hurry. Saying 'everything was made out of nothing' is a misrepresentation, and also saying that our ancestors where monkeys is a misrepresentation. That's not a good start in a discussion if you can't even represent the other side correctly....

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Do you think that incest in genetic related? Or is it perversion? If science found a Gay gene why not a Incestual Gene? No, most likely not. Because incest often produces deformed/dead offspring. That's because close relatives share lots of their genes. There are certain genes that are fatal when you have them in both alleles (humans have two alleles for each gene, since we have two identical sets of 23 chromosomes). Those genes I mentioned are typically recessive, their effects would be fatal, yet they...

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What is your favorite Halloween song? This one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWTD-nXadaI Not really a 'song' though..

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Should a person who caused another person to commit suicide (a bully or something like that) be responsible and charged with something and/or pay the family (like for emotional reason and then some)? He should be punished for mobbing, there are already laws for that (at least in certain countries). However, the fact that the bullied person commits suicide should not necessarily cause a more severe punishement. The way and severity of the mobbing itself needs to be judged, not the cause on the person. The person might have had other reasons too or could be very sensitive.

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Please help me find the answers to these questions 1-5. Thanks a lot. http://i37.tinypic.com/6oj693.jpg 2B 3B 4D no clue for 5

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Give me some points!!!!!!!!! :D This is actually an honest saying the same thing as certain others do when they pose lots of qustions. +3 you seem to really desparate...

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Hey i need the answers for these questions thanks! http://i35.tinypic.com/23h1vo6.jpg I've never had this stuff, but I would guess the following based on some logical thinking: 1D 2B 3C 4D 5A

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Should we experiment on humans, such as death row prisioners provided consent is given? Please discuss your reason for your answer Interesting question. Haven't even thought of that... Damn that's thogh. Actually I am against death penalty, however thinking about the benefits of doing experiments on people and afterwards execute them anyway (for that when something goes wrong they don't feel too much pain) makes me reconsider this.. Because seriously, it would save lots of lives. One could learn...

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Has the entire Country forgotten about the people that use herbs and Homeopathic treatment? Why should they be forced into the health care plan? Homepathy has not provided evidence that it works. Why should people pay for stuff that doesn't work? If you want to treat your problems with homeopathy, go ahead, but then pay it yourself. About herbs, some herbs do help, those should be included, they might already be actually. The ones who don't help should obviously not be included.

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Have you ever ridden an animal besides a horse? What? I rode on a dog when I was a little child. Couldn't believe it until my mother showed me a picture. I'm kinda scared of big dogs now..

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How long have Crocodiles been on the Earth? About 200 million years. They have changed a little, but not very much, and probably crocodiles from 200 million years ago would still belong into the same order (which includes alligators too though) if they lived today.

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I am sorry but I need to ask. I had an orange and one black tetra. If my orange tetra has babies, will they always be black babies. I don't think so. It depends on the alleles in the genome of your tetras and whether they are dominant. For every gene there are two alleles, two genes for the same trait so to speak. Most of the time only one is actually expressed in the phenotype (appearance and behavior). Sometimes they blend. Some alleles are 'dominant', this means whatever the other one is, the dominant one...

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Do you have any T-shirts that express your political and or moral viewpoint/ No I don't, yet I do have a key fob in form of an Ichtyostega-like creature ('Darwin fish').

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Why are muslim women so jealous of foreign women? Is it because of their freedom do you think? Many Muslim women are not jealous, they believe in their tradition and religion and actually think that their status in society is normal and right. However, the ones who are jealous are jealous because non-muslim women have the same rights as men and much more freedom. Being a women in an Islamic country is very hard because they are oppressed and have little rights. If they are unlucky and...

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Is being gay or bisexual a choice or is a person born that way? You are born with it, that's scientifically proven. However, it's not just a black-white matter, there are some people 'in between' which are called bisexual. Yet those too ARE bisexual, they don't choose it. Bisexuality is rare in males though and more common in females.

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Once you've had a sexual encounter and you suspect that person may have aids, how soon can one go to the clinic to get tested for it.... There is a pill-after against aids. If you even suspect having it, you can take that pill right after intercourse (needs to be done quickly) and it prevents aids from breaking out (if you even have it, you can't know because it takes some weeks before you could see that). However, that pill is a) pretty expensive b) has some side effects c) is not easy to get, they don't give it...

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What do you think of the string theory? From what I've heard, it souns extremely interesting and extremely complicated. The mathematics in string theory seem to be working which is an amazing fact and does indicate that there might be something to it. However, science is split into two rival camps since non-string-theorists think it's more a philosophy than science. However, I think it is a hypothesis, maybe even...

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Can the mind have an existence seperate from the body? How does it function? How is it formed? Of what material is it made? Why is it not observed when it comes out of the body? In which part of the body does it reside? While not in principle disproveable, it is very unlikely that the mind can exist separate from the body. We, and all other organism, are the product of evolution. Life started from 'simple' molecules and got more and more complex over time. Molecues definately had no minds, and we now have them. So minds evolved graudally in our evolutionary history. It is logical to assume that...

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Priests are weirdos. Agree? Most of them probably are, yet it's bad to make an absoute statment about ALL the members of a particular group. While most priests for sure are weirdos, it is absolutely possible that there are 'normal' ones too.

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Athiests: Who, what or where do you choose to place your faith? Faith, define as 'belief without evidence', is something I do not have. I think it's a dangerous concept that leads to wrong conclusions. (if anyone wants to downrate this answer, feel free to do so yet leave a reason for why did it)

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There is research that suggests our conscience and intelligence came forth of using drugs. Especially psychotropic drugs seem to have worked on our speach and art. How do you think about that? I highly doubt that this is true. Drugs do alter the brain structure, yet this effect cannot be passed on with genes. Acquired charecteristics are not inherited.. Maybe it works through the Baldwin effect, yet I can't think of a way it would.. Do you have any links to this hypothesis?

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How can anyone believe in evolution after reading about the Cambrian Explosion? Because for accepting evolution as fact based on evidence, not even a single fossil would be needed! Molecular comparison of genes shows beyond doubt that all life evolved from a common ancestor. Additionally, there are good reasons why there are virtually no fossils before the Cambrian Explosion. Organisms before that time only consisted of soft tissue, they had no hard parts and therefore...

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What is or was your least favorite subject in highschool? Computer class. It wouldn't even be that bad, but it was the very first hour every damn morning. Over and over again, and additionally, the teacher always taught the very same way. I got so sick of this routine!

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What is it when i dream something and than it happens in real life? An accident.

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If humans operate at a higher consciousness than lets say cockroaches, would it be correct to assume that we are "gods" to them? If so than assuming there is a being with higher consciousness than humans would this entity be considered a "god"? Both humans and cockroaches evolved for the same amount of time because all life on earth shares a common ancestor. We came into existance by evolution, not instantaneously or existed always. Therefore, we are natural. Gods are supposed to just 'be there' withou explanation. Which is pretty improbable. I mean, if you asked 'where did that cockraoch came from' and someone...

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What are the reactants and products for photosynthesis? for cellular respiration? (2009-10-13) Photosynthesis: Water + Carbondioxide + energy = glucose + Oxygen Cellular respiration: Glucose + Oxygen = Carbondioxide + Water + energy

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Is the world really an illusion? If so, why is the Creator-God real, but not His creation? There are way too many assumptions in this question. Good logic always looks out for the simplest explanations. While many philosophical claims are not disproveable, they can pretty much be ruled out because they require too much chance. All we know is that there is 'something' here that seems real for us. If we conclude it's reality, it means there is only 1 reality and is...

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How many different types of nuts can you name? Strawberry

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Have you heard that, scientifically speaking, for every 100 swear words spoken or typed, a puppy dies? So let’s keep it clean, ok, people? All I know is that Sara Silverman threatened to kill her puppy if people don't watch her newest season. Poor puppies, they always get punished for things they didn't do.

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What is your favorite category that you like to answer questions in? Evolution. I find biology very interesting and know a lot about it. And you meet some funny people in that category and get some long intense discussions going;)

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I'm writing a story and a guy just found out his girlfriend cheated on him....what do you think he should do....i'm trying to make the story very interseting and realistic. Lock himself in his room and play some instrument (whatever fits his personality, guitar would be cool, or drums, or if that doesn't fit guitar hero) very loud and very long up until his fingers hurt and he can't play anymore. This would be to get it out of his head, yet it doesn't work, just makes him tired. Then he exhaustedly falls in his bed and thinks. It makes him crazy...

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"Men Are From Mars, Women from Venus" seems to be outdated. What's a good relationship help book for modern couples? 'Why Men don't listen & Women can't read maps' by Allan and Barbara Pease

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Isn't it time for us humans start measuring our 'spiritual emissions' (soul-farts) and 'jargon-footprint' (resources wasted after faith-delusion) to save the planet earth? No I don't think so. I don't really get what you actually mean, sounds like a concept from Scientology. As long as there is no evidence for this stuff we don't need to do anything about it - it doesn't exist.

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Can you help with name of a song some of lyrics are he's my all christian song There is one called 'you are my all and all' (Jesus Lamb of God).

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What's your favoite way of preparing and eating eggs? Scrambled, poached, hard boiled, fried, or "other?" Scrambled with some bacon and a lot of chilli. Perfect mixture for an early heart attack;)

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What are the signs of someone being the anitchrist or the equivalent of him in religion? Do you know anyone who fits the bill? I once took a personality test and it told me I was the antichrist. Apparently, characteristics included 'rationality', 'arrogance', 'extrovertedness' and 'brutality'. The questions were really weird though and I don't think I'm that bad of a person honestly;) And why the hell would rationality be something bad?? Going with scripture,...

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If brainwashing and mind control were made to be a criminal offence do you think that would be beneficial for society in general? Appart from being impossible to enforce and define, such a law would be very beneficial for education and therefore society in general. People should be taught how to think and not what to think.

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Why is there so much confusion as to what the Bible says about hell? Because some people have realized that the concept of hell, as it is stated literally in the Bible, would be pretty freaking cruel. And since God is supposed to be loving, they know experience a cognitive dissonance and try to rationalize their way around the problem by interpreting it differently. Additionally, the church in medieval times added a lot of funky, non-scriptural stuff to it...

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I need a good song fo a lypsinc, I go to a catholic school so it can't be suggestive, my teachers are evil so i kinda want it to bite back Maybe this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK4HCnKAdig It's about the hypocrisy of religion. If this is part of what annoys you about your teachers then it fits. If it's for other reasons then I guess not.

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For us religion-bashers: in genesis 19:5 Lot is visited by angels and gets and angry mob at the door that wants to have intercourse with these men. Lot refuses but says: I have two daugthers that have never been with men. Your thughts on that please Yeah exactly, and this coming from a man who is 'the only righteous person' in Sodom (or was it Gomorra?) according to God. Who can seriously still insist that morals come from the Bible? This stuff makes me sick.

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Dont you hate it when people dont get what you are trying to ask on asnwerbag and they give you the completely wrong answer? I would definately say crocodiles. I think they're amazing and pretty scary. I would not want to be one of those buffalos when they need to cross a river full of crocodiles...

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What evidence is there that Atheism is not another subscribed social construction? It has no rules, dogmas or rites. It is define by one single negative, which is 'not believing in God'. Atheism is neither a construct nor a religion. It's as much a religion as 'not collecting comics' is a hobby. And, it makes perfect sense as long as there continues to be no evidence for religions.

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To bilingual ABers. What language do you dream in? Swiss-German, altough sometimes also English.

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The problem with atheism is no reason to create anything but babies and food. Agreed? Definately not. Why would you think that? Atheists have emotion like everyone else. They can feel joy, pain or love. And it makes a lot of sense to enjoy life and make the best out of it if there is only one life.

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Do You think dolphins are always "sweet and cute"? Read the article about dolphins who murder for fun (including children) and kill their own. (link) That's very interesting! They are even more similar to us than I thought. It's amazing how similar, yet in a way very different, circumstances lead to such examples of convergent evolution. By similar I mean the importance of social interactions, by different, well they live in the say.. I would actually have been surprised if they were all just cute, sweet and playful. Nature just...

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On a scale of 1 to 10, how good are you in the art of persuasion? Please explain. I would say 9 I think I am able to understand how others feel about certain things - understanding the opposition is the first step towards changing their mind. I try to always appeal to reason and I'm good at finding logical holes in other positions. I have a broad knowledge and can use this for persuasion. I have had some success in convincing creationists (like 3 out of 50) that...

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Who is your favorite counrty singer? I don't like country. Only country singer I can listen to is Taylor Swift.

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Have you ever got a letter saying they want to use your property for a filming location? I did should i let them use it? As long as they promise to pay for the things they break during filming (if it's an action movie they might destroy a lot of stuff) I would say yes, sounds like fun.

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If you were for arguments sake, about to become the victim of say a shark attack. do you believe on sheer survival instinct if there was a stark choice, which you had an instant to decide, you would put a young child between yourself & said shark? I wouldn't 'put' the child between me and the shark, but I guess I would try me best to outswim that child.

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On what exact date was the Nazi Party and all of its associates completely destroyed? I don't remember the exact date, all I know is it involved a cinema, some 'italians', a fire and a huge explosion.

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Opinion on Richard Dawkins? I think he does an outstanding job in explaining science to the public. All his books are very informative and fun to read. I agree with his views on religion and I think he is right in that he openly challenges religion.

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Who is your favorite philostepher? Daniel Dennett He is one of the few philosophers who actually understands Darwinism. Anything before 1859 is nice to read and analyze, yet not of much use when it's actually about truth.

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Which of the following statements about gender identity is correct? a. it develops during a critical period of the childs socialization. b. It is completely determined by biological factors. c. it is comletely determined by crucial factors d. other 95% biology, about 5% socialization.

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Was Einstein an atheist or a theist? He once said 'the idea of a personal God is childish'. He did believe in some kind of order of the universe, but that's nothing close to what is normally understood as theism. Out of the two choices, atheist is by far the more correct one.

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Since the discovery of Ardipithecus ramidus, some have suggested that apes branched off of human ancestry instead of the other way around. If so, how did the center telomeres in our 2nd chromosome come to be? That article is an example of horrible journalism. Of course we didn't evolve from apes, one should call it ape-like ancestor. Humans belong into the biological family of the great apes, as do chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans. 3 of the 4 have hair and live in the jungle, humans are the odd one out so obviously we have changed more, so calling the ancestor human-like wouldn't...

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Why are so-called "supplements" and "alternative medicines" allowed to be sold in the USA without FDA approval? Be happy they're not paid by insurances yet. Switzerland (my home country) recently passed a law that includes alternative medicine in the constitution and a majority would want it paid by insurancies. That's such a joke! At least the stuff gets blocked by the government for the moment, but I don't know what will happen. Direct democracy is not always a good thing. I hate to...

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I can't focus on anything for over 20-30 seconds. How bad is that? Bad enough that you should consider taking Ritalin.

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Is paranormal activity a real documentary or is it all fake? It's fake. Think about it, if there were people with paranormal abilities, they could prove it under scientifically controlled conditions. They would get famous, and a lot of money (there are prizes set by sceptics for those who can prove paranormal activity). People are way too gullible. They let themselves be tricked. I'm not saying paranormal is 100% impossible. All I'm...

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Science homework : 3) Is there a limit to exponential growth? Will population simply continue to grow exponentially forever? Think about what might stop exponential growth in the longer term. resources

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Ok my 12 year old dauteris mastrerbating she has gotten bigger arounf d the waste and she thinks she preg. she says she has hasterbating with her fathers pillow but with cloths on ... what can i do is se preg.? If that's all she did then she's definately not pregnant.

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Everytime someone gets close to me something happens like my ex became nasty my mums bf died and now my dad who i just got my reltionship back on track with has had a motorbike accident does someone hate me? You are not responsible for those things, and you also aren't cursed. You have been very unlucky, yet this doesn't mean you will necessarily be unlucky in the future. There is no evidence whatsoever for paranormal phenomena, curses or other kinds of supernatural influences. It's pure chance, make the best out of it and don't lose confidence.

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Can Morality Exist Without God? Yes. If fear of hellfire is your only reason to be a good person, then you are not a moral person at all. Actually, the basics of morality have sound evolutionary reasons. Kin selection explains why we are nice to relatives. Reciprocal altruism explains empathy and cooperation. Additionally, status and reputation are very important - in today's society and in the world of our ancestors....

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How Do Atheists Look At Death? Death is the one thing that is certain in one's life. "We have been dead for billions of years before we were born - and it didn't hurt" - Mark Twain (paraphrase) So atheists don't believe in an afterlife. Many take this as good reason to enjoy life and life it to the fullest.

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What causes a person to become an atheist? Everyone is born atheist (or at least agnostic). Most of the time, it is the parents who indoctrinate the children with a particular religion. So appart from the ones who just don't believe to begin with, why do people abandon a particular religion? There are many reasons, here the most common ones: - They realize that it's only a matter of luck that they were born into a...

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I just spent an hour on scienctology website and still did not find out what it is. Other than a place that mixes self-help, health spa with religion. Can anyone help me understand? Without making me pay for it! Scientology was founded by the science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. He wrote the book 'Dianethics', the 'holy book' of Scientology. Scientologists believe that some million years ago, an evil galactic warlord named Xenon dropped some trillion tortured souls in earth's volcanoes. Then some of those souls entered human beings. Scientologists believe that those...

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Is it ethical to work for a company you believe to be promoting something immoral? Depends on the circumstances. If the person in question cannot afford to lose the job, it's reasonable to be selfish first, so there's no choice. Additionally, if you don't do it, someone else will do it. However, the person concerned is in a high position with specific knowledge that cannot easily be replaced, it's not moral to keep working, it would be the right thing...

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What did chimps evolve from? Need detailed answer fast!!! It's for a project. Chimps are our closest relatives, they evolved from our common ancestor with them (which looked ape-like). Before that, they share a common ancestor with monkeys (monkeys have tails apes don't). And before that, the ancestors were probably somewhat shrew-like and the further you go back, the more modern animal are all descended from that ancestor. This way you can trace your way back...

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Recently we had a discussion about towels and I learned that more people are particular about them than I thought. For example, one will never use a towel she has used before, another has to know which end she dried her butt with. Do you have any quirks I never use anyone else's towels. I always use one extra towel (small one) for my feet. I never use it more than twice.

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Let's think about it in this way: if god exists, the belivers will win and non-belivers will lose.. if god doesn't exist, no body will lose .....so the belivers will win any way...ur thoughts? That is very poor logic. What if 'god' is not Jesus but Allah? Both will be equally screwed. What if Scientology was right all along? Only Tom Cruise will be happy. What if it's Judaism? What if it's Hinduism? Additionally, what makes you think that believers don't 'lose' if there's no god? They would have lived for a lie. They would have wasted...

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Do you think the discovery of "Ardie" (ardipithecus ramidus) is dead solid proof if evolution? enough to make creationist' stop talking? It's just one fossil, and we already have lots of hominid fossils so it really is not such a big sensation as stupid journalists want you to think. Evolution has been proven for decades. The most compelling evidence comes from molecular genetics. Ardi is an important fossil, yet it doesn't have much to do with proof for evolution. Creationists won't change their mind no matter...

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Is "True Love" Real ? or just two words? Love is a drug-like sensation caused by our neurons. It evolved to make us 'overestimate' the importance of a particular person and to bind us emotionally to that person in order to rear children together. While there is nothing intrinsically special about that person one loves and oneself as couple, the special thing is the feeling itself. It's 'just a sensation', yet...

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Why do most people choose faith over logic and reasoning? Because they're taught faith is a virtue.

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I can't trust my spiritual teacher after she lied to me, but without her I am at a spiritual dead end how do I trust again? What was it all about? What was the lie? What do you mean by 'spiritual teacher', are you in a sect?

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Does the popularity of Dan Brown reflect on the standard of literacy in modern times? The books are awful and terribly written, yet so many people love them. Why? I would consider myself an over-average educated person and what I read is normally very high stuff and intellectually stimulating. However, I also do love Dan Brown's writing. I think it's important to read different types of books, and sometimes a Dan Brown thriller is exaclty what I want to read..

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I had a question on a math test that asked, "A travler is traveling in Italy to 7 different cities, what is the probability that they will travel in alphabetical order?" I put zero cause I thought it was impossible, but am wondering if that is correct. Zero is wrong. You must figure out how many possible ways there are for the 7 cities. Only one of those ways is alphabetic, so the probability is 1 in whatevermany possibilities for traveling order there are. You got 7 different cities, so 7 choices for the first visit. Then for all 7 different first choices, there are 6 different second ones, so 7x6 for first 2 cities. 7x6x5 for third,...

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This is not a joke but I wonder whether anyone would join me if I tell you that I have a solution for peace, for example America and Taliban could be made friends of each other. I'll tell you more in detail, through email because text limitations in AB. Does it involve Jesus? Cus if it does then I don't think it helps, since religion is actually the problem between Americans and the Taliban.

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About how many arguments/debates have you gotten into with people, here on AB? About 50-100 I guess. Some had hundreds of comments.. I like confrontations and people should be able to stand up for their believes. Most of the debates were pretty pointless and felt like talking to a wall. But some were actually pretty fruitful and interesting.

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Does anyone think this question about evidence for a creator god should be labeled as nonsense? What the hell? This stuff makes me mad! I hate how this site censores stuff as soon as some loons are 'offended' or whatever. This site turns into North Korea, seriously..

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Is there any pictures of Adam and Eve in the Bible? If not, what is the problem with evolution? The problem goes much deeper than the appearance of Adam & Eve. Evolution and other science completely contradicts Genesis. Take for example the order in which things arose: Scientific view: 1) Stars 2) Sun 3) Earth (dry) 4) water 5) bacteria (and DEATH) 6) Sea creatures 7) Land animals 8) humans Now Genesis: 1) Earth (with water) 2) Land 3) Sun 4) Stars 5) Land Plants ...

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Atheists: No God, no reason, just whining-do you agree to this? No. Since we have the huge priveledge of being alive at this very moment, and there is only one life, why not enjoy it and make the best out of it?

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What would happen if a tree or insect could build a complex molecule that no organism or natural process could decompose Bacteria would evolve the ability to decompose it, since such a molecule would become widespread and any mutation that enables bacteria to decompose it would be very beneficial. If this is not 'allowed' in your thought experiment, then that molecule would become widespread (such as crude oil) and eventually 'pollude' the environment, since it just takes up valuable space...

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Test tube babies have we gone to far No, there's nothing wrong with giving couples that normally can't have kids the opportunity to have kids, I think it's a great thing and they should also get the joy of being a parent.

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Is human clonning is moral or immoral?or is any religon allow that? A clone of a person is the same thing as if that person had an identical twin. Do identical twins feel that they don't have 'integrity and identity'? Obviously not, so I don't know where people get that fear of cloning from. Religious claims on this subject should be ignored, as long as they cannot support their views with logical arguments and evidence.

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What do you think the first human race looked like? If all the races of the world hybridized freely would we eventually resemble the first human race on earth? First of all, there are no human races. The genetic differences in even the most different human beings do not provide enough difference to consider those individuals to be of different races, biologically speaking that is. The reason for so little diversity is that humans went trough an evolutionary bottleneck. Around 60000 years ago, volcanic eruptions dramatically changed the environment...

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What are some ways biologists define a 'species', and the cut-off point between two different species? The common definition is that two groups of animals belong into different species if they cannot interbreed succesfully. So because life evolves, the distinction can be quite blurred. For example, there are fossils that are classified into one species by some experts and into another one by others. That's exactly what one would expect, evolution is fully gradual, and like you cannot...

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If you could change one thing in the constitution of your country,what would it be? Recently the Swiss people voted in favor of an initiative giving 'alternative medicine' the same rights as real medicine, it's now paid by insurances and it's in the constitution. I gotta accept Democracy, but what the hell is wrong with those people, do I need to pay taxes to support 'medicine' that doesn't work? I thought Switzerland was a pretty...

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Do you think humans are supposed to mate for life? We're not supposed to do anything, I think everyone needs to figure out what's best for him/her. Biologically speaking, humans are slightly polygamous, yet definately capable of living in monogamous relationships, as it has become the norm in most societies nowadays.

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How many creationists are legitimate scientists? Out of all professional biologists, 0.02% are creationists.

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Now we understand DNA and have developed genome mapping, how can people still refuse to accept the theory of evolution? The human genome project revealed our genetic similarities to species we share ancestry with, yet some still deny Darwin's ideas. I'm writing a research paper on exactly this topic;) The main reason is of course religion, and the fact that evolution is fundamentally corrosive to religion since it brings an end to teleology. There's no goal in evolution and no designer, humans are just one species out of millions that all have evolved on earth for the same amount of time. The massage of evolution...

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No joke! Want to see a picture of your great-great-great-(etc)-grandmother? (link) Wow WTF, CNN sucks so bad, did those journalists ever finish college? "Scientists believe that the fossilized remains (...)support beliefs that humans and chimpanzees evolved separately from a common ancestor." NO SHIT??!!!

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Do You ever wonder about the psychological reasons for people finding a joke funny? Could You describe in the most simple terms all the possible reasons why a person finds a joke funny in general? And why do You find a joke funny? I recently watched a video where it's mentioned in the end. It's vague still, but I think it's definately the right way to look at it, very interesting stuff! http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_cute_sexy_sweet_funny.html#

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I have to make a Sci Fi movie for Theatre Arts class. I want it to demonstrate how a society without God can turn us into "monsters".... Got any tips? :) I know you don't want my assitance (since I 'will sabotage your project'), but in case you still want to listen to me: Even though I really don't like your theme because I disagree with it's message, since you've already started it I might as well give you some tips how you can make it realistic. You need to replace religion by another type of fundamentalist...

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Are any scientists actually surprised that chimps and humans, Republicans in particular, share a common biological ancestor? Why should they be suprised, the idea of common ancestry was introduced 150 years ago and confirmed by tons of evidence in the last century.

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'Ardi' fossil sheds light on origin of human species. Will creationists still insist there's not a shred of evidence we evolved from other animals? See LINK: Unfortunately, most likely yes, they will ignore it like they have ignored all the others. I'm so tired of hearing 'there is no single transitional fossil between humans and apes' when there are 3 different species with dozens of fossils each, divided into numerous subspecies.

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No where in the fossil record are there found partially formed bones or organs that could be taken for a the new beginning of a new feature. Ex. Are there an fossils of garaffs with necks two thirds or three quarters as long as at present? Actually, there are fossils of the giraffe's ancestors, Samotherium, Shansitherium, Honanotherium, Gyarffokeryx, Mitilanotherium and others, all with different neck and leg lenghts. Giraffe evolution is well documented by fossils. Fossiliziation is a rare process, and only very few animals do fossilize, so we can consider ourself lucky to even find as much as we do. Even if there was...

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What are you thoughts on Proverbs 1:7? Makes me wonder why 'God fearing people' often reject science. It seems to me the other way around, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of ignorance and close-mindedness.

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I am here not for the ratings , but for the answers to my question. Could any one help me in answering? Tell me what your questions are and I'll give it a shot.

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Just imagine-if God decided to call it a day-what would you do? He could just turn off the heat and light from the Sun, draw away our oxygen supply. He would be in the right ;and justly so.In order to achieve our goals, we don't care whom we injure and di Do you really believe there is a God who is holding the oxygen in the air so you can breath and lighting the sun all the time? That would be a pretty boring and pointless job. Additionally, if you think we need God to be moral, then you're a very immoral person. Think about it, is the only reason that you don't run around and do 'evil' things that you're afraid of...

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Is it just humans who have souls or do all living things have souls? How can you examine a living being and determine whether or not it has a soul? There is no evidence of 'souls', neither in humans, nor in non-human animals.

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A friend told me this strange story about something supernatural. I just couldn't believe it. Have you any experience in this? None.

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There is this girl in my school who was really friendly to me .... all of a sudden after i prank called her she stopped talking to me , now she hardly ever returns my calls or even texts me i keep on texting her regularly n she sometimes talks like as if Why would you prank call a friendly girl? Have you already apologized? If not, that's the first thing I would do...

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Does anyone else think the term 'scientific fact' is tossed around all to carelessly these days? I disagree. If anything, it's the anti-science attitude of certain wannabe philosophers that annoys me. I'm tired of this postmodernistic 'you can't figure out the truth' talk. 'What we know today might all be wrong tomorrow' 'Science is based on faith' Please stop it people! YES, in biology there are no mathematical proofs, but for the sake...

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Why should I not eat lobsters? Being vegetarian I am not supposed to eat fish only! Why not crabs and lobsters? Lobsters really aren't fishes. Biologically speaking, they have a bigger right to call you a fish than the other way around. Having said that, you alone decide what you want to eat, it would make sense however if you follow certain rules of internal consistency. If you are vegetarian because of ethical reasons, the preparation of lobsters is pretty crueal (they're boiled alive)....

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I have heard sicentist (some) say the universe is 400 billion years old. And just how in Sam hell do they know that? No one was around then, not even Earth. So, they could not carbon date Jack. That's complete rubbish, the universe is 13.7 billion years old. We know that because we can measure the red-shift of light as galaxies move away from us. With telescopes, you detect distant stars. There are certain stars called 'indicator stars' that always shine at the same intensity. If you find such a star, you can measure it's distance from the earth by how much the...

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Is there any evolutionary reason as to why there are roughly an equal amount of males and females born? Yes there is. For monogamous animals (such as humans, with a slight tendency to polygamy). So ideal would be one male per female. And that is what is found, now how did it stabilize at this ratio? It's done so by a process called stable equilibrium. If you get away from it, it will automatically push back. Imagine the following situation: Due to accidents (or maybe wars or...

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Creationists, Evolutionists, and anybody else who cares about such things, I would like your opinions on this. That women is pretty funny, and her arguments are true and make sense. I wouldn't call people 'evolutionists', it's not a religion, it's science. If I'm an evolutionists, you can as well call me 'gravitationist' and 'relativityist'...

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Is is morally right to determine the gender of a baby before it is born? nothing speaks against it.

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Should churches which use their collective political might to deny equal freedoms and rights to all citizens lose their tax-exempt status? Every church should lose it's tax-exempt status. Why do they even have that??

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Is there an animal that is an example of Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium? Is there, or has there ever been an animal that isn't evolving, and meets all the rules of the Hardy Weinberg principle? Most likely not. There are 'living fossils' that haven't changed much since millions of years, but even those animals certainly have undergone some change through genetic drift. The problem with living fossils is that they are not that numerous, and one criteria of the H-W equilibrium is a huge population.

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Do you think that the preservation of human life has slowed evolution among human's? If you believe this, do you think that human's will be threatened by the quickly evolving species eventually? I think you misunderstand something. Evolution is not a ladder to super-powers. We won't be threatened by quickly evolving species, because quick evolution doesn't mean they get absolutely better, they get relatively better at surviving in a given environment. If the ancestors of an animal start to live in underground caves, it's eyes will evolve functionless. Adaptation...

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I was asked "what is the point in studying evolution. how will it benefit me if I now know that I came from and ancestor of a monkey? what is the point in finding out how old the earth and fossils are?" Can anyone answer that? Thanks. The question is how could you NOT study it?! Ever wondered why we humans exist at all? Ever wondered why we are the way we are? Some people are satisfied with 'because of God' and that answer seems enough for them. Others want to figure out HOW God did whatever he did. And still others don't postulate any god and want to figure out the whole thing with science. How can...

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What are the SCIENTIFIC objections to the theory of natural selection, made by SCIENTISTS? First, I do not want to hear from Creationists. Second, I do not want to hear from neo-Darwinists. A pox on both their houses. There is Gaia theory, but no sane biologist takes it seriously. For some reason it's kinda popular in semi-professional circles. People see the eart as 'one whole organism where everything works for the good of all'. That's of course nonsense. And there's this new hype about 'epigenetics'. Apparently 'genomes can reassemble themselves with...

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Who's philosophy do aetheists use to learn morality? There is no general answer applying to all atheists. Some 'morals' are inborn (empathy to some extent), much of it is leanred from role models and society. Additionally, some people can actually think for themself and come up with a personal 'moral guide'. Mine for exmaple is pretty similar to Immanuel Kants categoric imperative, which is in turn pretty similar to the...

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What area of philosophy discusses what rights a citizen has in a particular state? Ethics from a cultural relativist prospective (terrible philosophy in my opinion).

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Philosophers will doubt even the existence of free actions, other minds, reality, God, or all of the above? It's smart to start out doubting everything, so I guess all of the above, however, reality can only be doubted in the sense of that 'reality' isn't really the real thing and there's something else. If that made sense.. It is impossible to doubt that there is something, whatever it is, that's real. 'Cogito ergo sum' is a self-evident truth. However,...

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In an evolutionary sense, what human trait(s) do you think will be the most valuable for our future survival? What trait(s) are no longer useful? Evolution has no foresight. There is no 'our future survival' for evolution. Just whatever makes people survive up to reproduction age and then makes them reproduce a lot will be favored by evolution. And that's not intelligence, as a matter of fact the more educated people are the less kids they have on average. But being good looking is definately a good attribue that will...

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Is there an example of a human being who has evolved beyond all others? That's by definition impossible. Evolution doesn't happen in single generations, it's a shift of a whole populations. And also the phrase 'beyond all others' seems to indicate a misunderstanding of evolution. What criteria would you apply for juding what is 'beyond all others'? Evolution happens because whatever genes are good for surviving and reproducing in...

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Have you ever heard of the theory we evolved from aquatic apes? What do you think about what Elaine Morgan (see URL ref) has to say? Yes, I've watched that very video about a year ago. It's a very intriguing possibility. But I think it's wrong, Elain Morgan is old, and even though she seems like a very convincing and good talker, it seems to me that she has a tendency to be like a conspiracy theorist. What I don't get is the following: When exactly should those ancestors have lived? We have a pretty...

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Will there ever be a way to make humans live forever? No. In about 4 billion years, the sun will expand into a red giant and vaporize earth. Even if humanity will somehow colonize another planet, in about 100 trillion years, the universe will die in coldness and without energy, life is impossible. However, it will certainly become possible to make human lives much longer, yet eternity is a big word so you should be aware of what it actually...

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Why is there such symmetry in all forms of life (lungs, limbs, brain, facial symmetry, etc)? How does DNA affect this? Evolution is the explanation for an organism's adaptation to the environment it lives in. On earth, there is generally no difference between 'right' and 'left'. So if the right body side has a good 'design', this design would be equally well adapted for the left side. Why are there just two sides (binary symmetry) instead of say five? Actually, some...

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There has been many speculations on Quentin Tarantino's newest film "Inglourious Basterds" actually being a 'better movie' than his 1994 film "Pulp Fiction". Do you agree? I sas Inglorious Basterds yesterday. I thought it was the best movie of all time. People pointed out that Pulp Fiction is Tarantino's best movie, so I watched it today. And - It was boring. I might not have gotten the twist of the movie (was there one?), but even if there was someting 'great' that I missed, it still wouldn't make it that special. Don't get me wrong,...

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I absolutely adore Quentin Tarantino movies, and just saw Inglourious Basterds, i think one of the best, what you think about it? I saw it yesterday, and it's my favorite movie of all time (not just from Tarantino). I got really nervous in the break (yeah, in Europe, there is a 10 min break in the middle of the movies) because I felt that this movie is on track of being the best movie ever (imo). I really hoped that Tarantino didn't mess up the end (as he ruined the amazing Kill Bill 1 with it's...

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If Silicon Based life exists do you believe it could be intelligent? I think that's possible. I see no reason against it, intelligence must not only be based on organic matter, many molecules posses the ability to store and compute information. Also robots are starting to become 'intelligent'.

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How does evolution explain how organisms can go through drastic changes? For example, how did a rodent living on the ground grow wings and become the bats of today? Bats are not rodents, and neither did they evolve from rodents. The changes leading to bat flight were not drastic but gradual. And they didn't start out living on the ground, more likely they started out living in trees. Jump from tree to tree. Glide from tree to tree/ground. Fly from tree to tree.

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If a baby seal gets caught in a six-pack's plastic rings and you free it but it turns around and gets stuck in those very same rings again should you free it again? Or is that setting back the whole species? 'Survival of the fittest' is what brought species into existance, it's what's responsible for the diversity of life. However, it is NOT a rule/law we should live by. We owe nothing to this principle, and 'the species' is not what matters. After all, we also use contraceptives even tough that's bad for our genes. And we have health care. We don't owe...

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Who here believes in evolution? If you dont why not I don't 'believe' in it, I accept it because of the overwhealming evidence that supports it.

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Is zombies the next in evolution? Do you think zombies have an advantage in reproduction rate? I have never seen a zombie having offspring, so zombies would be evolutionary suicide since they can't pass on their genes. Evolution happens because some genetic traits are more likely to get passed on because they are beneficial for survival and REPRODUCTION. However, if by some huge coincidence a mutation happens in...

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Can one determine or predict the future, without guessing, from the past? Does the smoke trail from a flying airplane determine or predict its course? You can predict general trends and bigger patterns, however, on the quantum level, accurate predictions are impossible (look up 'Heisenberg's uncertainty principle').

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Define the differences between an animal and a human being in a manner that leaves no doubt at all, please. Thoughts of non-human animals: Eat, survive, reproduce. Thoughts of humans: What the hell is existance all about?

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Is Poker a Game of Luck Or Skill? While there is obviously some luck involved for short-term periods, the luck will unavoidingly even out in the long run. Provided you play enough hands (for cashgame) or tourneys, your performance will be proportional to your skill level. So if you play it right, poker is definately a game of skill.

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I'm think of going to atlanitc citty and playing texas hold em..and advice professional only please Give more information, then I can give you some advice. What's the bankroll you have set aside for poker? Do you just want to take a shot and it doesn't hurt you if you loose, or do you wanna build your bankroll? Do you want to play tourney or cash game? Have you already played for real money? In live games? What's your skill level?

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As we were discussing evolution, my friend says "I know that it's been proven, but it's not real because as a Christian I choose not to believe it." What do you think of her statement? Your friend is definately not a hypocrite, that statement is admirably strong-minded, yet also very tragic. Her faith is so strong that she believes AGAINST all the evidence. The good thing is she doesn't deny that there is evidence, she is honest enough to admit that yet stays with her firm belief. It very much reminds me of the following (tragic) story:...

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At what point do you believe a fetus attains its soul? I don't believe in 'souls', but I think that at about 4-5 months there are enough organs and nerves developed that the life is worth to be protected, even though it's still far from actual consciousness.

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Are secret agents really given numbers instead of names? Dang it, you figured it out. I need to hide now.

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Atheists: How do you believe in love without any objective measurable data to prove it? What about pain? Depression? Aren't there a lot of things we take on faith? There is tons of evidence for love. Love can be seen in actions a reasonable person would not do if the person wouldn't love someone (for example give one's own life for the other person). It can be seen in the way you look at someone. The hormones released by the brain can be measured in the blood (being in love, especially in the fresh stages, releases hormones that have a...

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Why do some Christians feel like they need to correct everybody? Why can't they just show unconditonal love like God does and if the opportunity presents itself share what CHrist has done in their life without having to tell everybody their wrong . Imagine you truly believed that non-Christians, homosexuals and 'bad' people will be tormented eternally in hell, wouldn't it be 'humane' to try to save them?

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How can an impersonal, inanimate thing create a personal, intelligent, living being? If it is at all possible, please give examples. Inanimate things don't 'create'. Let me answer with a question: How can an intelligent, conscious designer capable of answering prayers and knowing the future just happen to be there? That designer needs an even better explanation that everything that exists since he is obviously more complex. The only way it makes some sort of sense is when simplicity leads to...

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Do you think white people are white because the came from Europe, where it's often overcast, and black people are black because they come from Africa, where it is very sunny? There is indeed a correlation betweeen climate and skind color, however climate is only half the story. Sexual selection also plays a big role. Whatever the small differences in the beginning are, they will become enlarged because each culture develops an 'ideal' face form and skin color.

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Why does life have to end? why not forever live? Entropy. Life is remarkable since it escapes the effects of entropy for a certain amount of time, but eventually, it will have to surrender to the second law of thermodynamics. Additionally, 'life' is the consequence of genes getting replicated for their 'fitness' value. Organisms exist because of the competition of genes and their evolution. There is no force driving...

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Why do you think that humanity evolved on earth and why? Most species seem to follow a predator/prey relationship. However, on earth humans have no natural predator. All the answers have missed a crucial point: Natural selection is not just about surviving (getting enough to eat, running away from predators and so on), even though surviving is obviously very important. If an animal doesn't reproduce, all it's good genes for surviving die out! Reproduction is vitally important too, and this is where sexual selection comes into play. The...

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According to one AB member humans are a kind of mutant monkey but according to evolutionary theory are they more accurately a kind of mutant ape? Well according to Mister Garrison, they are the 'retarded offspring of five monkeys having butt sex with a fish-squirrel'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMe4n9KP_IE Such stupid misrepresentations don't really help the case. We are apes (biological family of 'great apes'). Therefore, we share recent common ancestors with all the other great apes (Chimpanzees,...

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How do i get more FFP (frequent player points) on Pokerstars? Just play for real money on the site, you will get frequent player points at a constant rate, on FullTilt it is 7 points per 1$ rake, I would assume it's something similar on stars. For tourneys you can just look at the rake, in cashgames it's harder to calculate how much you will get, but also there you will earn points for every pot you play depending on how much rake they take.

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Are crocodiles and alligators considered dinosaurs like birds are? No, crocodiles and alligator are less closely related to dinosaurs than birds. While birds descended directly from certain dinosaurs, the ancesotors of crocodiles lived at the same time as dinosaurs. They share a common ancestor with dinosaurs a bit earlier since both dinosaurs and crocodiles are reptiles. You can imagine it like this, if a dinosaur is the father of a bird, then crocodiles...

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If AB's comment option was removed, would you remain an active member of the site? No I would leave. Comments is what's most important for me, I've had many interesting and challenging discussions here.

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Are monkeys still evolving? Yes, but you have to understand that evolution has no goal. Evolution happens because certain genes/mutations make the particular individual survive longer and reproduce more often, therefore those genes will become more frequent in the next generation. As long as there are possible mutations and re-combinations that improve the 'fitness' of a species regarding to survival and...

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What happens to the prey population when there are no predators? Rapid growth of the population followed by an even more rapid decline further down than it was with predators. Look up 'Kaibab' as an example.

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Why all athiests get really mad or irritated when they were questioned? (they rate me negative even though I am not a religious person) So did you get mad at your own question? If not, then you should stop generalizing a group of people, especially when this group is defined by the lack of something, namely religious belief.

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If humans evolved from monkey's/apes, why are they still here? I'm sorry I've already answered this question. But it just occured to me that I've saved an explanation and introduction for evolution. So in case you're interested, you can read it here. At the end of the answer, I'll also give you a link where I've summarized some evidence for evolution. It's long and you don't have to read it, but I encourage...

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If humans evolved from monkey's/apes, why are they still here? This question appears about every month. It's based on a fundamental misunderstanding of evolutionary theory. Humans did not evolve from monkeys, both species share a common ancestor that evolved into humans AND monkeys. We are not 'higher evolved' than monkeys, we just took a different path. Monkeys adapted to the life in trees and jungle, therefore they're better...

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When you realize that the Bible has spoken against some aspect of your lifestyle, do you agree with that the Bible is the ultimate authority and then change your lifestyle? Why or why not? No, I don't want to base my life on the teachings of a barbaric bronze age tribe (Old Testament).

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Where did curiosity, and questions originate?, and do you think that the human race will ever evolve to become so intelligent that we will no longer have to wonder about anything again? Curiousity is an evolutionary adaptation, humans fill the 'cognitive niche'. It helped us survive, therefore it evolved. Why would we become more intelligent? Evolution happens because the individuals who live long and have lots of offspring pass on more of their genes than others. So all genes that make individuals live long and have a lot of offspring will be favored. Do you...

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Does anyone know or understand the useful purpose behind the original old testament Law of Deut 22:11? I am of the belief God didn't set forth Laws for no good reason, so what was the reason behind this one? Haha that's random. Maybe he just makes some laws so that he has more opportunites to punish people for disobeying him? Honestly, when I read the OT it does seem like that's what God intends.

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Evolutionists: please explain how the Bombadier beetle obtained its adaptation of its major acid defense. That's a popular example, here's a video about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daONxbSR9WE&NR=1 By the way, those lectures are really informative, you should watch the whole series if you're interested in how evolution works.

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SCANDAL: Which do you consider worse moral behavior in our politicians: sexual misbehavior or financial transgression such as taking bribes, profiting from inside knowledge, etc...? Clearly financial transgression, their sexual adventures and preferences are their personal matter and I don't care about it. They should do their job though and not be corrupt, that's why they're in office.

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Evolutionist: please explain in detail how an electric eel got the ability to shock the surrounding area? and what animal was it prior to this event that did not have that ability?(please be specific) Electric eels aren't eels, they belong to the gymnotides (knife fish). Electricity is available for pretty much all animals, nerve signals are based on weak electric currents. Electric eels exploited this capacity and it evolved to become stronger. In the beginning, there probably was a small electric field that they could use for navigation. The stronger it became, the further was...

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Does anyone have unanswered questions they want answered? well im bord and want to see how many i can answer, so please send them a rolling. http://www.answerbag.co.uk/q_view/1539866 http://www.answerbag.co.uk/q_view/1282071 Thanks for the offer, those were the only ones I found, unfortunately I can only find my last 50 questions and not older ones.

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Should "... the future of biomedical research in the United States [be entrusted] to a man who sincerely believes that a scientific understanding of human nature is impossible?" - NYTimes Op-Ed. See Link Very good question+ This man is a walking oxymoron. He must have some double-standard mentality, think one way while he's doing science and another way when he's thinking about religion. He's a good scientists though, so it seems to work somehow.. I'm kinda surprised that Obama chose him, because unlike most of his predecessors, Obama seems to notice the problems that...

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If meaning came from something and something came from nothing, what is the meaning of anything? This means that there is no absolute meaning, only relative meaning based on personal interpretations in a frame of reference. The universe as a whole does not care in any way what happens to a particular assembly of atoms that make up your brain, it's all mechanical and physical processes and reactions that are indifferent to any sort of meaning. For you yourself however, those...

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Do you believe something really bad is gonna happen in the year 2012 like some people believe? Let's see how far we've come

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Exactly how far apart are humans set from animals? We are animals, more closer, we belong into the family of the 'great apes', as do chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans. It's our biological heritage. However, there is an important difference between us and the rest of the animals, namely that we are capable of asking such questions. The difference is smaller than we might think though, some apes have very primitive forms of...

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I need some advice, please open for more details...question is too long to post. ah thanks everyone :) Well one piece of advice is that you should improve your spelling. And that story sounds kinda made up, but since there's a chance of it being true you should start out trusting him. Don't call that would be paranoid and controling, and wouldn't really help the situation. What you have to do is talk to him later and clearly explain how you feel and why you feel that way. Ask...

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Can you name a pop / rock song with the lyrics / title about God? Devil in a midnight mass - Billy Talent A devil in a midnight mass, He prayed behind stained glass A memory of Sunday class Resurrected from the past Hold your breath and count to four Pinky swears don't work no more Footsteps down the hallway floor Getting closer to my door I was alive but now I'm singing Silent night for the rest of my life Silent night for the rest...

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Atheists: what (if any) criteria should be used to determine what is moral or immoral? Or, should each individual decide for him/herself? Why ask only atheists? Everyone should use criteria for morality, and I highly doubt that Christians or other religious people get their morals directly from the Bible. There are lots of awful things in the Bible, also Christians pick and choose based on another moral compass, the thing you're interested in. Humans are very social animals. We are born with empathy because empathy proved...

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Do you stop yourself DRing answers, just so you wont look like a meanie to those that check your profile. What would you consider to be a bad % of + ratings given, and would it change your view on someone if they had a bad % of + ratings given I never downrate opinions, but whenever someone states facts that are clearly wrong I'll downrate it, since this happens quite a lot in the 'controversive' categories I spend most of my time on AB (evolution and religion), my profile shows 'positive ratings given 80%'. If that is 'mean' to others then what should I do, I'm an honest and direct person and...

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Do you think if there is some kind of failure in life ,commiting suicide is a good thing to do? I don't think 'failure' is a good enough reason, there are almost always ways to fix things and start over again. But if there really is no way then death is definately better than suffering.

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Would you date a christian girl, who was very traditional.. and wanted to wait until marriage to have sex. someone who didnt drink or do drugs, swear..loved children.. and is 19 and still is yet to have a bf. also a very sweet girl.. but shy. Depends on the exact believes. I myself am an atheist, but I wouldn't have a problem dating such a person as long as she isn't too extreme in her views. I love science, and if she believes stuff like the earth is 6000 years old, evolution is a lie and being gay is a choice then I would argue with her too often. I have no problem accepting faith, belief without evidence, but I have...

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If we are so close to CHIMPS with our 23 pair of chromosones and their are 24 in a chimp. why do you not consider us closer related to the HARE(rabbit) that also have 23 chromosones? Scientists demonstrated that chromosome number 2 of the human genome is the product of a fusion between two chromosomes, which by the way is a nice piece of evidence for evolution.

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What was the advantage of becoming a primary consumer in early earth when most living things were Primary Producers? No competition in that niche.

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Do you think being gay is a sin?? I think so because i think it's psychological more than physical problem..so no one is born gay..and he can be cured just like other disease??what do you think? People are born gay and that's proven. You are being ignorant and disrespectful calling it a disease. Is it a sin? I don't believe in god, but if you do, ask yourself why god would allow people to be born gay. Does he expect those people to never love a person?

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Why male have breast,what is the use of it? Because embrionic development works that way. The gender is decided later than the first stages of embryo development. It's like this in all mammals.

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Did anyone see Ben Steins movie Expelled? Did that not carry any weight with people who believe in evolution? I've seen scenes from it and read reviews of it. It's horrible propaganda and dumbing down the people even more. I have no respect for people who give their name for such a movie. It has misinterpreted so many fact and built so many straw-mans.

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Does belief in evolution lead to atheism? No, there are many Christians, Muslims, Jews and other religious people who accept evolution. However, there are almost no atheists who don't accept evolution. If evolution were wrong, atheists would have a serious problem explaining why animals look as though they were 'designed'.

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What is definition of death? stopping of brain or stopping of heart? irraparable and complete brain damage

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Does delusions of intellectual superiority and unfunny mockery of religion show up the limitations of atheist ideology? The word 'unfunny' seems to interrupt the flow of the question, maybe you should replace it with 'witless'.

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Do people that believe in evolution also believe in God as well I'm from Europe, and without trying to be arrogant, I think in most European countries the education system is better than in the US. So evolution is much better accepted here, even though there is still some resentment, especially from the older generation. Anyways, most people here accept evolution, yet there are still many Christians, so they do find a way to unify it. The way is...

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If creation was proved as a fact, would you still believe evolution? Of course not, that would be stupid.

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Patience wins? have you already won something because of being patient? Yup, a couple of poker tourneys.

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Is there an international consensus on evolution? What exactly do you mean? Evolution is true, that's for sure, and it's a scientific consensus and every country with any kind of decent biology department obviously agrees with that.

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What is the role of Clay and Photosynthesis in Evolution? There is a fancy yet interesting hypothesis about clay playing a role in chemical evolution. Clay cristals replicate, they seed other clay cristals of their kind. If those cristals happen to pick up certain molecules due to their shape, they could have started some kind of evolution and have gotten started the actual molecules. But as I said, that's just a hypothesis. Photosynthesis was...

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I guess that the bird before he was a bird was thinking something like one day i want to fly in the air and eat bugs, i need to start developing hollow bones, feathers, wings, a different heart, and cum up with some good tunes to attract the ladies. Not really. Birds evolved out of certain small dinosaurs. Those dinosaurs presumably had hollow bones and feathers to run faster and isolate their bodies to balance temperature. They could later have started to use their feathers for gliding small distances when they start from trees. And keep in mind that those changes took millions of years, it didn't happen from one day to the...

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What do evolutionist have to say about the skeletal remains of giants anthropologist discovered all over the world? Those are dinosaurs and other extinct animals misinterpreted by creationists as giants.

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Do you believe it took humans 100,000 years to go from cave drawings to hieroglyphics when it took only 6000 to go from hieroglyphics to the Moon yet they were identical to us? Is History missing not only chapters but whole volumes? The first cave drawins are only about 40000 years old. And no, I don't think anything is missing. The discovery of writing was essential for the start of the exponential growth of knowledge. Before writing, whenever someone invented something new or had new insights, this could only have been passed on limitedly through language. Writing conserves knowledge, it enables cultural...

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Does metaphysical naturalism entail hard determinism? No, it doesn't. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle proves that hard determinism fundamentally can't work. Even if some entity knew the exact position, speed and energy level of every particle in the universe, at the quantum level the further events will have an element of 'randomness'. There is only certainty after the event has actually happened. However, naturalism...

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I believe that it takes a heck of a lot more effort to not believe then to believe in god.. who concurs? I completely disagree. I presume you believe in god because somehow you think god is the explanation for difficult questions such as 'where did we come from?' and 'why are we here?'. Well, if god is your explanation for this, I'm really not convinced. You try to explain how something complex and improbable (us humans) came into existance by invoking something...

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In humans the median birthweight of infants is nearly identical to the birthweight that confers (produces) the lowest frequency of infant mortality. Assuming that birthweight is influenced by selection, what kind of selection is involved? explain I'm not sure this is the right answer, but I'll take a stab at it: Involved is r-selection and not K-selection. (In r-selection, the goal is as much offspring as possible, in K-selection, the 'quality' is more important). The birthweight is small, so that the mother survives birth most of the time and can have more babies. The birth weight is not increased to give the...

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Speaking of reasons to abort, are kids really better off dead than poor? Wouldn't most poor people commit suicide if that were the case? It's not about being poor. If you want to have a child, you should have it, even if your poor and the child won't be all spoiled, as long as you have love, that's okay. The problem is that if you don't think it's the right time to have a child, or don't think you live in an appropriate environment for the child (drugs, alcohol, too young maybe..), then you can...

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Does religion make one a better person? IMO not. 'With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion'. - Stephen Weinberg

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For those who believe, or more appropiately, accept the Evolution theory, would you be willing to tell me a little more about evolution and how there's a bunch of evidence for it? I'm kind of curious about it. From reading the comments here, you do seem to have at least a basic understanding of how evolution works. Here is some evidence for it summarized in my standard answer to this sort of question: SOME EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION: A: I would say the strongest evidence is molecular evidence. Humans, and all the other mammals, have still genes (altough they aren't being used, they are just in...

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What facts are there that evolution is the truth? SOME EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION: A: I would say the strongest evidence is molecular evidence. Humans, and all the other mammals, have still genes (altough they aren't being used, they are just in our DNA) that are relicts from our ancient ancestors. We have genes that were useful for survival in the oceans. Whales, mammals that went back into the water, have two sets of genes for surviving in...

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Doesn't the existence of God, or some Divine intelligence only seem logical? After reflecting, how could the universe come out of "nothing"? Nothing comes from..nothing! Right? This seems more reasonable that the alternative, being it was an accident! Definately not, and I don't get how people cant see it. It amazes me again and again. Why do people think the answer 'god created everything' makes sense?? It makes no sense at all. You start out having to account for the existance of a 'relatively simple' universe, and end up with postulating the most complex being ever, a god capable of intelligently designing the...

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If human and animals supposedly evolved, how did the elements of life came into existence (for example: water, fire, rocks)? Fire an element of life? You should do some research.. And evolution doesn't deal with anything else than biology, it starts from a replicator and explains the diversity of life. Could you do me a favor and memorize this, so you won't keep posting the same kind of questions forever and ever? Because I'm tired of it..

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Anybody like the band Rise Against? and whats your favorite song by them? Hero of War, I'm surprised I'm the first one to say that..

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Does God really exist and if HE does, in comparison to creating the world in 7 days, creating light from darkness etc, can HE really be bothered to listen, let alone answer our petty day and night daily prayers? Most likely not. God is much too complex to just be there, where did he come from? And praying truly is paradoxical almost on a comical level if you think about it. I remember playing in the soccer team and pray for winning before the match, the other team did the same thing. Which team will god choose lol? Or what's the point of praying for stuff like tests, just learn and then you get a...

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I often wonder what the world would have been like if Eve was the only one to eat the "forbidden apple,'' and Adam had blatantly refused. Any comments? Women would have suffered even more opression, yet other than that, everything woulda stayed the same. Adam and Eve didn't exist, not the way Genesis portrays it at least.

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Why do you think humans evolved to feel embarrassment; how does it serve us? It keeps a good reputation since humans dont want to embarrass themselves. Individuals with good reputation were more likely to live longer (because they got help from others) and reproduce more often. That's what it all comes down to when you ask for the 'use' of a biological trait.

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What is the most difficult contradiction to explain if you interpret the Christian Bible literally? Evolution and the age of the earth

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I am listening to an evoloution teacher say that dog and banana have the same dna and the dog evolved from the banana.They can believe animals evolved from non living things. Any thoughts?It's on sermon audio.com. My thoughts: This is HORRIBLE. How can those people fill the minds of others with such bullshit? The stuff you're listening is creationist propaganda. No evolution teacher would say such stuff. Here is what evolution is all about, and what evidence there is to support it: It’s a lot but I really encourage you to take it seriously and read it thoroughly. It's a very...

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Can atheism be backed up by logic and rationalism? If so give it a try! (I ask this question merely because i asked the same one directed at theism and am yet to get a substantial answer. Was wondering how you AB atheists would do :) And here the extended version: You assume that god is a more or less good explanation for the question of how we got here. That's not true, god is pretty much the worst explanatin you can get. Here is why: Something coming from nothing is hard to accept. Something always being there is also hard to accept, yet more likely. So what is this something? The more complex something is,...

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Can atheism be backed up by logic and rationalism? If so give it a try! (I ask this question merely because i asked the same one directed at theism and am yet to get a substantial answer. Was wondering how you AB atheists would do :) Ockham's razzor. (and I already gave you that answer in the other thread, why did you ignore it?)

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If you could recommend 1 or 2 books on Evolution or general science to a Christian, what would they be? The Blind Watchmaker - Richard Dawkins A short history of nearly everything - Bill Bryson The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins Unweaving the Rainbow - Richard Dawkins Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Daniel Dennet In this order. The first books provides a bascic understanding of evolution and why it is so important. The second book sets evolution into it's context in science,...

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Atheists, I am giving a speech in school.I would like to take some of the most difficult questions man has to offer head on. Seriously, will you please give me some hard questions you may have or had about about God or His Word? It will be apprecitated. Where did god come from? Why did god create a universe with hundred billions of galaxies, each galaxy containing hundreds of billions of stars, and then, planted humans, the 'crown of his creation', on one small planet orbitting one of those stars, and this after, on the same planet, millions of species have lived and gone extinct for 3.5 billion years, so humans have only existed...

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Many people believe that we should respect other people's sincerely held beliefs. So, how about it creationists, should you respect the opinions of scientists or not? This question is nonsense, evolution is not a 'sincerely held belief', it's a scientific theory based on tons of evidence. It's not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of evidence.

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This is a question for those of you who don't believe in god because it's no scientific, Why do you believe in randomness? I try not to 'believe' things, I try to find evidence for my views and I accept the view that most likely is the right one - based on evidence. Based on your question, it seems you assume that god is a more or less good explanation for the question of how we got here. And you don't think the alternative 'randomness' as you somewhat misleadingly call it, is a bad...

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Why is it easier for scientists to believe in evolution than creationism? Haven't scientists failed to provide groundbreaking evidence (the stuff that they worship) that supports the idea that new species can evolve from existing ones? Scientists don't worship evidence. And no, they haven't failed, evolution has been accepted as a scientific and fact for decades, one is left wondering where you were educated... SOME EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION: A: I would say the strongest evidence is molecular evidence. Humans, and all the other mammals, have still genes (altough they aren't being used, they are just in our...

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Can someone think of a reasons why philosophy's history is more impotant to philosophers than, say the history of physics is to physicist? Very good question! I'm taking a philosophy class, and I don't like it because all we do is talk about out-of-date philosopher. Of course it's interesting to see what they thought, but it is bad if thats all we do. Might as well call it history. Why bother what people thought about the nature of human beings before 1859? If they don't know about evolution, they can't...

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Atheists: Against suicide or don't care? You don't believe in sin, so who cares, right? I normally don't answer questions with 40 answers, but this one is important, and maybe I'm lucky and someone will actually read it sometime. I don't care if people commit suicide as long as it's the best choice out of all choices. Sometimes people really don't have much choice and are suffering, then they should end the suffering. However, I'm against...

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It's my opinion that atheism is a type of religion? It's a belief in nothing. Probably a stronger than the Christian or Jewish religion, since they are steadfast in their non-belief. Definately not, it's not a religion. Atheism has no dogmas, no set of believes, all that defines an atheist is that he doesn't believe in god. It's like someone that 'doesn't collect comics'. Would you call this a hobby? If yes, I would have an infinity of hobbies, would that make sense? It's not a believe in nothing, it's just NOT a belief. ...

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Why do athiests seem to be so militant and determined to ridicule people of most faiths? I write most faiths, because I don't seem to see much ridiculing of muslims. Atheism is not a set-belief, it doesn't have dogmas or rules to live by. It's rather discriminating to start a question with 'Why do atheists', at least put in a 'some'. I can only speak for myself, I don't ridicule people, I only ridicule their believes if they are ridiculous. I speak up for what I don't believe in, because I think religion is...

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If religion and state are separate why does religion influence (particularily Christian) affect state laws etc.? Because in order to get elected to any kind of high office, an American has to be Christian (or at least pretend to be), because unfortunately the majority of the voters would not even consider voting for a non-believer or a person with a different religion than Christianity. So it's somewhat hard for politicians to try to change those influences, and they exist because they relicts of...

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Question Part 2 Should I be trying to get my brother out of the pentecostal religion? and how? So do I understand this right, you're a Catholic and don't really know what pentecostal religion is all about, and you fear that it's the wrong religion? To answer this: No you should not try to get your brother out of the pentecostal religion. He has as much rights to have his own believes as you do. He could as well try to get you out of the catholic religion. How do you...

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Is Texas hold em a game of skill? Depends on how you play. If you grind for a living, there is pretty much no luck involved, for example you 4-table sessions online of say 1000 hands with a safe bankroll management. In this case, thee luck in the long run (say 50000 hands) evens out, that's just statistics, and all it comes down to is your skill (in playing AND game selection). Same if you just play a lot in general, even...

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Can you prove evolution or not? Any evidence? Is there really a missing link? SOME EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION: A: I would say the strongest evidence is molecular evidence. Humans, and all the other mammals, have still genes (altough they aren't being used, they are just in our DNA) that are relicts from our ancient ancestors. We have genes that were useful for survival in the oceans. Whales, mammals that went back into the water, have two sets of genes for surviving in...

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If every life results in death .. Then what is the meaning of life? Why do you think that life needs to have a meaning? What's the meaning of a stone falling to earth due to gravity?

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Atheist. This is a serious question that is not meant to bash you. How do you believe we got here on earth if there is no god? How did the earth get here? and evolution can't be your answer being that you dont know how the animal you evolved from got here Sad to see that this question downrated so much. I don't see anything offensive or stupid in this question, seems like you're genuinely interested. Especially since you know the difference from evolution and other scientific theories :D +4 from me. So here the actual answer (only valid for myself personally because atheists don't have fixed beliefs, they just don't...

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God Created Man in His Own Image - True Or False? False. God most certainly doesn't exist, and if there is a creator, why would he 'create' one particular species out of millions on our planet, this planet being one out of hundreds of trillions (understatement) of planets, in 'his image'? 13.7 billion years after the initial creation, which is after 99.999% of the time that has passed since...

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If we followed the rules in the bible, there would be no need for laws? agree or disagree If we followed the rules in the bible, we would be following laws anyways. And what a horrible situation that would be! People getting killed by neighbors for working on the Sabbath, homosexuals, non-believers people of different faith would be killed, rebelling kids would be killed, slavery would be legal and women would be oppressed. Theocracy is among the very worst forms of government,...

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If a frog turns into a handsome prince quickly it's called a "fairy tale" but if a frog turn into handsome prince slowly it's called "modern science"; do you agree or disagree? and why Why don't you stop watching Kent Hovind & VenomFangX videos and actually look at the good answers you receive to your countless stupid questions?

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How did Darwin think that new species evolved? He had about the same thoughts as modern scientists today. New species evolve when a group of individuals get geographically separated, so there is no gene-flow between those two groups. The two groups then find themselves in different environments, each group adapts to the particular enviroment. The individuals with the genes most suited to the enviroment reproduce the most and live the...

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How does the fossil record support evolution? It fits perfectly into the bigger picture, it adds up with the similarities found from DNA comparison and geographical distribution of organisms. However, the importance of the fossil record is in my opinion overrated. Even though there are much more fossils than creationists want to acknowledge, and even though there are no important 'missing links', evolution would be considered...

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What do you think we (humans) evolved from? The following species, or closely related ones in that order: *Common Ancestor of Humans and Chimps*, Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo ergaster

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If I invited you on a quest to search for any real evidence to either, prove or dis-prove the evolution of 'MAN", or the creation of man by a god or the innervention by a supreme "civilization". Would you join my quest? and why or why not? I can easily proof the fact that man evolved from lower animals. However, I can't disprove that this was 'intended' by aliens, god, or any other kind of thing like i.e. a flying spaghetti monster. Disproving the intervention of a 'higher power' is impossible.

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What skin is it off the noses of the religious, if people see no reason to believe in god? If people are atheist, why does that matter? Imagine you believed that everyone who believes differently than you will be tormented in an afterlife. Wouldn't you be humane and try your best to 'save' them?

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2 part question: What is your religion/belief? You could never date people of which religions/beliefs (if any)? I'm an atheist, I don't say that I generally wouldn't date people of certain religions, but if they are fundamentalists and believe really strongly and unshakably in things that contradict science, this would soon lead to conflicts and the relationship probably wouldn't have a future.

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They have found the missing link, are you excited about this? link in my answer I think it's a cool fossil, and it definately helps us to understand early primate evolutionl, but this is blown way out of proportion. Evolution has been proven for decades, and there is no important 'missing link' anywhere, every new fossil could be considered a 'missing link'.

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Missing Link Discovered! Evolution close to proven! Evolution has been proven for decades. That fossils surely gives us a better understanding of early primate evolution, yet to call it 'breakthrough' or 'missing link' is very misleading.

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If were the results of evolution how come apes and monkey's are not giving birth to man today? How come your cousin didn't give birth to you?

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So does EVOLUTION teach RACISM? Evolution is neither a religion nor a philosophical/ethical system. All it does is state the truth about how the diversity of life came to be. By the way, racism has no foundation in biology, humans are gentically very closely related, even 'blacks' and 'whites' are of the same race (biological term). The difference in appearance and skin color is due to very few genes.

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Is consciousness something physical or a mental phenomenon (or non physical)? There is no evidence of the existance of something else than matter and energy. Therefore, it's very likely that consciousness is a product of matter and energy, therefore something physical. However, consciousness is still a mystery for biologists and philosophers. Why aren't humans just input-output machines, robots that blindly react to stimuli? Why does it feel like...

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If genetic information is only lost through random and chance and natural selction (the very thing evolution depends on to gain it) how can evolution still be accepted as a working theory? Mutation := A change in DNA, not a loss of information, it's a change of one or more 'letters' of DNA. Some mutations can involve whole chromosomes, and sometimes information is 'lost', sometimes it's added. Mutations are random, they do have causes (cosmic rays, errors in the copying process etc.), yet they are not directed by anything. Because living organisms...

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Humans and humanlike primates belong to the _______ group ape

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I dont hate anyone for their sexuality and I believe gays should have most rights as us others. But I also feel that its too much right to allow them to get married. If your allowed to marry the same gender why not your dog? Im NOT being rude btw! Because you can't 'love' hamburgers or cars, but you can love people.

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What exactly is the controversy between allopatric and sympatric speciation? Aren't they both viable? Allopatric speciation is the norm, in order for sympatric speciation to happen, it needs special environmental circumstances. For example, an environment where being 'medium sized' will be worse than 'big sized' or 'small sized', the population will then split into two sub-population with specific mating preferences. Such an environment could consist of seeds...

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Theories on the Origins of Life? Theories on the Origins of Life.? Compare and Contrast: Darwinism, Neo-Darwinism, Punctured Equilibrium, Panspermia, and Intelligent Design. In all, there will be 10 compares and contrasts. If answer too long, e-mail me. From the 'theories' you mentioned, only Neo-Darwinism is an actual scientific theory. Panspermia is a hypothesis, Punctuated Equilibrium is something between hypothesis and theory, Intelligent Design is neither. And only Panspermia and Intelligent Design deal with the origin of life. Neo-Darwinism is the advanced version of Darwinism, it explains things to greater detail. Darwinism...

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What flavor was the last ice cream cone you ate? passion fruit, strawberry and panna cotta.

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Is the name Kant in English ponounced more like can't or more like cunt? The way the British pronounce 'can't', yet with a shorter 'a'.

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This is the religion side of answer bag.So why do atheist feel the need to bash christians for their beliefs?Why don't you just go somwhere else if you don't like it?You don't go to church and bash do you?So why come here? IMO, this site is here for questions and answers, and for having fruitful discussions on those. If anyone asks a question, I feel entitled to answer it, and especially when I think the question is misleading or an answer is wrong, I point that out. Everyone is entitled to have their own believes, yet just because it's someones 'religious belief', this does't mean that...

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Who's your Embarrassing Celebrity Crush? Katy Holmes. At least I recognized that she's stupid when she joined Scientology.

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Do you think it will ever be possible to conclusively prove the existence or non-existance of a God? If God exists, then it's most likely possible to prove his existance. If he doesn't exist, it's impossible to prove his existance, because he doesn't exist, and it's impossible to prove his non-existance, since non-existance is unproveable.

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God is "a non-interfering observer," who watches our lives the way we watch a movie, and just as we don't interfere with the characters on the screen, He chooses not to get involved in our lives, other than watching them. Agree? Disagree? Why or why not? I disagree because I don't think 'God' exists.

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Do evolutionists believe in the word species? Two organisms are defined as different species when they cannot interbreed and have fertile offspring. The distinction becomes vague and fuzzy for asexual organisms, yet they too are grouped into species based on certain traits. In this sense, yes, biologists accept the definition of species (as a side note, I don't like the terms 'evolutionists' and 'believe' here)....

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What was the cost of an acre of land when the native americans owned it? negative two lives?

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What is your favorite song that has a first name (y'know, like Kathy) in the TITLE? Jessica - The Allman Brother's Band Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls

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I have become almost convinced that freewill doesn't exist, and am aware of the serious ramifications of this. (However, I intend to carry on with my life with the previous morals I had.) Can you help me with dealing with this frightening new belief? I think the same thing. When I first realized it, I randomly slapped myself in the face to trick predeterminism (what a stupid universe produces such things as a person slapping himself for that reason lol) So how to deal with it smarter? Even though at the level of atoms and neural process of your brain, cause and effect, input output and so on, free will doesn't exist, you still have...

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Does it matter what christian denomination you are from as long as you are obedient to Gods word? The whole point of denominations is that they all claim to have the perfect interpretation for 'God's word'. So the logical conclusion is as follows: 1) God exists, and he wants you to do what he said: You gotta be in the right denomination 2) a) God doesn't exist and your question becomes meaningless b) There exists a creator, but it's not the Christian god,...

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I am curious to know, the total mass of the earth without water (H2O).and the total mass of water (H2O).solid plus liquid ,inside, and on the surface of earth. mass of earth: 5.9742 × 10^24 water on the surface (and below): 1 360 000 000 km³, which is (I hate calculating that sort of stuff) 1 360 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg, or 1.36 x 10^21 kg, if you assume that all water is at a temperature of 4 degree celsius, which is actually pretty close to reality since most water is in the oceans, and at a great depth that's the average...

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What if one religion had a "must-go-to-work day" that coincided with the Christian-based "day of rest" which many American states still observe: would one get precedent over the other? The Christian day would still stay official because the majority of Americans are Christians. Even though there should be separation of church and state, Christianity has a huge influence in American politics, and there is no chance that another religion will get higher priviledges than Christianity. The only thing that's possible, is, as it is seen in some states currently, that...

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Could a human being ever be able to fly naturally with the power of thought? I say this because scientists say that we only use 10% of our brain, could it be acheived? Definately not. Evolution is not something that just keeps making humans stronger and gives them superpowers. Evolution is a blind process without a goal. Basically the individuals who grow old and have lots of offspring will pass their genes on more often than individuals who don't get very old and don't get much offspring. That's it. Whatever qualities make you have a lot...

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Would it be ethical to kill an innocent human being to save 10 evil human beings? There is no such thing as an 'evil human being'. People are only in a limited sense responsible for their actions, most of it is predetermined by society and circumstances of life. Having said that, I would say it's not okay, because the 10 others on average won't contribute to more human happiness.

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Do you believe in the paranormal, yes/no and why? Tell me your experiances, have you ever seen/been saved by an angel? No, paranormal things by definiton don't exist. People call things paranormal because they don't understand it. But there has to be something that explains it, if we knew enough, we could explain it, there is nothing supernatural, only things we can't explain yet. And additionally, no claim about paranormal occurences has ever stood up to scientific investigation. Nothing is...

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What is considered good and what is considered evil? This is how I see it, please inform me if you see any inconsistencies. You start by defining the basis for the subjective judgement of something into good/evil. The basis would be 'good for WHAT?' Good would then be any action/motive that benefits your basis, and evil would be any action/motive that damages the basis. Example: Since we're humans, it makes sense to define...

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Is everything that happens pre-determined? No. The reason is Heisenbergs uncertainty principle, it is fundamentally impossible to determine the speed and the exact location of a quantum particle/wave at the same time. Matters at quantum level are to some extent random, therefore, the outcomes will be somewhat random as well. However, Newton's law of action and reaction still applies, so humans don't have 'free...

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Are there any evolutionists out there willing to answer some questions for me? I have a theory that I am kind of working on, and would like to pick your brains.. sure, altough I wouldn't refer to myself as 'evolutionist'. I think the term is somewhat misleading cuz it sounds like that would be something special, even religion like. Anyways, I think I have a very good understanding of evolutionary theory. I'd be interested in what you've been thinking about it.

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Is it remotely possible that monkeys or apes evolved from the canid species? Given that the majotiy of evolution was to 'improve' or survive better than the last. No, that's like saying 'is it remotely possible that me and my brother evolved from our cousins?'. Both apes and canids are on the 'same level', you'd have to go a level down to find their common ancestor.

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Atheist: Would you ever marry a Christian? (Reverse question can apply as well) I would, as long as she's not a Creationist.

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Can you imagine homo sapiens dividing into subspecies? If so, where would be the separation? If genetical engineering of humans will be legalized, it could be possible that in the far future there will be a race of 'superhumans', the rich people who design their babies, and the poor/religiously opposed people who don't do that. Natural selection is too slow to produce sufficient change for speciation in humans, since there is gene flow everywhere, but with artificial...

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Does anyone like KFC other than me? I've never eaten there because I hate their commercials.

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Do international Starbucks do well? if you live outside the US, what do you think of starbucks coffee? is it good or bad? (i have to do research on Starbucks for a class i'm in) I live in Switzerland, and Starbucks is doing very well here, it's got one at every corner in the major cities here. It's clearly overpriced, but who cares, it's just too good to not go there. Perfect athmosphere for students who want to have some time to relax at noon between the classes, or just to hang out after school.

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What are theories? In science, a theory is a set of facts and explanations that explain a phenomomenon. A theory in science is something proven, it has had to be verified by countless experiments and observations, and it has had to stand up against people trying to discredit it. In every-day language, a theory is more like an more or less educated guess, just something that could be true but isn't...

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Do all "Great claims require great proof." Yes, or if not proof in the mathematical sense, then at least great evidence.

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What is the longest word you can think of? In German, you can combine words to make a long one, like 'place of birth' -> 'birthplace'. The longest word I can come up with with this method is the following: Vierwaldstätterseeschifffahrtsgesellschaftsangestelltenversicherungsnummer It means something like 'insurance number of a employe of the 'vierwaldstätter' lake boat company'....

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Is it true that as more challenges arise, it allows the brain to develop/evolve in humans? No. Evolution is slow, it takes thousands of years to show significant change. And the only case in which this would happen were if for some reason, smarter humans would have more babies than less smart people, which is generally not the case, even when there are 'challenges'.

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If evoloution is true, why aren't all (or most) of our creation stories about the great mother monkey that gave us all life? Why don't you rephrase your question as follows: 'If religions were true, why aren't all of our creation stories about DNA and natural selection?'

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Should we interfere with natural selection by saving animals who are dying because of something we didn't cause?Example, white nose syndrome in bats (see URL).Doesn't this prevent species from evolving much as we allow the weak of our species to reproduce Evolution is neither good nor bad so there is nothing wrong with preventing animals from evolving if it saves the population. Bats are somewhat useful for us because they eat the annoying insects, but other than that, they're just one out of million species. Should we invest so much effort to save them? I don't know, a case could be made to preserve the variety, which is always...

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Why did the aliens in "Signs" invade Earth if water could kill them? The planet's surface is at least 70% water. And why the hell were they not able to open a wooden door? I mean they could travel through space, so they should be able to get that freaking door open. Signs is the most unlogical movie I've ever watched!

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Are "good" people dealt bad hand in life because they are "good" people or are they good people because they have been dealt bad hand? none of the above. Actually there probably is a tendency to the opposite, bad people are often dealt bad cards, but most of it is just a matter of accident.

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There is target from creation of female and male (as to reproduce) .if the nature create man .how it can understand this target? lust

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Why does AB have a category for human evolution but not for evolution in general? Do people only care about the evolution of humans? Earlier, it was actually a subcategory in 'humans'. I made a complaint about this like two months ago. Recently they changed it and made a big category out of it. I suppose they just have forgotten to change to the title. Many people think about humans as the end result of evolution or somthing like that, they don't get that we're just one of millions of equally...

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Is the only reason we die because we see it as an inevitability? no, this is not a even a reason.

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Are blacks closer to the ape stage in evolution We are all apes, this is our biological classification. There is no ape-stage in our evolution, we didn't evolve from modern apes, we share ape-like ancestors which evolved into us AND the other apes. All humans are very closely related, the differences are small.

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How do you play Razz? Basically the worst hand wins. If people play to the showdown, they will then have 7 cards, five of them count for the hand. Aces count as 1, the goal is to get the lowest hand. Str8s and flushes are ignored, pairs are bad and high cards too. The best hand is A2345. Second best A2346. A2349 is worse than A5678. You get three cards to begin with, two of them are hole cards which only you can...

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One day in the far future will an evolutionist dig up bones in North America and conclude Europeans evolved from Native Americans? No. Scientists don't just dig up bones and then make random guesses. They look at the strata they're in, and determine when that they fossilized. So they would see that both lived at the same time, hence no evolution. Additionally, native Americans and Europeans are the same species, they're even the same race, biologically speaking. Homo sapiens is a homogeneous species, the...

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MEN: You meet the woman of your dreams and she is everything you ever wanted But she tells you she is not into oral sex(BJ) would that change how you feel about her? If the first part of your sentence is to be true then 'MEN:' obviously don't consider oral sex something that they can't live with.

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When evolution becomes totally proven as a fact of life (Darwin's law) will there likely be some pockets of hard core fundamentalists who refuse to accept the fact? Evolution is a fact. Evolution has been totally proven since dozens of years. Creationists are backwooders.

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Why should I listen to the bible, written by a bunch of dead guys who are long gone? Cause dead guys who can write are pretty extraordinary, I would be interested in what they wrote, maybe they tell you how it is to be dead...

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Is poverty a punishment from God? God most likely doesn't exist.

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Has anyone ever quoted to bible to you to make a point, but what they said made no sense? Countless times.

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How long will scientists look in vain for the so called "missing link" before one suggests maybe we did not evolve, maybe we were selected? Did you check out the link I gave you on that other question? You still have many misconception about evolution, it's really good though that you seem interested though and ask questions. What 'missing link' are you talking about? Evolution doesn't need a single fossil to be considered proven, there are many other convincing proofs. Additionally, the fossil record is...

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Does "evolution" imply falsely only one direction, as if nature has a design and cares not only for simple survival but also human notions of advancement? Nature definately doesn't care for human notions of advancement. We are the product of a blind process, we happened to live under selection pressures which favored intelligence, and because in the case of our evolutionary history the brighter 'people' (or whatever else you want to call our ancestors) survived, we are now able to think about such questions. However, there is...

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What guides mutation? Was it random? Mutations are completely ranom when you look at their direction. They are caused by cosmic rays, mitosis and other things. The average mutation rate of DNA is very low, but because organisms have a lot of DNA, each generation, many mutations happen. DNA is made up of the building blocks A, T, C and G. Through mutations, some building blocks can change, for example A to G. Or whole genes or...

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Under evolutionary theory if there is no other purpose than survival then organisms can go backwards as well. How do we know we are smarter when our leaps are smaller than say the invention of language? The genes that are best for survival and reproduction in a given environment will spread in the population. If the environment changes, the selection pressure changes and adaption can go into a different direction. Most of our evolutionary history, we spent as foragers in Africa. Only recently, we ourself, 'outrun' natural selection. We evolved intelligence, primarily because it made...

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What do you think is wrong about being gay or a lesbian? neither good nor bad.

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Who believes that choices change future, and who believe that no matter what choices one makes there is a only one destiny? I believe neither: I don't believe in free will, causes have effects, and the same causes have the same effects. Therefore, we can't influence our actions freely. However, there is a certain element of randomness. The Heisenberg principle states that one fundamentally cannot determine the speed and the exact location of a quantum particle. The same particle might do one thing in...

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Taylor swift best songs? Our Song

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Do you think nepotism is so bad if the people are qualified, though this is usually not the case? Or is it bad because of these very flaws? It's not bad if the people are qualified. In our evolutionary history, leaders always gave high positions to their relatives because they could trust them. Today in our open society, the best qualified person should get a job. Relatedness might be counted as factor for good qualification, so it can work and still be considered fair.

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My bananas brown should i eat it I wouldn't, it's too squishy, if it still tastes okay you can make a banana-milkshake out of it now.

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I have heard many times people say, "Don't say that, it'll insult people because of their beliefs." For what reason should beliefs of others be honoured or respected? People should not be insulted because of their believes just for the sake of insulting them (Golden Rule), however, if insulting is a byproduct of a higher goal, i.e. making them think again about their believes, trying to stop them from discriminating against others or keep teaching their false believes, and if this can't be done without insulting, then the insulting is unfortuanately...

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Is knowledge the enemy of faith? Yes. There was a time when people thought that lightening was the act of an angry god, when people thought that diseases were punishements for bad people, when people thought that humans were specially created by a creator. Ignorance favored supernatural explanation, instead of admitting 'I don't know' and trying to figure things out, those people chose the easy way out...

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Do you believe God has an all seeing eye? like Sauron from Lord of the Rings? I doubt it.

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Why do people feel the need to attack others who believe in God on this website by asking question they know will envoke a heated debate? Ever considered the possibility that such a debate is needed? Debates can be fruitful for both sides. If someone holds a belief, he shouldn't be afraid to defend that belief. If he can't, then the belief is unfounded and most likely wrong. One should specially challenge believes that lead to ignorance, close-mindedness and discrimination. Most religious believes unfortunately fall...

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What do you think of this statement? The arts (literature, music, art, theater, etc) are essential to our souls - no matter if we create ourselves or fully take in that created by others. Sounds like nonsense to me, I can't figure out the definition of 'souls' or 'creat ourselves'.

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I'd like to be a nihilist no more--but I have been unsuccessful in convincing myself that life has meaning, is worth living, and that there are actions that I should strive to do. Can someone help me? Life doesn't have a meaning, yet it still happened to you. You are alive. This link shows the first chapter of 'Unweaving the Rainbow' by Richard Dawkins. It's the best argument against pessimistic nihilism that I know of: http://www.richarddawkins.net/firstChapter,5 And here another passage from Carl Sagan's 'A pale blue dot'. While illustrating how...

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Have you ever tried chocolate with cayenne pepper in it? Yes, I'm from Switzerland, we have all kinds of chocolate :D I love it! That's my favorite chocolate here: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l-lSGZT_Ito/SFFMVnduyKI/AAAAAAAAACM/LADz_cosRew/s400/Excellence_Chili_res.jpg Gotta go eat some now lol.

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Are ethiopians racially still black, sicne they tend to have more 'white' facial features than most blacks in africa? Like less kinky hair, smaller noses, smaller lips, etc? There is no biological justification to classify people into different races. Homo sapiens is one homogeneous species, the differences in appearance are the result of very small genetic differences and aren't enough at all amount in different races.

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How could anyone believe in atheism when there is no proof that god doesn't exist? Atheism is NOT a religion. Simple the fact that one doesn't believe in god makes you an atheist. It's not an active believe that there is no god, it's just the lack of believe in a god, that's a significant difference. Additionally, one cannot disprove anything. Flying unicorns, easter bunnies, leprechauns, Santa Claus, they might all exist, we can't disprove it. But...

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Can anyone explain why, when we share a common ancestor, Monkeys don't seem to be as evolved as we are, and certainly aren't as advanced? Monkeys climb trees much better then you do. They could as well say humans suck at climbing and consider themselves more advanced. What matters is how a species is adapted to their environment. Monkeys survive pretty well where they live. Humans have found another niche, the cognitive niche, they change the environment instead of being changed by it. It works too, so both species survive and...

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What are the Top Three Arguments for atheism? I'm organizing a debate for school, so serious answers only, please. 1. 'The argument from Complexity' How did the universe begin? Something had to be there first. (note that ironically this is the very same way that the most famous argument for theism starts). This something is either god, or it is something else, energy or some sort of quantum fluctuation. Now how big are the odds that god 'just is there'? An omnipotent, omniscient being...

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Were you inspired by the New President's Inaugural Speech? Yes, it was pretty impressive. He spoke it by heart, all of it. He even acknowledged that non-believers are Americans :D (unlike certain other former presidents), and he said that he will give science the right place. He does seem willing to change a lot, and I think this is what we need. However, those were just words. This was the easy part. Now there is a lot of work to be done. I'm...

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What is meant by the term "horsemen of the apocalypse"? 'He looked up at the sky, which was sullen, streaked and livid, and reflected that it was the sort of sky that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse wouldn't feel like a bunch of complete idiots riding out of.' -- Mostly Harmless (HHGTTG), by Douglas Adams

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If we were created in God's image does that mean apes were created in our image? God created apes? Where did you get that from? It's not even in the Bible (not that the Bible has any authority on such claims anyway), and it's clearly not supported by science. All life evolved from a self replicating molecule/cycle that was formed 3.5 billion years ago. How was this first replicator formed? Some say by chance, some say, without any evidence and without...

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Do you believe that the United States of America is a Christian country? Why/why not? Yes it is - unfortunately. Even though the constitution clearly demands separation of church and state, sometime America reminds me of a theocracy. It's ironic, American soldiers fight fundamentalist Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan, yet the president is talking about a 'holy war' himself. Just by looking at who ran as vice president in the last election (and...

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I'm Christian-Baptist and I'm dating a Mormon. We're 17. Both of us are okay with each others religions and we respect them, but our parents aren't as happy as we are. Any way I can impress his parents to show them I'm a good girl for their son? It makes me angry to read such questions. Can't those pastors just mind their own freaking business?? You don't need to really impress them (don't do anything foolish like making a plan to first attack and then rescue their cat or whatever, I think I've watched to many movies...) anyway, stay respectful and true to your ideals. What matters is that you and your boyfriend...

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Does it say anywhere in the bible that one would not be accepted into heaven if one does not have faith or is a atheist? Yes, there is one unforgiveable sin: Blasphemy against the holy spirit. Don't ask me why.

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If you are an atheist, what made you become one? A life event/change? Were you just brought up that way? Or do you just not see a reason to believe without proof? I was raised Christian. As soon as I realized that the Easter bunny was fake, I started to question the existance of God, and especially of a Christian God, since i realized that there are dozens of religions in the world, so why should mine be right? I kinda believed in an universal god (non Christian), but I never really cared about it. Then I went for one year to a really Christian...

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Is evolution intelligent? No. I like Richard Dawkins analogy: 'The Blind Watchmaker'.

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Is religion good or bad? Has it been good or bad? Is it needed anymore? Religion is bad and it's not needed anymore. Religion teaches you to be satisfied with not knowing how things work. It teaches you that 'fait' - belief without evidence - is a virtue. This clearly closes the minds of people, they are indoctrinated with lies. So many people in America still believe in creationism, this is horrible! Many people seem to think that religions,...

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Evolutionists: When, where, why, and how did man evolve feelings? Love, mercy, guilt, etc. would never evolve in the theory of evolution. Humans are social animals, and feelings are vitally important to our life. Look at chimpanzees and other apes and imagine our ancestors. Some examples: Love (for relatives): Makes you help and protect them, more of your relatives survive, they share your genes, therefore the genes making you love them survive as well. This way, even self sacrifices for one's relatives makes sense in...

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Evolutionists: how did male and female reproductive organs evolve at the same time? Two assexual organisms wih same reproductive organs. One gets through mutation a litte big bigger and stores energy and will eventually become the egg cell. The other one now doesn't need to bring energy and then evolves into the other direction.

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Evolutionists: how do you explain the origin of the thousands of diverse languages in existence today? One even calls it 'the evolution of languages', weird that you asked this question... Small changes in geographical areas become more accepted, other languages influence language, and the longer two languages are separated, the more they divert. Latin for example is the root of many European languages.

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Evolutionists: Which evolved first (how, and how long, did it work without the others)--the digestive system, food to be digested, appetite, ability to find and eat the food, digestive juices, or the body’s resistance to its own digestive juice? It co-evolved gradually. One very small change in one thing, then the next thing changes later and so on. Every small change has to be an improvement, otherwise natural selection doesn't favor it. If you are interested in evolution, I recomend you 'Climbing Mount Improbable' and 'The Blind Watchmaker' by Richard Dawkins.

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Since human survival no longer depends upon evolutionary pressures, can we expect to see the human race become physically less fit for survival as time goes on? Yes, this is probably what's happening. Altough this doesn't hurt us because we have medicine and health care anyway.

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Can someone give me an ethical reason that homosexuality is wrong or immoral. I know there are many religious reasons and scientific reasons stating that it is unnatural but I would like to know if even one ethical reason exists. No I can't, I just want to say that the scientific reasons are based on fallacies. First of all, what is 'natural' is not necessarily good (naturalistic fallacy), and secondly, homosexuality is actually found in many species.

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Why are atheists so obsessed with God that they keep discussing Him and will even use God (e.g. nogod4me) in their usernames, bumperstickers etc.? Because so many people DO believe in god, it has an IMPACT on the non-believers as well and many atheists don't want to ignore this. As atheist, I believe that all religious believers belief wrong things. This can actually hurt people and close their minds. In many countries, churches get tax benefits from OUR money, and even politicians use 'god' to justify war and other stuff....

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Was Hitler the most evil man,whoever walked this earth? Odds are against it, there are so many people who've walked here. He's certainly one of the top 3 people with huge destructive and 'evil' impact. You can only have such an impact if you have power. There are probably many 'evil' people who just don't have the power to do this. Be aware the even Hitler is just a human. 'Evil' is a relative concept,...

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I was doing some tarot card reading today during lunch, and a teacher came up and tried to take them from me, and he said it was because the summon spirits and are the work of the devil. What do you, as a christian, think of this? Well that teacher is clearly crazy, there are no spirits in those cards. Christianity does teach that you 'shouldn't worship or deal with other gods'. I suppose when you really believe in spirits AND Christianity, then following Christianity would mean to stop doing this stuff. If you just do it for fun the don't worry.

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Do you agree that because of the many evolutionary steps taking place, there is no "missing link" in human evolution? Species don't turn into other species over night. A species is not an absolutely defined idea, it changes. If we define missing link as missing species, this would mean that we'd talk about a gap in the fossil record that is so big, that when we would add the earlier fossil to the later fossil with a time machine, they couldn't interbreed. I'm pretty sure that there is no...

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Have you any thoughts on Charles Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection: that minor random variations from one generation to the next can be emphasized when environmental change encourages the propagation of one variant more than another? It's the most misunderstood theory in science, and at the same the the theory that explains the most. Sad that people are blinded by religion.

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The moon is a quarter of million miles from Earth. If a meteor strikes the moon, how long would it take for the sound to reach the Earth? Sound wouldn't reach the earth at all, there is almost a complete vacuum in space, and sound can only travel through a medium.

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For those that say "religion is a form of social control". Who today has that control? and if they have control, what are they doing with it? If no one has control, and no one is doing anything with it, is it a form of social control? Have you ever seen the Vatican? WOW they got money ! :D Another example is televangelists, they get so many followers, they even have a considerable impact on presidential elections. Anther example are Islamic theocracies, or Imams advocating things.

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What is hedonism? Is it good or bad? A way of life founded by Epikur, a Greek philosopher. It basically says that fun is the most important thing, so the goal of society is to increase human happiness. I think hedonism is good.

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Would you marry someone of a different religion/belief system to you? Why (not)? I would, but only if the person's believes are somewhat liberal. I couldn't marry someone who takes the bible or any other holy book literally, but I don't have a problem marrying someone who believes in god and an afterlife, as long as this person also accepts my view (I'm an atheist).

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Evoloution?How does nothing make something? You're question should rather be 'what is evoloution', since you obviously don't know anything about it. EvolUtion the scientific theory that explains the diversity of life. It states that the first self replicating macromolecule evolved into all the species that are on earth. Mutations (small, 'random' changes in the DNA) are sorted out by natural selection,...

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Are there more questions than answers? Depends on semantics: If you define question as a construct of words using grammar rules and a '?' at the end, you can make an infinite amount of questions, but only a finite amount will have answers (left aside whether they are answerable or not (uncertainty principle)) because only a finite amount of grammatically correct questions does make sense. The question 'what is the...

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Iost my faith in a god when I became old enough to know about genicide and how much of it went on. God is the figment of the human imagination. Some must have it as a crutch. Some to make money. This will stir them up!!!!!!! great, and, what was the question again?

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Do you have any favorite, particularly silly, stupid, or utterly irrational AB discussions? Please share :-) This one is actually hold in like four different threads, all about equally long! http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4291377

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If everyone thinking alike would make this a better world what would happen if even one decided on a course of action leading to his/her own destruction? No, loosing variety isn't good. If we all become clones of each other, we'd have some serious problems. Nobody would be 'unique', and if people come up with bad ideas, there is no counter-opinion to stop them.

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I think that whenever someone makes the argument, "You've never seen a cat turn into a dog - so evolution is a lie" they should get a neon "IGNORANT DUMBASS" sign bolted to their forehead. What arguments would you award similarly? 'If evolution is right, why are there still monkeys?' 'Evolution is just a theory! It needs faith to believe in it' 'A human shares more DNA with a banana than with a monkey, so how can evolution be right?' (I'm not kidding, I've seen this!) 'Evolution is wrong because something cannot come from nothing' 'The odds of the human...

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Where is this in the Bible? I can't find it anywhere! "right will become wrong, and wrong will become right". www.biblegateway.com is a god website to find bible passages. If the passage you're looking for is in the Bible, you will probably find it there.

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For the non-believers-when people start disappearing (all the christians) from the face of the earth (which is the rapture) will yall believe that Jesus is real or will you still be in doubt that God really exists and still doubt that the bible is a true? If those people disappearing would only be Christians, I would seriously consider the existance of God. There would be three hypotheses explaining this phenomenon I can come up with: 1) God, as defined in the Bible, exists 2) Some aliens are messing with us and think it's very funny 3) Christians organized a conspiracy to convert different believing people. 1) would be pretty...

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Do you think im right in feeling disgusted that The Alpha Course (a Christian faith) is forced upon me from ever billboard and side of a bus? Yet there are not any atheist advertisements openly displayed! Or is there? Some atheists in Britain have felt the same way, and they actually started a program advertizing atheism on buses: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/21/religion-advertising

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Michael Shermer (December 2008 Scientific American article "Patternicity") says that even coming up with very wrong ideas about what is happening around us could still be a significant big-brain evolutionary advantage. Your thoughts? I don't think this is exactly what Shermer to say. He explained that our 'weird believes' are a by product of a pattern-recognition softoware in our brain. The weird things are believed because of the error type I, a false postive. His article explains WHY our brains tend to do such weird believing, but it doesn't state that this is a significant big-brain...

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If the essence of Science is the Scientific Method, and the SM is based on the principle that something must be testable with observable results, then what experiment can I conduct concerning Macroevolution? As long as you cannot prove that there is a fundamental difference between 'macro'- and 'microevolution', you shouldn't use the word macroevolution since it's not even scientifically founded. Just go with evolution. Of course, if something happens today, this doesn't mean it happened yesterday as well. But it also doesn't mean that if it had happened...

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Who else hopes for the day when we can genetically engineer our offspring? I have mixed feelings about this. On one side, I will be happy for the advance of science, this knowledge and the techniques can certainly also be used for other useful things. For instance, one can already today sort out egg cells which have a fatal gene that leads to Huntington disease, a very cruel disease that kills you within only a few years, but only after you reach the age of fifty. A...

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I am starting to lean toward atheism and am overwhelmed by sadness. How do athieists deal with the idea that if there is no god we will all one day cease to exist? I normally don't answer if more than 9 people have already answered before me. This is a very important question though and I think I have a good answer for you: http://www.richarddawkins.net/firstChapter,5 This is the first chapter of Richard Dawkins' book 'Unweaving the Rainbow'. It gives you another perspective of life.

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If we can let people love the music they choose, why then can't we let them choose their religeon w/out trying to change their veiw? Has anyone ever flown a plane into a building because the music he likes told him to do so? Do people who like a certain kind of music indoctrinate their children with this music and tell them that when they don't listen to it they will suffer? Whether one likes this or that music is a matter of taste. Religion make claims about the universe, and those claims are either true or they...

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The bible says not to commit adultry. It also says that once you get a divorce and remarry the person who married you & you for that matter are commiting adultry. How is that fair? What are your thoughts on this? Why is a book written by a barbaric bronze age tribe supposed to be fair compared with modern standarts?

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If tolerance is the right thing to do, to what extent should we be tolerant? Tolerance is not always good. One shouldn't look away if there are bad things going on. If one totally agrees with something, one doesn't need to tolerate it, one just accepts it. So tolerance always includes something that one would rather not see, but the reasons to tolerate it are stronger. I would be very careful, and prefer to be called 'intolerant' than just look away....

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Is it society in which makes man evil, or is it evil which makes society? Neither. Society is made with the purpose of optimizing human happiness. 'Evil' is relative and not an absolute concept. Selfishness and our instincts tend to make us do evil things. Society tries to prevent this.

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Have you given up on organized religion? If you have, what is/was the reason? Yes I have. The reason is that organized religions are wrong and not open for criticism, they make their believes 'holy', which means nobody is allowed to question them, and this is very bad. Additionally, most organized religions fundamentally depend on holy books which are written thousands of years ago and do not represent the ideas and ethics of the Enlightenment and humanism....

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My best girl mate said to me she would have sex with me but she wouldn` t go out with me, what do you make of this? There's nothing wrong with personal sexuality as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. How do you personally feel about it? If you're interested and think like her, try it. If it feels weird or not right, then better don't do it. There are dangers in this, it could endanger your friendship. Do you know the song 'self esteem' by the offspring? You wouldn't want to...

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I have a close guy friend who is Mormon, but everytime I ask about it, he seems embarassed. Would it be a bad idea to ask him about his mission trip? im just curious. Maybe he thinks differently, but because he is loyal to his parents/friends, he doesn't want to admit it... Don't ask about it too much if you see that he's reserved about the subject, wait and maybe then make some comments. He might open up, and tell you what he really believes.

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IF ISLAM SANCTIONS TERRORISM LIKE SO MANY CLAIM WHY ARE 90% OF MUSLIMS NOT IN ANYWAY INVOLVED? Because they use their common sense instead of blindly following a book. They 'interpret' the Qu'ran by using common sense and some perspective of time, while the few extremists interpret it totally literally without regard of such factors. They find what they want to find and they use it to justify terrorism.

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The Bombardier Beetle, according to Creation Science Evangelism, makes evolutionists look stupid. Can we somehow counter such deliberate misinformation and outright lying? Here's Dawkins about the bombardier beetle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daONxbSR9WE :D didn't he look funny when he was young?

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Is God a theory or a hypothesis? Neither, as long as people claim that he doesn't want to be proven, he doesn't count as anything that has to do with science, he falls into the category of fairy tales. Science works with FALSIFIABLE hypothesis (which are supposed to be educated guesses), and when those hypotheses become verified through numerous experiments and positive evidence, they eventually become theories.

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Do you like guitar hero or rockband better Guitar Hero. The guitar parts in rock band are way too easy, and guitar is the most interesting thing to play. But I can see that people like rockband, it's fun if you're a lot of people.

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WHY DO PEOPLE CRY OPPRESSION IN COUNTRIES THAT REQUIRE WOMEN TO COVER THEMSELVES AND YET FALL SILENT OR CALL FOR LAWS WHICH BAN WOMEN FROM COVERING THEMSELVES? IF IT IS OPPRESSIVE TO FORCE A WOMAN TO COVER IS IT NOT OPPRESSION TO FORCE HER TO UNCOVER? There are rules in school, and exactly like 'gangsta-kids' aren't allowed to go to school with their underwear showing, Muslim women shouldn't be treated specially. Religion doesn't deserve unnecessary respect. All people should have to follow the same laws.

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Is Christian Fundamentalism as dangerous as Muslim Fundamentalism? Yes it is. All sorts of fundamentalism are dangerous. And objectively speaking, the Bible and the Qu'ran are about equally cruel.

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Do you avoid answering questions on religion because you might be down-rated, because you could get in an argument or because you're not interested, or are you not bothered either way? No, I take the downratings, I don't care about points, I care about truth. And I always like interesting and fruitful discussions.

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Why is the world created with useless things? It most certainly isn't 'created' so random stuff is what one should expect.

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A serious question: I hear that the majority of Muslims don't support the violence done in their name. When things like the recent attack in India or 911 - why isn't that peaceful majority out there protesting and publicly workijng against the militants? Just a guess: Since the militants unfortunately have scrpiture on their side, they might not want to feel like hypocrites.

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What are the reasons you hate or love Islam? I dislike Islam because it has dogmas. One isn't allowed to question, and believes that are hold without justification are dangerous. I also dislike Islam it's commandments violate humans rights. Women in Islam are oppressed and suffering, people are being stoned for extramarrital sex, terrorists blow themselves thinking they're doing an honorable thing. All of this being in the...

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What do Christian Fundamentalists believe in exactly? They believe in the Bible, literally. Meaning they believe that the earth is 6000 years old instead of 5 billion, that god single-handedly created Adam and Eve instead of life evolving by itself. They believe that there is a personal god who watches them all the time and who cares about what they do. They also believe that this god is loving, altough cruel and jealous at the same time...

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How Is Jihad Understood in Islam? There are two types of jihad: The big jihad: Struggle against one's own self, meaning the struggle to fight against temptation and sin. So muslims should try to be 'good' people, and good here being defined as doing whatever the Qu'ran sais is good. The small jihad: Struggle against other bad things outside of oneself, often used to 'spread Islam'. If other...

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I have not just, but came to the conclusion that christians are the most prejudice, intolerable,hyprocrictical, and ignorant group of people on the planet .Is it no small wonder things are going so terribly wrong? Altough there might be a statistical tendency, it's much better to speak of people as individuals, and not as members of a particular group. Christianity as a religion is full of prejudices, hypocrisy and ignorance, this is true, but it's better to fight against the cause, not against he people.

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Why is the category 'evolution' listed as sub-category under 'humans'? Why is the misconception that humans are somehow the 'kings of life' so present? Don't animals, plants, fungi and bacteria have the same right to have this category? Yay they changed it! Equal Rights for fungi and bacteria! :D

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Do u know how organisms in the world came in to existence? No, but I have an educated guess: Since there are billions of galaxies in our universe, and each one containing billions of stars, some of the with planets, there is a lot of space available for life to develop. On some of those planets, the conditions were right for life. Our earth has to be one of those 'lucky' planets, since we're here talking about it. There probably are...

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Which came first, the turtle or its shell? Since a turtle is defined as a certain looking animal that has a shell, this question doesn't really make sense. Both came at the same time. There was an animal (not a turtle yet) that over a gradual, long period of time evolved into a turtle (with shell). The shell slowly became thicker. Species aren't absolute, so it's just we that define them by giving them names at certain...

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Should we outlaw shaving and waxing so the the monkey humpers can be removed from the human gene pool? Lamarckism doesn't work, so whatever you're trying to achieve, it wouldn't work.

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How does one explain the existence of "Honesty" in the human character by way of evolution? What would cause it's emergence? Humans are very social animals. In our evolutionary history, our lifes depended on the group. We interacted with each other, and for altruism to evolve, there has to be some kind of cheat-detector. Honest individuals that help others will receive help, cheaters that accept the help but don't work themselves will get punished. This started a co-evolution, cheating skills, honesty and...

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If God is so wise why does he always lower himself down to lowly human emotions such as wrath, anger, love? Isn't love that of a human emotion? Why, if God is so wise and much more evolved than us, does he have love? God supposedly is love, and he supposedly created humans in his image. I don't know about wrath and anger though. Seems kind of weird to me that he just has those qualities, why would they be useful for him anyway?

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So God can judge us yet we cannot judge him? Well what about the gays that were sentenced to death for sleeping with each other in the Old Testament? Is that not judgeworthy? How about condemning atheists? Is that not judgeworthy? This is a profoundly interesting question. Religious people claim that god is love and goodness. Yet our sense of good seems to be a different sense of good than god's. Many parts of the Old Testament are considered atrocities, and if god was a person, he would probably get the death penalty if he lived in a state where that is legal. So what? Well there are three logical conclusions that...

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Is there anyone attending Christ Embassy, or watching Pastor Chris. He is the one that has taught me the truth. Watch him and his church on this link. If you need healing this is the place to go. http://www.loveworldchristiannetwork.org NEVER has ANYTHING supernatural been proven under scientific circumstances. There is no reason to believe that those things are possible. If that guy really could heal people, he could prove it under scientific condition, and if he succeeds, he would become the most famous person on earth, and he could heal much more people than he's healing now, since everyone would go there. Why...

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According to the bible what times are we in? The Bible was written some thousand years ago, why should it tell you anything about the present situation? And if you refer to prophecies, people have been calling their times 'the end times' for centuries now, and since we're still here, those prophecies are either garbage or too complicated for us to interpret.

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Is it good for the world we live in TODAY (2008) to keep dogmas written by goat herders 1400, 1800, 2300 years ago? Definately not.

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What do you think of christian majority nations, fighting a war against the people who live in the place of the garden of eden? Could this be an allusion to the US :D I think it's kind of worrying, especially if they call it a holy war. Altough, the state in many of those countries in the middle east is also very critical, so I guess it's okay that someone intervenes, I just don't like the way it's done.

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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The egg. It came from a 99.999 percent chicken, and in the stomach of this bird, the last mutation happened that legally defined the new offspring as a full chicken-egg.

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Which religion has very less number of gods,which has the least number of subdivision? Buddhism doesn't have any gods, however, with it's ultimate state of enlgithenment, where one get's unified with nature, it sounds kinda like pantheism. Judaism, Islam and Christianity are the three major monotheistic religion, meaning they all have one god. Altough some people criticize Christianity because of the trinity, which has a tendency to politheism. Oddly, pretty...

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What are the 6 Theories of evolution proposed by Darwin? Please stop watching Kent Hovind videos. Darwin only proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection. It accounts for the diversity of life, not for the big bang, not for 'stellar evolution' and not for abiognenesis. It includes, however, 'micro AND macro' evolution, both are the very same process, macro evolution is micro evolution over a long period of time.

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What do you want to do to a pencil that breaks in the middle of writing a word? I would eat it.

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How did evolution change history It brought organized complexity into a disordered universe. History as we know it can only exist with evolution, our capacity of even thinking about those things is a result of evolution. The discovery of evolution and the publication of 'On the origin of speices...' in 1859 answered one of the most important questions humanity can ask 'Where do we come from?'. The...

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Creationists: If there was a fossil of every single generation including all "transitional species" from the 1st living single cell all the way to now, would you accept evolution? "Let us suppose that each individual in our direct female ancestry, from the first flowering of many-celled life a little over half a billion years ago, lay down and died on the grave of her mother, eventually to be fossilized. As in the successive layers of the buried city of Troy, there would be much compression and shaking down, so let us assume that each fossil in the series was...

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What would u do if u ran into ur Ex Fiance at a christian conference? I would ask myself 'what the hell am I doing here?'.

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Anybody get confirmed recently? What do they talk about in confirmation classes? I got confirmed like 2 years ago. I've stopped believin in god though and I will get out of the church once I've time to do the formal stuff... We haven't talked about much spiritual stuff, our pastor was pretty liberal and our classes weren't really scripture based. We talked about interesting things, like family, death, problems and so on... I enjoyed it.

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Whos the famous atheist? Probably Richard Dawkins, he has been everywhere in the media since he published 'the God Delusion'.

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When did you realized god could not exist? for me i was 8 years old You cannot prove that he doesn't exist, so I din't realize that he couldn't exist. I however realized that it's highly unlikely that he exists. I started doubting the concept of god when I was about 8 and heard that there are dozens of religions in the world. I finally came to the conclusion that he most certainly doesn't exist when I was 15, this was because I...

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Was the common ancestor to all macrological lifeforms (animals, plants, fungus, ect) a virus? No, a virus is not even considered a life form. It's basically just information, because it needs a host cell to replicate, it can't do it on it's own. The common ancestor of all multicellular organism was a single celled organism that grouped together to form a colonie of symbiosis. The stage of the early grouping together can be imagined by looking at a modern example, the...

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Can you think of any adaptive (in the evolutionary sense) reason why a woman (or man) would *not* want to reproduce? If spending time and energy caring for her younger siblings genetically pays more than spending the same energy and time for her own children. A mother shares 50% of her genes with her daughter, 50% of her genes with her sibling. Now if her parents alone can't provide enough food for her siblings, she can help them and thereby increase the the amount of 'her' genes in future...

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I have been watching educational videos on youtube about human evolution [walking with cavemen] and I noticed that all of the early humans are white males and females. Even a colony H.heidelbergensis which live in Africa are white. shouldn't they be black This is a great observation. Well all humans are very closely related to each other, this means they all shared a common ancestor relatively recently. This is because humanity went through a bottleneck, we almost got wiped out and only a group of some thousand individuals survived. So all modern people must have come from those ancestors. I could imagine that the diversity in skin color...

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What is the use/purpose of mosquitoes? Seriously? Why should they be of any use? The earth is not an organism (unlike some Gaia fanatics might think), every organism lives for its own benefit. If mosquitoes happen to indirectly benefit some other animals, well that's great, but they weren't made for that (they weren't made at all) and they don't need to do that.

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I love a member of Jehovah's witness... But I'm catholic... I know she loves me back... I'm thinking of marrying her but, I just can't change my beliefs... Can anyone help me? Who is the intolerant person of you two? Could you be happy with marrying a JW? And could she be happy marrying a catholic? If you two love each other, I really think religion shouldn't stand in between. And both of you actually are some sorts of Christians (well yeah, I would call JW a cult but I mean it goes into the same direction). I understand that faith is something very...

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I find that most Atheists are rude to religious people. Can't we all just get along? We can get along until religious people fly a plane into my house. No wait, it's too late then. Everyone can have their own opinion, however, if religion is used to justify actions that hurt or discriminate against others, or if religious people make wrong claims about the universe and science, what's wrong with pointing out that they are most likely wrong and that there are other...

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Who is afraid of god? That reminds me of a game we used to play in kindergarten. One person needs to shout 'Who's afraid of the boogey man' Then the answer is 'I'm not!', and then you've got to run away from the caller.

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How many "closet atheists" do you think there are in the US government? Probably more than the average percentage of atheists in the US population. That would be more than 12%. However, you don't ever hear from them because 'outing' oneself as atheist is political suicide in the US. That's kinda sad.

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As a human, what is your most important ability? Why? The ability to ask questions.

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My girl friend is mormon, but she had sexual coversations thru texts with her previous bf, what is the procces of repentace that she should go thru for forgiveness? let her do whatever the hell she wants as long as she doesn't hurt anyone.

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Why do moths like lights so much? Actually, they use dim light sources (the stars and the moon) to navigate by flying in certain ankles regarding the sources. After the invention of electric lights and candles, they got a problem because their instinct misfires and can even kill them in case of a candle.

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I am a catholic. Whenever I commit a sin that seems like it deserves punishing, I punish myself by hurting myself (punching a wall,make a small cut in the arm,etc...). Is this against my faith? Should I stop? If you commit a 'sin', try to make it better, apologize, do good in order to outweigh the bad things you did. If the Bible is right, god will see your good intentions, and if you believe in jesus as your savior, he will save you since Jesus died for your sins and all this stuff. And if there is no god (which is my view), then it's still a good thing to do and it doesn't help...

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What does religion say about incest? Incest is a universal taboo, this is due to biological reasons (offspring of closely related people has a very high risk of disabilities). Therefore, pretty much all religions say that incest is bad or a sin. However, for example in the Bible, Lot's daughters committed incest with Lot, and God didn't punish them, and they supposedly were the ancestor of god's holy people, so...

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Why Taliban want to suppress woman's freedom? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7724505.stm Because they are Muslims, so they believe that the Qu'ran is the inspired word of Allah, and since they can find passages in the Qu'ran supporting the suppression of women, they believe that this is what they have to do. They totally feel like they are doing the right thing and they're proud of it.

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Supposing Heaven is meant to be a happy place, what would happen to me if I died and went there, yet someone I loved didn't get saved and instead went to Hell? Would God make me forget this person and the suffering they'd be doomed to forever? As far as I see it, eternal happiness can only exist in the state of the paradise in Genesis. And there would be a prize to pay, which is knowledge. You can only be eternally happy if you're ignorant. Therefore, if heaven is a happy place, god would have to make you forget this person. Without knowledge there is probably not much free will either... The whole thing seems kind of...

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Does anyone out there believe that the President should be a MAN OF GOD? By that, I mean one who is a Christian, reads the Bible, and honestly seeks for God's advice concerning the fate of our country. No. I think it's disturbing how presidents of the US have called wars in the middle east 'commanded by God'. I have no problems with a Christian president, as long as he/she is a modern Christian that doesn't take the Bible too literally. But if a creationist becomes president, I would probably lose my faith in America. I think it's also very worrying that a president...

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Is Agnosticism the most scientific religion because it does not assume either that there is a god or isn't but admits, "we don't know"? No, agnosticism doesn't say 'we don't know (for sure)', every rational atheist would tell you the same thing, just adding that we don't know about unicorns and flying teapots either. I've seen two often used definitions of Agnosticism, so it's really complicated. 1) what lolatu said in his answer. I've also seen this position split into two...

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What is your religion and why do you think it's the right one? I believe that no religion is the right one, so I'm an atheist. I think this because there is no religion that actually provides evidence for all the absurd claims they're making This alone should be enough to discard all religions, why believe something without any remote kind of evidence? One can come up with an infinite amount of claims, so I choose to accept only the ones that...

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A common argument against there being a god is the total lack of evidence in favor of one. What would you accept as enough evidence in favor of a personal, Christian-like god to get you honestly reconsidering your atheism? Enough evidence would be: - Double blind studies that show that prayers have positive effects. How to perform the experiment? Two control groups of patients who have to undergo the same surgery, for one group is prayed for by Christians, for the others no praying. The patients and the doctors don't know whether they are prayed for or not. This study has actually been done, and showed no...

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It's said that religions offer something (salvation, another life, rewards) in exchange for faith and conformity. A question for athiests..... What does atheism offer? (I know this will be controversial. No DRs from me.) Those offers are just unfounded promises. It would be nice if it was true (if you happen to belong to the faithful and chosen people). Atheism doesn't offer anything, it's not a religion. The only reason I'm an atheist is because after doing lots of research and making up my mind about religion, I came to the conclusion that god most certainly doesn't exist. I am an...

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Assuming Richard Dawkins is an intelligent man why is he hellbent on defaming God by way of an Atheist Bus Campaign? Is it bitter contentions? has he conformed to persecution like the ones he condems? Is he fulfilling prophecy? First of all, the slogan on the bus is 'There probably is no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life'. He doesn't absolutely say that god cannot exist, and it's more an advice than an order. He also doesn't use hellfire to scare people into believing his opinion. The campaign was started as a contra to the various religious campains on buses. As an agnostic, you...

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If Man has evolved from Primates why hasn't man super evolved into some other species in the last 2000+ years? You need to understand that evolution is NOT guided. There is no designer thinking 'I feel like making a super species'. Species don't get stronger and better all the time, they just adapt to their current environment. If a fish populations lives in dark caves, those fishes eventually become blind, because evolution favours the fishes that use more brainpower for other skills...

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Would you ever tell somebody their beliefs or religion is wrong or unfounded? Yes I would. I don't just walk up to every Christian and tell him that I think this though. I only do it in the following cirumstances: a) Person uses religion to justify some action that goes against my moral code b) Person makes an absolute statement based on religion that goes against the truth (for example: 'the earth is 6000 years old). c) Person tries to convert me ...

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For centuries, even the most religious societies seem to have taken abortion, where necessary or inevitable, much more lightly than some do today. Why do you think the conflict over it has only really begun to heat up in the last few decades or so? Probably becuase through modern technology, it si much easier to abort, so much more people actually do abort. Another factor is probably the mass media. 'Pro-life' (weird name) supporters get their propaganda into the media, and when someone blows up an abortion clinic, everyone around the world hears about it. And another reason is that especially in America, a new form of religious...

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What are your thoughts on the possibility that life originated from extraterrestrial organic compounds? This is just speculation, but I believe it did somewhat influence it. Of course, there are not self replicating molecules floating around in space, but recent discoveries have shown that some important compounds for life actually exist space. Asteroids could have brought this to earth, where it provided some of the necessary starting blocks for the spontaneous formation of a self-replicating...

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Should the governments stop indoctrination of children? Even though indoctrination is a horrible thing, prohibiting parents to tell their children about their faith is even worse and would be against the Constitution. But in my opinion, something has to be done. I would require children to learn about all the major world religions in school. Just facts, no values. So they would at least have an alternative and see that they don't need to...

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Are there any good internet videos of microevolution? I'm having trouble finding something that isn't a 3D simulator. I doubt it. There is no real difference between micro and macro evolution. Micro evolution is what happens in a short period of time, macro evolution is the same thing happening for a longer period of time. There are of course vidoes that explain evolution, but I think you mean something different. Since even ´microevolution´ needs some generations, it can't be shown in a...

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Which has brought more benefit to humanity over time, The belief that God created the Earth or The Theory of Evolution? Please support your position by listing actual, tangible benefits to daily human existence. I cannot find a single direct benefit that the belief that God created the earth has brought us. Of course, religion has done some good things, but there is no reason that non religious people shouldn't do the same thing (I know this might cause some angry comments, I'm used to explaining where morality came from and this stuff, but that would take a long time, so I'm just going...

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Since people keep breeding with people not their race do you think eventually (in many many years) we're all gonna be the same and have no variety or races? No. It's true that some people breed with people from different 'races', altough the majority prefers their own race. This has biological reasons, one prefers a person who looks very similar to oneself, but no close relatives. So the effects of the cultural interaction probably won't have a big effect.

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Is suicide 1 of the deadly sins Well it's obviously deadly. The question is just whether it's a sin. I don't believe in sin, so no it isn't.

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Atheists of AB Unite - Come nail your colours to my question, and let the religious know we are becoming a force. let's herd them cats lol.

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Do animals, birds, reptiles, insects celebrate their birthdays just as we do? No, there is no evolutionary advantage in this, so natural selection would wipe out any tendencies towards this.

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Are there sinners among animals, birds, reptiles and insects? Good question, altough the word sin is a bit problematic, especially if used in science. Let me rephrase the question: Can animals behave immoral? And if yes, do they know what they are doing or do they just do it because of their instincts? This way, we leave religion out of the issue. The actions of animals are determined by their genes. Nature is cruel, animals eat each other and...

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In your opinion, is the human race still a juvenile species? When are we going to mature into an adult species? The question shows that you don't really understand how evolution works. One of the most important thing to understand about evolution is that it doesn't have a goal. We aren't getting 'better'. Another important thing is that it is very slow. You mentioned something about 2000 years, this is too few time for any significant evolutionary change. I'll now...

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I believe in God, so what? Why do some atheists feel the need to shove their views down my throat? I DO NOT preach about my views (I don't even explain them!) nor do I say they are right. Why do they tell me that theirs are? Here´s just what I do: If I know someone is a Christian, I don't question his faith just for the hell of it. I respect what the person believes. However, as soon as a Christian uses a Christian argument in answering a question, I will point out that this argument is flawed, and I will ask for justification. I don't care about their personal believes as long as they don't...

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Why should/shouldn't sharia law be accepted in the US? It should NOT be accepted because one shouldn't base the law on bronze age texts that are highly misogynistic. Laws should be made only by considering ethics and psichology. The founding fathers wanted a secular government. A theocracy is as bad as a dictatorship. This is not about respect or disrespect towards Islam. This is about fundamental human rights. Why should people follow those...

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Is a virus a reincarnation of some soul that is really a genius? Virus are very intelligent and adaptable. Mutating, disguising and keeping dormant and all. Viruses are not intelligent, they aren´t even considered to be alive. Viruses have the property that whenever they enter a cell, the cell follows the instructions written in the RNA code of viruses, and those instructions make more copies of the virus. They mutate not because it´s good for them, by this I mean they don´t have foresight. Most mutations are harmful, so in...

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Are we just mortal souls waiting to die? No, we are ´just´ mortal vehicles of our genes that happen to be conscious.

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Do you think Barack Obama could be the Antichrist? Calm down and take it easy. People have been saying that were in the end times for hundreds of years. There probably is no such thing as an anti-christ. Obama has good ideas and I don´t think he is going to cause the end of the world. I'd be more worried about McCain, because with Palin on his side, they are both believing that Jesus comes back in their lifetime, so if a nuclear war...

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Why do Catholics and Protestants kill each other if they are both religious? Because either side thinks that the other one is wrong. And just because someone is ´religious´ doesn´t mean they shouldnt kill other religious people. The Bible for example states ´don´t kill´ as one of the ten commandments, but read in context, this means ´don´t kill anyone of your religion (Judaism back then). So because they disagree over...

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Who watches Higurashi NO Karu Koro ni? I love it and i was wondering where i could get to watch the series withought my mom knowing because she hate tose kinds of shows D: P.S. Im eleven and i really love it! The whole series is on youtube, Japanese with English subtitles. I love this series, but I personally wouldn´t encourage you to watch it without the permission of your parents, especially since your only eleven. There are some very gory scenes in this anime (I don´t know how much you´ve already watched). Maybe you should wait at least another year, but in the end, it´s...

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Why Muslims still believe that earth is flat like a carpet? This is an example of religious racism. Muslims generally don´t believe this. This is bad propaganda. Muslims accept that the world is round, and most Muslims also accept that the universe is 13.7 billion years old and that the big bang happened.

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Will you go to heaven if you died today no

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Genetic diseases. With discoveries starting with sickle-cell anemia, it has been found that wide-spread genetic diseases (cystic fibrosis is another example, what is an advantage to those that carry them? Explain why from an evolutionary point of view. There is no advantage in having a disease. The reason why it is widespread is because it´s inherited. And because humans have advanced medicine and a health care system, people who would have died naturally survive this disease because of medical treatment. Therefore, this bad disease can spread even though it is harmful.

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My child is learning the evils of evolution in her sixth grade class. Isn't this a little young to be exposing them to such dangerous ideals? How can I protect her? Homeschooling and private schools are not options, I'm not rich. When did you child start learning about Jesus and the Bibe? Isn´t this a little you to be exposed to such stuff? Children tend to believe everything they´re told, like Santa Claus, Easter Bunny and so on. Therefore, one shouldn´t teach what to think, one should teach HOW to think. If they´re taught evolution, they shouldn´t be told: This is what happened,...

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Gandhi: If all Christians acted like Christ, the whole world would be Christian. Agree or disagree with this statement? I disagree with this quote. People can act like Christ even if they aren´t Christians. After all, Christ himself was a Jew. And even atheists (yes, I´m serious, who would have believed that?) can be good people. Well if acting like Christ includes a lot of praying, then that wouldn´t work, but as long as only morality is concerned, I don´t see a problem. I think...

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If the God didn't want us to be gay why did he give mammal animals such as whales and dolphins the ability to be gay? Why did he give me the ability to be gay? Why doesn't he make a program that makes it impossible to be gay? Didn't he program us? Be careful with semantics, he doesn´t (well he most certianly doesn´t do anything, but let´s assume he does for a moment) ´give the ability´ people and animals. Some people and some animals just ARE gay. It´s not a matter of choice. If you believe in Presbyterianism, this would explain that those individuals are predetermined to go to hell. Other than...

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Do you realize that the trick of religion is to make people believe that they lack something, and then make them believe that you have what they think they are lacking? It's the oldest trick in the book and it has been going on for thousands of years. Yes I do. It´s best illustrated by the questions and personality tests of scientology (I filled one of those out for fun and sent it as ´L. Ron Hubbard´, they are still thiking their leader will come back soon, and they even have a room for him in every scientology building). They ask you hundreds of questions that make you feel like your bad at many things, and then they...

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Should people be allowed to use otherwise illegal drugs where doing so is consistent with their spiritual and/or religious beliefs? NO, why should we make exceptions for religious believes? They don´t have any evidence to support their claims and they don´t deserve to be treated specially. And additionally, we would soon have a new religion that is based on drugs anyway, and everyone who wants to take drugs would just join.

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What is a spiritual person? It doesn´t need to be in a religious context. I would define spiritual as feeling awe at the wonders of the world, and preserving a sense to wonder. In this sense, Richard Dawkins is a very spiritual person too. There are two ways in paying tribute to this sense of awe, one is science and the other one is religion. Some people manage to unify those two (don´t ask me how).

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Im not a religious person.i dont believe in god or heaven or hell.i only believe in good and evil,but people keep takin away my points and calling me an ass or a anti religios freak!im not putting down anyone elses religion or pushin mine.is this right? Well they certainly have the right to take away your points. However, it´s not a good thing to do, and it does show those ´Christians values´. If your not insulting anyone, they should be tolerant and respect your opinion. You have to get used to this though, I was also pretty mad when I joined and get downrated for saying "evolution happened" and that stuff. But...

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Can humanity to evolve beyond violence, anger and fear into a world of peace, growth and caring? If so, how long do you think it will take? No because this is not how evolution works. Evolution is not directed, it doesn´t have a goal. Organisms don´t generally get ´better´ when they evolve, they just adapt to the environment. Natural selection, the driving force behind evolution, wipes out the individuals that aren´t adapted well, and the ones that are good at surviving and reproducing tend to pass...

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Can atheists suggest a good book for me to read? I am reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins as of now. What should I read next? Anything about science or atheism. Dawkins: The blind watchmaker - Great insight on evolution The selfish gene - a new way to look at life Unweaving the Rainbow (only first chapter, the rest of the book isn´t that interesting, you can find the first chapter of this book on ´www.richarddawkins.net for free). - why atheism is not nihilistic but fullfilling Jared Diamond: The Rise and Fall of the...

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I have a question... God is all powerful and all knowing. so why does he test our faith? if he's all knowing he should already know if we believe in him, right? so why does God test our faith? If I was a believer I would just answer ´free will´. It´s always an easy way out if you don´t know why god does things.

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Humans have evolved through time adapting to withstand the elements. Modern man is now wearing sunglasses to protect his eyes from the sun. If humans survive for long enough, will evolution forward of today > cause mans eyes to weaken from eye protection? Humans are a very special case. Evolution works through natural selection, the organisms that are badly adapted tend to die earlier and reproduce less often. Humans though have somewhat overcome natural selection, we have health care and medicine. And we don´t have predators that would kill individuals with bad eyesight, and good eyesight doesn´t make you especially attractive to...

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How can the concept of original sin be true if the Bible states that we are innocent when we are born, but quickly accumulate sins? Original Sin is the concept that we are all guilty of Adam and Eve's sin in the Garden, isn't it? Philip Pullman in his books ´His Dark Materials´ had the concept of ´Dust´, also known as ´Dark Matter´or ´sraf´ as physical manifestation of original sin. He wrote that it is attracted by human wisdom, so a new born child has not much dust at all, and once they pass the threshhold to adulthood, people attract dust. So it´s the change from...

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What are the best books to read if you are Agnostic? To get the point of view of the theistic view, you should read the Bible, the Qu´ran and something about Eastern philosophy, and maybe some interpretations from sophisticated theologians (altough, with my already made up opinion, the word sophisticated theologian is an oxymoron). And for the point of view of atheists, I´d suggest: ´the blind watchmaker´, ´the...

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I have just seen a couple of questions that say something like "24/7 for a couple days". When did people stop realizing that 24/7 means "24 hours a day, seven days a week"? Is this just another sign of people slowly becoming dumber? Not necessarily a general dumbing down, I´d rather say it´s a good example of the meme concept. People pick it up without exactly knowing what it means, and keep using it in the same context.

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Considering that computers are very important in today's world... what are some songs that contain the word "computer" in the lyrics? handlebars by Flobots. They mention computers that survive aquatic conditions... And it´s actually got a lot to do with it, the theme of the song is how power corrupts, and knowledge and new technologies can be used for the bad.

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Why do people jump when they see a scary movie pls give me scientific answer and could u pls explain the difference between the nervous and hormonal reactions? thanx This is just a draft, I haven´t studied this. Hormones are more for the feelings, like adrenalin makes you´r heart beat faster and excited, and ready to fight or run away. So hormones set the mood and make you aware, released by fear, which is triggered by creepy music and the imagination. Now the nerves are responsible for reflexes, like if something suddenly jumpes at you...

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If an atheist and a believer were to debate the existence of God, what would they each use as their one best argument/evidence? Here is my´(biassed) view from the strongest argumets from each side, responses included. This would go somewhat like this: Christian argument: The universe has 6 fundamental constants (like the strength of gravity, electromagnetism etc) that just are the way they are. If those numbers where a little bit off, live would be impossible in the universe. Atheist´s response: ...

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How likely would it be for a child to be born that is identical in appearance to a previous child born to the same parents but years apart? With natural fertilization, it´s astronomically against it. There are so many genes determining the appearance, and they interact in very complicated and interdependent ways. But one could do it by cloning. That´ll be possible pretty soon. But even then, there is still a factor of chance that it will be exactly the same appearance (environmental factors).

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Do men get menopause, too? No, but fertility declines with the age. By the way, women have evolved menopause because childbirth is a big risk, and it made evolutionarily no sense for a women to gamble the life of all kids she already has at this relatively old age for only one additional child. Men aren´t involved in childbirth, so it pais their genes do go on reproducing till they die.

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Any thoughts or opinions on the Flobots song, Handlebars? Great song! Especially if you get the meaning.

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Do you agree with the Gaia hypothesis? (see Wikipedia) No, this is absolutely nonsense. Lovelace, or whoever else came up with this, committed many fallacies. In seeing the whole earth as one organism, every organism should work for the good of all. There are examples of symbiosis and altruism among animals and plants, but the Gaia hypothesis interpreted it wrong. It is like group selection, just on an even higher level. The problem with the...

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Are we as a species evolving or devolving? Evolution doesn´t have a schedule, there is no inprogrammed progress. So whether we devolve or "evolve" depends on the point of view, and how you would define progress. Actually, our environment has become so artificial that we can´t really speak of natural selection anymore. With health care and medicine, even the genetically ´weak´ people surivive. It is...

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Has the evolution in size of the human brain outpaced the evolution of the female birth canal to allow it passage necessitating a future rise in birth by C-section? Perfect adaptation, the force that drives evolution, since the best adapted organisms tend to survive, is always a compromise of economic factors. Humans have evolved huge brains compared to other mammals and even big brained primates. The brains grew because they are very useful for the deep social interactions between humans, and for hunting and tool use. So here is the advantage. However,...

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My hubby and I are about to watch "The Happening"...is it gonna be worth the next two hours of my life or should I just keep ABing? This is the second worst movie I have ever seen, seriously! (worst one was Cloverfield). Altough there were some funny parts, but just because it was so stupid. The plot really doesnt make any sense at all, but at least you get scared a few times and you can laugh... It´s your choice.

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Why is man attracted to beauty? Beauty in other humans: Because beauty indicates healthiness and good genes. Therefore, those individuals who mate with beautiful mates had healthier offspring and passed on their genes for preferring beauty. Beauty in general: This also has evolutionary backgrounds. In some species of weaver birds, the males make huge nests for the females and decorate them with many different objects,...

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Do they ohnestly think they will go to heaven for this? Yes, why else would they blow themselves up? This is a very scary fact of religion, if people actually believe what they´re holy book tells them, it ends bad for the others.

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If man evolved from the ape > Then what was the ape of today before it evolved to the ape? > If it was an ape ... Why then ... did it not evolve as did man? Wide Awakes answer is correct. Humans and apes share a common ancestor. In the case of chimpanzees and humans, this ancestor lived about 6 million years ago. Humans actually are apes, they belong to the biological genus "ape". Humans are closer related to chimpanzees than they are to gorillas. They share 98.4 percent of their genes with chimpanzees. The ancestor of humans and...

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At what point in your life did you decide to give up on organized religion? 16, when I finally grasped the amazing consequences of Darwinism.

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I agree if we do bad things, we go to hell…but what explanation can god give about a child(innocent blood) born in the streets, crying without food , walking without slippers, no one to take care, eating from the bin and missing the proper childhood. Not just that, the Bible sais that a child brought up in a caring family, who becomes one of the kindest people in the world, will burn in hell and suffer for eternity, just because she happens to be brought up in the Hinduist or Buddhist religion instead of the Christian faith. So according to the Bible, people like Mahatma Gandhi are screaming and burning in hell right now. What...

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What do you think of Darwin's theory of evolution? It is a relatively simple idea with HUGE consequences. It is the idea that most revolutionized our understanding of the world. Yet it is amazingly simple.

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Why do people think the theory of evolution says they come from rocks? Propaganda. If it fits their believes, they believe it without questioning. If not, it has to be wrong. I´ve seen horrible propaganda videos (venomFangx on youtube, or Kent Hovind) that represent evolution as claiming that men came from rocks.

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Why do atheists believe it is religion more than any other reason that has made Man do all the horrible things he has done when history does not support this? First of all, atheists don´t have dogma. Therefore, you shouldn´t condemn the group of all people who don´t believe in god, you should rather ask ´why do some atheists believe that...´. Religion did cause lots of atrocities. The fact that angers me the most is that it preaches hatred and intolerance. I wouldn´t say that religion is the root of all evil,...

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Why does this generation hate God so much? Why do you think that? There are Christians, who love god. There are Muslims, who love god (but a different god). There are Hindus, who love many different gods. There are atheists who don´t believe in god. There are agnostics who don´t know what to believe. Where are those who hate god?

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Looking back at your teenage years - Do you cringe about crushes you had on television/movie stars or you just have fond memories of those days? I had a crush on Katie Holmes. But once she married Tom Cruise, I saw that she was really not that smart, and not the type of person I´d like. I have learned that appearance isn´t all that matters, and that many movie stars are actually bad role models.

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A serious question: If, hypothetically of course, it was written in your holy text that you should sacrifice your first born to your god, would you do it? I doubt that such a religion could even spread. Religion tends to accumulate beneficial memes, for example ´faith is a virtue´, you will suffer if you don´t believe, ´death isn´t the end´... A meme that would actually ask to kill one´s loved son wouldn´t be accepted that easily, and other than that, it´s isn´t good for the growth of...

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What is the difference between someone who is a Christian fundamentalist and an 'ordinary' Christian? ordinary Christians pick and choose from the Bible, fundamentalists take everything literally.

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Is it true that agnostic people have orgies? I heard that somewere Some probably do, like some people who see themselves as Christians. But there is no linkage at all with the term agnostic and orgies. Agnosticism isn´t even a religion, every person who doesn´t really know what to believe is agnostic. There is no code of behaviour for agostics, and there is no linkage from not actively believing in god with having orgies. What you heard was stupid...

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I actually read that people who don't believe in god have a higher percentage of being intelligent. What do you think about that? I agree with it, and I´ve also seen surveys that support it. Intelligence often goes along with good education. If one learns about evolution, the scientific method and other stuff, it becomes harder to just believe in something without evidence. However, one has to be careful. This is only a statistical difference. This in no way means that Christians are dumb or anything like this....

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If it was left up to you, what Ten Commandments do you think would help a person lead a "good" life? (Please, I'm looking for serious answers. Joking is great, just please try to be respectful.) 1. Don´t blindly follow rules, question everything. Therefore, take even those commandments just as strong suggestions instead of absolute laws. 2. Be tolerant and let others believe what they want, but don´t behave unnecessarily respectful when they come up with clear nonsense. 3. Don´t do unto others what you don´t want to be done unto you (except if you happen...

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What is the primary concern of Buddhist philosophy? To be in harmony with nature. This sounds rather vague, and is often misused for exotic alternative medicine, but is actually the goal of Buddhism. One can achieve this with meditation and sometimes also with intense physical exercising. The ultimate state of unification with nature is then Nirvana.

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It is said in the book of Genesis that god made all the world in six days and rested on the seventh. What did he do on the eighth day? He sent a hurricane to New Orleans because there was a gay comedian living there. By the way, ´days´aren´t supposed to be taken literally, you know, it´s just a certain amount of time...

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Athiests or Agnostics: If you were about to get killed, and you had the time, do you think you would ask for Gods help? Do you ever ask for help in other difficult circumstances? No, why should I ask for help from something I don´t believe in? I would certainly hope that I could somehow get away, but this wouldn´t involve anything that´s considered supernatural.

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Is there any sort of racism amongst animals? (i.e. Grizzlies vs. Black Bears, White Rabbits vs. Spotted Rabbits?) Interesting question! The definition of species is: A group of animals that are capable of reproducing with each other and have normal offspring. The definition of race, in a biological sense, is a group of species that is capable to interbreed with another group, but doesn´t interbreed in natural conditions. In this context, there is something similar to racism going on in...

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A recent prediction shows ,In 2050,human can find the way to get enternal life??Do you think is it possible? No, another prediction sais that the universe will expand so much that in some trillion years, there won´t be any useable energy left and everything will freeze. So eternal life is therefore impossible.

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One of my peers said 'god is a monkey' - Discuss this point of view. Wow, haven´t thought of this, but he/she is actually not far off (but still a little off). God supposedly created humans in his image. Humans belong to the great apes. They didn´t just descend from apes, they are apes. Humans are closer related to chimps than chimps are related to gorillas. But note, humans ain´t monkeys, they´re apes, monkeys are smaller and got tails....

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Are humans arrogant to fight nature? eg, building storm defences, mowing the lawn, cosmetic surgery, etc. Is this question influenced by the gaia hypothesis? If yes, gaia is nonsense. No, humans aren´t arrogant by fighting nature. I think it is not arrogant, we should use our abilities, albeit wise and with foresight. It is selfish that we keep polluting the envirnonment, I agree, but in general, protecting oneself from natural catastrophies, or using contraception is not arrogant, it is...

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Why don't people seem to be able to believe in both evolution and creationism? How hard is it to believe that god created evolution? Actually, many Christians do accept evolution. The catholic church has stated that it accepts the theory (kinda late, but still honorable). The church of England even apologized to Darwin (also kinda late). It is mostly America that is fighting against evolution, the reason being the following: Christians in America consider scripture to be very important. And while some people can live with...

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Besides Jesus and King Arthur, who else is supposed to come back? L. Ron Hubbard.

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I want to know if my baby (due in April) will have blue or brown eyes. I have blue eyes (one parent with blue, one parent with brown), my husband also has blue eyes (with one parent blue and one parent brown). Your baby will have blue eyes. Genes for blue eyes are recessive, that means if you have one allele for blue eyes and one for brown at the same locus, your eye colour will be brown. So you only have blue eyes if both your alleles are blue, and because you and your husband each have two alleles for blue, the baby will inherit two alleles for blue which equals blue eyes. Your eyes are blue...

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Am i right in thinking that if the Large Hydron Collider experiment goes exactly to plan, and the Higgs Boson is created, then it will prove that the big bang truely happened, and that all religions creation stories are false? No you aren't. The big bang is already a well established fact. So in this aspect, most creation stories are wrong, if you interpret them literally. Microwave background radiation and ohter phenomena proved that the big bang occured about 13.7 billion years ago (we don't know how though, so this might have been done by god, altough I doubt it). The Higgs Boson won't be created,...

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Isn't the whole Jesus can turn water into wine thing alittle like King midas and his ability to make anything he touches into gold? Not really. Jesus could turn water into wine when he wanted, but not everything that he touched would turn into wine. And both stories have different morals, king Midas starved to death because he couldn't drink anymore, and the moral of the story is that greed is bad. Jesus' story just illustrates how powerful Jesus supposedly is... If you want to find the orgins of biblical myth,...

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Can you please tell me how on earth anyone in this day and age take the Bible literally? Isn't this more of an escapism than a religion? Those people are the victims of memes. The religious memeplex functions like a virus, if introduced in early childhood where the child believes everything it is told. Memes like 'believe without evidence (faith)' is virtue belong to this memeplex. It becomes very hard to throw away those deeply hold believes, if there turns out to be evidence against it, the evidence must be wrong,...

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God doesn't exist. Why is that? One cannot disprove a negative. I would phrase it 'god almost certainly doesn't exist'. This being because there is no evidence of god. There is an infinite amount of claims without evidence (unicorns, dragons, tooth fairies), and it doesn't make much sense to believe in them, but they might exist, it's just very very unlikely. With god, there are further problems....

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Do you think your religion was determined by the religion of your family? Or is yours different to the religion of your parents? It was for a long time, I followed the religion of my parents until I discovered Darwinism, after this, I abandoned religious believes.

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Do We Exist? (see my logic) Apart from some mistakes in ratio calculation (limits), the universe is not as old as you think it is. The big bang happened about 13.7 billion years ago, and before that, there was no time at all.

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How can i break the laws of physics? You can't.

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True or false: The secret of life is the answer to what is the goal of constant change in the Universe. Partially true since there is no goal in constant change, it just happens. It happens because of causes, but those causes don't have goals. The secret of life is that some atoms randomly joined each other to form the first self replicating molecule 3.5 billion years ago. And since then, replicators dominate the earth. That's it.

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The new Roman Empire and LHC 'THE BEGINNING OF THE END' is this a part of the prophecy? No, it's a whole bunch of nonsense.

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In Geneva today they tested the world's most expensive experiment,which will try to create the 'big bang' theory and uncover the secrets of how the universe began. Some say it may create a black hole which may swallow the Earth. What are your thoughts? They didn't actually try to create the big bang. They're just going to artificially create the same conditions as just right after the big bang. The whole black hole paranoia is nonsense. The best scientists of the world work there, and they know what they're doing. If mini-black holes were created (they would be extremely small), they would immediately evaporate. Someone...

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In the Qu'ran it says the universe is expanding among other things that were not discovered until recently. Are there any similar scientific facts have have come true in the Bible? There are so many vague verses in the Qu'ran, that, with some imagination, could be applied to pretty much every phenomenon. Yes, I have looked at the claims, and it isn't nearly convincing. However, I'd say that the Bible is even more absurd than the Qu'ran when it comes to Genesis. It would be an interesting to read the Bible and come up with some 'scientific...

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Is it sheer to say you won't vote for someone because he's a Jew? A Muslim? What about a Mormon? I think it's okay to justify not voting for someone because of his/her religious believes. It is different than blatant discrimination because a religion characterizes a person to some extent. If somebdy says 'I'm a Mormon, this does give you information about what he believes. In the same way, Jews, Muslims and Mormons have certain hold believes. So there is a huge difference...

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Want to ask a question about Mormonism and get a straight answer? I used to be Mormon, I harbor no hard feelings toward the church. I Just decided I don't think God exists. So I have no bias either way. (explanation finished as the first answer). Ask AWAY Do Mormons really believe that they will populate a planet in the afterlife or something like this? I heard this from my religion teacher (she's nuts though, so I don't trust her at all). It's hard to do research on this because there are so many biased views...

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I've got a few questions I'd like to ask you about science and such. So if you would please fill a few things out from my answer, I'd pretty much love you forever. 1. Science is the method of finding out how things work, and why they are the way they are. Science tries to explain the universe. It is based rationality and facts, on the scientific method: A: Scientists are confronted with a problem / a question they want to answer. They start out by making OBSERVATIONS of the phenomenon. They collect data (through experiments and observation) (mostly...

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Is the term "Freethinkers Club" an oxymoron? No. A club is not a dogmatic organization. One can be entitled to have different views, and clubs can encourage interesting discussions. Free thinking could still be preserved. It only becomes an oxymoron if there is a code of behavior or a set of believes involved.

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I have a neighbor who is always asking to borrow things. Things like food, money, clothes, tools, ect.....I felt sorry for them at first and gave them things. Now its everyday. How do I get out of this situation? Sounds like Homer Simpson lol. Hmm, it's kinda hard, you don't want to seem rude. On the other side, he's being rude. I'd say that blond honesty is the best thing. Tell him politely that you don't mind lending him stuff from tiou for things.me to time, but that he should slow down a bit with asking you for stuff.

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How important is it to you to have a high percentage of positive points that you give on AB? In the beginning, it was very important to me. But after a while, I stopped caring since people downrate you anyways if they don't agree with what you say, even if it is perfectly true. So either one stands out of all controversial topics, or one answers the questions one cares about and gets downratings from times to times.

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Do you enjoy answering questions that "rile you up" more than you do those about which you can be calm and reasonable or those with which you agree? Yes I do enjoy answering those questions. It makes me angry, but somehow I feel better after I wrote a good answer debunking all the misconception and lies mentioned in the question.

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Is there a monogamy gene? Funny coincidence, I just read an article about this one minute ago. Yes, there is a monogamy gene. It has been observed in mice and scientists are now looking at the equivalent of this gene in humans. A note to genetic determinism here: Genes are what builds us, but genes do NOT control us. A gene for monogamy is not a gene that makes a person monogamous, it is a gene that increases...

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Have you ever been criticized for something you believe in? Yes, and I for myself think that critique is a good thing. Even oneself should question one's beliefs. If you can't justify it, it's a weird belief.

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Can jesus christ enter a person, and be very mean to everybody around him yes, why not? He can do whatever the hell he wants. Nah, seriously no! Why would you even think that? It's not proven that god exists, and the Bible never mentions Jesus doing such stuff.

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How is the security situation in your community? Are the police personnel doing enough to prevent security breaches? (My good friend's wife was shot near a MacDonald outlet and is at present in the ICU) I can't complain, Switzerland is one of the savest countries. But even here, some pretty sick things happen. One can never be completely save. I hope you're friends wife makes it!

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I have never met a Pastafarian, please cure me of this and tell me about Pastafarianism- because it seriously sounds cool. It's a parody religion invented by a physicist to show how absurd the claims of modern religions are. He stated that he will reward the person who can empirically prove that the Flying Spaghetti Monster didn't create the world with about half a million dollars. This illustrates the stupidity of claims such as 'one can't prove that god doesn't exist, therefore he is...

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Why are there so many people trying to convince others to believe (or not) in god (e.g. 6 reasons god definitely does/doesnt exist)? surely you believe what you believe, not what someone else believes? one shouldn't believe what one wants to believe, one should believe what makes sense. That's why some people use logic to convince others. Maybe they get annoyed when they see statistics like '60% of Americans don't believe in Evolution'.

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If you could ask God one question, what would you ask? Why did Hannibal not attack Rome, when he was already so close?

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How many questions have you asked versus how many have you answered? I have asked 134 questions, and I've given 393 (394 with that one) answers. I've already written 1193 comments, so I don't really care about the amount of points, I like interesting discussions.

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How would you react if you found out a friend who was a wiccan cast spells on you? excuse spelling please and thank you. I don't believe in this, but I would ask him if those spells are good spells or bad ones and then react depending on his answer. If they are good, I would be happy and not care much, if they are bad spells, I would talk to him and ask him what's going on. I might also try to start a conversation about wicca, since I don't believe in it and I'd be worried if he seriously...

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Is there anything that isn't made of matter? Energy, altough that can be converted into matter. But other than that, nope.

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Music oppinion; Do you prefer Avril Lavigne now or how she was before? Music included? The way she was before. I still like her music, but I was shocked when I first heard that she 'raps' in some of her songs... She's kinda become what she sung against all the time, but I guess that happens with almost everyone who's so succesful.

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What kind of bird eggs in Wisconsin are blue besides the robin egg and the catbird egg? Cuckoo eggs from cuckoos that lay their eggs in robin nests. They even adapted the color of the eggs. Female cuckoos always lay their eggs in the nest of the same bird species that they we laid in as bird-baby.

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I have read many answers in internet forums citing sin as the cause for illness. Can someone explain how this may be true? This is totally wrong. Scientists have found out that diseases come from germs (the germ theory of diseases). Everyone who tells you something different is a fundamentalist backwooder.

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Can we understand anything in the universe beyond the use of the 5 human senses? Of course, we can measure microwaves, gamma rays, x-rays etc. They ain't in the human range of electromagnety, but with scientific tools we can measure them and make calculations.

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Was Adam bearded or clean shaven? Adam was at best a self-replicating macro-molecule.

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Does anyone else think it's as ridiculous to tell an insomniac to just go to sleep as it is to tell a cancer patient to just not have cancer? No, it's a little less ridiculous. In case of the cancer, it can't just go away in the very next hour, in case of the insomniac, there is at least a very small probability that it might work.

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Many Creationists argue that since neither creation nor evolution can be proven false so they should be considered to be on equal footing and be taught in school as equal theories. Should we teach any concept that can't be proven false? This argument doesn't make any sense, evolution could easily be proven wrong. If anyone finds a rabbit fossil in the Cambrium strata, evolution's got a serious problem. That's the whole point of science, it works with testable hypotheses, and scientists can peer review papers on it. Not some made up bullshit that can't be disproven like a supernatural creator.

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What is God calling YOU to do? Whats your NEXT STEP? When will you take it? Why did nobody answer 'he calls me to kill my neighbor, because he worked last sabbath'. Doesn't this stand in the Bible?

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What is God calling YOU to do? Whats your NEXT STEP? When will you take it? nothing

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Who invented coca cola (coke)? God did.

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What exactly is "teaching creationism" anyway? It is the following: "God made it that way! He just freakin did it! Don't ask why and how. It isn't important. Don't ask questions anyways, just eat the damn fact."

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Can you comprehend or be open minded enough to understand the fact that we could all come from one single commodity that is divided up into separate spiritual energies? "There is this thing called being so open-minded that your brains drop out" --Richard Dawkins I only believe things if there is evidence. What you're saying might be possible, but there is no reason to believe it, since one could come up with an infinite amount of things.

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What do people think they are sometimes? "HUMANS" madeout of NIKE FABRIK or wat? not all humans any way the stobbon ones. Not just that, they think that the whole freakin universe, and all animals (humans ain't animals, you know) are 'designed' for their pleasure. They think that humans are the center of everything. So arrogant!!! And if one doesn't share their world view, they get mad because one 'isn't thankful towards god for creation or whatever'. Humanity really needs a...

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Just out of curiosity, how many atheists finally decided to give up on God after loosing a close family member or loved one? I personally wouldn't consider this a good reason. It's too bound to emotions, I'm a rational person and that's why I'm an atheists. The concept of god is illogical, and there is no prove whatsoever for his existance, so why should I believe in him, I don't believe in the tooth fairy either.

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What do Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin have in common? They were freakin geniuses. They both formulated a fundamentally important scientific theory. Einstein's theory was great because it unifies all the large structures and forces in the universe, and it's pretty complicated to figure out. Darwin's theory is in my opinion even more important, because it explains soo much (all biology, meaning of life, where we came from etc.) so...

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I don't mean to be rude or offincive, but Do you think Islam will be the dominant religion over Christianity in the future? Yes, looks like that's going to happen. Islam is the fastest growing religion, and while some Christian countries stop caring about religion, Islamic countries are based on religion. Altough my prediction is that people are going to wake up, and atheism will become the norm. So Islam and Christianity will become less common. This shoulda happened 1858, but for some reason people just...

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I have pictures showing what looks like ghost apparitions.l This happened at my sisters house during a family gathering after the funeral. Do you believe in Ghost? No. It's pretty ridiculous to believe in ghosts. If there were ghosts, they woulda been proven to exist ages ago. Why do people always need the supernatural?

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I'm not trying to be offensive but does anyone else think sitting around playing the harp all day would get kind of boring after a while? (I believe in God but you have to admit Heaven does not sound very exciting...) Yes, one can't help it. Even if there was a lot of fun stuff to do (I doubt it), everything gets boring after some millions of years. And heaven is supposed to be for eternity. This shows that the concept isn't really thought through, people are just naturally afraid of dying, so they invent some safety mechanisms in religion. Hmm I guess this is gonna bring me a lot of downratings...

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Odd isn't it! The dinosaur lasted 250 million years- no global warming or super catastrophic event until 65 million ago. Now us, will we survive other 10 years? Yes that is odd. Humans (homo sapiens) exist only since about 150000 years. And we've just recently made huge advances in science. But those advances, instead of strenghtening the odds of survivial of our species, lowered them. Pollution, Tschernobyl, World War 2, almost a nuclear inferno during the Cold War, now man-made global warming, the threat of biological weapons etc. etc. This...

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Ok. So you ask a question and get an answer like this. Does it make sense? Why bother answering ? http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3879958 I dunno. (But this video is soo funny).

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Do you feel atheists appear just as pushy about disproving god as religous people are at converting/recruiting? Have you ever had an atheist knocking at your door at six in the morning trying to convert you? Do you see them in the streets preaching? I don't deny that many atheist feel strongly about the subject (me included), but I for myself try to argue at places where people want to argue, for example on Answerbag where one wants true answer to certain questions, I state what I think is true....

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How many people on here have read " The God Delusion"? I have, it's a very good book and I like how Dawkins tries to 'raise consciousness' about the irrationality of religious believes and that it isn't a shame to be an atheist. On the other side, the book doesn't tell you much new things, and I personally like Dawkins other books one evolution and science even better.

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(1) What is ramadan? (2) How do you personally observe ramadan? (3)How do you personally feel about Ramadan, happy, sad, excited, delited, miserable? Ramadan is a holy month in the Islamic calender. Muslims fast during Ramadan, and are only allowed to eat in the late evening. I have Muslim friends who follow the tradition of Ramadan, so in this case we wait until we eat with them to not be disrespectful. I personally don't see much of a point in this tradition, but I like that in the evening, the whole family is together and...

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If you are not a muslim but appreciate the muslim approach to religion then please explain why? If you are not a muslim and dislike the muslim approach to religion, explain why? I dislike every religion, because they are based on unsupported, absurd claims. I especially dislike Islam because it strongly violates women's rights. However, I often defend Islam because it has an unjustifiedly bad reputation as war religion. If one reads the Qu'ran, one doesn't find it more cruel or aggressive than the Bible (which still is very cruel and aggressive by the way).

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Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to remember to set aside a few mintues and pray that hurricane Gustav causes no lost of lives and does little damage? That would be a very nice gesture, but I wouldn't really help. Studies have shown that prayers don't change anything. One should rather do some charity work instead of praying.

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Atheists: ive heard there is "evidence" there is no God. what is this evidence? where can i see it? how do you prove something _doesnt_ exist? That about wraps it up for god lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcncPpQ8loA

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What 4 letter word comes to mind when you read this question? Foxtrott Unifrom Charlie Kilo

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Do you believe Scientolodgy is not a religion? Why or Why not? I think it is a religion. It's one of the worst examples of religions though. My justification for saying that it's a religion is that the claims aren't even that far away from the claims of other religions. It's just that we got sensibilized with the old religions, and because scientology is new, it seems very insane. It is also a huge marketing and money making...

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What is the name for a person who believes in god, but not in organized religion? How can you believe in god (no evidence proving it's existance), but not believe in organized religions (so much evidence, have you never seen a church)? Just kidding, I guess you would call it a theist. And depending on the nature of the god the person believes in, it might become deism. If your god is personal, that means answers prayers, and cares for humans, it's personal...

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If the Bible is so foolish - why was it not disregarded ages ago and thrown in the dustbin of History? Because people still believe in it, and especially childred just believe what their parents believe. And additionally, the Bible happens to be the most sold book ever. It is the most important piece of literature, biblical allusions and symbols are found everywhere. Even if one doesn't believe in the Bible, it is a very important part of our culture, and we would loose so much if we...

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What is science and how does it work, and how does it differ from religion THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD. 1. Experiments & Observation. Strange phenomena are observed and quantitatively measured. If this is done properly, one gets data, which is called facts. 2. Hypothesis. A hypothesis is an 'educated guess' attempting to give the explanation for the facts. It should involve a satisfying explanation of all the observed facts. 3. Second set of...

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What do you consider a victimless-crime? blasphemy!

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How do Mormons logically deal with the obvious conflicts with the book of mormon and historical records. Probably the same way as Christians deal with their conflicts: 'Oh, this is just meant symbolically, you know.'

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Atheists: ive heard there is "evidence" there is no God. what is this evidence? where can i see it? how do you prove something _doesnt_ exist? You cannot prove that something doesn't exist. Imagine the claim: There is a kangarou under your seat. Now try to disprove it. You may say 'I don't see it.' 'I don't feel it'. But then I answer: 'What if it's invisible?' 'What if you can't feel it because it's in a different dimension?' 'What if it's smaller than an...

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Atheists: how many of you take it on faith that your dad is actually your dad? and how many of you have actually gone out to get the proof/evidence for it? I wouldn't call it faith if you don't go and test it. It is more trust. You trust a person, that means this person exists for sure. I trust my parents that they tell me the truth. I'm not completely sure though.

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Is god real? and why is he or isnt he real state evidences on ur answer Nothing can be disproven, maybe he hides himself? So I can't tell you with 100% certainty, but the odds that god exists are extremely low. Since nothing can be disproven, we should just care about proven things, and things that have evidence for it. Every attempt to prove the existance of god is flawed. The argument of design has been refuted by evolution. And the cosmological argument...

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How many gods can you name? Let's see... Sceintology: Thetans, Xenu. Greek Mythology: Zeus, Apollon, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Demeter, Iuno,Athene, Artemis, Hermes, Ares, Dyionisus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hestia, Aether, Erebus, Hemera, Nyx, Tartarus, Themis, Rhea, Chronos, Gaia, Chaos, Oranos,Oceanus, Thethis, Hyperion, Theia, Coeus, Phoebe, Crius, lapetus, Prometheus, Helios. (same in Roman mythology, just Latin...

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Where does oxygen come from? Oxygen, and all the other elements of the periodic table except hydrogen, is basically stardust. After the big bang, the energy cooled down and formed hydrogen (one proton). Through gravity, this matter formed huge stars, and because of the pressure, hydrogen atoms fused together to form helium (two protons) and energy (this is why the sun's so hot, the process is still going on in our...

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What are your views on gene cloning and genetic engineering? That is one huge question. We're already capable of modifying plants so that they give more food and are more resistent against pests. We will soon have the right technology to do things like 'design humans'. Is this ethically justifiable? Today, I read an interesting article about genes. Scientists found out that there are about 300 genes that are useful for a marathon...

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Why do so many Christians get hung up on the word Theory when anyone can look up what a scientific theory is on Wikipedia - or any number of other sources? And does it prove their intentional, head-in-the-sand" ignorance? Totally. I've heard it more than a twenty times just here on answerbag. It drives me crazy.

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Have there been any saber-tooth fossils discovered older than 1.8 million years? Yes. There are 2.5 million year old fossils of smilodon gracialis, a small and early form of sabertoothed cat. Smilodons are the main genera of sabretooths, also called sabre toothed tiger. There are even 40 million year old fossils of sabre toothed cats. Those oldest ones are named 'dinictis' and 'Hoplophoneus'. In between, there are about 35 different species of sabre...

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Do you think there's a correlation between intelligence and lack of faith in God? Yes there is. This of course doesn't mean that there aren't any very bright people who are religious, it's just a general tendency that follows logically. Intelligence has a lot to do with abstract thinking and logic, if someone is a very rational person, it's very hard to accept something as true if there is no evidence. And additionally, intelligent people often get higher...

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Who do atheists cry out to when life gets so difficult and the rest of us get on our knees to pray? Friends, relatives, partner etc. Or seek help in yourself, change attitude, get up and do something...

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In which class of animals will you place tortoise ? 1>aquatic 2> amphibian 3> reptile 4> ecmnodem Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: REPTILIA Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Testudinidae

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What will the next technology breakthrough be? Advancements in nanotechnology will reform the economy. Products will be cheaper and stronger, but there are also some risk with nano particles, this has to be studied first. Nanotechnology could also be used for complicated surgeries or as medicine for diseases. There are so many applications, this technology will definately have tremendous impacts.

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How did the American Accent develop. That's a common phenomenon with languages. Geographical separation (America from Britain) leads to a drift of the language. Words and pronunciation change, some people start it and then it gets repeated. The many immigrants (Germans, Irish etc.) also brought their own accents, and this influenced the American English. That's the way most languages originated from a root-language....

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Non-Believers: What is your opinion on the Christian community? Not the religion itself, but the people and how they conduct themselves in todays world? (And be nice with the ratings) Great question! Because there are many completely different communities, I grouped them into four groups, excluding the non accepted 'Christian cults' (Mormons, Jehowah Witnesses etc.) CATHOLICS: Horrible history full of greed for power and money; cruel deeds, crusades and denying and oppression of scientific discoveries, supporting of Hitler... Nowadays: A lot of progress, they...

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Can you not believe in God, but believe in a future afterlife; and what might it be like? Yes, Buddhists do. Their afterlife is the state of enlightenment called Nirvana.

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Can you not believe in God, but believe in a future afterlife; and what might it be like? Buddhism is an atheistic religion. They believe in a sort of afterlife, or 'ultimate reality' that can be achieved by meditation and living a good life (dharma). This leads to the unification of reality, and you become one with the universe in some state of enlightenment. No god is involved, just spiritual nature...

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Do you agree with me that people should not make fun of other religions? I for one disagree with you. One should treat religions with some respect, and not go around bashing religious beliefs, but there are cases where I think it is justified to make fun of some religious believes, simply because they are so totally wrong and laughable (young earth creationism being an example). But generally, making fun of it isn't the right way if you disagree with it, it is...

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In Richard Dawkins's scale of theism, where do you locate yourself? (see my answer) 666 lol

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THIS A IS WEIRD QUESTION, BUT I REALLY NEED SOMEONE TO ANSWER, OR AT LEAST TRY TO ANSWER IT. IS IT POSSABLY OF A HUMAN TO TURN INTO AN ANIMAL? SOME CALLED IT SHAPESHIFTING. I HAVE A BROTHER-IN-LAW WHO I BELIEVE CAN DO THAT CRAP. STUPIT QUESTION, HUH? No, it isn't. If it was, somebody woulda proved in under scientific conditions and have gotten the nobel prize for it for discovering a completely new force or whatever. Use this argument against every 'paranormal phenomenon', it's all made up, trust me.

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Two Bigfoot hunters who claim to have captured the mythical creature in the US state of Georgia have admitted to filming an interview with a fake scientist to give their story credibility. What do you think of this "discovery"? Fake scientists? Sounds like creationists...

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Have you ever been attacked by a wild animal? I was attacked by a cow when I was little. Cows aren't really 'wild', but that cow was in a huge park and walking around free. For some reason it started running after me and hit me in the back. I could jump away though after running for my life.

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What do you think human civilization will be like 10,000 years from now? What will the culture be like? What sort of day-to-day technology will exist? Will we solve the energy crisis by then? Will global warming still be an issue? Etc.? There probably won't be any humans left in 10'000 years. I think we will have destroyed this planet way earlier.

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Does denying religion and god diminish one's will to live? This question is unnecessarily loaded. You can only deny something that exists, and there is no good evidence of god's existance. So why do you just assume that he exists? And no, it doesn't diminish one's will to live. It might even increase this will, since atheists don't believe in an afterlive. And life is indeed beautiful, so it should be enjoyed and lived wisely...

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How do you try to find out why someone doesn't believe, and say the right thing to plant the seed. Not convince them per say, but just get them to think, without shutting them out from the jump. Trying to convert an atheist is hard. Most atheist don't believe because they are very rational people. So with talking about feelings and personal experience, you won't get anywhere because they will say that Hindus feel the same about Lord Brahman and Lord Shiva, Muslims about Allah etc. You would need to appeal to logic, but I can't give you a good argument for the existance...

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From an Evolution perspective how did different sexes evolve? It started from two asexual organisms that reproduced together, but no sex was specialized yet. One mutation for example made the egg cells gradually bigger. This led to a chain reaction, because only one needs to be big (and provide nutrition), so smaller ones could benefit too, which led to the evolution of the sperm cells. This triggered further differences in male and female organisms based...

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There are only 3 numbers which have the same vowel 4 times and no other vowel, and all 3 are prime numbers. These are seventeen, seventy three and seventy seven. Would I be right? No, 77 is not a prime number. But the rest is probably true.

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Do you think its Ironic, that the title God, is like good, and the title Devil has evil in? Maybe its jus tooo coincidentle. Is the proof of there existance in the written and spoken word? Nah, ironic would be if it was the other way around. I thought god was the one who's supposed to be good, so it is right...

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There is no such thing as Altruism. What do you think? That's true for all animals except for humans. We have overcome our selfish genes with our consciousness and can fight against selfishness.

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Why is the category 'evolution' listed as sub-category under 'humans'? Why is the misconception that humans are somehow the 'kings of life' so present? Don't animals, plants, fungi and bacteria have the same right to have this category? Okay since nobody is taking this seriously, let me give an answer: Humans are freakin arrogant. Look at how we treat the environment, we think it's all made for us! The whole universe is made for us, we, tiny little beings in a universe with billions of galaxies each containing billions of stars, we think it is all made for us. Stars are here to give us light in the dark, flowers are here...

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How does the theory of evolution explain why there are still monkeys around? I agree with Friartuck's answer, but I'd like to take a shot at this from another perspective. Apelike ancestors of humans could definately also be our common ancestors shared with chimpanzees, or later, Gorillas. So why did humans start to walk upright, loose hair, and most importatnt, become so intelligent? We can't know for sure, but the remarkably fast evolution of...

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What theory do you beleve in:old-earth theory or young-earth theory? Young earth 'theory' doesn't deserve the term 'theroy', it's so laughably wrong. The age of the earth has been proved to be around 5 billion years.

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If the theory of evolution be true, how do we know that apes didn’t evolve from humans instead of the other way around? That humans evolved from apes is a common misconception. Evolution seems to be the most misunderstood theory of science... Humans shared a common ancestor with apes, and this group of ancestors (in the case of chimpanzees, they lived 6 million years ago), split into two geographical areas. One part of this group found itself isolated in different conditions and became us, the others KEPT...

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Why is it that meteors always fall in open spaces such as the sea, desert and forested areas rather than the residential? The reason is purely statistical. There are more non-inhabited areas on earth than others. Alone 70% of the earth's surface is covered by oceans. And forests, mountains and deserts also make up a pretty big part.

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If reincarnation is real and I'm a burrito, who ate me? Arthur Dent.

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How do you say "i am" in german? "Ich bin" while you don't capitalize 'ich' in the middle of a sentence.

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Why do some people say God exists because of prayed but when it fails they said it was apart of his plan? Like the death of a loved one. First they pray for a cure but if there is no cure then God must be planning something BIG! They bend their beliefs trying to make them fit with reality. They try to make rationalizations because they can't accept hard truths.

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Should we pity atheists obsessed with other people's faith and obsessed with things they don't believe in? Depends on what you mean by obsessed... Not if the so called 'battle against superstition and dogma' is based on passion for science and reason. After all, those atheists are just trying to make the world better, and religious people are trying to do the same thing. I for myself am startled by the amount of people who base their lifes on a single book, and I see many negative things...

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What non-Muslims fear and/or dislike about Islam and what Muslims would like them to know: an open discussion. Your thoughts anyone? I hate the concept of Theocracies. Separation of religion and state is necessary. The lack of it leads, as we can neatly see in middle east countries, to cruel violations of human rights, especially oppression of women. Sharia law comes from the medieval times. Another big problem I have with Islam is that it just scares the hell out of me. Look at the situation in the middle east, all those...

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Pizza or spaghetti or lasagna? Pizza, I can't eat Spaghetti (they're good, but I always make a huge mess, and Lasagna is good to but pizza is better). But please real Italian pizza, not that fat wanna-be stuff from Pizza Hut lol.

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When the Muslims achieve their Islamic Nation ; where do you think it will be? There are already many theocracies in the middle east. I think Saudi Arabia is one of them. They use sharia law as absolute law. It scares me. If you mean something different with this question, like a huge new territory under Islam, the only place this would happen would be the middle east, with a whole lot of violence included... Let's hope this is not going to happen (and no, I'm...

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Are you aware that if you type your AB username into google, all your answers/questions can be found and viewed? & does this bother you? not really, who would type in my user name... I don't even know it by heart, just some numbers starting with a 7...

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Why do people laugh at creationists? ...

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If the universe has always existed then it must have begun as energy because if it was matter how could its gravity allow the Big Bang to happen? E=mc^2

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Will people who keep on making the broad statement that Islam is peaceful please back that up with some evidence? I don't think I need to remind you of evidence to the contrary do I? Only religion can cause sane people to blow themselves up. If someone truly believes in their holy book, it's gonna end up bad. The Qur'an and the Bible are equally cruel, the problem is that the western world is much more liberal, and doesn't take cruel passages literally. Many Muslims don't either, but unfortunately, many Muslim countries are Theocraties, they don't...

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Who of you here saw "Borat"? In your honest opinion, was it necessary for one to be at least 16 and male to appreciate the film? Nah I don't think you'd have to be at least 16, rather NOT OLDER than 16 lol. But the male part is probably true...

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If you don't believe teleportation will ever be invented, why not? Many times in history people have predicted something to be impossible, but not much later it has been invented. Think about airplanes or the Apollo program. The problem with teleportation is that it violates the laws of time and space, altough it should be possible with wormholes... Maybe there will be a way to create wormholes and cotrol them, I would be cautious in saying something is...

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Do you believe in wizards? no

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How many (estimated) Atheists are there in your country? Switzerland, 27% (including agnostics)

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Muslims over in the middle east blowing themselfs up for Allah. Christians setting themselfs on fire to destroy an abortion clinic for God. Is there any difference between the two? Do you think it will become more violent if there were no laws? Hmm, not really. One might argue that Christians are 'trying to save lives', but the 'lives' they are talking about are clusters of cells or feti, and they are killing adults for it. It is basically the same thing, a sincere belief in the religion one is brought up in causes irrational actions, the people might even be totally sane, they just happen to believe in a...

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What are the top 30 country songs of 2001? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_in_country_music http://www.top-country-songs.com/2001-country-music-charts.html

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Do you agree that heresy is only another word for freedom of thought? yes I do, and I'd add that it is a victimless crime.

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Is their evidence that God exists? Sometimes I think there is but scientists choose to ignore it. No there isn't, the vast majority of atheists would convert on the spot if there was good evidence for god. Why would somebody choose to ignore it? I know creationists do this, but scientists and atheists don't have a set of dogmas and a fixed world view, all that matters is rationality and evidence...

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Since all religions claim to be right isn't it logical that they are all wrong? No, this isn't logical. But it is logical that the vast majority of them are definately wrong, and ONLY ONE OR NONE OF THEM could be true.

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As you look back over your life so far, ask yourself this question. What have I needed that only God can give? Please make a list. .

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Why do people laugh at creationists? Because Young Earth Creationists believe that the world is about 6000 years old. This is the same amount of error as believing that the width of North America, from New Yor to San Francisco, is 7.8 yards. Who wouldn't laugh at that?

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Why are we not obeying Christianity? Why should we live our lifes like advocated in bronze age myths?

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What do YOU think are some of the "Laziest Inventions"? I think God is the laziest invention. Just think about it: Where did the universe come from? How did life come into existance? Why are things the way they are anyways? God just did it and that's all you need! Just stop thinking.

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Is it possible to waste your prayers on something or someone? Yepp, it is very possible that prayers are generally a waste of time. A large double-blind survey founded by the Templeton Foundation showed that prayers don't have any effects. Whether that was just accident or not can't be empirically proven, but since there is no evidence that prayer help, one shouldn't just assume that they do. However, in another aspect, prayers can be...

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How many syllables must a word have for you to consider it a big words? I'd say 5, but my native language is (Swiss-)German. German words are generally longer than English ones, and you can make snake-words by adding them together, so I've seen words with more than a dozen syllables.

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Do you feel people have the right to choose when they want to die? they should have. Especially if they're kept alive only through machines. If they would die without them, what's so bad about turning them off if the person wants it?

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Can stars be seen from the moon’s surface in the “daytime” when the sun is shinning? No, it is like on earth, the sun is too strong, the dim stars become invisible. But maybe in the very 'morning', the nearests stars could appear barely visible, as it is on earth sometimes. But definately not in the middle of the 'day'.

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If you read a book about ancient Egypt outside of class, will you remember the names of people and places? No, only if I find something extremely stunning and want to remember it exactly. Names and places aren't that important and hard to memorize. More important are the more 'useful' facts. Such as that they had hieroglyphes, strong religion, where good in mathematic, built impressive pyramids (how they did that) etc.

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I've been asked to bring music to a 'horror party'... Which tracks would you recommend? How about the song 'get low'? This song is HORROR to me. And most of the other hip hop and rap stuff too.

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Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping. Maybe short-terme happiness, but real happiness and contentness has to be found elsewhere.

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When you look at a distant galaxy through a telescope, how is it that you are looking backward in time? The light that comes from all those stars needs a long time to travel. Light is very very fast, but the universe is soooo huge that even light needs up to millions of years to travel that far. So you are seeing the light photons that started their journey millions of years ago, the stars you're looking at could already have exploded by that time. There is no way to know if they're...

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Pineapple pizza☺... want a piece? No thanks. I can't stand warm fruit, especially not combined with cheese... But I love pizza and I love cold pineapple.

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What kind of "evidence" would an atheist need to believe in god? Examples: -Doube blind study that shows positive effects of prayers (has been done, but failed to detect any effects). -prophecies that come true, that are not 'self fullfilling' or completely random that it could apply to everything or one lucky one out of hundred. Concrete prophecies that can only be interpreted one way and have an indicatin of the time when it happens. ...

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What in your logical and mature opinion is the biggest proof that God exists? ( There is a similar query but it addresses in-existence as well.. i'm looking to focus this one on existence of God) I'm atheist and all the 'proofs' of god are not even close to being sufficient. They are often based on logical fallacies or just 'personal experience'. However, there is one argument that stands out. It is not sufficient for me, but I think it is the best argument for the existance of god: There are four fundamental forces: Gravity, electro-magnetism, strong nuclear...

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Do you think Global Warming is a serious problem? Yes, not really for us, but for the future. We are treating this planet very irresponsible. And yeah, all that stuff about global warming is a hoax is propaganda. Do proper research and you'll see. It is real, and it's man made.

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Can the non-believers please suggest a good website to me? www.richarddawkins.net Lots of very interesting links, online debates, previews of books like 'God Delusion' etc.

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What do/don't you believe? (With regards to religion) I believe nothing about religion, they all have equally unproved, wild claims, and are very self centered because they think that the universe was 'designed' only for them. I believe in science.

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Are you in favor of legalizing abortion in the phillipines? Yes I am, people should have the choice. But more important is that they are informed about everything and that people there try to decrease the unwanted pregnancies.

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How can people honestly believe that the Holocaust DIDN'T happen? Did 35 million or more people just suddenly disappear between 1939 and 1945? The same way that people believe that the theory of evolution is wrong. By systematically ignoring evidence in order for one's own beliefs.

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What should i get from chili's? The fajita trio. Beef, chicken and shrimp fajitas, delicious!

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What in your opinion is the funniest passage of the 'trilogy' 'the hitchhicker's guide to the galaxy? Mine is where the Golgafrinchans land on earth, try to build a civilization, find out that they don't have any money, so then they declare leaves as money. Everyone collects a whole bunch of leaves (=money), then they realize that they have a small inflation problem. And the beatiful climax of this little story is that they come to the conclusion that it is totally necessary to burn down...

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Does proving that Evolutionary Theory is flawed or incomplete somehow make Creationism or Intelligent Design into solid, logical alternatives? Not at all, there would still be the problem of 'where did the Intelligent Designer come from?'.

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Is there a possibility that, since the nations show little regard for God's purpose, they might completely ruin the earth for habitation anyway? There is a great possibility that humans are going to destroy the earth, but this doesn't have anything to do with god, since nobody has any evidence that any kind of god exists.

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Do you think god made us so we'd worship him or enjoy ourselves. (I think of myself as god when I'm playing "The Sims" and I wouldn't want my people I create to worship me, I'd want them to enjoy theirselves and learn from their mistakes).(just a thought) very good question. The god of the Bible is pictured as having an identitiy complex, he is very jealous and wants people to be put to death if they worship another god. And he wants total obedience. If I go away from the Bible and assume that there is a creator, I would, as you, assume that this creator is curious what we can do by ourselves, and he wouldn't want total obedience....

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Why do you belive in god/goddess? why dont you? nvm

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Do you drink from others' glasses? No, not even when I'm really thirsty. But I would if my life depended on it.

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My sister-in-law made the True Love Waits promise and chose to break it. And she is continuing to have sex despite her beliefs. We tell her we love her no matter what, but I don't want to see her become a teen mom. What can I do? Tell her to always take the pill. If she isn't 18 (or maybe even 21, I'm not sure) she needs permission for that from her parents. Help her to get that and then she won't get pregnant.

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Why do the theists believe in the doomsday and coming back of the Jesus Christ? Not all of them believe that. Theist just means 'someone who believes in god'. This doesn't necessarily need to be the Chrisitian god. It could be Allah, or even a god that isn't involved much in what happens on earth (deism). Chritians are the ones who believe in the doomsday and in the coming back of Jesus Christ. They do so because it stands in the Bible, and they...

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Do you believe that even the worst sinner deserves compassion? Of course not. But not even they would deserve something as cruel as hell in my opinion.

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Which are you a night person or a morning person? night, and I feel very discriminated by schools lol.

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If you had a Ph.D., would you refer to yourself as Dr. ___, or skip it because of the confusion with the medical profession? I would make a rap about myself and put it on youtube, as shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGgpGLxLQw

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Do you belive in aliens other intelligent life, UFOs, all those things? and Why or why not? I do, altough it's a believing only based on probability and therefore not evidence based. I also believe that they are way to far away from us, so we probably won't ever see them (and if so, we see them as they were millions of years ago because of the delay of light). UFO's? Yes I think there are unidentified flight objects, but this doesn't mean they couldn't be...

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Would you consider this a nice or mean ghost/spirit?And why? (Question in an answer) A pretty 'mean' spirit in your head, I would go to a psychiatrist. And why would you run in the house anyways instead of talking to it??

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I don't understand this one bit! What is NOMA (Nonoverlapping Magisteria) ? I think it was coined by Stephen Jay Gould. Anybody hear of this or know what it means? NOMA is a pretty stupid concept, it claims that religion and science do not overlap, and therefore both are valid. It claims that science explains the phyisical world, and religon explains the spiritual world. This is bullshit, if there are questions that science can't answer, why the hell should religion, texts from the bronze age!, have the right to say anything about this?? And why...

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Have you ever wondered if you have a personality defect? I found a test and I'm curious how you'll score on it. Click the link in my answer to get to the test. LOL here is my result: You are 100% Rational, 57% Extroverted, 57% Brutal, and 100% Arrogant. I am the anti Christ (makes me wonder if Jesus wasn't rational at all though). And I don't think I'm that brutal and arrogant, but well so said that test...

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Do you think most people choose to be muslim or do they feel they were born muslim with no choice? Unfortunately, many people are born into a particular faith. Islam is the fastest growing religion, and in many countries the percentage of Muslims is higher than 80%. Islam is not just a religon, in some countries it even serves as law, so some countries don't have separation of religion and state, which is a very bad thing in my opinion. What worries me the most is the status of women in...

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Which did you find to be a better read: The Devil's Delusion, The Dawkin's Delusion, or There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind...? I watched an hour long debate between Alistair McGrath (The Dawkins Delusion) and Richard Dawkinks himself. I wasn't persuaded at all, I was especially irritated when McGrath said he is only speaking for Christianity, and he said that all the other religions are wrong anyways. The arguments were bad too on McGrath's side (Hitler and Stalin and that kind of stuff). I've read...

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Does it say anything in the Bible about ghosts? If not, then why do some people insist that ghosts are real, especially Christians? nvm wanted to comment.

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I have a hard time keeping focus when I go to pray. Do you have any suggestions? Spend your time helping others if you want to make a difference, if you ask me, praying doesn't work. If you have problems, search help from real people and inside yourself.

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Does it say anything in the Bible about ghosts? If not, then why do some people insist that ghosts are real, especially Christians? If you believe in god, you are probably the sort of person that believes lots of other wild claims too. There are almost no atheists who believe in ghosts, but many religious people do.

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Do you believe in God? If yes what do you think he looks like? If no why not? No I don't. The whole concept of god is illogical, where did god come from? There is no evidence either, and believing something without evidence really isn't my thing. Even if it sounds comforting. But not even that would be true about the Christian god.

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Do you wonder why religious people talk about Satan all the time when they could be sharing the joy of God? No, I wonder why they even talk about joy in the same sentence as god. I don't think that god is a nice guy.

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Do you think that hell has different versions such as your worst version/fear (spiders, snakes, etc.) or it is the same version for everyone? Do you think Heaven is the same (best things/people or same version)? It has hundreds of versions, all of them being constructs of the creative, deluded mind.

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If you were to place a book on atheism in every hotel room (like Gideons Bibles), which book would you choose? 'A letter to a Christian Nation', by Sam Harris I think. But only since I have already read the God Delusion.

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How do you people feel about religion? Is God busy dying in the hearts and minds of the modern man? Or do we all keep our selfs busy with everything else? Religion is primitive and I think we don't need it anymore. Why still believe bronze age myths? So many different religions, so many wild claims, none based on evidence. If people want to fool themself because it sounds comforting, okay do it, but don't enforce it on others, don't judge others, and don't kill others because of your religion. I'm pretty sure god...

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Would you like to be a sheep, or do you think a shepherd might have ulterior motives? Hell no, too many analogies to church...

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If Satan doesn't exist, where does evil come from? If the absolute stinking Master of smelliness doesn't exist, where did bad odors came from? And of course, Mister clean has to exist too, otherwise we wouldn't have deodorants or showers.

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Isn't Atheism simply the belief in random lucky chances (accidental formation of life, lucky mutations that evolve life etc etc)? Isn't theism just the belief in absolute incredible lucky chances (how the hell did a super complex, omnipotent, eternal, outside of time and matter existing, caring, prayer answering being capable of creating the whole complexity of the universe just pop into existance? And by the way, big bang, abiogenesis and evolution pretty much sums it up, and some multiverses to apply the...

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Is God planning on sending all the non-believers through an eternal genocide called Hell? What is the real difference between the Holocaust and Hell besides the number and variations of people involved? Is there any difference? No, there is no evidence for god and therefore we shouldn't assume he even exists. If you take the bible as truth though, you'd have to conclude that he is going to send more than 70% of the world's population to hell (all the people who don't accept Jesus Christ as their savior, and probably many 'bad Christians' too). Would there be a difference between Hell...

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I have never had a problem with gay people. I had a close friend who was gay and we had a really bad falling out and now I'm just disgusted with anyone who is gay. Now I see it as a bullcrap excuse especially with past people who I've dealt with. Okay since your text isn't a question, I guess you want someone to state their opinion about this... It is a scientific fact that gay people do not choose to be gay. They choose to have a gay relationship, but only to the extent that you choose to have a straight relationship. They cannot change the way they think and the way they feel. And the love a gay person feels is the same love...

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Is scientology the same as being an atheist Did you seriously just ask that question?? Hell to the freakin NO! It is as much of an opposite as you can get.

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Would you feel guilty for refusing to help feed a close member of your family who is homeless? Of course, and I hope you didn't ask this under atheism because of prejudices.

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Around 3/4 of Americans believe in miracles, more believe in heaven than in hell, and nearly 6 in 10 pray every day, a report based on a survey of 35,000 US adults showed . http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080623/lf_afp/usreligion_080623215241 Your thoughts? I was very surpised when I first realized how religious America is. It is weird that everyone calls it a Christian nation when the founding fathers clearly were separatists. These statistics aren't that bad, but I'm still kind of worried about critical thinking and superstition when I see this. What scares me way more is that 40% believe that the world will end in their life time...

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What is the idea of religion? Religion is an attempt to give us a meaning in our life and to explain nature. It also gives comfort and is often connected with a belief in afterlife. Religion is also very dipolar, good and evil are very strong ephasized (except for some Asian religions). Creation myths can be found all over the world in various forms, and there are also many myths about why we have seasons, why there is...

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Look at all of the events that are going on in the world today; Isn't is safe to say that God is coming soon? (Please don't hate, just respond) there is no god.

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Do you normally hold open the door for the person who might be following behind you into or out of (say) a shopping plaza? No, I'm an atheist, so I slam it in their face.

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Why are points allowed to be deducted just because someone doesn't agree with your answer when the question asked for your opinion? Because the alternative would require a rather complex program that would have the intelligence to analyze all the questions and qualify them and label as "downrating allwoed" and "downrating prohibited". Or it would require a whole lot of work for volunteers.

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When it comes to discussion of Religion or Spirituality, which of your own assumptions do you find it hardest to question? LOL very typical, this question hasn't got a single answer in almsot a year. Why? Because relgions tells the people not to question. I am atheist, I have no problem with questioning my views. But they have hold up.

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Why do some people insist on telling homosexuals that they are going to hell? not looking for bible quotes here, just want to know why we can't just believe what we want to believe,without people telling us otherwise? What happened to freedom of religion? That's exactly the problem, we canNOT just believe what we want to believe. These stupid arrogant hypocrites who tell homosexuals that they are going to hell are the ones that need a lecture.

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A lot of 'crude' tv shows are inappropriate for their target audience (young teens), in my opinion. What do you think? South Park owns

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Since you do not believe in God, why do you live by Christian standards. never mind

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Is the the god of the old testament a cruel one? "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully." - Richard Dawkins

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Why are some people judgemental abut females becoming priests/pastors? because the bible is very anti feministic, and the people who are judgemental just follow the bible, instead of hypocritically just sayin it, they actually follow it. One wonders if they also stone their neighbors to death when they work on the sabbath...

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Have Atheists caused any serious problems besides religion? I agree with you, relgion is a problem, but why would you say it was caused by atheists? This really doesn't make sense. And no, atheists never caused any problems, it's the opposite. There were atheists that did bad things, but their deeds were NOT motivated by religion, or better, lack of religion.

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How can people hold strong Christian views and believe in the virgin birth AND a strong basis & understanding in science at the same time? By ignoring it, distracting one's self from the truth and not think about it. Believing one thing in the lab, and then go to church on sunday and believe the complete opposite.

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I would like to know if your body and soul are separated? Is it your soul who feels and thinks? Is it possible that we keep our wisdom in our soul and when we go to "heaven" when we're perfect? You cannot disprove this idea, but why would we? There is no evidence for it, it just sounds kinda good so people made it up and believe in it. And actually, if you think about it, do you really want to live forever? I know it sounds good in the beginning, but imagine after 5000 years, you might be a little bored... What about 579308743209470329857380934750293750239475230975203 years?

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Should I do my economics homework? is it for a grade or not? If not, only do it if you feel the need to practise more, If you already get the stuff then don't do unnecessary homework.

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Evolution from one species into another has been observed in the lab: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14094-bacteria-make-major-evolutionary What do you think, will this be the final break through, or will there still be people denying evolution? Dang it I always write answers instead of comments. Another free source for downratings...

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Are your religious views a way of justifying your already established intolerance? I hate it when religious people are intolerant towards other religions. I went to a Christian school, and in the subject 'Comparative Religions' which I was actually really interested in, all the teacher was doing is telling us how awful and evil these other religions were. The point that especially annoys me is that all religions are very similar, none has proof for their claims, and...

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If u believe in God, how do you perceive Him? Especially would lke to know the christian point of u since they believe Jesus is the son of God, so then what is God like? no, asking a second time doesn't change my answer.

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I believe in a God, do you? no

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Can anyone provide 1 example of an animal form completely changing(Thereby proving Darwin's THEORY of evolution)? There are huge gaps like this in the fossil record. Surely this happened at least once amongst millions of animal species. Jackpot! http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14094-bacteria-make-major-evolutionary

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Wat u think about ISLAM? You are so arrogant. Christianity is very similar to Islam, and both religions have no proof whatsoever. Islam is as valid as Christianity, and bashing Islam is very incosequent and hypocritically if you are a Christian Allah is not a loving god. But you know what? At least they are being honest. Christians claim their god is loving, but in reality, Yahweh is a cruel monster. And...

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Are the various religions out of touch with present times? Yes, we are still believing in bronze age myths. Even Zeus, Iuno, Hera, Venus Mars and the others were more modern. But modern relgions aren't better. Scientology has space ships and that stuff, but I think it is even worse than Christianity and Judaism. Why can't we just stick with science?

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I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself? Another example here, from Numbers 15: 32 While the Israelites were in the desert, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, 34 and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. 35 Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man must die. The whole assembly must...

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If you were God for one day what would you do and why? Your actions cannot be selfish and must be selfless. You cannot violate the terms of free will and you cannot violate the laws of the universe such as you cannot violate the terms of gravity by...... If I was the Christian god, I would align the stars to form the words "I AM HERE, JESUS IS THE WAY" in the sky. This would save billions of people's souls. Or, if we need to keep the concept of faith, then I would at least strenghten the holy spirit, since he really sucks. I wouldn't enjoy torturing people in hell.

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So why did God create the concept of death and place it within the fruit and then later say, "thou shall not kill?" How about stealing? adultery? etc.? He didn't want it to happen, he got disapointd when Eve didn't follow his dictatorship, that's why he curse all her descendants. Just a little bit vindictive. I guess it was in the fruit because it is an anology that knowledge is bad and equals death, since the tree is called "The Three of knowledge of good and evil". That's why creationists deny evolution,...

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Why did God create atheism when all he wanted was Christians and true believers? What was his true goal in creating the concept of atheists? Because he would have nobody to torture in hell?

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I am confused as to why there are 52 weeks in a year, because 1 month has 4 weeks and that times 12 months = 48, shouldn't there be 48 weeks in a year? Where is the additional month comes from? One month has four weeks is just a rule of thumb, months have either 30 or 31 days (february the weird exception), that would be about 4.3 weeks.

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I think people who don't accept the theory of evolution were either poorly taught and indoctrinated or are stubborn and close minded. Or both. Do you think I am intolerant or close minded myself because of that? never mind wanted to comment.

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If we are a product of evolution - where did love come from? Love came from evolution. It is a process started by chemicals in your brain that give you this amazing 'butterly' feeling in your stomach. It has similar effects as being on drugs, and it has no negative effects (okay this is disputable, if you get cheated on, this would be very negative). Being in love actually supports health. Now, how did love evolve as a feeling? If you just...

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'I didn't ask to be born' is something that we may have said when we were young and angry. Some believe that we have actually have had the choice to be born. Are you open minded enough to think this may be a possibility whatever your beliefs? Richard Dawkins once said "There is this thing called 'being so open minded that your brain falls out." No, I don't believe in anything supernatural, including souls. And I think this is a wrong use of the term open minded. I think we should be open minded and tolerant for example towards strange, new food. For different cultures. But not towards unproven absurdities.

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How much proof is there of evolution? I found it very depressing that borasalama's answer here was rated top answer. His answer, altough not his own view but quoted, is stupid propaganda. He numbered it, so I will here refute every single point of his argument. Look up his answer in a seperate window so you can compare it, since I directly referred to his claims. 1. Flat out lie, this views are biassed to the biggest extent...

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How Christians deny the evolution theory, by using scientific evidence or Bible? For the last part "design", you should really watch that video I gave you, it perfectly explains it.

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Do you believe that death is not the end but the beginning of a new life? Is it better than living since we do not eat or work anymore? No, death is going to be the end.

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If Adam and Eve didn't eat the fruit from the forbidden tree, would we all be naked right now? No, I would have eaten that fruit. I couldn't resist knowledge, and I would rebel against god if he forced me to stay dumb.

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Is it wrong to compare the 66 books to a final revision, in that though there is much that isn't said, what is said is by far the most worthwhile? I would say it is wrong, the 'canon', the selection of the books for the Bible, ommitted some pretty interesting books. One for example pictured Jesus as little kid annoying his friends with magic. I think that would be pretty worthwile to read, but they didn't like this image of Jesus so they kicked it out.

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How does it profit a man to have gained the whole world and lost his soul? In the sense that there is no such thing as a soul, therefore you gained the whole world in trade for nothing, pretty good deal! However, if we use the term 'soul' metaphorically as an expression for morality or 'karma', it would be a bad deal because it would make you unhappy. Let's say you had to kill somebody you like for the whole world, this would make you loose...

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What is the colour of love? Just because a question is grammatically correct doesn't mean it makes sense. Love is abstract, you can't actually see love, only applied or expressed love, therefore, love has no color.

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Do you ever think about what is life and trying to answer it yourself? Yes, but this doesn't fit into 'religion'. That's biology, and religion should keep it's mouth shut.

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How Christians deny the evolution theory, by using scientific evidence or Bible? Most of the people who deny it just weren't taught it properly and believe what their ignorant pastor's teachers and parents say. This is probably the worst example of creationist propaganda ever, watch it, it is just sad! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZc5Ux5kWOg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGrvp-8oDok&feature=related This guy is simply a moron. But people...

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Since you do not believe in God, why do you live by Christian standards. I don't live by Christian standarts. I don't stone people to death for working on the sabbath. I don't stone people to death for committing adultery. I don't hate my family to follow Jesus. I am not anti feministic, I think females are worth as much as men. I don't hate homosexuals more than I hate left-handed people. I am not racist. I wouldn't kill my son if...

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Christians- Has any kids ever asked "If there's a God then WHY does he let the innocent suffer?" I was asked that & all I could say was that there's a reason for everything & 1 day we'll find out. I want to give a better answ,does someone have 1? congratulate your child for independent thinking.

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Do you think there is a heaven really? No I don't. Therefore I appreciate this precious life even more.

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To the people who don't believe, why do you come in and down rate everyone's answer that does. If you don't believe stay out of the Christian questions. Let those of us who believe continue to do so. It is our right. I don't come in and downrate every question or answer that suggests that the questioner/answerer is religious. I only downrate questions/answer that deny clear scientific evidence, or that use poor logic to prove something that isn't true. Every creationist statement gets downrated, except if it is a question about PERSONAL opinion. But at least I always write a reason for the...

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Which is easier to prove, that GOD exists or that GOD does not exist? If the Bible was true, it would be easy to prove god's existance in many ways (double blind studies with prayers for example). But up to today, nobody even came close to a logic prove. And all I heard as wanna-be proves was just terrible logic. On the other side, you can't disprove god. But you can't disprove the flying spaghetti monster, the flying invisible unicorn, the pink...

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Do you believe in the saying that goes something like "You have to kiss a lot of toads to find your handsome prince."? Not really, I'm actually looking for a princess.

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Everything has a creator (except God he is the beginning and the end) How can someone say it just happened when you ask them about how the earth was created? Things don't just come together something creates it. How can you deny that a God exists? Why does everything need to have a creater? Why do you exclude god? If god doesn't need a creator, the universe doesn't either, because a universe is much more simple than god. Your logic is ver poor.

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Do you believe some of us are born with supernatural gifts , being able to sence things , have you ever felt power from a place or object , do you believe these powers are inherited , have you ever felt like someone was with you or had a supernatural expe No. No. No. No. No. This is all irrational nonsense.

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Idk if i believe in god or not...does that make me an athiest? Yes you are an atheist. The definition of atheism is no belief in god, you don't know wheter you should believe it or not, so you definately don't truly believe in god, therefore you are an atheist. But you could consider yourself as "weak atheists" or "agnostic atheist", because you don't believe that god NOT exists on the other side either. A strong atheist...

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Why are many atheists so respectful about religion? I want to mention some things additionally and clarify, so plz read my answer before answering (and downrating). I think religion has an undeserved respect. One is allowed to criticize politicians as much as one wants, but when it comes to religion, one has to accept their "faith". Please don't get me wrong, I don't say that the believe in a supernatural creator of the universe is primarily bad. I accept theists, and I think they can be intelligent and open minded people. There are...

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If you grew up in a family with a different religion (i.e. A Christian growing up in a Muslim family,) how much would you change? You would become more open minded. You would see how they are kind and loveable people, even they don't believe in Jesus. You would start respecting other believes. Maybe you would start questioning your own belief, since you are confronted with an alternative. It would probably make you think about your own religion from a different perspective.

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Christians often say that Big Bang and Evolution can't be true because you can't get something from nothing. What if physicists discovered you can? Would that change your mind? No, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't change. Somebody who disagrees with evolution will disagree with everything else that goes against the bible. You can't argue against evolution with "you can't get something from nothing". Evolution is there, no matter how the first cell was naturally formed, or created, we see the evidence of evolution. Same with the big bang, we...

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There is absolutely no common ground to debate, discuss or argue about the subject of believing or non-believing when believers and non believers communicate, because a believer just believes and never questions the belief. Is that right? This is right in many cases. Religion makes a virtue out of "faith", believing without evidence is good. Once a person has strong faith, it is very hard to have a progressive debate. Some believers are still open minded though, and you can have interesting discussions.

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A woman, while at her mother's funeral, met this guy whom she didn't know. She thought this guy was amazing,her dream guy! She fell in love w/him right there,but never asked for his number and couldn't find him again. 3 days later she killed her sis. Why? I answered it correctly, but I hope this is only because I am good at abstract thinking...

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I found a short story about the Judgement Day. I strongly recommend you to read it, it is wonderfully ironic. The story is in my answer to this question. Would you do the same thing as Eve did in the end? 'On Judgement Day' The line seemed to stretch back forever. Hundreds of millions of souls, waiting patiently for their turn before the throne. The date... Well, the day is Judgment Day, so you won't find it on any calendar. The queue of people winds its way down the mountain, through the valley and off into the far distance. Everybody in the queue can see the final destination...

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If you were a Christian would you try and get michael myers ( the dude from halloween) to covert? I don't think you intended it, but your question is extremely offensive. It looks like you think people are evil because they don't believe in Christianity. This is really not the case. And no, if I was a Christian (which I am not), I would not try to convert him because he would go to hell (which doesn't exist) anyways. I know Jesus died to forgive sins, but that guy commited...

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What 2 "animals" disprove evolutionary theory - comprehensively? The kangaroo and the pinguin. Watch further explanation here: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/778517 Very Important!

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Who does not believe in God a.k.a atheist and why? I don't believe in god, but this makes me an atheist not an agnostic.

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Whats the one thing you truely beleive in? the truth, proven and logically explained.

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Do you belive in god? well i do and all of us will go beforth the judment seat of christ! answer if you belive and answer if you dont so you can be saved.... I don't believe in God. I am not trying to convert you, I let you believe in whatever ridiculous things you want to believe in, so don't try to "save" me by telling me fairytales.

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If you are gay do you go to hell? Depends on if the Bible is true or not. If yes, gay people still have a chance by not performing any gay actions. I am convinced that the Bible is a fairytale, but that would be what it says.

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I was wondering if anyone had any information about a condition I have where I assign every inanimate object a gender. Not unlike synastesia where one assigns color to things. It comes quite naturally and has been there since I was a small c I don't know, but in many languages, every noun has a gender. For example in German, instead of alway "the", there is "der" (masculine) "die" (feminine) or "das" (neural). Or in French "le" (masculine) or "la" (feminine). Maybe it has something to do with that...

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What is the funniest commercial of all time? That commercial from quizzo's with the two rats playing guitar. They are so funny and sing totally random stuff about subs.

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If you select one of the 7 cards and roll the 7 sided die, how many possible outcomes are there? 49

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What's the lamest commercial you've ever seen? That commercial about smoking where this random girl and that guy start dancing because of a typo or something like that. I really don't get this commercial and it is annoying me.

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Would birth control, such as that in china, work for the world as a whole? Many countries have the opposite problem. Especially in Europe, birth rates are often below 2, which means that the population is shrinking, and old people make up a bigger percentage of the population, so it costs a lot of money. There we would need the opposite, lots of benefits for couples who have children.

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Is red China earth-quake a divine penalty as implicitly pronounced by at least a billion pious people in the World? (Stay in the boundaries of daily logic instead that of science please!) Of course, they are communists and godless, so god punishes them. The tsunami was the same. God is on the side of the Christians, but even they don't do everything right. That's why he also has punishments like the Hurricane Kathrina, New Orleans was hit because the Christians tolerated a lesbian comedian living in New Orleans. I was being sarcastic, in case you haven't...

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Without God would you might consider what can go wrong often does go wrong? No, I am atheist, and I think I am as luck/unlucky as everyone else.

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Can you Disprove Evolution in 5 minutes ... better still, Can you prove the Adam & Eve account in 4 mins - see my own answer below for details? Because white kangaroos wear yellow underpants on their heads, the pinguins in eastern Mongolia are the most beautiful one legged turtles on Christmas, therefore evolution is wrong. ???????????????????????????????????????? Yeah, logic is supposed to make sense.

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I would really appreciate if the people who don't believe in evolution would read my answer to this question. I think it is important to have a right understanding about it. After you read it, did it change your thoughts about evolution? Okay I have noticed that many people have a false image of Evolution. Especially Christians, so this is why I posted this under Christianity. I don't want to force anyone into believing something, But I think it is important that people know what they are talking about and what the alternative to Creationism is. So this paragraph will briefly explain how evolution works. Many people...

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Why are atheists angered by faith rather than in the natural..amused? I am amused by faith because it is taught that believing in something without evidence is a virtue. It closes the mind, and people reject pure unquestionable evidence just bacause their holy book tells a diferent story. Christians are often the first people who laugh about weird beliefs like Mormons or Scientology, but are they really that different? -virgin birth -triune god who is father...

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True or false: Organized religion, the great divider of man against man. very true. Religion should be abolished. People would still do good, and the good parts of it don't need to vanish, but as it is now, religion is very bad.

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If Jesus and God are equal wouldn't they call each other brothers? Why Father and son, was the son created? They should call each other "clone" or "twin". And don't forget the ghost!

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Who REALLY does believe in God? And if you don't .. lets chat. I want to hear your beliefs. I don't. The explanation "god was always there, he is allpowerful and created everything" just doesn't make any sense. If it is hard for us to understand how the universe came into existance, how in the world can something so incredibly complex like god just be there? Science explains so much about the universe, we don't need a supernatural explanation. Where would we...

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What is the craziest religious belief you have ever heard of? Scientlology. It was invented by a science fiction author, I mean how in the world can someone believe in this?

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Christians: Can other people tell you are a Christian before you tell them, or do they act surprised when you tell them you are a Christian? This is something my religion teacher believes. She keeps saying that Christians have this sparklin shine around them and are special, and random people on the street will come up to you and ask "What is so special about you?" And then they are supposed to answer "I am a Chrsitian and Jesus loves me, and everyone else". And then the stranger is supposed to say: "Really,...

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Whats your proof that god does or doesnt exist? no, some people tried to prove it but always shot themselves in the foot with poor logic. The pure definition of god makes him unproveable. But in science, the task of proving something is enterely on the people who believe in the hypothesis. Everyone can say "the flying spaghetti monster created the world and the universe" and then ask people to disprove it. But if you want to...

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Do you think that if God is a woman SHE might have a big round booty? No, why would a female god be so intensely anti-feministic? God could never be a woman, except a sadomasochistic woman meybe.

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Why would an atheist have ethics other than " whatever pleases me, do it"? This questions is full of arrogance, ignorance and prejudices. Morals are a product of evolution, and therefore in every human. There is this thing called empathy. Why do religious people think they are better? If someone is just good because he is scared of hell, is this real morality? A good example: "October 17 1969, when the Motreal police went on strike. By 11:20 am the first bank...

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Do you feel if people weren't taught religion at a young age that religions would lose their popularity? absolutely. Richard Dawkins made an astonishing comparison. Let's assume a mistery with a scientific answer. For example, "why were the dinsaurs extinguished?". Some scientists may say because of a meteor. Other may say because of volcanoes. And a third group may say because of the mammals who ate the eggs of the dinosaurs. But what if all Americans would say it was...

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I just read a question about people not believing in atheist, well I'm one ,so can all the atheist on answer bag please answer this so I can have some imaginary friends? I'll gladly support you :D

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I have been searching so long for something to fill the gap in my soul, So far, organized religion bats 0. I am a scietific person but I have deep spiritual needs and questions, any ideas for me? Please? I think I have the perfect answer, at least try it. It's Richard Dawkins book "Unweaven the Rainbow". Dawkins is atheist, and very focused on science. In his book he explains the beauty of science as a system to live by. It goes into philosophy and spirituality but it is rational. I strongly recommend it.

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When atheists complain about how unfairly they're treated in the U.S do you think they don't realize how lucky they are? A Gallup poll taken in 1999 asked Americans whether hey would vote for an otherwise well qualified person who was a woman (95% would) Roman Catholic (94% would), Jew (92%), black (92%), Mormon (79%), homosexual (79%) or ATHEIST (49%!). (quoted from "The God Delustion) Where is the luck? Such an ignorant society full of prejudices?

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So what if you're wrong? This goes to all the atheists and all who believe in a faith system.........oh, and what if we are all right? There is this argument called "Pascal's Wager". It says that even if someone doesn't believe in god, he better should because if god exists, he goes to heaven instead of hell, and if not, it wouldn't matter. This argument is stupid because there are thousands of religions in the world. What if we chose the wrong one, wouldn't god be even more mad at us? And...

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Do you have to believe in ghosts to actually be able to see one? why are you assuming in your question that ghosts exist in the first place?

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I am very interested in ppls religions and what they believe. I am not judgemental so if you would please, tell me what religion you practice and the beliefs you have. I am really looking for a specific religion myself and would like to know.Thanks I am atheist, and like Crazed_Wiseman, I believe in science. Science proves that god is very improbable, and I am not able to just believe in it because there are absolutely no evidences. A recent study has shown that there are so many prejudices against atheists. It pretty much impossible for an atheist to be politically active in the US, because they are hated. Here some things I want...

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Who do you think are false prophets in the world today when you watch t.v. (please do not include any Christian denominations in your answer)? Everyone who preaches that there is a god.

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Attention atheists: What evidence convinced you of God's non-existence? Everything summarized in the book "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins.

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If all your family belives in god and you don't because....of past things that have happened to you. does that make you rude or bad? Not at all, but the reason most people are atheist is NOT because they are pissed off at god. The reason is pure logic.

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Everyone knows that a scientific law is true ALL OF THE TIME, no exceptions. If scientist say that evolution is true, why isn't it called "the law of evolution"? A natural law can be described mathematically. You can "measure" gravity and predict how fast an object will fall from a tower, and you can define its speed at every given point of the fall. Evoultion is based on circumstances and to some extent, randomness. But don't get me wrong, random mutations become non-random. I is like throwing thousands of basketballs randomly in the...

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Is it un-American to be an atheist or an agnostic? not at all, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were agnostic!

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What positive social change has "atheism" ever inspired? So much! You don't even know. The enlightenment, when people started questioning dogmas, was the beginning of modern science. The scientific method can be seen as the most important invetion in human history. Observations Hypothesis (educated guess based on observation) predictions based on hypothesis many experiments to prove it THEORY (this is why people don't know what...

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In a Texas Holdem hand, after the flop, say you have 13 "outs". 5 cards are known, leaving 47 unknown. 16 of the unknown are in other players' hands, 31 in the deck. What are the odds of 0 of your outs being in the deck? Of all of them being there? okay second try: Try it like this. You have 13 outs, now you put them into categories, either in deck (31 cards) or unavailable (16). The chance of a card being in the available deck is therefore 31 to 47. But then the second out has only a chance of 30 to 47, since one place is already taken. You have to multiply the fractions because the events all have to happen in order to get the result...

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In a Texas Holdem hand, after the flop, say you have 13 "outs". 5 cards are known, leaving 47 unknown. 16 of the unknown are in other players' hands, 31 in the deck. What are the odds of 0 of your outs being in the deck? Of all of them being there? This doesn't really matter because you can just calculate odds from what you know. How are you sure that you even have 13 outs? It looks like a flushdraw with two overcards to me, what if he has top pair with the same kicker as one of your overcards? So everything is relative and all you can do is figure out the outs you think you have and then calculate the odds for hitting them out of...

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What do you think of Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins owns. His way of presenting his arguments is amazing and leaves no space for people who disagree with him, not because he is radical, but because his argument is based on sharp logic and provoking but totally accurate allustions. He fights for science and against irrationality. His book "the God delusion" should be read by everyone. I admit he is very harsh with...

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God is Good All the time....! Is it is right in your sight........? Richard Dawkins nails it with this awesome sentence: "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously...

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Do you like 'Toblerone'? I do, but since I am from Switzerland, I can tell you that we have even better chocolate. Yes, it's possible, Toblerone isn't even that popular in Switzerland, there is other chocolate that just makes you crazy!!!

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If one day Answerbag had no ranking system would you use it as much? I might even use it more often, it is sometimes annoying to see thousands of questions and answers that were obviously only given for points and not for the sake of helping or seriously wanting to find out something.

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If the sun disappeared right this moment, we know it would take us about 8 min. for the lights to go out, (speed of light). How long before earth noticed the gravitational change? Also about 9 minutes (I think the that light needs about 9 minutes from the sun to earth). Gravity and electromagnetism are connected. The people on earth would start flying though, the earth would just leave its orbit.

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You maybe an atheist, but do you want to follow the ethical example of Jesus Christ? If not, why not? Thank you for this question. I hope that people stop seeing atheists as immoral nihilists. For the most parts, yes I do. The message of the Bible (other than the belief in Jesus stuff) is valuable. The ten commandments are based on human morals, and I think you should follow them also as atheist. Helping others gives you a better feeling and you feel that you can make an impact. However,...

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This is very general but, What is one thing that is most important to you in life? For me, it is other people's view and how I am perceived; I'm looking for answers like that! To me, the most important thing is to have a positive impact in the hearts of the people I love, and to try to make the world a better place, even little things matter. This is the only way for me how I can achieve real contentness.

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What would come upon us non-believers after the Final Judgement? I just heard today that apperently there are still chances to convert. When the end of the world is coming, millions of locusts attack the non believers and torture them, trying to convert them. That's just what my religion teacher told me, then I asked her "doesn't this take away the point of faith, even I would convert if thousand locusts try to eat me?" She answered that...

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What do you THINK of ADULTERY? Some people have problems with their kids visiting known gays/lesbians, let alone for then to sleep over. But will you allow your child to visit homes of adulterous? What about them sleeping over? I think adultery is very disrespectful. I despise the act of adultery. Being gay on the other side is inborn, and performing gay actions out of love (which is the same pure love as straight couples experience) is also nothing bad at all.

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Do you find it weird how not only are our bodies 70% water, but that the earth's surface is covered 70% with water also? (roughly) no, but I think it's ironic that only 1% of the water is actually drinkable (not polluded or salty).

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Do you have the guts to post a comment when you DR someone? I hate trolls and feel like if you're going to DR someone, take ownership of it and give a reason/rationale. Agree/disagree? I agree, I have the guts and I told you why I downrated your question (-2), because you are a hypocrite. I loved the answer I received, ironically, someone totally trolled me, or whatever it is called here (-60). Great how you got 39 points for this question, it is just an adorable example of immaturity. Grow up. And if you think I would retaliate, I have to disappoint you, I'm not...

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The source of the necessary elements of life is Stars. Through nuclear fusion under very high temperature and pressure in the core of a star, the basic hydrogen elements (one proton) fuse into helium (two protons). When a star gets older, and all the hydrogen is gone, it starts fusing hydrogen and helium, helium and helium, and so on until there are only heavy elements left and the star finally explodes or implodes.

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If you knew that someone was dying, but they didn’t know, would you tell them the truth or deceive them about it? Tell them, with maybe one exception. Let's say it is a kid that will day within the next ten minutes, it wont hurt much. I would tell him that it will fall asleep pretty soon and everything is going to be fine. I don't want the child to be scared for the last minutes of his/her life. However, when it is about an older person, I would probably tell them, just in case they want to...

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You and two loved ones are on a walk through the forest. Your two companions fall into a pit of poisonous vipers. You have enough anti-venom to save only one; the other will certainly die. What would you do? Now - assume it’s your two children at risk. Very hard, I think I would give away the dilamma of choosing and save the one that lies closer to me.

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What is the most ironic story that has ever happened to you / someone that you know? My mothers knew a couple, they had three kids, all of them boys. The woman became pregnant again, and in the beginning of the pregnancy they talked about the child. They would rather have liked to have a girl, but they told each other that a boy would also be fine, and it would make them happy too. Ironically, the woman gave birth to triplets, all of them boys.

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Am i just begging to get ripped off if i play at an online casino? I would say yes, I played online poker, and someone hit runner runner quads against my flopped nut full house. I mean suckouts are normal everywhere, even two outers on the river occur sometimes, but runner runner out of two outs? Thats just sick.

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If you do not believe in God, does that automatically mean you believe in evolution and the big bang? There are dozens of religions in the world, and most of them have a main god, even polytheistic religions often have a main god. But not all the religions share the book of Genesis. Many religions also have the purpose of explain things that humans cannot understand, we have the desire for explanations, and when we cannot find an explanation, we come up with the supernatural. Think of Greek...

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Why do so many people seem to assume that bisexuals cannot be monogamous? Maybe because of Tila Tequila as very bad role model for bisexuals. Or maybe because they think whenever someone who's bisexual is dating someone, he misses the other sex. I personally believe that they can be monogamous, at least lesbians. I've seen a survey that claims that men can't really be bisexual. They showed them porn pictures with either only men or only women,...

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What exactly are we trying to accomplish in Iraq? Do we know? Is it attainable? Is it feaseble? At what cost? Well we're in Iraq now, and we can't change things that have already happened. What is important now is that we rebuild the country and restore peace, and try to give them a functional government (democracy). We need to gain the trust of the Iraqis so that they accept it. Remember the end of Vietnam? The US gave up, and abandoned South Vietnam. I don't say this was a...

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Who founded hinduism Hinduism has no actual founder, it is a very old religion and emerged in India in certain forms thousands of years ago.

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Okay i dont get it, if magic and witchcraft is real then why is it seen as a bad thing? or not even real in some peoples cases. Why is it not practiced on a large scale? (meaning like in everyones homes). Surely its benifits out weigh the negatives. Your question is based on the assumption that magic and witchcraft is real. Why do you think that? If it was real, it would be used, the CIA and the FBI would probably have many witches working for them to find out crimes and terror plans. Even if something is seen as bad (like the Christians who boycott Harry Potter), if the government can use it, they will. I don't even know what...

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What is the difference between creationism, intelligent design, and evolution? this doesn't matter, it needs lots of good circumstances that a fossile even evolves. The discovery of DNA and genetics proved Darwins Theory. He couldn't prove it himself, but he was convinced that he was right.

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Which would you rather date? A totally hot slightly older woman, or a younger attractive (but not as hot) lady? Or both at the same time and decide based on other (probably more important) factors? None of the above. The age deosn't really matter, as long as it is not to extreme. And as long as both are attractive, the character is what matters the most. But I would find it wrong to date both at the same time. I would get to know them better so I could see their character. But if you insist that I choose something, I would go for the older one.

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There is this guy that likes me and i like him, but people would make fun of me if i went out with him. what should i do? Have you ever heard the song "sk8er boi" from Avril Lavigne? Don't make the same mistake.

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I'm so irritated with my 15 y/o brother. He's been looking at porn on my laptop again. I've confronted him about it but he denies it furiously every time. How do I get him to take it seriously? I don't want to embarrass him. Id like to add to all the good answers that you should also explain him that it is okay to be curious, but that porn shows a completely wrong image of sexuality. It might be awkward to talk about it, but show him how you found out about it, so he has to stop denying it.

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Should Africa be united into United States of Africa, USA II No, this wouldn't make sense at all. Every country has a very unique background, different cultures and langages. Some countries in Africa are even at war (or civil war). And establishing a functional government that could organize, coordinate and support the interest of every African is pretty impossible.

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Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever seen one? What's your ghost story? I don't believe in ghost, and I won't change this belief until I clearly see one without any possibilites that it could be fake. Or if a person whom I trust completely, just in everything, tells me that he/she saw a ghost, I would believe it. I'm really surprised how many people tell ghost stories here, are they just making this up, or are they hallucinating? I don't know,...

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A differential of no more than 5 points in IQ is one of the components of a satisfying, enduring couple relationship. Your thoughts? I don't really know how big of a difference 5 points in IQ are, but I agree that in a good relationship the IQs should be pretty close together. I mean I don't want to talk to my girlfriend about complicated equations or science, but just common sense in conversations is crucial. But I think if both people have IQs higher than a certain limit, it doesn't really matter anymore....

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Is there any way i could be a lesbian traped in a male body? No. Your lesbians are females with too much male hormons. A man with too much female hormons is gay, and a man with way too much female hormons feels like he is trapped in the wrong body, because he thinks like a women. But a lesbian trapped in a male body is an oxymoron, because there would be too many male and too many female hormons together. And if you don't believe that it depends...

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My boyfriend used to be with guys ages ago. How do i know hes not gay now. He says hes not. There is no way he is straight. He is eiher bisexual or gay. If he says he loves you, and he says he is attracted to you, then he is bisexual. But the following is very important: Being gay or bisexual is NOT a matter of choice, and it is NOT something bad. If he has made his decision that he loves you, you should try to trust him. Don't leave him only because of that, it would be for...

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Does he like me if he accepts an invitation to a party of mine where he knows he won't know anyone but me? It is very likely that he does! Except if he just wants free drinks and food lol.

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Is it a red flag if a guy you were thinking of dating started yelling and swearing at someone close enough within earshot of you? this really doesn't mean that he would treat you like this, even if you have disagreements. There is a huge difference between girlfriend and someone you don't like. But it is still bad behaviour. It depends how often he does it, he might have really good reasons. But if if it sounded really scary, and you know he does it quite often, then you're it is probably better if...

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Ok so i have this boy friend. he is amazing and we r planning on getting married, but there is this one problem, his dad put a restraining order against me because im the "little voice inside his head that tells him what to do". what can i do? Its his dad that put the restraining order on you, not your boyfriend. It would be nice if you could talk to the dad and fix the problem, but if this doesn't work, and you really love your boyfriend, and you two have been together long enough to know that you love each other and you both want to spend the rest of your life together, then forget about his stubborn dad and marry him.

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I believe that the people who you love and who love you hurt you the most simply because those are the people effect you in anyone possible because you love them but I can't understand Why do the people who say they love you make the same mistake again? It shouldnt be like this, not everyone does it. There are relationships were both involved respect each other. If someone says "I love you", he shouldnt hurt you in any way, otherwise he is a either a hypocrite (which would be bad), or far more often: just to dumb to realize that he hurts you. If this is the case, talk to the person and explain your feelings, then the person will stop...

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My ex and me are friends again. today tho him and his friend were messing around with my backpack (they can be kinda flirtatious when they dont mean it) and then this grl who nos him well said that he mite like me again?? im confused help! it all depends what you feel for him, and you you two broke up. If you just want to be friends with him, this is okay. If you love him, try to get together with, him, start to spend a lot of time with him, and show him that you like him.

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What is the origin of education for selfreliance as advocated by mwalimu julius kambarage nyerere? The works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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What if cousin was pregnant, & cus you were TERRIBLY jealous you have NASTY thoughts of baby, wishing she would miscarry or baby would be stillborn, would you be afraid to get pregnant fearing that these nasty things would happen to you? No, this is superstition, and your thoughts shouldn't affect your own pregnancy (neither the one of the other girl). However, studies have shown that if you are always worried and anxious and under stress in your pregnancy, the risks for having a baby with disabilities will increase. So if you worry about it too much and can't sleep in the nights, it can indirectly impact your baby. ...

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The girl I like is hanging out a lot with one of my best friends. I honestly don't think it's possible for a girl like this to like someone like him though and I don't think she does but I was just needing some other opinions If he is one of your best friends, then he probably isn't a "bad person" (or otherwise you have the wrong friends). But I think I get what you mean... Maybe she does like him, it is possible because sometimes, opposites attract, but similar does too. Maybe they are just good friends. They aren't dating yet. Just be yourself, you can hang out with her too, and maybe she...

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For athiest's, how do you believe humans became about? As well as the universe? I'm not an atheist, but I see nothing wrong in the reasoning that atheists use, and I say you can't prove the existance of God. So let me try to answer this question... Humans are the result of a long chain of events. Everything is based on accidents, but you can't say that if something would have been a little bit different, it wouldn't have worked, because otherwise,...

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Christians were for prohibition right? So how can they use wine in their ceremonies if they support the prohibition of alcohol? (serious question not christian bashing!) I would guess because it is only a very little zip of wine that the people drink at the Lord's supper, and the wine turns to Jesus' blood anyways (Lutheran's say it is still wine, but also Jesus' blood, and Catholics say it is only Jesus' blood).

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Does a tree, while it is growing, take more mass from the earth than it returns when it dies and decays? No, a tree takes elements from the soil, water, and CO2 from the air to grow. It uses photosynthesis to transform these substances into glucose, but all the mass and energy the tree takes from the environment goes back when it decays.

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Could you amputate your own hand if your life depended on it? depends what instruments I got. I think I could do it with something really sharp and big that makes it fast, but I doubt I could do it if I'd need to like hit the bone several times... I don't even want to think about this.

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Does anyone know *why* the anime "Elfen Lied" is called that? "Elfen Lied" (or properly, "Elfenlied") is German for "elf song", but the anime doesn't seem to have anything to do with its title, other than the word "Silpelit". Any guesses? Its probably kind of late for an answer, but I'm pretty sure that the reason for this title is Kotha's music box. The one he showed Lucy when he was a child, and only she liked it too. It is also the melody that always comes in the beginning. In German, the word Lied could also just stand for melody.

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Anyone besides me really love Elfen Lied??? it's awesome! I randomly discovered it three days ago, and now I've already watched all the twelve parts. It was amazing, I loved it. But there are some things missing, like what happened to the Boss of the Organization (the one with the horns), and who Kota loves, Yuka or Lucy...

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What era or event in world history seems to fascinate you the most? Do you watch any educational channels when documentaries are on about the subject? I love to see documentaries about ancient warfare and battles. (Sparta, Athens, Rome, Carthago, Persia). And I'm also interested in the Cold War, mankind only barely escaped from a huge catastrophe in the Cold War. I watch documentaries about it, and even search for documentaries on the internet.

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Who belives that we came from rocks? I guess ur talking about the origins of life. I believe that life evolved in the oceans some billion years ago. I don't believe that it is just rocks, it needed all the special circumstances like comsmic rays (there was no atmoshpere for protection), water, sulfur and warm temperature... But the basic atoms the early life was made of, were probably found in rocks. However, if you trace...

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Here is my view of religion, you'll find it in my answer. Christians and non-Christians, what do you think of it, and why is there always this huge conflict about religion? Okay here is what I believe: Why does the Bible need to be perfectly right, and people believe in it as if every single story happened exactly like it did? There even are some passages in the Bible that contradict itself, because they are written in different POINTS OF VIEW. The Bible was written more than 1000 years ago, or the Old Testament even longer ago. What is the important message?...

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If you found a proof that Jesus was a common man, what would you do? The reason I originally asked this question is: There is a book where the main character finds the diary of Jesus, and it says that Jesus was a common man. Not the son of God, no healing power, no savior. The main character doesn't believe, but at the climax of the book, the main character decides to destroy the diary. He sees great value in religion, and he didnt want to take away all the...

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Do you find the game Grand Theft Auto offensive? I don't. its just a game really, I would never do any of the things on there. What do you think? The fact that it is "just a game" doesn't mean it can't be offensive. But I don't see anything wrong in playing this game, it doesn't personally offend anybody. It has a lot of violence and might show wrong virtues, but as long as you just do this in the game, it is totally fine. I don't agree with the people who say that playing violent games make someone...

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Who is also annoyed by the yahoo website, the way they present their news, always these silly questions that are supposed to make you more interested? I just found the most annoying one I've ever seen. This stands on the yahoo starpage right now: A new study finds that guzzling water to cure headaches and curb appetites doesn't work. » Does it improve skin? The last question is a link, isn't that amazing? I need to know it, it makes me so interested, I can't restist.

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I'm in my mid-40's, have always been straight, in a long marriage and have no question about my sexual orientation. It is my understanding that homosexuality is a choice. Is it too late for me to choose to be gay? Sorry this is my second answer, for some reason it doesn't let me post long comments. You ask why so many people tell you this: I know that many people think being gay is a choice, and it makes me mad. But that doesn't mean they're right. Sadly, peopl often believe what they are taught. Especially the church says that being gay is a choice. But important is what science says....

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I am with guy, he is in love with me, we have talked marriage, he is on sick leave for 3 wks after surgery, when I call he sounds bored he says I am not bothering him when I call should I ask if he still feels the same way about me? Yes, I think you should ask him this, if he doesn't, you can ask him why, and if there is no hope for you that your relationship will work any longer, you at least know it directly. And maybe its just somethin else that's bothering him, and then you would feel better and you could listen to him.

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Is this a typical self-respecting guy's action - he will have 2 know that he feels very comfortable around a girl/she's very comfortable with him to even think of asking her out? If he took the risk when he hardly knew her, he doesn't respect himself? I don't think it's self-respecting, but I can just tell you how I feel. It is really hard for me to ask a girl out, I often wait really long, and I only ask if I know that she is most likely gonna say yes. It's probably more the fear of rejection, just the awkwardness when she says no.

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I'm in my mid-40's, have always been straight, in a long marriage and have no question about my sexual orientation. It is my understanding that homosexuality is a choice. Is it too late for me to choose to be gay? Your understanding is simply wrong. You can't chose to be gay, you are born gay, altough you notice it between about 12 and 18. This is not a theory, it is based on dozens of surveys and evidences. I'm normally very tolerant with what people believe, but in this case, I have to tell you that your wrong, because some people believe it's a sin to be gay, and they say gay people...

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What makes kids join gangs are they lacking something at home? Some of these kids join the gang for survival. Life is really hard on the streets, the people that join are poor, and the gang is a way to make some money, and more important, and it gives you protection. I know it sounds like a paradox, because we always hear that people died in gang-fights, but it's actually true, without a gang, you are in a worse situation sometimes.

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What is the three main cause of skin cancer Im not an expert on this subject, but I think that three factors that highly increase the risk of skin cancer are smoking, sunburns and when your family has had it a lot.

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What is your favourite childrens or adults party game? Rockband, there is something for everyone, you do it together as a groupe, and it is fun even when you suck at it.

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Does more racism exist in the Southern, Western, or Northern United States? Statistically, there is more in the south, because there was slavery, but sadly, there is some racism everywhere.

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Anyone have a strange phobia? Im terrified of naked feet.

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What's the best strumming technique for hitting multiple fast notes? i can't seem to hit more than 6 in a row w/out missing.HELP! Just strum up and down, it easy to get fast enough, maybe you are even too fast. Check this, play a song, then go to more stats and look up how many notes you hit in the fast part. If you hit every note, but didnt keep the multiplier, you strummed to fast. Just try to get the rhythm.

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What do you think of the Catholic Church? I don't like the role of the catholic church in history, they wanted money for forgiveness of sins, they were often corrupt, they opposed science and tried to deny scientific discoveries. They are very strict against homosexuality, altough it is natural and by birth. In newer history, this changed a bit, and the popes have become good, I specially liked the last one that died recently. I...

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Recently, I asked people to choose either seeing their family die in a terrorist attack or keep troops in Iraq and nearly everyone preferred to see their families die. How could anyone choose that? Aren't we supposed to put our families first? To order the troops back doesn't cause terrorist attacks. You can't just state this. But I actually agree with you that the troops should stay, but for a completely different reason. This war was started by the Americans, and whatever the reasons were, Iraq is devastated. It is the duty of the nation to help rebuild and keep order in Iraq, otherwise the country will have chaos. ...

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Do bad people feel angry all the time? In general, yes, but when they do bad things, they feel happy.

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What issue are you sick of hearing about? Paris Hilton and Britney Spears

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What would your dream high school or college be like? The campus should be nice with some nature, maybe a small park, and nice "homes" if you decide to live there. It should be modern and offer the classes you want with good teachers. But way more important are the poeple who go there, it should have friendly people who think the same way as you do, college is way more enjoyable with friends than alone.

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What is the ultimate way to express love for someone or everyone (in general)? It depends, there are "five languages of love", everyon has their own preferences. Do what is love for you, or what you know your s/o likes. The languages are: Physical touch, quality time, encouragement and compliments, gifts, and service like doing things for her. A combination of everythin would be wonderful, of course combined with the words "I love you"...

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I dated a girl 8 years ago as my first date, we even decided to get married. But due to some family matters, we broke up. Now I am on another date. How do I reveal this? Its her first date! :( If you love your date, this shouldn't be too bad. Tell her and let her ask questions about it, but assure her that you love HER (if you do, what I hope you do). And don't compare her to the other girl too much, both are different and have their own unique character.

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What do you do if you like to different guys? First just try to be friends with both, ask yourself what you really want, get to know them better, and you'll hopefully find out which one is the right one for you. And you can still stay close friends with the other one, however, in that case you should really be aware of your feelings.

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Do you find it hard to separate an actor/actress from the character they are on their television show? like you see keifer sutherland and think, jack bauer, or courtney cox and think monica? Sometimes. There is one actor that can really confuse me, its Kevin Bacon. I've seen many movies where he plays the bad and mean guy, and then there was a movie where he played a good guy, it confused me, he is just made for the bad guy! Or recently in "Awake" Jessica Alba as heartless bitch, and as cute, innocent pinguine lover in "Good Luck Chuck".

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What would you do if the world is made out of candy? Move to the North Pole because everything would get extremely sticky and nasty, when temperature is hot. I would probably lose my teeth because of all the sugar. Then I would try to solve the engergy problem by making ethanol alcohol out of sugar, and turn it into car fuel.

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Do you like adventure? Yes, the daily life gets boring sometimes, and in an adventure, you get to know yourself and it is fun, you just have to stop worrying too much. Even if something kinda bad happens, like getting lost in somewhere, you can have fun and it could be exciting.

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Obviously there are too many stupid people in this world, and many even in charge. Is that because our civilisation has removed all evolutionary selective events? Does mankind need a big catastrophe to clear out the bad seeds? You should watch the movie "Ideocracy", this shows us a future ruled by morons and smart people will die out.

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Matter is made up of atoms and smaller particles which have moving electrons & protons. If time stopped all movement within the rocks,air & water etc would stop. Would this mean that everything in the universe would vanish? The point were everythin would stop moving would be "absolute zero" in temperature. Temperature is a scale for measuring the speed of movement of the atoms. We've gotten extremely close to absolute zero, and the matter didn't start to vanish, however, the physical properties changed (Bose-Einstein Condensate. If the whole Universe would stopp moving, there would be a huge...

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Let's just say that you told a woman she should get an abortion because you knew her baby would have some sort of disability. How would you feel if that same woman came back to visit you with her baby to say hello? (Note: Her baby is healthy and happy). I would wonder why she took the test, because for getting information about the fetus, you have to take a test. And people who are morally against abortion, would never take this test.

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How can essential life organs vital to survival evolved during a process of random mutation for billions of years and not kill the host? For example the heart without an Aorta? Can you explain the transition of the organ from absence to presence? The first paragraph is about how "random mutation" works, I think I spotted some sceptism in your question, but if you've already heard this, you can skip the first paragraph. Mutations are not always good, some of them did kill the host. However, there were the ones that had a positive impact for the host, e.g. higher fertility, more intelligence, more energy capacity (like...

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Did Romans invent Christianity as a weapon to conquer First, the Romans were against Christianity. The, the emperor Constantin had a vision that showed him a cross, and a voice said to him "you will win under this sign". So Constantine converted to Christianity and made it to the Roman religion. But it can't be seen as a "weapon", the Christian belief didnt improve Roman warfare, and it wasn't helpful to conquer...

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Well, there is another meat recall. where the heck are FDA inspectors? did they all decide to go on vacation, at the same time? end the war in Iraq and use that money for 10,000 new inspectors, if thats what it takes. somebody is not doing their job. Welcome to the Jungle

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During the "cold war", in the US we had civil advertisments to "duck and cover" in the event of an atomic bomb. Did other countries have something similar? I dont know, but this movie is just hilarious. Ive watched it like three times, its so funny. Here the link for everyone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ON9SEAqL08

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Would you give your life to rid the world of smoking forever NO, if someone smokes, its his own fault. Everyone knows its bad, if someone takes the risk of diseases for a cigarette, its not on anyone to give oneselfs life to save these people from their own decisions.

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Would a dead body decompose in the vacuum of space? It wouldnt decompose in outer space. The process of decomposition is made by bacteria, they can't survive in outer space.

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Is there a theoretical limit to energy? Would this be the sum total of the known universe? Since energy can't be formed nor destroyed, only transformed, I would say your statement is true.

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Since Human evolved from apes what will human evolve into in the future The humans have overcome natural selection, the factor that drives evolution. Humans did evolve from apes, or better, from a common ancestor called australopithecus and later homo sapiens. Apes have the same ancestor, but different geographical circumstances split the two races and they took a different way in evolution. Evolution happens, when a genetic mutation gives an individual an...

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For those of you like me, that don't have English as your first language, do you speak in your native tongue on a regular basis still? Have you moved somewhere, like I have, and now speak English more than your own language? Ive started learning English 3 years ago, and Im participating in a student exchange program, so I get to spend one year in Texas. My English got much better, and Ive even started thinking in English, altough I still talk "Swiss-German" to my friends from Switzerland. Its funny how i sometimes mess up the word order in German, so it would sound like English lol. Its hard to switch...

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Alien Verses Predator: Requiem, What was the best part? What was the worst part? what was your most anticipated part? what you most disappointed with? Will there actually be another film? The best part for me was when the air-lift finally arived, and the people noticed that it was an atomic bomb. They made the wrong decision, they should have trusted the main characters. The worst part was the rivalry between the two guys, that was unrealistic and stupid. The movie was not as predictable as the normal movies are, I liked that a lot. When that girl died, I said "wow,...

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What do you think was the greatest civialization and/or empire ever? The Roman Empire at the time when Trajan was emperor.

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Why do most evolutionist publish fictional illustrations of transitional forms instead of the actual fossil? Because it is hard for a non-expert to imagine how a fossil would look in real, the graphic illustration makes it more obvious what the specialities of the certain creatures are. This way it is more impressive and more convincing. Doesn't mean it's fake, it might be, a trustworthy scientist should publish both.

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I have two sets of data under two standards for certain categories. In one category a certain result occured 60% under Standard 1 and 20% under Standard 2. What test or method can I use to show if the 40% difference is statistically significant? The difference is technically 300 percent instead of 40 percent. Look at it this way, one is sixty times out of hundred, the other one twenty times, sixty is 3 times more than twenty so it is 300 percent more. If the difference is statistically significant depends on the set of experiments/data. I dont know how much exaclty you should have, but I think it should at least be 50. The more the...

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Need help!!! i have to write an essay about anything but it has to be persuasive writen. what topic should i write about? Chose a topic you really care about, something you know a lot of stuff about it, and something that is really important to you. Like if you hate smoking, write about how bad it is. Or if you smoke, write about how hard it is to stop, and mention facts like nicotine that makes it so hard. If you want to do it perfectly, look up some rhetorical strategies to be persuasive, like rhetorical...

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Do all things liquid have a percentage of water in them? No, only mixtures have water in it. Everything you can drink (I mean without getting hurt) has water in it. But pure substances like liquid mercury, dont have water in it. Think about it this way, if you melted gold, how would water randomly go into it when it turns in a liquid? It would also be too hot for water.

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During a hand of poker one of the participants called a straight, which he had, but, he's opponent noticed he'd actually got got a flush! as well as a straight and called for a miss-call. Is this correct? The dealer determines which hand wins anyways. And when the call "str8" was right anyways, so why complain? Im pretty sure he would have won with both str8 and flush, except if someone would have had a higher str8. But normally, the dealer decides which hand wins.

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How many dimensions does our universe have? what do they represent? And non-string theorists believe in 4 dimensions, 3 spatial and the 4th dimension is time.

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If one wanted to use the best method to get storage in long-term memory, what would it be? Make it interesting for you, you'll remember it better when the stuff you want to learn is important to you. And for long time memory, the only thing that really helps is revision. Make a plan, repeat the stuff like every second day in the beginning, and later like every week until you think you'll know it for a long time.

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Why are men atracted to blonde hair? Ive read in a pretty trustworthy source, that blonde hair is a sign for fertility, and men are naturally attracted to blond women. Of course this is just the average, and some men prefer other hair color or it doesnt matter to them.

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Can someone give me an example from their won experience where the thesis-antithesis-synthesis dialectical process seems to have been the way that a new idea/policy emerged? EDIT: Sorry, I misread the question here... If I think about it again, it never worked for me. I always go from thesis to synthesis directly, I can't just throw it away and come up with an antithesis, and then make a compromise. I'll leave the wrong answer here: This happened many times, one example I know was the contrast between Descartes and Locke. Can't remember which one...

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What is nepune's surface like? Neptune's surface is almost identical to Uranus'; a combination of ice and glaciers, rocks and craters make up Neptune's surface with about 15% hydrogen and little helium. Neptune also has great geysers of liquid nitrogen. Neptune has a very solid ground, not like Saturn and Jupiter; these two planets both consist of gases. Neptune's core or center is a region of heavily...

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Global Warming supporters: Who knows arguments against the following paper? How accurate is this source? What are the experts doing? http://www.middlebury.net/op-ed/global-warming-01.html Ive done some research, here is my own conclusion: Both movies, "An Inconvenient Truth" and "The Great Global Warming Swindle" are propaganda, but they do have valid points. I think it is something between, I believe humans are to some extent responsible for global warming, but not at all as much as shown in "An Inconvenient Truth". Here is a good source that...

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You are a psychiatrist or a priest, and your patient/parishioner says they are going to murder someone. Do you tell the cops? I love that movie where the person goes to the priest and asks him for forgiveness for injuring a priest, and then he knocks him out. Can't remember the name though.

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What is the difference between creationism, intelligent design, and evolution? the movie showed that fish-creacher, and the archaeopterix is another example of gap fossils (dinosaurs->birds). Irreducible Complexity is a component of Intelligent Design. It means that there are structures that are so complex that they couldnt have evolved by "accident", it means if only one single part of the complex structure would disappear, the whole structure would be...

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Shouldn't the Latin phrase "et cetera" actually be pronounced "et ketera" instead of "et setera," because all Latin Cs are hard? Yes, in ancient Rome, it would be pronounced [ketera]. However, when Latin transformed to the modern languages, like Spanish and Italian, the pronounciation changed to a [s].

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How did this answer become top answer? http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/500664 What happened to tolerance and objective answers? This makes me want to leave answerbag. Yeah right, this helps! Getting a negative 5 for asking it. I never write offending stuff, and this is the first negaive points i got. TOLERNCE and OBJECTIVE answers Do Americans generally hate Russians so much that this doesnt work? Im not an American, did I miss anything? Is it so hard to be open-minded? The Russians are people like everyone else. I dont like Kommunism, but so...

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What is the realationship between ancient folklore,mythology,philosophy and religion? ancient Folklore were stories for entertainment, often stories of heroes of a tribe/country with some "special efffects". Mythology is a primitive form of religion, where the stories and gods are an explanation for how the world works (like thunder comes from Zeus, seasons from Demeter who can only in spring leave the underworld etc). Humans have the desire for explanations, so...

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Can someone explain string theory to me? everywhere i look confuses the hell out of me! lol would you be able to dumb it down for me? hahaha I highly recommend these videos, visuals are always better in explaining than plain text. It takes long to watch everything, because its also the history of String-Theory, but it explains it really well. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html

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What would you say has been the worst decision in human history? Hitler's decision to invade the Sowiet Union -> a horrible mistake, but fortunately very good for the rest of the world. He attacked for no good reason, and he didnt give his soldiers enough supplies, so he got defeated. This might have cost him the war, or at least accelerated his fall. Here we see a bad decision having a good impact on the world.

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Do you know your shoe size in European sizes? Yes (44), but not in American sizes lol.

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What role did American anti-Semitism play in refusal of Americans to get involved in stopping the Holocaust? America had a very anti-semitic government, the St Louis, a ship with 950 Jewish refugees was turned away from America in 1939 by the Roosevelt government and sent back to Europe. However, the Americans tried to rescue Jews later in the war. But I have to say, they didnt give their all. When the American troops were heading towards Berlin, they didnt walk 50 miles away from their way to free...

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Is there any statistics upon which to favour "cold" or "overdue" numbers when selecting numbers in a lottery? Math shows that previous drawings dont affect the next drawing at all.

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What is the fossil fuel that humans use the most? currently it is crude oil.

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What happens to the temperature when there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? The more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the higher the average temperature on earth. Long-waved sunrays hit the surface of the earth, and turn into heat. They are partially reflected, and would go back into space as heat-waves. But the CO2 and other greenhouse gases reflect it partially back to the earth.

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Which country contributes thr most to carbon emmisions? USA, they didnt accept the Kyoto Protokoll. And the Americans generally dont care much about the environment.

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What role could the drifting of the contients play in evolution? Look at Australia, so many special species that are found nowhere else in the world. Or the difference between the African and the Indian elephant. Both evolved from a common ancestor, but they are not identic. So the drifting of the continents, or better, just the separation, is the cause of many new evolved species.

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Which Roman emperor was the coolest of them all? Which one was the cruelest? Which one was the most ineffective of them all? Who would you be and why? Caligula was cool, he put his horse in the senat.

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What nation was responsible for WW2? WW2 were actually two independent wars. The war in Europe was different from the war in the Pacific, however, Japan and Germeand&Italy decided to support each other because the had the same enemies. You can argue, that the Versailles Treaty (end of WW1) is partially responsible for WW2, because it extremely cruel for the Germans, they had to pay insanely high repair costs (and in WW1 was...

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What part did Isaac Newton play in the therory of gravity? He explained gravity as first physician. He formulated the first theory of gravity. It is still accurate nowadays, except for one part, were Einstein corrected his theory, (by combining space and time in his Theory of Relativity, which is the newer and more advanced theory). Newton was extremely important for physics.

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What is the most important life decision you have ever made? I decided to sign up for an exchange student program for one year. Im having so much fun here in the States, and it is an awesome experience!

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Is there such thing as reverse gene synchronization or something rather?You know,where one thing may be a complete turn off to one person but a complete turn on to thier offspring because of childhood events of the parent? Im not sure if I understand your question right, but from what i can figure, I try to answer it. Childhood events dont affect the gens, it is already predestined what gens are activated and which ones not. There are gens that are turned off in you parents, and then, they occur activated in their child. For example, a white couple can have a black baby, if one grandfather or even the...

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What goes through your mind when you get on an airplane and are all ready for a 3 hour flight and you find your seat to be the one in the middle and the outside seats are occupied? I stay optimistic and be happy that it is not a nine hour flight, in the night (I cant sleep in planes, especially not between two people).

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What are the most beautiful foreign accents to you? Trinidadian! A girl in my High School speaks Trinidadian, I would call and talk to her just to listen to her accent.

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What are some ways to improve your relationship? talk

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Wath do guys want to find in a women...and wath kind of women's do they like? http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/632681

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Can you name me 10 successful reform movements initiated by FDR as a part of the New Deal? Roosevelt just tried to act, and "threw a lot of stuff on the wall", to see what would stick... A lot of them didint really work. Here the most important ones, that were successful: "Bank Holiday" or Banking Act (security for banks) Twenty First Amemdment (deals with prohibition of alcohol) AAA (Aricultural Adjustment Act), against overproduction NRA...

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If someone was a woman is pregnant, and there was exposure of radiation at the time (like three mile island for example...), would that affect the unborn baby? like affect inteligence, muscular structure and so on? I does probably increase the risk that something is wrong with the baby, however, it can still be that the baby will be perfectly fine. It is like smoking in pregnancy. It doesnt mean there have to be damages.

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HOW DO I FIND OUT IF I AM RELATED TO SOMEONE FAMOUS? If you are related in any kind of way to a mormon, ask them, they keep precisely track of the generations.

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Do you finish all the video games you play? Yes, i even played SSX3 until i got Platinum Medal in every single event. I cant leave anything unifinished, its my character.

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If the Earth would be a much more balanced place without us, why did we evolve.. or perhaps we didn't? Maybe, in the future, a huge meteor would rush into the earth. With our technology, we could save everythin we havent destroyed ourself till then.

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If you could go down in history for your one great quote, what would it be? "Know what happens if you dont question authorities? Nazis!"

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How much trouble do you think I would get into if I started painting everything I could get my hands on black? good song, but dont imitate it.

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What do you think of the pics of the avalanch on mars ? do you think it will be lon g before we start going there to live if there is snow then there is water somewhere on mars. all we need to do is take soil to start growing trees for o2. The temperature changes on mars are way too high for trees.

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Why is "paranormal phenomena" in the category "science"? Categories are supposed to make order, which means keep similar things together, and unsimilar things away from each other. Edit: Sry, this should have been a comment.

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When a long term boyfriend tells you he wants a break because he is confused about his future and needs time to get his mind straightened out, is that a legitimate excuse to break up with someone? whats your advice? Talk to him, ask him why, and offer him to talk about problems. But dont annoy him, if he doesnt want to talk about it, just leave it for some days, till he becomes clear with himself.

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Why did my answer get deleted? Question comes as first answer nvm

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What do you think about this?The World Gangbang champion; Claudia Figura sleeps w/ 646 men in one day. fucked up

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Is how much you harvest or reap a direct consequence of how much you sow or plant? - (In terms of planting or of ranking have your pick) Are fruit trees not wonderful? Every seed needs a cerain space, if it gets too crowded, you wont get the best result. The graph for a certain area you want to plant on, with x the amount of seeds, and y the amount of stuff you can harvest, would look like a parabola.

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The merit of the Copernican idea that the earth revolves around the Sun rests on what? the change of seasons combined with observations of postitons of stars and the sun, and especially other planets, that do the same thing than the earth. The winter and summer change indicates that there is more than just one kind of rotation. This means the earth is rotating around itself (for the days) and around the sun (for the year). If the sun rotated around the earth, it would only be...

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Don't you think something as awesome as a fruit has the capability to grow on out planet? Really, think about how well crafted and intricate an apple, or a pear is. The universe is way bigger than you can ever imagine. Programms of telescopes looking at galaxies and determining the range of elemts have shown that the basics of live exist in many galaxies. The conditions have to be perfect, but there is nothing that speaks against it. Does that say there is no God? Not at all, maybe God created more beatiful worlds than just us. If we look at the time...

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Have they determined the age of the Universe or is there no way of telling? The big bang theory (widely accepted among scientists) says that the universe is 13.7 billion years old. They could determine the age of the universe by background microwave radiation that is everywhere in the universe. It came from the big bang, and they could trace it back.

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How does the distance from the Sun to Jupiter affect its conditions? A "day" (daylight to daylight, but im not sure if the distance to the sun even has an effect on that, its probably just the rotatation speed) on Jupiter is about ten hours. A "year" (time Jupiter needs to go around the sun once) on Jupiter is about ten years.

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Why does helium rise? because it is lighter than air.

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How popular is ice hockey in Switzerland? Very popular, after soccer and tennis the most famous sport in Switzerland. Switzerland has many ice-hockey leages, and some Swiss players play in the NHL.

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Why wasn´t Switzerland ever invaded by the Nazis? Altough everyone thinks that the fact that they were neutral means that they dont have an army, they had a standing army. My grandfather was standing at the boarder, and if they would have come, he would have fought. The Germans could have invaded Switzerland easily, but the losses of the invasion would have been more than the benefit. And to define the word neutral, Switzerland didnt...

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Do you like Karate at all? Do you like Judo? Are you taking Karate now? Have you taken Judo or Karate any time in the past? Ive done Judo for three years, got to the green belt. I loved it, even went to international tournaments. What I like about Judo is that it is more technique than strength. In the first half year, the most important thing you learn is to fall. So you dont hurt yourself when it comes to throws. It looks hard, but it is actually quite easy. Here is my favourite Judo movie:...

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Okay so i am 16, and i like this 20 year old, .. and i dont know what to talk to him about, im not very good with small talk, and i dont know how to keep a conversation going, but i really wanna know more about him.. any suggestions on how to talk to him? It is probably really hard for you, but I would say you should try to forget about him. He is four years older, and you dont know his personality well enough. It is gonna be painful, but I dont think you have chances with this guy. Stay optimistic, be self-confident and you might find somebody you like, more in your age that likes you the way you are.

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What is the most romantic thing your significant others do for you? My first girlfriend made a drawing for me, with words describing our relationship. It must have taken hours do draw this, and she is very artistic. I was so moved, it was just a fantastic feeling.

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What do you like in a girl? character: Positive: kind, honest, sportive (or at least giving her best when it comes to a comptetition), humour, happy (just a good attitude most of the time makes it easier and more enjoyable to talk to her/hang out with her). Negative: arrogant, laughing all the time about stupid stuff, childish. physical attributes: long hair, slim (not exagerated, I know many girls who think their...

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If you could be any mythical race and class what would it be and why? I would be a Hobbit.

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If you had the option of knowing the exact date and time you were going to die, would you want to know? Ive just recently seen "One Missed Call" (horrible movie by the way), so id say hell no!

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Has anyone read or even heard of "The Thomas Covenant" series of adult fantasies? Ive read the first seven books. I can really recommend them, its a great fantasy series, and it keeps you busy for a long time. The bookve have many good themes, and the characters are not just good or evil, they are like humans, who sin sometimes (this is what I dont like about Lord of the Rings, still one of the best books ever, but just to obviously divided into good and bad).

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What's the truth behind Philip Pullman's trilogy, “His Dark Materials”? The movie on the first in the trilogy, "The Golden Compass" is coming out soon. If you have children, will you take them to see the movie? If not, why? The book is anti organized religion, the church (with analogies to the Roman Catholic Church), is shown as very controling and oppressing. The main theme is destiny, and the contrast of innocence and experience. It is a lot about original sin. The series do not attack Christian values, so I dont see anything wrong with taking my children to the movie (if i had children). It kinda...

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Who here can speak arabic? I can write and speak some words, but not fluent at all.

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Is the latin phrase correct: amor est vitae essentia. this is translated to "love is the essence of life" put the "est" at the end of the sentence, its a more common word order.

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What is the latin phrase for -Not able to understand? i dont understand is "non comprehendo" "non posse comprehendere" means not be able to understand. the conjugation of posse is: 1. person possum 2. person potes 3. person potest 4. person possumus 5. person postestis 6. person possunt

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Do you have nightmares that scare you awake? What is the worse dream you have had? It has happened to me twice, last time about two years ago. I dreamed that I was sleeping, and then something jumped on me and attacked me. I felt it hitting me, and I felt the pressure of this object on my chest. This was so freakin scary. The worst thing is, that I wake up in my bed, which is the same place where it happened in my dream. And it was so real, I'm laying there and think...

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Have you ever killed a mockingbird? great question, i seriously tried to ask it, but you did it before me :(

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Evolution or Creation? (i'm pro creation) I believe in Evolution. I think God planned the species, and he gave them the ability to react to enironmental changes, which can lead to the evolution of other species. This makes God's creation even more amazing, otherwise the specis would die out because of catastrophes. Science can be in harmony with religion, when you interpret the Bible a bit broader than absolutely literally. ...

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What happened before the big bang? String theory sais that it might have been a collision of two of our parallel universes. But this leads to the question of how these two universes started... This is the hardest question ever, the idea of something evolving from nothing, or something beeing there absolutely always, is just too big of a paradox. I dont think human minds are big enough to answer this question.

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What is the difference between creationism, intelligent design, and evolution? Shortly, Creationism is the book of Genesis. Intelligent Design is an attempt to prove Creationsism, so they are pretty similar, the main difference there is that ID sais that "the designer" (God) creates new species not just in the very beginning, also in later times of history. And Evolution is the scientific explanation. Here is a very good movie about ID versus Evolution...

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Just wondering if anyone hear has tips for beating Through the fire and the flames for guitar hero 3? i can get 78% through but the solo's get to hard for me on expert Can't really help you, get 87% on hard, but can't beat the first part of expert. In the solos, id just use Star Power (saved till u get there) in the right spot, but im sure you already do this... When it gets extremely fast, like the parts with notes pretty much everywhere, just strum back and forth pretty fast and hit kind of where the buttons seem to be. This is how I survived...

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Have you ever studied a martial art? If so which form? Ive studied judo, i prefer it because you can use all your strength in combats, without hurting the opponent. Its more defensive than violent, so if it comes to a real fight, judo needs to be combined with techniques from other martial arts. Here some awesome throws, world's best judo. Especially "the Sode Tsuri Komi Goshis" on 2:43 look astonishing!!! ...

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What is string theory? String theory is an attempt be the theory of everything, if it is right, it unites all the four fundamental forces of the universe: Gravity, Electromagnetism (light, microwaves etc.), strong nuclear force (holds protons and neutrons together, source of energy for the atomic bomb) and weak nuclear force (radioactive decay). It is very hard to unite these forces, because a theory for everything...

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Will all of you answer this question?(I am not asking for points , o.k.)? Definately not, im sure there will be at least someone who wont answer it.

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2/3+4/6 equals 8/6 because if there are no parentheses or other rules, you multiply and divide first.

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How do you create a blackhole on earth? and if it was created would it suck the earth in? In a few days, the new particle accelerator from CERN will start to smash particles together with nearly the speed of light. This can creat so-called "micro black holes". The theory is that they should evaporate, however, many scientists are doubting that. It could be possible to create a MBH that is not fast enough to escape the earth's gravity, then it will go to the core of...

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