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:staffwarn: THIS IS A SPLIT FROM "Morality in Bible stories that you don't understand" Nerves don't form experience, brains do.

Looks like I've been hacked, a demand for bitcoin payment has been made; Greetings! I have to share bad news with you. Approximately a few months ago, I gained access to your devices, which you use for internet browsing. After that, I have started tracking your internet activities. Here is the...

Harsh but true? Sensationalism or useful advice? [video:]

The latest from China's Rover; ''China’s Yutu 2 rover has spotted a mystery object on the horizon while working its way across Von Kármán crater on the far side of the moon. Yutu 2 spotted a cube-shaped object on the horizon to the north and roughly 260 feet (80 meters) away in November during...

There are some breathtaking attempts at justifying faith being floated. Here is an example, enjoy: Quote; ''What then is faith? As a first pass, we should understand faith as simple trust. When we trust, there is always some thing (or person) that we trust. This is to say that faith always has...

Place your bets, alien signal from Proxima or satellite? ''Now, speaking to Scientific American, the scientists behind the discovery caution there is still much work to be done, but admit the interest is justified. “It has some particular properties that caused it to pass many of our checks...

Now it's a claim that new research proves not only the right dating for the material, but supernatural agency for the creation of the image. :cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9lMQlI32wE Faith and Science align, haha.....

It seems that we have stars missing in action; ''There’s something odd happening in our skies. Almost 100 stars seem to be missing. They haven’t gone nova. Nor have they become black holes. With no natural explanation available, some astronomers are seeing aliens. In 2015, a group of citizen...

Surveillance capitalism appears to be getting out of hand: “Most Americans realize that there are two groups of people who are monitored regularly as they move about the country. The first group is monitored involuntarily by a court order requiring that a tracking device be attached to their...

Given climate change and rising consumption, is there likely to be an environmental crisis and a related economic collapse in the near future if adequate steps are not taken? Let's say from 2050 to the end of the century. Please vote and give reasons for your option, if you like.

A bit of History relating to the setting of a minimum wage in Australia: The Harvester judgement and Australia’s minimum wage ''In 1907, an arbitration court judge decided that wages at a Melbourne factory should be based on the cost of living for a worker and his family. From then on...

Surprising (for me), the writer for the magazine gave positive slant on the research of Ian Stevenson on reincarnation claims. Quote: ''If you’re anything like me, with eyes that roll over to the back of your head whenever you hear words like “reincarnation” or “parapsychology,” if you suffer...

Can the planet continue to supply ever growing demand as developing countries raise the living standards of their citizens to a rate comparable to developed nations, assuming that population stabilizes at around 9 billion, but demand continues to grow with increases in standard of living ? I'd...

It seems odd that failed prophecies such as the return of Jesus within the lifetimes of the first generation of Christians (those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom) were included in the Gospels given that by the time oral...

As there are no Greek words for eternal or everlasting, the idea of eternal damnation and eternal life appears to falls apart on translation, apparently making the doctrine of eternal life and eternal punishment/damnation false? Quote; ''I understand the meaning of the word aionios (often...

Some claim that the Renaissance would not have happened without the Golden Age of Islam as a beacon of science and learning. Thoughts?

Considering that carrying capacity depends on many factors, population size, rate of consumption, climate conditions, habitat loss, pollution, etc, do you believe that the course we are on is sustainable in the long term, let's say over the next hundred years?

It appears that some Christians use the transfiguration as a fulfillment of the promise "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.'' '' Luke 9:27 says, "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before...

Posting this thread to see what the range of views are on the subject of economic growth. Given that we live in a finite space with finite resources, arable land, potable water, irrigation, etc, the question is: have we exceeded the carrying capacity of our environment, and if so, is it time to...

Economic growth, both in the form of ever increasing demand within a stable population, and in a World of increasing population numbers is dangerous idea. Dangerous because perpetual growth eventually hits the wall of finite space and resources, the neoclassical economist idea of economic...