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Top 10 best religious sightings
In this article we take a look at the top 10 best religious sightings from around the world; are they the work of a divine supernatural power, or just pareidolia in action? My guess is the later! click here to continue reading...
Posted by MrJoe on Wednesday, April 15th 2009 at 15:56 PM
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Study finds power of prayer to be false
A study of more than 1,800 patients who underwent heart bypass surgery has failed to show that prayers specially organized for their recovery had any impact, researchers said on Thursday.
In fact, the study found some of the patients who knew they were being prayed for did worse than others who were only told they might be prayed for -- though those who did the study said they could not explain why.
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Posted by MrJoe on Saturday, April 11th 2009 at 22:06 PM
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Science is just one gene away from defeating religion
When I was a medical student at Cambridge in the Sixties, I walked to lectures past the forbidding exterior of the Cavendish Laboratory, as famous for Crick and Watson's unravelling of DNA as for Rutherford's splitting of the atom. One day, scrawled on the wall, was a supreme example of Cambridge graffiti: "CRICK FOR GOD".
Posted by MrJoe on Wednesday, March 18th 2009 at 23:06 PM
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Richard Dawkins on board with a pro-atheist message
Earlier this month, 800 buses rolled out of depots across Britain plastered with advertisements cheerfully informing people that "there's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life." Sponsored by the British Humanist Assn., the ad campaign is the brainchild of a comedian wh...
Posted by MrJoe on Wednesday, January 14th 2009 at 20:42 PM
Recommended Reading
Some atheists go beyond a mere absence of belief in gods: they actively believe that particular gods, or all gods, do not exist. Just lacking belief in Gods is often referred to as the "weak atheist" position; whereas believing that gods do not (or cannot) exist is known as "strong atheism."
