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Don't underestimate that, actually. It's how I met the love of my life on a different message board. :-)

... About our souls... that, specifically, is what I think such evidence disproves. And no matter how I look at it, I can't escape that conclusion. If a soul is supposed to be indestructible, and is supposed to contain our memories and personality in a form that can survive death, why does mere...

<blockquote>Quote<br><hr>So when we die, its basically lights out...<hr></blockquote> Yeah; the same thing that happens in that stage of sleep where you can lie for hours without experiencing anything, anesthesia, or generic unconsciousness. Those occur when areas of the brain responsible for...

Ditto. New York had an EBT card used for Medicaid and other government services. Here in North Carolina, there's the monthly-renewable paper card, which I think is a far sillier way of doing things. If it's anything like here, you should still be able to use the same ID number as the old card...

<blockquote>Quote<br><hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>wallflower</b></i><br>I am 5'2 (almost 5'3!). I currently weigh 113, and am aiming for 120. I used to weigh 125 when I was younger, but I lost a lot of weight 4 years ago when I got really sick and landed in the hospital (that was the scariest...

<blockquote>Quote<br><hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>Mockingbird</b></i> You're so wrapped up in yourself you don't even realize how much of a jerk you are.<hr></blockquote> <blockquote>Quote<br><hr>i'm pissed because you're so damn arrogant and self-centered.<hr></blockquote>...

Okay. The main problem with such evidence is that virtually all of it is anecdotal. There's very little quality control on personal testimony (the reason scientists discount it when conducting double-blind studies), so it can only ever be suggestive, not definitive. It can be collected in ways...

Yeah, it did. See this <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.religioustolerance.org/lds_poly.htm">article at ReligiousTolerance</a> for the whole history of Mormons and their multiple wives. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> As it points out...

Where did you get the impression I believe "ppl... are idiots for believing in a God"? Certainly not from any of my posts. I would appreciate you not making confusing statements which might turn others against me. Especially since, as senatorgraham points out, I need as many people on my side as...

Other than when very ill, I get okay O2 readings, I guess--ranging from 93-96%. My doc advised me to use it at night, anyway, because an overnight reading said there were times while I sleep where it dips dangerously low. I've been needing it more and more in recent months during the day, tho...

<i>Was I</i> putting religion as a whole down, though? Mormonism and Scientology are two religions whose founders, per the evidence, have very little room for sincere error or well-meaning delusion. You could claim you're God and actually believe it; others might assume you're God, and put...

<blockquote>Quote<br><hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>Anonymous</b></i><br>The prayer poster here.....I'm not at all offended by your reply. Actually, I think I will make a donation on your web site too. = )<hr></blockquote> Thanks! Lemme know if you think of anything else I could do...

The variety of established religions we have are generally those that are <i>good at convincing people</i>, not necessarily those that are most accurate. There's a quasi-Darwinian selection process at work there, so qualities of religions that make them <b>good at reproducing</b> become...

What would you like me to do, Mockingbird? Hypocritically pretend that I believe prayer will help? I said I appreciate the <i>good intentions</i> behind it, which was being as charitable as possible, and which is, IMO, a perfectly appropriate response for religious "get well rituals" that you...

Good question! If I became convinced that religion of <i>some</i> stripe was true, but didn't know which one, I'd conclude... Polytheism of some sort. Not necessarily Hellenistic, but some view that acknowledges multiple, fallible, often competing gods with varying levels of influence. As...

Why? I appreciate the good intentions behind prayer (which is about all I can say, since I believe it's as useless as chanting a mantra in my honor), but at the same time, I would far more appreciate you putting the effort spent praying into something like thinking up a good suggestion for my...

And let me just state how it amazes me that all the more profound logical implications of that (i.e., kids and third-world tribesmen, who don't believe in Jesus, going to Hell) get brushed aside with no Biblical support... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

<blockquote>Quote <hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>Grendel</b></i> WinAce, Firm convicitons? She was a hockey puck with which the politicians used her to score conservative points for themselves, and the other side used her to oppose. <hr></blockquote> While the whole incident was a circus, I...

I don't know about that, Anonymous. The Terri Schiavo fiasco demonstrated an almost brain-dead level of committment to her corpse's prolonging, regardless of overwhelming evidence AND public opinion being strongly against such meddling on the part of government. I don't see a reason for that...

I'm at UNC, the only center in the country that could do that transplant for me given that I have B. cepacia. The tests they lost were synergy studies from Ottawa involving <i>five</i> antibiotics at a time, not the customary mere three that Columbia Presbyterian's lab hits germs with. And...