Do you agree with the “God made the science available” argument?

Invariably, when Christians and Atheists argue with eachother on Yahoo, someone will cite the accomplishments of science and then some will retort that “God made that available to you through people”.

It seems to me, that this argument falls under the category of “circular reasoning”… And so sometimes, a clever atheist will draw the point that “if science was made by God, then we must credit him with the Atom bomb and Methamphetamines”.

Now the argument becomes:
If God made man… and man made science… then it is NOT necessarily true that “God revealed Science to man”…

This allows the subliminal deduction that Science is CONTRARY to God… which really means that at the heart of this argument, Christians may fear that Science will eventually disprove or contradict God and that Atheists may secretly hope for the same result but are not sure that they will succeed…

The first person to realize that their motive has been discovered will give up on the argument…

Do you feel better now that science proves you are insignificant?

Last night, to my deepest regrets (masochist that I am), I watched yet another ‘science’ program featuring world renowned sociopathic misanthrope, Dr. Michio Kaku, in which he spends fifty-nine minutes explaining that the world is 4.6 billion years old (which is totally informative because it’s definitely not as if I didn’t already know that for the last forty years) then Kaku spends one minute explaining the relativity of ‘earth time’ to human life essentially summing it up with the single word, “insignificant”… Yes! Hooray once again for the liberating enlightenment of science and rationality! I am insignificant and science proves it. Isn’t that great?

What exactly does this attitude do for me today as I return to my insignificant desk to repeat the insignificant actions I conducted last week? Why bother? … After all, I am insignificant, so my job must also be insignificant, and my bills too. In fact, since it’s all so insignificant and unfulfilling, why waste any more insignificant time on it? Why bother living out the rest of this insignificant day? Don’t even answer these insignificant questions, your answers are insignificant, YOU are insignificant. Life is insignificant.

It’s real fashionable to criticism the superstition of religion and complain about overzealous evangelism but I swear, no religious evangelism, no matter how aggressive or overzealous, has ever made me feel so demoralized or so defensive as the bleak and dismal rational televangelism of Michio Kakook and his Church of Neo-Science-Nihilism. “Insignificant” is not a scientific fact, it is a belief no more rational and no less superstitious than god, judgment or afterlife. In the contest between religion and neo-science-nihilism, I identify religion as the defenseless imperiled underdog and science as the sadistic bully aggressor. I have come to sympathize with religion while my contempt for undisciplined fanatical science corrodes my attitude toward all science in general. I can’t even focus on something as benign as geology anymore without suspiciously scrutinizing every word of the geologist, sure that if I pay close enough attention, I will hear the subliminal evangelism of neo-science-nihilism. I think legitimate scientists and even layperson enthusiasts should resent fringe kooks like Michio Kakook even more than I do because his overzealous fanaticism damages legitimate science by mere association.

Am I a raving nutbasket… or have you also noticed the fanatical overzealous evangelism of the Holy Rational Church of Neo-Science-Nihilism?
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In fact, the idea that the earth is 4.6 billion years old in a universe that is 14.(whatever) years old makes me feel incredibly SIGNIFICANT and furthermore were those numbers double, I would feel TWICE AS SIGNIFICANT…

… and… argument: If Kaku also thinks life is significant… why does he never SAY SO! Based on his words, I would never guess.
DLM… great smart a55 answer! Thanks for the levity.

How much is modern day life becoming like Huxley’s classic Brave new world?

Huxley was a visionary of his time and foretold much advances that have passed in science I.V.F, subliminal messaging and such. Will mankind wander further down this road in there search for a quick fix of cheap entertainment all the while distracted… letting oppressive company’s lead mankind’s interests in every facet of life.
What comparisons can you draw from today’s Society.

Is this makeup worth trying out?

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It’s basically a liquid foundation right? If you’ve tried it, how did you like it and is it worth trying?

Should quidditch be an NCAA sport? opinions?

So i was on the IQA website the other day (International Quidditch Association) and this question came across my mind. Like, there are 272 quidditch teams in the US and a good 95% of that are various colleges including Penn State, Virginia Tech, Yale, and a crap load of others. Its increadably popular and they already have a date/location set for the world cup! HP fans out there understand what im saying.
Unfortunetly not every college has a team but there are a crap load of teams out there. What do you guys think? I think it would be interesting to see that be part of the NCAA, or would that take the fun/magic out of the game?

Why would Palestinians say these things ?

Zahir Muhsein, the leader of the al-Sa’iqa Organization “The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese.”

Arafat “The question of borders doesn’t interest us… From the Arab standpoint, we mustn’t talk about borders. Palestine is nothing but a drop in an enormous ocean. Our nation is the Arabic nation that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea and beyond it….. The P.L.O. is fighting Israel in the name of Pan-Arabism. What you call “Jordan” is nothing more than Palestine.”

Arab leader, Abd al-Mahdi “There is no such land. Palestine is a term invented by the Zionists. There is no Palestine in the Bible. Our land was for hundreds of years a part of Syria.”

The founder of the P.L.O. himself, Ahmed Shukari, “such a creature as Palestine does not exist at all. This land is nothing but the southern portion of Greater Syria…”
SARA
Who cares what the others say, look what Mr Arafat said.
You didn’t answer the question

Where can I take a yoga/meditation retreat in Southern California?

I live in Los Angeles and want to take a 3 or 4 day yoga/meditation retreat within 3-4 hours drive. Silence, yoga, meditation and vegetarian meals, and a bed…anyone know a place?

Has anyone been to a Buddhist meditation retreat?

I am wondering what is it like, and what you learn there.

Is 2 weeks Meditation Retreat enough, to return to city life “as fresh as a child”?

I wanna go and de-program my conditioning (a.k.a. disconnect from the Matrix), and return fresh so that I can condition myself again but in the way i want.
PS: you go to this small hut in the himalayas, which takes 2 days by walking cause there are no car routes.

What is the difference between self-esteem and arrogance?

When you meet someone who feels that they are attractive, are they demonstrating positive self-esteem or arrogance?

When you meet someone who feels that they are intelligent, are they demonstrating positive self-esteem or arrogance?

When you meet someone who feels that they are a good person, are they demonstrating positive self-esteem or arrogance?

Where do *you* draw the line between positive self-esteem and arrogance?

What is the link between self esteem and intelligence?

I ask because I know some highly intelligent people in my class, comparatively speaking they make the rest of us look borderline retarded. However, they are also very insecure, they don’t really seem to consider themselves bright, even though everyone else can see they are brilliant. I guess my question is do people with lower self esteem tend to be brighter? Or maybe duller? Do people with high self esteem tend to be brighter or duller? Or is there really no connection between intelligence and self esteem?

How can I incorporate self-esteem into a biology lesson?

I need to formulate a lesson plan for a high school biology course that incorporates self-esteem in some way. I wanted to possibly include some of the physiology involved with low/high self-esteem, but all of the resources I’ve come across focus on other aspects of self-esteem. Does anyone have any ideas for the lesson or resources I could refer to? Thanks!

how do subliminal messages and backwords recording work?

when im talking about backwords recording when you play a cd backwards and they say words in them

Why cant huckabee rely on his ideas and record? Why does he need to parade norris around use subliminal ads?

look at this video

I am christian…. but why does huckabee rely on subliminal messgs and not the issues?

Is it safe to input multiple subliminal messages into your mind?

I’ve always wondered when it comes to subliminal messages, is it safe for someone to hear a multitude of them in say, a recording?

How to cite a famous quote in a APA styled paper?

I want to write, Margaret Mead said, “A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” but how would i cite that? i got it from the website brainy quotes

any good quotes please?

ex: Life isnt about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain?

i want to know more creative inspiring/ love/ any genre quotes. teenage

i dont want anyhting from theodore roosevelt or any brainy quotes.

THANK YOU SO MUCH or post your favorite quote
please refrain from links !

Can you help me find some good QUOTES, to use on a t-shirt?

Okay i am making a t-shirt design for The Student Council at my middle school. What are some good quotes i could use on the T-shirt. This is important so please try to think of some good ones. I cant find any! I tryed brainy quotes.com but non eof them stuck out. I need to know who the quote is by though, so write it lik:

” here is were the quote goes” – the person’s name

Are profiteering scientists using TV violence as subliminal mind control to prove theories of behavior?

In researching sociopaths, as an attempt to understand those who have no conscience and no empathy I ran across a number of exceptionally cruel experiments in the name of science that were in my understanding simply an attempt to prove that their htred is justified by our sheepishness and our ignorance and our lac of any worthy creative works.

What science whould deal with the theory that sounds,noises,and music can be addictive?

I have read somewhere that the sounds associated with slot machines create addictive behavior. I recently latched on to a rather meaningless sound clip, ALL YOUR BASE http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/11940 ,which led me to a night-long fascination in researching everything associated with it. I realized it had stuck in my head, and felt it was making my heart beat faster when I heard the music. It’s primal, like the reaction some people have with trance music. Looking at different societies,and back in history, I think there’s other music, or sounds that are addictive or reactionary,sometimes even as part of a people’s culture. My question is, what is the study of this? I know experiments have been done with subliminal advertising, and I reason that slot machine makers,and video game mfg. consciously manipulate music or sounds to be addictive. I haven’t had much luck researching this. Any help would be appreciated, and have a great day!
a link to the wikipedia article of what was behind that flash video that had me mesmorized.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base

Subliminal Messaging?

I am doing a science project about subliminal advertising/messaging. I need to know how to make one for free (both audio & video), some history of it, and some other stuff. I don’t need answers like ‘it doesn’t’ or whatever because it’s still a project for a grade. If you could just give me some good websites that would be fine as well.

How would you define Subliminal?

I have looked on websites such as Wikipedia & Dictionary.com but the person i need to break down this definition for still doesn’t quite get the jist and i’m not sure how to further define it, Any ideas? Or any Similar words that have the same definition?

Thanks for your help
Mitzski! x

Does anyone believe in subliminal messages from media?…cause I don’t!?

They say in this article:
“Subliminal messages have always been a uncanny phenomenon and often subject to scientific and public debate. A subliminal message is a signal in the form of a picture or sound that is designed to pass the normal limits of perception. That means that people perceive it with their subconscious while not perceiving it consciously. This technique is sometimes used in movies and advertising to influence the subconscious of the viewer.

Also from http://skepdic.com/subliminal.html :
“The subliminal is below the liminal (the smallest detectable sensation).

Anything truly below the level of detectable sensation could not, by definition, be perceived. However, the subliminal is generally said to be below the threshold of conscious perception. There is a widespread belief, not strongly supported by empirical research, that without being aware of its presence or content, a person’s behavior can be significantly affected by subliminal messages. Thus, it is believed that one can influence behavior by surreptitiously appealing to the subconscious mind with words and images. If this were true, then advertisers could manipulate consumer behavior by hiding subliminal messages in their ads. The government, or Aunt Hilda for that matter, could control our minds and bodies by secretly communicating to us subliminally. Learners could learn while listening to music embedded with subliminal messages. Unfortunately, “…years of research has resulted in the demonstration of some very limited effects of subliminal stimulation” and no support for its efficaciousness in behavior modification (Hines, 312).

It’s difficult to prove whether images are meant to be subliminal and whether they trigger the sought-after effect. Simultaneously, they also give good way for nice conspiracy theories and spooky stories. However, the deliberate use of suggestive images meant to evoke a secondary hidden effect could be at least considered dubious and unethical.
It is true that we can perceive things even though we are not conscious of perceiving them. However, for those who put messages in tapes and then record music over the messages so that the messages are drowned out by the music or other sounds, it might be useful to remember that if the messages are drowned out by other sounds, the only perceptions one can have are of the sounds drowning out the messages. There is no evidence of anyone hearing a message which is buried beneath layers of other sounds to the point where the message does not distinctly stand out. Of course, if the message distinctly stood out, it would not be subliminal.

Please make your statemements if you believe this is true.

Subliminal message?

subliminal messages in pictures.
can some one tell what that means.
im in grade 8 and my speech is on subliminal messages.
i cant think of what the pictures within pictures means?
definition and explaination please!

Meditation/Buddhism: Any substitute for Zafu and Zabuton?

I have been sitting on a rolled up pillow and wonder if someone might recommend an affordable alternative to the traditional meditation cushions. The cheapest I have found were $80, which might not seem like a lot to some, but it is to me. Any recommendations?

What is a good meditation cushion to get for zen meditation?

I am 5’8 and weigh 180 pounds. I am looking to purchase a meditation cushion that will support my weight and elevate my lower-end above the floor. Right now I am sitting on a couple cotton pillows that are too weak and it feels like I’m sitting on the floor which isn’t good for my spine. I don’t want anymore homemade substitutes. What is a good brand and type to get?

I wonder if using a cushion is so important for somebody practicing Zen Meditation?

I am currently using a yoga mat and I sit on a block to practice my Zen meditation. I read that it will be more beneficial to buy a Cushion(Zabuton)
I wonder if that will make a big difference for me?

Self-Esteem/Confidence online test?

I want to do a Self-Esteem/Confidence online test, does anybody know where I can do one that is relaible?

How do you build back your academic self esteem after you get an F on a test?

Girls: What do you do to test a man’s self esteem?

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