We have become one world. All of us, given the economic circumstances to allow us to do so, can communicate with all others who live on our home, the planet Earth. We are no longer isolated or semi-isolated. Whereas we were previously able to keep our passionately held religious beliefs somewhat isolated, we can no… Continue Reading
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One World for All Humans
The best evidence we have is that life began on Earth about 4 billion years ago. Plant species evolved by natural selection for over 3 billion years, but there were no animals for those billions of years. The first evidence we have of animal life occurred about 600 million years ago, during the Cambrian explosion.… Continue Reading
Layers of Probability
We have, so far in 2009, discussed the common myths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the additional myths which each of these religions uses to seek unique status, and the common base from which all religions stem. That has led us to affirm, once again, that there certainly is a God in our universe. For… Continue Reading
There is a Reason for All Religions
The previous two essays for 2009 have discussed both the commonality of the three religions of Abraham, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but have also discussed their particular added interpretations of their common myths, which each religion uses to claim unique status. Those claims for unique status certainly get them and the rest of the world… Continue Reading
The Demanding Twists of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
In our previous essay, we outlined the common myths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Each of them shares six common beliefs. One is that there is a Creator of the universe, who also created humans, and is still creating. The second is that this Divinity created humans in His, Her or Its image, so that… Continue Reading
Common Myths of the Abrahamic Religions
Muslim zealots commandeer, in a concerted plan, four commercial flight American airplanes, which they plan to use as flying bombs on the White House, the Pentagon and the World Trade Center towers. Three of them succeed, killing over twenty five hundred innocent people. They committed these act because the occupants of those airplanes and these… Continue Reading
More on Relativity
It appears to us that we live in such a fixed world. Houses, rocks and streets are very solid objects. If we stumble and fall against something, it certainly hurts, testifying to its solidity. My furniture, dishes, plates and utensils are quite solid. They hold me up and hold up food quite well. Even though… Continue Reading
Religious Mass Psychoses
There was a time in the life-span of the human animal, when there was no astronomy, no physics, no mathematics, and absolutely no understanding of the laws of the universe. It was not too long ago that no human recognized any definition of the laws of gravity, the laws of motion, the laws of thermodynamics,… Continue Reading
Christianity vs. Democracy
“This is a Christian nation, based on Christian values.” “This country has only one King, and his name is Jesus Christ.” “We cannot rest until all of our judges and all of our leaders base all of their decisions on Christian values.” All of these statements of faith have a nice ring to them. They… Continue Reading
Born Again Humans
The Christian faith places great emphasis on those that share this faith being “born again.” Their belief is that when a human professes to accept Jesus as his or her savior, they are re-created into a being that will enjoy Heaven for an eternity and a life everlasting. The Bible records that Jesus told his… Continue Reading