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Your are implying that since a person IS an atheist, he is therefore incapable of valuing life since they do not ascribe any inherent value or meaning to life. Your premise is false, and therefore so is your assertion. axeman ________________________________________________ The...

Your are mistaking the actions of a communistic political system with atheism. In fact, communist russia was actually very religious, even thought the government was not religious.. axeman ________________________________________ Now you had better check your facts. I am involved with...

You only need to look at the atheist wonderlands of communist Russia and China to see how much life was "valued". Alfonso _______________________________ Right on.

axe:How is this weak? __________________________________ Where is the disproof of the studies that use plants or organisms to be double blind? To use the weak arguments about the control groups using patients and then try to paint the author as dishonest on an entirely different type of study...

How is this weak? ____________________________________ Because the statement states that a study of this type is not possible. First you ask for a scientific study and then say one cannot be done. Convenient but dishonest. The case is getting stronger for "You won't believe without...

"WHO ARE YOU TO ASK GOD TO PROVE HIMSELF?" I am the axeman ______________________________________ This is the core of the issue. Some people consider themselves to be equal to God and others don't. But to take that position you have to deny the existence of God. Comes along with...

The problem with this and any so-called controlled experiment regarding prayer is that there can be no such thing as a controlled experiment concerning prayer. You can never divide people into groups that received prayer and those that did not. The main reason is that there is no way to know...

Just as well I heard my bodyguard got out of prison and changed his ways. Never forget the night he asked our bible study group to pray that the guy he beat up behind the liquor store wouldn't die. We said "Yah, we can pray for that." By the way he didn't die. The power of prayer.:D :D :D

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Einstein is probably the best known and most highly revered scientist of the twentieth century, and is associated with major revolutions in our thinking about time, gravity, and the conversion of matter to energy (E=mc2). Although never coming to belief in a personal...

Scientists are hard to work with on a committee, an academic friend once told me, because they often change their minds when they see new evidence. I was reminded of this a few months ago when I saw a survey in the journal Nature. It revealed that 40% of American physicists, biologists and...

Can I bring my bodyguard? If he is out of prison.

TM Welcome back. Good points. Either way it takes faith to believe in something or to believe in nothing.

I was more interested in the prayers for organisms. Closer to double-blind. Remember when I said "Without something supernatural you won't believe, and because of something supernatural you won't believe." You kept trying to correct me but this is what I meant. No matter what no matter which...

The results were dramatic and surprised many scientists.The men and women whose medical care was supplemented with prayer needed fewer drugs and spent less time on ventilators. They also fared better overall than their counterparts who received medical care but nothing more. The prayed-for...

I don't know of any double blind study done on voodoo. I do however on the effectiveness of prayer . One I believe in New Mexico several years ago involving the praying for growth of cultures so there could be no psychological effects. Also there were some on heart attack patients, I believe in...

Now remember...this guy is a MINISTER, and his interpretation of the bible must be at least as good as yours, no? axeman _________________________________________ For $24.95 and a signature anyone can become a minister. My interpretation of "shedding innocent blood" obviously doesn't...

1) If he DOESN'T do something supernatural, you won't believe him. 2) If he DOES do something supernatural I won't believe him. axeman _______________________________________ In my version it was "you" in both cases. ____________________________________ Not sure what you mean by...

"In other words if he doesn't do something supernatural you won't believe him and if he does you certainly won't. Do you think the problem is his or yours? " _________________________________________ No, I meant it exactly like like I said it. On another subject, and since you may have...

The easiest thing to do, would be to simply ask god to present himself in front of all man kind, all at once, and let them know that he did in fact give ME these commands to spread among man, and that all man should follow them. That I was official his spokeman from now on. This would be a...

The easiest thing to do, would be to simply ask god to present himself in front of all man kind, all at once, and let them know that he did in fact give ME these commands to spread among man, and that all man should follow them. That I was official his spokeman from now on. This would be a...