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How would you test whether prayer works?

In a thread below Truthabounds claimed, on very flimsy grounds, that prayer works.. So how would one set up a rigorous double-blind test for the efficacy of prayer? My claim is that the problems are...

goodlife

Why Read the Bible?

Do you, read the Bible solely as a religious duty? Or do you occasionally read the Bible out of curiosity? Then there are those who read the Bible merely so that they can say that they have read it...

snags

Rugby World Cup match music...

Periodically throughout each match a short piece of 'mexican(?)' style trumpet music is blasted out, after which the crowd roar. What is the piece of intro music from?

naomi24

A question for Christians

You're told Jesus died for you personally because God loves you, and this appalling death was necessary in order for your sins to be forgiven. Of course, God is omnipotent, apparently, so we cannot...

Truthabounds

Why do people prefer to believe lies about God?

In the short time I have been on this site, I have found that many people believe the lies that are told about God. These lies are usually perpetrated by the very ones who are supposed to teach us....

Elderman

Do You Have Time?

According to a survey, the average man in the spends twenty years working, twenty years sleeping, five years shaving and dressing, five years eating, one year telephoning, three years just waiting and...

oldnitro

Fundamental

Is there any field of science more fascinating and thought provoking than that of quantum physics? the fact that I can hold a billiard ball in my hand and if all the space between the atoms was...

bednobs

i wonder if we'll feel the same way people did when the earth was discovered not to be flat?

http://www.bbc.co.uk%...-yF9tyFxviqUc3v9qZUfw...

naomi24

Did God create the universe?

Mibn2cweus (Mibs) posted a really interesting video that I think a lot of people may have missed - Stephen Hawking asking 'Did God create the Universe'. It's not mind-blowing - well at least its...

ll_billym

Can religion tell us more than science?

What we believe doesn't in the end matter very much. What matters is how we live.... The last paragraph from the link below. A very well written article by the BBC that has not made my view even...

flobadob

Would you wish for heaven on earth?

With the chance of hell hereafter. Would you like to give up all of life's luxuries so as to enjoy the fruits of other lives?

wildwood

sense of humour or just cruel???

An atheist was walking through the woods. 'What majestic trees! 'What powerful rivers! 'What beautiful animals! He said to himself. As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the...

goodlife

Does God cause natural disasters or just decide not to stop them?

eg earthquakes, famines etc

evedawn

More riots?

Do u think we've seen the worst of it? Or do u think it'll all kick off again on the weekend?

Dolt

Should priests to break the seal of confession

In Ireland the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Children are proposing a new law will require priests to break the seal of confession, if someone confesses to them the crime of paedophilia,...

Steve.5

The Best things about being an Athiest

I would go for, not having to pay fire insurance every Sunday. (that scam has been running for centuries)...

flobadob

The 6000 year reference in the bible?

Apparently the bible ages the earth at 6000 years old, I'm going by picking up information on it from different sources. I'm not saying that this is right or wrong but what I am wondering is, did...