ONLY FOR THE OPEN MINDED

[MooseBreath]

Black has never been more appropriate.

That was my ex-wifes facebook status fifteen minutes after we broke up

[Guest Bilo]

Of course, the person who designed this test was definitely of the open-minded variety.

[Carl the Llama]

Please tell me that's a joke and not something being legitimately taught to children.

[Babylon]

Of course, the person who designed this test was definitely of the open-minded variety.

Well done Zingari and El Empty!

[BoneDog]

Yeah like I'd have answered any of that! Apart from early humans eating plants and berries of course.

[Guest Bilo]

Please tell me that's a joke and not something being legitimately taught to children.

I'm honestly not sure, but some schools do teach creationism as Science in the Bible Belt.

Here are eleven of the best from creationist science text books, actually used in Christian schools in the US.

I just despair.

http://www.11points.com/Books/11_Eye-Opening_Highlights_From_a_Creationist_Science_Textbook

[Kyle_Le_Don]

Do you think evolution is the right way to go?

[Kyle_Le_Don]

THE OPEN-MINDEDPaul Davies is a British-born mathematical physicist who's now Professor of Physics and Natural Philosophy at the University of Adelaide. He has written many popular books on physics and cosmology as well as highly regarded textbooks. God and the New Physics and The Mind of God set the recent trend to put the deity in a science book title. They also attracted the attention of the Templeton Foundation, a charitable trust for the advancement of religion, and resulted in Davies being awarded the 1995 Temple-ton Prize for Progress in Religion, worth $1m. Previous recipients have included Mother Teresa and Billy Graham, yet Paul Davies says he is not religious in any conventional sense. He does not go to church, read the Bible or pray. But he is deeply interested in the profound issues of existence such as the nature of time, consciousness and the origin of the universe, which for centuries have been the province of theology. He feels that science can not only inform theology but can develop its own framework of ideas that will eventually cater for the spiritual requirements of people in a way that traditional religions are failing to do.Central to Paul Davies's ideas is the sense of purpose he sees in the universe and our place within it: "I find it very hard to accept that our existence in the world is something that just happens to be. It seems to me that the fact that the universe is self-aware is something that's written into the laws of nature. We are here as part of the action and not just for the ride." Paul Davies is keen to point out that the Templeton Prize is for progress in religion; in order to be able to make progress, this suggests to him, religion does not have all the answers. Science too should be progressive and not dogmatic, he says. Scientists must always be prepared to change their minds in the light of new evidence; that is the power, not weakness, of science. Such an approach brings a sense of humility that tells us we do not yet have all the answers, nor are we not necessarily the pinnacle of creation.Dr Peter Fenwick of the Institute of Psychiatry in London has investigated the links between brain function and transcendental experience. With the latest scientific tools for scanning the living brain and even recording electrical activity as individual thoughts pass between brain centres, he is able to see how different heightened experiences and emotions are localised in different parts of our minds. But he also finds things that he cannot explain. For example, people who have been pronounced clinically dead but are then resuscitated often seem to experience a sensation of travelling down a tunnel towards a bright light and a deep sense of love. Is this simply the brain being starved of oxygen or does it reflect some other reality? Sometimes, under such circumstances, patients report seeming to float above their bodies. Evidence that this was really the case would transcend science: it would imply that mind was not localised solely in the brain. Evidence for phenomena such as telepathy would do the same. That would open up to science concepts such as the spirit or the soul that have previously been firmly in the realm of religion. Peter Fenwick is very cautious in interpreting evidence so far, but he is a leader in the growing body of scientists who feel that there is something here worthy of serious investigation. !

I wrote all that myself!

[BoneDog]

Some of the things I've been reading lately talk about electrical coded information in the cell and whatnot. Riveting subject. I'm not a scientist, which might come as a surprise to some, but love all this new 'electrical universe' chatter I've been hearing.

So, on that note, here's a message to all you big sinners out there - all your actions and deeds are being recorded, or encoded, into some hidden and indestructible hard drive that is linked somehow to the Eternal LOGOS. So for crying out loud behave and do good deeds, you won't regret it jabronis!

[Webbo]

I wrote all that myself!

Try using paragraphs next time.

[Kyle_Le_Don]

I didnt really write it will email the chap your concerns

[The Doctor]

Do you think evolution is the right way to go?

There's no option here - now I'm not in the mood to suffer fools lightly, so anyone who starts disputing the validity of evolution will be roundly insulted and then taught in a condescending manner befitting their pre-school level of intellect.

Oh, and the stuff about the spirit and soul? Bugger off - there's good reason why no-one has come close to touching the JREF's prize for demonstrating the super-natural under proper scientific conditions.

[BoneDog]

Thanks for clearing that up. I am no longer a 'believer', and am now firmly a believer in Materialistic Darwinism.

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