Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category

Alcor Conference – Calvin Mercer

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

[Recap]
Calvin Mercer asked “Cryonics and Religion: Friends or Foes?”  Cryonics, Mercer believes, will require support from more people than just scientists, including religious people.  How should cryogenics supporters present these ideas to religious people?
How the discussion will play out, according to Mercer, will include debates between liberal and conservative viewpoints, anthropocentric versus theocentric beliefs, materialism [...]


Alcor Conference – Calvin Mercer

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

[Alcor Conference - Table of Contents]
[Recap]
Calvin Mercer asked “Cryonics and Religion: Friends or Foes?” Cryonics, Mercer believes, will require support from more people than just scientists, including religious people. How should cryogenics supporters present these ideas to religious people?
How the discussion will play out, according to Mercer, will include debates between liberal and [...]


Praying for Return

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Headline on CNN.com: “Girl, 5, stumbles from woods to delight rescuers”
“Little’s husband, Brian, said parishioners have been “praying for his whole family.””Obviously, we’re giving all the glory to God on this one,” Brian Little said.”
Obviously, the glory belongs with the smart little survivor, you awful people! You might as well give the glory [...]


Praying For Rain

Monday, June 18th, 2007

This appears right now (around 11:30 AM PST on Monday, June 18, 2007) on Weather.com:
National Forecast
Prayers answered
2:00 p.m. ET 6/18/2007
Many southern communities have had prayer vigils for rain due to the drought. Their prayers may be answered Tuesday.
Weather is a science. The storm front is not an answer to prayers. It is not [...]


Marshall Brain – Why Does God Hate Amputees?

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

Marshall Brain, founder of the website “How Stuff Works” and author of several books and futurist writings (“The Robotic Nation” and “The Day You Discard Your Body”) has launched a new site exploring the paradox of God. If medical miracles really happen, then why have amputees been ignored?
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Thoughtful Blasphemy

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

Marshall Brain used his engineering and computer science experience to help an Internet audience learn How Stuff Works, and then turned his attention to exploring The Robotic Nation. While finding Robotic Nation Evidence everywhere and contemplating on how this may lead to The Day You Discard Your Body, Brain has also written several [...]