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http://www.wsj.com/articles/eric-metaxas-science-increasingly-makes-the-case-for-god-1419544568 Highlights include: "Yet here we are, not only existing, but talking about existing. What can account for it? Can every one of those many parameters have been perfect by accident? At what point is it fai...

I should have worked so much harder to have been born into a wealthy family.

Whenever someone asks me to pray for them or one of their loved ones, I usually respond "I'll have a drink for them".

I found this very interesting. Note: I wasn't quite sure where to stick a mathematics topic, so I defaulted to science.

Absolute genius. Her music is, in my humblest of opinions, marginally better than most of her contemporaries, but her real contribution is turning becoming and being famous into a performance art unto itself.

Is anyone else cautiously optimistic about George R. R. Martin's new book in the "Song of Fire and Ice" series that was supposed to come out years ago and is supposedly finally coming out this year? I've been rereading that series in anticipation. I have been intrigued about that series but didn't ...

Is anyone else cautiously optimistic about George R. R. Martin's new book in the "Song of Fire and Ice" series that was supposed to come out years ago and is supposedly finally coming out this year? I've been rereading that series in anticipation.

Relevant: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/techno ... 1aah3.html

Tero wrote:Just fill it with porn, then it would take forever to find anything without bookmarks.

They've done that. In fact, they've been doing it since the 90s at least.

klr wrote:

RandomGuyOnCouch wrote:I wonder when the Japanese will apologize for forcing women to work as sex-slaves, then.

I wonder when they'll just admit to it in plain English Japanese and not beat around the bush.

That, too.

Resent? No. Feel superior to? Almost certainly.

In other words, "It would be nice to find it. Haven't yet." Right, you could say that. Or you could be accurate and say "may have already found it, no way to verify, though". Not accurate at all, actually. No evidence to support this position. You find some giant fossilized bones. Do you 1) conclud...

I wonder when the Japanese will apologize for forcing women to work as sex-slaves, then.

For most intents and purposes, I think the distinction between "secular" and "non-religious" is largely one of semantics. However the OP titles the topic, it will communicate essentially the same idea. Also: When catholic priests discuss their next liturgy, do they have a Mass Debate? :hilarious: So...