OK following your line of thought. If that was the case, (which it may well have been). Then the presence of these beings would have been the...
True with regard to Islam. I think stating that Christianity agrees is tenuous.
I agree and yes it applies to behaviour as well. People talk of unnatural acts or unnatural behaviour. But we can only act according to our...
Not sure in what sense you are using eschatology there. ? I have no bubble to burst though..
This is true, the question is why we feel the need for the two contexts? There is no logic to a beavers log construction being natural and a...
I think you are right that the guardians poll is probably of its own readers who are less likely to be religious. But I do not think they have been...
I can see why you say that. It is my fault for not posting a footnote to the survey. It said that the "are you practising your religion" question...
This puts the UK up there with some of the most atheistic countries in the world; Sweden Denmark Australia New Zealand Japan So are these the most...
Humanity tends to see itself as being distinct from the natural world around it. Nature and the natural are often defined as those things apart from...
I saw this in a recent survey done in the UK; Which of the following religions or belief systems, if any, do you associate with? Church of England =...
Good to hear that response (less the sarcasm) . You were giving a different impression from some of your earlier posts.
Doesn't sound like you feel much regret for what happened to the original inhabitants either... So does making it a decent place include trying to...
Which begs the question. Should political parties have policies; based on their ideologies or that will get them elected and are what they think the...
and this to me, hints at saying. If we stop trying to describe and define god, we might experience god. Or that our evolution to consciousness...
so do animals, ever seen a dog who doesn't want to go inside or go for a walk.. choice no..humans cannot deviate from a natural direction because...
Nationalism is the one, that and xenophobia.
Yeah maybe it has run its course. I don't think we will see a massive difference in good and bad done in the world when it does eventually die out...
We may not need space and food as individuals. But as a society... as a species we do. Hence we keep expanding
But it only seems like that when we don't fully appreciate the role of religion. I have been trying to explain..... as I said this is not a defence...
None of them said Macbeth backstage either.. I guess they really are superstitious then.
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