much misery around the world? Whereas non-divine religions like Buddhism haven't spread anywhere near as much hatred and bloodshed. If we assumed for a moment the Abrahamic god's the right one, doesn't it show humans are better creators of religions than God himself?
I've read it on wikipedia and I still don't get it. It sounds like the equivalent of tying a piece of string around an area and saying 'anything goes now because we're surrounded by a piece of string'. Does the eruv actually do anything practical?
had for 3 years. Is this dementia? I thought about it carefully and got the digits right, but the last 4 digits were in the wrong order. This isn’t the first time it’s happened. I don’t say my phone number often, but I’ve had it for 3 years and have no other phone number. I forget a lot of other...
Religious implications? The brain's left hemisphere ("LH") is connected with more positive emotions. When the right hemisphere ("RH") is damaged, the person is prone to manic cheerfulness. RH is more prone to negative emotions. With LH damage, the person tends to develop depression. Damage to...
I read in a book that Zarathustra ended animal sacrifice. However the concept of sacrifice was ingrained in Persian society so eventually sacrifices and other gods got incorporated into zoroastraianism. Is this true?