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No. Consider the phenom of FSM. Obviously, from the numbers alone, you can see that promising stripper factories and beer volcanoes works much better than threatening people who have an absence of...

religions began far back in the mists of prehistory, as evidenced by the caves at Lascaux, so there are no facts for you. However, here is what William Blake, who lived two and a half centuries ago,...

Can yours do crunches?

Judaism is a religion. There is only a single race, the human race. Boy do I get tired of repeating this. Humans share 99.9% of our genome with one another. However, since the genome is composed...

Enough so that your heart grows to love God more, because, remember, absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

No. It is a religion. There are Jews of all races, and converts, if tenacious and sincere, are welcomed. Here's what I wrote the last time this question came up:

There is only one Race, the...

Well, according to some Hindus, we are all already Hindus, did we but recognize it. In Hinduism, everything that is (or at least seems to be), is an emanation of Brahman, the creative force, the...

Yes. I don't want to ignore the power of the myths that shaped our civilization. I just don't want to say one set of myths is more powerful than another. Also, there are benefits to having a...

You know, outside of your attempts to influence our decisions, I'm still going to have to go with the guy who did not attempt to claim any divine authority for his teachings whatsoever, and who...

Don't they? Are you certain you're not falling victim to a negative sampling bias? Do you respect others' religion? Do most of the people you hang out with do so? I respect others, and so do my...

Well, I've been toying with the idea that the collective consciousness of bacteria is behind Intelligent Design. "Higher" life forms were "evolved" by "primitive" bacteria in order to serve as...

I was standing in front of a Velcoraptor Fossil Skeleton the museum one day. I wondered alloud how old the fossils much be. The security guard answered right away, without hesitation.

"It is...

People practice religions obviously because we haven't got it right yet.

Did you know that if you type "Messianic prophecies & Jews" into the search box, over 165 questions from just the last six months come up? Did you know that prophecies like Nostradamus are easily...

Five hundred years ago, why would someone break with the religion created by said disciples and ratified by Constantine (although, I don't think you can claim he suffered any persecution, except from...

Pantheistic Jew who's agnostic about it all.

Born Jewish, worked my through Nichiren Zen, Theosophy, Tibetan Buddhism, and a explorations if not attempts at practicing others. I came to the...

No. We indoctrinate weak nations in materialism hoping to create new markets for our goods, but really just create envy and resentment.

Never turn your back on religion, ease away slowly, backing up, but never taking your eyes off it. If you turn your back on religion (well, actually just on many religionists), you're likely to find...