 The Lost Tomb of Jesus? Scientist Claims He Has 'Virtually Unequivocal Evidence' Evidence also points to Jesus having married and had a son, geologist says – but his findings are likely to prove controversial. Dr Aryeh Shimron says he has carried out new tests that suggest it is more likely the Talpiot Tomb, a burial site found in East Jerusalem in 1980, was a family grave for Jesus of Nazareth, his wife Mary Magdalene and his son Judah. Dubbed “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” in a 2... 2  |
 Newly Discovered Mayan Ruins Believed to Rival Ancient Greece The project mapped more than 800 square miles (2,100 square kilometers) of the Maya Biosphere Reserve in the Petén region of Guatemala, producing the largest LiDAR data set ever obtained for archaeological research. The results suggest that Central America supported an advanced civilization that was, at its peak some 1,200 years ago, more comparable to sophisticated cultures such as ancient Greece or China than to the... 5 |
Manfred Weidhorn: Religion and Science, Again Despite many well-meaning attempts to reconcile religion and science, the two disciplines are and will always remain irreconcilable because of each's essential nature. 67 |
 Manfred Weidhorn: The Monocausal Explanation and its Travails The many differing examples of some alleged basic drive that motivates all of us clash with each other and thereby disprove themselves. 13 |
James Quandy: A Few Facts Regarding Religion and Scientists In a thread of comments on an article recently posted on OEN, the subject of the personal religious beliefs (or lack thereof) of scientists arose. I would just like to share with OENers, in general, a couple of facts I unearthed with regard to this question. 39 |
 Richard Aberdeen: Is Richard Dawkins Really a Scientist? Atheists often erroneously claim that atheism is the default position. The true default position of science is that there is a physical reality called "universe". The default question of science then becomes, how and why is there a physical reality called "universe". Even Richard Dawkins agrees with this, stating that the "God question" is "central to all of science". Atheists don't get a pass any more than the rest of us. 85 |
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Richard Aberdeen: Is Atheism Scientific? Those saying there is no God or might be no God, are trying to sell the rest of us the greatest of all known human superstitions, that the universe either did or could have magically randomly appeared. Such positions, however far-fetched, require supporting evidence within a legitimate scientific discussion, the same as any other position. 304 |
Ian Hansen: If the Golden Rule Is Scientifically Correct, Then Islamophobia Is Not: An Essay Inspired by a Sam Harris Challenge An entry into Sam Harris's Moral Landscape Challenge. The essay argues that if Harris is right that morals can be established scientifically (and if Steven Pinker's empirical evidence for the moral correctness of the Golden Rule is a good example of how this can be done) then much of what Sam Harris has said about what it's okay to do to Muslims is, by this empirically-established Golden Rule standard, morally wrong. 12 |
Jonathan Maxwell: The History Channel Now Does an Enormous Disservice to its Viewers
To cut costs and to boost profits, The History Channel is presenting programming that has nothing to do with history. Sometimes, it even presents pseudoscience. That is tragic. 6 |
 Ethan Indigo Smith: 108: The Key to Metaphysical Intuition The scientific divinity of 108 reveals our intuitive potential. 2 |
 Tim McGettigan: Blinded by Faith: Religion as Institutionalized Ignorance If the Bible encourages its followers to believe that dinosaurs accompanied the preposterous menagerie on Noah's ark, then I think we can safely conclude that the bible is not a tool of enlightenment, rather, it is an instrument of intellectual stultification. 24 |
Alvin Carpenter, PhD: The Non-promise of Earth bound Religions into Space
What effect will earth religions have in a multigenerational interstellar starship? Should we export to the stars those religions that has cause so much misery on earth. We must get this right as the stars may be our only hope of survival. 5 |
 Tim McGettigan: Get Your Geek On! The 100 Year Starship Symposium "The 100 Year Starship Mission will transform 20th century Star Trek science fiction into 21st century fact!" Nichelle Nichols Star Trek's Lt. Uhura 10 |
Dwarka: An Indian Atlantis
Hindu legend harkons back to a time when gods mingled with the peoples of ancient India, and the great city of Dwarka was once the fabled home and capital of the noted Vedic hero and god, Sri Krishna. Its luxurious and opulent walls were known to "cast a golden reflection" upon the surrounding waters of the Gujurat peninsula off the shore of northwestern India, and some believe, to have been the natural harbor city for the now... |
Scott Baker: The world is not 10,000 years old. The Bible says so. A recent Gallup poll showed that 58% of Republicans think the world was created in the last 10,000 years, with humans in their present form. Gallup concludes: "Despite the many changes that have taken place in American society and culture over the past 30 years, including new discoveries in biological and social science, there has been virtually no sustained change in Americans' views of the origin of the human species... 5 |
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Karl Grossman: Nuclear Worship
Nuclear scientists and engineers embrace nuclear power like a religion. Why? They're being in such close proximity to power, literally? Their training and indoctrination -- in the U.S., many in the nuclear navy and/or the insular culture of the government's national nuclear laboratories. In any event. they have corrupted and distorted energy policy as they've pushed their deadly technology in the manner of religiouz zealots. 1 |
Tim McGettigan: The Monkey Wars: Tennessee's New Monkey Bill Attacks "Controversial Science"
The people who composed the New Monkey Bill, and the spineless governor who stood idly by as it became a law, are intent upon undermining science education. The Old Monkey Bill brazenly trumpeted its anti-scientific objectives where the New Monkey Bill is more subtle. Nevertheless, it is still designed to achieve precisely the same objective: privileging anti-science, and undermining science. 2 |
Steven Jonas: Limbaugh, Santorum, Sex, and the Origins of the Roman Catholic Church We all know that Limbaugh, Santorum and a number of other Republicans are just fascinated by sex and also fascinated by how the control of it in its various aspects ("big government," anyone?) can be used for political and governmental purposes. This column looks into an early historical antecedent of that strategy. 10 |
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Tim McGettigan: Darwin Day: Celebrating the Scientist that People Love to Hate
Charles Darwin (February 12, 1809-1882) is without doubt one of the most important scientists who ever lived. He is also one of the most controversial. First published in 1859, Darwin's theory of evolution has proven to be one of the most groundbreaking achievements in the history of science. 3 |
Burl Hall: Fractals and the Marriage of Religion and Science This article works towards bridging religion and science / math. It discusses transcendence by the unification of opposites while leaving the reader with a well made video regarding the mathematic concept of fractals inherent in chaos theory. 5 |
Burl Hall: Merry Christmas: The Tale Told Throughout the World and What it Means to Us Today This is an article for Christmas meditation. Do we really have to remain in a divided world filled with wars, tricksters and thieves preaching divisive religion, philosophy and science? Or can we see our wholeness in our diversity and say alongside the Self's (Yahweh, I AM) voice in Genesis, "And it was good!" 6 |
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Garland Favorito: Still Looking for the Right Christmas Present?
Still looking for the right Christmas pressent? How about something that is unique, fun for the whole family, great exercise and easy to set up. 2 |
Burl Hall: The Physics of David Bohm, the Neurology of Karl Pribram: A Bridge Between Atheist and Religion? Is there an underlying thread to all the world religions? Is science truly an atheistic quest? Is what we see as real real? These are the momentous questions this article asks. 10 |
 Vanunu Waits and I Remember While Vanunu waits for his next court date, "about the restrictions on Oct. 3" and as he waits "for Israel to End this case, they must give me my Freedom Now!!!" He is staying busy with his You Tube Channel uploading interviews he began giving in 2004. My conversations with Vanunu began in 2005 and this is the video that began a series of interviews that culminated in my third book: "BEYOND NUCLEAR: Mordechai Vanunu's FR... |
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"My Friend Came to me with sadness in his eyes" but it wasn't about Bangladesh or Somalia but Palestine
Forty years ago, on the first day of August, George Harrison and Friends and fans got together for two shows at Madison Square Garden, New York City and blew the roof off at The Concert for Bangladesh...
Everyone checked their egos at the door and in harmonious rocking solidarity with George, Ringo, Clapton, Dylan, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar and more raised awareness and funds that were- and still are- being dispersed throu... |
Marta Steele: The Arab Spring--Where to Now? Ask Robin Wright Report on a most enlightening presentation by foreign policy analyst Robin Wright on the future of the Arab Spring now that its beginnings are rocking the establishment, one part of it 6,000 years old. 1 |
 Jim Gilliam- Double Lung Transplant recipient-- on The Internet is My Religion Jim tells us his moving story on a video, about his going first through non-hodgkins lymphoma then double lung transplantation. He says: God is just what happens when humanity is connected. We all owe every moment of our lives to each other. We are all connected. The universe was connected in each day. Today, we are the creators. We are the leaders of this new leaders. We have faith that people connected can create a n... |
 Rev. Dan Vojir: GOOD Brain? BAD Brain, Red Brain Blue Brain?: Scientific Study Shows Gray Matter Differences In Political Views Red Brain? Blue Brain? Do you have an enlarged anterior cingulate cortex or a larger-than-normal amygdala? A study in London concludes that politics might result from particular parts of the brain being larger and having varying functions: Republicans tend to worry about the unknown, while Democrats have a higher tolerance for the unknown. No, they haven't studied Michele Bachmann yet. 2 |
"Praise the lard? Religion Linked to Obesity in Young Adults" This, of course, is dedicated to Eric... |
Joan Brunwasser: Shalom Klein, the Networkers' Networker There is a statistic out there that 90-95% of job openings out there are not posted online. Both business and employment opportunities require real relationship and personal connections. I am excited about our successes but look forward to doing even more and serving as a resource to your readers. The strength is in numbers, if we can come together - we will be able to accomplish huge things for our business community. |
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