A flood in SLC would indead be an act of God....;)
Aside from that happening, isn't it possible that the people living in the time of the Bible's writing might have attributed natural disasters to punishment from God for lack of a better understanding of what caused them.
I am most definately a libertarian. I believe that NO ONE should be allowed to tell other people what they can and can not do as long as what they are doing is not adversely affecting anyone else.
Most of these dietary laws were originated to prevent the contraction of parasites and deseases from improper preperation and storage of food in a time that, like I said before, did not have many options when it came to food preservation.
But they lacked proper refrigeration and other preserving technologies like canning, so fresh fruits and vegtables would not be available all the time.
I think mankind has been living to comfortable an existance when people decide they're not going to eat certain foods just because they feel sorry for the animals. I'm sorry to break it to you, but the way that complex organisms sustain themselves is by consuming less complex organisms. You'll...
What exactly are you trying to say with this article, that there are religous scientists? For every scientist you have listed I can find 10 from the same field that don't believe everything is a "miracle". I find it of intrest that the author of the article takes a quote out of "Holy Blood, Holy...
Michel, they have been looking for WMD's in Iraq since the early 90's, if they were there we would have found them by now. These things aren't something you can just hide under a rock or in some bunker and leave. They have to be properly stored and maintenanced or they are not dangerous anyways...
The weapons that we (Rumsfeld was just our rep) sold to Hussein to fight Iran were NOT Weapons of MASS Destruction. They were what are termed "conventional" weapons.
Eisenhower supported the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka ruling that segragated schools were unconstitutional by telling District of Columbia officals to intergrate the very next day after the ruling. He also signed several civil rights bills (the most signifcant since 1870) and sent...