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  1. Noaidi

    Interment (burial rites)

    I just want a cardboard coffin and a tree planted above me when I'm buried. The cost and waste of resources in conventional burials is astounding.
  2. Noaidi

    You're in heaven....now what?

    So what is it that we non-religious folks are not grasping regarding the OP?
  3. Noaidi

    This thread is not about evolution.

    If we manipulate the rules, would it still be a verifiable and reliable science? To be regarded as a science, it would have to follow scientific procedure. What manipulations were you thinking of?
  4. Noaidi

    Purpose of Dinosaurs existence?

    :D Yeah, and the makers of Barney have a lot to thank them for too!
  5. Noaidi

    Purpose of Dinosaurs existence?

    The same question could be asked of any extinct taxonomic group. However, why does there need to be a purpose to their existence? Every species has / had a function within their habitat, but I think that's different from a purpose, which is a teleological question. I don't see that there was a...
  6. Noaidi

    You're in heaven....now what?

    I do what I can in terms of giving to charity, educating people about natural disasters and living a more equitable lifestyle. And it still hurts to see what goes on in this world. My point is that in this world (the only one we know of with certainty), we can make a difference, no matter...
  7. Noaidi

    You're in heaven....now what?

    Excellent point. How could you live with yourself knowing all the suffering was going on on Earth?
  8. Noaidi

    Write and send.

    I love your threads, Chinu. They are off the scale!
  9. Noaidi

    Evolution - a very bad joke...

    :D :clap:biglaugh:
  10. Noaidi

    The main spirit of a plant can think and read your mind...

    Depends how you define a sensory organ. Plants don't have the same sensory organs as animals, but they do have receptors specific to certain molecules and can respond to light. There is nothing supernatural / supernormal about this ability - any botany textbook can tell you this. Your OP talks...
  11. Noaidi

    The main spirit of a plant can think and read your mind...

    [/LEFT] No-one denies plants can communicate. A similar discussion can be found on another thread: http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/living-world/76031-do-plants-feel.html There are some links to papers that you might find interesting. What is in dispute is that there is a supernatural...
  12. Noaidi

    The main spirit of a plant can think and read your mind...

  13. Noaidi

    The main spirit of a plant can think and read your mind...

    Whether a plant possesses a soul or not is a different matter to the idea of plant perception. I haven't read the links you posted yet, but I'll have a look. It reminds me of a book published in the 70s called The Secret Life of Plants. Not many people take the book seriously these days.
  14. Noaidi

    Intelligent Design?

    Who mentioned god? This is a discussion about the science of Intelligent Design. ;)
  15. Noaidi

    Are Our Teens Practicing Shamanism?

    Fantastic stuff! I never realised so many of my friends were shamans in their late teens.
  16. Noaidi

    Intelligent Design?

    Thought I'd post this nugget I heard last night and revive this thread. Apparently, what we perceive as flaws in design (the wiring of the vertebrate eye, potentially dangerous vestigial organs such as the appendix and so on) do not detract from the validity of ID. Bad design is still design and...
  17. Noaidi

    Hitchens/Blair debate tonight

    It was. I may be biased (!) but Hitchens came across as far more eloquent, confident and humerous than Blair did.
  18. Noaidi

    What do Atheists mean about ‘No Evidence for God’

    I, as an atheist, can understand this. Religious belief is something deeply subjective and personal and dependent on experience. But this is the problem. If it is so personal and subjective, how can anyone provide reliable evidence for it to others? I'm happy to concede that people have such...
  19. Noaidi

    Hitchens/Blair debate tonight

    It's the Toronto debate. Edit: just noticed you're from that area. Were you at the debate?
  20. Noaidi

    Hitchens/Blair debate tonight

    For those in the UK (or who can get internet radio), Christopher Hitchens and Tony Blair are debating the role of religion tonight on BBC Radio 4 at 8pm.
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