djoldgeezer

Don't answer, minutes and seconds, that is how we measure it, what is time?

We human beings have a natural propensity to find religious claims and explanations attractive and easily acquired, and to attain fluency in using them. This attraction to religion is an evolutionary by-product of our ordinary cognitive equipment, and while it tells us nothing about the truth or otherwise of religious claims it does help us see religion in an interesting new light, it suggests that our minds solve fundamental problems in a way which leaves a “God” shaped hole waiting to be filled.

I have been asking people for a year now. Are they any use in the game?

A. questioning Biblical inneracy?

B. studying the psychology of religion?

C. studying the evolution of religion?

And please, answer the question, it is not about Darwin. So any reply that involves Darwinism or the theory of evolution being a myth will just demonstrate your inability to read a question.

A. questioning Biblical inneracy?

B. studying the psychology of religion?

C. studying the evolution of religion?

Or

D. studying the evolutionary psychology of religion?

I already know the correct answer to this, so please get it right. (They are not all heresies.)

What do you think about the schism within the Zimbabwean Anglican Church, is Bishop Nolbert Kununga right when he calls Robert Mugabe a Prophet from God?

I was curious and went looking for questions with fewest answers on the R&S section and nearly 90% of what I looked at were deleted questions.

Agnostics,Atheists and Theists of all Faiths alike, which of the following do you think should be taught in schools as part of a Religious Studies Course? Which do you find contentious? Could you also include which continent you live on please?

Please be pragmatic about this atheists, whether you believe in them or not, religions exist, and this is a matter of educating young people well enough for them to make an informed choice.

Anthropology as applied to Religion

Architecture of World Religions

Religious Art Worldwide

Belief Systems incorporating Mythology and Folklore.

Comparative Religion

Demographics of Religions Worldwide.

History of Religion Worldwide.

Music of World Religions

Origins of Religions

Philosophy of Religions

Psychology of Religion

Sociology of Religion

Theologies of Religions

Theories of Religion

Agnostics,Atheists and Theists of all Faiths alike, which of the following do you think should be taught in schools as part of a Religious Studies Course? Which do you find contentious? Could you also include which country you live in please?

Please be pragmatic about this atheists, whether you believe in them or not, religions exist, and this is a matter of educating young people well enough for them to make an informed choice.

Anthropology as applied to Religion

Architecture of World Religions

Religious Art Worldwide

Belief Systems incorporating Mythology and Folklore.

Comparative Religion

Demographics of Religions Worldwide.

History of Religion Worldwide.

Music of World Religions

Origins of Religions

Philosophy of Religions

Psychology of Religion

Sociology of Religion

Theologies of Religions

Theories of Religion

Agnostics,Atheists and Theists of all Faiths alike, which of the following do you think should be taught in schools as part of a Religious Studies Course? Which do you find contentious? Could you also include which country you live in please?

Please be pragmatic about this atheists, whether you believe in them or not, religions exist, and this is a matter of educating young people well enough for them to make an informed choice.

Anthropology as applied to Religion

Architecture of World Religions

Religious Art Worldwide

Belief Systems incorporating Mythology and Folklore.

Comparative Religion

Demographics of Religions Worldwide.

History of Religion Worldwide.

Music of World Religions

Origins of Religions

Philosophy of Religions

Psychology of Religion

Sociology of Religion

Theologies of Religions

Theories of Religion

Agnostics,Atheists and Theists of all Faiths alike, which of the following do you think should be taught in schools as part of a Religious Studies Course?

Anthropology

Architecture

Archaeology

Comparison

Demographics of Religions Worldwide.

History of Religion.

Music

Origins of Religions

Philosophy of Religions

Psychology of Religion

Sociology of Religion

Theologies of Religions

Theories of Religion

Please be pragmatic about this atheists, whether you believe in them or not, religions exist, and this is a matter of educating young people well enough for them to make an informed choice.

Agnostics,Atheists and Theists of all Faiths, which of the following do you think should be taught in schools as part of a Religious Studies Course?

Anthropology

Architecture

Art

Comparison.

Demographics of Religions Worldwide.

History of Religion.

Music

Origins of Religions

Philosophy of Religions

Psychology of Religion

Sociology of Religion

Theologies of Religions

Theories of Religion

A recent question about relativity made me look at research into the Alpha, or Fine Structure constant. Hidden amongst this I found the work of Jim Webb, an astronomer at the University Of New South Wales, in Australia. His research would suggest that the size of the Alpha constant varies depending on which direction you view the Universe from. This throws into question the idea of Lorenz symmetry, one of the fundamentals of Einstein's theory, now there are a number of possibilities that this throws up.

A. Einstein was wrong and we go back to the idea of the, “ether”?

B. We accept ideas about dimensions theoretically suggested by string theory?

C These are just localised anomalies caused by as yet undiscovered effects of things akin to the axis in the Cosmic Microwave Background?

Can any of you shed any further light on this? Do you think we need a new Physics or Maths to explain this?