Hi Ed,Not sure what that passage had to do with the ten commandments but not to worry.After Er couldn't get Tamar pregnant, and his brother Onan couldn't get her pregnant, their dad Judah finally got the job done.Tim

Quote (princess @ Oct. 01 2011,23:30)I find it most intriguing that blood, semen, and breast milk were considered to be the mostly highly sacred from humans.Not just from humans.One of the ten commandments was” thou shalt not boil a baby goat in his mother's milk.”Tim

OMG!Princess is 444 years old.

From the video it did seem to magnify the light.A pretty neat low tech solution to a lighting problem.The PET material from which the bottles are produced will eventually degrade from ultra violet light and become brittle,but replacement is only one dollar.Tim

Quote (Stu @ Sep. 08 2011,18:41)So a god is an electron.  Or an honest politician?  Or both.StuartWe know for a fact that electrons do exist.God must be an honest politician.Tim

Quote (princess @ Sep. 06 2011,12:38)Dear Stuart, Of all the ones that I have met on HN, you my friend have impacted my life the most. I do hope we met each other some day. You had given me the courage to step out and really ask questions, to research what I believed and what it meant; we each learn from another in some way, even if it is not what…[Read more]

Stu, you missed your calling.You should have been a writer, an author.Dawkins, Hawking nor Mary Tyler Moore could have said it more eloquently.Tim

Quote (bodhitharta @ Aug. 24 2011,12:16)Quote (TimothyVI @ Aug. 23 2011,22:50)It is easy for me to understand that during the evolution of mankind, that genes that encouraged religious beliefs could help to socialize groups of people, thus making them more able to survive.It also explains why such a large percentage of the world is religious, even…[Read more]

It is easy for me to understand that during the evolution of mankind, that genes that encouraged religious beliefs could help to socialize groups of people, thus making them more able to survive.It also explains why such a large percentage of the world is religious, even though believing in different religions.The religion that you believe in…[Read more]

I never quite know what this means. ” ” Tim

Princess,I have witnessed a metamorphosis since you firststarted posting. It was evident in your posts.You do however, still remain, and will always be, a PRINCESS.Tim

Quote (Stu @ Aug. 09 2011,21:08)Are you suggesting I should join you in worshipping Zeus?StuartWorshipping Zeus evokes the eternal wrath of Thor.It is your choice to spend eternity getting bopped on the head by the hammer of Thor, for ever and ever.Tim

From that article, “The Rev Kirsten Slattenaar, Exodus Church's regular priest, also rejects the idea – widely considered central to Christianity – that Jesus was divine as well as human.”That must be why Paul said that women should be quiet in church. Tim

Quote (shimmer @ Aug. 05 2011,09:19)Accordingly, individual Quakers may develop individual religious beliefs arising from their personal conscience and revelation coming from 'God within'.So, like many Christians, they can just sort of make up whatever religion they want.Tim

Good job Ed.Is it fitting that the only female born and named by God would be called Loruhamah, which means in Hebrew, unloved, she hath not obtained mercy?Women just seemed to have very little value to God.Tim

Good for you Princess. Tim

Quote (t8 @ July 29 2011,23:10)Anyway, I just noticed that the topic is about archaeology, not gas leaks.Hi T8,You probably deserve a tile for that one, but it was funny. Tim

Quote (bodhitharta @ July 27 2011,12:19)I read the Quran and what horror have you ascribed to me unjustly and for that matter the hundreds of millions who have done no more harm than you in life, it is logical to view all as some or some as all it violates the law of identity.Hi Bod,I am not sure I even understand what you are saying here.Tim

Quote (bodhitharta @ July 27 2011,12:19)Actually you do not understand what predestination means but as an example think of weights and measures and how understanding such gives one the ability of predetermining events in the physical world such as knowing that to travel a distance takes a certain amount of time likewise the scales of justice can…[Read more]