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There are 6 billion people on the planet that say: A Supernatural Force Exists Eternally or I'm not sure. or I am sure that no SF exists. Some say there are one billion "non-religious" individuals living on our planet. Less that 1/6 say "I'm not sure" and "I am sure that no SF exists." "For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing. A central point in between nothing and all and infinitely far from understanding either." -Blaise Pascal We exist and that is something all at SFTHE ORIGINAL can admit. There seems to be reason and rhyme to the universe. Humans have personality an…

Why was this innocent childrens story removed by a MOD? Richard Dawkins dozed peacefully off at the park while walking his dog Nygel. He wakes angrily. He spins around and looks in the direction of the noise. Richard Dawkins walks over and stands in front of the man. The stranger nods as a sort of greeting to him. "Jesus is alive and one day he's going to return" continues the stranger. "when He does every one that ever existed will be judged according to their deeds in the body." "The saints hearts will be filled with everlasting joy!" "The enemies of our Lord Jesus will have their hearts crushed and there e…

Hello Everyone, I was just wondering if it is possible to hypnotise somebody? Has anyone here ever been hypnotised? share you experiences, opinions here....

Jihadist Comedy by Chris Morris - The guy that bought us "The Day Today", "Brass Eye", "Time Trumpet" etc... http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2010/jan/21/chris-morris-four-lions-sundance Oh, and I want one of these! Science fights the Mozzie scum! http://www.gearfuse.com/diy-mosquito-killing-device-a-k-a-the-handheld-flame-thrower/

http://richarddawkins.net/article,985,God-Exists-A-Formula-Proves-it,KCTV5-News According to the magic forumla: Quantum Mecλanics + General Relativity => GOD EXISTS

I have a totally new business idea for the service industry. I’ve identified a need and found a way to satisfy that need. It involves a part-time Personal Assistant (provided by me) taking over and managing certain activities* in my client’s life for a period of approximately 13 weeks (X as many clients as I can generate). The clients would be drawn from a base of people sharing these same activities. If it makes it any easier for you to understand, you can call these activities “their daughter’s wedding.” It isn’t this, but the illustration may help you. *The idea could make me a fortune. So you’ll appreciate why I’m keeping the exact details to myself. …

Im sorry if I am posting in the wrong forum, I dont mean to offend anyone

Hello all, I'd be most grateful if you could participate in my university research study on 'Eccentric People'. Your responses to the following multiple-choice based questionnaire will provide a valuable contribution to psychiatric research in this field. Your responses are *completely anonymous* and will be greatly appreciated. Most people have found it very interesting! http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/204204/eccentric-people Thank you! Feel free to discuss the cases here!

Hello there, I'm a single working mom and am hoping to return to school this fall and get a nursing diploma. I have been looking into getting a pell grant plus some other financial aid opportunities. Someone have some ideas for some quick scholarships as well as grants that i could find?

Hello, Just went for movie last night. Well, i don't think its a good movie at all. Kinda bored, no doubt there are many cool action part but story wise is worse. Have you watch 2012 ??

Not listened to them in a while. Just fired up YouTube, man the Priest rock. Any other Priest fans here?

Hiya, I am a single working mom and am hoping to go back to school this fall and get a nursing degree. I have been looking over obtaining a pell grant as well as some different financial aid possibilities. Anyone have any recomendations to get some easy scholarships or even grants that i could get?

First of all please mods if I am posting this in the wrong section please tell me to move it or you can move it. I apologize if this is not the fit and right section for my post since it is a general topic for all Happy new year to you in 350 different language" Acholi - Mot ki Yomcwing Botwo Me Mwaka Manyen Adhola - Wafayo Chamo Mbaga & Bothi Oro Manyeni Aeka- Keremisi jai be Afrikaans - Geseende Kerfees en 'n gelukkige nuwe jaar Ahtna - C'ehwggelnen Dzaenh Aklanon - Malipayon nga Paskwa ag Mahigugmaon nga Bag-ong Dag-on Albanian - G?ar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri! Aleut - Kamgan Ukudigaa Alsatian…

Hey! I'm Marvin. I am new here. I enjoy tell story and I working at a book store as a operation manager I like to know which book you want to read?

...from a chemical engineer if I just get a degree in chemistry instead? I saw that chemical engineers are the highest paid college major, and it got me wondering. http://education-portal.com/articles/Top_10_Paying_College_Majors.html Of course I will still be pursuing chemistry and not engineering, but it would be interesting to know. I know the type of job that someone with a chemistry degree gets compared to a chemical engineer differs, but how would this affect pay? Lets say I get a BS in chemistry, go to grad school and get a PhD. Now what? For chem engineers job choice is obvious, but what does a chemist do? If I go into industry won't I be at a dis…

Hello all While speaking to a friend yesterday I discovered he is a devout Christian and a biology teacher. I was raised an atheist and still consider myself so. What I would be interested in is what proportion of the scientists out there adhere to any of the religions. Leading on from that is which of the religions accomodates scientific advancment most, or are they all the same? Personnaly I cannot see how a devout Christian can believe in evolution but claim that the bible is the word of god. But that's my opinion. I don't want this thread to be seen as inciting any trouble. I am just interested how religious scientists balance what I see as contradicting…

Before i begin my story, this thread is dedicated to bringing up and hopefully solving the issue of so many odd things that seem to serve absolutely no purpose but seem to have been evolutionarily selected to be widespread. Story Time! I was sitting on IRC talking to total strangers in a karaoke channel I decided to stumble into and someone was talking about how amazingly hot their (more than likely fictitious) girlfriend is. Said person then went on in some detail about how sexy said phantom girl's back dimples are. Back dimples in case you don't know just means you have (for lack of a better discription) dimples in your lower back. I was about to pounce in on this …

If I told you that my eyes can act as a natural microscope. I am very near-sited which means that I cannot see a thing within 5-10 feet. But my eyes have a unique trait that allow them to focus-in and de-focus, which allows me to see things such as my eyelashes at a very close up view which makes them transparent. You don't have to believe me, but what if this were possible? What sorts of things should this human be doing with this trait?

I am a high school student interested in molecular biology and genomics. My school doesn't offer courses in these subjects--most don't, I'm sure--and therefore I must educate myself. How do I go about doing this? Here is my thinking: I must assemble a syllabus, and several textbooks and workbooks to establish a firm foundation in cell biology, chemistry, genetics, etc., then work through them at a steady pace. If I run into difficult concepts or problems, I have several advisers who will readily assist me. Is this reasonable? If so, which books should I procure? I appreciate any and all advice.

in places where the sea freezes over, does the ice contain salt?

For example we have the Baez crackpot index, as well as the list of criteria given by Siegel. I am sure other lists and indices exist. The ones quoted here are specific to modern physics, but most of the ideas would apply in all areas of science. Would it be interesting to apply this, or some SFN Crackpot-Quack index to the posts on this forum? Or even just try it with anything you write personally! Anyone want to highlight what they think qualifies as a Crackpot or Quack? Feel free to insert humour here. For me the biggest give away of a "Quack" is having no or little knowledge of understood and accepted theories.

What music sites do you use? I recently got an iphone, so I have been trying out different options. itunes is rather expensive, so I am not buying much from them, and have been trying things like last.fm, spotify and grooveshark. Of these 3, I like grooveshark best, but unfortunately they haven't released an iphone app yet, so I can only use it on my desktop. Spotify have released one, but it is only available to premium members (£10 a month) and I am too cheap for that. Also, I am not sure I like the idea of 'renting' my music rather than buying it. So I think for now I am stuck with last.fm, which lets you choose an artist and it will create a 'radio station' wh…

I would just like to take some time out thank the posters for doing what you do and making the community what it is im a long time reader and first time poster so i just wanted to say thanks.

I don't think that there's a thread for this yet, and the thread search agrees with me. So, I recently saw Sherlock Holmes, and I thought it was pretty good. A little more action-movie/ Hollywood than Sherlock Holmes should be, but still good. I did appreciate the little hints, and I thought the plot was- over all- good. However, it did seem like they were laying the "possible sequel" thing a bit thick, but hey! You can't blame them from wanting to make as much money as possible. What did you think?

Any ideas or technologies you thought would take off during the "naughties" that didn't? Over ten years ago I heard of the idea of putting a hydrogen reformer into a car, using that to extract hydrogen from gasoline, and then running the resulting hydrogen through a fuel cell in order to produce electricity. This idea seemed great in that we could start with the existing gasoline infrastructure but start rolling out more efficient fuel cell cars. Brilliant! Unfortunately, it would seem the technology never materialized. Wikipedia gives a list of reasons.