On the Cloumbus this. Folks often speak of Columbus as if he just came along out of nowhere. Folks seem to think that everybody in Europe was...
The more I think about it the more I consider that his intent was not all that important. Perhaps at the time it was important but it no longer...
Of Course they rejected Noah's warnings. Would you believe some guy who was building a gaint boat in his yard, collecting animals, and...
It's because during the day you either consciously or sub-consciously worry about just that kind of thing happening.
The whole eternal torture thing was gradually built up beginning with the adoption of Christianity by the Roman empire. Scripture can be read that...
Damnit Kharakov, You replied to what was my example of what serious inquiry is not as if I had been aking that question seriously.
I like rat's theory much better. It may sound nutty, but it's not at all boring. I think that I can add yet another circle to it though....
Being a hippie and being an atheist are totally un-related. You can of course be both at the same time, but there is no necessary or inhearant...
Disclaimer: This post is not directed at Lovesgravity specificly. It is directed any everybody, just as any other public post is. It is partly...
A non-terresterial officer would be an astronaut. And the "smoking alot of dope at the time" thing really throws a wrench in the works.
I like Kharakov's answer. Frankly it is the best I've heard. Usually you heard all kinds of BS like "Well gee, God works in mysterious ways" or...
Umm, Quest Techie. America as a nation didn't exist before 1776. How about this one "America, failing to teach kids our own history since...
Yes indeed there was a draft for Korea. Just to get that out of the way. It was, however, by no means as extensive or prolonged as the vietnam...
The O/P edited his post after I said that it was spam. Originally it was was an advertisement for something call the "anonymizer". Hey,...
I used to be a big ol fish, a Grouper I think. That was back in the mid 1500's. In the 1200's I was a big cedar tree over in Lebanon. I had been...
Crap, that's what you're listening to, crap. Actually it is "Mary's Prayer" by that fantastic 80's retroish band "Danny Wilson" Here are...
Well we're not really there yet on #1. The force and/or threat of force must be used on the citizens of the conutry in question, in this case the...
What's a Squirtle? a pokemon perhaps?
What do you know dude? It was Stringmans story that did it. Hey Stringman, write a stroy about me taking over a large country please.
Western history is looked at very often and far too heavily as a history compsed of and dictated primarily by a few specific individuals. This is...
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