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Why this scientist believes in God

Thu, 03 May 2007 15:51:15 GMT

clipped by: saan-kpa
clipper's remarks: *literal interpretations - referring to the Bible

As the director of the Human Genome Project, I have led a consortium of scientists to read out the 3.1 billion letters of the human genome,

As a believer, I see DNA, the information molecule of all living things, as God's language, and the elegance and complexity of our own bodies and the rest of nature as a reflection of God's plan.

attaching oneself to such literal interpretations in the face of compelling scientific evidence pointing to the ancient age of Earth and the relatedness of living things by evolution seems neither wise nor necessary for the believer.

I have found there is a wonderful harmony in the complementary truths of science and faith. The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome. God can be found in the cathedral or in the laboratory. By investigating God's majestic and awesome creation, science can actually be a means of worship.

Tags: science, faith

Where Is Atheism When Bad Things Happen?

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:51:32 GMT

clipped by: cniq_cniq
clipper's remarks: Hmm....I had noticed this but never really gave it much thought. Good points.

Funny that the protests against religious expression never occur until a couple weeks or so after a tragedy like this. More than that you never see an atheist offering a shoulder to those who are suffering. These folk scatter faster at the outset of tragedy, when man's natural inclination is to turn to God, than do roaches at a the turning of a light switch. Suppose they are seeking similar dark corners?

Clip Source: newsbloggers.aol.com

Notice something interesting about the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings? Atheists are nowhere to be found. Every time there is a public gathering there is talk of God and divine mercy and spiritual healing. Even secular people like the poet Nikki Giovanni use language that is heavily drenched with religious symbolism and meaning.

To no one's surprise, Dawkins has not been invited to speak to the grieving Virginia Tech community. What this tells me is that if it's difficult to know where God is when bad things happen, it is even more difficult for atheism to deal with the problem of evil. The reason is that in a purely materialist universe, immaterial things like good and evil and souls simply do not exist. For scientific atheists like Dawkins, Cho's shooting of all those people can be understood in this way--molecules acting upon molecules.

If this is the best that modern science has to offer us, I think we need something more than modern science.

Tags: christianity, virginia tech

Success

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:35:13 GMT

clipped by: willhelm

Clip Source: www.12-steps.org

SUCCESS:

At age 4 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is . . . having friends.
At age 16 success is . . . having a drivers license.
At age 20 success is . . . going all the way.
At age 35 success is . . . having money.
At age 50 success is . . . having money.
At age 60 success is . . . going all the way.
At age 70 success is . . . having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . . . having friends.
At age 80 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.

Tags: success, humor

Is this a dog?

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:10:54 GMT

clipped by: gaasedal

Clip Source: mail.google.com

Tags: dog

Best Law Enforcement Joke

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:08:19 GMT

clipped by: msaniac

Clip Source: www.thatwasfunny.com

The Best Law Enforcement

The LAPD, the FBI and the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and each of them has to catch it.

The CIA goes in. They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigation, they conclude that rabbits do not exist.

The FBI goes in. After two weeks with no leads, they burn the forest, killing everything in it — including the rabbit — and make no apologies. “The rabbit had it coming.”

The LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling, “Okay, okay, I’m a rabbit, I’m a rabbit.”

Tags: joke, funny, humor, law, enforcement, lapd, cia, fbi

Bacteria cleans up Uranium

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:08:02 GMT

clipped by: Razsk

Clip Source: www.whatsnextnetwork.com

Bacteria turn uranium waste into less threatening nano-spheres

Since the discovery a little more than a decade ago of bacteria that chemically modify and neutralize toxic metals without apparent harm to themselves, scientists have wondered how on earth these microbes do it.

Another oddity is Shewanella’s ability to “breathe,” or reduce, metals the way we human beings do oxygen. When oxygen is unavailable, Shewanella can pass excess energy during respiration in the form of electrons to metal and alter the metal’s chemistry in the bargain—for instance, turning soluble uranium into solid, insoluble uraninite (uranium dioxide).

Tags: u, radioactive, waste

Increase Serotonin Levels With 5HTP

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:56:46 GMT

clipped by: drjamie03
clipper's remarks: This is a great supplement that I recommend a lot. As with pretty much every substance, it doesn't work for everyone. But I've known a lot of people who have done well with it. It's certainly cheaper than prescription drugs.

Clip Source: www.5htp.com

What is 5-HTP?
5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is an amino acid that is the intermediate step between tryptophan and the important brain chemical serotonin. There is a massive amount of evidence that suggests that low serotonin levels are a common consequence of modern living. The lifestyle and dietary practices of many people living in this stress-filled era results in lowered levels of serotonin within the brain. As a result, many people are overweight, crave sugar and other carbohydrates, experience bouts of depression, get frequent headaches, and have vague muscle aches and pain. All of these maladies are correctable by raising brain serotonin levels.

Conditions associated with low serotonin levels helped by 5-HTP

Depression
Obesity
Carbohydrate craving
Bulimia
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Sleep apnea
Migraine headaches
Tension headaches
Chronic daily headaches
Premenstrual syndrome
Fibromyalgia

Tags: depression, supplements, serotonin

Kids brains develop dramatically with intake of omega oil

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:37:41 GMT

clipped by: uberkiwi
clipper's remarks: This backs up studies of child behaviour in Europe and the UK showing dramatic reductions in ADHD, and general mental well being, of kids taking EPA supplements.

Clip Source: www.smh.com.au

Scans on four British children who took an omega oil supplement for three months showed their brains developed dramatically - by the equivalent of three years - over that period.

The four children in the pilot study on the effects of diet on young brains were aged between eight and 13 and were classified as overweight. They took two capsules a day of a supplement called VegEPA, which contains a combination of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, found in fish, flaxseed oil and sunflower oil. They were also encouraged to cut down on fatty snacks and to exercise more.

After three months the children's reading age had advanced by more than a year, their handwriting was neater and they paid more attention in class. The scans showed an increase in nerve fibres in their brain, said the lead researcher

"It means you have more connections and greater density of nerve cells, in the same way a tree grows more branches," said Professor Puri

Tags: children, child, health, kids, diet

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign...

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:39:11 GMT

clipped by: Newfman

Clip Source: www.tonyrogers.com

Tags: funny

nerves use sound, not electricity

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:40:49 GMT

clipped by: wildcat
clipper's remarks: fascinating, if correct

Clip Source: www.cbc.ca

Scientists say nerves use sound, not electricity

The common view that nerves transmit impulses through electricity is wrong and they really transmit sound, according to a team of Danish scientists.

The Copenhagen University researchers argue that biology and medical textbooks that say nerves relay electrical impulses from the brain to the rest of the body are incorrect.

According to the traditional explanation of molecular biology, an electrical pulse is sent from one end of the nerve to the other with the help of electrically charged salts that pass through ion channels and a membrane that sheathes the nerves. That membrane is made of lipids and proteins.

Heimburg and Jackson theorize that sound propagation is a much more likely explanation. Although sound waves usually weaken as they spread out, a medium with the right physical properties could create a special kind of sound pulse or "soliton" that can propagate without spreading or losing strength.

Tags: science, research, electricity, brain, sound, soliton

Free web page password revealing utility!

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:44:40 GMT

clipped by: Rashid Malik
clipper's remarks: Useful utility for special occasions!

Clip Source: rashidmalik.5gbfree.com

AsterWin IE v1.03

When you login into a web site with user name and password, you sometimes have the option to store the password in your computer. If you choose to save the password, in the next time that we’ll visit this site, the password field will be automatically filled with your password, but you won’t be able to view it, because the password-box shows the password as sequence of asterisks (****).
This utility reveals the passwords stored behind the asterisks in the web pages of Internet Explorer 5.0 and above. You can use it for recovering a lost web site password, if it’s stored on your computer.

Using AsterWin IE

Type your login name. If the password in stored on your computer, a sequence of asterisks will appear in the password field.

Run the asterie.exe and click the “Show Internet Explorer Passwords” button. The utility will scan all opened Internet Explorer windows, and the password will be revealed after a few seconds.

Tags: freeware

Japanese Light Saber Umbrella

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:47:44 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: www.funshop.co.kr

Tags: humor

Clipmarks featured as Site of the Week by PCMag.com

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:26:58 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Check out Davis Janowski's review of Clipmarks 2.0

Clip Source: www.pcmag.com

Clipmarks is an easy-to-use and compelling application and site for clipping, depositing, and sharing just those pieces of Web pages that matter most to you; you can then keep them private or share them with the hospitable, sociable, engaging, and insightful Clipmarks community.

Tags: clipmarks, web, pcmag.com

The Missing Secrets of Nikola Tesla

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:00:24 GMT

clipped by: adamc
clipper's remarks: If I could spend an hour with anyone who has ever lived, it's quite possible I'd choose Tesla. He understood the physical world like no other.

Clip Source: video.google.com

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Tags: nikola tesla, tesla, science, video, electricity, history, invention, inventor

Kissing test

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:35:43 GMT

clipped by: ontoforever

Clip Source: video.stumbleupon.com

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Tags: kiss, kissing, test, joke, prank, monkey, model