Part I, Quantum Religion: Proof is in the Proof Link discussed aspects of new theory relating to the Creation vs. Evolution debate. Part II discusses the concept of faith. Random House Webster's first definition of faith unfortunately reads as follows: "Confidence or trust in a person or thing." Some faith is fatalistic and goes beyond sensual reality. Such a faith suggests that humans are incapable of recognizing truth, of understanding Divine Purpose, and of obtaining such v...

Here's a debate that's going to go on for some time: Creation versus Evolution. People love to choose sides on this one, as the recent JoeUser post, "HERE'S THE PROOF THAT GOD EXISTS" by Marvin Cooley and subsequent postings demonstrate. The author and sympathizers make some effort to debunk evolution. By using creation to polarly oppose evolution, they justify their argument when a logical step in the theory of evolution cannot be proved, or has been proven false. This argument style ...

You're peering too deeply into a mirror you use for shaving or for viewing the street you've already seen. You're on the street and you think you recognize a woman through the cafe window. A thought takes you but you can't remember the words when you're waiting for the "Don't Walk" sign to pass and now you're really pissed. But the light changes and the thought goes and now you feel pretty silly. You're cooking supper. You're starting the dishwasher. You flip on the news and you want ...

Once, I typed "Humor". Results= useless. Another time, I tried "Political Satire. Results= 1 of 20, maybe. Then I became bored of clicking "next". The "good stuff" sites must be out there. I believe it. I do. But at the moment my total link inventory is simply: Link , or the Onion. And the Onion is a hardcopy paper I grew up with as an irreverent kid living in Madison, Wisconsin. The web site was excellent for a while. Now it's only very good. Still, I recommend it. But t...

Once, I typed "Humor". Results= useless. Another time, I tried "Political Satire. Results= 1 of 20, maybe. Then I became bored of clicking "next". The "good stuff" sites must be out there. I believe it. I do. But at the moment my total link inventory is simply: Link , or the Onion. And the Onion is a hardcopy paper I grew up with as an irreverent kid living in Madison, Wisconsin. The web site was excellent for a while. Now it's only very good. Still, I recommend it. But t...

6/2/1998 Yad V'Shem (Hand and name) Holocaust Memorial Museum, Jerusalem "Don't fix your large brown eyes upon me.... And don't ask me Why and wherefore we have to leave our homes." --SB Shayewicz, "Lekh Lekha" 1942 Dedalus, Consider how quiet it is here, now. Earlier I was angry. Bless the girl beside me for singing, or for making me believe she was mourning. They have seen it before. They live this truth their whole lives, day to day...

For the sake of argument, let's say that everyone is born equal. For the sake of argument, let's say that America provides everyone an opportunity to succeed. For the sake of argument, let's say that we have free-will. For the sake of argument, let's say that everyone has a code of ethics, and everyone lives according to his/her ability to follow his/her own code. For the sake of argument, let's say that everyone's code of ethics occasionally differs from the general, societal cod...

Myrrander: I just wanted to revisit your "Beer/Religion" article, telling you how much I liked it. We are re-tooling our website, and would love to feature your article in our Humor section. You would be given space to detail whatever credit you wish to receive, plug any information or site that you wish. Thanks again, TBT

Okay. I am new to this category, new to JoeUser, actually, and I am not sure who writes what or where. But I have no doubt whatsoever that the time to discuss pizza is now. Toppings are essential. Cheese blends bring complexity and beauty to any pizza. Nevertheless, I believe very strongly that pizza crust is the heart, and pizza sauce is the soul of every pie we make. Those of you who have never made your own pizza pie, please: your life, while filled with good intentions and g...

When it comes to stating our political beliefs these days, we play loosely and aggressively with our declarations. We're the Phil Helmuths and Scotty Nyugens rather than the Howard Lederers and the Johnie Chans of ideologies. This last round, we Democrats have stolen a favorite tactic of the ghost of Republican Past: the label tactic. Painting GW Bush as anything from cokehead frat boy to a certain fascist regime dictator seemed like a healthy pastime; moreover, it served to whip our...

I've read your articles regularly as you post them. I think in general, it's fair to say I disagree, on a political level, with your opinions almost unilaterally. Nevertheless, Draginol is completely correct, concerning his recent article, "My problem with the American Left". 1)There's no two ways about it: Democrats are embarrassed that GWB was re-elected. 2)We cannot believe that a majority of the country supports the direction our nation is headed. 3)I apologize. We're just blo...

I call this a failure on my part: an inability to scrounge up the authoritative rule book for blogging, or internet reporting, or journalism in general, or.... Okay, here are the questions: 1)Public Domain: Is there an official rule book? 2)If I want to post an article on my own website, and my source is a news article (presumably copyrighted), how do I document the source, and where? 3)On my website, may I link to an article on another website without express written consent? If yes, w...

Are you trying to sell conservatism? I found this link on your site: http://www.gnaa.us/ Give me a break.

Do you work for the government? Ever worked for an agency with the name _____ _____ Services ? First: I'm sorry. I know you never expected things to work out that way ("Okay, Billy: now it's your turn to tell everyone what you want to be when you grow up." "Yes, Mrs. Hoover. I want to be a Services Coordinator!") Second: Let's say you're at a meeting on Wednesday morning, drinking coffee from a Stop-N-Go , trying not to shove your watch directly into your eye socket. Let's say yo...

Are we born human or do we learn our humanity by living? Art Woo looks for signs everywhere in Gish Jen’s short story, “Birthmates.” Art Woo has no solid instincts. He reads as much as he can into the glass of the world, hoping to identify himself in the reflection; but he misinterprets every clue, every significance. Jen delivers the details of the story through his warped senses, forcing the reader to suffer Art’s disjointed life; and the brilliance of the story reveals itself only at t...