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The work was achieved by researchers from the University of the Basque Country in Spain. With the aid of an IBM QX4 quantum computer, they created tiny simulated life forms capable of carrying out many of the behaviors seen in real-world life forms — including reproduction, mutation, evolution...

I skimmed it for about 10 minutes at the bookstore the other day, and it seemed filled with a lot of "we're not sure", and "mysterious" explanations. I didn't want to waste my time reading a book full of guesses and uncertainties, so I didn't buy it. (Besides, as a rule I generally don't read...

I’m sure I’ll get a lot of blowback from this (especially from those in happy relationships), but since I’m not in a happy relationship I’d like to get this off my chest. Despite all the books, sermons, and talks we’ve all been exposed to over the years, love (at least in the West) is mostly...

I need a wide audience to help me figure out what's going on. I've had "maintenance insomnia" for the last several years. This means that I can't stay asleep. The last week or so, though, I've been unable to stay awake in the evenings past 6:30 pm. I'll even fall asleep while eating supper. I've...

During today's sermon, the pastor asked everyone the following eight-question quiz. I think he said the quiz was from Barna and they used it with a couple of thousand folks who self-identified as born-again Christians. I'm posting the quiz here to see how everyone would answer it. I'll give...

In this thread, I would ask you to be introspective and brutally honest with yourself. We all know the warnings about being well-off financially. Here are a few: Mat 19:23 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven...

I've been thinking a lot about the whole evolution/creation thing and as a result I recently learned something about myself. I was thinking, even if someone could 100% prove to me that there was a moment in the past where nothing became something, and even if someone could 100% prove to me that...

We hear it all the time: God loves you. I struggle to figure out what that looks like on a practical, here-and-now basis? I can identify lots of things that it *doesn't* mean: God won't let me get sick God will heal me when I do get sick God will make me happy God won't let me lose my job And...

I came across this article and am interested to hear what others think about it. It starts out like this: In a video published by the Catholic news service1 senior pastor Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, failed to properly assess the critical differences...

This is a serious question. Let's pretend, for the sake of this thread, that there is no spiritual realm and there was no Fall. What reason do people give for the abundance of bad people? Thieves, liars, sexual predators, murderers, etc. It's rife, and it's non-stop. In the absence of a...

I'm hoping someone will care to talk with me about my marriage. It's not a good marriage because she and I are incompatible. Incredibly, we've been married for 38 years, and we dated over 6 years before we tied the knot. While I was getting my BS (many years ago) she worked so that we'd have...

I have written a book that now sits on Amazon waiting for people to notice it. It's a commentary on the book of Revelation. Does anyone have any ideas of how and where I can advertise it (preferably on the cheap)? I'm not looking to make money off it - I just want people to read it. Any ideas...

(I was going to post this in Philosophy and Ethics, but of course that's closed. I hope this topic belongs here.) I'd like to have a discussion on happiness: how it's defined, what it is to you, how to achieve it, how to sustain it, etc. Personally, I don't know much about happiness because...

failed the test :-(

Hi, I've been teaching the Bible (and therefore applying hermeneutics) for about 40 years now. There are some principles that I always follow. Today I came across another (more experienced) teacher who emphasizes 5 basic principles of hermeneutics. I thought it would make for a good discussion...

Hi. I'm wondering if there any volunteer editors hanging out here? The reason I ask is because I have a first draft of a book I wrote that I'd like to have edited. The book is a commentary on the book of Revelation, but I'm not looking for anyone to assess it theologically. I'm strictly...

I just learned about this. It's set to open in the Fall of this year. You folks around DC (USA) might want to take note. Looks like it's going to be cool! Museum of the Bible | Museum of the Bible

This documentary will be shown one-time-only tomorrow evening. Is anyone (besides me) planning to go see it?

I think I can understand why atheists are atheists. After all, professing Christians don't love each other as we should. We judge each other too harshly. We get hung up over all kinds of unimportant minutia. To the atheist, Christianity probably just looks like any other kooky cult because we...

I've been in IT ever since getting my BS many many years ago. Specifically, I'm a software developer. As many of you undoubtedly know, the technology fields change fast. So fast, apparently, that it often leaves guys like me in the dust. I am now looking for my 15th job. That's right, 15. I...