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发帖数: 10694 | 1 Atheist Roald Hoffmann and MIT Christian agree on the sublime in science
Cornell's Roald Hoffman leads a discussion on nature, knowledge and faith in
the Veritas Forum in Statler Auditorium March 30.
An overflow audience in Statler Auditorium listens as scholars participate
in the forum.
Ian Hutchinson, a Christian MIT nuclear scientist, discusses religion and
science.
In a conversation about science, God and knowledge, a nuclear scientist who
is a devout Christian and a Nobel Prize-winning chem... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3382 | 2 littleshirt, you are making a pretty nasty logic mistake here and funny you don't seem to realize it
you just completed a perfect circular argument, and let me point it out for you
“Once you have your own kids, are you going to push your kids to school, or to semi-annual dental cleaning (a lot of kicking and screaming and crying... just wait till you have your own kids)? These are optional (literally not required by the law), do you decide for your kids, or let your kids make their own choice? I... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 660 | 3 怎么找，我不会耶
不过，我找到了以下数据，监狱里犯人的religion统计
Religion's Effects On Crime Rates
By: Edgar Saint George
Editor-in-Chief
The more "Christian" a place is, the greater the social ills and crime of
the area. That's the primary conclusion of an exhaustive scientific study
done by Gregory S. Paul and published in the scholarly onling journal,
Journal of Religion and Science of the Creighton university of Omaha,
Nebraska, a Jesuit school.
The study showed that the most "Christian' parts of the United States, th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6898 | 4 诺贝尔奖获得者的宗教信仰
云儿
（转自“独立评论”）
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诺贝尔物理学奖获得者的宗教信仰
闲极无聊读杂书，读到一本的《1901-2000年诺贝尔奖获得者大全》(Louise S. Sherby
, "The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners 1901–2000", Oryx Press, Westport,
CT • London 2002)。突然觉得手痒，量化癖发作，随手作了一个物理学奖获得
者的宗教信仰统计。
此书编者，从公开文献中摘取物理学奖获得者的个人资料，包括宗教信仰。当文献中明
确提到获奖者的宗教信仰及其所属教派时，编者会尽可能列出细分的教派名。当编者感
觉相当肯定获奖者信仰某一宗教，但无法确认之时，就用“极可能信某教(如 Most
probably Christian)”标出。有时候，获奖者的宗教信仰有改变，编者就以“来自某
某教背景(如 From Jewish b... 阅读全帖 |
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G*M
发帖数: 6042 | 5 Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, study finds
Rob Waugh August 12, 2013 Yahoo! News
Religious people are less intelligent than non-believers, according to a new
review of 63 scientific studies stretching back over decades.
A team led by Miron Zuckerman of the University of Rochester found “a
reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity” in 53 out
of 63 studies. Even in extreme old age, intelligent people are less likely
to believe, the researchers found - an... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 6 This is the first in a series of stories on losing faith.
Teresa MacBain has a secret, one she's terrified to reveal.
"I'm currently an active pastor and I'm also an atheist," she says. "I live
a double life. I feel pretty good on Monday, but by Thursday — when Sunday'
s right around the corner — I start having stomachaches, headaches, just
knowing that I got to stand up and say things that I no longer believe in
and portray myself in a way that's totally false."
MacBain glances nervously around... 阅读全帖 |
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g*********n
发帖数: 808 | 7 背景
网上流传有关「爱因斯坦证明了神存在」的故事，散播速度已经达到外国所谓病毒的程
度(has gone viral)。其实这故事在十几年前已经存在，消失了一段时间后，随互联网
的发展又再死灰复燃。故事指爱因斯坦还是学生的时候，反驳一位宣称无神的老师，问
得老师哑口无言。在不同版本中，「爱因斯坦」有时是小学生，有时是大学生，但是内
容和论据都是一样的，而许多标题都指「爱因斯坦」所说的，证明了神的存在。
以下是故事的大纲：
1.老师/教授说世上无神，因为若神造万物，也造了邪恶。
2.一学生反驳说「冷」是「热」的不存在，「暗」是「光」的不存在，同样「邪恶」是
「善良」的不存在。
3.老师无言，作者称此学生名为「阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦」。
供读者参考，本人选择了几个中英文的，比较典型的版本[1][2][3][4]，其中一个是前
几年这故事重生时的一套youtube外语短片。[3]
这故事被网民疯传，受宗教人士称颂，成为神存在的「有力见证」；另外一些人当这是
有趣的故事。许多网友阅读后，在社交网络上分享，其他人看见了也「讚」和分享，这
故事一传十，十传百，有如病毒一般地传播开去。
这故事受注目当然... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6523 | 8 If you'd have the energy to check other religions, you might reach the same
conclusion that other religions are 邪恶, or illogical somewhere. Are you
going to fight against those, too? But one's life is limited, and what do
you want the most out of this life?
If someone believes 基督教, perhaps they have found something valuable there
, let them be. If they don't find it reasonable any more, they can make the
same decision as yours to go away from it. You are not a savior to anyone.
You have done you... 阅读全帖 |
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Y**u
发帖数: 5466 | 9 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
wusuoqiu (嘁哩喀喳：基督教是邪教！) 于 (Sun Sep 2 20:13:33 2012, 美东) 提到:
本来，我不想写这个帖子的。
我奉行“知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也”的治学态度，对自己没有深入研究的东西
，我一般不愿意发表看法。我对基督教有很深入的研究，自信我已经完全了解基督教了
。但是，对佛家的东西，我目前只研读了《金刚经》和《心经》，我的认识肯定还很浅
。所以，我本来不想写这个帖子的。但是，看到网上有些帖子散布一些完全不负责任的
言论，因此我还是不揣冒昧，将我所知道的一些佛教和基督教的区别写出来。有关基督
教的陈述，我可以负完全的责任。对有关佛教的陈述，如有不对的地方，恳请佛门高人
指点。
1）真理
基督教自称是“唯一真理”，耶稣更是自称“我就是道路，我就是真理”。
而佛家从来没有自称是“真理”。《金刚经》说：法上应舍，何况非法？在佛家看来，
所谓的佛法，是人们认识/体证真理到达解脱彼岸的道路/工具。佛法就像是大家渡河的
船，大家如果到了彼岸，就不再需要这个船了。
在佛... 阅读全帖 |
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c**r
发帖数: 10001 | 10 the road less traveled这本，刚好不久前看过，说一下。书还是不错的，阐述的
一些观点诸如most mental illness results from avoidance of legitmate
suffering,
falling in love is a sudden collapse of ego boundaries以及对与delay
gratification, dependency, commitment这些话题的讨论，都很引人思考。
不过这些都在书的前半部分（或者说前2/3部分），后三分之一开始集中与religion
相关的讨论。我对作者把世界观称为religion，然后辩称everyone has a religion
比较不满，觉得世界观就世界观嘛，硬把religion这个名字安给它，然后反驳其他
人关于religion的观点，这是偷换概念啊。当时以为这本书读到这里就算结束了，
不过没想到紧接着这个religion的开头，作者讲述了三个非常详尽的个例，都挺有
趣的，而且看得出，作为一个本身有宗教信仰的psychiatrist，他已经尽量在往客 |
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发帖数: 99 | 11 Thursday, May 2, 2013
Panel #1 Keynote with responses- Stewart Center 310 10:00-11:15 a.m.
Moderator – Angelica Duran (Purdue)
• Cosmopolitanism and World Literature in China / Wang Ning (Tsinghua)
• Response #1: Soul Searching in Contemporary Chinese Literature and
Society / Fenggang Yang (Purdue)
• Response #2: Ways of Reading, Ways of Being in Religious Literature
Angelica Duran, Purdue
Panel #2 The Textual Traces of Religions and Societies - Stewart Center 310
12:30-1:45 p.... 阅读全帖 |
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d*******r
发帖数: 3875 | 12 Chinese Students Pushed to Find Jesus at U.S. Christian Schools
2011-12-20 21:00:01.0 GMT
By Daniel Golden
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Haiying Wu’s family in Shandong
Province wasn’t religious. After a born-again Texan teaching
English in China advised her that Christian schools in the U.S.
are safe and academically strong, she enrolled at Ben Lippen
High School in Columbia, South Carolina.
Ben Lippen required her to attend church and chapel, take
Bible class, and join a Bible study group. ... 阅读全帖 |
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o*********y
发帖数: 59 | 13 有兴趣的话，可以读一下这些文献
Robert J. Barro and Rachel M. McCleary, 2003. "Religion and Economic Growth
across Countries",American Sociological Review, Vol. 68, No. 5 (Oct., 2003),
pp. 760-781
Rachel M. McCleary and Robert J. Barro, 2006. "Religion and economy", The
Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Spring, 2006), pp. 49-72
Amir N. Licht a,∗, Chanan Goldschmidt a, Shalom H. Schwartzb, 2007, "
Culture rules: The foundations of the rule of law and
other norms of governance". Journal of C... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 14 16 People On Things They Couldn’t Believe About America Until They Moved
Here
http://thoughtcatalog.com/michael-koh/2013/11/16-people-on-thin
1. Rakib Islam
I am originally from Bangladesh and here are a few things that I find hard
to explain to peeps back home.
•Fruits and vegetables are way more expensive than meat and poultry.
•That, generally speaking, the poor is more obese than the rich.
•A lot of couples adopt children, sometimes in spite of having their
own, and treat t... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 15 Text of Barack Obama Nobel Prize acceptance lecture
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/12/barack-obama
Barack Obama Nobel Prize Acceptance Text, as prepared for delivery and
provided by the White House
"A Just and Lasting Peace"
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the
Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:
I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award
that speaks to our highest aspirations ... 阅读全帖 |
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G****e
发帖数: 1912 | 16 军版哪个小将的大作？基本思路与军版主流小将完全吻合。
Muslims is NOT Violent
“No, Muslims are not more violent than people of other religions. Sorry
racists – but here’s the tea.
Compared to many white, 1st-world countries, Muslim countries experience
exceptionally lower murder rates.
As for political violence, Christians in the 20th century wrote off tens of
millions of people in the 2 world wars & colonial repression.
This didn’t happen because “Christians” are worse people. It happened
because their leaders industriali... 阅读全帖 |
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c****x
发帖数: 6601 | 17 Three Things You Should Know About Islam by http://www.youtube.com/TheWhiteR0ses
Three surprising things you probably didn't know about Islam and the Quran.
This subject may affect you in the near future, so take the chance to inform
yourself now - before it does.
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Islam (Arabic: الإسلام al-'islām,
pronounced [ʔislæːm] is the monotheistic religion
articulated by the Qur'an, a text ... 阅读全帖 |
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k*****e
发帖数: 22013 | 18 大法官说的这是真的假的？
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/antonin-scalia-religion-c
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday said that the United States
government cannot favor one religion over another but that the Constitution
does not prohibit the government from preferring religion over secularism,
according to the Times-Picayune in New Orleans.
Scalia made the comments during a speech at the Archbishop Rummel High
School in Metairie, Louisiana. He said that it is "absurd" to think the
Cons... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 19 By Jason Pappas
The critical examination of Islam is no longer possible as it is deemed "
hate speech" that is prosecuted in some Western nations and swiftly
condemned in all the rest. The left-dominated mainstream culture has created
a philosophy of anti-anti-Islam to vilify critics of Islam just as it
created anti-anti-Communism to suppress criticism of Communism.
The slow glacial nature of cultural change often makes it hard to notice a
transformation as it is happening. Looking back decades... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 20 Indiana Now Protects Religious Liberty. Why That’s Good Policy.
March 27, 2015 - 10:29 AM
By Ryan T. Anderson & Sarah Torre
In a victory for religious freedom, Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., signed into law
the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This is good policy that
protects the fundamental freedom of Indiana citizens from unnecessary and
unreasonable government coercion.
The Indiana law is based on the 1993 federal Religious Freedom Restoration
Act—a law that has served the American peopl... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 21 Indiana isn’t targeting gays. Liberals are targeting religion.
March 30, 2015 8:03 p.m. ET
In the increasingly bitter battle between religious liberty and the liberal
political agenda, religion is losing. Witness the media and political wrath
raining down upon Indiana because the state dared to pass an allegedly anti-
gay Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The question fair-minded Americans
should ask before casting the first stone is who is really being intolerant.
The Indiana law is a vers... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 22 Why Voting for Donald Trump Is a Morally Good Choice
Wayne Grudem
Some of my Christian friends tell me they can’t in good conscience vote for
Donald Trump because, when faced with a choice between “the lesser of two
evils,” the morally right thing is to choose neither one. They recommend
voting for a third-party or write-in candidate.
As a professor who has taught Christian ethics for 39 years, I think their
analysis is incorrect. Now that Trump has won the GOP nomination, I think
voting for Tru... 阅读全帖 |
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g********2
发帖数: 6571 | 23 If You Don’t Like Either Candidate, Then Vote for Trump’s Policie
Wayne Grudem
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Posted: Oct 19, 2016 12:14 AM
After I saw the shocking 2005 video with Trump talking about his sexual
aggression against women, I wrote, “There is no morally good presidential
candidate in this election.” I condemned Trump’s immoral conduct and said
I did not know how I would vote. I asked Townhall.com to remove my earlier
article, “Why Voting for Donald Trump Is a Morally Good Choice.” I urged
Trump to withdraw, ho... 阅读全帖 |
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G****e
发帖数: 11198 | 24 It's the ingrained religious culture that has bred numerous terrorists. One
way they play victim card saying their religion is the religion of peace,
the other way they seek and demand religious privilege over others and laws,
third way they use terrorist attack to intimidate and control their
believers and breed more potential terrorists. It's a religion of no hope,
brainwashing a dream of after life that awards them 72 virgins. It's a
religion that is used to survive in the Arabian desert 1400... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****y
发帖数: 33185 | 25 If you find something abusive or inappropriate or which does not otherwise
comply with our Terms or Community Guidelines, please select the relevant '
Report this comment' link.
Comments on this thread are vetted after posting.
#20273
Indeed, there are many Ph.D. programs that can be closed. The first one on
my list to close would be the Religion program in Columbia university. Why
do we need Ph.D.'s specializing in religion? Leave that area to the rabis
and ministers!
Report this comment2011-04... 阅读全帖 |
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m*********h
发帖数: 5449 | 26 以道德规范的强制执行为基础的共济会，深度控制了美国的权力机构。道德规范和团结
组合在一起，可以产生如此强大的组织。
Freemasons have a set of basic principles that they all live by. Masonic
lodge members promise never to bring anything offensive or defensive into
the lodge with them — both weapons and words. The object of the lodge is to
create a place where those divisions are left outside, so Masons can engage
in activities that unite them instead of separating them:
A moral code: Freemasons believe in honor and that a man has a
responsibility to ... 阅读全帖 |
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R*******d
发帖数: 13640 | 27 入籍面試大約十分鐘時間，測試您對美國政府，歷史的了解和您的英文聽、讀、寫能力
。美國政府和歷史部份的考試只占兩分鐘。您大概不知道的是美國公民入籍考試其實在
您踏入移民考官辦公室的那一刻就開始了，移民考官用英文提問，您必須聽懂他∕她的
問題，並且用英文回答問題。通過公民入籍考試，需要的不僅是知識，更重要的是自信
心。
【试题说明】蓝色字体的试题具有时效性，且各州有不同的答案，需要注意。另外，如
果申请人年满65周岁或以上，并且在美国具有合法永久居留身份20年以上，可仅学习前
面带有*号的试题。
文章的最下方附有美国入籍阅读、听写考试知识点。
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT /美国政府
A. Principals of American Democracy/美国民主原则
1. What is the supreme law of the land?/美国的最高法律是什么？
答：The Constitution /宪法
2. What does the Constitution do?/宪法的作用是什么？
答：Sets up the government /建立政府体制
答：De... 阅读全帖 |
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m*********h
发帖数: 5449 | 28 【 以下文字转载自 Stock 讨论区 】
发信人: marketwatch (市场观察), 信区: Stock
标 题: 共济会基本原则是给出了一个moral code
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Oct 28 22:01:14 2014, 美东)
以道德规范的强制执行为基础的共济会，深度控制了美国的权力机构。道德规范和团结
组合在一起，可以产生如此强大的组织。
Freemasons have a set of basic principles that they all live by. Masonic
lodge members promise never to bring anything offensive or defensive into
the lodge with them — both weapons and words. The object of the lodge is to
create a place where those divisions are left outside, so Masons can engage
in activit... 阅读全帖 |
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f*****s
发帖数: 1589 | 29 【 以下文字转载自 Stock 讨论区 】
发信人: marketwatch (市场观察), 信区: Stock
标 题: 共济会基本原则是给出了一个moral code
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Oct 28 22:01:14 2014, 美东)
以道德规范的强制执行为基础的共济会，深度控制了美国的权力机构。道德规范和团结
组合在一起，可以产生如此强大的组织。
Freemasons have a set of basic principles that they all live by. Masonic
lodge members promise never to bring anything offensive or defensive into
the lodge with them — both weapons and words. The object of the lodge is to
create a place where those divisions are left outside, so Masons can engage
in activit... 阅读全帖 |
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p*********e
发帖数: 32207 | 30 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
hrfrank (www.hrfrank.com) 于 (Sat Feb 11 15:15:38 2012, 美东) 提到:
林書豪(Jeremy Lin)是史上第一位打入NBA的台裔球員，也是自1954年以來，第一位打
進NBA的哈佛大學畢業生！頂著如此稀奇的光環，林書豪卻很謙卑，因為他知道，是一
股神奇的力量一路牽引著他。林書豪在哈佛主修經濟、副修社會學，但他說，若
有一天要高掛球鞋，他不會去當華爾街金童，而是要去傳福音、作見證。
他最喜欢的两段圣经是：
《罗马书》 5：3 不但如此，就是在患难中，也是欢欢喜喜的。因为知道患难生忍耐。
《罗马书》 5：4 忍耐生老练。老练生盼望。
《罗马书》 5：5 盼望不至于羞耻，因为所赐给我们的圣灵将神的爱浇灌在我们心里。
《歌罗西书》 3：23 无论作什么，都要从心里作，像是给主作的，不是给人作的。
May God be with him all the way.
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G***a
发帖数: 27294 | 31 (2) 流行款
比较有名的是Earnest Sewn，True Religion，和Diesel
Earnest Sewn，从来没找到过店，所以不好说
True Religion，我是大fan，大大fan！！！虽然还没下狠心去买
但是我仅去过他们家店无数次啊，无数次。我可以负责任的说，不论你试什么cut，什
么wash
都能把你的腿变长3寸，变细3圈！！！！！
我完全不带任何夸张！！！！ 如果你有200块钱投资一条牛仔裤，就是true religion
了。。。。
穿上它那一刻起，就明白为什么好多明星blogger都穿它了，效果杠杠的，她们的腿原
本没那么细。
不是给true religion做广告，我只是我自己感受哈，我还没下决心买过
还有一个就是Diesel，，，，不喜欢。完全over price，他们家就是请的DJ一般是帅哥
美女
其他好处，，，，我认为没有了。牛仔裤cut和20块钱teeneager店买的效果一样。
你腿是什么水平，穿上去就是什么水平。。。
下面两个视频，分别是Earnest Sewn和Diesel，图片都是true religion |
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n***e
发帖数: 99 | 32 I watched 3D. Very impressive scenes. It’s kind of interesting that the
story can distinguish ppl between Atheism (who won't believe tiger story)
and theism (who will eventually do).
From my perspective, Pi could assign different personalities to zebra,
gorilla, hyena and tiger because he believes "Animals have souls."(Little Pi
said so at the very beginning).Thinking about the plots he experienced on
the ship, it’s not hard to give the animals characteristics accordingly.
And later on when he a... 阅读全帖 |
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G****t
发帖数: 1799 | 33 佛教
佛教现在被认为是西方世界里信众发展最快的主要宗教之一，而除此以外，西方人研究
佛学的人数也大为增加（即使他们不是信徒）。[1][2]
佛教是美国和西欧国家发展最快的宗教之一。[3]在澳大利亚，信仰佛教的人数从1996
年的20万人增加到2001年的35.8万人，增速达到79.1%。[4]佛教甚至在英格兰的监狱中
也传了开来，其信众人数十年内增长8倍。[5]佛教在中国早就是传统宗教，在澳门，佛
教也是澳门现今发展速度最快的宗教之一。[6]
1 [http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/10418 Buddhism fastest growing religion in West | Asian Tribune
2 Western Buddhism: New insights into the West fastest growing religion: New
Insights into the Wests Fastest Growing Religion: Amazon.co.uk: Kulananda:
Books
3 Buddhism in F... 阅读全帖 |
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i*****a
发帖数: 7272 | 34 可以理解啊，我说宗教被打得东倒西歪，没说被打得无影无踪啊。i think you know
what i mean, but in case you need more clarification:
Religion and religious teaching was common in public schools until the
second half of the 20th century, when people began to challenge the practice
of indoctrinating all students, regardless of their beliefs, into the
school-sanctioned version of Christianity. Because not all Christians hold
the same beliefs; not all people of faith are Christian; and not everyone
believes in God or in organized r... 阅读全帖 |
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i*****a
发帖数: 7272 | 35 可以理解啊，我说宗教被打得东倒西歪，没说被打得无影无踪啊。i think you know
what i mean, but in case you need more clarification:
Religion and religious teaching was common in public schools until the
second half of the 20th century, when people began to challenge the practice
of indoctrinating all students, regardless of their beliefs, into the
school-sanctioned version of Christianity. Because not all Christians hold
the same beliefs; not all people of faith are Christian; and not everyone
believes in God or in organized r... 阅读全帖 |
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E*****m
发帖数: 25615 | 36 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_Michael_Jackson%27s_religion
What was Michael Jackson's religion?
In: Religion and Spirituality, Michael Jackson
For the most part it is believed that Michael Jackson did not officially
practice any one religion devoutly, although, he did explore different
alternative religions throughout his life.
Michael Jackson's parents were Jehovah's Witnesses, he was born a Jehovah's
witness, and practiced this religion for a short period of time after his
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j***b
发帖数: 5901 | 37 Of course science is religion. Actually, it's even more religious than religion. If religion is weed, than science is coke. That's why I'm so much into science, not religion. Religion simply doesn't give me nearly the same level of "high" as science does. |
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发帖数: 6791 | 38 The Cosmic Bunny: Basic Beliefs http://www.bunnychurch.com/2008/01/basics-of-bunny-religion.html
One God
We believe there is one God, the Cosmic Bunny, who created everything. We
are all part of the Cosmic Bunny and will return to It when we are finished
with this life It has given us. The Cosmic Bunny, being a perfect being, is
cute, fuzzy, wise, loving, cuddly and forgiving. Because It is the source of
all creation, It has no gender (hence the reference to "It" instead of "Him
" or "Her"). We ... 阅读全帖 |
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s****y
发帖数: 1574 | 39 我们讲的是organized religion的衰退。
美国的mainstream religion--基督教，采取的是free marketing，因此美国人把选教
会称作church shopping. 这已经比国家控制的state religion优越，因为竞争使得宗
教更有活力，可能是organized religion衰退得慢的原因之一。
此外，大国人口更多，种族矛盾利益更难均衡，从政治上来说，organized religion是
一种比较好的制衡手段，可以促进社会安定。宗教解体得更慢一点，不是很合理吗？
当然，这些只是我的speculation而已。欢迎讨论。 |
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m****a
发帖数: 9485 | 40 Religious freedom and society
This fundamental right is indispensable in the diverse societies of the
modern world, where the rights and interests of different parties often come
into conflict. Since the potential for animosity is greatest where
differences are most profound or where majorities dominate, freedom of
religion is critical because it allows people with differing convictions
about the deepest matters of truth to live together peacefully. A careful
regard for this freedom protects all... 阅读全帖 |
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l***a
发帖数: 5114 | 41 最近翻出阿西莫夫作品全集来重看，真挺有意思的，不仅囊括了他最早期那些名不见经
传的短篇，还有自己写的“创作感想”。看到TRENDS那一篇，居然发现他在1938年（当
时他还在读大学）成功预测成两件事：1）1940年第二次世界大战，2）1970年，人类登
月。
两件事都只差1年而已！
我一直觉得那个SF黄金时期的创作高峰,后来者很难翻越……
下面附TRENDS 的原文。
TRENDS
John Harman was sitting at his desk, brooding, when I entered the office
that day.
It had become a common sight, by then, to see him staring out at the Hudson,
head in
hand, a scowl contorting his face—all too common. It seemed unfair for the
little bantam
to be eating his heart out like that day after day... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1424 | 44 aded by FightingAtheist on May 17, 2007
I am an atheist and a former Christian. As a former Christian I look back to
what I used to believe. I wonder how I could have been no naive.
As a Christian I had very little knowledge about evolutionary biology,
physics, geology, and chemistry. Yet I argued about evolution, fossils, and
radioactive dating. I claimed to know problems that scientists just happen
to miss when developing these thoroughly tested methods. These supposed
flaws were pointed out t... 阅读全帖 |
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C****i
发帖数: 1776 | 45 认识教义与灵命成长
李少秋博士
「因信称义」(justificatiOn by faith)是更正教宗教改革所宣讲的核心真理，基
督徒生命在这真理中开始成长，灵命自始踏上再生的路途、重生的领域。称义是神的宣
告，一方面宣称人的罪被赦免，免除人在刑罚上的责任；另方面接纳及看待人为义人，
得到那份属于遵守律法后的权利。这是基督的义归算为人的义，因此称义全是神的恩典
，人没有可夸耀之处。
双重恩典：「称义」与「成圣」
教会改革运动的先驱肯定这核心真理。日内瓦改革者加尔文一生致力神学纲领的系
统整理，在其精炼的《基督教要义》(Institutes of Christian Religion，主要的五个
版本出版于1536，1539，1543，1550及1559年)中，指出因信称义是基督教的中心枢纽，
同时确立了双重恩典uplex grafia，twofold grace)的教义，就是借着与基督联合，得
以蒙恩，因着信被圣父称为义，建立复和的关系(a relation of reconciliation)，以
致得以蒙恩，被圣灵引领洁净，坚决地活出成圣的生生命(a life of sanc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1175 | 46 撒谎神是不喜悦的
http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/lit/jeff17.htm
Letter from Thomas Jefferson
Letter To Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse - Monticello, June 26, 1822
_To Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse_
_Monticello, June 26, 1822_
DEAR SIR, -- I have received and read with thankfulness and
pleasure your denunciation of the abuses of tobacco and wine. Yet,
however sound in its principles, I expect it will be but a sermon to
the wind. You will find it as difficult to inculcate these sanative
precept... 阅读全帖 |
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C*****e
发帖数: 367 | 47 费氏要理问答 63-64
THE
SHORTER CATECHISM
EXPLAINED
QUESTION 63. Which is the Fifth Commandment?
ANSWER: The Fifth Commandment is, Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy
days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
QUESTION 64. What is required in the Fifth Commandment?
ANSWER: The Fifth Commandment requireth the preserving the honour, and
performing the duties, belonging to every one in their several places and
relations, as superiors, inferiors, or equals.
Q. 1. "Who are mea... 阅读全帖 |
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s******l
发帖数: 6898 | 48 数据来啦：
http://brewright.blogspot.com/2006/12/christian-divorce-rates.h
by sociology professor
Many people believe that Christian marriages end in divorce just as often as
non-Christian, but it turns out, using the best data available, that this
is not true.
To illustrate, here are the divorce rates among ever-married respondents in
the General Social Survey (GSS, 2000-2004)—one of the best known sources of
sociological data. “Frequent” is attending church about once a week or
more.
58%, non-frequ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 49 Religion is just a fools guide to this thing we called LIFE. Religion is the
problem with society today, it has been used for social, economic, and
political gains. We are in outer space, there is NO GOD, God only exist in
religion, the word God is not even 5k yrs old but yet the Earth is 4.5B yrs
old. What is naturally here is what is naturally here and human beings don't
need religion to tell them about NATURE. Cause and effect is what allows us
to see the difference between right and wrong no... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 801 | 50 《自然》文章：科学家发现旧约里的暴力文字纵容人的暴力行为
Nature 446, 114-115 (8 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446114b; Published online 7
March 2007
Scriptural violence can foster aggression
Heidi Ledford
Elements of religious texts seem to inspire bad behaviour.
There once was a man and his concubine from the Israeli tribe of Ephraim who
were travelling in the land of Benjamin, another Israeli tribe. As the
couple dined in the city of Gibeah, a mob assembled outside and pounded on
the door. The mob captured the concubine, the... 阅读全帖 |
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