• Researching Buddhism

    by Phil van Bergen I have recently been researching Buddhism. Buddhism is not so much a religion as a philosophy and ethical way of living.…
  • Intelligent Design?

    by Eduardo Carrión Letort Intelligent Design (ID) proponents want us to accept the following claims: 1.- ID research is a valid scientific field. It identifies…
  • The No-Fun Religion

    Deamond, one of my occasional agnostic correspondents, sent me a link to JW Files: Research on Jehovah’s Witnesses. It’s an interesting site with a lot…
  • Prayer Studies and God

    Early this year, the results of a study into the power of prayer were released. The study, which looked at the effects of prayer on…
  • Crop Circles

    Colin Andrews, considered (by himself anway,) the world’s leading expert on crop circles has decided he can no afford to continue his research which he…
  • Statistics and Religion

    by: John Tyrrell I don’t think a week goes by without seeing a news story linking religion to something positive or negative, or linking lack…
  • Study confirms people lie in surveys on religious attendance

    by: JT In a study of how people answer questions on church attendance comparing the question asked over the phone by a person answering an…
  • Thanks

    by Dan Shanefield Thanks for the info, David Also, I just saw in the magazine Science News (March 25, page 180) that Loren Rieseberg of…
  • Failed Prophecy and Self-Delusion

    While I was doing a bit of research into the background of Robert Weiland (see discussion to Meditation 801) I encountered an astounding article by…
  • Spiritual Happiness

    by: Gordon Wayne Spiritual Happiness (prologue) happiness… spiritual happiness grows as science is patiently revealing not from money or materials but from virtuous living for…