Hey Liz, I was simply trying to point out that some truths that science is discovering now we have already known through our scripture since centuries. And that the scripture is also a credible source for taking hints and clues about the world and then using intelligence and research to explore and understand. Thought quoting directly from the scripture would be more credible than using a lot of my own words to explain. I'm sorry if it caused any offence. Samiya
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:33 AM, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not sure what I did wrong that led to this thread being immediately > hijacked by religion - surely the possibility of crows exhibiting a similar > type of intelligence to humans (albeit in a lesser degree) is a more > interesting subject than some ideas people made up millennia ago in an > attempt to explain a universe they had no comprehension of? > > Just in case anyone's interested, this was the article. > > http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060606-crows_2.html > > I'm sure my friend here likes it! > > [image: Inline images 1] > > > On 7 April 2014 11:38, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> On 4/6/2014 3:18 PM, John Mikes wrote: >> >> Samiya Illias, >> you took up an honorable position and will be rewarded for it in the >> afterlife - "if there is an afterlife". >> A friend (almost reaching the title of Catholic Priest) said in a similar >> discussion: It means so little mental investment to BELIVE and the reward >> is so great (eternal bliss) that it wood be foolish not to go it's way. >> >> >> Hmmm? Eternal bliss while singing hymns and worshipping a despotic >> egomanical superbeing, for eternity... Sounds like being drugged. I think >> I'll pass. >> >> Brent >> "Now then in Earth these people cannot stand much church - an >> hour and a quarter is the limit and they draw the line at once a >> week. That is to say, Sunday. One day in seven; and even then >> they do not look forward to it with longing. And so - consider >> what their heaven provides for them: "church" that lasts forever, >> and Sabbath that has not end! They quickly weary of this brief >> hebdomadal Sabbath here, yet they long for that eternal one; >> they dream of it, they talk about it, they think they think they >> are going to enjoy it - with all their simple hearts they think >> they think they are going to be happy in it! >> It is because they do not think at all; they only think they >> think. >> --- Mark Twain, Letters from Earth >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
