Recent content by Jim_Smith

Intelligent design is the science of looking for evidence of design in nature and making logical scientific arguments that the action of intelligence is the best explanation for that evidence. https://www.discovery.org/v/what-is-intelligent-design/ You don't have to explain how gravity works...

Schizophrenics have certain symptoms that are not typically found in mediums, such as disorganized speech and abnormal motor behavior. When you are hearing voices or seeing visions, the main way to determine if they are paranormal is if they include verifiable information you would have no...

I realize the purpose of this thread is to have people criticize their own beliefs not support them, but naturalism is taught in schools and universities while intelligent design is not - so it might be helpful to get everyone on the same page by encouraging naturalists to investigate what...

Different people have different dietary needs because of their different genetic backgrounds. For some people, eating red meat prevents depression and anxiety. https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/334910 This is relevant to the skeptico community because within some spiritual groups...

Trump's plan for the shutdown: With only essential personnel on the job and the "resistance" furloughed Trump's appointees can implement his agenda much more easily. This may show that a smaller government works better. Possibly, it will lead to permanent reduction in the size of the federal...

Marisa, I am interested in your views about atonement in the afterlife and reincarnation. If you make mistakes in this life, will you have to atone for them in the afterlife? Might you have to reincarnate to balance the karma in some cases? Do we have to incarnate in the first place? Who...

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If the medium routinely brings through verifiable information which she would have no normal way of knowing, you have some reason to trust what she is relating from spirit communicators. Given that most published scientific research is false, I would say such evidential mediums should be...

It depends on the individual. Some people will think Radin's scientific results means it is possible that the stories about contact could be true, they may think Radin is on the leading edge of a new paradigm. Other people will have reasons to believe in contact without reference to Radin's...

Everything that the common people are not supposed to know is made into a joke.

Maybe a medium like John Edward would have a different opinion. My view is that there isn't an "evil" evolutionary path. "Evil" is ignorance. Beings evolve spiritually by learning from experiencing the consequences of their actions. Good actions have good consequences, bad actions have bad...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/record-voter-turnout-in-2018-midterm-elections/ An estimated 113 million people participated in the 2018 midterm elections, making this the first midterm in history to exceed over 100 million votes, with 49 percent of eligible voters participating in the election.

That is pretty much what I thought when American voters elected Obama to his second term as president. I thought it was good when a Republican won in 2016, but I was not confident that an electorate who would select Obama twice would would keep the country headed in the right direction. Trump...

I don't blame Trump if congress doesn't cooperate. I understood how that worked when I voted for him.

According to John Solomon, Trump is waiting for the Mueller investigation to finish before he takes action on the fake-dossier-FISA-Russia hoax. According to Solomon, there are e-mails showing that everyone involved in the FISA applications knew they were based on unreliable information. 5:54...