Godlorica

Evolution tee shirts banned for violating religious neutrality. Tee shirts showing a sequence of human evolution that culminated in a trumpe...

Monday, August 31, 2009

Fractal Temples

Man creates fractal temples to commune with fractal gods.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Is There a Hell?

Is There a Hell? Surprising Observations About the Near-Death Experience.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

OCD, religion, Martin Luther, St. Ignatius, God

OCD, religion, Martin Luther, St. Ignatius, God.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Parallel Universes, Alien Religions and Carl Jung: An Interview With Clifford Pickover

Parallel Universes, Alien Religions and Carl Jung: An Interview With Clifford Pickover

Sunday, April 26, 2009

The Loom of God

Mathematics is the loom upon which God weaves the fabric of the universe. Book information here .

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Fun With the Bible Code

Fun With the Bible Code. Homemade Biblical prophecies made easy.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

God's omnipotence

"It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us." - Peter De Vries , The Mackerel Plaza

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Reports of beings from other worlds

"People afflicted with certain eye diseases give similar reports of beings from parallel universes."

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

No St. Paul?

Some historians say that if there was no St. Paul, there would be no Christianity today. Do you agree?

Monday, November 10, 2008

Bones of Jesus?

If archeologists discovered the bones of Jesus, thereby disproving the notion of physical Ascension to heaven, what percentage of Church aut...

Friday, October 03, 2008

Names of God in Judaism

In Judaism , to show the sacredness of the names of God , and as a means of showing respect and reverence for them, the scribes of sacred ...

Friday, September 12, 2008

Who wrote the Bible?

Judith Hayes wonders, "Who wrote the Bible?"

Friday, August 15, 2008

Whare are the "Ten Commandments" in the Bible?

Judith Hayes says that there are no "Ten Commandments" anywhere in the Bible.

Monday, July 14, 2008

God

If you could change places with God for a day, what would be your first act as God?

Monday, June 16, 2008

The singularity will give you eternal life

"I read a few years ago in The Atlantic of an impending ' death shortage ,' an unfortunate consequence of technological advance...

Friday, May 16, 2008

Karen Armstrong

"People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should act to help make religion a force for harmony. She asks us to hel...

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

God creating the universe via computer

God creating the universe via computer

Friday, March 07, 2008

Scientology stands a chance

Jean E. Rosenfeld writes: "Scientology is a new religion, and unlike most, it may become an established religion whether the rest of us...

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

A Summary of All Religions in One Chart

The ReligionFacts "Big Religion Chart" summarizes all the complexities of religions and belief systems into tiny little boxes on ...

Sunday, January 06, 2008

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

"Those who call the King James Version of the Bible the unerring word of God have a slight problem. The New Testament of the KJV (as th...

Sunday, December 09, 2007

"Ten Weird Religous Practices"

"Most religions have one or two unusual practices or devices but occasionally you find one which is just completely weird. This list c...

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Atheist Filmmaker Issues ‘Blasphemy Challenge’

The "War on Christmas" is an absurd fantasy of the Religious Right. But it doesn’t have to be. If Brian Flemming has his way, we’...

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Sam Harris, Atheism, and Beyond

Sam Harris speaks on atheism, mysticism, and the quest for transcendence .

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

DNA is the Word of God

Is DNA the word of God? More info here: http://www.futurehi.net/archives/000851.html

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Construct Noah's Ark now

Construct Noah's Ark now .

Saturday, July 07, 2007

Biblical Truth

Penn and Teller discuss Biblical truth , as they see it.

Thursday, June 07, 2007

A new look at atheism

In this new look at atheism , the viewer is asked to consdier if atheisim is really so bad for American and the world.

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Important question?

Michael, God’s warrior angel from the Bible and Koran, floats with feathered wings into your home and asks, "What is the most important...

Thursday, April 12, 2007

The Official Religious Affiliation Page

A collection of statistics showing the religious affiliation of every U.S. president, of the 100 most influential people in history, of the...

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible

The biblical Hebrews, given God's commandment to "be fruitful and multiply" (Gen. 1:28), had what Drorah O'Donnell Setel h...

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Evidence for God

In this web page, a young woman discuss the Evidence for God .

Sunday, January 14, 2007

The Geography of Faith

See five thousand years of faith in 90 seconds.

Friday, December 08, 2006

Religious Affiliation of History's 100 Most Influential People

Have you ever wondered what were the religious beliefs and affiliations of History's 100 Most Influential People? On this web page , we ...

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

How to build a religion (and then watch it fade)

According to Seth Godin , The New York Times recently had a piece about Zoroastrians. The religion is fading, almost certainly to extinctio...

Friday, October 13, 2006

300 Proofs of God’s Existence

Which of these 300 Proofs of God’s Existence do you like best?

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Richard Dawkins Video: The God Delusion

Clinton Richard Dawkins is an eminent British ethologist, evolutionary theorist, and popular science writer at Oxford University. Dawkins f...

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Sunday, August 20, 2006

Sam Harris Says Science & God Book is Meaningless Drivel

In this essay , the bestselling secularist author of The End of Faith delivers a scathing review of The Language of God , a new book by Hum...

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Deicide: can one kill a God?

The Wikipedia has an entire entry on killing God (deicide) in both religion and fiction. Do you like it? The question of who is responsible...

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Friday, July 14, 2006

Wikipedia's List of God in Fiction

The folks at the Wikipedia are starting to create a chronological list of appearances of God in fiction , where "appearance" is de...

Monday, June 26, 2006

Why Steven Hawking's Cosmology Precludes a Creator

This paper suggests that "one can predict everything in the universe solely from physical laws. Thus, the long-standing 'first cau...

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Friday, June 02, 2006

God hates squid

In this article , a famous biologist makes the bold assertion that "God hates squid." Some creationists go so far as to say that ...

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Thursday, May 11, 2006

Guide to Kosher Machines

A guide to kosher machines . Sabbath law prohibits Jews from performing actions that cause a direct reaction; that would qualify as forbidde...

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Bible says that there is no afterlife

Ecclesiastes 9:5 precludes an afterlife: "For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they ...

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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Can an Atheist Believe in the Afterlife?

In this interesting article, an atheist suggest that the "Self" is part of all mobile organisms: it is rudimentary in most, consis...

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Religion in the year 2200

Meditation alters brain patterns in ways that are likely permanent, and key parts of the brain actually get thicker through the meditative ...

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Saturday, April 01, 2006

Did Jesus want his message to spread in a clear manner?

If Jesus had wanted his message to spread in an undistorted fashion, why did he not write down his message? In other words, if one reason he...

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

On the existence of Jesus

Of what aspects of the life of Jesus may we be certain? Stephen Spignesi's "The Odd Index" lists sixteen crucified saviors oth...

Thursday, March 23, 2006

A Scientist Reflects on Religious Belief

Famous astronmer Dr. Sandage was born of Jewish background, but at age 60 became a Christian. He responded to the question, "Can a pers...

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Free Will and an Omniscient God

Most Christian and Islamic sects believe in an omniscient God who knows every future event. If this is true, can our will be truly free? And...

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Monday, March 06, 2006

Images of Heaven

I typed Heaven into Google and found this image by Sven Geier. He calls it "Heaven 2005." Can you find other images of heaven t...

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Martin Gardner's God

Martin Gardner (born 1914, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American recreational mathematician, magician, skeptic, and author of the long-running but...

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

On the Nature of Satan

Many of you may picture the devil as ruler of hell, inflicting physical and mental pain on others. But this portrayal of the devil is nowher...

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Noah's Ark

Could Noah have placed all the animals on the ark? In this article , the authors note that it is "important to take the size of animals...

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Why Being an Atheist is Reasonable

"Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove t...

Why Religion is Not Always A Great Thing

"According the United Nations’ Human Development Report (2005), the most atheistic societies--countries like Norway, Iceland, Australia...

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Nine Angelic Ranks

Angels are mentioned in the Bible over 270 times. Through history, humans have wondered how these heavenly beings are supposed to be organiz...

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Mathematics and God

Perhaps the most unusual argument for evidence of God has come from mathematics. Some have suggested that the compact formula e i*pi + 1 = ...

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Monday, January 30, 2006

Whom did Cain Marry?

Adam and Eve had Cain and Abel as children. Abel is killed, leaving only Cain. Whom did Cain marry? Biblical apologists have interesting exp...

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Friday, January 27, 2006

Patent Granted for Jewish Switch Cover

Jonathan Whitman receives patent 6,974,925 for a Jewish Sabbath Switch Cover that prevents Jews from accidentally turning on lights during ...

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

The Implications of Frozen Brains on the Afterlife

In the 1950s, hamster brains were partially frozen and revived by British researcher Audrey Smith. If hamster brains can function after bein...

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Monday, January 23, 2006

Make you believe that I am God?

On a cool Autumn night, you are gazing up at the sky when a being suddenly appears and asks, "What can I do to make you believe that I ...

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Saturday, January 21, 2006

What can we know of God?

What can we mere humans, with our limited three-pound mass of brain truly understand about a being who may be timeless, higher-dimensional, ...

Thursday, January 19, 2006

Life after death?

Do you believe in life after death? Why?

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Religion and science

Cartoonist shows how the dinosaurs were destroyed by a large asteroid.

Sunday, January 15, 2006

Do-It-Yourself Deity

In an attempt to resolve any disagreement surrounding the meaning of the word "God", we assemble a special team of "metaphysi...

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Rebuild a "Third Temple"?

Dr. J. Randall Price says that the most volatile 35 acres on Earth are those comprising a rectangular platform in East Jerusalem, known as t...

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Mystery ice cream design and God

Burger King is recalling its ice-cream cones that have a swirly design that offends some Muslims. The design on the lid apparently looks li...

Sunday, January 08, 2006

What is your favorite alternate religion?

What is your favorite alternate religion ?

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Friday, January 06, 2006

Science must destroy religion?

Sam Harris writes, "Most people believe that the Creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of their books. Unfortunately, there ...

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Cosmic mindmaps of Christian doctrine

Books and charts by Clarence Larkin have been extremely helpful to Christians since they were first published over 75 years ago. They have p...

Monday, January 02, 2006

Philip K. Dick, God, and time

Writer Philip K. Dick says, "God does not see time as we do; i.e. for him there is no past nor present nor future. Let us imagine a sit...

Saturday, December 31, 2005

Jesus tomb patent

U.S. 4,866,863 . Man receives patent for a religious shrine, in particular a miniature replica of the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem as described ...

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Message in the sky

The authors of this technical paper argue that the cosmic microwave background (CMB) provides a remarkable opportunity for the Creator of th...

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Patent received for Jesus doll

U.S. Patent 6,007,404 : A soft-bodied doll bearing a resemblance to a caricature of Jesus. The doll includes a voice simulator for phrases f...

Monday, December 26, 2005

Human immortality and God consciousness

William James discusses the notion of human immortality in conjunction with theories of brain dynamics and the transmission of consciousness...

Sunday, December 25, 2005

Scientist explains why we believe in God

Is God is nothing more than an attempt to explain order and good fortune by those who do not understand the mathematics of chance, the princ...

Saturday, December 24, 2005

Guide to the Gods

Welcome to Godchecker - your Guide to the Gods. We have more Gods than you can shake a stick at. Godchecker's Mythology Encyclopedia cur...

Friday, December 23, 2005

Which religion?

Which religion do you feel is "closest to the truth"?

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Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Christians ate psychedelic snails to see God

The presence of psychedelic mushroom illustrations in an Italian basilica indicates that some early Christian religious rites involved the i...

Dinosaurs and the Bible

"The Bible tells us that God created all of the land animals on the sixth day of creation. As dinosaurs were land animals, they must ha...

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

A grid of stars?

Many years ago, I wrote a science-fiction story about an astronomer named Kalinda. While gazing out into space using a powerful telescope, s...

Monday, December 19, 2005

Children, death & immortality

"A group of children who were tested on death comprehension reflected on what it might be like to be dead with references to 'sleep...

Sunday, December 18, 2005

Can God seem cruel?

Does it bother you that both the Jewish and Christian God and his righteous followers sometime seem to have exhibited cruelty from both a hi...

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Saturday, December 17, 2005

God and intelligent design

If God is everywhere, then why is God so hard to perceive? One could imagine a God who would be more like a Chairman Mao or a Comrade Stalin...

Friday, December 16, 2005

Who were the Biblical "Watchers"?

The Book of Enoch tells the story of how 200 rebel angels, or Watchers, decided to transgress the heavenly laws and ‘descend’ on to the plai...

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Thursday, December 15, 2005

A gift from God

God gives you the ability to change certain physical properties of your bedroom windows. As a result, you are able either to gaze out and w...

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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Star Trek, religion, and beyond

What are to make of the God and religion of Gene Roddenberry, the legendary creator of Star Trek? He studied law, then switched to aeronaut...

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Science, God & Robert Sawyer

Stephen Jay Gould called science and religion "nonoverlapping magisteria," insisting that some things are properly matters of scie...

Monday, December 12, 2005

God and calculus?

Woman writes paper titled "God and Calculus." In the paper we find: "Calculus is one of the subjects being taught for higher...

Sunday, December 11, 2005

Which universe?

Consider two universes. Universe Omega is a universe in which God does not exist, but the inhabitants of the universe believe God exists. ...

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Saturday, December 10, 2005

Psychedelic Depictions of Christ

Which depiction of Jesus Christ do you find more interesting? Which would you prefer to display on you living room wall? Highway Christ in...

Friday, December 09, 2005

What was God doing before the Big Bang?

What was God doing before he created the world? The philosopher and writer (and later saint) Augustine posed the question in his "Confe...

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Surrounded by the unseen

"One of the reasons why religions seem irrelevant today is that many of us no longer have the sense that we are surrounded by the unsee...

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Peacock gods are everywhere

The Yezidi people of a small Middle Eastern religion worship a pre-Islamic peacock god with links to Mithraism and Zoroastrianism. Peacock g...

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

How to see God

Stare at the three dots in the center of the image (below) for 30 seconds then focus on the white space to the right. While staring at the ...

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Monday, December 05, 2005

God and The Simpsons

The Religious Life of an Animated Sitcom. In this article, historian Dr. Gerry Bowler catalogues reference to God and religion in the Simps...

Sunday, December 04, 2005

67% chance that God exists

A scientist has calculated that there is a 67% chance that God exists. Dr Stephen Unwin has used a 200-year-old formula to calculate the pr...

Saturday, December 03, 2005

Design your own God

In an attempt to resolve any disagreement surrounding the meaning of the word "God," a team of "metaphysical engineers" ...

Friday, December 02, 2005

God, Epilepsy, and Jesus

"Gwen Tighe thought her child was Jesus. Temporal lobe epilepsy unites us with God" Controversial new research suggests that wheth...

Nephilim, Angels, and Neanderthals

A few days ago in Godlorica, we discussed the "Bridegroom of Blood" story -- the most mysterious tale in the Bible. The second mo...

Thursday, December 01, 2005

Images of God and His prophets

Artistic renditions of God and His prophets range from beautiful to haunting to downright scary. Are images of God meant to uplift the spir...

Was the God of Moses a praying mantis?

What is the desired reaction of an author who asks a question, "Was Jehovah a praying mantis being?" Joe Lewels is not kidding. He...

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

A question from God

God says, "I will give all humans the ability to turn water into wine and stones into bread, if you request it?" Do you request it...

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The Bridegroom of Blood

To me, the "Bridegroom of Blood" story is the most mysterious tale in the Bible. God tells Moses that he must go back to Egypt ...

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Monday, November 28, 2005

God's Debris: free e-book

Get your free e-book version of God’s Debris in pdf format. Why is it Free? Frankly, this is the hardest book in the world to market. When i...

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Building a universe that doesn't fall apart

Many modern novelists, philosophers, madmen, and provocateurs deeply believe that time is not what we think it to be. Novelist Philip K. Dic...

Mysterious entity: "The Aphex Face"

Researcher discovers "The Aphex Face," a mysterious entity, in a spectrograph (visualization of the sound spectrum).... For severa...

Sunday, November 27, 2005

Patent for game that models heaven and hell

United States Patent Application 20050212207 Edward Gilhooly patents a "game board apparatus" having a game board horizontally div...

Do space aliens have souls?

Do space aliens have souls? Inquiring minds can check Jesuit's book. Galaxy-gazing scientists surely wonder about what kind of impact fi...

On the Fast Track to "The Rapture"

Increasing natural disasters are raising the rapture index, leading some Christians to believe the Second Coming is near. Whether you see ea...

Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study

We must get another idea out of our heads also, which is thinking about the ark as a floating "zoo". The more appropriate analogy ...

Intelligent Design

Victor Stenger says: The odds against DNA assembling by chance are 10^(40,000) to one [according to Fred Hoyle, Evolution from Space,1981]. ...

Dreams and the Near-Death Experience

A connection to the afterlife Mellen-Thomas Benedict has some wonderful insights about dreams and the near-death experience he had. He state...