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Re: BOS Books - Online! This link... http://www.boredofstudies.org/bos_books/display_all.php Takes you to their range. I don't see Conquering Chemistry, however there is: - HSC Chemistry Pocket Book, - Revise HSC Chemistry in a month, - Preliminary Chemistry, and - HSC Chemistry.

By the way, just to add to this comment. Have you ever considered that the reason why they're suffering so much could be tied into their faith, not the other way around? Superstition and really quite radical religious beliefs plague the people of Africa :)

Well I don't think just one day everyone waking up with no faith would be a good thing, but I do think if we were to begin proper education to allow people to find things out for themselves, if that did lead us to a world with no religion (I'm not going to claim it necessarily would) then that...

Because when people start believing in something that isn't true, then eventually reality catches up with them. There is also other results for believing in different things, generally tho religions are the most powerful beliefs. No of course not, there are always more problems to address...

Well in the secular world we belong in, religion is probably not as bad as nazi's... but when the world wasn't so secular? I'd have to disagree. Anyway, my point wasn't to claim that they are equal in terms of damage done, just to point out that people's beliefs NEED to be challenged.

Actually I think you'll find throughout history that it's the period's when debate is silenced and religious/superstitious beliefs are allowed to dominate unchallenged when we have REALLY big problems and people REALLY get hurt :) Well in the end it's hard/ maybe impossible for us to know...

Unfortunately, these beliefs affect our entire world, me and you included, so it's definately something I feel should be argued. Would you say the same thing to people that dislike nazi's, or racists?

Then God isn't all powerful? See if God is all powerful, or all-knowing even, then it's impossible for people to do anything other than that which God knows/wants, because if they did... well then God wouldn't be all powerful/all-knowing. No Christian says God controls people, it's just that...

Well maybe the sceptic's aren't asking for you to explain why God doesn't intervene. As far as I can conceptualise God in the way most christians do, he can't intervene on any situation because the situation is what he desires and that's all it ever could be as he is the master of all reality...

This has nothing to do with levels of education / a culture of superstition / etc? It's because they just plain suffer alot? I think you'll find the biggest 'skeptic' movement outside of the US is in India. Actually I think you'd be quite surprised how many of the RICHEST people are faithful...

I'm pretty sure post-modernism is also a theory?

I disagree, I think one of the problems with post-modernism is that it does assert absolute indeterminacy. What you seem to be describing sounds much more like Critical realism.

Thanks mate

Unfortunately the question DOES affect us. If a particular religion's God exists then doesn't it completely change what we should be doing? A complete life-altering experience? What if you believe in God but it turns out he does not exist? Does that not affect your life greatly? I don't see why...

They can already :/ This isn't about 'basic human rights' imo, but that's just me.

I don't know what you're talking about - I asked quite clearly for the example I wanted, it was one that you (and people with views like yours) seem to claim is common. Show it, or shut up.

Re: BOS Books - Online! Why don't you guys get a paypal account and have the option for people to have their books mailed to them? All a paypal accont requires is a bank account, you don't even need a credit card.

Unfortunately that's not the way being mentally ill works, you don't just wake up one day and are fine. I would like one example of someone in australia being found mentally ill in a murder case (Mentally ill, not a tempory loss of mind) then being released within 2 years later BECAUSE they are...

How does it? The big problems surrounding homosexuals so far would not have been if it were not for the people who hate them :) On the contrary I think having a decent portion of society not producing any offspring (willingly) is quite a good thing for the world. We are growing too fast, we...

Yes but you see there's still logical dilemars in your belief... i.e. I think a magical version of hitler exists, now logic says he doesn't exist - but i know he does - so he's outside logic. Once you begin an abandonment of any form of logic, you're just another crazy.