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I think we can all agree that two different people looking at the same historical facts can come to completely different conclusions.  To a non-believer multiple messiahs, commonality of religious ideas, evolution of religious scriptures can be seen as "proof" of religion being man made.  ...

well... that's one point of contention between various Christian denominations.  There are certain Protestant branches that think you're pretty much screwed if you weren't baptized as a Christian (you could have been a saint and model of goodness, but without that ticket stamped, no good), there are...

oh, that sucks.  Hopefully that's a fluke, I would hate to see them forced to stop using local ingredients due to hinky supply lines. 

as mentioned by KCMax in the DT OP thread: Shake Shack is now open. They serve burgers and shakes using local and organic products. http://blogs.kcfreepress.com/food/the-shake-shack-on-santa-fe-is-coming-to-downtown-overland-park/ http://www.yelp.com/biz/shake-shack-overland-park Got a chance to sto...

interesting op-ed in the ny times.... Friedman seems to think there's a very good chance there will be a strong third party candidate in 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/opinion/03friedman.html?hp But in talks here and elsewhere I continue to be astounded by the level of disgust with Washingto...

that's interesting, I was thinking of tracking down the original (of Funny Games), but I had read the re-make was done "shot for shot", with the same director... so I was like "i can't imagine it being much different..." (then again, should have remembered Psycho as an example of...

A study by scientists at the Institute of Neurology in London, has recently revealed that lesions in the right temporal lobe of the brain may lead to the ?hiperreligiosidad? of patients." There's also interesting research into folks with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and the religious visions ...

I have a hard time, for example, buying the idea that you could convince very many even extremely desperate folks to strap bombs on themselves without whipping them into a self-righteous religious/ nationalistic/ethnic/political ideological fervor and convincing them they'd be richly rewarded in th...

i've watched a couple of passable movies recently: Adventureland - didn't really come into this knowing much, so I was pleasantly surprised.  It's a decent little flick, and I'm a sucker for "summer romance" movies, so it was a nice way to pass a couple of hours.  Funny Games - this was pr...

I don't believe in any such thing as a "higher" capital-T Truth, or enlightenment if you prefer, although I do believe we are connected to something greater--and by greater, I mean bigger--specifically, the universe. After all, our bodies are composed of atoms spewed from ancient supernov...

From an atheist perspective, no offense, but it seems rather silly to go to a whole bunch of trouble working to force yourself to believe something you don't really believe. The only rational argument I can see for doing so, and I admit it must be very compelling, is not wanting to be exiled from a...

The cynical answer is that it doesn't really matter whether or not anything caused the big bang, or whether science develops a viable theory of what caused it, because people will still smile smugly and say, "Ah, but it's just a theory , isn't it?" as though they actually have a clue. wel...

Well, I think there are a lot of religious folks who would say their antennae are faulty as well.  There is that idea that faith is something you have to work at, that's why the concept of the flame is so common (i.e the Holy Ghost provides the spark, and it's up to you to nurture it and keep it ali...

Ig, you don't like discussing philosophical questions?  that's incredibly ironic since that's precisely what this is any which way you look at it.  And trying to claim you are simply approaching things "practically" is in itself a philosophical stance... a lot of philosophy is pretty thesi...

[referring back to Ig's question] I think the premise of your question is flawed, but instead of rehashing the difference between literalist fundamentalists and most religious folks, or going into how the Ptolemaic view isn't an article of faith, etc. etc. i'll jump to the meat of the question (as i...

To me, the urban core's advantage is ambience, not demographics.  And that's the argument that folks should make when hoping to influence businesses on where to locate (and why i like the idea of a restaurant alley). You can go to the Blue Koi at Mission Farms, but after your meal you can't just wan...

trailerkid wrote: Good to know location plays a minimal role in the success/failure of a restaurant.

Apparently Trader Joes knows something you don't.

well... i can only speak from personal observation, but there are a lot of suburban middle-aged, older folks with money who are as loathe to eat at a chain restaurant as any of us and who would be more than happy to hit up a local fine dining establishment rather than driving for 30 minutes to get t...

I like the local restaurant alley idea.   I understand folks trying to convince Colby to not open a concept in the burbs... as long as folks are honest about the fact that they are making emotional anti-suburban arguments, rather than rational business-sense ones. 90+ percent of KC's population live...

Let me ask you this Ignatius, do you think humans would be better off without religion?  if so why?