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I don't remember if we had a thread discussing the Ethiopian canon, larger than that of the other Orthodox churches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Tewahedo_biblical_canon (I wanted to I also stumbled across this 8 minute video talking about a different or more detailed interpretation...

12 symptoms described in 12 minutes 1- Focus (difficulty/inability) 2- Restlessness 3- Impulse control 4- Time blindness 5- Emotional dysregulation 6- Difficulty initiating action 7- Problems with working memory 8- Hyperfocus 9- Organization/Executive function...

When people talk about "believing in science" I often wonder what is meant - both by the term belief, and the term science. Would I say I "believed in" science? I believe, or, I recognize, I observe, I am convinced that, "science" is a useful and effective... uh... thing. What do we mean by...

Ancestors vs Whippersnappers: Are old saws 'smarter' than newfangled contraptions? (my alternative title for the thread) A question has come up a few times around the forum about whether or not anybody can be "smarter" than their ancestors... I'm intrigued by this question but a little confused...

This is to continue a subtopic we had going here Religion of love? on blasphemy and narrow the focus to that. This is space to address @muhammad_isa - if I don't misunderstand you I think you were supporting the idea of anti-blasphemy laws or something and @JP Bradt - hi newcomer I hope you...

I know we are not using AI content, this is a research article about the relationship between AI interactions and some symptoms of psychosis https://www.psypost.org/chatgpt-psychosis-this-scientist-predicted-ai-induced-delusions-two-years-later-it-appears-he-was-right/

I know we aren't using AI content, this is an article about psychological research on AI interactions This explores the findings that seeing robots or AI as more human can lead to seeing other people as less human...

I recently ran across the idea of "the bread of shame" which is apparently, a concept in Judaism, that to be given something you did not earn has a heavy shame associated with it. I'm trying to make sense of it and how it is important spiritually, in either mainstream Judaism or Kabbalah Judaism...

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-unseen/202507/mind-unseen-invisible-landscapes-of-perception-and-thought https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/aphantasia Examples of how people can think differently, in even the fundamental basics of thought. I only learned a few years ago...

Useful Charts has great information Matt Baker is the channel host. A wide array of videos on religions and historical topics. I've learned a lot from it. https://www.youtube.com/@UsefulCharts/videos...

I learned from a visiting acquaintance, who moved down south a couple of years ago, that at her job down there, her colleagues hold prayers at the end of meetings during the day at work. This is apparently something where it is merely assumed everybody would participate. My acquaintance joked...

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/mans-best-friend/

This is a clever little YouTube Short If it doesn't play on our site it's called Who Invited Astrology to the Science Party @ElleCordova https://www.youtube.com/@ElleCordova/shorts

This is a thoughtful examination of the painting The Mocking of Christ by Danish artist Carl Bloch. The channel host offers a thorough and meaningful analysis in the work of art and the context of its place in art history in a nutshell -- only 8 minutes. The last few seconds is the channel host...

I really like this channel I discovered recently, called Hindu Lifestyle (on YouTube) I like how it meets me where I am, with beginner questions as an outsider This one is titled Hinduism and Reincarnation / Why do Hindus believe in Reincarnation? The impact of Karma on rebirth This is called...

In case it does not play on our site It is called Avicenna's Insane Work Ethic Will Blow Your Mind on a channel called Bibi Pelic One thing that stands out to me on this video is how he read a work of philosophy 40 times, almost memorizing it, and only finding the meaning of it unlocked for...

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AB Higashi again. In case this does not play on our site, it is AB Higashi on Youtube A.B. Higashi Title: The Bible Doesn't Say Any of This 1 day ago (as of this date, YouTube no longer seems to share actual post dates) Length 2:51