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1) From a scientific point of view, there is no known way to prove or disprove that the Queen of England is a reptilian, so don't shit on other people's beliefs, it just makes you look bad. 2) From a scientific point of view, there is no known way to prove or disprove crashing planes into...

1) Not usually. When I do, they must be very spaced in time. I hate seeing a film whose end I remember. 2a) Yes. 2b) A few until they release the sequels. A couple since then. 2c) A glitch in the system.

Well, the first paragraph was meant to be an extension of what you were saying, while the second one contained my position about a couple of aspects talked about in the thread. I was by no means implying you said they sexualized kids, and I apologize for the messy structure of my post. However...

But this latter is not different than many other christian-branded products. And not so long time ago even the Brights had some 'atheist/bright-branding' products. The difference is that these are just socially accepted, whilst the former are associated with sex, something dirty for many. I find...

The difference being that Marian advocations predate the ecumenical councils, when the Church started establishing dogmas and condemning other groups and proselytizing. So the cult for Mary was present from the beginning, developed without the influence of a Catholic Church trying to appease or...

Except that this is discredited nowadays. Quoting from wikipedia (which is quoting Encyclopà¦dia Britannica): Scrolling down to "History/20th c" there are some arguments of why Gimbutas and Murray (the ones I'm a bit familiar with, as a skeptic) are wrong, but basically, they've built a...

@Squawk, I understand the argument and I've defended it many times. Now, that whole argument is answer to the question "What is an atheist?". "Why are you an atheist?" is a far more personal one, specially taking into account that most if not all of us is living and has grown in societies where...

I think we are confusing two discussions. One is when they realized about the relation between sex and offspring (and thus were able to plan ahead). The other is when they started to adopt techniques that improved the opportunities of the kid. I'm arguing that the later may have arisen before...

I fail to see the formal difference between "why are you an atheist? Because I don't believe in gods", and "why are you a theist? Because I believe in God". Or whatever other pair with a question whose answer is the definition of what it's being asked. The point being that, in normal...

That oddly looks like the creationist canard that dogs and bitches evolved separately :( That species had two sexes, with females being able to reproduce by parthenogenesis. They still required stimulation, though. If males had gone extinct before some of them became lesbians, who was...

At least as long as you are targeting a homogeneous audience, and limited to presenting arguments (for some reason, I don't think the subjects on the studies he mentions were challenged, only presented with arguments. Not having read the original studies, I welcome any argument showing the...

My stance or the 'proposal'?

No, we have sex because we (usually) like it. And if females of a species have sex, and they don't use anticonceptive stuff, every now and then they'll get pregnant, with no need of understanding anything at all for either part. Just instinct, shaped by evolutionary means. I think I'm a bit...

Like many others above, I cannot conceive immortality as something different of torture. We can speak about longer or shorter spans of time... but eternity? And rather than an extremely long lifespan (centuries, millenia), I would prefer some forms of reincarnation. To experience again...

My thoughts when I first read Myers' post were on the same line. He has a point: if you are asked "why are you atheist" and you answer "because I have no belief about gods", you aren't doing more than someone answering "why are you an industrial worker" with "because I work in factories", and...

Yes, but it's not only the offspring, but anyone: their offspring, other's offspring, and other people living around them (as I said, a female who has lost many kids may adopt behaviors from other reproductively successful females, hoping to adopt the behavior that makes them so successful - and...

Interesting, but I'm arguing for a culturally driven behavior, not a biological imperative. Female apes could or not reject sex whenever they had a baby regardless whether they were ovulating or not, and the offspring could or not share their mother's behavior, while other mother's cubs could...

So? As cultural animals, there's no need for the females to know the link but just a culturally transmitted belief or superstition. Young apes would observe and learn the behavior of their adults (a mom rejecting sex with other apes while they have a young baby, or "not being on the mood" in...

Uh... Wait! WTF? Do you use artist interpretations as a scientific source? Do you know what "artist" and "interpretation" mean, right? No wonder you are so lost... Surely the most academic thing you've ever seen is Walking with Monsters... :shock: Fear not, benthemiester. Restrain your angst...

I beg your pardon? That's like saying that creationism is a world-wide movement :D Yeah, every country has at least one creationist or one antivaxxer, but that doesn't mean that even the general public is aware of their existence. For instance, our antivaxxer is a little nun, microbiologist, who...