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Viewing Inside the Earth
Roland Piquepaille writes "Last week, a study released by Princeton University said that geoscientists have captured images of the interior of the Earth by using techniques similar to body scanning by physicians. This study also revealed in-depth structures which might explain how our planet is changing -- and aging. They studied more than 86,000 earthquakes which occurred since 1964. And they found 32 "mantle plumes" which are believed to cause island chains, such as the Hawaiian Islands and Iceland. They have been conjectured thirty years ago, but this is the first visual evidence they exist. This overview contains more details and references, including a rendering of mantle plumes in action."
...no images. Where's the goat guy when you need him.
Right, because we all know that the only thing religion is good for is to convince people to go out and kill each other. I don't know if you're living under a rock, but religions do a lot of things that are good for people, like distributing food to the needy, and running countless charities that feed, clothe, and shelter people most of us wouldn't have the time of day for. Even for non-needy people, they run a lot of support groups and such that really help people that sure as hell wouldn't get any secular funding.
When someone goes out and kills someone else in the name of their god, it's the person who is sick, not the religion. The Bible and Koran both can be interpreted as either messages of peace, or messages of war.
I think you misunderstood my intention. Killing in any reason is wrong, imho. The fact that science allows us to prove in some facts, be them scientific or otherwise, is proof that science is the path of reason, while religious thinkings often are the flights of fantasy, based in greed or some other sin of the heart.
I'm not knocking religious factions who set out only to do good. Just the ones who set out to do evil.