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I'm a 23 year old student working out of Edmonton, Alberta here in the hyperborean state of Canada. I've been in school for quite some time already, and with any amount of luck, I'll be in school for awhile longer; as of right now, I have a BA in Theology,

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Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife What happens when we die?: 17 of 193
Death, above all else, is the great "perhaps": in some sense, one must leave any last word or final answer about death as just that... a "perhaps". And yet, it is as though we cannot simply leave death be; it presents itself every day, it influences our behaviors, it makes itself known as an inevitability of such finality: it... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Bible study: 10 plagues of Egypt: 1 of 8
The Ten Plagues of Egypt refer to events described in the Biblical book of Exodus (7 - 12) in which ten different cataclysms were visited upon the nation of Egypt by God on behalf of the enslaved nation of Israel. The ten plagues, as they appear in the book of Exodus, are:1) The Nile river turned to blood (Exodus 7:14 - 21);2... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Understanding Occam's Razor: 1 of 8
The Latin phrase, "Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate", translated as "Never suggest pluralities without necessity" and paraphrased as "when facing many possible solutions, the simplest solution to a problem is the best one" is what is known as Occam's Razor, named after William of Ockham (c.1285 - 1347?CE). Occa... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife Definitions of hell: 13 of 101
"Hell" is the name commonly given in Western culture to the afterlife realms of several religions where punishment and judgment are exacted. The term was initially borrowed from Norse and Germanic cultures, where "Hel" was the goddess who presided over "Helheim", the final destination of dishonorable warriors and those who ha... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Software & Utilities How to improve your Internet browsing: 2 of 15
How you improve your internet browsing depends on what you would like to see changed; while some users simply want a safer time on the internet alongside a few simple search tools, others would like to see a lot of site-specific tools, or add-ons to increase browsing speed, and so on. With a bit of research and some explorati... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Issues Understanding Web 2.0: 3 of 21
Among those who have been using the internet for some time now, almost palpable differences can be sensed in the sorts of sites now available to the online public; whereas the internet was once best used and understood as an almost exclusively third-party information source for the majority of people who surfed online - with ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Is the Bible trustworthy?: 25 of 160
By understanding the extent of what the word "trustworthy" entails in one's personal definitions, one will understand for oneself whether or not the Bible is trustworthy. The question of the Bible's trustworthiness is a somewhat loaded one; that is to say, the qualification of "trustworthy" exists in the service of the ideas ... More..
Computers & Technology > Operating Systems Assessing Windows Vista security: 1 of 4
To say that Windows Vista provides its users with excellent and advanced security would be an understatement; while Windows XP introduced its users to a whole host of new security features, such as a single PC that could be securely used by multiple users and the world of NTFS (New Technology File System) permissions - a seri... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study The possibility of Thomas as the brother of Jesus: 1 of 4
The origins of the idea of Thomas as the brother of Jesus have been obfuscated throughout the years separating the contemporary period from the period in which said ideas arose from, but with the discovery of the library at Nag Hammadi, more information has been coming to light.The idea that Jesus had any blood-relations at a... More..
Computers & Technology > Website Reviews Website reviews: Technorati.com: 1 of 4
Technorati.com is a search engine that indexes blogs all across the internet. The site is extremely comprehensive, indexing over 55 million blogs worldwide as well as hosting its very own blog system.The site itself is clean and well-organized, and its search function works quite well; I was able to find four out of five "tes... More..