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Speculation at the fringes of history and science. Is it unlikely but, on the evidence, not impossible? Or quite likely but lacking sound evidence? Or even likely but ignored because of prejudice. email us your fringe ideas. This website has information and speculations on the fringe of science and history.
The Wisdom of Carl
Tenets at the heart of religion can be tested scientifically. This in itself makes some religious bureaucrats and believers wary of science. Is the Eucharist, as the Church teaches, in fact and not just as productive metaphor, the flesh of Jesus Christ, or is it, chemically, microscopically and in other ways, just a wafer handed to you by a priest?
Carl Sagan, The Demon Haunted World (1996)
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Give or take a few, it’s been 23752 months since the first coming of Christ ended. The Rapture can’t be long now… Can it?