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Rapunzel wrote: exegesis

agamogenesis

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Lulu2 wrote: And our family tree doesn't fork!

Ah your familiy must also reproduce by agamogenesis, I thought that only occured here in North Carolina and West Virginia..:yh_alien

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Lulu2 wrote: Is this turning into a "YOU MIGHT BE A REDNECK" thread? :wah: 'caise we mowed our lawn last week and found five cars!

I resemble that remark madame..:yh_wink

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<t>Lulu2 wrote: "We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. 
 
Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole ...

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Last year when our porch caved in 53 of our dogs were killed..:wah:

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bigears wrote: Basketball? Oh, you mean the one that's like NETBALL :sneaky:

Isn't netball when a bunch of guys in little short shorts try and kick a roundball into a net, no wait maybe that's soccer....:yh_giggle

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bigears wrote: FOOTBALL is played with a ROUND ball and the goals have nets :rolleyes:

No, no, no that's basketballllll!!!:-5

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CheshireCat wrote: Ever tried fried penut butter and banana sandwiches?

No C2, but I hear they taste like chickn..:yh_chickn

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woppy71 wrote: Eh? you mean Elvis has died?

Yes, OJ killed him. Didn't you hear about it?:yh_cry

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There's something fishy about this thread..

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Welcome aboard. I just joined yesterday and already a veteran, LOL.

Nice rabbit chonsigirl, looks yummy, bet it tastes like chickn :yh_chickn

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<t>Lulu2 wrote: Zinky, I was thinking about the Greeks/Romans, too. Those civilizations which influence us even to this day. Perhaps they understood human nature better than we do. 
 
(Of course, they also had slaves.......):rolleyes: 
 
 
Well they were not hung up on ...

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If only we could use all the hot air from the Fox News Network..:sneaky:

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<t>There have also been human civilizations based around homosexuality. Shall we harken back to the golden age of Greece. Most of the guys in Athens had young boyfriends even the married ones. Aritsole? Plato? Probably bisexual. In the Spartan Army homosexulality was encouraged to strengthen the ...

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<t>koan wrote: I've steered, successfully or not, the attention of the thread to whether religion is much different than politics. Since it is being blamed for war and the separation of the two is such a big issue in society I think it should be examined whether they are not essentially the same ...

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<t>koan wrote: I'm not picking on you. Really. 
 
There is nothing wrong with the concept of politics either. It is the practice of both that are resulting in similar problems. 
 
Science has never attempted to answer the question of whether or not God exists. It can never be ...

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<t>koan wrote: The press and politicians are speaking the loudest about them. While you might not be "trying to present any kind of picture one way or the other about Islam vis a vis Christianity, Judaism etc," I fear that others are. 
 
The fundamentalists in Islam actually show very poor ...

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<t>There is nothing wrong with the concept of religion. It can give meaning and purpose to a persons life. The problems come when people choose to use relgions for unhelpful purposes. I think the fact that the scriptures of most of the worlds major relgions were written so long ago to explain things ...

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<r>koan wrote: Like Christianity there are different sects in Islam. They interprete parts of the Koran differently. I'd go talk to the Whirling Dervishes if I were you. After a few spins it might all make sense. <E>:D</E> 
 
 
The ones that believe in abbrogation seem to be speaking ...

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<t>koan wrote: zinkyusa, 
 
you can go ahead and pull out for show all the violent passages out of religious text. It will work for them all. I prefer to not do that. You can also find universal peaceful doctrines such as The Golden Rule. Do unto others.... that is a common thread in all ...

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cherandbuster wrote: . . . need to start a cyber affair :-4

And I want the pictures! :p

Do you promise to post them on the Internet Cher?:wah:

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Apparently the planet police:sneaky:

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Apparently when it comes to planets size does matter...:yh_blush

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Lulu2 wrote: HEY! Pluto's little but he's COOL! REALLY cool! And...he hangs with Mickey!:wah:

You'd be cool to if you lived that far away from the sun...brrrrr

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Pluto was always a punk. He should have never been named a planet. There are ice balls floating around out there bigger than him. :yh_beatup

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<t>Here are some quotes that are not very cute: 
 
 
 
IV.138: Those who believe, then disbelieve, then again believe, then disbelieve and then increase in disbelief, Allah will never forgive them nor will He guide them to the right way. 
 
IV.89: They desire that you should ...

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Dogs have owners.

Cats have staff.

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<r>Diuretic wrote: I've ruled out populism obviously. But I've allowed that a line should be drawn. That puts me in a difficult position. I have to seek refuge in superior thinkers. 
 
Emile Durkheim said that we only understand normality by working out what's abnormal, if it's not abnormal ...

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<t>Diuretic wrote: No. But the line of prohibition shouldn't be drawn at the point where "the vast majority of a population may find it morally offensive." 
 
Yes, the line always has to be drawn but populism shouldn't be holding the pencil. 
 
 
LOL, OK then i have to ask. Who ...

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<t>gmc wrote: The bible is used to sanction violence, racism, misogyny, child beating, mutilation-so is the koran. 
 
They are similar in that they can be used to justify almost anything you want them to. It's not the books that are the problem but the way they are used and interpreted.<br ...

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<t>Diuretic wrote: Who says that there is any link between legislating morality and gay marriage? Legislatures have always tried to legislate morality, usually as a result of moral panics. The minority, whoever it is at the time, are the ones who cop the sharp end of the stick when there's a frenzy ...

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<r>If we are going to get out of the business of legislating morality and permit gay marriages, then shall we permit polygamy as well? There are certainly more naturally occuring examples of this behaivior in nauture than homosexuality. If marriage is not between a man and woman who says it has to ...

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<t>As a dad with an eight year old I keep my boys sugar and caffeine intakes to a minimum. I have noticed no hyperactivity in either of them. I think lack of exercise and poor diet is the major contributor to so called hyperactivity. Many schools have all but cut out PE classes these days. 
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<t>Mohammed was supposedly visited by the angel Gabriel who gave him the word of God. I have heard some scholars say the Koran was more tolerant at the beginnig because the Muslims were outnumbered and living among the "unbelievers" in Mecca. After they were forced to move to Medina and they gained ...

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<t>I would say it would not be appropriate to ban it in the US. Although, I believe it represents a mysoginistic or at least controlling attitude towards women by Islam, it is not the place of the government to ban it. If there were to be a rash of women wearing burkas and blowing themselves up or ...

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<t>One of my boys was diagnosed with full blown Big D depression, OCD and Tourettes when he was 8 years old. He has been on Zoloft since then. He is now 24 and is doing great. The medication was one of the best events in his life. I don't know if he would still be with us without it. I am very ...

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Lulu2 wrote: I've read parts of the Koran but not all of it. My impression was that it's like the Christian scriptures.....ambiguous, contradictory and easily interpreted to suit the reader.

That's for sure.

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<t>minks wrote: Cheating is if it hurts your partner, no matter what the situation is, I would guess if both of you agree that you can look for sex outside of your marriage it is not cheating. If one partner can not have sex the one who can may have to look at sexual aids. Sex for the sake of ...

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<t>What if you were to find yourself in a situation where you were married to your dream partner, had a wonderful family, kids etc, were best friends and enjoyed everything about your marraige except for one thing....One of you were unable to have sex, you went to medical doctors, counselors and ...

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<t>I was wondering about this as I have started reading the Koran and soem of it's history. Certainly in the early parts of the Koran the message seems to be tolerance of other faiths, it even states that forced conversion is a sin. In later parts of the Koran there are statements that seem to ...

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<t>:driving: Hi everyone, I just joined and thought I'd introduce myself. I live in North Carolina USA and work in the Information Technology arena. Married with 2 sons a dog and a cat. I did some time in the military, consider my political views to be moderate and am spiritual but not relgious ...

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