Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
20th July 2013, 12:31 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
20th July 2013, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 231
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Did lots of people experience these things last...
Did lots of people experience these things last year? As I noted, surveillance is now done by cameras in the ceiling, so who is being followed in a department store? My experience is that car doors...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
20th July 2013, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 124
Views: 6,967
In all the art museums I've visited, the angle...
In all the art museums I've visited, the angle and intensity of light illuminating the paintings was constant. In most of them, flash photography was forbidden, though I suppose one could perhaps...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
20th July 2013, 08:49 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
20th July 2013, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 231
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I get along fine with most black people.
The...
I get along fine with most black people.
The three times in my life I've been mugged, I didn't get along fine with those guys.
But I guess that can't compare with the lived experience of being...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
20th July 2013, 07:54 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
20th July 2013, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 231
Views: 11,563
Also, we'd like to be judged by the content of...
Also, we'd like to be judged by the content of our character and not the color of the skin we share with people who did bad things last year, or the day before yesterday, or five minutes ago.
I...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
20th July 2013, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 231
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
20th July 2013, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 124
Views: 6,967
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
20th July 2013, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 8,056
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
19th July 2013, 05:17 AM
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Replies: 124
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
19th July 2013, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 124
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
19th July 2013, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 124
Views: 6,967
They won't miss them.
I'm grateful that I...
They won't miss them.
I'm grateful that I have images of deceased loved ones, but images of my great grandparents (who I never knew) have no emotional value for me. They're no different than civil...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
19th July 2013, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
I have no idea what you are intending to...
I have no idea what you are intending to communicate by comparing patronizing the library (one of the most worthwhile uses of time I could imagine) to writing on tissue paper (an activity which is...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
18th July 2013, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
The Public Library contains more knowledge than...
The Public Library contains more knowledge than your subconsciousness and your consciousness put together, and it would be worth the effort to avail yourself of this resource which is neither elusive...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
18th July 2013, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
True. The fact is, I'd been asking for it for...
True. The fact is, I'd been asking for it for weeks now. I had some work done on the car, which was supposed to improve my fuel economy, so I'd been driving on empty or close to it periodically for a...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
18th July 2013, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
18th July 2013, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
I have foregone prayer for several decades.
...
I have foregone prayer for several decades.
Today, my car died as I was driving one of my children to an appointment. Fortunately, it died within easy walking distance of the appointment, so my...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
17th July 2013, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: USA Politics
17th July 2013, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 831
Views: 40,096
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
17th July 2013, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: USA Politics
17th July 2013, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 831
Views: 40,096
They mostly didn't think it was okay, but they...
They mostly didn't think it was okay, but they were born into a world of de facto slavery, which often benefited them personally. They didn't write "Slavery is okay" into the Constitution.
They...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
17th July 2013, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
17th July 2013, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
I don't think you're making an effort to...
I don't think you're making an effort to communicate with me. If you were, you would clearly state what you wish to convey, instead of this "Prayer landed me a job, but not really, yes really,...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
17th July 2013, 08:25 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
A job in his mind would be an imaginary job,...
A job in his mind would be an imaginary job, would it not?
I can get fifty imaginary jobs in the next thirty seconds. Put me down for "whoop-te-doo" on that achievement.
I suspect it is true...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
17th July 2013, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
So prayer got him a job in his mind, and a...
So prayer got him a job in his mind, and a night's stay with some guy and the missus in his mind.
I no longer care what Navigator agrees with. Mystical mumbling does not resonate with me. PM me if...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
17th July 2013, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 150
Views: 6,783
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
17th July 2013, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 150
Views: 6,783
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th July 2013, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th July 2013, 04:29 AM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
I don't like that word, but I consider the...
I don't like that word, but I consider the arguments of delusional people because there's always the possibility I've overlooked something. The only delusions I expect I can eradicate are my own.
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th July 2013, 04:21 AM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
Well, is that not special?
Some years...
Well, is that not special?
Some years ago, I was vacationing with my in-laws in Hawaii. It was late in the day, and we were scheduled to fly from Kauai to Hawaii, where we had hotel reservations...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th July 2013, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
And yet, for some reason, you aren't sharing...
And yet, for some reason, you aren't sharing them.
I went to the store today, to buy some blank DVDs. I found packs of 100 for $12.00 each, and carried two to the checkout counter. At the...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th July 2013, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th July 2013, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
You have offered nothing to distinguish your...
You have offered nothing to distinguish your idiosyncratic view of prayer from the standard view of prayer, except an empty assertion that you have something else in mind.
I assumed you...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th July 2013, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
Still, since that is what it is, one might as...
Still, since that is what it is, one might as well say so. Letting the delusions of the deluded dictate what can be stated is letting the inmates run my asylum.
You applied for a job, and you...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th July 2013, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
I haven't watched the video. I'm sure the...
I haven't watched the video. I'm sure the ideomotor effect is what makes the ouija board work, so if that's what you got from the video, I think you understood.
I don't think even Navigator...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th July 2013, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
And yet:
"Prayer – making requests and...
And yet:
"Prayer – making requests and seeing them unfold in reality as if the mindless physical universe has a mind, can hear, understands, is intelligent and able to interact with the individual...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th July 2013, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
The problem isn't the word.
He's said prayer...
The problem isn't the word.
He's said prayer got him a job. The same objections would attach if he said meditation got him a job.
He also regards this as an as-yet-undiscovered principle of...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th July 2013, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th July 2013, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th July 2013, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th July 2013, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th July 2013, 04:24 AM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
Explorer, you are correct:
"Prayer – making...
Explorer, you are correct:
"Prayer – making requests and seeing them unfold in reality as if the mindless physical universe has a mind, can hear, understands, is intelligent and able to interact...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
14th July 2013, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
14th July 2013, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
I'm sure "a significant reduction in anxiety"...
I'm sure "a significant reduction in anxiety" could be observed in subjects reciting the lyrics to "Row, Row, Row your boat", or pounding plastic moles with a plastic mallet, or playing the kazoo.
...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
14th July 2013, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
14th July 2013, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
14th July 2013, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
14th July 2013, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
14th July 2013, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 442
Views: 21,537
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