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6th March 2017, 02:18 AM
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13th February 2016, 10:26 PM
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
2nd September 2015, 04:58 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
28th June 2015, 07:17 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
27th June 2015, 01:59 AM
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Then it's good to know that legalizing...
Then it's good to know that legalizing interracial marriage wasn't really about rights either. I mean, if it were, clearly we would have legalized same-sex, poly, and inter-species marriage at the...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
26th June 2015, 08:44 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
18th June 2015, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 177
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Regrettable if true.
Regrettable if a hoax. ...
Regrettable if true.
Regrettable if a hoax.
Regrettable that, if a hoax, the conversation will quickly devolve into stupid debates over what is the "real" problem here -- her behavior, or the...
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Forum: USA Politics
29th May 2015, 02:49 PM
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
20th March 2015, 10:19 PM
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th March 2015, 01:43 PM
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15th March 2015, 08:26 AM
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Forum: USA Politics
9th March 2015, 04:26 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
9th March 2015, 01:26 AM
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Once again for those who still haven't wrapped...
Once again for those who still haven't wrapped their head around this: Freedom of speech means the government can't lock you up for saying what you want to say. It does not prevent the people in...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
1st March 2015, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 623
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I find it useful to look at the difference...
I find it useful to look at the difference between the two as a function of theory versus practice. In theory, I acknowledge the possibility, however remote, that there could be something that would...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
1st March 2015, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 10,867
I know I've told this before here, but briefly:...
I know I've told this before here, but briefly: in my mid-20s I had what seemed like an out-of-body experience. I hadn't particularly believed in them before, but after that highly intense and unique...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
16th February 2015, 05:03 AM
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Forum: USA Politics
2nd February 2015, 09:03 PM
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Forum: USA Politics
9th December 2014, 10:27 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
8th December 2014, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 129
Views: 16,410
If the scenario outlined in your first quote is...
If the scenario outlined in your first quote is accurate, and schools are now punishing students for rape with a perceived 51% likelihood of guilt and virtually no opportunity for the defendant to,...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
6th December 2014, 01:30 AM
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Views: 246,802
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st December 2014, 11:42 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
29th November 2014, 05:08 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
26th November 2014, 02:59 AM
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Replies: 4,092
Views: 689,536
Here’s the simple point that all the outraged...
Here’s the simple point that all the outraged blogs and posts I’ve read seem to be missing: It is possible for ALL of the following things to be true (and I’m not saying I think all of them are, but...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
26th November 2014, 02:06 AM
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Replies: 4,092
Views: 689,536
I don't think Brown deserved to die; I think he...
I don't think Brown deserved to die; I think he deserved to be stopped from doing what he was attempting to do, and it is exceedingly unfortunate that the measures that ended up being necessary to...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th November 2014, 09:16 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th November 2014, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 4,092
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
19th November 2014, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 8,583
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
18th November 2014, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 8,583
The major scale that pretty much all Western...
The major scale that pretty much all Western music uses -- Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do -- is derived from what we call the "overtone series," which is a series of frequencies that occur in nature. But...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
17th November 2014, 08:13 PM
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Views: 146,343
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
17th November 2014, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 8,583
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
12th November 2014, 01:59 PM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
12th November 2014, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 208
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
11th November 2014, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 55
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
5th November 2014, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 2,475
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
5th November 2014, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 46
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
2nd November 2014, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 2,256
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
1st November 2014, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 2,256
Views: 116,496
Umm, the goon line was a terribly clever and...
Umm, the goon line was a terribly clever and subtle Halloween reference, definitely not just a random typo. And as such, it totally deserves to be embraced as part of the forum's official slang.
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
31st October 2014, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 2,256
Views: 116,496
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
29th October 2014, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 1,344
Views: 150,256
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
27th October 2014, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 118
Views: 12,492
I usually chalk it up to a difference between...
I usually chalk it up to a difference between theory and practice. I acknowledge the theoretical possibility that there could be something, somewhere that would fit someone's definition of a deity....
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
22nd October 2014, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 718
Views: 45,572
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
19th October 2014, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 2,256
Views: 116,496
This is one of those things that most everyone...
This is one of those things that most everyone (including you) believes, but is flat-out wrong about. The sooner you divest yourself of this very-seemingly-true-yet-demonstrably-false idea, the...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
18th October 2014, 12:14 AM
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Replies: 718
Views: 45,572
I admit I've only lightly skimmed this thread,...
I admit I've only lightly skimmed this thread, but... Is there an option for people who acknowledge that the term is sometimes used by some people to imply things other than what it actually means,...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
17th October 2014, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 766
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Forum: USA Politics
29th September 2014, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,508
I think it was about 2 years ago that I started...
I think it was about 2 years ago that I started saying, "Remember the Jesusland map (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesusland_map) from the '04 election? Since it seems to be where we're headed, let's...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th September 2014, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 2,256
Views: 116,496
So to summarize: Posters here give you...
So to summarize: Posters here give you information that contradicts your beliefs, and you ask for evidence. It is given to you. You then refuse to look at it because you have decided in advance that...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
9th September 2014, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 2,256
Views: 116,496
That may be the case for most mundane memories...
That may be the case for most mundane memories that are not particularly significant.[/QUOTE]
I'll say it again: This is the point where you are simply, objectively, demonstrably mistaken. It is...
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Forum: Computers and the Internet
9th September 2014, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 148
Views: 10,990
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
9th September 2014, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 2,256
Views: 116,496
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
27th August 2014, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 3,520
Views: 366,670
This is in the pipeline.[/QUOTE]
I will...
This is in the pipeline.[/QUOTE]
I will admit, there's a part of me that absolutely loves the fact that you still cling to this claim after all these years. For an event that failed in what now...
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