This sounds a bit like the movie "Gattaca", in which most children is genetically optimized to ensure the highest opportunity for health, intelligence, and a successful life. Those who aren't end up with menial jobs such as janitors, servants, etc. The story revolves around one non-optimized individual who tries to fit in and competes in against optimized people for an opportunity to be chosen for a position on the space program.
gaiagirl
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Sex for fun all reproduction done in labratory
by frankiespeakin inpicture this the human speices could very well in the not too distant future have all reproduction done inside a very controlled enviroment(labratory) for optimum health of the speices with some special device for weeding out defects headed in a wrong direction and allowing the positive ones to be passed on by some kind of mathematical nonlinier formula that seems to speed up positive changes in the dna.
and as a result all sex relations never results in reproduction or transfference of decease because of this prosess.
now if that were true would you like the casual view of sex, would you indugle is it if it was morally exceptable and no one really worried about who belongs to who, and it was no big deal?
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How many Oxymorons do you know?
by Rod P inan oxymoron is a combination of contradictory words.
"pretty" means the opposite of "ugly".. here's a bunch of oxymorons, which i took from: .
http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca.
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gaiagirl
Someone at work described their workspace as "Organized Chaos".....
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In need of any information on White Witches
by kls in.
what they do , what they believe and if they have physic powers.
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gaiagirl
If there is a Borders, Barnes & Noble, Waldenbooks, or Books-A-Million in your area, check out their section on Metaphysical Studies (sometimes labeled New Age). Lots of good titles are available which can answer all your questions, including "Drawing Down the Moon" by Margot Alder, "The Spiral Dance" by Starhawk, almost anything by Scott Cunningham (especially Wicca-a Guide for the Solitary Practitioner), and anything by Vivianne Crowley. Wicca is often called "The Old Path" referring to nature-centered beliefs which were practised long before the rise of Christianity. Modern wicca is not exactly an exact reconstruction of old practices as much as an effort to create a modern nature-centered belief system which does honor its ancient roots. However, as some have pointed out already, there are some people who claim they are wiccans, witches, pagans, etc, because they think this makes them appear somehow "spooky" (hence interesting?). Most wiccans, pagans, etc, don't wear much in the way of special clothing to distinguish themselves from others. Some may wear a ring or necklace, others not.
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How many people here are Faders?
by misspeaches inhow many people that come to this board are faders only?
i am interested to know the statistics on how many people have left the borg because they have discovered their untruths or become disillusioned.. thanks,.
miss peache
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gaiagirl
I began fading a few years ago, and began missing meetings. Eventually, I moved to another city, although I did have my publishers card sent to the local congregation there. Elders came by my new place, and asked if "there was anything they could do, as I had evidently stumbled". I told them that my work prevented meeting attendance or field service "for the immediate future", and they left me alone. Then I moved again, and did NOT have my publishers card forwarded. This time, I haven't even seen witnesses in my neighborhood, let alone on my doorstep, although I have found tracts once or twice.
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Women/Monotheism
by JW83 inokay, okay, i know i always ask you guys for help with essay topics, but this time i'm serious.
i've got an essay due in 4 weeks which is worth 25% of my honours year.
my topic is 'how did the rise of monotheism marginalise the place of women in religion & society'.
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gaiagirl
You might look for "The Chalice and the Blade" by Riane Eisler. Highly recommended
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What's the last good fantasy or scifi book that you could'nt put down?
by Leander inso what's the last fantasy/scifi book that you read that was just so good you could'nt put it down until you were done reading it?
i need a few recommendations, i'm in the mood for a good book.. for me the last really good scifi book was orson scott card's "ender's game".
for a long time i avoided this book because i thought it was aimed at a younger audience, but after hearing so many people praise it i finally took a chance on it.
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gaiagirl
Sci-fi best would be "Contact" which was the basis for the excellent movie. Fantasy best would be "Mists of Avalon", and best anthology would be "Out of Avalon" (not really realated to MoA, except that the stories deal loosely with the theme of Avalon, not necessarily with Arthur).
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Timeline of tragedies
by gringojj inis there anyone out there that is real good with history that could give me a timeline for the past say 3000?
years that would list all the horrific things that were happening around a certain time period?
im trying to show my wife that things are not that bad right now as the wts would like her to think.
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gaiagirl
Here is a timeline someone put together which goes back about 7000 years. While it covers more than just tragedies, it may help you prove your point: http://www.ron521.homestead.com/HistoryScience.html
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what alcoholic bevarages is ok to drink?
by i<3creator inwine is blatantly ok, but are other forms of alcohol ok?
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gaiagirl
If the question is asking what alcoholic beverage Witnesses are allowed to drink, I seem to remember that anything was ok, so long as it was consumed in moderation, i.e. if you actually got drunk, you could be in trouble yourself, as well as "bringing reproach upon the congregation". As for myself, I admit a preference for Zima.
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Are things really that bad?
by gringojj ini was just reading a post from someone and it said that the world is a paradise now, we just have to accept it.
it made me think, the jws are always saying how bad things are now and that they are just getting worse.
so im wondering, are things really that bad?
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gaiagirl
The world is neither more violent or more corrupt than in previous centuries, but it is easier for information about abuses to "leak out", so we hear about these things much more than our ancestors would have heard. For a good idea of what 19th century city life was like, see "Gangs of New York", hardly a golden age.
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If you could create a new canon - what books/ writings would you include?
by Qcmbr inok so the bible is a work of the early roman church - if you could add any books to a new canon of 'scripture' what would you add - would you take anything out?
my starter for ten: .
i think i'd take out song of soloman.
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gaiagirl
I'm thinking that "Cosmos" and other books by Carl Sagan, would provide a vastly better insight into the history of the Universe, history of the Earth, and humanities place in the interconnected web of life than does Genesis.