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  Guess the Sexist

  by Deputy Dog in

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  who wrote: it is generally admitted that with woman the powers of intuition, of rapid perception, and perhaps of imitation, are more strongly marked than in man; but some, at least, of these faculties are characteristic of the lower races, and therefore of a past and lower state of civilisation.

  the chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shewn by man's attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, than can woman- whether requiring deep thought, reason, or imagination, or merely the use of the senses and hands.

  if two lists were made of the most eminent men and women in poetry, painting, sculpture, music (inclusive both of composition and performance), history, science, and philosophy, with half-a-dozen names under each subject, the two lists would not bear comparison.

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  tetra is so right! the books called "The Descent Of Man And Selection In Relation To Sex"
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  must we practice what we believe?

  by tetrapod.sapien in

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  for example, i often hear atheists say that while they have a "lack of belief" in any gods (negative position), they are going to make the positive step in their lives and live them like there were no gods.

  which is to say that they make their own morals and choices without fear of some god.

  but what if an atheist decided one day that so and so religion, that worships so and so god, makes him feel good emotionally, and gives his ever vigilant left hemisphere a break on sundays.

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  imo without belief we have nothing,even if you believe in karma it some kind of belief, i think at some moment or time in our lives we contemplate whether we evolved and, or we were created by a god!( i think that moment comes when you old and dying) I'm agnostic or rather better put Confused,i suppose it depends on the day.
  
  I can't help saying that only recently i have prayed, not sure to whom, but i felt a certain inner peace, which is so wierd yet comforting, but on the other hand i wake up and i see the world and peoples behaviour towards each other and it makes me wonder, how we do things without thinking,that we cannot be kind or respectful even to people that we know.If god was a god of love how come i don't see or feel it.
  
  
  "which is to say that they make their own morals and choices without fear of some God."
  
  I do know the things that i believe in, I keep, they are rules to my life that make me a better person, more open minded, respectful, or at least i hope so!
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  Nosferatu's School of Dating - Lesson 2.1 - The Approach

  by Nosferatu in

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  now that you've done your practice on starting conversations with strangers, it's time to actually approach women.. first of all, let's cover what not to do when approaching a woman:.

  1) never approach a woman from behind.

  you will startle her.

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  if a guy grabbed me like that, i'll tell him to F%ç? off!... and telling her thats she is no fun, honestly you would not want to be doing that to a woman, you might just get a kick in the you know where!
  
  IMO,some of the things you wrote do make sense, some of it is just hopeful thinking!
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  yet another email...

  by puck in

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  just got this one from my mom.... .

  making the devil happy.

  devil's beatitudes (happinesses).

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  sorry lisa, thats horrible, our parents are nutters!
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  yet another email...

  by puck in

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  just got this one from my mom.... .

  making the devil happy.

  devil's beatitudes (happinesses).

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  funny enough i grew up in the so called "truth" ,never baptised, but my mom has always been distant( i finally clicked, i'm not baptised and not in the truth)
  
  i would always call her, but she would never call me, its funny really, but in a way i'm shunned by her, its really sad, i decided not to call her (its been 4 months since i heard from her), when my grandfather died i found out through my sister (who by the way found out through my aunt who is disfellowishiped), she wouldn't even call me, sorry to drag you into the whole story. Anyway i understand what you going through,be strong!
  
  Puck puck
  a little song to cheer you up!
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  yet another email...

  by puck in

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  just got this one from my mom.... .

  making the devil happy.

  devil's beatitudes (happinesses).

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  by the way puck!
  
  i haven't seen my mother who is a (jw) in 4 yrs, i phoned her, because i was feeling a little down, she told me to find a witness and get a NWT, (instead of telling me that she loved me) so my point is, deep down she probably loves you, but with this religion unfortunately they don't teach you sensitivity and kindness. all the best and keep your chin up!
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  yet another email...

  by puck in

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  just got this one from my mom.... .

  making the devil happy.

  devil's beatitudes (happinesses).

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  3.Blessed are the sensitive, for they are the keepers of kindness. They are the ones who make sure that the smaller and weaker do not become skinned and thrown about by the "shepherds."
  
  i like this one
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  I suppose I should stop lurking,

  by SacrificialLoon in

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  2. friends

  and introduce myself.

  i was raised in "the truth", and for the longest time it was all i knew.

  i spent my childhood going through all the things that other witness children went through; not celebrating holidays, not standing up and reciting the pledge of allegiance, not going to school events, or associating with "worldly" children much.

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  welcome loon,
  
  that feeling stays for a long time, but you learn to live with it! all the best!
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  Anti-Matter

  by choosing life in

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  i am not a physics major, in fact, i avoided it like the plague in college.

  so maybe someone on here can answer a question that i have.

  i recently read that in switzerland there is a group of scientists that work on research, kind of like a think tank.

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  hi everyone i hope this helps, did some research and found the info,
  anti matter does exist and for a long time, i did some research and its reliable:
  
  
  -1.)Does antimatter exist?
  
  Yes, it does, and we make it routinely at CERN. Antimatter was predicted by P.A.M. Dirac's theory of quantum mechanics in 1928 and antiparticles were found soon after by Carl Anderson. CERN is not the only research institute to produce and study antimatter.
  
  -2.)How is antimatter contained?
  
  With very great difficulty. It annihilates completely when it touches any normal matter. There are two cases:
  
  Case 1: If an antiparticle is electrically neutral then electric and magnetic fields have no hold on it at all. Therefore, there is no easy way to contain neutral antimatter particles, i.e. no way to keep them away from the normal-matter walls of the vessel in which they are. They therefore almost immediately come into contact with normal matter and annihilate.
  
  Case 2: For electrically charged antimatter particles such as positrons (antielectrons) and antiprotons we know how to use "electromagnetic bottles" to contain them. However: like charges repel each other. So it is not possible to put a large quantity of antiprotons together because the repulsive forces between them soon become too strong for the fields that hold them away from the walls. And you cannot put a mixture of positive antielectrons and negative antiprotons together, because they will make antihydrogen, which is neutral and we are in case 1 again.
  
  -3)So only very minute quantities can be contained.
  -4)What are the future uses of antimatter?
  
  Antielectrons, or positrons, are already used in PET scanners in medicine (Positron-Emission Tomography = PET).
  
  Other uses are in studying the laws of nature, as we do at CERN. The team of the PS210 experiment at the Low Energy Antiproton Ring (LEAR) at CERN made the first antihydrogen atoms in 1996. Then, in 2002 experiments managed to produce tens of thousands of antihydrogen atoms, a sufficient number to study this gas in its antimatter form. However, although "tens of thousands" may sound a lot, it's really a very very small amount. You would need 10'000'000'000'000'000'000 times that amount to have enough antihydrogen gas to fill a toy balloon! If we could somehow store our daily production, it would take us 25'000'000 billion years to fill the balloon. The universe has only been around for 13.7 billion years...
  
  -5)Can we hope to use antimatter as a source of energy?
  -6)Do you feel antimatter could power vehicles in the future, or would it just be used for major power sources?
  
  There is no possibility to use antimatter as energy "source". Unlike solar energy, coal or oil, antimatter does not occur in nature: we have to make every particle at the expense of much more energy than it can give back during annihilation.
  
  You might imagine antimatter as a possible temporary storage medium for energy, much like you store electricity in rechargeable batteries. The process of charging the battery is reversible with relatively small loss. Still, it takes more energy to charge the battery than what you get back out of it. For antimatter the loss factors are so enormous that it will never be practical.
  
  If we could assemble all the antimatter we've ever made at CERN and annihilate it with matter, we would have enough energy to light a single electric light bulb for a few minutes.
  
  
  -7)Can we make antimatter bombs?
  
  There is no possibility to make antimatter bombs for the same reason you cannot use it to store energy: we can't accumulate enough of it at high enough density.
  
  Sociological note: scientists realised that the atom bomb was a real possibility many years before one was actually built and exploded, and then the public was totally surprised and amazed. The antimatter bomb on the other hand has been imagined by the public who wants to know more about it, yet we have known for a very long time that it's not at all a practical device...
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  Anti-Matter

  by choosing life in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am not a physics major, in fact, i avoided it like the plague in college.

  so maybe someone on here can answer a question that i have.

  i recently read that in switzerland there is a group of scientists that work on research, kind of like a think tank.

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  the building is in geneva known as CERN, yes from what my husband tells me its built underground, where all the best scientists in the world are and i believe they have created anti-matter as a new energy source, but its not very stable yet or they trying to figure how to control it, imagine no nuclear waste and lots of energy!