SacrificialLoon

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  Major Religions of the World Based on Adherents

  by AK - Jeff in

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  http://www.adherents.com/religions_by_adherents.html.

  interesting info for those interested, including this graph.. .

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  SacrificialLoon

  Does other include Pastafarians?
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  Pentecostals convert 20% of population in Guatemala. How do they preach?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  the christian science monitor reported today that 20% of the population in guatemala is converting to pentecostalism.

  with a population near 13,000,000,that would mean a membership of 2.6 million people.. how do pentecostals convert so many people?

  what are their preaching methods?.

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  SacrificialLoon

  Maybe they're more of a 'works' type. A lot of churches will go into impoverished areas, and build up infrastructure like schoolhouses, wells, and stuff like that.
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  Pentecostals convert 20% of population in Guatemala. How do they preach?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the christian science monitor reported today that 20% of the population in guatemala is converting to pentecostalism.

  with a population near 13,000,000,that would mean a membership of 2.6 million people.. how do pentecostals convert so many people?

  what are their preaching methods?.

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  SacrificialLoon

  Aren't they the ones who claim to be able to speak in tounges?
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  It's as if a billion voices screamed out then were suddenly silenced.

  by SacrificialLoon in

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  black hole fries galaxy with radiation.

  that's a link btw.

  i was reading this and wondered how many 'earths' were completely sterilized?

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  SacrificialLoon

  http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/3c321/
  
  Here's a link with bigger pictures.
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  It's as if a billion voices screamed out then were suddenly silenced.

  by SacrificialLoon in

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  black hole fries galaxy with radiation.

  that's a link btw.

  i was reading this and wondered how many 'earths' were completely sterilized?

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  SacrificialLoon

  I think the bit at the bullying is just a bad metaphor rather than trying to say there's anything intentional about the black hole jet hitting a nearby galaxy. The other galaxy just happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
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  It's as if a billion voices screamed out then were suddenly silenced.

  by SacrificialLoon in

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  black hole fries galaxy with radiation.

  that's a link btw.

  i was reading this and wondered how many 'earths' were completely sterilized?

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  SacrificialLoon

  What's confusing about it? Did you read the linked article?
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  It's as if a billion voices screamed out then were suddenly silenced.

  by SacrificialLoon in

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  black hole fries galaxy with radiation.

  that's a link btw.

  i was reading this and wondered how many 'earths' were completely sterilized?

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  SacrificialLoon

  Black Hole fries galaxy with radiation. That's a link BTW. :)
  
  I was reading this and wondered how many 'Earths' were completely sterilized? How many civilizations snuffed out by this event? How many were able to flee, and how many never even saw it coming? What would it be like to be a sentient creature on a planet in that galaxy, and see this coming, but not be able to do anything about it? Perhaps someday we, or some other species will travel to their planet and visit their ruins, maybe learn a thing or two about their lives and dreams, but for now they are forgotten.
  
  It's a strange and chaotic universe we live in. Just some random thoughts from a loon. :)
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  Need help my computer and page keeps getting hijacked.

  by jaguarbass in

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  i cant hardly surf the internet anymore.

  mcaffee and avg say i have no viruses or adware or spyware but my page is constantly being hijacked.

  my computer is going very slow.. its taken 6.5 hours so far and avg still hasnt finished scanning, but they havent found anything either.. sometime they or mcaffe find something and i delete it.

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  SacrificialLoon

  Try Ad-Aware and Spybot.
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  The Ethics of Eugenics

  by SickofLies in

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  genetic technology has advanced to an unbelievable stage.

  what used to be science fiction is now quickly on its way to becoming science fact.

  there are fertility clinics that can now diagnose whether your child-to-be has any genetic disorders, allowing you to decide whether or not to abort ahead of time.

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  SacrificialLoon

  I see Gattica. :)
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  The Ethics of Eugenics

  by SickofLies in

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  genetic technology has advanced to an unbelievable stage.

  what used to be science fiction is now quickly on its way to becoming science fact.

  there are fertility clinics that can now diagnose whether your child-to-be has any genetic disorders, allowing you to decide whether or not to abort ahead of time.

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  SacrificialLoon

  Eugenics as I understand the term is changing the characteristics of a species through selective breeding. We've been practicing eugenics on plants and animals since we started farming and herding. Using selective breeding on humans though is an entirely different matter, eugenics was practiced to some extent in lots of western countries in the early 20th century through forced sterilization of the mentally ill and retarded. The implementation of Eugenics reached its peak in Nazi Germany. I think that using eugenics to breed traits in humans would work just as well as it does in cows, dogs, or corn, but putting it into practice is very unethical.
  
  With directly manipulating the genetic makeup of an individual however, there is a lot less of an ethical quandary as long as they or the parents of an unborn child agree to it. Forced reengineering on the other hand would probably lead us down the same path as forced eugenics.