the points being garnered from that fact are opinion.
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poopsiecakes
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An Old Argument.... does it hold water?
by AK - Jeff inestimates range from 4 million to 15 million children die from starvation each year on this planet.
that's between 500 and 1700 children a day, depending on what numbers you accept.
still, no matter which numbers you use, doesn't this make you arrive at one of the following conclusions?.
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1495
An Old Argument.... does it hold water?
by AK - Jeff inestimates range from 4 million to 15 million children die from starvation each year on this planet.
that's between 500 and 1700 children a day, depending on what numbers you accept.
still, no matter which numbers you use, doesn't this make you arrive at one of the following conclusions?.
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poopsiecakes
Nobody is saying that anyone 'sent' the tsunami. But sure as shit, nobody stopped it either...that's the point.
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1495
An Old Argument.... does it hold water?
by AK - Jeff inestimates range from 4 million to 15 million children die from starvation each year on this planet.
that's between 500 and 1700 children a day, depending on what numbers you accept.
still, no matter which numbers you use, doesn't this make you arrive at one of the following conclusions?.
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poopsiecakes
TEC!!
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1495
An Old Argument.... does it hold water?
by AK - Jeff inestimates range from 4 million to 15 million children die from starvation each year on this planet.
that's between 500 and 1700 children a day, depending on what numbers you accept.
still, no matter which numbers you use, doesn't this make you arrive at one of the following conclusions?.
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poopsiecakes
I see what you are not understanding about my faith. I know God BY knowing Christ. I see God BY seeing Christ. So if I am uncertain about something about God... then I look at Christ to understand the truth about God, in any matter.
Sweetie, I think everyone understands this about the nature of your faith. We're trying desperately for you to see the flaw in that logic.
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1495
An Old Argument.... does it hold water?
by AK - Jeff inestimates range from 4 million to 15 million children die from starvation each year on this planet.
that's between 500 and 1700 children a day, depending on what numbers you accept.
still, no matter which numbers you use, doesn't this make you arrive at one of the following conclusions?.
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poopsiecakes
*head banged out of love and a wee bit of frustration*
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An Old Argument.... does it hold water?
by AK - Jeff inestimates range from 4 million to 15 million children die from starvation each year on this planet.
that's between 500 and 1700 children a day, depending on what numbers you accept.
still, no matter which numbers you use, doesn't this make you arrive at one of the following conclusions?.
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poopsiecakes
I would say requiring something back, even faith, makes him no different to an avaricious doctor that won't save a life unless payment is made.
Great comment, cantleave! Definitely something everyone can identify with, given the whole healthcare debate happening south of me. If indeed, doctors have a moral responsibility for providing care if they have the power to do so, all the more for an all powerful being who can eradicate all sickness and catastrophe.
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BANNED words in the Education System (eye opening!)
by Terry innew york (cbsnewyork) george carlin is rolling over in his grave.. the new york city department of education is waging a war on words of sorts, and is seeking to have words they deem upsetting removed from standardized tests.. marla diamond talks to walcott, student about banned words.
fearing that certain words and topics can make students feel unpleasant, officials are requesting 50 or so words be removed from city-issued tests.. the word dinosaur made the hit list because dinosaurs suggest evolution which creationists might not like, wcbs 880s marla diamond reported.
halloween is targeted because it suggests paganism; a birthday might not be happy to all because it isnt celebrated by jehovahs witnesses.. julie lewis family celebrates christmas and kwanzaa, but she told cbs 2s emily smith she wants her children to appreciate and learn about other holidays and celebrations.. theyre going to meet people from all walks of life and theyre going to have to learn to adjust, lewis said.. words that suggest wealth are excluded because they could make kids jealous.
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poopsiecakes
I saw this article last night, Terry. I still can't believe it.
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5 Mind Blowing Ways Your Memory Plays Tricks on You
by poopsiecakes inhttp://www.cracked.com/article_18704_5-mind-blowing-ways-your-memory-plays-tricks-you.html.
really interesting read - i would copy/paste the whole thing but there are a lot of pictures and a video.
a couple of things that stood out to me:.
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poopsiecakes
Thanks for the comments :)
Like Flipperkins, I know that since leaving the Borg I've become a LOT less inclined to believe things because it's what I've been told and question a lot things I never would have questioned before. However, what this article taught me is that I still have a long way to go and I need to say 'I just don't know' more often instead of working off of pre-conceived ideas.
FreeGirl, I'll look into that book - sounds cool!
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5 Mind Blowing Ways Your Memory Plays Tricks on You
by poopsiecakes inhttp://www.cracked.com/article_18704_5-mind-blowing-ways-your-memory-plays-tricks-you.html.
really interesting read - i would copy/paste the whole thing but there are a lot of pictures and a video.
a couple of things that stood out to me:.
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poopsiecakes
http://www.cracked.com/article_18704_5-mind-blowing-ways-your-memory-plays-tricks-you.html
Really interesting read - I would copy/paste the whole thing but there are a lot of pictures and a video.
A couple of things that stood out to me:
"We judge things to be true based on how often we hear them. We like familiarity, and repeating a lie often enough makes it familiar to us, the repetition making it fall right in with all of the things our memory tells us are true about the world. Every advertiser or propagandist knows this. Humans are social animals, and there is a primal part of us that still says, "If other members of the tribe who I feel close to believe this, there must be something to it ."
" The biases in your system cripple even your ability to examine your own biases. So just now, when you thought to yourself, "Ha, I've caught myself doing that! But at least I'm not as nutty as those 'Obama is a Muslim' nutjobs!", you just saw your own bias at work. You're trying to examine a broken mechanism with a broken mechanism. It's like trying to perform surgery on your own ass, with a scalpel that is itself clenched in your ass."
"...experiments show that if you run into someone who knew you as a child and they tell you about an event you don't personally remember, you'll construct a memory to match it--even if it didn't actually happen. It's like we have evolved to be able to lie, but still haven't gotten to the point where we can get our minds around the fact that other people do it. As with the first entry, we find our memories are putty in the hands of people who know how to manipulate them."
Basically, our brains all suck.
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poopsiecakes
What about Robin Hood? Real or legend?
There are stories in song of wondrous and heroic acts performed by this man that started springing up right after they allegedly happened - not hundreds of years later, although the embellishments that came along later are what we're most familiar with today. He was considered a rallying point against tyranny and oppression who stole from the rich and gave to the poor, despite being sorely mistreated. Actually, there is more evidence of his being a true historical figure than Jesus if you were to use the same standards of evidence but he's mostly referred to as a legend, or an amalgam of various historical characters. And what about his 'band of merry men'? Were they real or artistic license? When does one begin and the other end?
