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  Evolution disproved by 11 year old niece

  by StopTheTears in

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  mary: what's evolution?.

  me: well it's kinda complicated.

  they think plasma gave birth to monkeys which gave birth to humans.

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  I know quite a few 11 year olds who could teach you a thing or two about evolution.

  I'm really curious now though. WTF is plasma?

  Evidently it has something to do with worms. . . and it has a womb.
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  Tebow: "What part of Matt 6 do you not understand?" (go to your room!!!!)

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  this from my issue of time that arrived today: "'when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father, who is unseen.

  ' this passage from the gospel of matthew was quoted by many readers who object to tim tebow's showy displays of his faith on the football field ... " "hey tebowers," wrote bill de armond of winfikeld, kans.

  "what part of matthew 6:5-8 do you not understand?".

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  And the sad thing is, according to the surveys, 43% of American football fans actually think God is helping him win games because he is doing this.

  Umm, wouldn't that be considered cheating?
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  Foolproof Dating Tip For Women

  by bigmouth in

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  i'm prompted to impart this piece of priceless information due to a few posts on the subject of dating and compatability lately.. do you want to be able to predict if the man you're keen on will treat you well ?.

  this is my yardstick: does he love cats ?

  find out early in the piece about his attitude toward cats.

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  Foolproof Dating Tip For Women

  Get a hair sample and count the carbon molocules? Well unless they've ever cut their hair. . .

  Count the rings to the core?

  No wait, look at the angle of their teeth!
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  I gave my kids a terrible present...I'm evil for laughing at this

  by fade_away in

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  i found this to be hilarious and cute.

  this just made my whole day when i saw it this morning.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4a9ckglprq&feature=share.

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  When I'm in charge, they'll come with volume controls and 'off' switches..

  When I'm in charge, I'll hire you as a consultant.
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  I gave my kids a terrible present...I'm evil for laughing at this

  by fade_away in

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  i found this to be hilarious and cute.

  this just made my whole day when i saw it this morning.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4a9ckglprq&feature=share.

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  When I'm in charge of the universe, children will not develop vocal chords until they are over 15 years old.
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  His Reaction vs. My Reaction

  by AGuest in

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  may you all have peace!.

  my husband thought i should post this and i thought, you know, not a bad idea.

  so, we're sitting in the telly room together, relaxing before our journey (to see the [adult] kids tomorrow.

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  A few minutes ago a commercial for a cake baking contest-type show came on.

  Ummm, a what now?

  I seriously had to read your entire post twice to understand that sentence. . . it's literally a contest show where the point is to bake cakes? What the heck?
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  Regulate Marijuana Like Wine (interesting article)

  by sabastious in

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  http://regulatemarijuanalikewine.com/legal-and-political-analysis-of-regulate-marijuana-like-wine/.

  i am ecstatic to hear that people are attempting something like this.

  i have always thought that using marijuana could be likened to using wine as a medicine.

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  We have made significant progress in fighting drug use and drug trafficking in America. Now is not the time to abandon our efforts.

  I'd almost call this the 'sunk cost fallacy'. . . we've already spent so much time and money fighting it, it would be a waste to make it legal now.

  This ignores the fact that, if there's nothing wrong with the drug it SHOULDN'T be illegal. It also ignores the fact that, no matter how well we are doing, it's still an unending expense. There will never come a time when the drug war is 'won' and we can stop dumping money into it.

  Fact 2: A balanced approach of prevention, enforcement, and treatment is the key in the fight against drugs.

  I agree. I think we just might disagree on what counts as 'balanced'.

  Fact 3: Illegal drugs are illegal because they are harmful.

  That's not a 'fact', it's an opinion. Which many disagree with. Marijuana is, quite simply, NOT harmful. At least no more harmful than alchohol or eating twinkies. And actually if you don't smoke it, then it's less hamrful than cigarettes.

  There is a growing misconception that some illegal drugs can be taken safely.

  But it's not a misconception if it's true. Some illegal drugs CAN be taken safely.
  Marijuana for example. Heck even ecstacy. They're dangerous if you overdose, but that's like saying it's a misconception that vicodin can be taken safely. . . of COURSE it can, and it can also be taken unsafely.

  Fact 4: Smoked marijuana is not scientifically approved medicine. Marinol, the legal version of medical marijuana, is approved by science.

  Since when does a substance have to be scientifically approved as medicine before it's legal? Are twinkies a scientifically approved medicine? Are they illegal? Some people might want to take marijuana for non-medical reasons. You know, like alchohol.
  
  Do we just ban everything until it's proven useful?
  
  Also. . . can we please outlaw homeopathy and acupunctue? They at least have been proven NOT to be scientifically viable.

  Fact 5: Drug control spending is a minor portion of the U.S. budget. Compared to the social costs of drug abuse and addiction, government spending on drug control is minimal.

  That depends on what drug we are talking about. Meth? I agree completely! It should not be legal.

  Fact 6: Legalization of drugs will lead to increased use and increased levels of addiction. Legalization has been tried before, and failed miserably.

  Duh.

  Same applies to cigarettes and alchohol and driving and TV and every other lesiure activity.

  If it's legal, more people will try it. IF you made TV watching illegal everywhere but alaska, I'm sure alaska would have a higher rate of habitual television watchers than elsewhere. IF it's not harmful, why should we care that more people try it?

  Fact 7: Crime, violence, and drug use go hand-in-hand. . . Six times as many homicides are committed by people under the influence of drugs, as by those who are looking for money to buy drugs.

  That's a bizzare stastic and I'm not sure why they used it. But anyway, it's not suprising that people who associate with drug-dealers are more likely to commit crimes. Drugs are illegal, so currently, only people who are willing to break the law will use them.

  If owning a car where illegal, then I'm sure people who owned cars would be more likely to commit crimes.

  Fact 8: Alcohol has caused significant health, social, and crime problems in this country, and legalized drugs would only make the situation worse.

  Change that too "Alcohol MISUSE has caused significant health, social, and crime problems in this country." and you'll be on the right track.

  A group of guys sitting at home watching the superbowl and drinking alchohol has not cause ANY noticable health, social or crime problems in this country.
  Driving while drunk or on the job though is different.

  Drugs are the same. If you are even slightly responsible you won't cause any problems.

  Fact 9: Europe’s more liberal drug policies are not the right model for America.

  Who the heck is writing these unsupported opinions and labeling them 'facts' ?

  Fact 10: Most non-violent drug users get treatment, not jail time.

  Not sure why this fact is listed. . . Are we supposed to be happy that we are wasting money paying for them to get treatment they don't need instead of paying for them to rot in jail for something that doesn't matter?

  Truth is, only about 5 percent of inmates in federal prison are there because of simple possession.

  Why is the word 'only' in that sentence? 5 percent of federal prison inmates are there just because that had drugs? Not for selling them or misusing them. Just HAVING them. ?

  5% is a lot!

  And that's assuming that statistic is true.

  Try this one on for size: "The number of incarcerated drug offenders has increased twelvefold since 1980. In 2000, 22 percent of those in federal and state prisons were convicted on drug charges." http://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/usa/incarceration/

  22% !

  So almost a quarter of the prison population is there because we have decided that we don't like people having drugs.
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  why can't we get shows like star trek anymore?

  by cptkirk in

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  seems like the original star trek was almost universally enjoyed.

  from the kooky music theme 'space.....ahhhhh ahhhh ahhh ahhhhhhhh ahhh', the upbeat message, the deep subject matter...the chemistry of the characters.

  you remember being much younger almost felt like not a care in the world?

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  I really loved TNG the most. It's still my favorite series of all time.

  IF you liked the kookiness of it and the upbeat message, try the new BBC Doctor Who series. They are occasionally dark, coughcreepyangelscough , but mostly they are upbeat, funny and of course kooky. Plus if you used to watch doctor who, then you can kind of get the nostalgia from it like you would get from star trek.

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  If you want a show that just makes you feel really GOOD then watch My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. (It's gotta be the friendship is magic version, all the previous ones sucked horribly as I'm sure you can imagine.) The characters are so heartwarming and cute, plus they have the care and trust for each other which is missing from most shows. Watch an episode before you go to bed and you'll definately have a warm fuzzy feeling.

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  What if Earth's population was only 100?

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  i've often said, if you live in an island nation of a few people, wouldn't you think it a must to try to keep everyone healthy, happy and strong?

  you know, in case the natives from the next island over decide they want to come and hurt all of you and take all your stuff?

  health, both physical and mental are more important the smaller the population gets.

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  I reread the thread and I'm still not sure how republicans/democrats fit into this discussion, but comparing me to the nazis is hardly fair.

  I agree it sucks, but that doesn't make it less true. Some people WILL be less useful in a survival situation. Myself probably included. In an ideal world EVERYONE would be taken care of.

  But the moment you have more people than food someone is gonna get the shaft.

  It's a hard winter and you and only managed to hunt enough food for 75 people. Who gets to eat? Your best hunters? The pregnant 20 year old? Or the sickly 90 year old?

  Your best hunters HAVE to eat, or you're all gonna die. The pregnant woman has to live because she holds the future to your tribe.

  I understand you're trying to force this hypothetical scenario to fit a happy everyone-lives-together-in-harmony message, but that only works if you have enough resources for everyone all the time.
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  Who designed cancer?

  by snare&racket in

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  one thing i regret, is not listening to the questions in my head whilst a jw.

  one i didn't ask until years after leaving was....who designed disease?

  of course the first thing to realise is the complexity of disease, the histology, pathology and aetiology.

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  If Bananas prove there is a god, Coconuts prove there is a devil.