Ugh, spiders!!! My arch-nemesis stuff of my phobia. Kill kill kill
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bruce malone, an outstanding scientist has absolute scientific proof that evolution is not scientific!.
bruce, a leading researcher for dow chemical for 30 years; he is one of the top 100 inventors eighteen of his inventions raised millions of dollars; and has a b.s.
degree in chemical engineering.
Ugh, spiders!!! My arch-nemesis stuff of my phobia. Kill kill kill
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bruce malone, an outstanding scientist has absolute scientific proof that evolution is not scientific!.
bruce, a leading researcher for dow chemical for 30 years; he is one of the top 100 inventors eighteen of his inventions raised millions of dollars; and has a b.s.
degree in chemical engineering.
Surely this thread is surreal because the Devil must be at work here...
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bruce malone, an outstanding scientist has absolute scientific proof that evolution is not scientific!.
bruce, a leading researcher for dow chemical for 30 years; he is one of the top 100 inventors eighteen of his inventions raised millions of dollars; and has a b.s.
degree in chemical engineering.
Must be ...supernatural thinking ... *ducks*
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bruce malone, an outstanding scientist has absolute scientific proof that evolution is not scientific!.
bruce, a leading researcher for dow chemical for 30 years; he is one of the top 100 inventors eighteen of his inventions raised millions of dollars; and has a b.s.
degree in chemical engineering.
I am super super super super super allergic to cats. That may have some influence on my view of cats.
I'm allergic to most cats, still that doesn't prevent me from loving them.
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bruce malone, an outstanding scientist has absolute scientific proof that evolution is not scientific!.
bruce, a leading researcher for dow chemical for 30 years; he is one of the top 100 inventors eighteen of his inventions raised millions of dollars; and has a b.s.
degree in chemical engineering.
Dogs are awesome. I have two I rescued and volunteer at our local no-kill shelter. Cats, on the other hand, are proof the devil is real. - Viviane
I have three dogs and a house cat. All of them are awesome in different ways. Cats are therapeutical for people with emotional disorders.
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bruce malone, an outstanding scientist has absolute scientific proof that evolution is not scientific!.
bruce, a leading researcher for dow chemical for 30 years; he is one of the top 100 inventors eighteen of his inventions raised millions of dollars; and has a b.s.
degree in chemical engineering.
I also vouch for the deletion of Nicola. This is childish and beneath all dignity.
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bruce malone, an outstanding scientist has absolute scientific proof that evolution is not scientific!.
bruce, a leading researcher for dow chemical for 30 years; he is one of the top 100 inventors eighteen of his inventions raised millions of dollars; and has a b.s.
degree in chemical engineering.
Nicola,
of all people in this forum, I'm the least likely to defend Vivian, but you're being obnoxious now, and ashaming the Christian values you're supposed to uphold. Why not try to address objectively the questions that are being raised?
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on another thread a poster made the comment that the golden rule was garbage.
she said it was arrogant and made assumptions.. i didn't want to derail that thread so i started another wondering if this is a common thought about this belief on this forum.
i guess i naively thought the value of doing to others as you want them to do to you was generally accepted as positive.. i understand people have different opinions of jesus as a person but i don't want to get into that here.
The Diamond Rule also has its own set of shortcomings. For example, what if someone's wish is detrimental to his own well-being? Should we treat that person as he/she wants to be treated despite said treatment poses an unquestionable threat to her well-being? it may be a difficult call sometimes.
One rule doesn't fit all, I'd say.
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on another thread a poster made the comment that the golden rule was garbage.
she said it was arrogant and made assumptions.. i didn't want to derail that thread so i started another wondering if this is a common thought about this belief on this forum.
i guess i naively thought the value of doing to others as you want them to do to you was generally accepted as positive.. i understand people have different opinions of jesus as a person but i don't want to get into that here.
In another thread, Vivian defended her blunt confrontational tactics in this forum by saying:
"Some of the people that have been the most brutal to my own ideas have been my best friends because I asked them to be. I mean, if my friends can't tell me my idea sucks because they want to be nice, how do I expect anyone else to respond when I put it out there?" - Viviane
Accordingly, it's an observable fact that Vivian applies the Golden Rule by doing to others what she values others (her friends) do unto her. She verbally brutalizes others and their differentiated opinions and ideas in this forum because, well, that's what she expects that her friends do to her as a litmus test if her ideas are valid or not. Viviane doesn't treat others in this forum as they wish to be treated (a.k.a. the Diamond Rule): with respect, politeness, compassion. Instead, she treats them as per her opinion that they deserve to be treated. And, clearly, she doesn't think much of them.
But, according to Viviane's own opinion, the Golden Rule is:
arrogant and presumptive
and
taking a dump on how they feel and acting according to how you feel
and
it's a horrible, selfish idea
and
It's the opposite of politeness and empathy.
And yet, the Golden Rule is what Viviane pursuits when she debates here. But she doesn't take into account that, at least in my personal case (and I bet I'm not alone in this):
a) I don't count her as my friend; and
b) I don't wish and didn't ask to be treated with disrespect and contempt.
So, it's a veritable paradox that she advocates:
Viviane: Far better to simply ask how people would like to be treated.
^^ Talk about famous last words ...
[And, btw, before someone asks, I too agree that the Diamond Rule surpasses the Golden Rule. But at least, in the real world, the Golden Rule is better than "doing to others what I don't wish others do to me".]
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on another thread a poster made the comment that the golden rule was garbage.
she said it was arrogant and made assumptions.. i didn't want to derail that thread so i started another wondering if this is a common thought about this belief on this forum.
i guess i naively thought the value of doing to others as you want them to do to you was generally accepted as positive.. i understand people have different opinions of jesus as a person but i don't want to get into that here.
Twitch: I look forward to seeing you [Viviane] asking people here how they would like to be treated and you acting accordingly.
Don't hold your breath.
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