Oubliette

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  Living with Islam - Professor at Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois) suspended in row over comments on Islam.

  by fulltimestudent in

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  https://www.facebook.com/themapstories/videos/1665500500401993/?theater

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  Honestly, what did she expect. She works/(was working) at a private, fundamentalist Christian college that requires all faculty and staff to sign a very specific statement of faith.
  
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  Philosophy vs Metaphysics vs Theology vs Science

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  the punchline is awesome.. from the oatmeal (but i couldn't find the link to it, image from facebook).

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  Simon: Does that mean you think you found the cat?

  Yes. And it was both dead AND alive at the same time!
  
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  Philosophy vs Metaphysics vs Theology vs Science

  by Simon in

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  the punchline is awesome.. from the oatmeal (but i couldn't find the link to it, image from facebook).

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  Xanthippe: Philosophy deduced the existence of fundamental particles thousands of years ago.

  Actually, it was philosophers that did that. Democritus was the man, building on ideas formulated by his teacher Leucippus!
  

  Cofty: Much of what passes for philosophy is nothing more than mental masturbation

  Can I do it until I need glasses?

  Seriously though, we should not forget that science is ultimately a philosophical approach to trying to understand reality.

  The difference between science and religion is that with science knowledge is discovered and to be freely shared with all whereas with religion knowledge is allegedly "revealed" and held only in the hands of an elite (self-proclaimed) individual or group.

  The former can and should be empowering to all and for everyone, while the latter is a means to hold power exclusively for purposes of control over the masses.
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  Philosophy vs Metaphysics vs Theology vs Science

  by Simon in

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  the punchline is awesome.. from the oatmeal (but i couldn't find the link to it, image from facebook).

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  Science as a Candle in the Dark:
  

  
  
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  "For sale: baby shoes, never worn"

  by Simon in

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  if you've never come across the above title before, it's considered to be the shortest novel possible.

  a story, possibly a moving one, in just 6 words attributed to earnest hemingway.. it started a genre called "flash fiction" which is a memoir in six-words.. what would yours be?.

  indoctrinated child found freedom, love, family.

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  I can't think of anything else ...
  
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  "For sale: baby shoes, never worn"

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if you've never come across the above title before, it's considered to be the shortest novel possible.

  a story, possibly a moving one, in just 6 words attributed to earnest hemingway.. it started a genre called "flash fiction" which is a memoir in six-words.. what would yours be?.

  indoctrinated child found freedom, love, family.

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  People need to learn to count!
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  About my avatar

  by slimboyfat in

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  questions from readers .

  say, who is that in your avatar slimboyfat?

  from brother i. m. curious, usa.. that's archibald belaney aka grey owl.

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  Should I be jealous?

  No one asks me about my avatar. Most just assume I'm a hot and sexy young French girl just waiting to be taken!

  If only they knew!

  (People should learn to Google).
  
  
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  Watchtower purchases CoC copyright for undisclosed amount!

  by the girl next door in

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  now what is your stance?

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  Mephis: Erm, no?

  No to which, my call to create a coherent argument or to stand down?
  
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  Watchtower purchases CoC copyright for undisclosed amount!

  by the girl next door in

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  now what is your stance?

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  Mephis: "case law shifted one way and then back since, under the impact of various new legislation."

  Thank you Mephis, now we have a more balanced presentation of the facts, which is quite a bit different from what the terse statement you initially provided indicated.

  Thank you for proving my point: these situations are too complicated to be reduced to simplistic solutions.
  
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  Watchtower purchases CoC copyright for undisclosed amount!

  by the girl next door in

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  now what is your stance?

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  MD: 'Must' is a bit much in a forum like this.

  OK: Should.

  Are you happy now?