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Recent content by des

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    Global Warming Effects On Poor Countries

    This is a totally false dichotomy. And I don't think it reflects true liberalism. In order to really deal with global warming one solution might be to tax or do carbon trading as it is done already in parts of Europe. But with the whole world involved, poorer countries could receive the credits...
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    Masterbation?

    I'm not sure that this is entirely true. For instance, acupuncture works on regular Western people with no belief or understanding of Chi. I am guessing that there might be some way in which acupuncture works in an empirical Western way (for instance increasing endorphins). The same could be...
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    Vote For Romney = Vote for Satan

    Everybody LOVES to talk about underwear!! :D --des
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    Don't be an atheist

    Yes, I see your point here. There are atheists who take a very strong, almost religious stance, imo, about god. I think Sam Harris is a good example of this. I can think of a few people here who take this stance. Also I think there are anti-god individuals. I don't know any, but I am not ruling...
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    What is so special about the OT?

    *Some* Christians say these things. I get kind of tired-- not your fault-- that this conservative/fundamentalist view of Christianity gets interpreted as all Christianity. The pope is the head of the Roman Catholic version of Christianity. Orthodox Christianity, the Anglican church, and...
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    Adopting a Greyhound

    I agree. Greyhounds aren't really even in the top 10 of biting breeds. You might be surprised that the "great with kids" labs and Goldens are! Greyhounds frequent the dog parks where I live, and are great for putting on the speed and leaving the other dogs running in the chase. All the...
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    I Support Amnesty

    Though with all the talk of Mexicans as illegal immigrants we give barely a thought to those who are coming in illegally thru Canada. The latest case of tb over the Canada border (though I think now that the story has been a little over hyped), should indicate Canada provides a much more serious...
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    Vote For Romney = Vote for Satan

    I guess NASA is getting looser about such things. Back in the day, they got very upset when Carpenter, I think, smuggled a corned beef sandwich aboard a Gemini flight. I am dubious of any undergarment protection. If he would have been on Challenger, which launched outside safe launch perimeters...
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    Question for fundamentalist christian parents.

    Wouldn't the strongest God be the most secure in his/her strength and be the MOST merciful?? Would the strongest God need to worry whether anyone believed in him/her? To me a tyrant God, of which you speak, would be a weak one who has to make others do as he wishes. What you describe sounds to...
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    What is wrong with incest?

    Some people are confusing incest between, say, first cousins, with incest between parent and child or incest between an older and younger sibling, say. I think you could say in the later that you could NEVER have a truly consenting relationship and that it would always be wrong. Then you are...
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    Would you bomb Osama if it meant some civilian lives?

    In answer to the OP, I'm not sure how relevant any one individual is to terrorism of this sort. It is like trying to kill a hydra, you kill one part and more just grow where they came from. Each time the US has made a big deal out of getting just this one great, important leader of this and...
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    Question for fundamentalist christian parents.

    I think your point is well taken, and that is, that there are other ways of viewing morality and the world. Some people here have the view, imo, that if you don't see sin in the strictly conservative Christian sense, that you are not a good person and couldn't possibly be one. (Even when...
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    Speculations about the Democratic candidate if Gore joins

    Gore for VP? Go on... He's the most qualified person in there, and having been a vp, I don't think he'd want that job again. You honestly think he would serve under Obama or anyone else for that matter? (Perhaps he would advise in some capacity though.) There seems to be something wrong with...
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    Question for fundamentalist christian parents.

    Communist is so, I don't know, 1980s. I think maybe atheism is the new communism or something. Not sure because I don't know if mauve is the new blue or something. But anyway, as to the topic at hand, I couldn't really say since I don't have human children (just cat and dog children)...
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    Will I be forced to go to Heaven?

    I think this is a very interesting comment and relevant to the discussion. If you are talking about a book written some 2000 years ago, you had better be sure that the people then understood language in the same way that you do. I think there is more evidence that they did not. So the writings...
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