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Recent content by Umber

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    Medicine

    Eurgh, I've just started Prozac as well. -_- I've been feeling increasinly down, very angry, hot and with headaches, nausea and "periods of excessive excitement". Basically I lose control of what I'm doing and start to bounce off walls. ¬_¬ There're initial side effects, as with all medicines...
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    Results, anyone?

    AS exams are what you do in the 12th year of school (sixth form). If you continue these subjects into the 13th year (upper sixth form), you take A2 level exams. So, say I do Maths and Biology, and drop maths after year 12, but carry Biology into year 13. I would have an AS in Maths and an A...
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    Sleep issues

    My energy levels, motivation levels etc. are shot...really screwing up my life. Seriously, I'd advise you to go and find some means of getting better, especially if you can see things getting worse. That said, it's never too late. ^__^
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    Sleep issues

    If you are depressed, the subconcious levels of your brain are raised. Now, your subconcious state falls below your levels, and then oscialltes depending on which stage of sleep you are in. The final stage of sleep (where energy is restored) is represented as a rise from a valley on a curve...
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    Results, anyone?

    Ooh, nice! I am so going to try to beat you though. If I continue Critical Thinking into A2, I'll have 6 A Levels... ^__^ It's going to destroy me, but it will be worth it. O_O
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    Omni Benevolence

    I disagree with that. But in any case, this thread is getting far more antagonistic than I intended. I shall wander elsewhere...^__^
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    Omni Benevolence

    I was speaking in terms of analogy, rather than comparison. Being a direct subordinate of God would be extrememly snazzy though. ;) I general feel nothing towards people I know nothing of. However, I take umbrage at Deities that, at the very least, fail to act in order to promote happiness in...
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    Omni Benevolence

    Surely you more fear your employer than respect him? Your employer has power over you that can disadvantage you, so in that sense you fear rather than respect. Your manager could be irksome as anything and you'd still fear getting fired. I don't tend to respect anyone who has done nothing that...
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    Omni Benevolence

    Ok... Question2: Should I respect God? He has never revealed himself to me, I only stopped believing he existed at the age of 13. The idea that suffering is "part of God's plan" makes me feel like humankind is just a big old ant farm for God to poke at for a few hundred years and then leave...
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    Pokemon is actually a pretty good show

    You gotta love the monkeys...^__^
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    Omni Benevolence

    So you should fear God; and thus have cause to respect him? Respect and Fear are not in this case hand in hand, I suppose. o_O
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    Omni Benevolence

    That doesn't answer my question. XD Should we fear God?
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    Omni Benevolence

    Hmm, interesting concept. But there's still far more emphasis on fear. ;)
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    Omni Benevolence

    Oho! I though it might be a translation issue...but pointing that out would be self-defeatist...plus it's rather sketchy. The Bible's meaning has been "amended" infrequently, why wouldn't that have been fixed? Still, is logical, and that ruins everything. XD But I still maintain that it is...
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    Omni Benevolence

    These are tow fundamental teachings that directly conflict. I can't help but see that as being a lot more than complex. It's nigh-on nonsensical. o_O