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  1. OdwinOddball

    NASA contradicts United Nations: Antarctic Ice Cap mass is growing ... not shrinking

    Well, not quite. As is often the case, only part of the actual report from Nasa is referenced here. Yes, this means that the center of Antarctica is growing in thickness. But this does not change the existing measurements of sea level rise. What this means is that Antarctica is not...
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    Is it wrong to refuse sex with someone you are married to?

    What you are doing is trying to force your ideas, world view, relationship, etc onto someone else. What works for you however is not universal, and certainly is not for everyone. Life is not one size fits all no matter how much you may try to make it that way.
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    Michelle Duggar miscarries

    Are you so naive that you think what you see on TV is definitely the reality? They may be perfectly happy, but basing that on what you see on TV is ridiculous. You are seeing a one hour show cobbled together from footage gathered over a period of days, sometimes weeks. And the other posters...
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    It's not safe for a kid to ride a bike anymore...

    You are young, single, and apparently live in a relatively temperate, urban area. Biking may make sense for you, but does not for many others. The closest grocery store to my house is 4 miles away. And with two children, 3 cats and a dog to feed, using a bike to get groceries is out of the...
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    UK to ban 'sexy' kids clothing.

    The thread title is a bit misleading. Though some groups may have asked for a ban, the British Government is not looking to enforce a ban. The only time ban was used in the news video that was linked was in reference to banning retailers that sell "sexy" clothes to kids from gaining government...
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    Atheists sue over bus ads in Arkansas

    The key there is not religion, but non-profit/charity group. A group can be wholly comprised of atheists, and still count as a non-profit charity organization.
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    Black Boxes For All New Vehicles

    This looks to be something that is being considered, but has yet to actually be proposed as a law. Transportation Department to propose mandatory black boxes in passenger vehicles? -- Engadget Though odds are good you can expect to see something similar happen eventually.
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    Atheism makes no sense to me?!?

    There is a wide difference in how Atheists view the world, and what atheism itself is. As already stated, all atheism is is the lack of belief in dieties. The end. There are no more assumptions there. Any other belief held by an atheist falls into a different category. What you are...
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    What are worse? Atheist or Christian sinners?

    Love is the one thing I have never seen in any of your posts. You say you speak in love, but you have never, ever demonstrated this. Perhaps you come across better in real life, but here when its just text, you come across as a arogant, cold, and completely un-appealing.
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    The Hell House Movement

    Sorry mam, your translator needs some serious work. This statement, as well as many you have made are quite meaningless. Please try again.
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    Alabama Governor only governs Christians?

    As an Atheist in Alabama, I don't find his remarks at all suprising, kinda figured it would go down that way. Afterall, he won the Republican primary in large part due to adds that linked his opponent to support of the Theory of Evolution. No, I'm not kidding, Bentley won his primary because...
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    John Dye Touched By An Angel Star Dies at 47

    Plus several in Flooding in Australia and of course the massive snow storms last week? My Great Uncle Jack died yesterday, that seems to have escaped the media as well. This guy was not a household name in any sense, its not surprising its not considered big news. Why would you even need to...
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    Another death through ignorance...

    I think the most important question to ask in this thread is why Preecher is so hung up on Vioxx? Did someone close to you die because of this drug? That really is the only rational explanation I can see for your otherwise quite irrational position.
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    Louisiana gives up on oil spill

    And yet, everyday children die and cancer kills. You are all overjoyed to claim its a miracle when one child is saved, but when thousands more die the same day, its all just part of God's plan. You've rationalized everything to the point where no matter what happens you can force it to fit...
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    Apple Sweatshop Raises Worker Pay by 30% after Suicides

    No, it is misleading, you and those outside of the IT industry may not have heard of Foxconn, but they are a well known, well established manufacturer. As mentioned, they supply products to numerous companies, and also produce and sell their own line of motherboards and other PC components...
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    Seriously confused

    I came here after the Dover School Board trial in 05. I had no idea that people were still fighting against science and the Theory of Evolution in particular. Tracking that trial opened my eyes to just how dangerous religion can be when it tries to mix into Politics and public policy. So I...
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    Should NYC embrace plans for a Mosque at Ground Zero?

    Get a grip people. It is two blocks away. It is not on the site of the world trade center. This is a free country. If they have the proper permit, and someone wants to sell them the land, they have every right to build their mosque there. The fact that it seems to upset some of you is...
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    ID and the Human Body

    No, that is the entirety of the problem. If it evolved, you have done nothing but change which entity evolved. If the designer could evolve, then why could we not have evolved as well. In this case parsimony demands that we remove the un-needed complexity of adding another being that now...
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    ID and the Human Body

    Shin, if you think our universe/life/whatever requires a designer, then so does your designer. And on and on, turtles all the way down. In the end, ID is no better than straight Crreationsim. It does nothing to actually answer any questions, it just movs the question back one level. Origin...
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    A Break With Tradition -- 'I Chose Not to Have My Dad Give Me Away'

    My wife was not the property of her father, so he did not give her to me at our wedding. This is one tradition which has no place in our society anymore.