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    Was Tolkien onto something?

    Wish they would put the normal search back, I keep getting error messages. Still looking.... Please don't mention creationism. lol. I'm not getting into that at all.
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    Was Tolkien onto something?

    I'm being purposely cheeky on the thread title - but I happened across this in my mail, and have the link here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1027_041027_homo_floresiensis_2.html has this topic been covered? If so, where at so I can read it - and if not, what's your...
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    My Final Conclusion about Science and Religion

    Actually I think if people put as much energy into their every day life's interaction with all walks of people as they do on this board (in the sense of how much time it takes for some of these posts to be written) THAT would change the world. Keeping religion out of it verbally to everybody and...
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    Let's Talk

    I've found people of all religions or non-religious are basically reasonable people, and their beliefs - when other people bother to even listen to them, are reasonable. I can find fault with too many unreasonable people - that's why I won't mention any religion or belief system at all. Except...
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    Scientology

    Actually it wasn't considered a religion until somewhere down the line, the ringleaders turned it into a 'church' to avoid the kind of taxes an ordinary business pays. I read it online somewhere, along with some FBI investigations into tax evasion and the like that some of their higher-ups were...
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    In regards to "Love the sinner, hate the sin"

    :thumbsup: I second that. I see protest signs all around that clearly demonstrate the Hate of the "person" not the sin itself, and these are so-called Church going Christians. Hypocrisy at its finest.
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    What if there's no God?

    some people seem to equate all Christians as being stodgy curmudgeons. Just because someone doesn't go to a party and get rip roaring drunk doesn't mean squat. If someone needs alcholol to loosen up and have fun then they need to re-examine themselves, imo. There's plenty of people who don't...
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    Scientology

    I find what happene to me yesterday morbidly funny. *ahem* I live in a townhouse so I was upstairs and didn't hear anybody knocking on my backdoor (it's a sliding glass door) and I just *happened* to be on this website, and I just *happened* to be reading/commenting about this topic. So later...
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    Wondering....

    I've noticed it with me, but it wasn't due to forgetting or being in any moment; it was usually a reply I made to somebody or someone replying to me and I just didn't look at what the thread topic was or what part of the forum it was in. 'Tis what I get for 'browsing aimelessly'
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    Scientology

    I'm sure glad you got out of that. I also feel bad for Katie Holmes (whoever wrote that) I think that's one reason Nicole Kidman got the heck away from him.
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    What if there's no God?

    What is Pascal's Wager? Somebody on the forum who made a bet, or something I can look up online? So as for the What-If's... I have no regrets now, regrets are a big waste of time - so I wouldn't have regrets upon death IF there were no Gods. Things that I have on my "to do" list aren't...
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    Killing and the moral line of witnessing it...

    I concur with Fledge's post. It used to me more graphic things were on the cable television sets but not it's on regular TV as well. People who slow down to view an accident on the freeway now can watch it on tv. It's very sad. With movies or programs it's easy enough to switch the channel...
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    Why do adults get upset over children seeing nude people?

    I think it's a conditioned behaviour and it is hypocritical. I've seen 3 year olds escape their parents and run naked in public and everybody thinks it's "cute". Or a little boy is trying to kiss a little girl and she's kicking him away and somehow that is "cute" too and then the girl gets in...
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    How do I deal with you guys?

    Impossible: I had the same problem you currently have, and sometimes it will crop up again with members of my family. I'm non denominational and chose to walk my path "alone" so to speak. It's not for everybody. The "how do you deal" with people who want to argue with you now...I can't begin to...
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    Masturbation

    Not all of what I'm writing is addressed soley to you, Luke - but for people on the over all thread, k? Note: The use of "You" is nobody in particular. *begins confession* I'm not going to beat around the bush. I'm honest in my sins at least and I don't want to add being a hyprocrite...
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    Masturbation

    I agree there. Actually in regards to that it only says *may reduce* - does not say it WILL. The same kind of analysis in regards to this topic also says Garlic *may reduce* do the same thing.
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    Reasonable Force

    Those are always toughy's because so many factors come into play. He fired too many rounds could be because he panicked. Possibly that was why he was acquitted but nowadays they way CSI's go about it - such things are rather easily figured out. I say Yes -- in some cases, if there is even the...
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    Does anybody have sex before marriage?

    I'm going to cheat a little and say I agree with the other posters regarding your OP as it pertains to sex before marriage, and the abstaining from it since you're recent baptism, and move onward from a layman/practical viewpoint. ;-) I don't know your b/f and I don't know you so I am not...