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benburch
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:37 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you believe in an afterlife? |
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porphyrian
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. I firmly believe in afterbirth, however. - n/t |
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Fridays Child
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Mon Nov-07-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
193. It's what's for dinner... |
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99Pancakes
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. How does life seem to you? |
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benburch
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Not empty at all! |
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damntexdem
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Wishing doesn't make things so. |
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Ladyhawk
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
148. Beware of that which you want to believe. n/t |
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heidler1
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. I've had a full life without believing in myths. |
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Qibing Zero
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. No, but I think it would seem empty if I forced that kind of belief. |
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TallahasseeGrannie
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. Human beings |
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Greyhound
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Fri Nov-04-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #44 |
136. I believe it must be cultural as I appear to be |
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Dem Agog
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
62. "Religion is the opiate of the masses" |
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dannofoot
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:43 PM Response to Reply #62 |
107. My dog has no clue? |
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Qibing Zero
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Fri Nov-04-05 02:35 AM Response to Reply #107 |
119. Correct - we go on forever. |
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grannylib
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Fri Nov-04-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #62 |
178. Cheap consumer goods are the opiate of the masses, at least these days |
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Zenlitened
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Tue Nov-08-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
197. "... working to be a better person and to connect with the world..." |
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400Years
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. why would it seem empty? |
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99Pancakes
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. I'm not "waiting" |
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soothsayer
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. Exactly! Life without death would have no meaning whatsoever. |
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NYC Liberal
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. My life is just perfectly fine. |
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Dem Agog
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
59. Why would it make life seem empty? |
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Finder
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Fri Nov-04-05 09:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
125. Rather be empty than full of it... |
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Flying Dream Blues
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. With all due respect to everyone's beliefs, for me there is no question |
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welshTerrier2
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. continue to live? |
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damntexdem
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. In the hope that their votes will continue to be counted ... |
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SidDithers
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. With all due respect to your beliefs, for me there is no question... |
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Flying Dream Blues
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Thu Nov-03-05 10:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
95. I understand your position...it was once mine as well. nt |
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Ex Lion Tamer
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Fri Nov-04-05 09:35 AM Response to Reply #95 |
127. Me too. |
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mondo joe
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
103. You may have no question - but there is plenty of question. Especially |
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dchill
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Fri Nov-04-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #103 |
161. If there were a nail, would you hit it... |
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Beaverhausen
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. I believe in reincarnation |
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AlienGirl
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Same here...Bad people get re-born in Florida |
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William769
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. & here I thought it was Washington. |
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Qibing Zero
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Most of us here would probably agree with that! |
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UncleSepp
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Nah... Some of us just move there (n/t) |
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mccoyn
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Fri Nov-04-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
164. Thats retirement, not reincarnation! |
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raccoon
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Fri Nov-04-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
133. I did once, too, but not any more. |
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damntexdem
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. "I'll never know by living, only my dying will tell." |
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wtmusic
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. You'll be back |
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damntexdem
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. But if there is no continuity in between, will that really be me ... |
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benburch
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Good point. |
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wtmusic
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Thu Nov-03-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
66. There is a logical proof |
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jbnow
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Thu Nov-03-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
67. The you that you are now |
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manic expression
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Fri Nov-04-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
163. There is continuity |
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Dem Agog
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Thu Nov-03-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
64. Now I like your logic! |
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wtmusic
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Thu Nov-03-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Not only that--you'll be "reborn" almost instantly after you die |
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manic expression
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Fri Nov-04-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #68 |
165. Perhaps |
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wtmusic
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Sat Nov-05-05 02:39 AM Response to Reply #165 |
180. Surgery |
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manic expression
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Sat Nov-05-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #180 |
181. Time doesn't 'stop', IMO |
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wtmusic
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Sat Nov-05-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #181 |
182. The idea of the persistence of a "soul" |
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manic expression
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Sun Nov-06-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #182 |
184. That idea |
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mondo joe
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
108. No - even if you could manage to get all my dna together just so again, |
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wtmusic
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Fri Nov-04-05 12:05 AM Response to Reply #108 |
112. There'll be one of those too, if you wait long enough |
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manic expression
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Fri Nov-04-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #108 |
168. It is not about identity in a physical sense |
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mccoyn
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Fri Nov-04-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
169. Not necisarrily. |
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Walt Starr
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Law of conservation of energy and matter |
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me b zola
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Yep...........n/t |
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SidDithers
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
54. Or, the energy dissipates into the atmosphere... |
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Walt Starr
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. That argument can be made quite easily |
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Bluerthanblue
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Fri Nov-04-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #55 |
171. if they had |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Nov-10-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #55 |
227. Well, at one time, the energy now being disappeated as heat... |
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Flying Dream Blues
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Thu Nov-03-05 10:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
94. Absolutely right. I used that same argument with my son, |
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mondo joe
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
101. Where does the energy from the TV go when it is turned off? |
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laundry_queen
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Fri Nov-04-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
167. Very close to my beliefs as well. |
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madinmaryland
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. I would like to believe there is, |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. Only in the sense that nothing is destroyed in the universe. |
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TallahasseeGrannie
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. well, returning as manure is |
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mduffy31
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. I will say this |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. As Mark Twain said: "Heaven for the climate, Hell for the conversation". |
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Flying Dream Blues
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
96. I love that quote...Mark Twain was a national treasure. God he's funny! |
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ms liberty
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. There is life after death. There is reincarnation. |
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TahitiNut
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. As much as I believe in the "beforelife". |
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KansDem
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. There's gotta be one! I've got to keep working so I can pay off the debts |
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Gronk Groks
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. The reality is that I believe because I need to... |
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AlienGirl
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Why can't Love, Beauty, and Justice be meaningful all by themselves? |
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Gronk Groks
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Thu Nov-03-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
71. Selfish ego I suppose... |
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Mad_Dem_X
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Fri Nov-04-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #71 |
159. Thank you, Gronk Groks |
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Fox Mulder
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. You're right. |
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Norquist Nemesis
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. If what we're living in now is Hell |
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connecticut yankee
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. I do because |
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UncleSepp
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. I have had dreams and then regression |
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0rganism
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think a more detailed poll might be interesting |
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benburch
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Feel free! nt |
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Nia Zuri
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. A few years ago, at age 3 or 4 my son used to say to me |
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TallahasseeGrannie
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
53. And then there is that story |
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jbnow
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Thu Nov-03-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. That sounds funny but |
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northamericancitizen
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Thu Nov-03-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. Thank you for sharing this. |
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jbnow
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Thu Nov-03-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Not really closer to the source |
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Bluerthanblue
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Fri Nov-04-05 10:53 AM Response to Reply #73 |
130. for all in this string- it's hollywood, but |
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TallahasseeGrannie
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Thu Nov-03-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
74. Wow. All I know for sure is that |
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Flying Dream Blues
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #74 |
100. I was with my grandmother when she died as well. |
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TallahasseeGrannie
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Fri Nov-04-05 08:43 AM Response to Reply #100 |
122. I love stories like this |
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Thu Nov-10-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #100 |
225. True story |
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Mad_Dem_X
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Fri Nov-04-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #74 |
162. "The concept of living forever, in this body..." |
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shrike
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Thu Nov-10-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #65 |
226. Story my husband tells about his daughter (my stepdaughter) |
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OhioChick
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yes........ |
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northamericancitizen
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Quotes from my son (at age 10) |
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UncleSepp
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. "That looks just like me when I was older" |
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northamericancitizen
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. I like to think that those kids are "old soul" nt |
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KittyWampus
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. I Know With Certitude That The Energy Animating My Body Is Immortal |
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AlienGirl
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Thu Nov-03-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Snails don't shed their shells, though |
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KittyWampus
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Thanks Tucker, Gonna Change My Post In Your Honor! |
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mondo joe
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
102. What energy is animating your body? |
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Metta
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
38. The straight Buddhist ticket. |
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RethugAssKicker
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
39. There is an afterlife... Its called your descendents.... |
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scorpiogirl
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
45. I think it's possible but how can we know? |
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Fox Mulder
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. I honestly can't give you a definitive answer. |
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maxsolomon
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
56. i believe that whatever your conception of an afterlife is |
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sinkingfeeling
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
58. I voted 'no.' " Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try. No hell |
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Der Blaue Engel
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Thu Nov-03-05 06:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
79. When I first heard Imagine, I was 14 |
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sinkingfeeling
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Thu Nov-03-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. I think that song says everything about my personal beliefs and |
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OmmmSweetOmmm
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
60. Without question I believe that the spirit lives on and that |
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Blue_In_AK
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Thu Nov-03-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I'm with you, Omm n/t |
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I Have A Dream
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Thu Nov-03-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. Ditto. n/t |
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Thu Nov-03-05 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
69. I consider the question moot.. |
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UncleSepp
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Fri Nov-04-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #69 |
137. People keep saying there's no evidence... |
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triguy46
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Thu Nov-03-05 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
70. Regardless of the stridency that comes from both sides... |
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PurityOfEssence
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Thu Nov-03-05 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
72. Well, I hope the reactionaries see this |
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karlrschneider
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Thu Nov-03-05 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
77. I don't, but I'm willing to consider any evidence... |
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AlienGirl
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Thu Nov-03-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation by Dr. Stevenson |
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UncleSepp
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Fri Nov-04-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #78 |
138. So much for "nobody ever came back and told about it" n/t |
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Mnemosyne
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Mon Nov-07-05 08:00 AM Response to Reply #78 |
187. Excellent book AlienGirl! |
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Lilith Velkor
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Thu Nov-03-05 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
80. I don't know. |
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Horse with no Name
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Thu Nov-03-05 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
82. I used to live in this house |
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Jose Diablo
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Thu Nov-03-05 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
83. The part of us that is solipsism continues, the ego stays here |
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Monkey see Monkey Do
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Thu Nov-03-05 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
84. No, the end's the end. |
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sweetheart
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Thu Nov-03-05 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
85. yes |
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Quixote1818
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Thu Nov-03-05 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
86. Elenore Roosevelt said something to the effect that |
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graywarrior
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Thu Nov-03-05 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
87. No. But I have a bad aftertaste from dinner. |
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More Than A Feeling
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Thu Nov-03-05 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
88. I believe in the Second Coming, so the answer is yes. |
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donheld
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Thu Nov-03-05 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
89. What we believe is illrelivant. Nobody can say for sure |
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really annoyed
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Thu Nov-03-05 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
90. Don't Know |
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Vinca
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Thu Nov-03-05 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
91. No and I'm oddly comforted by the fact I'll someday |
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benburch
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Thu Nov-03-05 10:36 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Even better. You are part of the earth NOW. |
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MadisonProgressive
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Thu Nov-03-05 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
92. I don't believe in an afterlife. |
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DubyaSux
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
97. I think I could prove it.... |
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Raiden
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
98. No |
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hopeisaplace
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
99. Believe in reincarnation until we get it right |
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DainBramaged
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Fri Nov-04-05 12:08 AM Response to Reply #99 |
113. I agree, I think I'll be back again down the road |
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Az
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
104. No |
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Warren DeMontague
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
105. Seems to me the most unlikely thing is coming here even once |
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Kazak
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
106. We live on by passing our genetic information onto our children... |
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mondo joe
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:50 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. Indeed. And "we" will go on long after these vehicles we call bodies |
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shanti
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
110. i believe the spirit lives on after the body is finished |
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Gregorian
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Thu Nov-03-05 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
111. In the event that it does, I'm behaving myself. |
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mondo joe
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Fri Nov-04-05 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
114. As soon as someone demonstrates we are anything other than our bodies |
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Fri Nov-04-05 12:46 AM Response to Reply #114 |
115. But the shows continue to play on the channels |
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mondo joe
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Fri Nov-04-05 09:29 AM Response to Reply #115 |
126. The shows continue to play? Are you suggesting consciousness is |
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Fri Nov-04-05 11:04 AM Response to Reply #114 |
132. ah, but |
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mondo joe
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Fri Nov-04-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #132 |
139. Your analogy assumes my body is just a lifeless shell containing |
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Bluerthanblue
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Fri Nov-04-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. but do you need |
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mondo joe
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Fri Nov-04-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. I need evidence to believe something, and no evidence results |
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drfresh
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Fri Nov-04-05 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
116. Recommended |
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MojoXN
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Fri Nov-04-05 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
117. I am a reincarnationist... |
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pengu1n
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Fri Nov-04-05 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
118. no way.. |
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Douglas Carpenter
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Fri Nov-04-05 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
120. I'm not certain there is an afterlife. But, I would definitely vote for |
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Marr
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
121. No offense to anyone here, but the idea of |
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Bluerthanblue
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Fri Nov-04-05 10:38 AM Response to Reply #121 |
129. end? or |
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Marr
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Fri Nov-04-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #129 |
131. I fully expect to change into something else: dust. |
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Fri Nov-04-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #131 |
135. and who is to say |
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Marr
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Fri Nov-04-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #135 |
142. I wish humanity was alot more "prove-it" minded, to be honest. |
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mondo joe
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Fri Nov-04-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. Me too. The "just because you can't see it" arguments are a good |
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. how sad |
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mondo joe
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. How sad that I have no belief in Easter Bunnys or Gnomes? |
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Bluerthanblue
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #146 |
150. no, not |
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mondo joe
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #150 |
151. Oh I can be excited about things like hobbits, elves and ghosts. |
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ComerPerro
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Fri Nov-04-05 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
123. meh |
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SmokingJacket
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Fri Nov-04-05 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
124. Zombies! |
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Bluerthanblue
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Fri Nov-04-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
128. we 'came' from something- we 'go' to something- it not necessarily |
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Gregorian
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Fri Nov-04-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #128 |
158. Blue! |
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Fri Nov-04-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #158 |
170. you've got mail- !! n/t |
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Fri Nov-04-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
134. I believe in one. However, if there isn't I won't mind. |
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Fri Nov-04-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #134 |
144. It *would* be a delightful surprise. |
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Bluerthanblue
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. you think |
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mtnester
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
149. I want to |
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Cleita
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
152. I'm undecided. |
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Greyhound
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
153. What is the point... |
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aikoaiko
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
154. Christ, no! nt. |
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. Huh? |
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aikoaiko
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Fri Nov-04-05 05:18 PM Response to Reply #155 |
176. I was using Christ as an gramatical ejaculation, and No means no! ;-) |
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
156. Not Really. Here's My Take. A Little Out There! |
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Mad_Dem_X
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Fri Nov-04-05 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
157. I refuse to believe that this is IT |
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dchill
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Fri Nov-04-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
160. No. But I'd sure like to... |
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Fri Nov-04-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
166. Yes. :) nt |
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kskiska
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Fri Nov-04-05 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
172. No, but as Woody Allen says… |
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BurtWorm
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Fri Nov-04-05 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
173. Decomposition or scattering ashes. |
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Fri Nov-04-05 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
174. I do. |
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Fri Nov-04-05 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
175. You have to believe Bush is going to pay |
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grannylib
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Fri Nov-04-05 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
177. I do; I believe I have gotten some messages from loved ones, and I am |
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Fri Nov-04-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
179. maybe a better question is "do you believe in death"? |
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Sat Nov-05-05 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
183. since time is infinite, i look at it this way- |
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Sun Nov-06-05 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
185. At some points it my life God was all I had. |
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MarsThe Cat
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Mon Nov-07-05 07:31 AM Response to Reply #185 |
186. ignoramouses? |
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laureloak
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Mon Nov-07-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #186 |
189. Not a fairy tale, it's just beyond you comprehension. |
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MarsThe Cat
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Mon Nov-07-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #189 |
191. first of all- your original comment wasn't directed at me... |
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laureloak
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Mon Nov-07-05 07:59 PM Response to Reply #191 |
192. Then you haven't had enough life experiences to understand. |
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Tue Nov-08-05 12:35 AM Response to Reply #192 |
195. i've had plenty of life experience(s), and i DO understand- |
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BiggJawn
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Mon Nov-07-05 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
188. I agree with you, Ben. |
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Mon Nov-07-05 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
190. No, but I'd love to back in 50 years and change my vote n/t |
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Mon Nov-07-05 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
194. I'm not a substance dualist, I'm a property dualist, i.e., materialist |
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Tue Nov-08-05 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
196. I am shocked that there are so many stupid people |
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Az
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Tue Nov-08-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #196 |
198. Um... just gonna drop that little bomb and run? |
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beam me up scottie
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Tue Nov-08-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #198 |
199. Sometimes I think they're little Tony clones |
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CStrick20
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Tue Nov-08-05 09:51 PM Response to Reply #198 |
200. Faith Belief in the afterlife and so on |
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Az
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Tue Nov-08-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #200 |
201. Sad? Because of a book? |
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Tue Nov-08-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #200 |
202. Oh great. |
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CStrick20
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Tue Nov-08-05 10:46 PM Response to Reply #202 |
203. Its not about beliefs Its about facts |
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beam me up scottie
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Tue Nov-08-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #203 |
204. Ah, a real live dictionary atheist. |
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CStrick20
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:04 PM Response to Reply #204 |
206. I really dont care what people think |
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #206 |
209. No, actually, the Talibornagain needs enraged and uninformed people |
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Az
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:00 PM Response to Reply #203 |
205. Really? |
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CStrick20
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #205 |
207. As Long as you realize that the Christian God is as real as |
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Az
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:11 PM Response to Reply #207 |
208. Ok, Why is it nonsense |
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CStrick20
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:23 PM Response to Reply #208 |
210. You make no points |
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Az
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:37 PM Response to Reply #210 |
214. I say there is a god? |
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salvorhardin
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:38 PM Response to Reply #210 |
215. You do realize you're arguing with two atheists (now three)? |
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CStrick20
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:44 PM Response to Reply #215 |
216. Then you are Agnostic |
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salvorhardin
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Wed Nov-09-05 12:10 AM Response to Reply #216 |
219. OK, we've played this game with papau and kwaasa |
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Az
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Wed Nov-09-05 12:36 AM Response to Reply #216 |
220. I am quite certain I know what I believe or don't believe |
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:51 PM Response to Reply #215 |
218. Told ya. |
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Zenlitened
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:30 PM Response to Reply #207 |
211. Smurfs? |
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CStrick20
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:34 PM Response to Reply #211 |
212. HEY!!! |
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Zenlitened
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:45 PM Response to Reply #212 |
217. Subtlety not a strong point, eh? |
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beam me up scottie
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Tue Nov-08-05 11:37 PM Response to Reply #211 |
213. Don't bloody your knuckles. |
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salvorhardin
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Wed Nov-09-05 01:49 AM Response to Reply #213 |
221. So, was that Sifl or Olly? n/t |
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Az
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Wed Nov-09-05 01:51 AM Response to Reply #221 |
222. Was gonna post a Sifl & Olly pic |
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Wed Nov-09-05 01:54 AM Response to Reply #221 |
223. I couldn't FIND one! |
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catbert836
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Wed Nov-09-05 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
224. I suppose it's different for each person. |
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Thu Nov-10-05 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
228. Kind of a faith-based framing of the question, no? |
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Sun Nov-13-05 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
229. There is no afterlife |
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