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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:41 PM Original message |
a biologist's perspective-- life doesn't "begin at conception...." |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Neocons think life begins at conception and ends at birth |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:02 PM Original message |
You are right. They stop supporting the rights of the child right after |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
85. Yes, until that person finds him/herself in a position like Terri Schiavo, |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
110. Absolutely |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Does this mean |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. By all means, stand up and be counted! |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. only if you can get them into a voting booth.... |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yes, I think it swamps the defenders of life |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. If a |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Pulling that lever is what I'd call "motility"!! |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
121. Well, all my sperm were alive when they left my body too |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:29 PM Response to Reply #121 |
128. if your children vote republican, are you half responsible...? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. At least half, maybe more |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. From a physics perspective |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. True. Proof of afterlife is not there. |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. A different perspective on reincarnation... |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Changing is what life is, that doesn't support afterlife, though |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. there's a similar biological perspective... |
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idiosyncratic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. I think the author Michael Pollen holds that belief and writes about it |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. LIfe is a special state of matter and energy |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. what special state? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. I think you just described the special state |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. what a crock of shit ... |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Ah there is no special conditions in life |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. and you are certain of this exactly how? nt |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Medicine is an example |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. but you have a real problem in logic to overcome in your position... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #66 |
77. but likewise, the mere possiblity of things outside our experience... |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. see this post to ... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. nice post, especially that last sentence.... |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:31 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. no way to cause trouble because it would be like ... |
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dretceterini (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #87 |
137. You are mistaken... |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
113. YES! The First Law of Thermodynamics! |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
134. A nice way to look at things, but not correct. |
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ugarte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Link? Or did you write this? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I wrote it.... |
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Bernardo de La Paz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Well written. Thank you. |
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BobbyinPortland (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. veddy interesting |
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DU me (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
90. Very True! |
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BobbyinPortland (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #90 |
147. That's an AWESOME idea. |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. National Geographic Channel had a show The Womb |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. OMG! Are you using SCIENCE again? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. (slaps forehead)-- I just can't help myself.... |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. I prefer my Science God |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I totally want one of those for my car! |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I'd like this as a bumper sticker. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Are you suggesting Jesus eat the FSM? |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. That the other Religions |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. I like it! |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. So then |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. of course! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. 'Let the pagans spill theirs |
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Sin (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
71. Even better then just audio :) |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. For ages it was believed that a person's soul came with their first breath |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. There is a real sense in which consciousness begins at birth. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. I'm not sure how true this is.... |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. There are different levels of consciousness. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
125. True. At 30 weeks, fetuses can hear |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. My personal |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. ahh-- but how would you define "brain activity?" |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I just go with |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Also |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Very true, TN. Michael Servetus discovered the circulatory system |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. from another biologist... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. Life began a long long time ago |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. no, I've got it figured out |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
37. "a little learning is a dangrous thing" |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I was doing escort service at a womens clinic this weekend |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. Perfect Example Of Materialism & What's Wrong W/ Science Today |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Funny thing about that |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. why not? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Problem is |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. huh? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Sorry, |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. You can change a car's direction by moving the steering wheel with remote |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. No, science continues to look and examine |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. You're operating at a step below the theory CryingShame is speaking of ... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Lets clarify what you are trying to say |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Yep ... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #75 |
99. Odd to be sure |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. yep ... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
70. Yes... and Jack Benny actually stops talking when I turn the dial. |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Jack Benny is ... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
67. well, in fairness, I DID identify this as a biologist's perspective... |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. absolutely right ... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
86. scale dependence.... |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. As I noted above ... |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #69 |
107. I believe Heisenberg has a theory about that |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #107 |
115. he sure made a hell of a theory there, didn't he? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #115 |
122. I have an original copy of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle... |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. do you keep in a safe deposit box? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:20 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. no, it's on my book shelf.... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
72. Just find us a consciousness |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
84. Your alternative viewpoint has no basis in fact. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
92. "proof is best left to mathematics and liquor" |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. perhaps the dictionary might help ... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. Well, I understand the intent behind the "toss-off" |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. I don't know ... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #98 |
104. It wasn't as funny as Ruben and Ed |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:16 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. no, no, no ... you miss the point or assumed the point but the real point |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #105 |
111. I hear ya. |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:26 PM Response to Reply #111 |
116. exactly ... |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:09 PM Response to Reply #96 |
102. What a hoot. |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #102 |
112. operational definition is a cop out and serves to sidetrack ... |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #112 |
131. Special definition? No, just the scientific definition. |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 06:06 AM Response to Reply #131 |
139. this ... in places ... |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Rolling on the ground, side sticking, funny. HA HA. |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #140 |
144. a soft chuckle at you monitor ... |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. You got me on that one. ;) |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #84 |
118. "Consciousometer" makes me think |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
94. Right, the theocrats are on a constitution-trampling rampage, working |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. Brilliant. Thank you. |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. Thanks for this |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. If they want to be 'biblical' about their teachings |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
54. WHO CARES WHEN LIFE BEGINS? |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. A dilemma for those who think life begins at conception |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. The problem with that position |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. I don't think it's likely |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
73. I have 2 brothers over 50 |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. ROFL.... |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
74. Yes, but the miracle of the soul occurs with conception. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. tucking my spleen back in... |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #74 |
93. *snort* |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #93 |
101. Why do motorists stare at gory accidents? n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:16 PM Response to Reply #74 |
106. Therefore, people born from embryos that were frozen for 16 years |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #74 |
108. Wow.... I almost vomited there... |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #74 |
136. I tell the fundies "Life begins when the Dear Lord breathes the first |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
83. The notion that sperm and egg hold the key to "life" is what makes some |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
88. Isn't this really an issue of privacy? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
89. Yep. Life began some 4 billion years ago. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
95. One of the great posts. Thank you for your astute contribution |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
103. Damn, they never asked Roberts if he felt there was a constitutional right |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #103 |
109. ROFL... |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:24 PM Response to Reply #109 |
114. sadly, it was a semi-serious post. Some of these RW schools around here |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #114 |
117. Oh, I know. |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
119. Thank you mike_c |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
120. that's what I've been saying all along, too |
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DarleenMB (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
126. Stupid spinoff... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:27 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. agreed-- I posted this in response to the thread about the Italian... |
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KC21304 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #127 |
138. I think it was James Wolcott who said |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
129. My thoughts exactly |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
132. Apologies if this has been posted before: |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
133. Every sperm is sacred... |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
135. I dont legislate my opinon and this is just my opinion |
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LizMoonstar (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
141. i've always wanted to ask a fundie if |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. A more troubling question for them |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
143. Bill Maher, "New Rules", on stem cells |
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the_spectator (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
146. Well that biologist's points certainly back up the pro-life position |
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