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  1. Thread: Sin

    by El Viejo
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    So it seems that the only universal sin is sex...

    So it seems that the only universal sin is sex between parent and child, and maybe between siblings. Everything else varies with context. Is that about right?
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    My Religious Experience

    My mom was the child of a Catholic mom and a Lutheran dad who had converted to marry her. My dad, in turn, converted from the Methodist church to marry my mom. I am the product of equal parts...
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    Worst Writer Ever

    Something inside me wants to design a graph on which we could chart writers according to how imaginative and interesting their ideas and characters are, on how well they are able to present them, how...
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    IQ vs Reading ability/speed

    Where to start;

    baddad offers a score of 149 and follows with the comment that it isn't 'mensa material.' Mensa's threshold for entry is scoring in the 98th percentile, and on some tests 149 well...
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    Poll: Totally with you, I abhor violence. And with...

    Totally with you, I abhor violence.

    And with you re: it's a valid last resort in self-defense.

    We are all capable of violence, but what we are taught by others and by experience determines...
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    The flag has many different meanings to those who...

    The flag has many different meanings to those who fought under it, fought against it, experienced heroism or atrocity associated with it, were enslaved under it, and so on. Hope you don't take what...
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    Got it. And it is comic. Too serious today, I...

    Got it. And it is comic. Too serious today, I guess.
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    For most the Tower of London is a tourist...

    For most the Tower of London is a tourist attraction, one of the things to see when visiting. It isn't generally recognized as a monument to how far we've come etc., except maybe to those who've...
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    Tangent time--unless the average Union soldier...

    Tangent time--unless the average Union soldier was also a foot shorter than the average Confederate soldier, that extra five pounds would hardly make him portly.
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    stlukesguild makes the most sense so far. To...

    stlukesguild makes the most sense so far.

    To me the Confederate flag symbolizes white power, whether in the form of a mint julep-sipping 'gentleman' or a hooded klansman.
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  11. Have to differ on 'total waste of time.' Noisy,...

    Have to differ on 'total waste of time.' Noisy, abrasive pushing works very well for Rush, et al.

    When one has the notion that they know something that others need to know (e.g. the Gospel, the...
  12. The FINAL Thread on what "atheist/m" actually means!

    Not sure I'll get this out properly:

    When I was a little Catholic I became disturbed that we weren't actively evangelizing our friends and relatives. Here we were, the only ones not going to...
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    You're welcome, but you misunderstand. ...

    You're welcome, but you misunderstand.

    Vocabulary is like color. More colors and shades permit one to create more detailed, nuanced images.

    Many, perhaps most, learn the meaning of words,...
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    Agreed. What's innate is that we think about...

    Agreed. What's innate is that we think about these things. We can't imagine our own consciousness ending, so we wonder where babies are before they're babies, and where people go when they die.
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  15. Just tough it out and start at the beginning. Do...

    Just tough it out and start at the beginning. Do it in short spurts, if you must. It'll make the 'good' parts that much sweeter.
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    Excuse me while I fetch my gloves, riding crop,...

    Excuse me while I fetch my gloves, riding crop, and pull on my jackboots....

    It's 'elicit,' not 'illicit.'

    There. Done. Thank you.
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    I echo what others have said and embellish thus:...

    I echo what others have said and embellish thus: Assuming there is a God, and that he, she, or it is rational, patient, loving, and secure; in other words, a much higher form of the best of us, and...
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    Architecture is, as I understand it, like music,...

    Architecture is, as I understand it, like music, or wine. There is supposed to be an overall tune with harmonies, counterpoints, and so on, but I'm not among the cognoscenti and haven't the...
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    No. The problem is seeing such work as 'women's...

    No. The problem is seeing such work as 'women's work' and expecting a woman to do it because she is a woman.



    The largest, orneriest members of human groups have always tended to be men. ...
  20. If I remember Forster right, panicked...

    If I remember Forster right, panicked bewilderment.

    That's actually what I was talking about. I don't think Forster says why the machine stops. I suggest that it could stop because we lost the...
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    To paraphrase Billy Crystal, generally speaking...

    To paraphrase Billy Crystal, generally speaking women need a reason to have sex whereas men merely need an opportunity.

    Speaking personally, I'm too old to give a rodent's behind anymore. But not...
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    Everything can be used as a tool or a weapon. ...

    Everything can be used as a tool or a weapon. Monogamy is generally perceived as a beautiful thing, a commitment of two souls to one another, a bastion against life's storms. It can also be a trap,...
  23. Pernicious Effects

    As you said, changes in the media are producing changes in our minds, not necessarily good changes. Every change we've faced or created throughout history has changed us. We developed ranching and...
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    People's opinions of a place they've never seen,...

    People's opinions of a place they've never seen, that they only know about through hearsay, say nothing about the place and everything about those with the opinions.



    I think (for what that's...
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    Vampire Books

    I've read "Interview With The Vampire," "Salem's Lot," "Twilight," and "Dracula." The last one is the only one I've read repeatedly. The others were fun, but didn't draw me back. The ideas behind...
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