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Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
March 4, 2013 at 8:57 pm
best shot we have.
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RE: Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
March 4, 2013 at 8:59 pm
Is the answer: "Just add water?"
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RE: Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
March 9, 2013 at 8:56 pm
When you attempt to use logic to conclude facts about religion, are you starting at the conclusion (God is not real), or are you starting at true premises? Be honest. If you are starting at true premises, then what are they? And how are they true?
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RE: Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
March 11, 2013 at 6:54 am
So we fix the problem by shooting Elephants, right?
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RE: Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
March 11, 2013 at 9:58 am
(March 11, 2013 at 6:54 am)Aractus Wrote: So we fix the problem by shooting Elephants, right?
He did admit is was the worst decision of his life and not the brightest.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
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Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
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RE: Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
March 12, 2013 at 2:31 am
Well I don't know about "reversing climate change", but certainly reverses deforestation. Good video.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size]
Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
