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April 29, 2010 at 4:31 pm

Thread: Opened Eyes
Post: RE: Opened Eyes

Wonderfully written, KK. Welcome. Don't hesitate to ask for any information or answers to any questions you may have. I'm sure the people here will be only happy to help out.

Converts' Corner

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April 29, 2010 at 4:25 pm

Thread: My Change
Post: RE: My Change

Sagacious - A common word to see on the GRE. I should know. It's in like every GRE vocab study list.

Converts' Corner

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April 29, 2010 at 2:08 pm

Thread: Can't seem to let go.
Post: RE: Can't seem to let go.

Fear is stronger than logic. You can justify things logically to yourself but they'll still be difficult to let go of. Look at phobias. A person can tell themselves a spider or a mouse is harmless a ...

Atheism

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April 29, 2010 at 1:46 pm

Thread: Rate the signature of the person above.
Post: RE: Rate the signature of the person above.

(April 26, 2010 at 8:49 pm)Synackaon Wrote: 9/10 - inspirational. 8.75/10. I'd have given you a 9.75, but had to take a whole point off for having to save the image to my desktop, opening it in a...

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April 27, 2010 at 2:08 am

Thread: Radical Muslims threaten South Park creators
Post: RE: Radical Muslims threaten South Park creators

Please know that I am in no way an apologist or a cultural relativist. I think Islam is the greatest threat to progress and universal human freedom that 21st century planet earth presently has. With ...

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April 26, 2010 at 4:06 am

Thread: Representations of Atheism
Post: RE: Representations of Atheism

I'm not familiar with any works of fiction on the matter except for Carl Sagan's contact, and that's mainly because it's written by Sagan. I'm personally gonna have to take a look at some of these Pr...

Atheism

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April 26, 2010 at 3:34 am

Thread: Self Help/Self Improvment
Post: RE: Self Help/Self Improvment

I remember the other part of the George Carlin skit on self help. He said something to the effect of if you're motivated enough to go to a store to buy a self help book on motivation, you didn't need...

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April 23, 2010 at 1:56 pm

Thread: Radical Muslims threaten South Park creators
Post: RE: Radical Muslims threaten South Park creators

I can agree with that to an extent, since organized media can never give voice to everyone. But what about the internet? Where is the "moderate muslims for peace and tolerance" youtube channel? Wher...

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April 22, 2010 at 1:04 pm

Thread: Radical Muslims threaten South Park creators
Post: RE: Radical Muslims threaten South Park creators

(April 22, 2010 at 12:27 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: (April 22, 2010 at 12:21 pm)Shinylight Wrote: Muslims are bigoted, dangerous, intolerant, sexist retards...FACT! Religious extremists are bigoted...

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April 22, 2010 at 12:49 pm

Thread: Radical Muslims threaten South Park creators
Post: RE: Radical Muslims threaten South Park creators

To be honest with you guys, i'm not looking forward to the next 20 years. The islamic problem is big and it's not going away. Europe is in a heap of trouble already, and half of the problem is becaus...

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April 22, 2010 at 12:07 pm

Thread: Short facebook debate for other people's amusement
Post: RE: Short facebook debate for other people's amuse...

(April 21, 2010 at 12:49 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I agree with Tav. You need smarter friends. That guy has a terminal case of assholitis. Actually it's a girl and she's not anyone I know. We do have a...

Religion

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April 21, 2010 at 11:11 pm

Thread: Short facebook debate for other people's amusement
Post: Short facebook debate for other people's amusement

Below is a short back and forth that I had with a creationist on facebook. For privacy issues I've marked her as XXXXXXXXX. Enjoy. XXXXXXXXX If we've really evolved, we've done one hell of a shitt...

Religion

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April 21, 2010 at 11:59 am

Thread: Atheism and the Paranormal
Post: RE: Atheism and the Paranormal

I don't believe in ghosts, vampires, witches, or demons. I believe in Zombies though. Lots and lots of zombies.

Atheism

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April 21, 2010 at 11:52 am

Thread: Old age
Post: RE: Old age

Getting old sucks simply because your body gets old. You're weaker, you recover slower, you have to work that much harder at the gym to just maintain or simply not deteriorate at a rapid pace, your e...

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April 21, 2010 at 1:04 am

Thread: My Creationist friend
Post: RE: My Creationist friend

(April 20, 2010 at 9:22 pm)Janey Wrote: Guys, thanks so much, you're awesome. I truly can't understand how, when presented with the copious amounts of evidence we have today, that anyone could - a...

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April 21, 2010 at 12:50 am

Thread: My Creationist friend
Post: RE: My Creationist friend

Putting the animals on the arc is just one part of the story. I'd like to ask these douches where they think rain comes from. Last i checked rain is water vapor condensed into and then released by cl...

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April 20, 2010 at 3:30 pm

Thread: My Creationist friend
Post: RE: My Creationist friend

Oh jeez, where to start? First off, if he believes the earth is less than 10,000 years old, then he believes that the earth is approximately 6000 years old, give or take. I think that the genealogy h...

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April 20, 2010 at 12:45 am

Thread: Who Ya Gonna Call?
Post: RE: Who Ya Gonna Call?

I've been debating a friend about this stuff for a couple of weeks now. We keep going back and forth over email about random things related to this topic. I am very much a skeptic, half James Randi, ...

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April 15, 2010 at 10:24 pm

Thread: What do I do?
Post: RE: What do I do?

I say go with Royal Holloway. Go where your interests lead you. Contrary to popular belief, the world will not automatically open up for you if you have a degree from a prestigious school. Also, 3 ye...