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Poll: Where does the idea of Shangri-La come from?
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It's an ancient myth from Tibet or some other Eastern culture.
20.00%
4 20.00%
It's a fictional construct that came from a more western culture.
45.00%
9 45.00%
I have never heard of Shangri-La.
35.00%
7 35.00%
Total 20 vote(s) 100%
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Shangri-La
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RE: Shangri-La
(September 19, 2010 at 10:56 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Yeah. They are utterly shameless but the fact is that if xtians are stupid enough to fund these con artists then they deserve to be fleeced.

I've never understood why that sort of crap isn't illegal. If I sell cars and alter the odometer reading, I can get into trouble with the law-- that is known as fraud. Why do holy rollers, fortune tellers and psychics get a free pass?
“Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.” ~ E.M. Cioran
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Messages In This Thread
Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 12:56 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Entropist - September 19, 2010 at 1:32 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 1:36 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 1:39 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Rayaan - September 19, 2010 at 1:46 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 1:46 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Entropist - September 19, 2010 at 2:00 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 2:04 am
RE: Shangri-La - by tackattack - September 19, 2010 at 7:54 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Dotard - September 19, 2010 at 10:21 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Paul the Human - September 19, 2010 at 10:37 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 7:37 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Entropist - September 19, 2010 at 7:54 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by theVOID - September 19, 2010 at 7:41 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 7:51 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by theVOID - September 19, 2010 at 7:54 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 8:00 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 8:20 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 8:22 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 8:25 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 9:07 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 10:20 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by theVOID - September 19, 2010 at 9:20 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by tackattack - September 19, 2010 at 10:12 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 10:56 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Entropist - September 20, 2010 at 8:27 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 11:17 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by leo-rcc - September 20, 2010 at 5:49 am



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