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Rock stars and brown M&Ms. by TB January 7, 2012 10:55 am
  • Rock promoters are notorious scumbags. Ted Nugent once related that he had an aerial photographer overfly one of his ... by ER 2012-01-07 14:19:31
    On a Philosophical Note by ER January 4, 2012 12:04 pm
    • Science, knowledge and technology are indeed cumulative. Wisdom has to be learned by each individual, and usually isn't. Therefore the ... by bowser 2012-01-04 12:44:46
      • Taking a slightly different tangent. Let's assume for the moment that "science" can and does establish that homosexuality is ... by bowser 2012-01-04 15:20:08
        • Hubble actually brings up that same point, immediately after the quote I presented. Nevertheless, the atmosphere of scientific research--the disinterested curiosity, ... by ER 2012-01-04 16:30:42
          • Solidly Buddhist. The Universe "is", neither right nor wrong, not in the realm of that determination. Science is ... by bowser 2012-01-05 17:55:18
            • Heavy, dude. by ER 2012-01-05 19:04:20
              • And another one. Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. by bowser 2012-01-06 00:57:22
                • And Odysseus had his men lash him to the mast so he could hear for himself the Sirens sweetly singing. It ... by ER 2012-01-06 04:41:28
                • Well done. One further thought. The concept of "God" is an attempt by Man's ego to extend Man's ... by bowser 2012-01-05 20:10:08
                  • Hey Bowser, your thoughts about God are a lot different than mine. Your question of, “(One is left to ... by johannes 2012-01-06 20:52:06
                    • What you are really saying is that Western Man would rather be a slave to god than free in an ... by ER 2012-01-06 06:51:15
                      • Exactly. It's human nature. As an example, consider the current state of affairs in the US. The ... by bowser 2012-01-06 14:15:23
                        • Consider the connotation if we had used the word *Universe* all along, instead of the word *God* by Jody 2012-01-06 07:44:17
                          • At first blush that sounds just fine. There may be more to the matter, however. What is "God"? A ... by bowser 2012-01-06 12:30:32
                            • Consider this: I am God. You are God. We are God. We make God whatever we choose. Freewill. by Jody 2012-01-06 13:23:36
                              • We discussed that above. That is exactly what Man has done, define "God" in whatever way meets Man's needs. However, ... by bowser 2012-01-06 14:07:23
                                • Predictability is in the religion Man creates to explain God. Collectivism. If every man and woman defined God according to our ... by Jody 2012-01-06 14:20:56
                                  • Frankly, I'm not smart enough to follow your train of thought. Going back a ways, the "Universe" was defined ... by bowser 2012-01-06 14:58:11
                                    • What will the preachers do when the Devil is saved? by ER 2012-01-06 15:29:33
                                      • They are very, very versatile, much like neutrinos. Remember the Inquisition? Where the Roman Catholic Church was indistinguishable ... by bowser 2012-01-06 17:02:28
                            • Good point. My idea of god IS the universe, nature, the world, reality, the Laws of Physics, whatever you ... by ER 2012-01-06 09:32:05
                              • I agree with you ER...and as of late I have come to appreciate even *more*, the intricacies of the Universe, ... by Jody 2012-01-06 11:34:12
                • You may very well be right, Bowser, (or at least, you may have little trouble getting others to agree with ... by ER 2012-01-04 14:21:38
                One of your better soccer saves by TB January 5, 2012 1:01 pm
                • Wow. And one of the worst, too. by bowser 2012-01-06 17:16:50
                  Hell hath no fury, dept. by ER January 6, 2012 5:05 am
                  • Good Lord! by bowser 2012-01-06 17:15:47
                    Lost DaVinci sketch to be tested in Milan. by Jody January 5, 2012 7:57 am
                      Tiz True by RobVG January 3, 2012 7:18 pm
                        "15 faith-based predictions for 2012" by bowser January 1, 2012 2:53 pm
                        • I get the impression America is a highly religious country. In most western nations, religion plays a much smaller ... by ER 2012-01-01 22:56:59
                          • I've become aware of an interesting aspect of religion. I assume this is more or less universal. In the hospice ... by bowser 2012-01-02 18:59:17
                            • Noam Chomsky calls it "religiosity". by bowser 2012-01-02 02:26:40
                              • Maybe this explains the strong negative correlation between church attendance and welfare spending. by ER 2012-01-02 07:54:30
                                • "Welfare spending" and "charity" are not synonyms. P.S. Here's the source of the chart. by TB 2012-01-02 10:12:00
                                  • That's right. by ER 2012-01-02 10:21:16
                            "Gunsmoke", and some memories. by bowser December 27, 2011 11:22 pm
                            • I found myself in a lot of fights early in my life. In my mind I never started them but ... by FrankC 2011-12-28 18:49:29
                              • That puts you in my class, or a bit better. I didn't have the killer instinct. After the ... by bowser 2011-12-29 01:21:51
                              Answers by johannes December 26, 2011 3:38 pm
                              • Ahh... ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-27 01:12:26
                                • Thingamabobs I think that if there are “thingamabob” (Higgs bosons) they still must be composed of “something” and I suppose that ... by johannes 2011-12-27 15:24:47
                                • That question is used as the ultimate proof of God by evangelicals. How that leads to the Old Testament ... by bowser 2011-12-26 20:45:40
                                  • Quantum Electro Dynamics, yes Bowser that leads directly to the Old Testament, if the following translation is used as a ... by johannes 2012-01-01 21:32:15
                                    • "Nonetheless, the greatest carnages this world has seen have been in the name of religion. And oil, or oil and ... by TB 2011-12-26 21:53:26
                                      • Cause of war: I suspect that there are many reasons that people will start a fight with each other. Some reasons ... by johannes 2011-12-27 15:27:34
                                        • Well, TB, I'd say they were. Here's a little factoid about WWII in the Pacific, which I'll bet you ... by bowser 2011-12-27 01:59:23
                                          • Plus, y'know, Pearl Harbor was a major strategic naval base in the Pacific. They probably thought that by taking ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-28 12:34:38
                                            • One data point hardly makes your argument for you, particularly if you're tallying "carnage." by TB 2011-12-27 10:10:39
                                              • One data point serves very well as an example of my point, which is all I was trying to do. ... by bowser 2011-12-27 12:23:58
                                                • You made a broad statement that was patently false, by any method of counting. by TB 2011-12-27 12:38:36
                                                  • "Patently false", eh. "Patently"! "Any method of counting". "Any". Well, last I looked there was no demonstration I ... by bowser 2011-12-27 18:22:23
                                                    • Yeah, I made a pretty broad statement myself. by TB 2011-12-27 18:55:06
                                              • So what you're saying is that Japan was determned to promote her commercial interests by securing her sources of raw ... by ER 2011-12-27 08:05:06
                                                • Well done. Exactly. I would only add that Japan regarded the Asian colonies of the Nazi occupied countries ... by bowser 2011-12-27 11:56:29
                                          If you spend Christmas with the British Queen, here is where to go. by bowser December 24, 2011 8:14 am
                                            "The Hobbit" Trailer... by podrock December 20, 2011 9:07 pm
                                              Merry Christmas, Canadians! by TB December 19, 2011 10:54 pm
                                              • Merry Christmas McFly, wherever you are...n/t by RobVG 2011-12-22 18:28:35
                                                • Lindy too. by podrock 2011-12-22 18:55:01
                                                  • You're right. I'll let her know. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-22 19:27:14
                                                    • Please tack me on. And "Hi", McFly. by bowser 2011-12-22 20:11:31
                                                      • Done. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-22 21:56:54
                                                • Thanks TB. Merry CHRISTMAS to you and yours and to everyone on the HZ. I have been surfing the net ... by johannes 2011-12-22 13:12:01
                                                  • Thank you. I have been too busy to pause at this topic page lately. All the best to you and your ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-12-21 18:22:21
                                                    • Hey, they left out the butter tarts. by ER 2011-12-20 05:20:20
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