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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:40 PM Original message |
If every fertilized egg has a soul ... |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Now there you go, using that old think machine again. That's of the devil, dontcha know. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. You are mixing science and religion |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. Plus a BRAZILLION |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm now going to tell you what my priest told me when I was a girl. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
57. My uncle had trouble in school |
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marybourg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's not supposed to make sense. That's why it's called: |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. You said it right. I remember in Catholic school that if you can explain it , |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. "Faith is believing what you know ain't true." -- Mark Twain |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 02:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
73. I'm proud to say I haven't got any of that....nt |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm thinking.. Breakfast for dinner tonight! |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's enough to make a school nun rap your knuckles with the metal edge of a ruler |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. Solution 1: There's no such thing as a soul, so no foul . . . |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. For these people, |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Rocks, trees, birds, clouds, concrete. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm not sure who is more irrational - soul people, or those who try to argue rationally with them. |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. We're all irrational. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I don't think the OP is trying to convince the whackos of anything. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Then there's the problem of the teratoma |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. ...and don't forget...the blighted ovum... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. The church did away with Limbo |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yes. I know. I was being tongue in cheek if you note my other post |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. It's hard not to be a little tongue in cheek |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Interesting problem. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. what a strange discovery that must be. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. If it's dead, it's not an abortion. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. It's not dead. It's living and growing and that is how it's discovered |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Don't be obtuse. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. It's exactly the same living and growing a fertilized ovum does. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. Ok, tell me your fingernail's birthday and I'll send it a card. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. It;'s the same as mine, silly |
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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. I don't know about that, but I do know that many pregnancies are spontaneously aborted |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. if every fertilized egg has a soul, what happens to the millions of miscarriages each year? |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Limbo Dude...! That's where all the little unborn eggs go...except the |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. The majority of fertilized eggs fail to implant in the uterine wall, and get flushed away |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
66. That's only paradoxical if you assume Cheney's human. |
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Naturalist111 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Musical chairs! |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. One does not need to believe in the concept of a soul |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. True enough. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Cultural relativism is vastly overrated. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's questions like these |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. every sperm is SACRED! |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Thats a great movie. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. "But I can put a little rubber thingie on my Old Fellow, because we're Protestant." |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. if a fetus is not human why do we spend money treating them? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. no. it's not murder. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. Or, if a fertilized egg is frozen for 15 years, then brought to term, shouldn't that 7 year old be |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. New definition of "old soul" |
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Naturalist111 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. Scary replies on this one. Reminds me of a group. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. What if you use a fertilized chicken egg when you make a cake? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
38. One could arguably apply the tenets of |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. however, like transubstantiation, "the two become one" is a metaphor |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. As per the church in regards to marriage |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. metaphor vs. reality |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. But metaphor is indispensable. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Absolutely agreed!! |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Absolutely agreed!! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Faith is simply trust in that of which we do not have full knowledge... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. No, you have tested reality and found that it is reasonable to think/believe certain things. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. Faith has more than one meaning. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. Interesting questions. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. God knows if a zygote will split or fuse and provides the correct number of souls in advance |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Maybe He gets careless once in a while and says to Himself, |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. or just causes a miscarriage |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. I don't know, but |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. Soul, no soul...doesn't matter if the host isn't willing. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
52. Also - natural miscarriages happen constantly. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. god has a wicked sense of humor |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
54. The premise of your question is false so the question is immaterial |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
58. No holy card for you, young Mr. Mandrake. (nt) |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Well dayum, |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
59. They glom together to make a more powerful soul. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
67. It depends on the shoe brand. |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. No, it's what comes after fa. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Wasn't there a movie about von Braun titled |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
74. Jeeezus says it's fine. That's all you need to know. |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
75. there are 400K souls in deep freeze |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
76. It is only a problem for those who believe in unprovable myths. |
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