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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Criteria for evidence of a God. |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 5:48 pm
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| plus a minor miracle or two (such as regenerating somebody's missing limb). What if God can't break his own laws of physics? Then the person presenting him- or her-self as God is lying. If God can bring people back from the dead and heal people of cancer, diabetes, or other terminal illnesses, then... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Rudolph |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 5:44 pm
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| ... But they did learn to accept him after he did something wonderful ... Thus affirming Eggman's original assertion, because the "Wonderful" thing he did was to guide Santa's sleigh through the worst snowstorm ever, thus "Saving" Christmas. Make yourself useful to society, and they'll ignore your ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Criteria for evidence of a God. |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 5:23 pm
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| plus a minor miracle or two (such as regenerating somebody's missing limb). What if God can't break his own laws of physics? Then the person presenting him- or her-self as God is lying. If God can bring people back from the dead and heal people of cancer, diabetes, or other terminal illnesses, then... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Criteria for evidence of a God. |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 5:07 pm
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| A direct, one-to-one, face-to-face meeting between myself and God, plus a minor miracle or two (such as regenerating somebody's missing limb). |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: A mentality I don't understand... |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 3:10 pm
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Replies: 12
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| An abstract of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences article, which describes the analysis of four people found in a stone-age gravesite, concludes that marriage - two parents staying together - predates our present day by about 4600 years. ( LINK #1 & LINK #2 ) Thus, the "Traditio... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How revolting |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 2:18 pm
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Replies: 47
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| I've found that being nice is an invitation to abuse. It seems that bullies expect nice people to be too nice to retaliate to bullying, yet when the nice people do retaliate, the bullies are quick to act as if they are the real victims. I've also found that having a prickly personality tends to keep... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people make fun of you for "knowing"? |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 2:10 pm
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macushla wrote: When the "geek" retired they had to outsource a whole team of techs to replace me.
That's what I'm hoping for, too!
Anyone can be replaced, but by who? |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: This is outrageous! |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 1:50 pm
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Replies: 20
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| Are there links to any follow-ups to the original article? |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: This forum sucks! |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 1:43 pm
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Replies: 21
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Simplest way to acquire work references? |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 1:09 pm
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| I just thought of something. When I've finished college in about 18 months time and go to find a job, I don't know what sort of references I would put on an application. I might be able to put my former employer as a reference. They can't speak for how well I would do in my chosen field (Accounting... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: RADICAL CHANGES |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 1:04 pm
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| ... the ability to link to single posts... The little http://wrongplanet.cachefly.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif , up beside, an to the left of "Posted:" is a link to that individual post. It took me a year to notice it, IIRC. :hail: Thank you, oh wise one! Thank yo... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: where is happiness??? |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 12:44 pm
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lostinparadise wrote: i am searching for happiness.can you tell me where i can find a life without worries,stress,fear?
Happiness for me comes from lowering my expectations, or from having none at all. It is when we expect happiness to come from those around us that we make ourselves miserable. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people make fun of you for "knowing"? |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 12:23 pm
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Intelligence is more than just being able to recite trivia. It is also about knowing when to recite it, how, and to whom.
Or, as a wise man once said, "When someone asks you for the correct time, don't give them a lecture on the history of Bavarian clockmaking." |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Why Can't People Leave Me Alone? |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 12:22 am
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| The only way that I can see out of your dilemma is to become a hermit. That is, to live someplace so far out in the wilderness that you never even seen another person. Unfortunately, you live in a social culture that you can not reasonably expect to conform to your wishes. You can not change the wo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Shouldn't there be hell to pay for happiness? |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 12:12 am
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| ... what about individuals that have had no motivation and proper attitudes from parents growing up? Is it really their fault that they drop out of high school when their parents don't give a crap what they do? Yes. Every person is responsible for their own choices, provided that they know what tho... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Yet another miserable Aspie newbie |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2008, 12:01 am
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Welcome aboard. You'll find that most of us feel as you do, but that our feelings are mostly due to over-inflated expectations of others.
Expect the worst from others, and they'll never disappoint you again. |
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