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15 Feb 2009, 11:43 pm

pakled wrote:
no, tomatoes are actually aphrodesiacs..it was discovered centuries ago...;)

duty is heavier than a mountain; death is as light as a feather - Japanese saying

So thats were Robert Jordan(author of the Wheel of Time series)stole that from



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16 Feb 2009, 12:04 am

person3 wrote:
pakled wrote:
no, tomatoes are actually aphrodesiacs..it was discovered centuries ago...;)

duty is heavier than a mountain; death is as light as a feather - Japanese saying

So thats were Robert Jordan(author of the Wheel of Time series)stole that from


Tomatoes were originally called "love apples" and were considered poisonous by some. But since I have been eating tomatoes for most of my long life and suffered no consequences I must be immune or an alien.



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16 Feb 2009, 8:27 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Sand wrote:

There seems to be a lot of confusion here about living and dying. If you believe in God and an afterlife how does your ego get destroyed in death?



What if the belief is false?

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It could be, but the decision is to believe anyway.

Very illogical. Very human.



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16 Feb 2009, 8:30 pm

I'm sure that even if tomatoes have some ill effects, I've generally heard that they are nutritious enough so that they probably outweigh that. Lots of good stuff in tomatoes. Supposed to be very good for...

er...

certain man-parts...


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