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(...) Oh, come, come now. They didn't really mean that every SPECIES of animal went in the ark. Just every KIND. So there was plenty of room. And the kinds must have quick-evolved back into all the species... er, oops, I said a naughty word. There (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) When my mom says she prays for me, I equivocate it with saying "My thoughts and hopes are with you." In that sense, any sort of prayer (whether it's praying to God, Jesus, Shivva, Buddha, poking pins in voodoo dolls, doing a rain dance, (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Exactly, a moment of "prayer" in my case would a moment of clarity for self reflection or meditation (clearing the mind and focusing on the moment). I personally would not give praise or thanks to any higher power, but I'd certainly be a fool (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) One might draw a distinction, however, between "had a marked impact on a focus point of developing civilization" and "killed everything but those few animals that one guy could stuff into an apparently Tardis-like ark." 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) about (...) keep (...) practiced (...) faiths, (...) Up to here is where I agree with you, and I believe the Bible precludes the possibility of evolution. That's as much common ground as I think we'll get. Now I have another job with more (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Here's my literal-mined response: :-) I liked the way James put it: "This of course doesn't prove anything in itself, but it is interesting that the scientific community is beginning to lend credence to the possibility of a catastrophic flood (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Jassim" <danieljassim@hotmail.com> To: <lugnet.off-topic.de...ugnet.com> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 3:44 AM Subject: Common ground in science/Bible debate (...) about (...) keep (...) practiced (...) (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Some years ago a friend who'd done some study on the matter defined black magic (as many sources do) as the practice of ritual or enchantment without the permission and/or knowledge of the intended recipient. By this definition, prayer without (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Daniel: I completely respect what you have to say here. If I may paraphrase you, simply to better understand what you are saying, do you mean that because you do not believe in a higher power, that you believe prayer to be a self-reflection; a (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) They recently did an 'I love 198x' thing on telly, showing transformers amongst the brat-pack movie clips. They slated Soundwave, asking how this giant robot turned into a little tape player - completely missing the point that the toy was just (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You can copyright whatever you want. 'Ford' is an English word, but it doesn't mean anyone could call their motor car company by that name anymore. Saying that you can't copyright Maori words when you can any other language is discrimination. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A childhood playing computer games hasn't affected my attention spa... (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, although it isn't off-topic, I think that Lego Technic figures do an excellent job at articulation. One thing I never liked about G.I. Joe figures (the small ones,anyway) was that although they were posable, there feet didn't move, (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Greetings! I noticed so many interesting posts regarding spirituality here so I thought I'd start a discussion about prayer. One day my wife was telling me about one of her friends at work, an older Christian woman. She is a very nice woman, perhaps (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Perhaps the only belief too have such a delicious chocolate coating. --DaveL (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) [snip] (...) Welcome to the Club! We have the "people" in the Wild West sets still being sold and the horrific images are still inproduction. When will LEGO get a clue on these issues? I don't think they ever will it's imbedded in the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) *sigh* I'm sorry to hear that. I suppose they, like everyone else, are looking at the bottom line. Maggie (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You've got me all wrong, I wrote: (...) I never had any 12 inch ACTION MEN (in the UK), I'm slightly too young, I was around just at the right time for the introduction of the small figures and their brilliant vehicles. They we're exactly the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There's a newish line of WWII figures in 1/18 scale--not GIJoe, but even cooler, in my view. They're not as highly articulated as GIJoe, but they're more realistic. They also have a few vehicles, including a tank and a Mustang, both in 1/18 (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Frank Filz at ffilz@mindspring.com wrote: <snip> (...) Yes, indeedy. I accumulated wuite a hoard of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars this way. ;^) (...) The Space Shuttle with launch pad is also very impressive. I saw it at a toy shop about 4 years ago. (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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