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jep
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response 23 of 62:
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Jan 18 23:52 UTC 2006 |
re resp:22: Natural selection wouldn't account for the development of
the soul, unless a soul provides some sort of advantage in surviving
and reproducing. The only purpose for a soul, evolutionarily, would
seem to be to obtain the divine assistance of God.
There is no evidence of developmental souls in a fetus, or degrees of
souls in any humans ("Wow, look at this guy... he really has a big
soul!"), or animals that have a lesser degree of soul, or anything like
that.
I conclude that if souls are in there, they were put there by someone,
and further that they do not reside in the appendix.
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kingjon
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response 24 of 62:
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Jan 19 00:07 UTC 2006 |
That reminds me of _The Curse of Chalion_ -- except it wasn't *his* soul in his
belly.
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rcurl
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response 25 of 62:
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Jan 19 01:01 UTC 2006 |
While the idea of evolution had been around before Darwin, and his main
contribution was identifying natural selection, what that did was move
evolution from just an *idea* to a process that had a logical basis. That
is why Darwin is associated with evolutionary theory: he made it manifest.
There are no "souls" in evolutionary theory. They are not a useful hypothesis
as they explain nothing and it cannot be tested. Souls are not science.
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jep
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response 26 of 62:
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Jan 19 04:50 UTC 2006 |
Neither was radiation 100 years ago.
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rcurl
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response 27 of 62:
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Jan 19 07:01 UTC 2006 |
The study of radiation was a well established part of physics in 1906.
But your point is meaningless. Radiation was something to be studied. Souls
have never been even demonstrated to exist and there is no meaningful study
of souls. They are just another empty "intelligent design" hypothesis. To our
knowledge all there is is mind, which requires a brain.
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klg
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response 28 of 62:
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Jan 19 11:58 UTC 2006 |
(RW, why do you have more than one brain cell? You need spares in case
it goes down?)
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twenex
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response 29 of 62:
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Jan 19 12:01 UTC 2006 |
(Rich again. In fact I wish I were as rich as klg; I'd make Gates look like
a pauper.)
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jadecat
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response 30 of 62:
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Jan 19 15:05 UTC 2006 |
resp:24 Have you read _Paladin of Souls_?
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jep
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response 31 of 62:
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Jan 19 15:32 UTC 2006 |
Rane, I continue to feel sorry for you for being unable to recognize
(or tolerate) humor in different situations. Resp:23 was intended as
humor in line with resp:22.
You don't believe in God? Gee, I didn't know that -- since I happened
to just now forget everything I've ever read on Grex. Thanks for the
enlightening update!
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twenex
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response 32 of 62:
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Jan 19 15:47 UTC 2006 |
Hahah. (That was a laugh, which is the result of experiencing something
humorous.)
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edina
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response 33 of 62:
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Jan 19 17:54 UTC 2006 |
Re 31 I so love it when you are snarky.
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rcurl
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response 34 of 62:
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Jan 19 18:12 UTC 2006 |
"Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good
or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will."
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - )
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edina
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response 35 of 62:
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Jan 19 18:22 UTC 2006 |
insert eyeroll here.
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twenex
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response 36 of 62:
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Jan 19 18:26 UTC 2006 |
I feel a chuckle coming on.
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marcvh
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response 37 of 62:
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Jan 19 18:28 UTC 2006 |
Me too!
Oops, it was just gas. Never mind.
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aruba
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response 38 of 62:
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Jan 19 18:35 UTC 2006 |
Re #34: Rane, you just quoted an economist on humor.
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twenex
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response 39 of 62:
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Jan 19 18:40 UTC 2006 |
rotflmao. no, really.
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rcurl
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response 40 of 62:
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Jan 19 18:50 UTC 2006 |
I thought you'd enjoy the joke.
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kingjon
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response 41 of 62:
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Jan 19 18:51 UTC 2006 |
Re #30: Yes, and _Hallowed Hunt_ too (and every other Bujold I can get my hands
on). I was *given* my *own copy* of _Cordelia's Honor_, _Civil Campaign_,
_Curse of Chalion_, and _Paladin of Souls_ for Christmas.
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jadecat
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response 42 of 62:
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Jan 19 19:25 UTC 2006 |
Haven't read _Hallowed Hunt_ yet. I "borrowed" (with her permission
knowing she would likely never get it back) _Paladin of Souls_ and then
bought _Curse of Chalion_. I very much enjoyed reading them.
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kingjon
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response 43 of 62:
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Jan 19 19:29 UTC 2006 |
I think we got Hallowed Hunt through interlibrary loan, but it might have been
borrowed from another member of the Mythopoeic Society chapter my parents are
in.
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jadecat
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response 44 of 62:
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Jan 19 19:54 UTC 2006 |
The what society?
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kingjon
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response 45 of 62:
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Jan 19 19:59 UTC 2006 |
Mythopoeic. (Literally means something like "myth-making".)
mythsoc.org
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jadecat
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response 46 of 62:
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Jan 19 21:09 UTC 2006 |
neat.
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happyboy
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response 47 of 62:
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Jan 19 23:06 UTC 2006 |
re45: oooh! they must be the people who wrote the BIBLE!
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