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<quoted text>To state that Harry Potter is as real as Noah is to state that he is as real as George Washington, Adolph Hitler, William Beaumont, Josephus etc. It is failing to see the history in the Book we call the bible and calling it fiction...as i know you do. The matter is The bible is no more fiction because people don't believe it...than spinach is unhealthy because people don't like it.
Your mortality anxiety gives you much myopic tunnel vision no?

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you act as though all of the niceties of writing apply to internet posting and e-mail. they don't, you know. as a matter of fact, don't you realise that capital letters, even for the first word of a sentence and what you call 'proper nouns' hasn't been done on the internet since the 90s unless you're posting an academic text to a site. as far as message boards such as these, and chat rooms we follow irc/mirc standards.
we're not asking for someone to write a doctoral thesis we just want it to be intelligible and easy to read that means following the basic conventions of English writing namely proper capitalization punctuation and breaking a block of text into separate paragraphs based on a change in idea or focus it's not snobbery to ask someone not to post in huge blocks of text that appear as imposing gray masses as it is more difficult to read such a screed besides which it makes the writer look like a serial killer posting his manifesto (those tend to be huge gray blocks of text without proper punctuation capitalization or paragraphs) generally when confronted with such a block of text the easiest thing to do is read the first and last sentence see if they're intelligible and if an argument can be inferred from them and respond to that rather than trudging through the quagmire of words if you want what you're saying to be read you have to make it readable it's as a simple as that so don't try to say it's wrong to ask for something as simple as readability if i made an entire post without proper punctuation capitalization or paragraphs would you read the whole thing probably not as it takes far more work than it's probably worth to you to do does that mean what i'm saying isn't valid no of course not it just means i've made what i'm saying difficult for you to read and given the amount of available information that is in a convenient format your choice to let it be rather than decipher it and respond accordingly is understandable and reasonable hell i might even be saying that your mom was great in bed last night which she wasn't she just laid there like a dead fish but you probably wouldn't even know because i had written my post in such a way as to deter you from reading it it's not your fault for skimming or using the high school first sentence last sentence strategy or writing the entire thing off with a tldr it's my fault for not following the rules of the road as it pertains to writing that's my shortcoming not yours and it's nothing you need to be forgiven for it's something i need to remedy by utilizing proper punctuation capitalization and paragraphs do you now see why we bust tfcn's balls over paragraphs i hope so because there's only so much people can take when it comes to being thrown post after post without any sign of a carriage return it really grinds on a person and given the amount of effort great versus the amount of payoff nil you really ought to be on our side of this issue don't you think or don't you think

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I fish wrote:
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I might be one of those people depending on the doctor...who more than using his education prescribes what his colleagues have been prescribing, and diagnosis the way his colleagues diagnose based on what is popular, what sells and not what is good and thorough. Many will as soon have a gallbladder taken out as to try to help the person change what they eat and give nutritional supplements. There's surgery and there's natural remedies. It's just two different things. Many survive and live without certain organs ...but many recover to live very normal healthy lives with nutritional support.
Sure, but far fewer will survive a burst appendix nibbling on flaxseeds than with surgery.

Over the last 500 years, has medicine changed drastically in the West?

Over the last 500 years, has maternal mortality and infant mortality gone up or down in developed countries?

Over the last 500 years, has access to high quality medical care increased or decreased in developed countries?

Over the last 500 years, have more or fewer diseases been eradicated?

Over the last 500 years, has human lifespan increased or decreased in developed countries?

All the herbs and spices in the world can't do what medicine has done: bring the dead back to life, give children to those once considered barren, prevent death from scores of causes (snakebites, grievous bodily harm, hundreds of diseases, etc.).

Show us the study that demonstrates the efficacy of your New Age woo at curing anything at a greater rate than chance. Just ONE study. There must be a single published test of some herbal remedy or magnets or dreamcatchers or (insert your preferred nonsense here) that followed the scientific method to determine efficacy, given the number of years they've been around. I just ask for one single solitary study. I'm sure you'll be able to find one. As soon as you find it, just post it here. Thanks in advance. Don't worry, I'm patient. I'll wait.

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in the context of the post it does. besides all that, read my last post.
it doesn't matter.
Read my response to that post. It DOES matter. Besides, who the hell still uses IRC? What are you, a 60 year old engineer?
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God made a Horse to ride, a monkey to climb,a dog to guard, a fish to swim,but the Devil made a fool of evolutionist.They still believe they are under an animals control!LOL Bunch of tick and fleas suckers!
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When the Devil saw an athiests he said here is a stupid fool in education!
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Republicans are another group of fools who whould rather go to the moon than help the poor!LOL
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I somewhat agreed with a couple of your posts but this one,no.Replublicans just want you to get of your lazy arse and help yourself instead of depending on the gov to do it.So many of you(assuming here)youngsters/poor people have an inflated sense of entitlement when your really just a bunch of lazy kids/people.
Sarah Palin is the hottest halftard in the short bus.
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God made a Horse to ride, a monkey to climb,a dog to guard, a fish to swim,but the Devil made a fool of evolutionist.They still believe they are under an animals control!
Actually those who believe in god are the ones under an animal's control. Why do you ask? Simply spell god backwards and tell me what it pronounces... exactly.. I rest my case.

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we're not asking for someone to write a doctoral thesis we just want it to be intelligible and easy to read that means following the basic conventions of English writing namely proper capitalization punctuation and breaking a block of text into separate paragraphs based on a change in idea or focus it's not snobbery to ask someone not to post in huge blocks of text that appear as imposing gray masses as it is more difficult to read such a screed besides which it makes the writer look like a serial killer posting his manifesto (those tend to be huge gray blocks of text without proper punctuation capitalization or paragraphs) generally when confronted with such a block of text the easiest thing to do is read the first and last sentence see if they're intelligible and if an argument can be inferred from them and respond to that rather than trudging through the quagmire of words if you want what you're saying to be read you have to make it readable it's as a simple as that so don't try to say it's wrong to ask for something as simple as readability if i made an entire post without proper punctuation capitalization or paragraphs would you read the whole thing probably not as it takes far more work than it's probably worth to you to do does that mean what i'm saying isn't valid no of course not it just means i've made what i'm saying difficult for you to read and given the amount of available information that is in a convenient format your choice to let it be rather than decipher it and respond accordingly is understandable and reasonable hell i might even be saying that your mom was great in bed last night which she wasn't she just laid there like a dead fish but you probably wouldn't even know because i had written my post in such a way as to deter you from reading it it's not your fault for skimming or using the high school first sentence last sentence strategy or writing the entire thing off with a tldr it's my fault for not following the rules of the road as it pertains to writing that's my shortcoming not yours and it's nothing you need to be forgiven for it's something i need to remedy by utilizing proper punctuation capitalization and paragraphs do you now see why we bust tfcn's balls over paragraphs i hope so because there's only so much people can take when it comes to being thrown post after post without any sign of a carriage return it really grinds on a person and given the amount of effort great versus the amount of payoff nil you really ought to be on our side of this issue don't you think or don't you think
you can use punctuation and line breaks, but other than that it's perfectly understandable and legible. you use a double space for paragraph breaks and an ellipsis or the occasional ponto e vírgula to separate thoughts.
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I somewhat agreed with a couple of your posts but this one,no.Replublicans just want you to get of your lazy arse and help yourself instead of depending on the gov to do it.So many of you(assuming here)youngsters/poor people have an inflated sense of entitlement when your really just a bunch of lazy kids/people.
Republican like Newt who wanted an Open Marriage!LOL if u really want to see lazy people wait till Republicans colonized the MOON!LOL Republicans stole from the Poor and now they want to get rid of them!LOL
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That's very clever, Angel!

An interesting side note...
Late last fall my wife and I went to the house of our daughters to deliver books and assorted study material to one of her sick peers.

We took the opportunity to sit down and talk to her parents who we'd not really gotten to know very well.
While we chatted, my noticed my wife staring at a interesting wood carving on their fireplace mantle. Suddenly, she turned to me and said "look at that, and tell me what you think it is."
It took me less than 3 seconds to figure out that it wasn't carved wood at all, but rather a representation of the word "JESUS".
Pieces of wood were glued onto painted wood to create the 4 voids between the 5 capital letters, as well to as create a framed perimeter around the word.

Our hosts remarked that they were quite impressed. They said only about 1/3 of the guests in their home can immediately "see" the word JESUS without having to explain the aforementioned.

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Sarah Palin is the hottest halftard in the short bus.
gotta admit; she'd be a whole lot easier to look at than biden... until she opened her mouth to talk... damn
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Republicans will soon be on the moon again but they will need a black slave to do their work and a Mexican to pickup the Trash and a Rock star to crash it!LOL
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Because they spread beliefs created by long dead and rotted savages.
As did the native Americans, what's your point?
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What gift, he scarified nothing.
scarified? LOL
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Apparently so.
How childishly simple and easy.
It is indeed.
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Fine!! I'll answer the question for you.
No.
Why? Because you aren't a dictator but you worship something that has every quality of an evil dictator. Not suprising that the concept god of the desert comes from an area known for such rulers.
I even know why you believe in this bullshit that peddlers have manipulated you into believing. Mortal anxiety. You're scared shitless of not being. I really can't blame you I guess. The thought of not being is difficult to reconcile. Life is the most precious thing. If we're all just sitting around waiting for an after life then life has no meaning. Kinda like waiting for five o clock so we can punch our time card. Next stop, Heaven. All you gotta do is satisfy the holy law, right? The alternative isn't judgement, it's an ultimatum. Believe or face the torturous cruel wrath of god. Hell, why even wait and risk screwing up? If you concentrate real hard one can just drop dead whenever he or she gets tired of being flawed animated dust.
Interesting how you see it. I see eternity as the reward for doing right. Our lives are reflections of us. Do you "waste" time at work "waiting' to punch out at 5 o'clock? If you do, that could be part of the problem. Productivity during the "work day" is the goal, punchout time is the reward.

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