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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:31 PM Original message |
Thirteen things we should tell our children about life, gods, and our origins |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Please read the Book of Msongs. I found it in the backyard this morning... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Not golden? n/t |
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Tuvok Obama (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
48. I put it there |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
88. I'm waiting for the movie |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. And if you ask for evidence, |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. want to bet the cotton/wool/polyester lobby is behind the hemp ban? nt |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Dow Chemical and nylon is considered |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Also: "A friend with weed; is a friend indeed" |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. "Dope will get you through times of no money |
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PADemD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Especially, who funded the study. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. VERY true |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. True. Science isn't infallible. Remember phen-fen? I could list |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
83. Agreed, be familiar with appropriate scientific methodology |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. 14. All of the best cartoons are on at night. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Now if you can get any priest or pastor to read those points from |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R! n/t |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Thirteen? Thirteen is a very unlucky number! |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. 15. Follo* Your O*n Inner Voice |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I love it!!! What a great idea, even though I doubt I could keep it going. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. 14) go to Boston and order the Clam Chowder at the Union Oyster House |
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metapunditedgy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Drive up the coast, enjoy the scenery, and get seafood/chowder in one of |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Go to Maine for the Lobster Rolls .... Reds |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
57. OMG - that's cruel |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I've always loved Legal Seafood's clam chowda', is their's better? n/t |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Freaking 1 stick of butter in it |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
63. This is totally unfair. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. party on |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #63 |
87. Legal Seafood ships! |
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JeffreyWilliamson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Revised Number 4... |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. An atheist's affirmation... |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
65. Also, remember there are no "end products" of evolution . |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. If it makes you happy, enjoy it. Just don't be obnoxious about it. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. What is so wrong about being obnoxious? |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. What's right about it? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I don't know if being obnoxious is right, and I am not advocating it. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
62. LOL! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. If it makes you happy, enjoy it. Just don't be obnoxious about it. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Hehe! |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
54. If we're obnoxious... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yes, indeed. Religion is the enemy of clear thinking. |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. Makes perfect sense. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. What would you tell them about faith? |
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babydollhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. Everything changes. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. and if you must hurt them, at least do it in a funny way. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. The purpose of life... |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. 15. And Chicago makes the best pizza. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. 7 and 9 screw it up |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
46. You don't need evidence in favor of a negative proposition |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. lack of evidence does not mean the conclusion is foregone |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. Ermmm... no |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Don't bother. |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
84. The burden of proof is on the affirmative |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm not a believer in the afterlife, but here's an experience relating to #8. Maybe someone |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Ha! |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I believe that when someone loves you as your Grandmother did |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Those are common dreams and they tell me a lot about what comes |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. I had a kind of similar experience, although it didn't involve death |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
38. Hey! Whaddaya got against sports coaches?!?! |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
41. evoluating? |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
42. Don't indoctrinate your children into believing that everything |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
77. ... |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. ...or that we can actually learn things about this universe that are true |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
43. #8. I have spoken and received a message from a dead loved one that I have on tape (EVP). |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. you and me both, OmmmSweetOmmm. I just feel loathe to tell |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
68. The "sensitivity" runs through my Mom as well. My sister, my brother |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
75. There are people who’ll pay mega bucks for that kind of proof |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
49. well, its probably what we should tell out atheist children, if we want to indoctrinate them |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. 'Fascist'? 'Indoctrinate'? That's ridiculous |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
79. Fascist Individualism |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. There is not a thing fascist in that. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. valid point: fascist was the wrong word, and really not what I was trying to say |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. Consider the following |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. But since it's not the separate word 'ism', you've looked up the wrong thing |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #61 |
80. FAIL |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
81. My daughter asked me if there were monsters, she asked in a literal sense of the word, |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
50. When you say "children" what age child are you referring to? nt |
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Stop Cornyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
55. # x+1. Historically, many human cultures have felt a desire to embrace personified deities to |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
56. I like 1-4, but I do speak with the dead, or rather they show themselves to me, and |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
58. I strongly disagree about #7 |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
59. I find this sort of preaching just as bad as the evangelical preaching |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
82. Isn't your post preaching about preaching? |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
85. How is it preaching? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
64. Most excellent list... |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
66. Teach the children to think, nice thinking |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
67. K&R nt. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
71. Well, I don't have kids but I tell my friends' kids one thing |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
72. Evoluating? What? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
78. Wish it wasn't too late to rec this. nt |
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