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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 06:50 AM Original message |
Religion Causing Obesity Says Purdue Study... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Does this include Wiccans, Buddhists and Orthodox Jews? |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 07:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That is one the most patronizing statements |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 07:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. its a tendancy amongst poor Americans to eat boxed macaroni and cheese |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 07:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I got all of them, thank you |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. In the case of obesity among the poor, the issue is more that |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 07:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Since Wicca's only been around since 1950 |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. If you lived in the South |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Are Baptists more likely to be poor? Just wondering |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:52 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Not around here, they aren't |
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MikeyJones (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
76. Good point |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hmm...I'm thin & don't believe in organized religion. Coincidence? |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. well... |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think it might have some correlations |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. Heard the list this morning |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
64. Do they separate Southern Baptist from Baptist? |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. I would guess that both things are a result of the same phenomenon |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Very insightful. Both CAN be used as an emotional crutch |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Don't forget the social eating in churches. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. To be fair there are plenty of stupid atheists as well |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Ya, but the percentages are not NEARLY as high |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. I would venture to say most Atheists became Atheists because... |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Exactly |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. For the last time? |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. and too many holy rollers mistake ridicule with intolerance |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I don't push for right wing values |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. all I have said is that they should not have power over me |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. That's not exactly all you have said |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Barring them would not be necessary and wouldnt work |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. OK - I apologize I must have misread your earlier posts |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #58 |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. That is the equivielent of me saying |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #63 |
77. I'll bet there are plenty of athiests |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. And plenty of Christians who don't. So? |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 01:23 PM Response to Reply #79 |
89. LOL! |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. That's unfair and incorrect |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I do not believe that religion is persecuted in America |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #47 |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #37 |
75. and all Americans have to tolerate you |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. o please, I never said all fat people were stupid |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. You said "most" without anything to back it up. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. That's ridiculous |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. fine, im agnostic then |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #43 |
62. The distinction between agnostic and atheist |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
53. I agree with you- atheism seems to be the product of |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
54. I grew up in a Boston Irish Catholic family |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
78. Athiests most likely examined Religion & threw out the baby w/ bathwater |
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shugah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. fat people are not smart? |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. based entirely on observation |
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shugah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. ah. personal observation. |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:12 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. yep, got smart and got in shape |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
44. What would you call it, then? |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #44 |
57. I'm not judging anyone's worth |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Right. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
66. That's quite an assertion. |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
68. Most fat people are not smart. |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
71. Prejudice much? nt |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
13. I guess "prayin' to Jesus" isn't a reliable way to lose weight. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
14. Perhaps he should examine SES and education levels. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. This isn't the first article I have read |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Wouldn't it be hilarious if, as they were being raptured.... |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. No not really. |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
59. well, since it would NEVER happen because the 'rapture' is a fake |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 11:34 AM Response to Reply #59 |
73. No wishing harm, but baseless insults are ok in your book? |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
88. Your best post in this thread. (eom) |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
19. I'm sure it contributes |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. So people who don't have one vice (drinking or smoking) |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. When people are very focused on getting rid of one |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I agree... |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
22. Not just obesity... |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
28. Religion or Bad Parenting? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #28 |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
31. Susceptibility to Advertising, Susceptibility to Religion, Same Thing |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
36. Double Chins for Jebus! |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
38. Sounds like the "Powerhouse Church of the Blinding Light... |
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Throckmorton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
86. But I ate of the condiment's there |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
41. It's all those pancake breakfasts |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
49. Not necessarilly a causal connection. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
56. It's all those potlucks the churches have |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Being surrounded by that much gullability makes me lose my |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
69. What would Jesus eat? |
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diamidue (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
70. People aren't stuffing themselves at church |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
72. That's so gross |
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MikeyJones (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
74. I guess a redneck's only 2 releases from the pressures of life are...... |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. That's Yankee drivel |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
81. It's cultural and regional |
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MikeyJones (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. There IS a difference between Cajun and Hick thankfully...... |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. Good point. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
84. When people congregate like that, they like to eat!! |
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