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"I'm looking for someone to change my life.
I'm looking for a miracle in my life.
And if you could see, what its done to me...
To lose the love I knew, could safely lead me to
The land that I one knew...
To learn as we grow old, the secrets of our souls."
Question, The Moody Blues
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I hate to disappoint the guys, but I wouldn't consider that a valid study, not yet. All possible causes must be examined.
I'd like to see if the results don't hold up when the prayers are being offered to Allah, Buddha, Bast, Ahura Mazda, or the Great Potato, rather than the conventional Christian God-Being.
THAT could be interesting.
But the implications, should the results stay the same, could be staggering. Hmm..
Of course, the problem here, I suppose, would be finding enough believers in other deities to conduct a balanced study.
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'In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to Liberty; he is always in allegiance to the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection of his own." ---- Thomas Jefferson
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"Do you suffer from long-term memory loss? I don't remember..."
Chumbawumba, Amnesia
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"NO! NO! Kill you all!
Die! MAKE YOU SUFFER!!!"
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Elim Garak: "Oh, it's just Garak. Plain, simple Garak. Now, good day to you, Doctor. I'm so glad to have made such an... interesting new friend today." (DS9: "Past Prologue")
Incidentally, I'm told that, statistically, those who visit Lourdes and Medjugorge (sp) and some such places actually experience spontaneous healing LESS often than people who stay home, eat better, have a good attitude, etc? (I know I'll have to figure out where I heard this.)
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'In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to Liberty; he is always in allegiance to the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection of his own." ---- Thomas Jefferson
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"Do you suffer from long-term memory loss? I don't remember..."
Chumbawumba, Amnesia
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"All you people, can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Everytime we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life"
-Backstreet Boys
But that's just my POV on things, and I'm done now.....
~LOA
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Can't we all just get along????
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Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons; for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
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Fool of a Took, throw yourself in next time!!
Gandalf
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Elim Garak: "Oh, it's just Garak. Plain, simple Garak. Now, good day to you, Doctor. I'm so glad to have made such an... interesting new friend today." (DS9: "Past Prologue")
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--Then, said Cranly, do you not intend to become a protestant?
--I said that I had lost the faith, Stephen answered, but not that I had lost self-respect. What kind of liberation would that be to forsake an absurdity which is logical and coherent and to embrace one which is illogical and incoherent?
James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
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"All you people, can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Everytime we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life"
-Backstreet Boys
<Snit>Hmph! I suppose this means all us heterosexuals are ugly, hairy monstrosities? [Glances in a mirror.]
Oh.
Never mind.</Snit>
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I can see these studies turning into a "my god is better than your god" debate, and I think that this would just be ultimately self defeating.
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I can see these studies turning into a "my god is better than your god" debate, and I think that this would just be ultimately self defeating.
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Do business with us, or we'll ruin you.
I can see these studies turning into a "my god is better than your god" debate, and I think that this would just be ultimately self defeating.
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Do business with us, or we'll ruin you.
Heeheehee...
>"Amen, LOA. Prayers are always answered, it's just that sometimes the answer isn't what we want it to be, so we don't see it. But if you simply pray that God will do whatever He wants through your life, and let Him do that, He always will, and chances are you'll end up happier than you would have otherwise."
You do realize, though, that the results you get from this method will be INDISTINGUISHABLE from Random Chance, except that you'll feel a bit better about it.
C: "Sometimes, the answer is 'yes,' sometimes the answer is 'no.'"
Fo2: "And apparently, sometimes the answer is 'tough #@$%.'"
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'In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to Liberty; he is always in allegiance to the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection of his own." ---- Thomas Jefferson
--Baloo
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If this is the future, then where are all the flying cars?
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