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Do you care what happens next?

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xongsmith
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01-29-2016 1:27 PM 		Reply to: Message 48 by 1.61803
01-29-2016 10:17 AM

Re: You don't have to be a Christian to object to the physical explanation of everything
Golden writes:
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It is when someone is spouting off nihilist clap trap that "nothing matters, and we are no more important than a amoeba. Usually for the sole purpose of being provocative.
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I admit to being amused by 1.6180339's sig line in context with that:
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"You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
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Cheerio, then!! On beyond Zebra!
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Dig it.
- xongsmith, 5.7d
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xongsmith
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01-29-2016 4:45 PM 		Reply to: Message 54 by Dr Adequate
01-29-2016 3:25 PM

Re: You don't have to be a Christian to object to the physical explanation of everything
The Docter posits:
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Because leather is a by-product of killing cows for meat. No-one kills cows for the leather, and eats beef as a by-product.
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Maybe so - but the Buffalo? Remember that scene in Dances With Wolves?
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