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SkinWalker

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Posted in: Racism..
  SkinWalker
05-26-2003, 10:30 PM
#17
That could also have been rankism, which is little discussed but often confused with racism. In fact, rankism and racism are often together.... But rankism is the result of someone exercising unfair power/authority over subordinates simply because...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution vs. Creation Myths/other scientific theories
  SkinWalker
05-25-2003, 3:34 AM
#40
http://www.ntskeptics.org/2000/2000february/prasad03.gif...  [Read More]
Posted in: Debate strategies and tactics
  SkinWalker
05-25-2003, 2:21 AM
#11
Try not to get overly attached to a point of view just because it's yours. Ask yourself why you like the idea. Compare it fairly with alternatives. See if you can find reasons for rejecting it. If you don't, others will. Arguing the point of some &qu...  [Read More]
Posted in: Suicide?
  SkinWalker
05-22-2003, 2:00 PM
#30
Suicide is so counterintuitive to most cultures, that it is frequently the subject of much scorn. I think that one of the reasons is that suicide doesn't affect the central person as much as the survivors. The person dying is merely dead. He/she has...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Great Ganja Debate
  SkinWalker
05-28-2003, 2:58 AM
#13
Originally posted by Jah Warrior The ammount of deaths by alcohol more than justify a ban on it. Alcohol's social implications also make it a significant contributor to domestic and non-domestic violence. Alcohol has a significant impact on peoples...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Great Ganja Debate
  SkinWalker
05-27-2003, 1:38 PM
#4
Obviously, we can't make illegal everything that is unhealthy... however, THC is a drug and should be controlled like any other drug. The half-attempts at justification for "medical use," etc. are invalid since there is no evidence to supp...  [Read More]
Posted in: Fate, destiny, and coincidence
  SkinWalker
05-27-2003, 4:15 AM
#16
Originally posted by Homuncul Everything concerning deepering of our reality always gives birth to more questions than answers. That's our growth of knowledge and it's not something we should be afraid of but something we should long for (if of cour...  [Read More]
Posted in: Fate, destiny, and coincidence
  SkinWalker
05-26-2003, 8:04 PM
#14
In just doing a bit of casual reading, I've looked at some of Primrose's and Hameroff's theoretical work... I must say it is interesting. Counter-intuitive, but interesting nonetheless. The problem I see so far, is that their theory on quantum consc...  [Read More]
Posted in: Fate, destiny, and coincidence
  SkinWalker
05-26-2003, 6:05 AM
#10
Originally posted by Homuncul I have a better idea although just an idea merely a quantum connection through your brain to "other times selves". Poppycock. While there are several multiverse theories that hold up, mathematically, there...  [Read More]
Posted in: Fate, destiny, and coincidence
  SkinWalker
05-26-2003, 2:31 AM
#7
Originally posted by Rad707_Pandaz I'm still stumped on how John Edward does his thing but it seems possible to fake. He's an actor. And not a very good one, either. The people that go into his show want to believe, and so are less likely to be sk...  [Read More]
Posted in: Fate, destiny, and coincidence
  SkinWalker
05-25-2003, 2:29 AM
#2
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. -- Carl Sagan, Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium (1997) p. 60 I'd say that there is a logical explanation for your "feelings" of deja vu. M...  [Read More]
Posted in: Guns are bad mmmkay...
  SkinWalker
05-25-2003, 12:38 AM
#17
Jah did precede that paragraph with the words, "in the UK..." if memory serves correct. I would think that, in the UK, burglars very rarely possess firearms. That would go along with the number of guns present in the UK, which, when compar...  [Read More]
Posted in: Guns are bad mmmkay...
  SkinWalker
05-24-2003, 10:29 PM
#9
Originally posted by munik I'm not exactly sure on state laws for hand gun permits, but it is more difficult to purchase a handgun then a shotgun. There are laws for illegal possession of a firearm. Yes, but neither are licensed. Therefore, anyone...  [Read More]
Posted in: Guns are bad mmmkay...
  SkinWalker
05-24-2003, 3:17 PM
#3
I don't think they should be banned, but I do feel strongly that the privilage of owning one should be more difficult to accomplish than an automobile. Automobiles, in the hands of the inept and careless, are every bit as deadly as firearms. But at...  [Read More]
Posted in: Suicide Killers
  SkinWalker
05-22-2003, 1:41 PM
#1
We've all heard the news of Suicide Bombers over the years, particulary in regard to the Palestinian / Israeli conflicts. Lately, there have been a rash of bombings that appear to have the earmarks of Al Queda... in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and in Ken...  [Read More]
Posted in: Faith Healing?
  SkinWalker
05-26-2003, 2:54 AM
#13
Originally posted by XWING5 True, or you can try to cover all bases and do both. But then, when medicine has done it's work, you'll be under the misguided assumption that the supernatural was at work. I'm simply amazed at people who carry around t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Faith Healing?
  SkinWalker
05-25-2003, 1:50 AM
#11
I've done a bit of searching... and I find no evidence of anyone cured by a "faith healer" who had demonstrated a clear, non-psychosomatic affliction before the "healing" to a medical authority and did not still possess the afflic...  [Read More]
Posted in: Faith Healing?
  SkinWalker
05-24-2003, 2:24 AM
#7
I think that there certainly are some Psychosomatic afflictions that can be improved by postive mental orientation. This might include 'faith healing' but also prayer, voo doo, Navajo Sand Painting, Reiki, or just sheer will-power. As far as what mi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Faith Healing?
  SkinWalker
05-22-2003, 1:14 PM
#1
I thought of making this a poll, but I couldn't think of a set of questions that wouldn't be all-inclusive... I recently read an interesting passage in a book that discussed Faith Healing and I was wonder what experiences and opinions others have h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ban DHMO!
  SkinWalker
05-25-2003, 2:31 AM
#12
Originally posted by XWING5 If you don't like it, then ban it. But I am undecided whether it should be nationally banned. Like everything, seems that there are good and bad sides. You did understand that this was a joke, right? DHMO is water. In f...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ban DHMO!
  SkinWalker
05-24-2003, 2:03 AM
#9
I'm actually addicted to the stuff.... so I hope they don't ban it.... where will I get my fix? :(...  [Read More]
Posted in: Rumsfeld urges ending nuke research ban
  SkinWalker
05-23-2003, 1:43 PM
#9
Originally posted by ShadowTemplar 'Cept that the Scientific American article says that we don't yet know whether there'd be fallout in the cloud (which by the way isn't mushroom-shaped in an underground detonation; the mushroom shape is caused by t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Rumsfeld urges ending nuke research ban
  SkinWalker
05-22-2003, 2:17 PM
#6
I would think that the heat involved with the detonation of a low-yield nuclear device would be more than sufficient to fully consume the chemicals and biological compounds (if they exist) that he indicates. The matter that is sucked into the "m...  [Read More]
Posted in: Sars
  SkinWalker
05-21-2003, 3:40 AM
#7
Originally posted by ShadowTemplar There is no known cure for Bubonic Plague. It's a viral infection. And the origins and carrier(s) of the plague is currently unknown. I missed that bit until I saw Munik's quote of it..... Bubonic Plague is actua...  [Read More]
Posted in: Sars
  SkinWalker
05-20-2003, 11:30 AM
#5
Heart disease still remains the more serious medical problem and, in the short time that SARS has been around, Heart Disease has doubtless killed many more people. Yet we (in the U.S. at any rate) do little to avoid the problem. We eat the wrong food...  [Read More]
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