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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 04:45 PM Original message |
Poll question: You are talking to a stranger wearing a cross. Is it OK to mention a documentary about biology? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Of course it is. Not everyone wearing a cross is a narrowmindedcretin fundamentalist. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Who are you having the conversation with? Some idiot, or someone with a discerning mind? NT |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. The person is a stranger. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #37 |
59. Yep, unless you're precinct walking or dialing for voters, it's best to stay away |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. this is getting to the point of being stupid. what is the percentage of christian in u.s.? |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. What if you and the stranger are somewhere other than America |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. i really dont worry conversing with anyone about anything. |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
76. Thank you - very well said and I would agree - I can talk to anyone! n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. and what if you and the stranger |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Suggesting that christianity is opposed to science is absurd? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes. There is a certain group of outspoken fundies that are, but most aren't. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. It is beyond me... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. It depends on how one defines religion. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. True.. but then.. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. As I said, it depends on your definition of religion. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Not necessarily. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
81. Yes - you can.. |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
78. They contradict each other? |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Yes. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. no one is suggesting god = science. you are off course. god does not have to fit into science |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Exactly. Separate. God does not fit into science. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. i dont see that they contradict each other. and though it may be irrelevant, per op... it seems |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. True. In regards to the OP, I agree with you |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
51. Yes, it is. Remarkably so. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
80. Care to elaborate? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #80 |
89. Examples off the top of my head |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. My cousin is a devout Christian and a biology teacher. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. If that person is a stranger, why not get to know them before |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. What if you are at a party and just met them? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm an oldster, but I would never just meet someone and start with controversy |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. and i go into the nitty gritty of it. and still fair well, lol lol. further |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
57. I agree here |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. There are so many people who wear crosses as a piece of |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes but not "to a stranger bearing a cross". n/t |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. Oh, you GD people, you have no idea. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. ahhhhhhh. so a person pointing finger at christian, playing their own games. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Like bugs under a microscope, so are the days of DU. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Been noticing them in GD today. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Fun to sort of author of OP there. I liked the "is this chicken kosher" one. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
92. I was wondering who let him out of his cage. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. depends on who you are talking to.. I wouldn't think too many people |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. The question is insulting. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. from what i am told, seems this is the intent. to be insulting. i see |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. You didn't say whether or not you wear a cross. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. I think it is rude to go up to people you don't know and ask them to see something |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Biology is offensive? |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. No, but they might nevertheless take offense. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. No, but a documentary with a particular slant might be. For example, I don't think |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Where do you draw the line? If I told someone they should watch... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. the questions is.... does EVERYONE who wears a cross have a problem |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. "the question is.... does EVERYONE who wears a cross" |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
65. Absolutely! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. OMG - what could be more fun than that? |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. If you saw me in person, you'd see that I wear a small crucifix. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. evil ... bad... this person is in essense criticizing people for small minded as they do that and |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. "the whole point of the op is to show the closed minded christian" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. to suggest there may be issue between science and person wearing a cross |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. First, I'm not convinced that there's a strong connection between |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. How about , "No. It would be incredibly rude and my mother brought me up better than that." |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Some people consider it rude to consider the hypothesis that |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. How is it rude to spread knowledge? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
54. In answer to your question, when you're not a friend of the person |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Now, go bother your mother. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. I'm only imitating my mother! |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. How do two people ever become friends if neither raises conversational topics? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Easy. You just start slowly. n/t |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. When you say "start slowly", do you mean that two people |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I've said enough. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #54 |
67. science is controversial? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. I try not to be intimidated by fashion accessories. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
40. No. I want to LIVE, dammit! |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
48. We should never talk to anyone as we may offend them. Including posting here |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. None of the above - the presence of a cross would have no bearing |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. It depends on the circumstances and your intentions.. |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
53. Have at.... use your judgment. I assume you have judgment capability? |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
56. Of course |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
60. Like a documentary on how long it takes for the chest of a crucified person to collapse? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
61. "The trick is to realize that there is no spoon" n/t |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
64. Not sure. Talk astronomy instead. The Pope said the earth orbits the sun, |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
66. Your Ridiculously Stupid Poll Question Reeks Of Ignorance. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. What's the premise? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Sure. Some Of Them. Not As Bad As The OP Itself Though. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
68. Considering I work with people who wear crosses from time to time |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
71. Of course |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
73. Yup and in fact I would bring up Charles Darwin just for the hell of it. nt |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
75. This is pretty lame though..... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
77. It is your duty |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
85. People wearing crosses aren't interested in biology? |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
86. somebody has far too much time on their hands n/t |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
88. Are we talking jewelry/necklace cross or big wooden cross (a la Easter in the Phillipines) |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
90. For the record: The Catholic church accepts evolution |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
91. The hell does wearing a cross have to do with anything? |
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