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Old Feb 18th 2009, 6:55 pm
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Originally Posted by Jacquie77
FYI: Killing innocent people is completely forbidden by Islam, as is suicide.

Very disappointing to see something like this posted here. A bit sad too.
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Old Feb 19th 2009, 12:27 am
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Default Re: If you had 12 hours to live, what would you do?

Originally Posted by shiva
ok then heres one for all the believers.
where did your soul come from? does god have a ****ing great big warehouse full of souls that he sends out to every human who ever was and ever will be., has he created another universe specifically to house this behemoth of a warehouse?
heres another one for the believers
who created God?
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Old Feb 19th 2009, 12:28 am
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Default Re: If you had 12 hours to live, what would you do?

Originally Posted by Bison
Here are some ideas:
  • Steal Your Dream Car And Get On Police, Camera, Action
  • Make Love To Lots Of Beautiful Women or Men depending on what takes your fancy
  • Rob A Bank
  • Slap Gordon Brown Live on TV With A Giant Fish Wearing Marigolds
  • Walk Around Naked
  • Drive Around In Reverse
  • Sleep
  • Kill All The People You Hate
  • Spend Time With Friends/Family
  • Try Something New.... This Could Be Anything
  • Take Lots Of Drugs That You Were Too Scared To Take Before
  • Jump Off The Burj Without A Chute..
  • Run Naked Onto The Pitch At Wembley

Any other ideas?
fish dont have fingers so how can they wear marigolds?
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Old Feb 19th 2009, 3:39 am
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Default Re: If you had 12 hours to live, what would you do?

Originally Posted by Inselaffen
heres another one for the believers
who created God?
[1] Say (O Muhammad (peace be upon him)) "He is Allâh, (the) One.
[2] "Allâh-us-Samad (allah The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, (He neither eats nor drinks))
[3] "He begets not, nor was He begotten.
[4] "And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him."
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Originally Posted by Beard Man
[1] Say (O Muhammad (peace be upon him)) "He is Allâh, (the) One.
[2] "Allâh-us-Samad (allah The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, (He neither eats nor drinks))
[3] "He begets not, nor was He begotten.
[4] "And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him."
none of thatanswered my question though!
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Old Feb 19th 2009, 4:57 am
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Originally Posted by Inselaffen
heres another one for the believers
who created God?
Infinite existance isn't really much of a problem is it?

http://www.nuclecu.unam.mx/~alberto/physics/string.html
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Default Re: If you had 12 hours to live, what would you do?

Originally Posted by Charismatic
Infinite existance isn't really much of a problem is it?

http://www.nuclecu.unam.mx/~alberto/physics/string.html
and I thought String theory was about fat birds not wearing thongs!
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Default Re: If you had 12 hours to live, what would you do?

Originally Posted by Bison
I think Italy to Brazil flight times mean you would arrive in Rio quite stiff.....
Bison, I wouldn't take the swag, I'd hire Turkish.
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Old Feb 19th 2009, 6:23 pm
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For a lowbrow like me, there are some damn interesting posts on this thread.

'Soul' for me is Otis Reading and energy is summit I read about on the side of a cereal box
Can I ask the enlightened: MacScot Charismatic,Shiva,Benzo to explain Deja Vu to me please
at idiot level obviously.
I am well organised but never ahead of myself so why have I seen it b4,been there b4?

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Default Re: If you had 12 hours to live, what would you do?

Originally Posted by Eva
For a lowbrow like me, there are some damn interesting posts on this thread.

'Soul' for me is Otis Reading and energy is summit I read about on the side of a cereal box
Can I ask the enlightened: MacScot Charismatic,Shiva,Benzo to explain Deja Vu to me please
at idiot level obviously.
I am well organised but never ahead of myself so why have I seen it b4,been there b4?

Ta
Déjà vu......

Generally, in a few fleeting moments you may get a feeling that you are experiencing a carbon copy of a moment that you are convinced that you must have experienced before...or more simply a been-here-before feeling.

In the past, psychologists spoke not only of déjà vu but of déjà entendu (already heard), déjà senti (already smelled), déjà lu (already read), and déjà vécu (already lived).

Déjà vu is very difficult to study in the laboratory...we still do not know its cause, what triggers it, or why it trails off with age. Even studying normal memory is in its infancy..so trying to experimentally study something such as déjà vu will be very difficult. However, I do love Sigmund Freud's take on the subject. Freud traced the feeling, somewhat predictably, to one's mother’s genitals: 'There is indeed no other place about which one can assert with such conviction that one has been there before.'

Some facts on déjà vu
(from http://discovermagazine.com/2005/sep...y-of-deja-vu):

1. About a third of the population has never experienced déjà vu.

2. Déjà vu is more likely to occur during periods of stress and fatigue and that it tended to occur late in the day and late in the week.

3. The more educated, well traveled, wealthy, and liberal a person is, the more likely he or she is to experience déjà vu.

4. Déjà vu trails off dramatically with age with someone in their 20s experiencing it about 3 times a year, while middle-aged (me) experience it about once in a decade.

5. Déjà vu trails off dramatically appears to be located in the temporal lobe, and people with damaged temporal lobes may suffer from chronic déjà vu.

It has been suggested that, in damaged temporal lobe cases cases, déjà vu may be the result of a small seizure in the part of the temporal lobe that governs our sense of familiarity.

I think 3. above fits in with you Eva...do you experience déjà vu often?
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Default Re: If you had 12 hours to live, what would you do?

Originally Posted by MacScot
Déjà vu......

Generally, in a few fleeting moments you may get a feeling that you are experiencing a carbon copy of a moment that you are convinced that you must have experienced before...or more simply a been-here-before feeling.

In the past, psychologists spoke not only of déjà vu but of déjà entendu (already heard), déjà senti (already smelled), déjà lu (already read), and déjà vécu (already lived).

Déjà vu is very difficult to study in the laboratory...we still do not know its cause, what triggers it, or why it trails off with age. Even studying normal memory is in its infancy..so trying to experimentally study something such as déjà vu will be very difficult. However, I do love Sigmund Freud's take on the subject. Freud traced the feeling, somewhat predictably, to one's mother’s genitals: 'There is indeed no other place about which one can assert with such conviction that one has been there before.'

Some facts on déjà vu
(from http://discovermagazine.com/2005/sep...y-of-deja-vu):

1. About a third of the population has never experienced déjà vu.

2. Déjà vu is more likely to occur during periods of stress and fatigue and that it tended to occur late in the day and late in the week.

3. The more educated, well traveled, wealthy, and liberal a person is, the more likely he or she is to experience déjà vu.

4. Déjà vu trails off dramatically with age with someone in their 20s experiencing it about 3 times a year, while middle-aged (me) experience it about once in a decade.

5. Déjà vu trails off dramatically appears to be located in the temporal lobe, and people with damaged temporal lobes may suffer from chronic déjà vu.

It has been suggested that, in damaged temporal lobe cases cases, déjà vu may be the result of a small seizure in the part of the temporal lobe that governs our sense of familiarity.

I think 3. above fits in with you Eva...do you experience déjà vu often?
hmmm, so what's the term for déjà taste...my kids seem to know they don't like food before they've tried it (obviously this rule doesn't apply for cakes and chocolate)...

MM, xx
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Default Re: If you had 12 hours to live, what would you do?

Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
hmmm, so what's the term for déjà taste...my kids seem to know they don't like food before they've tried it (obviously this rule doesn't apply for cakes and chocolate)...

MM, xx
lol MM - all kids!! "I" starts off her mornings with "I hate breakfast"!
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Fly home and go and see my estranged daughter and tell her just how much I loved her.it would take about 11hours to kick the shit out of her mothers complete family in order to gain access.

Either that or I'd spend every moment with my family and reflect on how blessed we really are.

Or I'd go out on my bike, cycle towards the empty quarter with no water and see how far I got. Basically see if I could beat the 12 hour limit to die.
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Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
hmmm, so what's the term for déjà taste...my kids seem to know they don't like food before they've tried it (obviously this rule doesn't apply for cakes and chocolate)...

MM, xx
...déjà goûté !
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Originally Posted by MacScot
...déjà goûté !
lol, merci beaucoup...

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