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howaythelads @howaythelads (16) 28 Aug 10

What factors make someone attractive? For you is appearance most important, or is one attracted to money, personality and/or other factors? And is there differences for what men and women find attractive? Will be interesting to...

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howaythelads @howaythelads (16) 23 Aug 10

Do you believe in God? I myself am agnostic, the claim that there is god/s or higher beings for me is an extraordinary claim, and it is my belief that extraordinary claims, require extraordinary proof. So my question is do you...

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howaythelads I understand it very well. I am a psychologist! - just to point out a couple of contradictions in your reply, you say we are 'born' and 'determined' with no scope for change/agency - then you point out how 'crucial' the 'environment' is, to who we become, and...

23 Aug 10

howaythelads @howaythelads (16) 23 Aug 10

Do you believe in God? I myself am agnostic, the claim that there is god/s or higher beings for me is an extraordinary claim, and it is my belief that extraordinary claims, require extraordinary proof. So my question is do you...

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howaythelads What i am asking is where is the proof god exists whether we believe or not??? Ahh the good old creationist argument, the designer of the watch is man! - what would 'creationists' answers be to the fact we are around 98% chimpanzee? in addition what would...

23 Aug 10

howaythelads @howaythelads (16) 23 Aug 10

Do you believe in God? I myself am agnostic, the claim that there is god/s or higher beings for me is an extraordinary claim, and it is my belief that extraordinary claims, require extraordinary proof. So my question is do you...

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howaythelads Hi, is everyone free to make that choice however. Things are much more determined than we would like to admit. The church and religion in general has 'controlled' human behaviour for many years, until the enlightenment period of the 18th century when science...

23 Aug 10

howaythelads @howaythelads (16) 23 Aug 10

Do you believe in God? I myself am agnostic, the claim that there is god/s or higher beings for me is an extraordinary claim, and it is my belief that extraordinary claims, require extraordinary proof. So my question is do you...

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howaythelads It seems these examples are coincidental, they still dont point to their being a higher power in my humble opinion.

23 Aug 10

howaythelads @howaythelads (16) 23 Aug 10

Do you believe in God? I myself am agnostic, the claim that there is god/s or higher beings for me is an extraordinary claim, and it is my belief that extraordinary claims, require extraordinary proof. So my question is do you...

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howaythelads Hi, how where you helped, could there be an alternative explanation for this help you received? - my point is how can you be sure a higher being exists? - for example i could claim to you now that i have a tartan/multicoloured mouse with three tails in my...

23 Aug 10

howaythelads @howaythelads (16) 23 Aug 10

What is intelligence? What makes someone intelligent, and others not? How do you know if your intelligent?

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howaythelads @howaythelads (16) 23 Aug 10

Do you believe in God? I myself am agnostic, the claim that there is god/s or higher beings for me is an extraordinary claim, and it is my belief that extraordinary claims, require extraordinary proof. So my question is do you...

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howaythelads @howaythelads (16) 23 Aug 10

What is happiness for you? We all pursue it, our definition, thoughts and ideas of what constitutes happiness will differ. Will be interesting to see if any similarities and differences occur in opinions.

happiness

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howaythelads I agree that happiness is subjective, what makes one happy will/and or could make someone unhappy. If happiness is about the person and making sure that they adopt a life which will provide them this joy, then why do so many people behave in ways, or take...

23 Aug 10

howaythelads @howaythelads (16) 23 Aug 10

What is happiness for you? We all pursue it, our definition, thoughts and ideas of what constitutes happiness will differ. Will be interesting to see if any similarities and differences occur in opinions.

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howaythelads @howaythelads (16) 23 Aug 10

Does anyone else thing 'Capatilism' has run its course?

capatilism

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LaLa Leo @mrscallands22 (2852) • United States 14 Jul 10

Not to be a pessimistic person or anything like that... but let's be realists here. Some people will never live their dream. Some people will never make it to where they want to be in life with the things that they want and the...

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howaythelads Good question. We have evolved to 'want', it served our ancestors well when times were tough, and they had to hunt for food. However it becomes 'maladaptive' when you put the same (in evolutionary terms we are of similar makeup to our hunter gatherer...

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