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  Rum or Whiskey?

  by J. Hofer in

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  after a few beers and a bottle of french wine (2007 cote du rhone) i'm having myself some "ron zacapa centenario solera reserva".

  but that's probably because i spent a lot of time in latin america.

  i guess you gringos are more into whiskey?

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  Rum is good but whiskey is my prefrerred choice.

  Must be a single malt though - none of that blended stuff.

  And must not be mixed with water either.

  Some good suggestions above - Auchentoshan is a fav, also Laphroig.

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  A few Dawkins quotes to think about.

  by AK - Jeff in

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  "faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.

  faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.".

  "my last vestige of "hands off religion" respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of september 11th 2001, followed by the "national day of prayer," when prelates and pastors did their tremulous martin luther king impersonations and urged people of mutually incompatible faiths to hold hands, united in homage to the very force that caused the problem in the first place.".

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  Dawkins is the personification of arrogance and quite frankly is not as knowledgable on certain subjects than he makes out.

  He is entitled to his opinions - but that is all they are.
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  Do you know who the footballer is???

  by highdose in

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  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1389841/super-injunction-footballer-pictured-scottish-paper-30k-unmask-twitter.html.

  this is a story about a famous uk footballer who had an affair.

  he took the unusal step of going to court and getting an injuntion to prevent his mistress and the media from naming him.

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  I was just talking to my cousin Ryan about this and he said I should get out more, perhaps go to a few Giggs!!!!!!!

  The injuction does not apply in Scotland as the injunction was obtaioned in the English High Court which has no jurisdiction in Scotland. This is why the Sunday Herald in Scotland printed his picture on the front cover as they were exempt from the injunction.

  It is all a nonsense - I bet he wishes he went public about his wee affair - attempting to hide it has back fired hugely.

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  Stephen Hawking interview by Guardian: There is no Heaven

  by behemot in

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  http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/may/15/stephen-hawking-interview-there-is-no-heaven.

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  "Was that a scientifically falsifiable question?"

  I was just wondering what Hawkins motives are here - he seems quite definitive in his terminology.

  He recently stated that the universe did not need any creator because "Gravity" exists.

  Hawkins got blasted in the UK press for this becuase the obviouse question was then "Where did gravity come from"? The silence from the Hawkins camp was deafening in response.

  The science community do themselves no favours with this sort of rhetoric.

  Hawkins - very smart - most of the time....
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  Stephen Hawking interview by Guardian: There is no Heaven

  by behemot in

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  http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/may/15/stephen-hawking-interview-there-is-no-heaven.

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  How does he know there is no heaven?
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  Stop and consider God

  by StopTheTears in

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  is there really a god?

  is there really a divine creator or did the universe around us just "evolve?

  " what an incredible thought to even imagine that there could be a supernatural being so powerful as to create a universe.

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  Stop the Tears

  You make some reasonable points.
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  Who here are from the UK??

  by watersprout in

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  just wondering!.

  peace sprout.

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  Glasgow.
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  Descended from animal? Explain language.

  by StopTheTears in

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  if, as evolutionists claim, all of mankind evolved from the same primitive life-source, then how did we end up with 7,000 different languages?

  did one gorilla get angry at another gorilla and decide to start a new language?

  i'm intrigued to know.. .

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  I am sure the evolutionist community will have a theoretical postulation based on no eveidence to counter your argument.
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  Memorial - How many on here went and how many didn't?

  by IMHO in

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  feel free to add why/why not?.

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  This was the 3rd year in a row I did not attend - I am doomed for sure now!

  No visit from local elders to invite us this year - they must have finally got the message.

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  The last meeting you ever went to.......

  by watersprout in

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  i don't know whether this has ever been asked, so i apologize if i'm repeating.. what did you do at the last meeting you ever attended?

  did you stay for the whole thing?

  what made you realize that this was your last meeting, or did you not know it would be your last meeting??.

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  I had not been at a meeting for a few months due to moving house.

  I had already told Mrs Scotsman I had big doubts about the org.

  Anyway I finally attended a meeting at our new cong - walked in, put my briefcase on the chair and looked around and immediately knew I could not do it anymore, Went to the loo feeling a massive desire to walk out the hall.

  I sat through that meeting being reminded continually why I had to leave - meetings are totally different when your brain is switched on!

  A few pubs came up to me after the meeting to welcome me to the cong - I tried to keep composed but I suspect a few must have thought me a bit frosty.

  I went home after the meeting and told my wife I was not going back - she was pretty upset as I think she thought I was just going through a phase.

  The good news - she followed me out 5 months later.

  Best decision we have ever made - despite the fallout from it.

  To anyone thinking of doing the same - don't delay, escape today!