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Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by seer View PostWhat myth? You do not know that the adoptive parenting that we are speaking of does not generally follow the step parent model. We do know that adoptive children generally do worse over all:
The Paradox of Adoptionhttps://ifstudies.org/blog/the-paradox-of-adoption/
And I did not make a sweeping generalization, I said that you probably were a good step parent, I know I was.
Really - it's like watching someone who beats on dogs that are yellow, and then say, "owners of dogs that are yellow are not as good owners of other dogs - look at how their dogs turn out."
Originally posted by seer View PostRight, so there we may be able add those adoptions with low requirements to the step parenting model.
Originally posted by seer View PostAgain, but is that exclusive? That those who engage in this behavior never mate with the opposite sex?
I think I was fairly clear that permanent mating is rare throughout the animal kingdom, for all kinds of mating pairs (homo, hetero). It is even comparatively rare among humans. Studies have shown infidelity to be as high as 70% for women and 72% for men. In the U.S., almost 50% of marriages now end in divorce. That leaves comparatively few marriages that are monogamous from start to end and lifelong.
So I have no idea what you are trying to get at...The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by seer View PostI'm fascinating?The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostNo, watching Carp try so hard not to give up a point in a discussion all the while insisting he doesn't dodge or dance.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostI'm going to guess Sparko is going to make a comment about "dancing" or "dodging." He's been on a roll lately...The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostI addressed this. The data is fairly clear that adoptive parents actually spend more time, money, and effort in parenting than biological parents do. However, adoptive children will also, inevitably, have problems that bio-logical children won't. One of them is the pervasive view you just expressed, which undermines and diminishes. If society did not add the pressure, and use disparaging language (look up, someday, the source of the statement "put up for adoption"), and generally treat adoptive children as somehow less (are they your own children?), perhaps the phenomena you are describing wouldn't exist.
Really - it's like watching someone who beats on dogs that are yellow, and then say, "owners of dogs that are yellow are not as good owners of other dogs - look at how their dogs turn out."
Which is why I said "maybe three"
Are you looking for something specific here? Why is this question important to you?
I think I was fairly clear that permanent mating is rare throughout the animal kingdom, for all kinds of mating pairs (homo, hetero). It is even comparatively rare among humans. Studies have shown infidelity to be as high as 70% for women and 72% for men. In the U.S., almost 50% of marriages now end in divorce. That leaves comparatively few marriages that are monogamous from start to end and lifelong.
So I have no idea what you are trying to get at...Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostNo, watching Carp try so hard not to give up a point in a discussion all the while insisting he doesn't dodge or dance.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostYour "guess" came 4 minutes after he made the statement. Do you watch your dog sit, then quickly command "SIT" to pretend like you were in command?
Of course, you only have my word for that. The timestamps certainly make it possible that it happened as you suggest. I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostYes.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by seer View PostYes - I'm not fascinating or yes - I am fascinating?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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