imakegarb
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Post by imakegarb on Sept 20, 2008 18:53:26 GMT
I'm sorry, there should be an "s" on that. Stewart Edwards. This thread is very much up his alley
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Post by lauderdale on Sept 20, 2008 19:31:12 GMT
Indeed so. Bro Karen you can find him alive and well on my Forum "The Chequered Pavement".
What is a "Brister"? Is this Karen's new words competition? I assume you mean Bro Sally?
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Post by billmcelligott on Sept 21, 2008 13:51:16 GMT
A Brister is half a Brother and half a Sister ?
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Post by imakegarb on Sept 21, 2008 18:02:31 GMT
I once had my head bit off by a female Brother who wanted to be called "sister". Only I didn't know it and . . . K, out of ignorance I screwed up So, now, if I don't know, I say "Brister" ;D Until I'm better educated
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Post by synchronicity on Sept 21, 2008 21:33:38 GMT
In another thread I jokingly referred to the two sexes being issued different sets of dangly bits at birth. Well, I was only half joking.
It might be useful to remember that for a long time during the embryo's development there is no sexual differentiation whatsoever and it could literally go either way. Then at one point the 'switch' flicks one way or the other, and the embryo starts developing one particular set of sexual organs... while still retaining the others in a vestigial form!
Also interesting is the fact that there are many creatures in nature which are completely hermaphrodite; others that literally change sex in the course of their life; and others still whose sex is determined entirely by external factors (e.g. temperature, etc.).
We have all heard the theory that each man has hidden in himself some feminine features and each woman some masculine ones. Well, this is true both physically and psychologically.
That marvellous little book, the Kybalion, has a lot to say about Gender, stating that is found in the entire manifest universe, where it takes many forms other than sex. Another important thing the Kybalion says about gender is that both genders are present in everything.
These are only the introductory remarks about gender, as there is a whole chapter on the subject further on in the book, plus a whole chapter on Mental Gender.
Gender is more an 'accident' (in the philosophical sense of non-essential attribute, although as we have seen, in nature it can also be an accident in the more common sense of the word) than an essential characteristic of human beings. Therefore I totally reject the idea that differences between men and women are so fundamental as to relegate the sexes into virtually different species.
In fact, I am surprised we are even discussing this as I thought it was self-evident.
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 21, 2008 21:38:54 GMT
In fact, I am surprised we are even discussing this as I thought it was self-evident. Thank you!
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Post by hollandr on Sept 22, 2008 0:24:08 GMT
>So what you term as "etheric energy" is merely the pattern that is produced on the retina of a person's eye due to the residual contrast difference between the dark and light images that blur due to the shaky nature of a person's eyes when targeting on contrasting images?
There are various experiments that are easily performed to test your explanation
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 22, 2008 12:05:47 GMT
There are various experiments that are easily performed to test your explanation Please explain
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Mr_Chaos
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Post by Mr_Chaos on Mar 28, 2009 21:10:14 GMT
Other then the whole extra rib thing I guess were the essentially the same. ;D Oh wait, I forgot men and women have the same amount of ribs. Guess we are the same. But then again there is the whole breasts thing. Thank God!
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Post by Mr_Chaos on Mar 29, 2009 18:39:53 GMT
...But then again there is the whole breasts thing. Thank God! Sorry. Man-boobs are NOT a turn on. Funny Prometheus. Your comedic genius and a know-it-all. Your wife must love you.
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Post by billmcelligott on Mar 29, 2009 22:21:15 GMT
Putting a smiley face at the end of an insult does not stop it from being an insult.
I expect an apology to be written here. SOON
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Post by Mr_Chaos on Mar 30, 2009 0:52:15 GMT
Putting a smiley face at the end of an insult does not stop it from being an insult. I expect an apology to be written here. SOON 1000 apologies if I came across a bit brash. I have deleted the post and meant no disrespect to your forum. I am new here and believe me when I say I did not join to flame back and forth with any of your members. I just found some of the comments made by Prometheus to be unconstructive, snide and low class. At the very least it was definitely no way to welcome a new member, but I understand that every forum has these types so next time comments of that nature shall be ignored. I will contact Prometheus privately and try to resolve our issue. Sorry once again for any offenses made to those not involved. Cheers, Mr_Chaos
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