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[True Grit Farms]

I could go on and on about the differences between a conservative and liberal. The main problem I have with liberals is their idea of free trade. I owe no one nothing and shouldn't be responsible for someone else's well being. I feel I'm a conservative besides on the abortion issue. I have never been able to grasp the abortion issue and death penalty.
You right on Ron.

 

[ga.prime]

I have a cousin who believes 95% of people are vampires but don't know it.

 

[Margonme]

I can understand that. We are all looking for transcendance and/or transformation. A Bruce Springsteen concert is church IMHO. As well as many other experiences.
I wouldn't want to ruin the Daily Inspirations thread. Maybe some of us who find inspiration in readings, music, activities, art, and other pursuits which aren't biblical per se should have a thread "Heathens' Inspirations" (tongue-in-cheek working title but semi-serious suggestion).

I read the Daily Inspirational on a regular basis and I enjoy the literary quality of the Bible.

I remember in high school literature class, my teacher was a big fan of trancendentalism. I wonder if they teach such concepts as that today:

an idealistic philosophical and social movement that developed in New England around 1836 in reaction to rationalism. Influenced by romanticism, Platonism, and Kantian philosophy, it taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity, and its members held progressive views on feminism and communal living. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were central figures.

You lost me when I saw the phrase "communal living".

The Mennonites are a current day example of communal living.

 

[TexasBred]

I read the Daily Inspirational on a regular basis and I enjoy the literary quality of the Bible.

I remember in high school literature class, my teacher was a big fan of trancendentalism. I wonder if they teach such concepts as that today:

an idealistic philosophical and social movement that developed in New England around 1836 in reaction to rationalism. Influenced by romanticism, Platonism, and Kantian philosophy, it taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity, and its members held progressive views on feminism and communal living. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were central figures.

You lost me when I saw the phrase "communal living".

The Mennonites are a current day example of communal living.

As is monasticism.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

You Atheists should start a thread of your own. I promise not to post on it.

Here is a word you need to read and think about Deist. Look it up and you will find that I am a liberal Deist and proud of it. Try leading people to Christ who was the founder of your believe with mercy after all you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

you'll actually catch more flies with BS so keep spreading it...

 

[Bestoutwest]

I could go on and on about the differences between a conservative and liberal. The main problem I have with liberals is their idea of free trade. I owe no one nothing and shouldn't be responsible for someone else's well being. I feel I'm a conservative besides on the abortion issue. I have never been able to grasp the abortion issue and death penalty.
You right on Ron.

You always say that you and I are extremely far apart. But here's more common ground: I hate free trade. It has ruined America. I'm also against excessive taxation. Hear me out on this one: some taxation is necessary, we need roads, defense, education, etc. But man, we're out of control.

Furthermore, I think that our government is excessive, our educational system is a joke, and our country's off the rails. Where we differ, though, is ideologically you and I have different ideas on how to correct the problem. But that doesn't make you a bad guy.

 

[Bestoutwest]

you'll actually catch more flies with BS so keep spreading it...

Do you have empirical evidence to back this up? How about you get a $1,000,000 grant from the US government to actually settle this.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

you'll actually catch more flies with BS so keep spreading it...

Do you have empirical evidence to back this up? How about you get a $1,000,000 grant from the US government to actually settle this.

Excellent idea!

 

[TexasBred]

you'll actually catch more flies with BS so keep spreading it...

Do you have empirical evidence to back this up? How about you get a $1,000,000 grant from the US government to actually settle this.

Of the 100,000 species of flies, far more would head for a cowflop than a sugarcube, so in terms of diversity of flies attracted, the feces wins. The same would hold for absolute numbers; droppings are a rather ephemeral resource, and competition for them is fierce, so natural selection favors flies (and beetles, etc.) that can find the stuff quickly before it loses its . . . um . . .desirable qualities. Flies gather fast and thick on a prime piece of poo.
That being said, this clearcut difference would diminish if your colleague used a more familiar variant of the phrase, and specified "honey" or "syrup" as the alternative attractant. Those would give off odors of fermentation, unlike refined sugar, and a lot of flies go ga-ga over fermenting sweets. The results of that particular side-by-side contest would be less predictable, and under certain conditions (like holding the test in an orchard), the honey/syrup might be expected to attract more flies (most about 3 mm long). Of course, the version I'm most familiar with involves vinegar, and that doesn't draw flies at all.

 

[Margonme]

you'll actually catch more flies with BS so keep spreading it...

Do you have empirical evidence to back this up? How about you get a $1,000,000 grant from the US government to actually settle this.

 

[Margonme]

you'll actually catch more flies with BS so keep spreading it...

Do you have empirical evidence to back this up? How about you get a $1,000,000 grant from the US government to actually settle this.

Of the 100,000 species of flies, far more would head for a cowflop than a sugarcube, so in terms of diversity of flies attracted, the feces wins. The same would hold for absolute numbers; droppings are a rather ephemeral resource, and competition for them is fierce, so natural selection favors flies (and beetles, etc.) that can find the stuff quickly before it loses its . . . um . . .desirable qualities. Flies gather fast and thick on a prime piece of poo.
That being said, this clearcut difference would diminish if your colleague used a more familiar variant of the phrase, and specified "honey" or "syrup" as the alternative attractant. Those would give off odors of fermentation, unlike refined sugar, and a lot of flies go ga-ga over fermenting sweets. The results of that particular side-by-side contest would be less predictable, and under certain conditions (like holding the test in an orchard), the honey/syrup might be expected to attract more flies (most about 3 mm long). Of course, the version I'm most familiar with involves vinegar, and that doesn't draw flies at all.

There we go. TB has it figured out.

 

[Bestoutwest]

you'll actually catch more flies with BS so keep spreading it...

Do you have empirical evidence to back this up? How about you get a $1,000,000 grant from the US government to actually settle this.

Of the 100,000 species of flies, far more would head for a cowflop than a sugarcube, so in terms of diversity of flies attracted, the feces wins. The same would hold for absolute numbers; droppings are a rather ephemeral resource, and competition for them is fierce, so natural selection favors flies (and beetles, etc.) that can find the stuff quickly before it loses its . . . um . . .desirable qualities. Flies gather fast and thick on a prime piece of poo.
That being said, this clearcut difference would diminish if your colleague used a more familiar variant of the phrase, and specified "honey" or "syrup" as the alternative attractant. Those would give off odors of fermentation, unlike refined sugar, and a lot of flies go ga-ga over fermenting sweets. The results of that particular side-by-side contest would be less predictable, and under certain conditions (like holding the test in an orchard), the honey/syrup might be expected to attract more flies (most about 3 mm long). Of course, the version I'm most familiar with involves vinegar, and that doesn't draw flies at all.

Well now you've ruined it. How is TT going to get his money from the government now for this study? Now he's got to work an honest job.

 

[TexasBred]

Do you have empirical evidence to back this up? How about you get a $1,000,000 grant from the US government to actually settle this.

Of the 100,000 species of flies, far more would head for a cowflop than a sugarcube, so in terms of diversity of flies attracted, the feces wins. The same would hold for absolute numbers; droppings are a rather ephemeral resource, and competition for them is fierce, so natural selection favors flies (and beetles, etc.) that can find the stuff quickly before it loses its . . . um . . .desirable qualities. Flies gather fast and thick on a prime piece of poo.
That being said, this clearcut difference would diminish if your colleague used a more familiar variant of the phrase, and specified "honey" or "syrup" as the alternative attractant. Those would give off odors of fermentation, unlike refined sugar, and a lot of flies go ga-ga over fermenting sweets. The results of that particular side-by-side contest would be less predictable, and under certain conditions (like holding the test in an orchard), the honey/syrup might be expected to attract more flies (most about 3 mm long). Of course, the version I'm most familiar with involves vinegar, and that doesn't draw flies at all.

Well now you've ruined it. How is TT going to get his money from the government now for this study? Now he's got to work an honest job.

TT probably has some of those treasuries in his portfolio. He should be able to pawn them off on some unsuspecting china man.