New Posts For Thread: Vegans unable to deal with realityhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/13470869/Vegans_unable_to_deal_with_realitySolf-I love science fiction and fantasy. I spend more on books than I do on food. And I will look up that book; I have a dog-friend who has pretty much every dog book in existence, so there's a good chance that I could borrow it from her. I have rhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/13470869/Vegans_unable_to_deal_with_reality?post_id=278238928#278238928Solf-I love science fiction and fantasy. I spend more on books than I do on food. And I will look up that book; I have a dog-friend who has pretty much every dog book in existence, so there's a good chance that I could borrow it from her. I have rThu, 12 Mar 2009 17:07:59 -0500bluehorse -Have you seen the film 'The Jane Austen Book Club'? You remind me of the character played by Maria Bello who refuses to read the science fiction books recommended by her friend, because she only reads books about 'real' people. In the enhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/13470869/Vegans_unable_to_deal_with_reality?post_id=278219327#278219327bluehorse -Have you seen the film 'The Jane Austen Book Club'? You remind me of the character played by Maria Bello who refuses to read the science fiction books recommended by her friend, because she only reads books about 'real' people. In the enThu, 12 Mar 2009 15:27:45 -0500Yet.By her. I've heard of lots of claims from doctors and patients wrt nde's; I think that the most parsimonious explanation has to do with the cocktail of drugs given for general anesthesia. The first is to make the patient unconscious, and the sehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/13470869/Vegans_unable_to_deal_with_reality?post_id=278141738#278141738Yet.By her. I've heard of lots of claims from doctors and patients wrt nde's; I think that the most parsimonious explanation has to do with the cocktail of drugs given for general anesthesia. The first is to make the patient unconscious, and the seThu, 12 Mar 2009 03:15:21 -0500bluehorse -I really wouldn't dismiss the paranormal out of hand. There is much more to this world than you'd think, and science cannot explain it all! I recommended the little book by the pathologist because she is a scientist herself, and her expehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/13470869/Vegans_unable_to_deal_with_reality?post_id=277934357#277934357bluehorse -I really wouldn't dismiss the paranormal out of hand. There is much more to this world than you'd think, and science cannot explain it all! I recommended the little book by the pathologist because she is a scientist herself, and her expeWed, 11 Mar 2009 23:03:06 -0500We have to keep an open mind, but not so open that our brains fall out. Too often with this sort of thing, someone who wants to believe takes a cursory look at the evidence and says, 'nope, can't figure it out - therefore, it has no material/rationahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/13470869/Vegans_unable_to_deal_with_reality?post_id=277833738#277833738We have to keep an open mind, but not so open that our brains fall out. Too often with this sort of thing, someone who wants to believe takes a cursory look at the evidence and says, 'nope, can't figure it out - therefore, it has no material/rationaWed, 11 Mar 2009 15:44:48 -0500No 'scientific' evidence? Perhaps. But there is a lot more going on in this world than we can understand, or, as Shakespeare put it:'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'I refer you to a very inhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/13470869/Vegans_unable_to_deal_with_reality?post_id=277828267#277828267No 'scientific' evidence? Perhaps. But there is a lot more going on in this world than we can understand, or, as Shakespeare put it:'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'I refer you to a very inWed, 11 Mar 2009 15:19:44 -0500My scientific mind is saying, "Now, hold on a minute there...!"I have yet to see or hear of any good evidence for either UFOs or NDEs. I'll leave it at that, and spare everyone the rant.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/13470869/Vegans_unable_to_deal_with_reality?post_id=277753348#277753348My scientific mind is saying, "Now, hold on a minute there...!"I have yet to see or hear of any good evidence for either UFOs or NDEs. I'll leave it at that, and spare everyone the rant.Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:19:21 -0500Anecdotes may not be verifiable data, but they can be very useful nevertheless, and they should not be dismissed out of hand.For example, plenty of people - thousands of people - have claimed to have seen UFOs, and there must be thousands of photos ohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/13470869/Vegans_unable_to_deal_with_reality?post_id=277676097#277676097Anecdotes may not be verifiable data, but they can be very useful nevertheless, and they should not be dismissed out of hand.For example, plenty of people - thousands of people - have claimed to have seen UFOs, and there must be thousands of photos oTue, 10 Mar 2009 20:17:54 -0500"IIrc" means "If I recall correctly."I suspect I might have a greater need for iron than average (due to excessive bleeding at certain times); before I started taking multivitamins on a semi-religious basis, I craved ice for a long time. I would eathttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/13470869/Vegans_unable_to_deal_with_reality?post_id=277633648#277633648"IIrc" means "If I recall correctly."I suspect I might have a greater need for iron than average (due to excessive bleeding at certain times); before I started taking multivitamins on a semi-religious basis, I craved ice for a long time. I would eatTue, 10 Mar 2009 17:12:30 -0500bluehorse -What does 'llrc' that you are using mean????I can honestly say that, even in my meat-eating days, I never wanted to eat anything bloody! Ugh! Any meat I ate had to be very well done. Even the very thought of actual blood on a plate woulhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/13470869/Vegans_unable_to_deal_with_reality?post_id=277220047#277220047bluehorse -What does 'llrc' that you are using mean????I can honestly say that, even in my meat-eating days, I never wanted to eat anything bloody! Ugh! Any meat I ate had to be very well done. Even the very thought of actual blood on a plate woulSat, 07 Mar 2009 22:12:10 -0600