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by markjaquith
Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:48 am
Forum: Science, Technology & Environment
Topic: Ethnicity
Replies: 5
Views: 598

Re: Ethnicity

In one of Dawkins' books (perhaps Unweaving the Rainbow) he says that the genetic difference between two Chimps in the same forrest is greater than the genetic difference between any two humans on the planet. So that suggests that humans are relatively lacking in genetic variation. It's rather a com...
by markjaquith
Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:31 am
Forum: Atheism & Religion
Topic: School nativity plays. Would you...?
Replies: 25
Views: 2016

Re: School nativity plays. Would you...?

Most of the other plays they do are also fictional. I think you could keep it in context. And as far as religious stories go, the birth of Jesus is fairly tame. Joseph married a knocked-up girl. That was honorable, and might have saved her life, considering Jewish law. Joseph worked hard under bad c...
by markjaquith
Sun Oct 24, 2010 12:46 pm
Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
Topic: Just joined — Hi!
Replies: 19
Views: 2212

Re: Just joined — Hi!

Charlou wrote:What is the acronym, INTJ?
It's my Myers-Briggs personality type. More on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTJ
by markjaquith
Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:43 am
Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
Topic: Just joined — Hi!
Replies: 19
Views: 2212

Just joined — Hi!

Hi there, Saw this forum linked from Reddit, and thought it looked like a place I might like to frequent. So here I am. :dance: I was raised Catholic. I tried to believe, I really did. But I never had the revelations or the "talking to God" moments that everyone else claimed to have. I figured out a...