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From: Calm Blue Ocean, Calm Blue Ocean
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posted November 28, 2005 12:28 PM         

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An ape could be trained to reply to this thread. LOL If you ever want to read about "Kanzi" the bonobo you will se that he was able to communicate fairly well with humans, making requests, making obsrevations, he even watched tv!!

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posted November 28, 2005 02:49 PM         

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HE CAN WATCH TV????
Well, hold the phone, sister! Prepare for enslavement!

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posted November 28, 2005 05:10 PM         

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Planet Of The Apes!!!! LOL!!!

I think I'm human????

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posted November 28, 2005 07:37 PM         

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because I've always got time for you!

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posted November 28, 2005 10:32 PM         

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because I've always got time for you!

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posted November 28, 2005 10:34 PM         

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BR, will an ape be able to read and understand the content of this thread and then reply?
btw I believe in evolution theory

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From: Calm Blue Ocean, Calm Blue Ocean
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posted November 30, 2005 03:00 PM         

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Well the human is something of an ape, at least in my eyes, so maybe the answer is yes! *scratches armpit and eats banana*

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posted November 30, 2005 08:52 PM         

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Suffering

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Gemini sun, Cancer rising, mercury in Gemini, moon in Taurus *29, venus in Taurus, mars in Libra

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(¸.·´ (¸.·´ * Lost in the peace of serenity
Blind my eyes I cannot see
Lost my soul but found my heart
Again a time, when I shall start

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posted November 30, 2005 09:33 PM         

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Free Will & the ability to Know it.

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If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. ~James Herriot

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posted November 30, 2005 10:04 PM         

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Can you prove that you have free will?

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posted November 30, 2005 10:57 PM         

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Yes

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If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. ~James Herriot

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posted December 01, 2005 11:55 AM         

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Prove it! Posting yes doesn't count!

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posted December 01, 2005 02:15 PM         

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BR, that's just silly. We could post any number of things and you could simply say they aren't free will. How are you proposing we prove it? Give me a method and I'll do it.

In any case, that would be a waste of time, since a lot of humans don't have free will. What about people in comas? People paralysed? Anyway, animals have free will... they can decide to go left or right, go to sleep, scratch their bums. Humans can do that too

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posted December 02, 2005 12:33 AM         

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I could say I have the choice to reply to this thread or not, and therefore I have freewill. I could delete this reply right now and not post it.. I could say that's my choice to make.. but I can't prove it.

It might as well be predestined that I would post this at this particular point in time (assuming there is such thing as time).. or that I'd change my mind.. delete it and not post it.. I don't think there is any way to prove it.

I don't think it needs to be proven either. If you believe in it, than it is true and accurate for you.. in your own version of your reality. Because what is truth after all.. is there really an ultimate version of truth.. of what *is* and what *isn't*? Do you think there is BR?

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scratch their bums. Humans can do that too

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heehee lol MNF..yes we can all scratch our bums..that's one thing we have in common lol

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posted December 02, 2005 03:33 AM         

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On a serious note:

The ability to forgive...

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posted December 02, 2005 05:36 PM         

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@ this string.

Have you realised, if you highlight this smilie --> it looks sad.

Now that's deep......ok I'll get out.

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posted December 02, 2005 07:31 PM         

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I noticed that many times, WN. I generally highlight as I read.

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