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This site is so funny. Here's a couple from today (I just wonder if they're for the same person):

This site is so funny. Here's a couple from today (I just wonder if they're for the same person):

    ...researchers are testing inserting a gene into the muscle that can cause it to produce protective antibodies against HIV.

    The new method worked in mice and now has proved successful in monkeys, too, they reported Sunday in the online edition of the journal Nature Medicine. The team is led by Dr. Philip R. Johnson of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

    ...researchers are testing inserting a gene into the muscle that can cause it to produce protective antibodies against HIV.

    The new method worked in mice and now has proved successful in monkeys, too, they reported Sunday in the online edition of the journal Nature Medicine. The team is led by Dr. Philip R. Johnson of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

This article was a great read, especially the final section, as it hits close to home for me. 
Link:  Former fundamentalist 'debunks' Bible

I struggle with this a lot.  I'm also agnostic and most people misinterpret that as atheist or devil-worshipper.  For the record, an agnostic is "a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)."

This article was a great read, especially the final section, as it hits close to home for me. 
Link:  Former fundamentalist 'debunks' Bible

I struggle with this a lot.  I'm also agnostic and most people misinterpret that as atheist or devil-worshipper.  For the record, an agnostic is "a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)."

I have been estranged from my mother for over three years now. We had a very ugly falling out, mostly due to the actions of my stepfather. The last time I did speak to her, I ended the call with "love you" but all she replied with was "goodbye."

It really bothered me at first. I agonized over it. As a father myself, I could not understand why someone would turn their back on their child. I still don't understand it.

I have been estranged from my mother for over three years now. We had a very ugly falling out, mostly due to the actions of my stepfather. The last time I did speak to her, I ended the call with "love you" but all she replied with was "goodbye."

It really bothered me at first. I agonized over it. As a father myself, I could not understand why someone would turn their back on their child. I still don't understand it.