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Although I didn't read it, I did see he posted something about miracles in the Koran. Perhaps this is one of them?
A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~
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Thank you, JJ. 
That reminds me so much of my youth. I lived in books. I think they kept me stable and sane.
A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~
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I agree with thar.
His examples would be the way one would hear it said and used.
A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~
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From the book:
TOUCHING: THE HUMAN SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SKIN (Second Edition). Copyright
1971, 1978 by Ashley Montagu.
p. 77
During the nineteenth century more than half the infants in their first year of life regularly died from a disease called marasmus, a Greek word meaning "wasting away." The disease was also known as infantile atrophy or debility. As late as the second decade of the twentieth century the death rate for infants under one year of age in various foundling institutions throughout the United States was nearly one hundred percent.
p. 78
Finally, Dr. J. H. M. Knox described a study he had made in Baltimore. Of two hundred infants admitted to various institutions, almost 90 percent died within
a year. The 10 percent that survived, he stated, did so apparently because they were taken from the institutions for short times and placed in care of foster parents or relatives.
p.79
What was wanting in the sterilized environment of the babies of the first class and was generously supplied to babies of the second class was mother love. Recognizing this in the late twenties, several hospital pediatricians began to introduce a regular regimen of mothering in their wards. Dr. J. Brennemann, who for a time had attended an old-fashioned foundling home where "the mortality was nearer 100 percent than 50 percent," established the rule in his hospital that every baby should be picked up, carried around, and "mothered" several times a day. At Bellevue Hospital in New York, following the institution of "mothering" on the pediatric wards, the mortality rates for infants under one year fell from 30 to 35 percent to less than 10 percent by 1938. What the child requires if it is to prosper, it was found, is to be handled, and carried, and caressed, and cuddled, and cooed to, even if it isn't breastfed. It is the handling, the carrying, the caressing, and the cuddling that we would here emphasize, for it would seem that even in the absence of a great deal else, these are the reassuringly basic experiences the infant must enjoy if it is to survive in some semblance of health. Extreme sensory deprivation in other respects, such as light and sound, can be survived, as long as the sensory experiences at the skin are maintained.
Bonding, connection is so important to humans that it cannot be overemphasized in my opinion. All mammals need it, but humans even more-so. I believe it to be the foundation upon which all else is built.
A fascinating book. I read it years ago, and would recommend it to anyone. It may be found online and downloaded in pdf format at:
http://www.archive.org/details/touchingthehuman000913mbp
A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~
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You know, I was aware that Hell sometimes freezes over, but never thought about the same thing happening in Heaven!
A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~
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All of you who contributed deserve a hand on this one. It was impressive to see the lengths everyone went to in attempting to help. Congratulations.
A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~
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I've often thought that which word is used depends also on the ability to control the conveyance, or proximity to the one who is in control.
With a boat, carriage or car, one rides "in"; notice that one can control, or is close to the one who controls it.
A bus, a train or plane is "on"; notice that one neither controls, nor is close to the controller.
I really don't know if that is the influence, but it is an odd coincidence if not.
Btw, I don't recall ever hearing anyone say sit on a chair. That may just be a regional thing, however.
It's always sit in a chair. We do sit on a stool or couch, however. That one is odd also. It may have something to do with the number of people that can sit on or in a piece of furniture.
A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~
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I'm not pissed. Just stating the facts as I see them, and as they are reported on all the news stations and press.
Tobacco--bad
Salt--bad
Fat--bad
Transfat--bad
Guns-bad
Religion-bad
Profit-bad
Oil-bad
America-bad
But Obama is in the process of fundamentally changing the United States. So before long, we'll all be drinking that free bubble-lub and and eating that rainbow stew. 
A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~
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I would agree with you that a) is the best answer.
A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~
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jacobusmaximus,
I regret that your value system encoded my response as condescending and stupid. I did not intend it that way at all.
I was genuinely expressing my condolences for your lack of ability to understand me.
If you will notice, the OP concerns itself with Moral Values. Bears and wolves have no morals, nor could they invent them; they also have no moral values.
As I stated, they have only instinctive values, those of survival and no more. They know neither good nor evil; right nor wrong, i.e. moral values.
If you wish to state that survival itself is a value, fine, but it is not a moral value.
Also note that it is you, the human, who defines it as a value, not the bear or wolf.
I can not state the matter any more plainly.
If you still do not understand my position, I fail to see how I can help you.
A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~
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