“Eternal life is a free gift” — is perhaps the most successful marketing ploy in history: A specious claim that offers the one thing that no one could have, at no cost at all.
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Field of Jocks
It was 4:30 AM when the intercom in my dorm room interrupted my sleep: “Maroela is hier! Maroela is hier!” The distressed voice on the intercom was that of our primarius, the chief ranked member of the House Committee of our men’s residence, announcing the arrival of our arch-enemy residence, Maroela.
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"To be a scientist is to be naive. We are so focused on our search for truth we fail to consider how few actually want us to find it.”
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Before that, for half of my adult life, whenever I found myself in seclusion with, and mutually attracted to another woman, we teetered on the edge of what could hardly be considered a complete sexual act.
Read MoreI am not sure that I exist.
I am not sure that I exist. I am sure of existence itself, but I… what is I?
Read MoreOf course you have free will, or do you?
What did you do to deserve where you were born? Did you choose the U.S. over North Korea? Paris over Riyadh? What did you do to deserve the parents whom you were born to? What about the school you attended or the teachers you were subjected to?
The answer to all of these factors is an emphatic, ‘Nothing’.
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