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Am I an athiest?
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Re: Am I an athiest?
Who thinks this shit up? You really have to wonder how they came around to testing artificial flavoring on aborted cells. Why not use donated body parts from crash victims or what-have-you? For some reason that seems slightly less offensive than using the cells of aborted fetus's.
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Some of the criticism against the company is precisely that they have other options. What's not clear is how many aborted fetuses have been used. It sounds like just one. Are they still conducting tests using this fetus' cells? You would think they would find other ways.tat tvam asi wrote:Who thinks this shit up? You really have to wonder how they came around to testing artificial flavoring on aborted cells. Why not use donated body parts from crash victims or what-have-you? For some reason that seems slightly less offensive than using the cells of aborted fetus's.
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We must exercise our god-given right to very best-tasting, non-nutritive soft drinks. The whole world is watching.
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You sound like a Coke fan. I think you're all just biased against Pepsi. I don't mind drinking babies.Some of the criticism against the company is precisely that they have other options. What's not clear is how many aborted fetuses have been used. It sounds like just one. Are they still conducting tests using this fetus' cells? You would think they would find other ways.
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Coke is definitely better. Its secret ingredient, of course, is tiger blood.Interbane wrote:You sound like a Coke fan. I think you're all just biased against Pepsi. I don't mind drinking babies.Some of the criticism against the company is precisely that they have other options. What's not clear is how many aborted fetuses have been used. It sounds like just one. Are they still conducting tests using this fetus' cells? You would think they would find other ways.
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Re: Am I an athiest?
This is one of those awful true statements that generate its opposing myth, creating a vivid image which has emotional carriage regardless of the facts.geo wrote:there are no actual aborted fetal cells in a can of Pepsi.
PepsiCo would be better off apologizing and promising not to allow such research in future. Otherwise the urban myth will cause people to make an association that is not helpful for marketing.
The true story is far too complicated to understand, whereas the simple false version cuts through.
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I see a country song in the making:
"Momma's, don't let your babies, end up in a Pepsi."
"Momma's, don't let your babies, end up in a Pepsi."
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This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. What's it from?johnson1010 wrote:
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I completely agree, Robert. The level of corporate stupidity is amazing. Perhaps this story hasn't gotten much traction yet, but by the time it does the damage will have been done.Robert Tulip wrote:This is one of those awful true statements that generate its opposing myth, creating a vivid image which has emotional carriage regardless of the facts.geo wrote:there are no actual aborted fetal cells in a can of Pepsi.
PepsiCo would be better off apologizing and promising not to allow such research in future. Otherwise the urban myth will cause people to make an association that is not helpful for marketing.
The true story is far too complicated to understand, whereas the simple false version cuts through.
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Re: Am I an athiest?
Geo,
that clip is from billy madison.
Perfectly applies in this case.
that clip is from billy madison.
Perfectly applies in this case.
In the absence of God, I found Man.
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Are you pushing your own short comings on us and safely hating them from a distance?
Is this the virtue of faith? To never change your mind: especially when you should?
Young Earth Creationists take offense at the idea that we have a common heritage with other animals. Why is being the descendant of a mud golem any better?
-Guillermo Del Torro
Are you pushing your own short comings on us and safely hating them from a distance?
Is this the virtue of faith? To never change your mind: especially when you should?
Young Earth Creationists take offense at the idea that we have a common heritage with other animals. Why is being the descendant of a mud golem any better?