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You don't have to have sex to get HIV, AIDS, or HBV either, but why bring it up?

I'm sorry too. It's just that I've been trying to get something done about the blatantly nasty posts since they first appeared on the thread; it looks as if it's not gonna happen.

LOL :laugh:

Not on this thread you haven't been told you're unhealthy or unnatural. You may have been elsewhere. In fact, there's a good reason, evolutionarily, why a species has some individuals that lack an interest in sex. The only health issue I know of isn't related to sex so much as reproduction. Women who don't carry a child…

Was there anti-christian sentiment on this thread? I missed it. I saw some pretty blatant anti-atheist sentiment though. Atheists saying they aren't amoral, especially in reply to a comment implying they are, isn't an attack on christianity.

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Comments like yours always get me wondering. Are you actually saying that if you didn't believe in a god you'd "just do whatever the F you want?" The ONLY reason you don't "just do whatever the F you want" is because god will…

Well, if it weren't unusual the movie "The 40 Year Old Virgin" wouldn't have been made. It's unusual to get to that age and still be a virgin. Very unusual in fact. Back when I was in college the queen made a thing out of Diana's virginity and connecting that to Charles marrying Diana, and according to the queen, twenty…

SO IOW you're posting but you really have no concern at all if what you say is true?

I agree, but I have to ask: How has it been "completely worth it?"

You're right, it's not. Neither is choosing to have sex.

I don't understand why it's admirable to choose not to do something harmless that you want to do but it's no longer admirable if they don't want to. Is sex bad?

Though many churches still think it is and seek to prevent all people from using the tools we have to prevent these things, even when these people are not their followers and are, indeed, atheists.

It has nothing to do with fear or insecurity and everything to do with harm to self and others. Perhaps if you could define why you "get" religious people not being promiscuous but feel atheists must be afraid and/or insecure if they are? I'd think fear (of their deity's anger) would be a religious person's main motivation.

Was that an invitation to attack atheists? Because there certainly ARE repercussions to behavior for everyone, including atheists, and morality is not derived from religion.

When I was 25 my mother believed exactly the same thing.

I prefer Fiji, but it costs an arm and a leg.

Since this has been debunked numerous times in this thread alone and with sources as renowned as the Mayo Clinic, why bring it up again? It is flat out false. "...all fluids count toward the daily total." http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283

Can you point us to the peer reviewed scientific proof that this very expensive water is any better for us than any other water? I've looked it up, and while I find reps, I DON'T find any actual, peer reviewed research.

I think you help people, don't undersell yourself. :wink: :happy: I get that you mean your doctorate isn't in medicine, though.

MY very first quote? I said water does have a flavor, because it does. It all tastes different depending on what impurities it has, and it ALL has impurities. It's all but impossible to make "pure" water. Not all water "tastes bad." Some is really good. Some is awful, like what we have here. Dasani doesn't taste like…

Care to provide sources, or you just figure your word is enough? Because many people have provided many, many credentialed, peer reviewed sources on this thread proving this is absolutely true.

But the reason you can't "opt out" of water completely is because it is in everything you consume, NOT because you can't be perfectly healthy and never drink a plain glass of water ever. You absolutely do not ever have to drink a glass of plain water to be healthy. At all. Ever. WHY stay away from soda? What are you going…

WHY should people "Just do it" as regards drinking plain water? There's no evidence presented here to suggest it's necessary. WHY should people "just do" things they don't like, even when there is no demonstrated benefit over something they do like? Instead of lemonade (which can contain sugar), how about you address why…

And if all people naturally liked water they wouldn't have invented Mio and other flavorings for water, would they? I don't understand why it should surprise you somebody doesn't like water. There are a hundred different flavors for water, all invented to change how water tastes, so clearly a lot of people don't like water…

Actually I think the question here isn't "what is water? so much as "what counts as water for purposes of hydrating the body?" And your degree subject isn't important so long as you learned in college 1)-logic, and 2)- to evaluate research based on things like credentials and peer review. I had listed peer reviewed…

LOL I'm not sure there's pure water anywhere on earth! It's just too good a solvent.

And if all people naturally liked water they wouldn't have invented Mio and other flavorings for water, would they? I don't understand why it should surprise you somebody doesn't like water. There are a hundred different flavors for water, all invented to change how water tastes, so clearly a lot of people don't like water…

Assuming you don't do it in public without clothes on, why would you need to be 18 to pole dance?

That's my big objection too. Becoming "gorgeous" isn't a reasonable goal, since there's not a real, objective definition of gorgeous. It varies not just among individuals but across cultures and historical eras. I think the OP was talking about body contours, but it also refers to proportions which no one has any control…

Oh, yes! ALWAYS send a thank you note. Snail mail and hand written.