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    it is such a vague term that allows the user to hide between 2 extremes.

    Nobody is hiding. There is nothing cowardly about admitting you don't know, which is what agnostics are all about. Atheists who try to 'bully' agnostics are almost as bad as bible bashers on a mission to recruit new converts if you ask me.

    Posted in: Life after death? Yes, says one doctor

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    paulinusa - very funny comment. Gave me a chuckle.

    Posted in: Dead cat, bird found on department store escalator in Kashiwa

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    I hope they choose someone young who will be more open-minded about the modern world and the Church's place in it. It would make sense to give it to a cardinal from South and Latin America as that is where most of the world's catholics hail from.

    Posted in: Cardinals fail to elect new pope on first day of conclave

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    Maitake, which part in particular sounds delusional to you? Yasaku's comments sound perfectly reasonable to me.

    Posted in: Life after death? Yes, says one doctor

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    Is there life after death? That question is too big for us to ever know the answer. There are some systems in nature (such as water) which are able to regenerate themselves endlessly. Are we able to do the same? Who knows. Whether we have a soul or whether we are just made of chemicals, blood, bone, skins and organs is a metaphysical question. I guess some people believe we have a soul because we have a MIND and because we have access to emotions. But does that mean we have a soul? I personally don't know. I know there is a ME, which is different to everybody else, so in that sense I have a soul. I suspect we do have a soul, but really humans know very little about this planet and the cosmos although we are learning more and more new things (and unfortunately forgetting the old things/ways).

    Consider the size of an ant's brain. Does the size of the ant's brain allow it to understand what a human is? We don't know. Now take the size of a human's brain, infinitely larger than an ant's brain - is it able to understand life, space, the cosmos and everything as we know it? Hardly.....the only way to know if there is life after death....is to die.

    So if we don't know if there is life after death or not, perhaps it's not worth worrying about. Just lead the life you want to lead and be the person you want to be. The meaning of life comes in the SEARCH for the meaning of life. We are all Gilgameshes trying to figure out what it's all about and this question (is there life after death? is one of the big ones and one of the mysteries of our living world).

    And don't be afraid about the stuff about some ill-conceived thunderer and his punishment. That was just the Church's way to keep people under their control.

    If there is a God (and I am not referring to some white-bearded man up in the clouds, no, but 'something' which we can hold accountable for why life is here and why it is the way it is), then we are part of it, so we get to choose what life is like and should be like. Even if we do not continue to live after we die, we pass on something to our children (for example wisdom) or something more material (books, diaries, journals, albums you name it). That's the only eternity we can ever really be sure of.

    Posted in: Life after death? Yes, says one doctor

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    Great pic! Couldn't agree more PeaceWarrior.

    Nothing like the feeling of being in a sailboat on the high seas. For me, the only times I can feel relaxed is on a boat or in a cabin in the mountains away from it all.

    Posted in: Sail away

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    Yes I agree Kapuna, it is a very odd use of the word 'abandon'. Maybe only in the sense of 'abandoning their duty'? - to help get her off the ground and help put her in it. Or maybe cremation is against their religion? :) Who knows.............but what a stench to put up with, geez.

    Posted in: 3 adult siblings arrested for living with mother's skeletal remains

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    Looking forward to hearing this. Definitely one of the best guitarists and musicians of all time!

    Posted in: Jimi Hendrix makes 'comeback' with new album

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    Oh my God, this is really disturbing. I do feel sorry for the police officers who were the first on the scene to discover this gruesome sight. Better find the son quick, if he is still alive.

    Posted in: Body parts found in Kawasaki apartment

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    Zen student

    I think a more accurate title would be something like...

    "Japan dragging its feet to shutdown Fukushima nuclear plant"

    Posted in: Japan's 'long war' to shut down Fukushima nuclear plant

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    “It is about the disasters they endured, the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear failure, hundreds of miles away from where we plan to hold the games. But it is also about the revitalization, which we have put on hold to funnel cash into this stupid Tokyo Olympics idea”

    Perfectly put Probie. But I think you left one out.

    But it is also about the revitalization, which we have put on hold to funnel cash into this stupid Tokyo Olympics idea and our economically unviable but cultural tradition of whale "research" which either ends up on the palates of our ojiichans and obaachans, in dog food or thrown away”

    Posted in: Abe says Tokyo deserves 2020 Games

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    Leo obviously doesn't need the money so.....

    I feel he might be half doing it for the money, and half because he really likes Jim Beam.

    Posted in: Leonardo DiCaprio finds extra work hawking whiskey in Japan

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    I have no problems with celebs plugging certain products on TV or on ads. What's wrong with that? If they can make money out of it, good for them. We live in a capitalist society. That's what it's like, whether you like it or not.

    I just wish he had better taste in whisky. I mean Jim Beam? Really? It's okay but......nah I agree with 2020hindsights and FPSRussia. Suntory is much better. And Macallan or Islay are awesome.

    Posted in: Leonardo DiCaprio finds extra work hawking whiskey in Japan

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    Well done son! He is getting better and better.....

    Posted in: Nishikori wins U.S. National Indoor Championships for 3rd career title

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    Self-edit, that should read "Lucky nobody has been seriously hurt/killed so far".

    Posted in: Serial arsonist starts 7 fires in 4 hours in Tokyo

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    Lucky nobody has been hurt so far. Better catch this guy quick. If he sets off a fire in a residential area full of wooden houses, he could do some serious damage.

    Posted in: Serial arsonist starts 7 fires in 4 hours in Tokyo

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    Love the great microbrews in Japan

    You said it japan_cynic! The microbreweries here and pretty much anywhere rock! They are great. Japanese beer on average is much better than say Australian beer but Belgian and German beer are still the kings of the game in my opinion.

    When it comes to wine, don't touch the local stuff with a 20ft bargepole if you can help it! because it's mostly pretty nasty. You have to fork out A LOT of money to get a decent tasting Japanese wine that won't leave you with a hangover, while for about half the price you can get a decent Chilean, Australian, NZ, South African, Californian or French wine.

    Japanese whisky also is very, very good. 12-yr 'Hakushu' (a single malts' whisky) is, and Scottish and Irish people will probably kill me for saying this but.....surpsingly good.

    The Japanese certainly know how to make a good whisky and beer but when it comes to wine, I thought the soil is too damp to make good vineyards here. Just my two cents.

    Posted in: Japan’s favorite alcohol: Beer outranks Japanese rice wine and shochu

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    Lol. That has to be the funniest title of an article I have read in ages.................hahahahaha

    Posted in: AKB fan threatens sarin gas attack over commercial

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    Excellent post Yubaru. You are absolutely spot on.

    Posted in: Japan vows to continue whale hunt

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    The Japanese whalers remind me of that part in Moby Dick when Captain Ahab said....

    "I'll follow him around the Horn, and around the Norway maelstrom, and around perdition's flames before I give him up".

    Posted in: Japan vows to continue whale hunt

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