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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-13-08 10:31 AM
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Suppose Bill Gates writes a book about God and keeps it secret.
If he has it translated into Latin and Hebrew and has all three versions (English, Latin, and Hebrew) inscribed on gold plates, and the plates buried, then will anyone who finds the plates in future have good reason to assume that what they read on those plates is the truth?
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smoogatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-13-08 12:51 PM
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1. If you start to make a ham sandwich and then realize you're out of ham
Edited on Sun Apr-13-08 12:52 PM by smoogatz
and use axle grease instead, is it still a ham sandwich? Or will anyone who finds it seek to apply it to the undercarriage of a 1985 Ford Taurus?
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edhopper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-13-08 02:01 PM
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2. I like
Black Forest Ham. A lot of the ham you find in delis isn't that good.
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smoogatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-13-08 03:05 PM
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4. If the dog won't eat it, is it still ham?
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Or is it still a sandwich, even? If the dog was made of ham, would it still be immoral to eat the dog? Is the type of mustard irrelevant?
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-14-08 07:54 AM
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7. Honey roasted ham is also good.
Between the two, I'll take whichever is on sale. Then put some on dark rye bread with either mustard or just butter. Ham & rye, I don't know what it is but those were made to go together.
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edhopper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-14-08 12:41 PM
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8. Honey Roasted is good.
And always on rye with mustard.
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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-13-08 02:22 PM
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3. A link to something that might be related to the ideas in this thread.
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-13-08 03:44 PM
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5. good reason to assume
Only if the person who finds the plates has a very generic name.
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-14-08 07:16 AM
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6. No.
No evidence.

Is this about the Mormons?
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