Debating Near Death Experiences

Wolpe v. Hitchens on Near Death Experiences

Wolpe: “Eight million people have reported NDE since 1992 according to Gallup Poll. Many report no longer having a fear of death. Do I say that this is proof there’s an afterlife? My answer is. no…but. Is there something you learn from experience that is not reducible to intellection? Someone who has had a near death experience is saying to us, I actually learned something from the experience that you can’t reduce to this is some kind of trick that we don’t understand. I’m not willing to dismiss it with a few laughs and say that all the million sof people who’ve had this experience and say that it gave them important information about life are wrong and foolish.”

Christopher Hitchens: “How does the 8 million stand up against the people who say they’ve been inseminated by UFOs?”

David Wolpe: “I suspect there’s overlap. .. Does that mean the experience isn’t real to them?”

Christopher Hitchens: “It means their experience is real to them, all I ask is that they keep it to themselves.”

-- JewishJournal.com

We will miss Christopher when he is gone.

Debating Near Death Experiences

Wolpe v. Hitchens on Near Death Experiences

Wolpe: “Eight million people have reported NDE since 1992 according to Gallup Poll. Many report no longer having a fear of death. Do I say that this is proof there’s an afterlife? My answer is. no…but. Is there something you learn from experience that is not reducible to intellection? Someone who has had a near death experience is saying to us, I actually learned something from the experience that you can’t reduce to this is some kind of trick that we don’t understand. I’m not willing to dismiss it with a few laughs and say that all the million sof people who’ve had this experience and say that it gave them important information about life are wrong and foolish.”

Christopher Hitchens: “How does the 8 million stand up against the people who say they’ve been inseminated by UFOs?”

David Wolpe: “I suspect there’s overlap. .. Does that mean the experience isn’t real to them?”

Christopher Hitchens: “It means their experience is real to them, all I ask is that they keep it to themselves.”

-- JewishJournal.com

We will miss Christopher when he is gone.

"The decline and fall of American English, and stuff"

Lately, we have been dwelling at the great heights of literary excellence, and I though this piece by Clark Whelton on the triumph of vagueness in the language of educated speakers might make a good light-hearted diversion.

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"The decline and fall of American English, and stuff"

Lately, we have been dwelling at the great heights of literary excellence, and I though this piece by Clark Whelton on the triumph of vagueness in the language of educated speakers might make a good light-hearted diversion.

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Oral Sex More Dangerous Than Smoking?

A three-post night! When was the last time we had this much fun, eh? I saw this piece on oral sex, and I couldn't let it pass, and it is a general people pleaser:

(CBS) What's the leading cause of oral cancer? Smoking? Heavy drinking?

Actually, it's oral sex.

Scientists say that 64 percent of cancers of the oral cavity, head, and neck in the U.S. are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which is commonly spread via oral sex, NPR reported. The more oral sex you have - and the more oral sex partners you have - the greater the risk of developing these potentially deadly cancers.

"An individual who has six or more lifetime partners - on whom they've performed oral sex - has an eightfold increase in risk compared to someone who has never performed oral sex, Ohio University's Dr. Maura Gillison, said at a recent scientific meeting, according to NPR.

It's news that might alarm some parents, who worry about adolescents' appetite for oral sex.

"Today's teens consider oral sex to be casual, socially acceptable, inconsequential, and significantly less risky to their health than 'real' sex," Dr. Gillison and colleagues said in a written statement released in conjunction with the meeting.

Teens simply think oral sex is "not that a big a deal," Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, told NPR. "Parents and health educators are not talking to teens about oral sex. Period."

But where are these teens who think oral sex is casual and okay? (Just joking, love.) Well, I'm pretty safe. Internet porn has its advantages.

Oral Sex More Dangerous Than Smoking?

A three-post night! When was the last time we had this much fun, eh? I saw this piece on oral sex, and I couldn't let it pass, and it is a general people pleaser:

(CBS) What's the leading cause of oral cancer? Smoking? Heavy drinking?

Actually, it's oral sex.

Scientists say that 64 percent of cancers of the oral cavity, head, and neck in the U.S. are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which is commonly spread via oral sex, NPR reported. The more oral sex you have - and the more oral sex partners you have - the greater the risk of developing these potentially deadly cancers.

"An individual who has six or more lifetime partners - on whom they've performed oral sex - has an eightfold increase in risk compared to someone who has never performed oral sex, Ohio University's Dr. Maura Gillison, said at a recent scientific meeting, according to NPR.

It's news that might alarm some parents, who worry about adolescents' appetite for oral sex.

"Today's teens consider oral sex to be casual, socially acceptable, inconsequential, and significantly less risky to their health than 'real' sex," Dr. Gillison and colleagues said in a written statement released in conjunction with the meeting.

Teens simply think oral sex is "not that a big a deal," Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, told NPR. "Parents and health educators are not talking to teens about oral sex. Period."

But where are these teens who think oral sex is casual and okay? (Just joking, love.) Well, I'm pretty safe. Internet porn has its advantages.