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(Science: zoology) From Pray, Praying insect, locust, or mantis, a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa. See Mantis. Praying machine, or Praying wheel, a wheel on which prayers are pasted by Buddhist priests, who then put the wheel in rapid revolution. Each turn in supposed to have the efficacy of an oral repetition of all the prayers on the wheel. Sometimes it is moved by a stream.


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Re: Urinotherapy bunk?

biohazard: cancer patients to try to cure their disease by drinking holy water, praying, drinking urine, using gemstone therapy or whatever nonsense people can make up. And that's when lives are at stake, not just money. Paryer or piss doesn't save you if you have ...

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by mcar
Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:51 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Urinotherapy bunk?
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Urinotherapy bunk?

... not only lose their money, but health as well. It is not uncommon that, say, cancer patients to try to cure their disease by drinking holy water, praying, drinking urine, using gemstone therapy or whatever nonsense people can make up. And that's when lives are at stake, not just money. Paryer ...

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by biohazard
Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:52 am
 
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Topic: Urinotherapy bunk?
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Re: monohybrid cross-related question

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by lbianco11
Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:43 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: monohybrid cross-related question
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Talk about INSECTZ or get outta here:)

lol, with insects it is all about producing a lot of offspring. You've heard about black widow and praying mantis also, right? Well... those females are only going to live long enough to lay a couple of egg sacs. By giving the females more nutrition than males, it is more ...

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by February Beetle
Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:33 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Talk about INSECTZ or get outta here:)
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Bible vs Darwin

... I believe that is how Jesus talked about salvation. If I have understood his message correctly, I would agree with that philosophy. Praying and worshipping might help some people to achieve good deeds but many people that I have met do not go on and do the "deeds" after ...

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by genovese
Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:33 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bible vs Darwin
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