Yeah, outside of Louisiana I can pass, simply because ANYONE from Louisiana is automatically interesting. Back home, though, you're a yankee if you're born north of I-10.
Woot, you actually have me beat...born and raised in BR here. Yeah, Lake Chuck is rapidly turning into an extension of Houston, but I needed some reason to show these goofballs what Louisiana is like.
Ummmm....no. You may be thinking crocodiles. Alligators are actually becoming a nuisance, and you can legally hunt them with a tag (something like one a year, depending). They are ALL OVER THE FREAKING PLACE sometimes, because of lack of - or limitation of predators and the tourists keep feedin' em.
Just to point out, McNeese State University, where the study was done, is in Lake Charles, LA. That's in South Louisiana. Which is mostly swampland, or close to it.
Those kids KNOWS gators. Which are tasty, by the way, and becoming a borderline nuisance down in South LA because the @#$%ing damnyankee tourists keep feedin' em and dey come up to de pirogue lookin' for de crap-touristee food and you gotta whack 'em wit' de paddle and dey bite de paddle and you got...woah, sorry.
All that goes to say....Gator sausage is GOOD eatin'.
That's a BAD definition of faith. Too often we put an unwritten or unsaid "blind" in front of it, when that isn't the case at all. Faith can be based on both experience and proven facts...it's just an extending of those to a broader plane when you don't know the end result. It's typically applied to Christians, but we've seen WAY too many scientists take certain assumptions "on faith" as it were and be proven way wrong.
I'm guessing you've studied faith from the anti-faith end instead of trying the other direction. There are some MIGHTY smart Christians out there who have extrapolated on it through the centuries.
You have a VERY unBiblical view of Hell, the Christian God, sin, and good. You're using YOUR standards for all of those, and seem pretty closed-minded about what actual Christian theology says about each. Go read "Case for Faith" by Lee Strobel - an easy read and you don't have to pick a Bible up.
And then there are those of us somewhere in between the fundies and the ones who won't stand up for what the Bible DOES say. The ones who won't yell and scream and fight with people about their inevitable fate without Christ - and the ultimate consequences of separation from God, yet still hold that there is sin - and sinners - in the world that God has to deal with.
One can hold some semi-fundamental beliefs and NOT be mean about it.
PS - "fundamentalism" is a made-up word invented in the early 1900s, and it's WAY over-applied to Christians who hold can hold contradictory beliefs - such as the Calvinists in the Presbyterian (PCA) church and the Arminians in the Assembly of God.
There is a slippery slope to all moral arguments simply because there is no objective morality. All morality is subjective. So, what do you base that on? But then again, I believe in an absolute morality (outside of which, if there isn't one, I can't fathom how anything matters at all).
And yes, I have a self-interest in whether or not my actions measure up to a higher authority.
No, I am talking about actively "destroying a fetus" or "killing a baby", or however you believe it to happen, not the passivity of miscarriage or preventative measures.
I am talking about actively "destroying a fetus" or "killing a baby" or any way you want to put it. There's a difference between that and the passivity of your example.
The problem lies in several things: the miseducation of our youth about birth control, consequences of actions, and morality in general. Each of these problems lies in poor opinions from both sides of the aisle - right and left. Society is getting these things wrong - from parenting to the schools - and it's leading to more abortions.
Your argument also bears a VERY precarious slippery slope when it comes to unborn disabled children. There is also a dearth of newborns for good parents who want to raise children well and cannot.
So what? Why should we actively try and deny a baby at any stage of development the right to life, whether or not it is "alive" or not? Does that not infringe upon its rights?
This is what always irks me about libertarian-types. I agree in principle with most of their premises, but for some reason they can't extend the whole "your rights end where mine begins" to then unborn.
What some people probably don't realize as much is that Vegas is the wrong place to try all this, and probably Atlantic City. Hit up the Louisiana-Mississippi casinos, bet small, and don't go to the same place several times in a row. My understanding is that their systems are less sophisticated and dealers not as bright...so you won't get caught and can make more money.
Cheaper to live down here, by the way.
Have you ever gotten complaints from actual journalists about how their stories are rated? I think one thing that we rarely - if ever - hear is how actual journalists rate the news. I'm not talking pundits, either, I'm talking about those who are supposed to report on the who-what-when-where-how of the news.
I've said "y'all" - and been around people who have - all my life, and never in the singular. Most of that time spent in the "Deep South" - Louisiana and Georgia.
BTW, the plural of "y'all" is "all y'all". Trust me, Southerners REALLY understand the difference.
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Yeah, outside of Louisiana I can pass, simply because ANYONE from Louisiana is automatically interesting. Back home, though, you're a yankee if you're born north of I-10.
Gotcha. Yeah, "complete recovery" all right.
Woot, you actually have me beat...born and raised in BR here. Yeah, Lake Chuck is rapidly turning into an extension of Houston, but I needed some reason to show these goofballs what Louisiana is like.
Ummmm....no. You may be thinking crocodiles. Alligators are actually becoming a nuisance, and you can legally hunt them with a tag (something like one a year, depending). They are ALL OVER THE FREAKING PLACE sometimes, because of lack of - or limitation of predators and the tourists keep feedin' em.
But I thought information wanted to be FREE??
"Splash hot pepper sauce."
Pfff. Lightweight.
And let me NARROW that down for you. Tobasco, Krystal, or Louisiana Hot Sauce. Or choose your local south LA brand or whatever you made up yourself.
Ow, that hurt. STOP. Mod -1+1 goodbadpun.
Just to point out, McNeese State University, where the study was done, is in Lake Charles, LA. That's in South Louisiana. Which is mostly swampland, or close to it.
Those kids KNOWS gators. Which are tasty, by the way, and becoming a borderline nuisance down in South LA because the @#$%ing damnyankee tourists keep feedin' em and dey come up to de pirogue lookin' for de crap-touristee food and you gotta whack 'em wit' de paddle and dey bite de paddle and you got...woah, sorry.
All that goes to say....Gator sausage is GOOD eatin'.
That's a BAD definition of faith. Too often we put an unwritten or unsaid "blind" in front of it, when that isn't the case at all. Faith can be based on both experience and proven facts...it's just an extending of those to a broader plane when you don't know the end result. It's typically applied to Christians, but we've seen WAY too many scientists take certain assumptions "on faith" as it were and be proven way wrong.
I'm guessing you've studied faith from the anti-faith end instead of trying the other direction. There are some MIGHTY smart Christians out there who have extrapolated on it through the centuries.
You have a VERY unBiblical view of Hell, the Christian God, sin, and good. You're using YOUR standards for all of those, and seem pretty closed-minded about what actual Christian theology says about each. Go read "Case for Faith" by Lee Strobel - an easy read and you don't have to pick a Bible up.
And then there are those of us somewhere in between the fundies and the ones who won't stand up for what the Bible DOES say. The ones who won't yell and scream and fight with people about their inevitable fate without Christ - and the ultimate consequences of separation from God, yet still hold that there is sin - and sinners - in the world that God has to deal with.
One can hold some semi-fundamental beliefs and NOT be mean about it.
PS - "fundamentalism" is a made-up word invented in the early 1900s, and it's WAY over-applied to Christians who hold can hold contradictory beliefs - such as the Calvinists in the Presbyterian (PCA) church and the Arminians in the Assembly of God.
And yes, I have a self-interest in whether or not my actions measure up to a higher authority.
I agree...limiting the search isn't bright. It just adds to the fire that those of us who are pro-life are whacky extremists.
No, I am talking about actively "destroying a fetus" or "killing a baby", or however you believe it to happen, not the passivity of miscarriage or preventative measures.
I am talking about actively "destroying a fetus" or "killing a baby" or any way you want to put it. There's a difference between that and the passivity of your example.
The problem lies in several things: the miseducation of our youth about birth control, consequences of actions, and morality in general. Each of these problems lies in poor opinions from both sides of the aisle - right and left. Society is getting these things wrong - from parenting to the schools - and it's leading to more abortions.
Your argument also bears a VERY precarious slippery slope when it comes to unborn disabled children. There is also a dearth of newborns for good parents who want to raise children well and cannot.
So what? Why should we actively try and deny a baby at any stage of development the right to life, whether or not it is "alive" or not? Does that not infringe upon its rights?
This is what always irks me about libertarian-types. I agree in principle with most of their premises, but for some reason they can't extend the whole "your rights end where mine begins" to then unborn.
Well, the engineer DID burn down the building...
What some people probably don't realize as much is that Vegas is the wrong place to try all this, and probably Atlantic City. Hit up the Louisiana-Mississippi casinos, bet small, and don't go to the same place several times in a row. My understanding is that their systems are less sophisticated and dealers not as bright...so you won't get caught and can make more money. Cheaper to live down here, by the way.
Have you ever gotten complaints from actual journalists about how their stories are rated? I think one thing that we rarely - if ever - hear is how actual journalists rate the news. I'm not talking pundits, either, I'm talking about those who are supposed to report on the who-what-when-where-how of the news.
I DARE someone to fly in between them. I DOUBLE-DOG dare ya.
IOW, the French guy "crashed his plane."
Here ya go. RUSH delivery. Catch it if you...ooops. Sorry. I figured you may as well get a free explosion.
I've said "y'all" - and been around people who have - all my life, and never in the singular. Most of that time spent in the "Deep South" - Louisiana and Georgia.
BTW, the plural of "y'all" is "all y'all". Trust me, Southerners REALLY understand the difference.