Those books are full of God commanding the Israelites to kill their enemies.
It was a different time. Jesus never commanded to kill.
You can argue that the Old Testament is no longer valid, but then you also have to throw out the ten commandments, the garden of eden, and almost everything used in the gay-marriage debates. You also have to question why those passages are still part of modern Christianity's holy book.
The 10 Commandments were replaced by "Love your God" and "Love your neighbor as yourself." I don't use anything in the Old Testament for gay marriage debates. The Old Testament is there for historical reference and because the prophets told of a savior coming.
It is also silly to paint Christianity as a religion of pease, and Islam as one of war.
Both are inherently religions of peace. They have been perverted over the years by different groups of people. But they are both inherently religions of peace.
Remember, people have committed atrocities in the name of Jesus Christ.
Give me a single quote by Jesus Christ, telling his people to "Kill infidels" or its equivalent. Just one.
Show me where I said Jesus commanded anyone to kill. Just one quote. I never said it. I did say that people have killed in the name of Jesus Christ, which is a true statement. Event: the Crusades, which is exactly what I was thinking of when I wrote it. I hope you can see the difference.
Granted, it's Old Testament but, in my opinion, Islam is pretty similar to Old Testament Christianity anyway
The statement utterly proves you have no idea what you're talking about. Christianity didn't exist, by definition, in the Old Testament. The New Testament is teachings and events with Christ on Earth and afterward. So "Granted, it's Old Testament" invalidates your statement and "Old Testament Christianity" proves you have no idea what you're talking about.
Islam believes that Mohammad came afterward as a follow-up to Christ. So Islam has its roots in Christianity.
I'll say again: Islam is a peaceful religion at its roots. People have perverted it to be something it's not. Just like those in the Crusades did to Christianity.
And to your point, "the terrorist will always get through," I am on public transportation right now. There's no way anyone would ever implement screening for every passenger that gets on a bus. I'm on a bus. Someone could get on with a suicide vest and I'd never know it. Hell, someone could drive by with a car bomb. I don't let these things bother me because then is sit in my house all day -- which someone could bomb. You're never 100% immune from the whims of another person. You just deal with it and live your life, making your decisions with the understanding of the possible consequences and the realistic chances thereof.
That's a very dangerous idea. The religion you characterize tongue-in-cheek as a "peaceful religion" IS inherently a peaceful religion that has been co-opted and perverted by a small subset of radicals. Remember, people have committed atrocities in the name of Jesus Christ. 100 years from now . . . Maybe it'll be Buddhism? Who knows. But to paint every person who follows Islam with a wide brush is patently unfair and extremely dangerous.
I work at a hospital. In some fashion, for reporting into the EHR, pumps need to be available on the network. However, there's no reason they shouldn't be read-only. If a dosage is going to be changed, it ought to be modifiable only at the control panel. Good medical practice says you adjust the dosage and observe the patient immediately afterward. To do that, you need to be at the patient's bedside -- and thus, at the pump.
You see, I have a job. And a family. And I finished my degree in that time. And other things to occupy my time besides letting my mind rot on video games and Slashdot.
And I have curiosity, and a little free time now, so I thought I'd check out what was going on here. At least I'm willing to continue posting under my account.
I took some online tests for college proctored at a Sylvan Learning Center. One day, just making conversation, I asked what the problem was with Common Core. The lady told me Common Core expected teachers to teach how to come up with an answer in multiple different ways (I think she said at least three, but this was early last year). Every method works but many are non-intuitive -- they're most definitely NOT the way you would solve the problem in real life on a daily basis. Parents call Sylvan frustrated because their kids' homework says "Solve the problem using method x" and they don't understand what method x is or why'd you'd do it; 9 - 5 = 4. 7 x 3 = 21. Those are just facts. Why would you try to teach three different ways for coming up with the answer? That's how I understand the problem with Common Core.
With all due respect sir-or-ma'am, in my opinion you've torpedoed your own image, at least on this thread on Slashdot, by your continued postings over and over and over and over and over. I had no idea about any good name, or accusations, or anything until you kept posting hen over and over and over and over and over.
In the words of Shakespeare, methinks he doth protest too much.
MongoDB is web scale. Did this happen because of sharding? That data never would've been breached if they'd stored it on/dev/null. Plus it would have been fast as hell.
We have scientific evidence today that the Earth is round and people still won't believe it. It's verifiable and reproducible. If people won't believe that, God doesn't stand a chance with a point-in-time event trying to prove His existence. It's futile.
Jesus cured illness and raised the dead. And got nailed to a cross for it.
There are a subset of people out there who, if told "God exists and here's proof", just flat out won't believe it. The more time passes from the occurrence, the fewer and fewer people who are going to believe.
Depends on your point of view.
I think this is a topic that science hasn't adequately explained -- and may not have the ability to explain for years or centuries.
I have had paranormal experiences. Can I reproduce them on demand? No. Do I know they happened? Yes. Do I talk about them? Generally not. i'm happy to discuss them with anyone that's willing to have a rational, open conversation with me about them. And I'm willing to accept some non-paranormal explanation if someone can give me one. But no one has been able to give me one yet.
Considering all that scientists cannot do and cannot explain, I think it's awfully arrogant of them to say some subset of phenomena doesn't exist. We may not be able to explain them yet, but to dismiss these events out-of-hand is arrogant indeed.
He can always up the ante -- go rob a bank of $1,000, commit an assault, etc. He's not entirely powerless in this situation. Something that would bring in a federal charge.
Then they're wrong. You can get one free credit report each year from each credit reporting bureau. You don't have to get them all at the same time. Do Experian one time, then a few months later do TransUnion, then a few months later do EquiFax. Rinse and repeat.
But yeah, Sony is lame. I had a DVD drive for just over a year when it went out. Wouldn't do anything about it. I won't buy Sony again if there's any other alternative out there.
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Those books are full of God commanding the Israelites to kill their enemies.
It was a different time. Jesus never commanded to kill.
You can argue that the Old Testament is no longer valid, but then you also have to throw out the ten commandments, the garden of eden, and almost everything used in the gay-marriage debates. You also have to question why those passages are still part of modern Christianity's holy book.
The 10 Commandments were replaced by "Love your God" and "Love your neighbor as yourself." I don't use anything in the Old Testament for gay marriage debates. The Old Testament is there for historical reference and because the prophets told of a savior coming.
It is also silly to paint Christianity as a religion of pease, and Islam as one of war.
Both are inherently religions of peace. They have been perverted over the years by different groups of people. But they are both inherently religions of peace.
Remember, people have committed atrocities in the name of Jesus Christ.
Give me a single quote by Jesus Christ, telling his people to "Kill infidels" or its equivalent. Just one.
Show me where I said Jesus commanded anyone to kill. Just one quote. I never said it. I did say that people have killed in the name of Jesus Christ, which is a true statement. Event: the Crusades, which is exactly what I was thinking of when I wrote it. I hope you can see the difference.
Granted, it's Old Testament but, in my opinion, Islam is pretty similar to Old Testament Christianity anyway
The statement utterly proves you have no idea what you're talking about. Christianity didn't exist, by definition, in the Old Testament. The New Testament is teachings and events with Christ on Earth and afterward. So "Granted, it's Old Testament" invalidates your statement and "Old Testament Christianity" proves you have no idea what you're talking about.
Whoever marked this Insightful is an idiot.
Islam believes that Mohammad came afterward as a follow-up to Christ. So Islam has its roots in Christianity.
I'll say again: Islam is a peaceful religion at its roots. People have perverted it to be something it's not. Just like those in the Crusades did to Christianity.
And to your point, "the terrorist will always get through," I am on public transportation right now. There's no way anyone would ever implement screening for every passenger that gets on a bus. I'm on a bus. Someone could get on with a suicide vest and I'd never know it. Hell, someone could drive by with a car bomb. I don't let these things bother me because then is sit in my house all day -- which someone could bomb. You're never 100% immune from the whims of another person. You just deal with it and live your life, making your decisions with the understanding of the possible consequences and the realistic chances thereof.
+1000 Informative. Thank you. From Portland, Oregon. You're in my thoughts and prayers today. Please take care and be safe.
News is reporting one of the blasts at the airport was a suicide vest. The other was a suitcase.
That's a very dangerous idea. The religion you characterize tongue-in-cheek as a "peaceful religion" IS inherently a peaceful religion that has been co-opted and perverted by a small subset of radicals. Remember, people have committed atrocities in the name of Jesus Christ. 100 years from now . . . Maybe it'll be Buddhism? Who knows. But to paint every person who follows Islam with a wide brush is patently unfair and extremely dangerous.
I work at a hospital. In some fashion, for reporting into the EHR, pumps need to be available on the network. However, there's no reason they shouldn't be read-only. If a dosage is going to be changed, it ought to be modifiable only at the control panel. Good medical practice says you adjust the dosage and observe the patient immediately afterward. To do that, you need to be at the patient's bedside -- and thus, at the pump.
Jealous much?
Here, try this. It may help.http://www.wgu.edu/
TL;DR: You're jealous; try getting off your butt and educating yourself.
For which I take immense pride.
You see, I have a job. And a family. And I finished my degree in that time. And other things to occupy my time besides letting my mind rot on video games and Slashdot.
And I have curiosity, and a little free time now, so I thought I'd check out what was going on here. At least I'm willing to continue posting under my account.
TL;DR: I have a life; you don't.
I took some online tests for college proctored at a Sylvan Learning Center. One day, just making conversation, I asked what the problem was with Common Core. The lady told me Common Core expected teachers to teach how to come up with an answer in multiple different ways (I think she said at least three, but this was early last year). Every method works but many are non-intuitive -- they're most definitely NOT the way you would solve the problem in real life on a daily basis. Parents call Sylvan frustrated because their kids' homework says "Solve the problem using method x" and they don't understand what method x is or why'd you'd do it; 9 - 5 = 4. 7 x 3 = 21. Those are just facts. Why would you try to teach three different ways for coming up with the answer? That's how I understand the problem with Common Core.
With all due respect sir-or-ma'am, in my opinion you've torpedoed your own image, at least on this thread on Slashdot, by your continued postings over and over and over and over and over. I had no idea about any good name, or accusations, or anything until you kept posting hen over and over and over and over and over. In the words of Shakespeare, methinks he doth protest too much.
Great. Now they'll sue Slashdot too. Thanks a lot.
Their text messages can be kind of slow.
Their text messages can be a little slow at times.
MongoDB is web scale. Did this happen because of sharding? That data never would've been breached if they'd stored it on /dev/null. Plus it would have been fast as hell.
We have scientific evidence today that the Earth is round and people still won't believe it. It's verifiable and reproducible. If people won't believe that, God doesn't stand a chance with a point-in-time event trying to prove His existence. It's futile.
Jesus cured illness and raised the dead. And got nailed to a cross for it. There are a subset of people out there who, if told "God exists and here's proof", just flat out won't believe it. The more time passes from the occurrence, the fewer and fewer people who are going to believe.
Depends on your point of view. I think this is a topic that science hasn't adequately explained -- and may not have the ability to explain for years or centuries. I have had paranormal experiences. Can I reproduce them on demand? No. Do I know they happened? Yes. Do I talk about them? Generally not. i'm happy to discuss them with anyone that's willing to have a rational, open conversation with me about them. And I'm willing to accept some non-paranormal explanation if someone can give me one. But no one has been able to give me one yet. Considering all that scientists cannot do and cannot explain, I think it's awfully arrogant of them to say some subset of phenomena doesn't exist. We may not be able to explain them yet, but to dismiss these events out-of-hand is arrogant indeed.
Show me anything that works 100% without corner cases.
He can always up the ante -- go rob a bank of $1,000, commit an assault, etc. He's not entirely powerless in this situation. Something that would bring in a federal charge.
"Well, there are so many holes in 1st Avenue, [I] really didn't think anyone would notice."
But yeah, Sony is lame. I had a DVD drive for just over a year when it went out. Wouldn't do anything about it. I won't buy Sony again if there's any other alternative out there.
(and the sun, itself, is incredibly small compared to some stars).
Like Charlie Sheen.