Yes, and what about the Gospel of Mary? The same Mary that was turned into a whore in the "finished" bible. Oh, and the council of Nicea spent a great deal of time deciding which books would be in the bible and which would be left out.
Maybe you should do a bit more research on your own oppressive religion.
I also think it has something to do with the tendency among researchers to make connections between viewing porn and violence against women, clearly a more serious problem than women's violence against men.
Alas, from what I understand, there is an, at best tenuous connection between porn and violence against women, and that connection has not been show to be causal.
Basically, it can be boiled down to:
Some men view porn. Some men commit violence against women. Some men who commit violence against women view porn. But, it does not neccessarily follow that because men view porn, they commit violence against women.
Or: The set of all men contains a subset of men that view porn and a subset of men that abuse women, and while the two subsets overlap, there is no evidence that the former causes the latter. Rather, it is more evident that the conjuction is simply because they are both subsets of men.
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.
Not the words of Jesus, but of someone else. Never defines sin, and never mentions sex. In fact, never mentions Jesus.
Mat 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Does not say Jesus never looked on a with lust in his heart. Which, by the way, would make Jesus not a human man.
2Pe 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children
Does not mention Jesus or what Jesus thought or felt.
As none of the books of the bible were written by Jesus, how can any of them know what was in his heart or head? Remember:
The earliest books were written AFTER Jesus was supposed to have been crucified.
When the bible was compiled, any books that the compilers didn't like were left out.
No one know what happens in the head of another
If Jesus did not know lust, how can he have had the true human experience because humans are animals and all animals wish to procreate?
The bible is just a book containing stories in the first part and mostly propaganda letters in the second, and an incomplete book at that. Where are the stories from when Jesus was a teen? The letters and stories about Jesus leave off at 12yo and pick up again about 28yo,right?
Wow, what a stupid, and totally inapropriate analogy. Question for you: What if the people know about the fire, in fact started the fire, and don't want you to disturb them because the fire is not a danger to them because it is in a fireplace?
A better analogy: You are walking down the road and see a guy smoking. You run up to him and start to tell him how you have stopped smoking, and how smoking is bad for him and can cause cancer. He points out that he can read the warning label, knows everything you are saying and chooses to smoke. So, you take his cigarrettes and lighter away, and his money so he can't buy more and then try to pass a law that says cigarrettes are illegal because you don't think people should smoke.
By your own logic, I can bust into churches and drag people out and deprogram them because I knew a guy who fell in with the Benny Hinn crowd and then proceeded to destroy his life with his faith.
The only man who never lusted after a woman (or a man), was Jesus Christ.
Prove this statement. And before you refer to bible, remember the following:
the bible also doesn't say that Jesus pissed or crapped. Are we then to assume that Jesus never did those things and we shouldn't either?
the bible is not complete. Do a little research into how the New Testement was created.
there are books not in the bible that refer to Jesus kissing Mary Magdelene.
If god created all things, then god created sex as it is and god created porn.
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Let's see if I have this straight: Because you are weak-minded and weak-willed, the things you can't control yourself over is evil and should be banned for everyone?
Is that your argument, "I am weak so everyone else must have my same weakness and needs to be protected from my weakness"? Will you also force everyone to believe in your god and worship in your church and only behave in the ways your church approves? I think your sig answers that question.
You sound like the "recovering alcoholic" who believes that anyone who enjoys a drink every now and then is an alcoholic that needs to be brought in to the 12 stepping fold.
You have just traded one "addiction" (porn) for a different "addiction"(religion and oppressing others), just like alcoholics trade alcohol for AA, coffee, and cigarettes.
And, I know what is going through some part of your head "I am not oppressing people, I am saving them". Well, isn't it true that God gave people free will to choose how they live and whether or not they wish to be saved? And, aren't you taking away people's God-given free will when you try to force them to live as you, and your religion, say they should? Forcing your beliefs on someone else is oppressing their beliefs and by extention them.
I have mainly found pornography to be a male problem.
Yeah, uh huh. I am guessing the she has never headed down to the book store and checked out the "romance novel" section.
So-called romance novels are nothing more than porn for women. It has been in western culture for decades and it breeds unrealistic expectations of men in women.
Of course, no one has every really studied that because it is just words, not pictures. But, take a look at the story arc of just about every romance novel. Look at the characters. Examples:
The "hero" is generally a bad boy who changes because of the love of a good woman.
The "heroine" is almost always some woman in distress whom the "hero" saves.
The "hero" seduces the "heroine" in a scene that if played out in real life would constitute date rape. (They are called bodice rippers for a reason)
"Porn for women" has been around as long and been more widely available than "porn for men", yet no one complains, does studies, or even talks about it. But, that is ok because porn for women isn't pictures, it is words. And, we all know that reading books and stories doesn't effect the thoughts and minds of people unless there are pictures, right?
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Aha! I caught you trying to use a piss-poor phishing scam to get comments meant for my post
I am going to notify the FBI, CIA, SEC, DEA, HLS, and sue you for copyright and DMCA violations!
Unless, of course, you like to mow the lawn. Or make money monwing lawns. Or have a really big lawn with many obstacles. I grew up on an acre and half with 105 cypress trees and knees in the back yard, a lake, a fence, and hedge.
Business saying older than you and your father put together and followed by many successful businessmen: "Sometimes you have to spend money to make money."
And, my personal favorite "You get what you pay for."
Actually, there isn't really a statement from Deibold. This is a very crappy article written to make the election official look like a martyr and Diebold and the other officials look like conspirators.
I would love to see an article with more facts and less opinion.
That is why there is a second edition. Unlike the first edition sitting on my bookshelf, the second edition is red. And I think the third edition is in the works.
Assuming you mean the software for the flight controls, it is in the best interests of the company making the "software black boxes" to have everything work perfectly or else EVERYONE knows about it when the plane falls out of the sky.
A "software black box" voting machine can change things in Bad Ways with no one being the wiser.
And, on the off chance you are refering to the black box flight data recorders, those boxes are implemented completely in hardware. No software at all.
Of course, the publisher could be offsetting their losses on those other books. You know, the ones that sold 1000 copies before they went obsolete, or were part of the latest fad that lasted for 2 years or less, or were only of interest to a small subset of people.
The question is, would you be willing to pay less if it meant that fewer books on fewer topics get published? What books would you, and the rest of the community be willing to see go away?
Those accusations against this man is baseless and pretty lame.
And you know the accusations are "baseless"? Are you one of the investigators? Are you one of the terrorists he is alleged to have been in the conspiracy with? Are you a close personal friend of his?
Tell us please, the source of your knowledge of this man's guilt or innocence.
I believe your are spewing forth lies and ignorance. Prove me wrong, tell me how you know.
Here, let me walk through the gaping hole in your logic.
Did "AxEMuRDeReR" associate with someone who was killed with an axe? Was "AxEMuRDeReR" found with a bloody axe? No. He played a FPS game on-line.
This guy goes by the online name of terrorist. He associates with terrorist. He provides aid and comfort to terrorists. He is part of a conspiracy to kill people with a bomb. Those are charges NOT related to his activities as "Terrorist 007".
If it walks like a duck, acts like a duck, quacks like a duck, and associates with a duck, it's is pretty much guarentied to be a duck.
I wonder what Pastor Martin Niemöller think of you using his poem in reference to a man who supports and provides aid to an organization dedicated to exterminating the Jews, that uses unrestrained violence, and that murders innocents to advance their cause of world domination by Islam?
In this little game, the Islamist terrorists are closer to the Nazis than any Western government.
It is your ad, it is your job to know what is in it and whether or not the critea are corret. If you want the best qualified people to respond to an ad, said ad needs to be correct.
What would you say the opportunity cost of not placing a correct ad is? Remember to not only factor in the cost of hiring less qualified people, but the cost of going through the resumes, putting in the ads, the costs of the recruitment agents, the costs of the rejected applicants, etc.
This main question is "If someone in New York City has a server in New York City with BDSM images on it, can said person be tried for obscenity charges in Alabama because someone in Arab, AL accessed the images which the community standards of Arab, AL would deem obscene but would not be considered obscene in NYC?"
This really is a question of where do community standards end. The information presented by the person in NYC would not be considered obscene in NYC but would be considered obscene in a small town in AL. Say, something like the Roger Maplethorpe photos. Should the person in question be tried for obscenity in AL?
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Yes, and what about the Gospel of Mary? The same Mary that was turned into a whore in the "finished" bible. Oh, and the council of Nicea spent a great deal of time deciding which books would be in the bible and which would be left out.
Maybe you should do a bit more research on your own oppressive religion.
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Alas, from what I understand, there is an, at best tenuous connection between porn and violence against women, and that connection has not been show to be causal.
Basically, it can be boiled down to:
Or: The set of all men contains a subset of men that view porn and a subset of men that abuse women, and while the two subsets overlap, there is no evidence that the former causes the latter. Rather, it is more evident that the conjuction is simply because they are both subsets of men.
Not the words of Jesus, but of someone else. Never defines sin, and never mentions sex. In fact, never mentions Jesus.
Does not say Jesus never looked on a with lust in his heart. Which, by the way, would make Jesus not a human man.
Does not mention Jesus or what Jesus thought or felt.
As none of the books of the bible were written by Jesus, how can any of them know what was in his heart or head? Remember:
Wow, what a stupid, and totally inapropriate analogy. Question for you: What if the people know about the fire, in fact started the fire, and don't want you to disturb them because the fire is not a danger to them because it is in a fireplace?
A better analogy: You are walking down the road and see a guy smoking. You run up to him and start to tell him how you have stopped smoking, and how smoking is bad for him and can cause cancer. He points out that he can read the warning label, knows everything you are saying and chooses to smoke. So, you take his cigarrettes and lighter away, and his money so he can't buy more and then try to pass a law that says cigarrettes are illegal because you don't think people should smoke.
By your own logic, I can bust into churches and drag people out and deprogram them because I knew a guy who fell in with the Benny Hinn crowd and then proceeded to destroy his life with his faith.
Prove this statement. And before you refer to bible, remember the following:
Let's see if I have this straight: Because you are weak-minded and weak-willed, the things you can't control yourself over is evil and should be banned for everyone?
Is that your argument, "I am weak so everyone else must have my same weakness and needs to be protected from my weakness"? Will you also force everyone to believe in your god and worship in your church and only behave in the ways your church approves? I think your sig answers that question.
You sound like the "recovering alcoholic" who believes that anyone who enjoys a drink every now and then is an alcoholic that needs to be brought in to the 12 stepping fold.
You have just traded one "addiction" (porn) for a different "addiction"(religion and oppressing others), just like alcoholics trade alcohol for AA, coffee, and cigarettes.
And, I know what is going through some part of your head "I am not oppressing people, I am saving them". Well, isn't it true that God gave people free will to choose how they live and whether or not they wish to be saved? And, aren't you taking away people's God-given free will when you try to force them to live as you, and your religion, say they should? Forcing your beliefs on someone else is oppressing their beliefs and by extention them.
Yeah, uh huh. I am guessing the she has never headed down to the book store and checked out the "romance novel" section.
So-called romance novels are nothing more than porn for women. It has been in western culture for decades and it breeds unrealistic expectations of men in women.
Of course, no one has every really studied that because it is just words, not pictures. But, take a look at the story arc of just about every romance novel. Look at the characters. Examples:
"Porn for women" has been around as long and been more widely available than "porn for men", yet no one complains, does studies, or even talks about it. But, that is ok because porn for women isn't pictures, it is words. And, we all know that reading books and stories doesn't effect the thoughts and minds of people unless there are pictures, right?
Aha! I caught you trying to use a piss-poor phishing scam to get comments meant for my post
I am going to notify the FBI, CIA, SEC, DEA, HLS, and sue you for copyright and DMCA violations!
I will be rich, rich I say!
In stunning outcome of research on security indicates that people are weakest link in security chain.
Other amazing developments include discovery water is wet, fire is hot, the sky is blue.
Film at 11!
Of course, one could always make this an open letter by sending it to The Tuttle Times.
Unless, of course, you like to mow the lawn. Or make money monwing lawns. Or have a really big lawn with many obstacles. I grew up on an acre and half with 105 cypress trees and knees in the back yard, a lake, a fence, and hedge.
Or the property I am looking at: 9 acres.
Business saying older than you and your father put together and followed by many successful businessmen: "Sometimes you have to spend money to make money."
And, my personal favorite "You get what you pay for."
While Walmart uses those productivity increasing business methods, they did not invent them. They have been around for a long time.
Actually, there isn't really a statement from Deibold. This is a very crappy article written to make the election official look like a martyr and Diebold and the other officials look like conspirators.
I would love to see an article with more facts and less opinion.
That is why there is a second edition.
Unlike the first edition sitting on my bookshelf, the second edition is red. And I think the third edition is in the works.
Assuming you mean the software for the flight controls, it is in the best interests of the company making the "software black boxes" to have everything work perfectly or else EVERYONE knows about it when the plane falls out of the sky.
A "software black box" voting machine can change things in Bad Ways with no one being the wiser.
And, on the off chance you are refering to the black box flight data recorders, those boxes are implemented completely in hardware. No software at all.
Of course, the publisher could be offsetting their losses on those other books. You know, the ones that sold 1000 copies before they went obsolete, or were part of the latest fad that lasted for 2 years or less, or were only of interest to a small subset of people.
The question is, would you be willing to pay less if it meant that fewer books on fewer topics get published? What books would you, and the rest of the community be willing to see go away?
And you know the accusations are "baseless"? Are you one of the investigators? Are you one of the terrorists he is alleged to have been in the conspiracy with? Are you a close personal friend of his?
Tell us please, the source of your knowledge of this man's guilt or innocence.
I believe your are spewing forth lies and ignorance. Prove me wrong, tell me how you know.
Here, let me walk through the gaping hole in your logic.
Did "AxEMuRDeReR" associate with someone who was killed with an axe? Was "AxEMuRDeReR" found with a bloody axe? No. He played a FPS game on-line.
This guy goes by the online name of terrorist. He associates with terrorist. He provides aid and comfort to terrorists. He is part of a conspiracy to kill people with a bomb. Those are charges NOT related to his activities as "Terrorist 007".
If it walks like a duck, acts like a duck, quacks like a duck, and associates with a duck, it's is pretty much guarentied to be a duck.
I wonder what Pastor Martin Niemöller think of you using his poem in reference to a man who supports and provides aid to an organization dedicated to exterminating the Jews, that uses unrestrained violence, and that murders innocents to advance their cause of world domination by Islam?
In this little game, the Islamist terrorists are closer to the Nazis than any Western government.
It is your ad, it is your job to know what is in it and whether or not the critea are corret. If you want the best qualified people to respond to an ad, said ad needs to be correct.
What would you say the opportunity cost of not placing a correct ad is? Remember to not only factor in the cost of hiring less qualified people, but the cost of going through the resumes, putting in the ads, the costs of the recruitment agents, the costs of the rejected applicants, etc.
Didn't MS say something to the effect that IE was so tightly bundled into Windows that it would be impossible to remove?
"slippery slope" is not a valid arguement.
If it were, then we should have no laws, because any law puts us on a slippery slope....
This main question is "If someone in New York City has a server in New York City with BDSM images on it, can said person be tried for obscenity charges in Alabama because someone in Arab, AL accessed the images which the community standards of Arab, AL would deem obscene but would not be considered obscene in NYC?"
This really is a question of where do community standards end. The information presented by the person in NYC would not be considered obscene in NYC but would be considered obscene in a small town in AL. Say, something like the Roger Maplethorpe photos. Should the person in question be tried for obscenity in AL?