"Applying this to homosexuality, I believe that there is a reason behind this request/command. I am not sure what it is (perhaps resurected bodies do not experience homosexuality, or something, I don't know), but all of my experiences leads me to believe that there is a reason."
The difference between a child and an adult, is that an adult is responsible for their own choices. As a sentient being, I don't think it's appropriate to say "homosexuality is bad, because God says so", because that's not a good enough reason to condemn another person in my opinion. I am responsible for that determination. I will answer for that. I wouldn't have it any other way.
I would much rather choose to do right, than be told what is right.
You get to judge for yourself, and yourself alone. As long as you don't advocate compelling others to hew to your beliefs, we have no issue.
I did put some words in your mouth, and for that I apologize. I believe we'd agree on more than we disagree.
I can't, however, imagine why God would make men fall in love with other men if He was going to turn His face away from them. No God worth worshipping would do that, and I am content to be Judged on that statement.
"Not some guys writing a kernel, some writing a GUI and some other writing a file system"
Not possible. Any engineering task of any substantial size requires many teams working together, often with very limited knowledge of the other teams' work.
Religion gives me access to concepts and beings larger than myself. I identify myself as a Christian (a follower of Christ's teachings), but that doesn't mean I think everybody else is wrong/misguided/evil/damned.
Man is not a respector of man, and when man takes on the mantle of God's Word (and the power thereof) Man's own limitations are made manifest.
I do believe in God, and I think S/He is going to be really pissed at people like my grandparent here. : )
"It's only a matter of time before MacOS X gains enough popularity that it's own security holes (though admittingly less serious than many of those in Windows) are mass exploited causing many Mac users some grief."
It's a matter of proper security design that those exploits will be limited in scope and number.
Windows doesn't get exploited just because it's popular. It gets exploited because it was designed wrong.
I think that any philosopher (or, indeed, any human) who thinks that the human race should die out for the good of the planet should go ahead and do it.
Hell, I'll buy them a full-page ad in the New York Times. "Joe Treehugger killed himself to end overpopulation in America. Thanks, Joe!"
I believe that the notion that only people who believe as you do are going to evade everlasting damnation is much more dangerous to general moral values than what kind of hoo-hoos people like to stick themselves into.
"Either take it as a whole, or don't take it at all. That's all I ask. The inconsistencies that some people see can be ironed out when taken in context of the whole. But you can't justify throwing out certain parts just because you don't like them. If you do, then fine, to each his own. But then your faith is not Bible-based, so don't pretend it is."
I am a Christian, and I defy you to try to impose your beliefs about what is and is not a proper relationship with God. You are insufferably arrogant if you think that YOUR interpretation of Scripture (which is nothing more or less than another set of peoples' interpretations of God's will) is more correct than my own.
Being a Bible-ist has nothing to do with being a Christian.
You're absolutely right. Kill yourself as an example to us all.
Oh, you didn't mean YOU. You just want everybody ELSE to die to suit your preconceptions. I think there's a word for that kind of thinking...on the tip of my tongue...
"Ok, let's take this back to some very basic concepts. If Johnny and Jimmy live in a empty room with 2 apples, how many can each of them have (assuming equal portions)? One..now, before you say "well, Jimmy could invent some technology that could grow apples faster and bigger!", let me cut you off - matter cannot be created from nothing. We have FINITE materials on earth."
Better analogy.
Johnny and Jimmy live in an empty room, except for the two gigatons of apples they have with them.
How many can each of them eat? As much as they could ever conceivably want to. Sure, it's a finite resource. It's also large relative to the drain.
The same is true of the food supply here on Earth. We can readily sustain much higher population levels without widespread disturbance.
I know only enough about accounting to know that it has very little to do with what happens in my checkbook.
You can win if you want. Anybody who's been watching politics in any country lately should be able to see you don't have to be correct in order to win.
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"Applying this to homosexuality, I believe that there is a reason behind this request/command. I am not sure what it is (perhaps resurected bodies do not experience homosexuality, or something, I don't know), but all of my experiences leads me to believe that there is a reason."
The difference between a child and an adult, is that an adult is responsible for their own choices. As a sentient being, I don't think it's appropriate to say "homosexuality is bad, because God says so", because that's not a good enough reason to condemn another person in my opinion. I am responsible for that determination. I will answer for that. I wouldn't have it any other way.
I would much rather choose to do right, than be told what is right.
Can I have yours? I get 1000 spams a week in my yahoo account.
pretty box!=good design.
You might also consider checking your facts before criticizing others' word choices.
It's awfully rude.
Doesn't it just suck to be totally wrong?
You get to judge for yourself, and yourself alone. As long as you don't advocate compelling others to hew to your beliefs, we have no issue.
I did put some words in your mouth, and for that I apologize. I believe we'd agree on more than we disagree.
I can't, however, imagine why God would make men fall in love with other men if He was going to turn His face away from them. No God worth worshipping would do that, and I am content to be Judged on that statement.
Sorry. I have no place in my faith for that idea.
"Not some guys writing a kernel, some writing a GUI and some other writing a file system"
Not possible. Any engineering task of any substantial size requires many teams working together, often with very limited knowledge of the other teams' work.
I think OS X is plenty well-designed enough.
I disagree with you too. : )
Religion gives me access to concepts and beings larger than myself. I identify myself as a Christian (a follower of Christ's teachings), but that doesn't mean I think everybody else is wrong/misguided/evil/damned.
Man is not a respector of man, and when man takes on the mantle of God's Word (and the power thereof) Man's own limitations are made manifest.
I do believe in God, and I think S/He is going to be really pissed at people like my grandparent here. : )
"It's only a matter of time before MacOS X gains enough popularity that it's own security holes (though admittingly less serious than many of those in Windows) are mass exploited causing many Mac users some grief."
It's a matter of proper security design that those exploits will be limited in scope and number.
Windows doesn't get exploited just because it's popular. It gets exploited because it was designed wrong.
RIGHT! Thanks for pointing that out. My bad.
And here, I thought that our British forebears could spell.
Guess you're not all that civilized after all...
You mean it scares the crap out of you that there are people in the world who don't rely on electricity and lattes to avoid dying?
That should scare you. You should be afraid of how incompetent you are.
If you can't build a fire and catch some dinner, then I don't think your sapience is doing you much good.
I think that any philosopher (or, indeed, any human) who thinks that the human race should die out for the good of the planet should go ahead and do it.
Hell, I'll buy them a full-page ad in the New York Times. "Joe Treehugger killed himself to end overpopulation in America. Thanks, Joe!"
What a bunch of morons.
"possibly dangerous to general moral values"
I believe that the notion that only people who believe as you do are going to evade everlasting damnation is much more dangerous to general moral values than what kind of hoo-hoos people like to stick themselves into.
"Either take it as a whole, or don't take it at all. That's all I ask. The inconsistencies that some people see can be ironed out when taken in context of the whole. But you can't justify throwing out certain parts just because you don't like them. If you do, then fine, to each his own. But then your faith is not Bible-based, so don't pretend it is."
I am a Christian, and I defy you to try to impose your beliefs about what is and is not a proper relationship with God. You are insufferably arrogant if you think that YOUR interpretation of Scripture (which is nothing more or less than another set of peoples' interpretations of God's will) is more correct than my own.
Being a Bible-ist has nothing to do with being a Christian.
You're absolutely right. Kill yourself as an example to us all.
Oh, you didn't mean YOU. You just want everybody ELSE to die to suit your preconceptions. I think there's a word for that kind of thinking...on the tip of my tongue...
"Ok, let's take this back to some very basic concepts. If Johnny and Jimmy live in a empty room with 2 apples, how many can each of them have (assuming equal portions)? One..now, before you say "well, Jimmy could invent some technology that could grow apples faster and bigger!", let me cut you off - matter cannot be created from nothing. We have FINITE materials on earth."
Better analogy.
Johnny and Jimmy live in an empty room, except for the two gigatons of apples they have with them.
How many can each of them eat? As much as they could ever conceivably want to. Sure, it's a finite resource. It's also large relative to the drain.
The same is true of the food supply here on Earth. We can readily sustain much higher population levels without widespread disturbance.
The net birth rate. Births-Deaths=negative number.
"As for political views, why should the federal gov't decide every issue in the country...."
So why do you support Bush, who wants to pass laws that make sure that everybody conforms to his idea of morality?
I know only enough about accounting to know that it has very little to do with what happens in my checkbook.
You can win if you want. Anybody who's been watching politics in any country lately should be able to see you don't have to be correct in order to win.
Go read up on the notion of depreciation, and then explain to me again what corporate accounting has to do with cash in pockets.
You agreed to work for a certain compensation. That compensation has changed. It's up to YOU to renegotiate.
You may wish to proxy your responsibility to negotiate your compensation to a union, but it's still your responsibility.
I'm not saying "Tough luck", I'm saying "It's within your power to change this situation".
"They affect the company's bottom line not a whit."
Except when they're used to compensate employees for services rendered. Then the options distort the picture of the company's expenses.
But if the options don't have any value, why don't you go obtain some and give them to me?
It's your responsibility to negotiate your compensation with your employer. If you're not satisfied with the current arrangement, change it.