Well, I was told (and never followed up to confirm) that one of the passport application is if you've ever smoked pot and if you answer yes, it's an automatic rejection. I'm about to confirm that, but if it is true, I will not be able to legally get a passport.
I would rather trade being able to leave the country (which I cannot legally do unless I lie on my passport application) then put up with intrusive scanning. I can still get in a car and drive anywhere in the continental U.S. that I want (with the exception of military bases, of course).
With the introduction of these scanners I just refuse to fly unless it's out of a small private jet. It may take longer to get somewhere in this country, and may limit where I can go in many cases, but it's better than giving up fundamental liberties.
Actually no, I'm not. I'm also fully aware that no scientist (or group of scientists) have been able to get non-living matter to start doing the chemical reactions needed to create organic life from the chemical soup.
A chemical process that has not been proven to happen anywhere else not only in our own solar system, but in the entire visible universe. If the chances for life are that slim, seems like we either lucked out on the lottery or we were created.
It seems that there is no real connection between this group and Tehran. It's important to remember that when there is real discussion going on about conflict with Iran. That being said, this group does seem to be motivated by some sort of Iranian nationalism. It's just a further reminder of how small groups and individuals can inflame international imbroglios, leaving state actors in a bind. Think the Netanyahu and Obama administrations' paralysis over how to handle the settlers in the West Bank.
Except, you know, the Iranian president doesn't like anyone who isn't a Muslim.
As for how to deal with the West Bank "settlers", move 'em out (same with the Gaza Strip folks). That is Israeli territory. Period. They have a legitimate claim to that land as it was legally bought by Jewish settlers a long time ago at more than fair prices and NO ONE was forced to sell their property.
A real believer and God has never been proven to not exist. Everyday we see evidence that He does.
The evolutionist view is fairly flawed. The biggest thing they cannot explain is the gaps in the fossil records between those found in the fossil record.
One of the arguments hinted at was that God somehow deceived us into believing that was millions of years old or whatever and that's pure hogwash, too. There is no deception on the part of God.
There is, however, great flaws in human methods, huge assumptions in our dating methods (such as the rate of decay being constant (it isn't and is effected by stellar phenomenon), the amount of any particular element being used to make the measurement being constant even though no one witnessed it's deposit, only that there is some of it there along with some of the element it decays into, etc.), and huge assumptions in any number of subjects that just don't add up.
Yet there is every evidence that a just and loving God does exist. Someone mentioned the Lovecraftian resemblance that Revelation takes on, with it's lake of fire (not blood, and definitely deeper than 6').
They guffaw at God, and any hand He may have had in our creation, by pointing to our current state yet fail to take into account the affect that the corruption of sin has had on us humans as well as the rest of creation.
You may find the idea of God to be foreign and simple-minded (as many on Slashdot apparently do), and that perhaps my sig is some sort of inside joke.
I assure it is not a joke, inside or otherwise. The Bible is the inerrant word of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Of that there is no doubt (at least to me). There is also no doubt in my mind to the limitless nature of hubris that humans have built up over the years.
I also generally don't respond because it's not a head-to-head battle, but a heart-to-heart. Either you will respond to the callings of the Spirit and repent, or you'll die and go to hell. I pray it's the former, but in the end God is the ultimate judge over all. (:
No, disasters don't go away because of better building standards. They are only mitigated. What you are talking about is the human toll of natural disasters. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, tornadoes, and the like won't go away simply because we have built better buildings. They'll still eventually destroy anything and everything we can construct.
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Well, I was told (and never followed up to confirm) that one of the passport application is if you've ever smoked pot and if you answer yes, it's an automatic rejection. I'm about to confirm that, but if it is true, I will not be able to legally get a passport.
Agreed, but try telling that to folks who are addicted to convenience.
Understandable and unfortunate. ):
I would rather trade being able to leave the country (which I cannot legally do unless I lie on my passport application) then put up with intrusive scanning. I can still get in a car and drive anywhere in the continental U.S. that I want (with the exception of military bases, of course).
So much for the fast pace of new tech. ;)
With the introduction of these scanners I just refuse to fly unless it's out of a small private jet. It may take longer to get somewhere in this country, and may limit where I can go in many cases, but it's better than giving up fundamental liberties.
Whatever happened to memristors?
I guess. I still don't like them.
Is this limited to human genes as the submission indicates, or will this apply to DNA/RNA in all species?
I said many people, not myself. I have no problem just ignoring them.
I think many people would also use them as a reason to have such laws. No one likes WBC. No one.
Actually no, I'm not. I'm also fully aware that no scientist (or group of scientists) have been able to get non-living matter to start doing the chemical reactions needed to create organic life from the chemical soup.
Sure, chemistry no one has been able to reproduce in the lab under any circumstances.
For life to have arisen by non-mystical means, it would have had to come about by complete and utter random chance.
Wow. Paranoid much?
A chemical process that has not been proven to happen anywhere else not only in our own solar system, but in the entire visible universe. If the chances for life are that slim, seems like we either lucked out on the lottery or we were created.
I don't hate factual correction.
It seems that there is no real connection between this group and Tehran. It's important to remember that when there is real discussion going on about conflict with Iran. That being said, this group does seem to be motivated by some sort of Iranian nationalism. It's just a further reminder of how small groups and individuals can inflame international imbroglios, leaving state actors in a bind. Think the Netanyahu and Obama administrations' paralysis over how to handle the settlers in the West Bank.
Except, you know, the Iranian president doesn't like anyone who isn't a Muslim.
As for how to deal with the West Bank "settlers", move 'em out (same with the Gaza Strip folks). That is Israeli territory. Period. They have a legitimate claim to that land as it was legally bought by Jewish settlers a long time ago at more than fair prices and NO ONE was forced to sell their property.
For there to be natural selection, there has to be life. Life does not come from non-life.
A real believer and God has never been proven to not exist. Everyday we see evidence that He does.
The evolutionist view is fairly flawed. The biggest thing they cannot explain is the gaps in the fossil records between those found in the fossil record.
One of the arguments hinted at was that God somehow deceived us into believing that was millions of years old or whatever and that's pure hogwash, too. There is no deception on the part of God.
There is, however, great flaws in human methods, huge assumptions in our dating methods (such as the rate of decay being constant (it isn't and is effected by stellar phenomenon), the amount of any particular element being used to make the measurement being constant even though no one witnessed it's deposit, only that there is some of it there along with some of the element it decays into, etc.), and huge assumptions in any number of subjects that just don't add up.
Yet there is every evidence that a just and loving God does exist. Someone mentioned the Lovecraftian resemblance that Revelation takes on, with it's lake of fire (not blood, and definitely deeper than 6').
They guffaw at God, and any hand He may have had in our creation, by pointing to our current state yet fail to take into account the affect that the corruption of sin has had on us humans as well as the rest of creation.
You may find the idea of God to be foreign and simple-minded (as many on Slashdot apparently do), and that perhaps my sig is some sort of inside joke.
I assure it is not a joke, inside or otherwise. The Bible is the inerrant word of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Of that there is no doubt (at least to me). There is also no doubt in my mind to the limitless nature of hubris that humans have built up over the years.
I also generally don't respond because it's not a head-to-head battle, but a heart-to-heart. Either you will respond to the callings of the Spirit and repent, or you'll die and go to hell. I pray it's the former, but in the end God is the ultimate judge over all. (:
And you believe that by random chance we all evolved from goop, for which there is no evidence.
I imagine they already have, given how important they are to the continued survival of most plants.
Yeah, random chance. Right. Let me know how that works out for ya.
No, disasters don't go away because of better building standards. They are only mitigated. What you are talking about is the human toll of natural disasters. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, tornadoes, and the like won't go away simply because we have built better buildings. They'll still eventually destroy anything and everything we can construct.
Simply evidence that our algorithms need work. God has worked out these issues long before we even thought of them. (: