"Sure, the government does not produce sneakers. Nor would private industry if there was no government there to enable them to do so."
Are you seriously saying that two private citizens are physically unable to do a private transaction between each other without a government entity?
And I said nothing, because I am not a Lavabit user. Then they came for Groklaw, and I said nothing, because I don't visit Groklaw. Then they came for Slashdot, and I had one less platform to voice my outrage...
I find it hilarious how many people absolutely hated Bush, and now love Obama, despite the fact that Bush and Obama are really pretty similar as power grabbing politicians. But then again, most people vote based on solely R or D, so I guess it's not surprising.
When filing Vermont State Taxes, you have to either claim all your purchases made out of state, and pay sales tax, or pay an additional percentage in tax on your income. This is due to the fact that a large portion of the population in Vermont shops in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, (a city with many stores and which borders Vermont) where there is no sales tax.
The difference between now and then was that back then, smart people didn't keep their money in banks. Why bother keeping your money in a bank today, anyways? Interest rates on savings are pretty much nothing. Just carry cash, and you can be free of the tyranny of banking fees.
Yes, but how much of the Go software's decision process relies on scanning through thousands of professional games? Software might be good at fighting locally, but last I knew programs still relied heavily on professional games to determine where to play outside of a fight.
Seeing as younger voters tend to vote democrat, and the fact that younger voters are also more likely to be on slashdot (and this voting site) than older voters, combined with the fact that his total vote count is only about 1200, I would hardly consider this a good sampling.
...Then these companies would not make enough profit by scamming people, and it would stop. The fact that this continues for so long, and there are multiple companies doing this, makes me weep for humanity.
The video in question is just an excuse for Muslim extremists to get angry and protest. If the video didn't exist, they would be protesting for the same reasons right now. Think of it like the Westboro Baptist Church... protesting because that's what they love to be angry, and this is a perfect outlet. Except instead of a half dozen people, it's thousands, and instead of just being extreme douchebaggery, this was violent and deadly in Libya and would not surprise me if it became as such elsewhere.
Hitler... a Christian? Really? The same guy who said he intended "to stamp out Christianity root and branch."? I suggest looking at sources besides blatantly anti-christian, pro-atheism sites such as "nobeliefs.com". For example, http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1699/was-hitler-a-christian or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Adolf_Hitler
Stalin exploited religion. How about that... exploitation to further his goals. This does nothing to disprove what I claimed. The same with Mao. They were mass murderers who did not ascribe to any religion. If Mao had been a follower of a religion, I imagine you would pin that on his religion.
Lastly, my original point still stands undisputed. The OP made the claim that Christianity has killed hundreds of millions of people, and then failed to back up those numbers. I got him started by listing about 150,019 deaths. I am waiting for citations for the remaining 99+ million.
Sorry, Hitler was socialist, not communist. But despite all of that, anyone who kills in the name of Christ is not a Christian, as Christ, when asked what the greatest commandment was, said "Love the Lord thy God, and love thy neighbor as thyself". Christ also said anyone who hated another person was guilty of murder, and to "bless those that persecute you".
Look, I am in no way defending nor denying what people did in the name of Christianity. People have done horrible, terrible things in the name of all sorts of things. However, as I said, Christianity is a "do not murder" religion. (Wrongly) killing in the name of Christianity does not make Christianity a bad thing. It makes the killer a bad person.
So your proof is "because it has to be"? The Spanish inquisition was about 150,000 people, at most (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition#Death_tolls). The Salem witch trials were 19 (http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/asal_de.htm). By all means, give me the rest of the numbers that add up to 99.849981 million. Now, do we get to count atheistic communism in this comparison? Because Stalin (20 million), Hitler (50 Million) and Mao (70 million) (http://necrometrics.com/20c5m.htm) killed or were responsible for the deaths of quite a large number of people... and in about 2.5% of the time of Christianity.
No, there is not. The only commandments in the Bible where God told someone to kill was for specific instances to exact the Judgement of God, not as a rule to always follow. When asked what the greatest commandment was, Jesus Christ said "Love the Lord they God, and love thy neighbor as thyself." Christ also said "Anyone who hates another is guilty of murder." So it would seem to me, that to be an observant Christian, that not only is it wrong to kill, but it's wrong to hate.
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"Sure, the government does not produce sneakers. Nor would private industry if there was no government there to enable them to do so." Are you seriously saying that two private citizens are physically unable to do a private transaction between each other without a government entity?
I blame the grandparents for raising the parents so poorly that they raised the daughter poorly.
And I said nothing, because I am not a Lavabit user. Then they came for Groklaw, and I said nothing, because I don't visit Groklaw. Then they came for Slashdot, and I had one less platform to voice my outrage...
"Say 'exterminate' again, I dare you!"
I find it hilarious how many people absolutely hated Bush, and now love Obama, despite the fact that Bush and Obama are really pretty similar as power grabbing politicians. But then again, most people vote based on solely R or D, so I guess it's not surprising.
When filing Vermont State Taxes, you have to either claim all your purchases made out of state, and pay sales tax, or pay an additional percentage in tax on your income. This is due to the fact that a large portion of the population in Vermont shops in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, (a city with many stores and which borders Vermont) where there is no sales tax.
"Nothing is absolute" is an absolute statement.
The difference between now and then was that back then, smart people didn't keep their money in banks. Why bother keeping your money in a bank today, anyways? Interest rates on savings are pretty much nothing. Just carry cash, and you can be free of the tyranny of banking fees.
Yes, but how much of the Go software's decision process relies on scanning through thousands of professional games? Software might be good at fighting locally, but last I knew programs still relied heavily on professional games to determine where to play outside of a fight.
Yeah but some of the larger limbs take a few dozen shots to take down, and that can really make you shoulder sore the next day :)
The second amendment is the last bastion of defense for our other rights.
Seeing as younger voters tend to vote democrat, and the fact that younger voters are also more likely to be on slashdot (and this voting site) than older voters, combined with the fact that his total vote count is only about 1200, I would hardly consider this a good sampling.
...Then these companies would not make enough profit by scamming people, and it would stop. The fact that this continues for so long, and there are multiple companies doing this, makes me weep for humanity.
We already have a monopoly. It's called the Federal Reserve. It sets the interest rates that all the banks follow.
I would not want to be the IT guy who gets to fix 40 year old computers.
I am imagining a large exodus of seismologists from Italy very shortly....
The video in question is just an excuse for Muslim extremists to get angry and protest. If the video didn't exist, they would be protesting for the same reasons right now. Think of it like the Westboro Baptist Church... protesting because that's what they love to be angry, and this is a perfect outlet. Except instead of a half dozen people, it's thousands, and instead of just being extreme douchebaggery, this was violent and deadly in Libya and would not surprise me if it became as such elsewhere.
Hitler... a Christian? Really? The same guy who said he intended "to stamp out Christianity root and branch."? I suggest looking at sources besides blatantly anti-christian, pro-atheism sites such as "nobeliefs.com". For example, http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1699/was-hitler-a-christian or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Adolf_Hitler Stalin exploited religion. How about that... exploitation to further his goals. This does nothing to disprove what I claimed. The same with Mao. They were mass murderers who did not ascribe to any religion. If Mao had been a follower of a religion, I imagine you would pin that on his religion. Lastly, my original point still stands undisputed. The OP made the claim that Christianity has killed hundreds of millions of people, and then failed to back up those numbers. I got him started by listing about 150,019 deaths. I am waiting for citations for the remaining 99+ million.
Sorry, Hitler was socialist, not communist. But despite all of that, anyone who kills in the name of Christ is not a Christian, as Christ, when asked what the greatest commandment was, said "Love the Lord thy God, and love thy neighbor as thyself". Christ also said anyone who hated another person was guilty of murder, and to "bless those that persecute you". Look, I am in no way defending nor denying what people did in the name of Christianity. People have done horrible, terrible things in the name of all sorts of things. However, as I said, Christianity is a "do not murder" religion. (Wrongly) killing in the name of Christianity does not make Christianity a bad thing. It makes the killer a bad person.
So your proof is "because it has to be"? The Spanish inquisition was about 150,000 people, at most (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition#Death_tolls). The Salem witch trials were 19 (http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/asal_de.htm). By all means, give me the rest of the numbers that add up to 99.849981 million. Now, do we get to count atheistic communism in this comparison? Because Stalin (20 million), Hitler (50 Million) and Mao (70 million) (http://necrometrics.com/20c5m.htm) killed or were responsible for the deaths of quite a large number of people... and in about 2.5% of the time of Christianity.
No, there is not. The only commandments in the Bible where God told someone to kill was for specific instances to exact the Judgement of God, not as a rule to always follow. When asked what the greatest commandment was, Jesus Christ said "Love the Lord they God, and love thy neighbor as thyself." Christ also said "Anyone who hates another is guilty of murder." So it would seem to me, that to be an observant Christian, that not only is it wrong to kill, but it's wrong to hate.
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The attacks were planned before that video came out and had nothing to do with it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/libya-consulate-attack-protests_n_1953057.html
Hundreds of millions? Can you cite me some sources for those numbers, because I call BS.
Would we get more enjoyment if we gave the money to Michael Bay to remake "The Core"?