Accepted for the sake of argument that God speaks to him and provides him with instruction as to what he should do and say, it does not necessarily follow that his own speech is a reflection of God's actual speech or intent to speak.
It should, don't you think? Otherwise, what's the point?
I think it's perfectly understandable for a person of religious leaning to question themselves as to whether they are really capable of translating God's will into spoken English.
God is quite capable of doing the translating. It was agreed that God does speak to all his children. Maybe the poster wanted to say that the message was not understandable? Because if he meant that it was clear, but couldn't be passed on, then what's the point? Feel good spiritualism?
Bush doesn't claim to be a prophet, so perhaps the problem is something else?
Those who doubted whether Iraq or the world would be better off without Saddam Hussein, and those who believe that we are not safer with his capture, don't have the judgment to be president or the credibility to be elected president.
-- John Kerry, December 2003
Tolerance? Does that mean we should tolerate evil? How about injustice? Tyranny?
I have no desire for power; perhaps you are projecting.
Start at home? Why not everywhere?
Your statement "you can't force democracy on people" is intesting. It has been wisely said, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness..." Were our founders wrong?
On the one hand you state, God does speak to all his children, on the other hand, you weren't sure if He spoke through you. Which is it?
And if you aren't sure that God spoke through you, how can you possibly say I am pretty sure he did not tell Bush to invade Iraq? Opression, cruelty, and injustice are sometimes stubborn to remove. Does that mean they should be ignored?
I've staked my life on it. As St. Paul said, "If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men."
And it seems too me that you have a glimmering of whose side God is really on (or, more accurately, who is on God's side. He is, after all, the center of all things -- not us.) You think that the killing of innocent people is wrong. AFAIK, it is only Christianity that says, "Love your enemies".
He didn't lie about WMD. He may have acted on faulty intelligence; but every free nation in the world thought the same thing. Even Clinton and Kerry said Saddam had WMDs.
"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..." Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003
Let's see... He graduated from Harvard with an MBA. He spends too much, but Kerry would be worse. He's a far better leader than Kerry (Kerry has no direction). As for the world community, I hope he pulls us out of the UN and removes troops from Europe. I happen to agree with his "you're with us or against us" in the war on terror, and everyone has occasional grammatical gaffes. And, since I'm a lay preacher, I hope God speaks through me, too. To those of us who are in the Body of Christ, that God speaks to His children is of great comfort. Having been outside for many years, I can understand how it can also be quite frightening.
"So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind." -- Ecclesiastes 2:17 (NIV).
Suppose in America the majority begins to infringe on the free speech or exercise of religion rights granted by the Constitution. Does that make it right?
At the heart, you're advocating a "might makes right" system. Do you really want to live under the "law of the jungle"?
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It's all over the web. One of many places is from The Washingto Post.
Accepted for the sake of argument that God speaks to him and provides him with instruction as to what he should do and say, it does not necessarily follow that his own speech is a reflection of God's actual speech or intent to speak.
It should, don't you think? Otherwise, what's the point?
I think it's perfectly understandable for a person of religious leaning to question themselves as to whether they are really capable of translating God's will into spoken English.
God is quite capable of doing the translating. It was agreed that God does speak to all his children. Maybe the poster wanted to say that the message was not understandable? Because if he meant that it was clear, but couldn't be passed on, then what's the point? Feel good spiritualism?
Bush doesn't claim to be a prophet, so perhaps the problem is something else?
Those who doubted whether Iraq or the world would be better off without Saddam Hussein, and those who believe that we are not safer with his capture, don't have the judgment to be president or the credibility to be elected president.
-- John Kerry, December 2003
The U.S. is not a democracy. She is a constitutional republic.
Fake governments? Like Germany after WWII? Japan? Why do you think Iraq will be any different?
Kerry disagreed with you about no credible WMD evidence.
Is that why elections are planned for January? As for the "he lied" part, I answered that in a previous post.
Tolerance? Does that mean we should tolerate evil? How about injustice? Tyranny?
I have no desire for power; perhaps you are projecting.
Start at home? Why not everywhere?
Your statement "you can't force democracy on people" is intesting. It has been wisely said, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness..." Were our founders wrong?
How is the world supposed to be? Is people living in tyranny a part of your world?
On the one hand you state, God does speak to all his children, on the other hand, you weren't sure if He spoke through you. Which is it?
And if you aren't sure that God spoke through you, how can you possibly say I am pretty sure he did not tell Bush to invade Iraq? Opression, cruelty, and injustice are sometimes stubborn to remove. Does that mean they should be ignored?
I've staked my life on it. As St. Paul said, "If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men."
And it seems too me that you have a glimmering of whose side God is really on (or, more accurately, who is on God's side. He is, after all, the center of all things -- not us.) You think that the killing of innocent people is wrong. AFAIK, it is only Christianity that says, "Love your enemies".
He didn't lie about WMD. He may have acted on faulty intelligence; but every free nation in the world thought the same thing. Even Clinton and Kerry said Saddam had WMDs.
... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..." Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003
"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime
Let's see... He graduated from Harvard with an MBA. He spends too much, but Kerry would be worse. He's a far better leader than Kerry (Kerry has no direction). As for the world community, I hope he pulls us out of the UN and removes troops from Europe. I happen to agree with his "you're with us or against us" in the war on terror, and everyone has occasional grammatical gaffes. And, since I'm a lay preacher, I hope God speaks through me, too. To those of us who are in the Body of Christ, that God speaks to His children is of great comfort. Having been outside for many years, I can understand how it can also be quite frightening.
I'll complain about that regardless who wins. I've been programming for 30 years and I'm very skeptical of them.
The founding fathers were perfectly aware of the concept of the popular vote. They rejected it for excellent reasons.
If Bush wins both the popular and electoral votes in November then what will you find to complain about?
First step: stop reading SlashDot. That would reclaim, what, about 5 hours/day?
It's from the Bible.
"So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind." -- Ecclesiastes 2:17 (NIV).
If you lined up all of the economists in the world, you still wouldn't reach a conclusion.
Don't appease the French? How politically incorrect of you! You're making John Kerry cry!
... the lawyer is just a pussy,
/. is going to be sued.
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To add insult to insult, look at the pop-up window that is displayed to "Launch the Shop". It features a screen shot of IE on Mac OS 9.
Most of the music which is downloaded is music which is for sale. Downloading it without paying for it is stealing.
Suppose in America the majority begins to infringe on the free speech or exercise of religion rights granted by the Constitution. Does that make it right?
At the heart, you're advocating a "might makes right" system. Do you really want to live under the "law of the jungle"?
Do you think that even though a large percentage of the population do it, downloading music should be illegal?
Assuming you aren't referring to iTunes; yes, it's stealing, regardless of how many people do it.
Do you think that all forms of backup of media should be illegal...
No, because part of what is being backed up is my property (even if it's only the physical media, which can go bad).
Of course, that wouldn't have prevented the student from running a script with a really, really big loop index, with the same result.