The date was always meant as the day to celebrate Jesus' birth; it was not claimed to be the anniversary of his birth.
Plus Jesus may not have accomplished much beyond a few magic tricks until after he turned 30.
I wonder how many Christians will figure out that they might be better off having the dialogue amongst themselves about getting just their own beliefs straight.
It keeps its people *largely* uninformed. Any attempt to completely cut off reliable information would trigger push back and be counter-productive. Actually, they seem to have found a very good balance where for minimal effort the people keep themselves mostly uninformed.
Completely uninformed, however, is flat-out wrong.
If North Korea tries to prevent people from seeing it, it may convince those who do see it that all the implicit criticism of the regime is based on reality. (Which I suspect it largely is.)
Humans, for good ecological reasons, seem to want to create a "supreme being".
Humans are social creature who identify with their community, and create metaphors for their political and/or social and/or natural context. It doesn't matter what a metaphor is, only what it represents.
People like you who make statements like "Is it any surprise that some black kid from the ghetto with no father and an addicted uncaring mother turns to a life of crime?" are part of the problem.
Wrong - the problem is people refusing to think critically about the true causes of poverty and crime, and being so blinded by your own racism that you can only conceive of a statistical correlation with on race as being an injustice perpetrated by a different race.
Well, the world is getting better in the sense that Pinker and Mack thought the world was falling apart and are now better informed like everyone else was all along.
I disagree. The fundamental difference between 'conservative' and 'progressive' thinking is that conservatives assume everyone will misuse new opportunities, and progressives assume no-one will.
Today Google is a household word and a name associated with bleeding-edge technology.
There was a time, however, when NORAD was second perhaps only to NASA as the brand most associated with advanced technology, at least among names that would be familiar to children.
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Regional climate change brings down civilizations -- maybe global climate change is something to take seriously.
It's hamstering, and that's not what men do.
I hope that was meant to be hamstringing. If not, I probably don't want to know.
The date was always meant as the day to celebrate Jesus' birth; it was not claimed to be the anniversary of his birth.
Plus Jesus may not have accomplished much beyond a few magic tricks until after he turned 30.
I wonder how many Christians will figure out that they might be better off having the dialogue amongst themselves about getting just their own beliefs straight.
3) Profit!
Maybe cars and drivers are different things.
If it gives people a shared experience of criticizing or at least questioning their leadership -- well, lots of revolutions started with less.
China should do lots of things. I'm not hold my breath on China doing any of them.
I could say the same about a lot of countries and quite a few corporations.
It keeps its people *largely* uninformed. Any attempt to completely cut off reliable information would trigger push back and be counter-productive. Actually, they seem to have found a very good balance where for minimal effort the people keep themselves mostly uninformed.
Completely uninformed, however, is flat-out wrong.
If North Korea tries to prevent people from seeing it, it may convince those who do see it that all the implicit criticism of the regime is based on reality. (Which I suspect it largely is.)
But if it were moving, you'd want to brake it, in case something breaks.
I'm fine with two good languages, but let's start with one.
I'm really sick of languages that are going to solve all our so-called problems.
I'm sick of languages that were going to solve all problems but then didn't.
In web development, there's still room for one language that's half-ways good.
They're not joking about wanting it.
Building it might still be a ways away.
Humans, for good ecological reasons, seem to want to create a "supreme being".
Humans are social creature who identify with their community, and create metaphors for their political and/or social and/or natural context. It doesn't matter what a metaphor is, only what it represents.
People like you who make statements like "Is it any surprise that some black kid from the ghetto with no father and an addicted uncaring mother turns to a life of crime?" are part of the problem.
Wrong - the problem is people refusing to think critically about the true causes of poverty and crime, and being so blinded by your own racism that you can only conceive of a statistical correlation with on race as being an injustice perpetrated by a different race.
I'm a died in the wool evolutionist
Now that's belief in evolution! Not like those half-hearted evolutionists who are only dyed in the wool. Even if they're dyed in colour.
Lots of people offend me, but I recognize that I can't stop them from being offensive.
Though I do get a disproportionate joy from making them confront their own hypocrisies.
Well, the world is getting better in the sense that Pinker and Mack thought the world was falling apart and are now better informed like everyone else was all along.
And where are our flying cars?
Because in other places 'democracy' is not just a slogan, usually because it was not something took for granted.
I disagree. The fundamental difference between 'conservative' and 'progressive' thinking is that conservatives assume everyone will misuse new opportunities, and progressives assume no-one will.
Both are very wrong.
If Christianity is true, then does that mean all the ancient Mediterranean religions that it plagiarized are also true?
Today Google is a household word and a name associated with bleeding-edge technology.
There was a time, however, when NORAD was second perhaps only to NASA as the brand most associated with advanced technology, at least among names that would be familiar to children.
There's a very small possibility that someone will *falsely* report sighting Santa.
have the talent to do so, but lack legs.
Only for a very narrow meaning of talent. For the rest of us, that's a contradiction.