You are supposed to analyze each candidate and vote for the one that has the highest marks according to your own criteria. Even if 28 out of a hundred is the highest score (kinda like an F- grade), that is the one to vote for. I personally would pick characteristics that represent good leadership qualities vs. slickness and image. I can't stand schmoozers, so they lose big points with me.
So what you are saying is "Please list examples, except the ones that illustrate your point. Those don't count."
Well, just because other nations agreed with us when we were right doesn't mean we are subject to world opinion. Just because other nations disagree with us, doesn't make us wrong.
"Majority rules" only count within states, not between. Besides, we have more "votes" than any other western nation anyway.
So, what you're saying is that you use your innate understanding of gravity to visualize how this analogy attempts to demonstrate how gravity works....
You can't use the word "definition" in the definition of "definition."
Well think about a sheet stretched out very flat. On this sheeta are a number of very light objects. Now think of a lead weight placed in the center of the sheet. The sheet will bend into an inverted cone shape and all the items will slide towards the weight. Ta Da! Gravity!
I have always had a problem with that illustration because the lead "weight" needs gravity to cause the depression, and the "light objects" need gravity to make them slide "downward" toward the depression.
It doesn't matter what the criteria is for offshoring, it's up to the businesses themselves to decide what is good for the companies they run. Period. If productivity is going down, businesses will make the appropriate changes according to their own business model. Can't change that. Sorry about your luck.
Whiny employees can't help their position by getting louder. Work for someone else, or straighten up and fly right.
Ok, "anti-science" might the wrong word. Bush just simply ignores the science when it doesn't help his position. Dozens of Nobel Prizer winners have made this statement; even sent a petition to the white house on it.
You are right, "anti-science" is the wrong word. Bush does not ignore the science, however, he brings into question giant leaps of conclusions based on miniscule evidence.
People don't like Bush because he has faith, in addition to pure logic - neither of which can bend far enough for liberals.
As far as the mercury items go, there should be an investigation into the reality of the matter.
Who tells them what to work on? Who owns the technology they develop? What part of the research are they doing? Basic research? Most basic research is very monotonous (drone) and the researchers are not the ones coming up with the real scientific advances, they are just running the equipment and recording the data.
I'm not saying people are not educated and that the work could be done by a monkey. What I am saying is that the American whiners need to be PRODUCTIVE instead of trying to prevent their business leaders from allowing others to do a better job at the repetitive, monotonous, highly technical, rule based, exceedingly boring work, for a lower cost.
Even if you're smart and pursue an education, you won't find a job because it'll be offshore outsourced anyway. You're joking, right? The only jobs that are outsourced are for drone work. Sure it might take some sci-skills to perform that work, but the real value is and will always be created in the USA. So if you want a job, be productive. It's more about the "what" to do than the "doing" itself anyway.
The U.S. is on the verge of re-electing the most anti-science president in U.S. history, George W. Bush. Just because he realizes that the lives of two people have equal value regardless of their age? I think you are anti-science by not looking at the logic of his position.
Here's a thought: Require Microsoft to bundle the top three anti-virus packages equally across their OS's, Either let the user choose which package, or pick a specific package for each supplier (probably smarter and less hassle) - Dell gets McAffee, IBM gets Norton, or whatever - Just so that MS is paying the bill... and Multiple Third Party Vendors keep their market share. The "Top Three" would be independently decided and competition would ensue.
You could change it to top five, but I think you'd be running out of quality products and the competition would stop.
I understand where you are coming from. I think you have touched on the single most difficult barrier - our senses, and our understanding.
I know this is going be tough to take, but, here's the deal: God cannot be "derived" scientifically. God doesn't want you to put Him in a position that He has to "prove" Himself to you. He won't give any more "proof" than He already has. 1 Corinthians 1:17-29 gives a discussion of this.
Here's one thing I can tell you to help you with your senses: God made us in different parts. We have three pieces, a Spirit, a Soul, and a Body. The first and last ones are easy to grasp, but the middle one needs clarification: The "Soul" is really our Mind, Will, and Emotions all together. It isn't the same as our Spirit. Now our Spirit is the piece of us that is considered the innermost part - that is the one piece that can connect to God if we allow it. We naturally know our own self as our Soul, and we are forgetting all about our spirit, except for maybe our conscience, which is the only piece of our Spirit that works when we are born and live out our natural lives. But REAL LIFE is supernatural life given by God to our Spirit when we acknowledge and accept Him. Until then, we are practically dead. So I am not surprised you don't sense Him.
It's possible you have heard all this before, but I want to make it clear to you. If you have any questions at all, let me know. But I say this: I have asked God to reveal Himself to you and I know He will. And I also pray for you that you will recognize the truth when you see it. I see that your heart is in the right place, too, so I am not seeing a problem there.
It does take faith. You have to accept the truth and not require a "feeling"...
I hope this helps you.
- one final thing: Do you have a specific request of God that you would like us (people at my church) to pray for on your behalf? Something like "I desperately need a job", or "a loved one is sick" or something like that? Let me know. Tonight we share requests and pray before the service. If you will put your trust in Him and look to Him for the answer, He will answer you.
Don't worry about feeling ridiculous, just talk to Him privately between you and Him, no one else watching or criticizing you. God knows who He is, and God knows who you are. So there's no problem.
But now for the straight stuff directly from me. His name is Jesus. Not just the man Jesus. The God who existed before time Jesus. The God who created the earth and all that is within it Jesus. The book is called the Holy Bible, and it testifies of Him. I know it seems confusing because there is so much crazy stuff in it, like making Man out of the dust, and taking a piece out of his side and making Woman, but don't let the words confuse you, let the Word (The Spirit of God) convince you. Read the book of John from beginning to end and ask yourself - "Why would Jesus do that?", or "Why would God do that?" I recommend reading the "New King James" translation, since it's very readable and not full of thy and thee (Old English). If you want to see the movie "The Passion of the Christ" do that and ask the same question. Why?
Then read Isaiah chapter 53 and realize that it is talking about this very same Jesus. Now look and see when this was written - a very long time prior to the events. The "Messiah" was prophesied to come. Jesus is the Messiah.
It's true. It really is. It's because God loves you, and wants to restore you to the family of God. His family. He wants you as a son.
And the way that works is by acknowledging Him as your Lord and Savior. And then He becomes your Heavenly Father. It's not meant to be difficult. It's supposed to be easy.
...... Not circular if you follow the direction I have been taking. But definitely a downward spiral if you follow the original poster's tack.
I realize it's hard to find the truth when there is so much corruption and hypocrisy in [pick your favorite flavor]. That's why you need to go to the source. Ask the all knowing God to reveal Himself to you, and in the mean time call Him "Lord of All" until He tells you His name (through whatever means He chooses). If you set your intention on getting the absolute truth about the matter, it will be revealed to you.
I also realize I sound a little cryptic, but I don't want to come off as "I have the answer, and no one else does"... If you are serious, I'll tell you anything you want to know.
Not every comic in the Sunday paper is intended to be funny. Just the ones we read.... Take a look. I think there's two or even three that are ongoing "drama" comics. I'm not saying I like them, but apparently enough people read them or they wouldn't be there.
Come on.... I know you picked references from a book that you know can't possibly be about or from the absolute highest authority in existence. That makes no sense.
When I say "one true Word" I mean it. It isn't KJV, NIV, NASB, blah blah blah. The "Word" is God himself. Learn it, know it, live it (or Him). The reason I said he isn't Allah is because that is the religion of the world second choice, and to make sure to indicate that point.
Satan is obviously NOT God.
As far your Bush comment, did you actually READ the reference I gave you? Also, let me explain something else to you. A "good and Faithful" man (with a capital F" can communicate with God. If he speaks to others what he has understood - that makes the man's voice God's voice. Simple as that. You could even be the voice of God to me if you spent time and effort to hear what God has to say. Of course I would weigh what you say according to the proper protocols. I stake my life into knowing the truth about God. I will not get it wrong. I will change anything I need to change to get it right. I set my mind to accept the true and reject the false. That's it.
I was responding to the parents signature line....
Anyhoo, Congress passes laws - you obey them. Got it?
It is perfectly acceptable to lobby for whatever you want, maybe even help write laws if you're good. You just can't do "whatever you want" and expect to get away with it. It's that omnipresence, omniscience thing...
There may be more than one Bible, but there is only one "Word." Sorry 'bout yer luck. God is the final authority on all things. He will judge perfectly each and every thing that has ever happened during history, good and bad. Perfectly. So your job is to find out who He is and see to it that He approves of you by acknowledging him, by name, for who He really is. And His name is not Allah. I guarantee it. Forget the past. Your future is more important. Get this right and you'll be golden.
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Romans 13
1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
20 YEARS and still just a coder? If he is truly gifted he should be able to smoke anybody in the areas of tech he knows and be a great consultant. I consider my release in 2001 a gift - I make more now than I ever did. My guess is that he was part of a decaying relic of a programming outfit that needed replacing. Of course if that's not true his company will be coming back to him in a panic and offer him his job back. In any case, the businesses that operate today still need working software, so there's hope. Just don't try to make "tech" your business - make "tech" your tool and "business" your business.
Actually, both versions are correct, depending on your point of view.
Example 1:
There's a room with pile of money on the table and a sign that says "First come first serve (time limit 30 seconds)" and there's someone else in the room. I walk toward the money and the other person in the room "doesn't care." The other person is "with me" in this case, since I get the money.
Example 2:
Same pile of money, but it's too high for me to reach alone. I offer to split it with the other person since it requires the both of us to cooperate together to get it. The other person "doesn't care." The other person is "against me" in this case, since I walk away empty handed.
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You are supposed to analyze each candidate and vote for the one that has the highest marks according to your own criteria. Even if 28 out of a hundred is the highest score (kinda like an F- grade), that is the one to vote for. I personally would pick characteristics that represent good leadership qualities vs. slickness and image. I can't stand schmoozers, so they lose big points with me.
So what you are saying is "Please list examples, except the ones that illustrate your point. Those don't count."
Well, just because other nations agreed with us when we were right doesn't mean we are subject to world opinion. Just because other nations disagree with us, doesn't make us wrong.
"Majority rules" only count within states, not between. Besides, we have more "votes" than any other western nation anyway.
You got yourself snagged by disinformation. Bush does not and never will agree with abortion-on-demand. Ever.
I don't know if I'd want to fire up a jet engine in a cloud of explosive gases....
So, what you're saying is that you use your innate understanding of gravity to visualize how this analogy attempts to demonstrate how gravity works....
You can't use the word "definition" in the definition of "definition."
Well think about a sheet stretched out very flat. On this sheeta are a number of very light objects. Now think of a lead weight placed in the center of the sheet. The sheet will bend into an inverted cone shape and all the items will slide towards the weight. Ta Da! Gravity!
I have always had a problem with that illustration because the lead "weight" needs gravity to cause the depression, and the "light objects" need gravity to make them slide "downward" toward the depression.
What gives?
Coward.
It doesn't matter what the criteria is for offshoring, it's up to the businesses themselves to decide what is good for the companies they run. Period.
If productivity is going down, businesses will make the appropriate changes according to their own business model. Can't change that. Sorry about your luck.
Whiny employees can't help their position by getting louder. Work for someone else, or straighten up and fly right.
Ok, "anti-science" might the wrong word. Bush just simply ignores the science when it doesn't help his position. Dozens of Nobel Prizer winners have made this statement; even sent a petition to the white house on it.
You are right, "anti-science" is the wrong word. Bush does not ignore the science, however, he brings into question giant leaps of conclusions based on miniscule evidence.
People don't like Bush because he has faith, in addition to pure logic - neither of which can bend far enough for liberals.
As far as the mercury items go, there should be an investigation into the reality of the matter.
Who tells them what to work on? Who owns the technology they develop? What part of the research are they doing? Basic research? Most basic research is very monotonous (drone) and the researchers are not the ones coming up with the real scientific advances, they are just running the equipment and recording the data.
I'm not saying people are not educated and that the work could be done by a monkey. What I am saying is that the American whiners need to be PRODUCTIVE instead of trying to prevent their business leaders from allowing others to do a better job at the repetitive, monotonous, highly technical, rule based, exceedingly boring work, for a lower cost.
Even if you're smart and pursue an education, you won't find a job because it'll be offshore outsourced anyway.
You're joking, right? The only jobs that are outsourced are for drone work. Sure it might take some sci-skills to perform that work, but the real value is and will always be created in the USA. So if you want a job, be productive. It's more about the "what" to do than the "doing" itself anyway.
The U.S. is on the verge of re-electing the most anti-science president in U.S. history, George W. Bush.
Just because he realizes that the lives of two people have equal value regardless of their age? I think you are anti-science by not looking at the logic of his position.
Here's a thought: Require Microsoft to bundle the top three anti-virus packages equally across their OS's, Either let the user choose which package, or pick a specific package for each supplier (probably smarter and less hassle) - Dell gets McAffee, IBM gets Norton, or whatever - Just so that MS is paying the bill... and Multiple Third Party Vendors keep their market share. The "Top Three" would be independently decided and competition would ensue.
You could change it to top five, but I think you'd be running out of quality products and the competition would stop.
Just my 2 cents
What's your solution?
Highly paid cartpushers and stockers, highly priced - high margin goods from highly inefficient manufacturers, and small, poorly stocked stores?
We already have that.
I understand where you are coming from. I think you have touched on the single most difficult barrier - our senses, and our understanding.
I know this is going be tough to take, but, here's the deal: God cannot be "derived" scientifically. God doesn't want you to put Him in a position that He has to "prove" Himself to you. He won't give any more "proof" than He already has. 1 Corinthians 1:17-29 gives a discussion of this.
Here's one thing I can tell you to help you with your senses: God made us in different parts. We have three pieces, a Spirit, a Soul, and a Body. The first and last ones are easy to grasp, but the middle one needs clarification: The "Soul" is really our Mind, Will, and Emotions all together. It isn't the same as our Spirit. Now our Spirit is the piece of us that is considered the innermost part - that is the one piece that can connect to God if we allow it. We naturally know our own self as our Soul, and we are forgetting all about our spirit, except for maybe our conscience, which is the only piece of our Spirit that works when we are born and live out our natural lives. But REAL LIFE is supernatural life given by God to our Spirit when we acknowledge and accept Him. Until then, we are practically dead. So I am not surprised you don't sense Him.
It's possible you have heard all this before, but I want to make it clear to you. If you have any questions at all, let me know. But I say this: I have asked God to reveal Himself to you and I know He will. And I also pray for you that you will recognize the truth when you see it. I see that your heart is in the right place, too, so I am not seeing a problem there.
It does take faith. You have to accept the truth and not require a "feeling"...
I hope this helps you.
- one final thing: Do you have a specific request of God that you would like us (people at my church) to pray for on your behalf? Something like "I desperately need a job", or "a loved one is sick" or something like that? Let me know. Tonight we share requests and pray before the service. If you will put your trust in Him and look to Him for the answer, He will answer you.
-Curt
Don't worry about feeling ridiculous, just talk to Him privately between you and Him, no one else watching or criticizing you. God knows who He is, and God knows who you are. So there's no problem.
But now for the straight stuff directly from me. His name is Jesus. Not just the man Jesus. The God who existed before time Jesus. The God who created the earth and all that is within it Jesus. The book is called the Holy Bible, and it testifies of Him. I know it seems confusing because there is so much crazy stuff in it, like making Man out of the dust, and taking a piece out of his side and making Woman, but don't let the words confuse you, let the Word (The Spirit of God) convince you.
Read the book of John from beginning to end and ask yourself - "Why would Jesus do that?", or "Why would God do that?" I recommend reading the "New King James" translation, since it's very readable and not full of thy and thee (Old English).
If you want to see the movie "The Passion of the Christ" do that and ask the same question. Why?
Then read Isaiah chapter 53 and realize that it is talking about this very same Jesus. Now look and see when this was written - a very long time prior to the events. The "Messiah" was prophesied to come. Jesus is the Messiah.
It's true. It really is. It's because God loves you, and wants to restore you to the family of God. His family. He wants you as a son.
And the way that works is by acknowledging Him as your Lord and Savior. And then He becomes your Heavenly Father. It's not meant to be difficult. It's supposed to be easy.
-Curt
...... Not circular if you follow the direction I have been taking. But definitely a downward spiral if you follow the original poster's tack.
I realize it's hard to find the truth when there is so much corruption and hypocrisy in [pick your favorite flavor]. That's why you need to go to the source. Ask the all knowing God to reveal Himself to you, and in the mean time call Him "Lord of All" until He tells you His name (through whatever means He chooses). If you set your intention on getting the absolute truth about the matter, it will be revealed to you.
I also realize I sound a little cryptic, but I don't want to come off as "I have the answer, and no one else does"... If you are serious, I'll tell you anything you want to know.
-Curt
You are most definitely intelligent enough. I know you can do it!
-Curt
P.S. It's OK to cheat (get hints from others), but you still have to check your answers.
P.P.S. They're in the back of the book!
Not every comic in the Sunday paper is intended to be funny. Just the ones we read.... Take a look. I think there's two or even three that are ongoing "drama" comics.
I'm not saying I like them, but apparently enough people read them or they wouldn't be there.
Come on.... I know you picked references from a book that you know can't possibly be about or from the absolute highest authority in existence. That makes no sense.
When I say "one true Word" I mean it. It isn't KJV, NIV, NASB, blah blah blah. The "Word" is God himself. Learn it, know it, live it (or Him).
The reason I said he isn't Allah is because that is the religion of the world second choice, and to make sure to indicate that point.
Satan is obviously NOT God.
As far your Bush comment, did you actually READ the reference I gave you? Also, let me explain something else to you. A "good and Faithful" man (with a capital F" can communicate with God. If he speaks to others what he has understood - that makes the man's voice God's voice. Simple as that. You could even be the voice of God to me if you spent time and effort to hear what God has to say. Of course I would weigh what you say according to the proper protocols. I stake my life into knowing the truth about God. I will not get it wrong. I will change anything I need to change to get it right. I set my mind to accept the true and reject the false. That's it.
I suggest you do the same.
Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids....
I was responding to the parents signature line....
Anyhoo, Congress passes laws - you obey them. Got it?
It is perfectly acceptable to lobby for whatever you want, maybe even help write laws if you're good. You just can't do "whatever you want" and expect to get away with it. It's that omnipresence, omniscience thing...
P.S. BSMnM: Garbage in garbage out...
Sounds like you're angry.
There may be more than one Bible, but there is only one "Word." Sorry 'bout yer luck.
God is the final authority on all things. He will judge perfectly each and every thing that has ever happened during history, good and bad. Perfectly.
So your job is to find out who He is and see to it that He approves of you by acknowledging him, by name, for who He really is.
And His name is not Allah. I guarantee it.
Forget the past. Your future is more important. Get this right and you'll be golden.
Respectfully,
Curt
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Romans 13
1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Just spray on some Spamicide...
the company announced its intention to raise $2,718,281,828 .. Somebody at Google really likes e.
Maybe e likes them.... e likes them aloht (sic).
20 YEARS and still just a coder? If he is truly gifted he should be able to smoke anybody in the areas of tech he knows and be a great consultant.
I consider my release in 2001 a gift - I make more now than I ever did.
My guess is that he was part of a decaying relic of a programming outfit that needed replacing. Of course if that's not true his company will be coming back to him in a panic and offer him his job back.
In any case, the businesses that operate today still need working software, so there's hope. Just don't try to make "tech" your business - make "tech" your tool and "business" your business.
Actually, both versions are correct, depending on your point of view.
Example 1:
There's a room with pile of money on the table and a sign that says "First come first serve (time limit 30 seconds)" and there's someone else in the room. I walk toward the money and the other person in the room "doesn't care." The other person is "with me" in this case, since I get the money.
Example 2:
Same pile of money, but it's too high for me to reach alone. I offer to split it with the other person since it requires the both of us to cooperate together to get it. The other person "doesn't care." The other person is "against me" in this case, since I walk away empty handed.