Out here in America we have similar jokes about lousy American beer, but we also have plenty of great beers too and no one I know drinks any of those horrid pilsners. And to any Australians who get to snobby about their beer all I've got to say is "Fosters".
The idea comes from the fact that their are different branches of Taoism and Buddhism (I can't speak on Confucianism so I'll leave it out). Some branches are ethical frameworks without any involvement of gods or other things supernatural, similar to something like humanism. Are those religions if they don't involve the supernatural? It's not really clear and in the end it's not all that important.
It may seem like an odd explanation, but keep in mind that fossils are ridiculously rare. If it weren't for freak accidents we wouldn't have any fossils at all.
Skirts may be easy seem ideal to me, especially something like a baggy pair of cargo pants. That's been my biggest problem with the whole absurd liquids ban. They make such a big deal about how much liquid you can carry onto the plane, except a ridiculous amount of any liquids you want can easily be hidden in pant leg.
What about pants then? A person could hide a bomb in their pants just as easily as they could hide one in the heel of their shoe but we don't x-ray anyones pants. Security is not improved by making people remove their shoes and that is why it is idiotic to continue doing it as if it's keeping is more secure.
The images have to be artificially colored because more often than not the images are put together from images outside the visible wavelength. None of those images would be interesting to humans in the original wavelengths.
Well sadly more Christians aren't like you. Jesus did have a lot of excellent teachings that were way ahead of his time, but most of the people who call themselves Christians today don't practice anything remotely like what he taught.
I'm saying that not voting isn't a free speech issue really. The vast majority of people who don't vote are not protesting, they are just lazy and apathetic. There are some duties that the government requires of it's citizens. Jury duty, paying taxes, and military duty (when their is a draft) are all areas where you don't have the option to not participate out of protest. I don't see why voting couldn't also be in that class since our entire way of life really depends on people participating in the political process. I don't mean people should be forced to vote, but it would be good if they were required to show up at the poll on election day and then they have the option to vote or not vote as they see fit.
Yeah, I can see that being a problem but a person could be allowed to sign in at the polling station and cast a no-vote ballot. Anyway, a protest vote is much more effective when done at the polls instead of on your couch.
Not always. At the Buddhist temple near me there is no consensus. Many of the Buddhists tend to see the supernatural aspects of Buddhism as metaphorical (including the parts about reincarnation of course) but others do interpret the heaven and hell as literal places that you can be reborn to. Pure Land Buddhism for instance, as far as I can tell the Pure Land is not meant as a metaphor.
And here I though Christianity was opposed to that sort of relativistic, post-modern sort of thinking. Does the Biblical world view really leave room for the idea that somethings can be true for one person but not for the next? If so, that's news to me.
I know all about Christianity, i spent the majority of my life in the church.
Anyway, that was my point exactly that you don't really know the answers and they are only satisfactory at a superficial level. I find much more enjoyment in the world can be had by truly trying to understand the nature of things instead of stopping at the first answer you find that kinda makes you feel good.
....For thousands of years, faith has not been very effective in keeping the peace.......
Neither has science. Irrelevant. Many religions claim to be a way to bring about peace and so we may judge them on their ability to do so. Science makes no such claim so while it would be nice if science did bring about world peace we can't be critical of it for not doing so.
The "problem" came, that he/she also gave everyone free will, and most because lack of experience, wanted to experience the rest of the universe -- on all its dimensions of consciousness: plant, animal, human, etc. Whoa! Source please? I thought I was pretty well versed in religions, but that idea is totally new to me.
> The factual errors in the bible Are designed to provoke people into thinking, about the deeper meanings, not to take things on faith just because somebody said it was so, but to live a certain lifestyle and prove it to yourself. But Christianity is all about the importance of taking things on faith. While I guess it's possible that the bible has errors in it to teach people that you shouldn't have faith, despite the fact that that is contrary to the explicit message of the book, it seems much more likely that it's just wrong.
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Some are very good, but those ones don't teach creationism in Biology class either.
Out here in America we have similar jokes about lousy American beer, but we also have plenty of great beers too and no one I know drinks any of those horrid pilsners. And to any Australians who get to snobby about their beer all I've got to say is "Fosters".
The idea comes from the fact that their are different branches of Taoism and Buddhism (I can't speak on Confucianism so I'll leave it out). Some branches are ethical frameworks without any involvement of gods or other things supernatural, similar to something like humanism. Are those religions if they don't involve the supernatural? It's not really clear and in the end it's not all that important.
Not solar, it would be stellar since the material wasn't created by Sol, our sun.
but only if you can prove someone broke into your network.
It may seem like an odd explanation, but keep in mind that fossils are ridiculously rare. If it weren't for freak accidents we wouldn't have any fossils at all.
You're comments probably too late to get much notice, but it's very interesting just the same. Thanks!
Not surprising if you've ever been to a market in chinatown. They are very much into preserving animals of all kinds in as many ways as possible.
Skirts may be easy seem ideal to me, especially something like a baggy pair of cargo pants. That's been my biggest problem with the whole absurd liquids ban. They make such a big deal about how much liquid you can carry onto the plane, except a ridiculous amount of any liquids you want can easily be hidden in pant leg.
What about pants then? A person could hide a bomb in their pants just as easily as they could hide one in the heel of their shoe but we don't x-ray anyones pants. Security is not improved by making people remove their shoes and that is why it is idiotic to continue doing it as if it's keeping is more secure.
That's interesting, my perception when taking my shoes off for TSA is that the government is run by clueless, reactionary amateurs.
Sealand is more of a pylon-nation than an island-nation, don't you think?
The images have to be artificially colored because more often than not the images are put together from images outside the visible wavelength. None of those images would be interesting to humans in the original wavelengths.
But still the few people who do get into accidents will sue the pants off of GM.
Actually that law is necessary now since the Mythbusters film in San Francisco.
Well sadly more Christians aren't like you. Jesus did have a lot of excellent teachings that were way ahead of his time, but most of the people who call themselves Christians today don't practice anything remotely like what he taught.
I'm saying that not voting isn't a free speech issue really. The vast majority of people who don't vote are not protesting, they are just lazy and apathetic. There are some duties that the government requires of it's citizens. Jury duty, paying taxes, and military duty (when their is a draft) are all areas where you don't have the option to not participate out of protest. I don't see why voting couldn't also be in that class since our entire way of life really depends on people participating in the political process. I don't mean people should be forced to vote, but it would be good if they were required to show up at the poll on election day and then they have the option to vote or not vote as they see fit.
Umm, probably because Linux is free and does exactly what they need for the device. Would you rather pay extra for it to have a Windows CE backend?
Yeah, I can see that being a problem but a person could be allowed to sign in at the polling station and cast a no-vote ballot. Anyway, a protest vote is much more effective when done at the polls instead of on your couch.
Not always. At the Buddhist temple near me there is no consensus. Many of the Buddhists tend to see the supernatural aspects of Buddhism as metaphorical (including the parts about reincarnation of course) but others do interpret the heaven and hell as literal places that you can be reborn to. Pure Land Buddhism for instance, as far as I can tell the Pure Land is not meant as a metaphor.
And here I though Christianity was opposed to that sort of relativistic, post-modern sort of thinking. Does the Biblical world view really leave room for the idea that somethings can be true for one person but not for the next? If so, that's news to me.
I know all about Christianity, i spent the majority of my life in the church.
Anyway, that was my point exactly that you don't really know the answers and they are only satisfactory at a superficial level. I find much more enjoyment in the world can be had by truly trying to understand the nature of things instead of stopping at the first answer you find that kinda makes you feel good.
No way man, the TV says diamonds are forever.
....For thousands of years, faith has not been very effective in keeping the peace.......Neither has science. Irrelevant. Many religions claim to be a way to bring about peace and so we may judge them on their ability to do so. Science makes no such claim so while it would be nice if science did bring about world peace we can't be critical of it for not doing so.
Are designed to provoke people into thinking, about the deeper meanings, not to take things on faith just because somebody said it was so, but to live a certain lifestyle and prove it to yourself. But Christianity is all about the importance of taking things on faith. While I guess it's possible that the bible has errors in it to teach people that you shouldn't have faith, despite the fact that that is contrary to the explicit message of the book, it seems much more likely that it's just wrong.