life's complexity cannot be explained without a supernatural creator
Maybe I would need the super-supernatural creator that is necessary to create a being of the complexity of the supernatural creator to explain it to me? Or would I have to go another step up?
I think there is a much larger correlation between arrogance and institutional degrees than intelligence and institutional degrees.
The 2 most cited examples that come to mind are Einstein and Newton.
More recent examples include the Google founders (Larry Page and Sergey Brin), a Yahoo founder (David Filo), Sun founder (Andreas Bechtolsheim), and a Microsoft founder (William Gates III).
Just how did God establish marriage as between a man and a woman? As others have said, the Church has redefined marriage throughout the years. I found this interesting (from http://users.aol.com/stewdship/boswell.htm):
The two forms had different scriptural bases. The heterosexual services used passages such as "Be fruitful and multiply." The same-sex services use passages such as I Corinthians 13: "... but the greatest of these is love," and Psalm 133, which speaks of the love between two brothers.
The theological archetype for the same-sex marriage is the story of Saints Serge and Bacchus, two authorized saints of the Roman Catholic Church. Serge and Bacchus were soldiers in the Roman army, and were a couple. Theirs is a standard martyrdom story in which they were asked by the emperor to demonstrate allegiance to Roman gods above all others. They proclaimed their allegiance to him as emperor, but would not deny Christ. (There is no indication that the emperor was concerned with their homosexuality; a number of Roman emperors were married to men.) Serge and Bacchus refuse to obey, and the emperor had them publicly disgraced and then tortured to death. Bacchus dies first, and then Serge's resolution starts to slip. However, Bacchus appears to him and says to be faithful and your reward in heaven will be me.
This story is the archetype for the same-sex marriage. the prayers say things like "... united like Serge and Bacchus."
Being jobless is rough though, and very unfortunate if it hits both wage earners in a household.
What is really tough is that you need 2 wage earners in a household in order to afford the basics. I agree with the article about the parasitic elite- how does this system continue to exist in a democracy?
What really discourages me is that Dean seemed to have some answers. It was incredible how the media dumped on him all at once- voters are disenfranchised because only pro-current establishment candidates are allowed by the establishment in either major party.
"Bad Immigration Policy"? My ancestors let your ancestors move to North America, so don't bitch if we let other people move here too.
Your ancestors were native americans? Look at where they are with their lack of a strong immigration policy.
Of course there are some economic failures that can't be helped, but that doesn't mean our government's economic policies are meaningless and ineffectual. Right now they are geared to gut the middle class.
As a peraonal example, I was in a dotcom that is no longer. My company was bought by Microsoft, who laid off 50% to start. They swallowed our company up because we were innovative and competitive. This is the same Microsoft that was convicted for anticompetitive monopoly practices and than let off with a slap on the wrist by the Bush administration.
People can compete for our jobs from anywhere in the world. I don't have to like it, and I don't have to support companies that offshore jobs.
Guest worker programs are not and never have been necessary. The US already has immigration policies in place - the guest worker loopholes drain jobs and IT expertise, at the expense of workers, for the benefit of the owners.
It would be nice if the US could give jobs to everybody in the world, but you can't fill an ocean with a teacup.
Not allowing "guest workers" employed by the US and its companies is not the same as xenophobia. A little self interest here can keep our information technology sector strong, allowing us to continue to drive the technology and increase the standard of living for those around the world.
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Oops - these are examples intelligent people who dropped out of paper-issuing institutions.
The 2 most cited examples that come to mind are Einstein and Newton.
More recent examples include the Google founders (Larry Page and Sergey Brin), a Yahoo founder (David Filo), Sun founder (Andreas Bechtolsheim), and a Microsoft founder (William Gates III).
Maybe the proof of WMD documents should have used crappier design.
The two forms had different scriptural bases. The heterosexual services used passages such as "Be fruitful and multiply." The same-sex services use passages such as I Corinthians 13: "... but the greatest of these is love," and Psalm 133, which speaks of the love between two brothers.
The theological archetype for the same-sex marriage is the story of Saints Serge and Bacchus, two authorized saints of the Roman Catholic Church. Serge and Bacchus were soldiers in the Roman army, and were a couple. Theirs is a standard martyrdom story in which they were asked by the emperor to demonstrate allegiance to Roman gods above all others. They proclaimed their allegiance to him as emperor, but would not deny Christ. (There is no indication that the emperor was concerned with their homosexuality; a number of Roman emperors were married to men.) Serge and Bacchus refuse to obey, and the emperor had them publicly disgraced and then tortured to death. Bacchus dies first, and then Serge's resolution starts to slip. However, Bacchus appears to him and says to be faithful and your reward in heaven will be me.
This story is the archetype for the same-sex marriage. the prayers say things like "... united like Serge and Bacchus."
As to Office on the Mac, they kept that going so they could point to Apple as a valid competitor in their Justice Dept. law suit.
They want $9,000 up front ($18,600 total) for a 15" "screen".
http://news.com.com/At+tech+firms%2C+time+again+fo r+flextime/2100-1022_3-5448994.html?tag=nefd.pop/
Of course there are some economic failures that can't be helped, but that doesn't mean our government's economic policies are meaningless and ineffectual. Right now they are geared to gut the middle class.
As a peraonal example, I was in a dotcom that is no longer. My company was bought by Microsoft, who laid off 50% to start. They swallowed our company up because we were innovative and competitive. This is the same Microsoft that was convicted for anticompetitive monopoly practices and than let off with a slap on the wrist by the Bush administration.
People can compete for our jobs from anywhere in the world. I don't have to like it, and I don't have to support companies that offshore jobs.
Guest worker programs are not and never have been necessary. The US already has immigration policies in place - the guest worker loopholes drain jobs and IT expertise, at the expense of workers, for the benefit of the owners.
It would be nice if the US could give jobs to everybody in the world, but you can't fill an ocean with a teacup.
Not allowing "guest workers" employed by the US and its companies is not the same as xenophobia. A little self interest here can keep our information technology sector strong, allowing us to continue to drive the technology and increase the standard of living for those around the world.