"In 2003, during the invasion of Iraq, a U.S. missile hit the network's (al-Jazeera) office in Baghdad, killing a correspondent. U.S. officials called the incident an accident."
"So do you believe in reincarnation then? And karma?"
Sort of. I don't believe that what you think of as "me" will wake up as someone or something else after you die. I think that the whole concept of "me" is a function of our physical bodies, and all of that fades away when we die. I have no evidence that reincarnation is or isn't real though, so I choose to be open to the idea of literal reincarnation, but I assume that death means the thing that thinks it is me will stop being me.
As far as karma, I think it's fairly obvious that if someone practices being good, it becomes easier to do so and that being good is often rewarding. Acting out of greed, or hatred sets up oppositions in your life which make life difficult, and it becomes difficult to see the beauty of the world.
"Perhaps I just have mistakenly presumed from what you've been saying that you were an atheist/agnostic who believes in macro-evolution?
I'm a Buddhist. I do not believe in a god that is separate from us. I don't see any real problems with evolution as a theory either. God and evolution are not mutually exclusive.
The burden of proof is on the person who makes that claim that macro-evolution and common descent is true, and not that other way around.
That's fine, and that is why they are theories. It's of little concern to me if the theory of evolution is proven completely false. It does not make yours any more valid.
"You still haven't proved that all life has evolved from a common ancestor"
I never made any attempt to. I don't believe it myself.
"You stick to your religious belief system (i.e. belief in evolution and common descent with no proof) and I'll stick to mine."
"Not true. Most highschool textbooks that teach evolution, combine it with the big bang, the primordial soup where life first began, and then the idea of common descent."
Yeah, because they're all related theories. And they're all reasonable. Even the big bang theory doesn't say anything about what space the singularity was in prior to going bang. But science doesn't produce these theories without some observation and experimentation. That is something your book lacks, and why "faith" is so highly regarded. Because it's hard work believing in fairy tales. If you want to prove evolution is false, you need to find some problem with it. We can examine DNA and see the lineage of each species. You'll need to explain that as well. You can't just say it's wrong because it doesn't fit perfectly in your story book, you need reasons.
"The evolution of one genus to another has never been observed!"
We have never experienced a massive shift in the environment. We're arguing right now about what happened 2000 years ago, and you're claiming that the whole theory is shot because we haven't been watching for change for tens of thousands of years. We can look at DNA of siblings vs their parents and variation that isn't present in the parents. We have people born with tails, etc. Many things back up evolution, and I believe it mostly because nobody has a better theory. Unless we can clone Jesus, we're screwed with your beliefs.
"I see evidence of a conscience of sorts in my own dog."
You're insane then. Maybe that or it just knows you think so little of him that he doesn't care how you feel. My dog knows when I'm sad, he does things to make me happy, he plays to entertain himself. Dogs have been known to sacrifice themselves to save children. Dogs deserve our respect, they are much more noble than us.
"People should not teach as proven fact in science textbooks what is speculation."
I have no idea what goes on down south, but here in Canada it is "the theory of evolution", and "big bang theory", and they're very clear about that in school. When I was in elementary school, we said the lords prayer (against my wishes) in the morning. The Jehova's Witness kids were allowed to leave the room, but not us who didn't believe in that nonsense. My experience is exactly the opposite of what you are saying.
"There is still absolutely zero proof that life evolved from non-life."
There is nothing in evolution that says it did. I don't understand why Christians make themselves look foolish disputing evolution. Why can't you just assume it as the mechanics of God or whatever? It remains to be seen if the first life came here from elsewhere, if it somehow happened by chance right here, if your god wanted something to play with, or maybe the universe didn't create us but we create it. None of those possibilities exclude evolution from occurring after the initial beginning.
"Such as certain plants and insect supposedly evolving so that they are utterly dependant on each other for survival of their species, rather than evolving to be independant."
The thing your missing is seeing what was there before those plants and animals evolved to perform that task. We have no idea what was there previously unless we can find some fossils. One species evolves some new characteristic that allows it to do something far better than the previous, and the previous dies out when the resources disappear.
"So how many defects does it take to make an eye, a brain, a central nervous system, consciousness, self-awareness, thought, or a conscience?"
Lots. Look at the diversity we have been able to create in dogs and cats over a relatively short period of time. God didn't do that, we did. You don't think nature can turn a chimp into a human in a lot longer time? You don't think animals have a conscience?
"Science doesn't even know anything about the origin of life on this planet, let alone other planets."
Neither do you. Science has some very good theories about it, but all you have is a fantasy world with no hope of any proof. We'll keep on looking and finding, and you'll just have more things to try and dispute. That is if you crazy religious types don't kill us all first.
Nah, we have many things named after Greek gods and such. 2005 works a lot better than 4500000005 or whatever it should be. Base it on the birth of The Buddha, I don't care.
"It if were a complete crock, do you really think that they would've died willingly for their faith? Really?"
Are you kidding me? People kill themselves and do other stupid stuff in the name of religion? That never happens. People do really stupid stuff because they "believe". People other than Christians. But what I want to know is, how can you point to the bible to validate your beliefs, and deny the Muslims and the Buddhists that same avenue to validate theirs? You can't all be right.
"If they were major disputes in testimonial evidence it would've become apparent and disputed at the time."
Exactly. And we'll never know if it was or wasn't, because the winner decides what happened.
"And then there was the recorded testimony of eye witnesses"
I don't doubt the existence of The Bible. There is recorded testimony of many different alien encounters too, but I doubt them as well, and they've got pictures. I even saw them disect an alien on Fox. When we're dealing with a 2000 year old story book, I have to question if the witnesses even existed. If they did, did they really see what they were made to believe they were seeing? Those aliens looked really real dude. The only thing that is obvious to me is that lots of people did not believe Jesus was who he claimed to be.
"If you don't believe in Jesus Christ, ask yourself what year it is"
At the moment, to raise objections to superstitious bigotry. Longer term would probably be to have children, grow old and die. And have a lot of fun on the way.
"Here is a better analogy. If someone had foreknowledge of the tsunami that occured in Asia, he would warn people of the danger. He certainly would not be partying it up while people drown. If is as if you would be saying that it would be mean of him to warn people before the danger arrives to travel inland to high ground. Some might call him a kook of course."
It's like you believe that your fellow man is out to get you, and that some how you're going to run through fields of daisies after your dead while they burn in hell or something, and that will make it all okay - versus - realizing that it's all a lie, and it's mean to tell children that they are sinners. We are what we choose to be. We are a part of the world around us, not created for servitude in it. Life is fun, just don't take it too seriously.
Quote all the scripture you want. Know any Steven King maybe? The Bible isn't quite as well written. The climax sort of sucks too. Tommyknockers is good, and we win that one.
"Earlier on you seem to condemn serial killers, yet you would attempt to stop the execution of them?"
Yes I would. I think dangerous criminals should be kept out of society. If someone is given a life sentence though, and they would rather die then it wouldn't bother me all that much. Murder is murder though, and it doesn't matter what the justification is. Lethal injection is also very different from stoning someone to death. I am against either of them though.
"Ever looked at the mess the world is in these days? Murders, war, poverty, hate, immorality. People are generally selfish, not good."
Ever read a history book? Do you really think life was better even a hundred years ago? Fifty years ago? When exactly was the utopia that makes the world today look so horrible? What terrible things happen to you on a daily basis that make things unbearable? Real things, not things in your head or things you see on TV. You can shut that off.
People may be generally selfish, but they are capable of realizing that there is a reward for being "good". Life is much much easier if you have the respect and admiration of the people around you, and you don't get that by robbing and stealing.
"What seems "correct" in your eyes will one day be proven false. You most definitely are not God, but one day you will stand before the Living God and give account to Him for your life."
That's your superstition, not mine. We are God. By we I mean everyone, and everything. God is not something to fear. The boogyman is what you are talking about, and he's not real.
"You clearly are not interested in the pursuit of truth."
Your version of "truth" disgusts me. Sit around and wait for your apocalypse if you want. Just don't be too disappointed when your salvation doesn't come. Look for the beauty in the world, because this is as good as it gets, and it's really great if you stop focusing on the bad parts.
"Rather than reinventing the wheel, here it is in someone elses words"
I'm not asking for someone else's words. I'm asking if YOU as a Christian believe that homosexuals should be killed, and it's okay to stone people to death. It's a simple yes or no question, you don't need any links at all.
"To answer all your questions relating to what is "fair", I'll answer with a question. Was it just that Timothy McVey was sentenced to death? If not, why not? Would it be justice to let him walk free? Charles Manson? Where is the justice if laws are broken and there is no enforcement or consequences? In the days of Noah the world was so corrupt and full of violence. God searched for a righteous man and only found the one man and his family. Dang! So the innocent where actually rescued from destruction. Same with Lot and his family in the days of Sodom."
I'm not even going to get in to a serious discussion about whether or not Noah some how fit two of every animal and bacteria on his boat while God destroyed everything on Earth (except the fish and other sea creatures - God thought they were cool I guess). That's complete nonsense, we had best agree to disagree on that one.
Soooooooooo.... Do you or do you not think that homosexuals should be put to death, and that women should be servants of their husbands? Or that rebellious kids should be dragged to city limits and stoned to death? Should we also be killing people for adultery? Or don't you think it's much more likely that those things didn't originate from any devine authority at all, but from men? Or do you believe that is the will of God, and you just choose not to obey? Deuteronomy is full of that kind of stuff.
"Dude, you're gonna have to do better than that. Hardly a convincing argument, more of a "because I think so" argument."
What do you mean I'm going to have to do better than that? The burden of proof is on you bible thumpers to provide at least some evidence for the crazy things you say. Your bible is what claims that God would flood the Earth, kill everyone and that some day he'll pass judgement on us all and do the same again. Proove that, and don't even think of bringing up proof in a discussion about your beliefs until you do.
"When you are finished, perhaps assert some educated objections with substance, and I will attempt to answer them honestly."
First off I object to your earlier assertion that your God is just. You believe it was fair to flood the Earth and kill every man, woman, and child even though most of them had never heard of this small region of the world where this story unfolds. You believe that it is just to ask that homosexuals should be put to death? You believe it's just that women be subservient to their men? You believe that people will be permitted in to heaven if and only if they ask Jesus for forgiveness? Even if they were really horrible during their lifetime?
Oh right, you don't want to talk about those things do you.. You just want to send me links to some crappy links page and have me argue with you about whatever it is I might find there.
The question is, what makes you so sure that Christians are right, and the Jews, the Muslims, the Buddhists, the atheists, etc are all wrong? Nothing except probably that your mommy told you so. I don't know your mom, and I'm sure she's a fine human being and all... But your religion is pessimistic and bigoted in many ways. She lied to you dude.
"Ok, I'll bite. FYI, nowhere is it recorded in Scripture that God had a "hissy fit". Show me where exactly is the reference."
It's the basic summary of The Book of Revelation.
"on the day of God's wrath. What will you tell Him on that day?"
The Bible is a story book. There's no day, there's no beanstalk, and Santa and the Easter Bunny aren't real. Get on with life. Let me know when you've got evidence to the contrary.
... Who whould throw a hissy fit and flood the Earth, or just destroy the whole thing all together some day. Who would like to see gay people put to death, and anyone who thinks this Jesus stuff is out of hand should go to hell for eternity regardless of how they behaved.
"Now in the USA, you'd not think a justice system very just if they let all murders simply go free, would you? For God to be just, all sin must be punished! You are choosing your eternal destination by rejecting the truth. You are being offered a pardon (Jesus Christ paid the penalty of your sins and mine), but you are choosing to go to the chair (so to speak) instead."
Being a serial killer is okay, just be sure to ask Jesus for forgiveness on the way out. Fuck that. Your ideas arent just goofy, they're dangerous.
"But what I do know, is that Jesus Christ is more than able to set you free. If you would call on the name of Jesus Christ you will be saved!"
And how do you know that? Because some other people who believe the same crazy shit you do said so. Meanwhile the vast majority of the people on Earth think you're a bit loony. Your God is petty enough to send us all to hell because we are rational beings?
Worship the boogyman if you want, but do it a little more quietly please.
Try turning off "browser.cache.memory.enable", in about:config, and see what the usage is. I bet that's the majority of it, and 116M is just fine with me. If memory is tight, it might be a good thing to sacrifice though.
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I don't see where the humor lies when the White House answered the phone call.
Because the White House is a joke these days.
There's worse things than being closed down too.
"So do you believe in reincarnation then? And karma?"
Sort of. I don't believe that what you think of as "me" will wake up as someone or something else after you die. I think that the whole concept of "me" is a function of our physical bodies, and all of that fades away when we die. I have no evidence that reincarnation is or isn't real though, so I choose to be open to the idea of literal reincarnation, but I assume that death means the thing that thinks it is me will stop being me.
As far as karma, I think it's fairly obvious that if someone practices being good, it becomes easier to do so and that being good is often rewarding. Acting out of greed, or hatred sets up oppositions in your life which make life difficult, and it becomes difficult to see the beauty of the world.
"Perhaps I just have mistakenly presumed from what you've been saying that you were an atheist/agnostic who believes in macro-evolution?
I'm a Buddhist. I do not believe in a god that is separate from us. I don't see any real problems with evolution as a theory either. God and evolution are not mutually exclusive.
The burden of proof is on the person who makes that claim that macro-evolution and common descent is true, and not that other way around.
That's fine, and that is why they are theories. It's of little concern to me if the theory of evolution is proven completely false. It does not make yours any more valid.
"You still haven't proved that all life has evolved from a common ancestor"
I never made any attempt to. I don't believe it myself.
"You stick to your religious belief system (i.e. belief in evolution and common descent with no proof) and I'll stick to mine."
You have never even asked what my beliefs are.
"Not true. Most highschool textbooks that teach evolution, combine it with the big bang, the primordial soup where life first began, and then the idea of common descent."
Yeah, because they're all related theories. And they're all reasonable. Even the big bang theory doesn't say anything about what space the singularity was in prior to going bang. But science doesn't produce these theories without some observation and experimentation. That is something your book lacks, and why "faith" is so highly regarded. Because it's hard work believing in fairy tales. If you want to prove evolution is false, you need to find some problem with it. We can examine DNA and see the lineage of each species. You'll need to explain that as well. You can't just say it's wrong because it doesn't fit perfectly in your story book, you need reasons.
"The evolution of one genus to another has never been observed!"
We have never experienced a massive shift in the environment. We're arguing right now about what happened 2000 years ago, and you're claiming that the whole theory is shot because we haven't been watching for change for tens of thousands of years. We can look at DNA of siblings vs their parents and variation that isn't present in the parents. We have people born with tails, etc. Many things back up evolution, and I believe it mostly because nobody has a better theory. Unless we can clone Jesus, we're screwed with your beliefs.
"I see evidence of a conscience of sorts in my own dog."
You're insane then. Maybe that or it just knows you think so little of him that he doesn't care how you feel. My dog knows when I'm sad, he does things to make me happy, he plays to entertain himself. Dogs have been known to sacrifice themselves to save children. Dogs deserve our respect, they are much more noble than us.
"People should not teach as proven fact in science textbooks what is speculation."
I have no idea what goes on down south, but here in Canada it is "the theory of evolution", and "big bang theory", and they're very clear about that in school. When I was in elementary school, we said the lords prayer (against my wishes) in the morning. The Jehova's Witness kids were allowed to leave the room, but not us who didn't believe in that nonsense. My experience is exactly the opposite of what you are saying.
"There is still absolutely zero proof that life evolved from non-life."
There is nothing in evolution that says it did. I don't understand why Christians make themselves look foolish disputing evolution. Why can't you just assume it as the mechanics of God or whatever? It remains to be seen if the first life came here from elsewhere, if it somehow happened by chance right here, if your god wanted something to play with, or maybe the universe didn't create us but we create it. None of those possibilities exclude evolution from occurring after the initial beginning.
"Such as certain plants and insect supposedly evolving so that they are utterly dependant on each other for survival of their species, rather than evolving to be independant."
The thing your missing is seeing what was there before those plants and animals evolved to perform that task. We have no idea what was there previously unless we can find some fossils. One species evolves some new characteristic that allows it to do something far better than the previous, and the previous dies out when the resources disappear.
"So how many defects does it take to make an eye, a brain, a central nervous system, consciousness, self-awareness, thought, or a conscience?"
Lots. Look at the diversity we have been able to create in dogs and cats over a relatively short period of time. God didn't do that, we did. You don't think nature can turn a chimp into a human in a lot longer time? You don't think animals have a conscience?
"Science doesn't even know anything about the origin of life on this planet, let alone other planets."
Neither do you. Science has some very good theories about it, but all you have is a fantasy world with no hope of any proof. We'll keep on looking and finding, and you'll just have more things to try and dispute. That is if you crazy religious types don't kill us all first.
"What other animal today has a tail like a cedar tree?"
I don't know of any animal with a tree for a tail. Maybe they were dragons. Or unicorns.
"Even if the earth was given more time than evolutionist claim, there is no way we could've evolved from non-life!"
You don't know that. Your God would suffer from the same problem. Which chicken laid his egg?
"And the bible does not claim that the earth is actually millions or billions of years old."
Well that's a problem because it certainly seems to be about 4.5 billion years old.
Won't it be interesting if/when we find signs of life on Mars or somwhere else? We have no idea how much life there is in the universe yet.
Oh sure, that's them to a T. They just left out a few hundred million years in Genesis for the sake of brevity I suppose.
"Just like the Book of Mormon, the Quran fails simple testing."
That's rich. Major historical facts... Like the dinosaurs?
"Ooops! Someone better change that one, right?"
Nah, we have many things named after Greek gods and such. 2005 works a lot better than 4500000005 or whatever it should be. Base it on the birth of The Buddha, I don't care.
"It if were a complete crock, do you really think that they would've died willingly for their faith? Really?"
Are you kidding me? People kill themselves and do other stupid stuff in the name of religion? That never happens. People do really stupid stuff because they "believe". People other than Christians. But what I want to know is, how can you point to the bible to validate your beliefs, and deny the Muslims and the Buddhists that same avenue to validate theirs? You can't all be right.
"If they were major disputes in testimonial evidence it would've become apparent and disputed at the time."
Exactly. And we'll never know if it was or wasn't, because the winner decides what happened.
"And then there was the recorded testimony of eye witnesses"
I don't doubt the existence of The Bible. There is recorded testimony of many different alien encounters too, but I doubt them as well, and they've got pictures. I even saw them disect an alien on Fox. When we're dealing with a 2000 year old story book, I have to question if the witnesses even existed. If they did, did they really see what they were made to believe they were seeing? Those aliens looked really real dude. The only thing that is obvious to me is that lots of people did not believe Jesus was who he claimed to be.
"If you don't believe in Jesus Christ, ask yourself what year it is"
2005 on the Gregorian calendar.
"Where did you come from?"
Winnipeg.
"Why are you here."
At the moment, to raise objections to superstitious bigotry. Longer term would probably be to have children, grow old and die. And have a lot of fun on the way.
"Here is a better analogy. If someone had foreknowledge of the tsunami that occured in Asia, he would warn people of the danger. He certainly would not be partying it up while people drown. If is as if you would be saying that it would be mean of him to warn people before the danger arrives to travel inland to high ground. Some might call him a kook of course."
And then there was Chicken Little.
"it's like after you've driven a european ..."
No. It's not like those things at all.
It's like you believe that your fellow man is out to get you, and that some how you're going to run through fields of daisies after your dead while they burn in hell or something, and that will make it all okay - versus - realizing that it's all a lie, and it's mean to tell children that they are sinners. We are what we choose to be. We are a part of the world around us, not created for servitude in it. Life is fun, just don't take it too seriously.
Quote all the scripture you want. Know any Steven King maybe? The Bible isn't quite as well written. The climax sort of sucks too. Tommyknockers is good, and we win that one.
"After meeting Jesus Christ, nothing in this world will satisfy."
What a shame. It's too bad your religion tends to do that to people. There's a better way you know.
"Earlier on you seem to condemn serial killers, yet you would attempt to stop the execution of them?"
Yes I would. I think dangerous criminals should be kept out of society. If someone is given a life sentence though, and they would rather die then it wouldn't bother me all that much. Murder is murder though, and it doesn't matter what the justification is. Lethal injection is also very different from stoning someone to death. I am against either of them though.
"Ever looked at the mess the world is in these days? Murders, war, poverty, hate, immorality. People are generally selfish, not good."
Ever read a history book? Do you really think life was better even a hundred years ago? Fifty years ago? When exactly was the utopia that makes the world today look so horrible? What terrible things happen to you on a daily basis that make things unbearable? Real things, not things in your head or things you see on TV. You can shut that off.
People may be generally selfish, but they are capable of realizing that there is a reward for being "good". Life is much much easier if you have the respect and admiration of the people around you, and you don't get that by robbing and stealing.
"What seems "correct" in your eyes will one day be proven false. You most definitely are not God, but one day you will stand before the Living God and give account to Him for your life."
That's your superstition, not mine. We are God. By we I mean everyone, and everything. God is not something to fear. The boogyman is what you are talking about, and he's not real.
"You clearly are not interested in the pursuit of truth."
Your version of "truth" disgusts me. Sit around and wait for your apocalypse if you want. Just don't be too disappointed when your salvation doesn't come. Look for the beauty in the world, because this is as good as it gets, and it's really great if you stop focusing on the bad parts.
"All deserve death, not just murderers and homosexuals."
You poor confused bastard. People are good. We are God.
The correct answer by the way was: It's always wrong to stone people to death and I would put a stop to it if I saw it happening.
"Rather than reinventing the wheel, here it is in someone elses words"
I'm not asking for someone else's words. I'm asking if YOU as a Christian believe that homosexuals should be killed, and it's okay to stone people to death. It's a simple yes or no question, you don't need any links at all.
"To answer all your questions relating to what is "fair", I'll answer with a question. Was it just that Timothy McVey was sentenced to death? If not, why not? Would it be justice to let him walk free? Charles Manson? Where is the justice if laws are broken and there is no enforcement or consequences? In the days of Noah the world was so corrupt and full of violence. God searched for a righteous man and only found the one man and his family. Dang! So the innocent where actually rescued from destruction. Same with Lot and his family in the days of Sodom."
I'm not even going to get in to a serious discussion about whether or not Noah some how fit two of every animal and bacteria on his boat while God destroyed everything on Earth (except the fish and other sea creatures - God thought they were cool I guess). That's complete nonsense, we had best agree to disagree on that one.
Soooooooooo.... Do you or do you not think that homosexuals should be put to death, and that women should be servants of their husbands? Or that rebellious kids should be dragged to city limits and stoned to death? Should we also be killing people for adultery? Or don't you think it's much more likely that those things didn't originate from any devine authority at all, but from men? Or do you believe that is the will of God, and you just choose not to obey? Deuteronomy is full of that kind of stuff.
"Dude, you're gonna have to do better than that. Hardly a convincing argument, more of a "because I think so" argument."
What do you mean I'm going to have to do better than that? The burden of proof is on you bible thumpers to provide at least some evidence for the crazy things you say. Your bible is what claims that God would flood the Earth, kill everyone and that some day he'll pass judgement on us all and do the same again. Proove that, and don't even think of bringing up proof in a discussion about your beliefs until you do.
"When you are finished, perhaps assert some educated objections with substance, and I will attempt to answer them honestly."
First off I object to your earlier assertion that your God is just. You believe it was fair to flood the Earth and kill every man, woman, and child even though most of them had never heard of this small region of the world where this story unfolds. You believe that it is just to ask that homosexuals should be put to death? You believe it's just that women be subservient to their men? You believe that people will be permitted in to heaven if and only if they ask Jesus for forgiveness? Even if they were really horrible during their lifetime?
Oh right, you don't want to talk about those things do you.. You just want to send me links to some crappy links page and have me argue with you about whatever it is I might find there.
The question is, what makes you so sure that Christians are right, and the Jews, the Muslims, the Buddhists, the atheists, etc are all wrong? Nothing except probably that your mommy told you so. I don't know your mom, and I'm sure she's a fine human being and all... But your religion is pessimistic and bigoted in many ways. She lied to you dude.
"Ok, I'll bite. FYI, nowhere is it recorded in Scripture that God had a "hissy fit". Show me where exactly is the reference."
It's the basic summary of The Book of Revelation.
"on the day of God's wrath. What will you tell Him on that day?"
The Bible is a story book. There's no day, there's no beanstalk, and Santa and the Easter Bunny aren't real. Get on with life. Let me know when you've got evidence to the contrary.
"He is a God of justice."
... Who whould throw a hissy fit and flood the Earth, or just destroy the whole thing all together some day. Who would like to see gay people put to death, and anyone who thinks this Jesus stuff is out of hand should go to hell for eternity regardless of how they behaved.
"Now in the USA, you'd not think a justice system very just if they let all murders simply go free, would you? For God to be just, all sin must be punished! You are choosing your eternal destination by rejecting the truth. You are being offered a pardon (Jesus Christ paid the penalty of your sins and mine), but you are choosing to go to the chair (so to speak) instead."
Being a serial killer is okay, just be sure to ask Jesus for forgiveness on the way out. Fuck that. Your ideas arent just goofy, they're dangerous.
"But what I do know, is that Jesus Christ is more than able to set you free. If you would call on the name of Jesus Christ you will be saved!"
And how do you know that? Because some other people who believe the same crazy shit you do said so. Meanwhile the vast majority of the people on Earth think you're a bit loony. Your God is petty enough to send us all to hell because we are rational beings?
Worship the boogyman if you want, but do it a little more quietly please.
"Sure you can adapt server tools like X11 to do remote access"
Not adapt. X11 was designed to do remote access.
Try turning off "browser.cache.memory.enable", in about:config, and see what the usage is. I bet that's the majority of it, and 116M is just fine with me. If memory is tight, it might be a good thing to sacrifice though.