This technology has been used in central London for the past year or so to as part of the congestion charging system.
Basically, cameras dotted around the place capture the registration number of the car and stored in a database. You can then pay at petrol stations, shops, by SMS using a system which is linked back to the database.
...and the native Australians, and many North American tribes.
If anything, it probably reflects on their concerns. We have dramatic movies about asteroid impacts, plane crashes, buildings on fire. They had the same storytelling instinct we have, but their influences were different. Most settlements were built near rivers. Rivers flood. Tales about floods are quite natural in that context.
Maybe GWB doesn't have the intellect to reason these things out. Here's his latest: "...by the way, we rank 10th amongst the industrialized world in broadband technology and its availability. That's not good enough for America. Tenth is 10 spots too low as far as I'm concerned."
If the guy can't even do simple arithmetic what hope is there for complex theological issues?
You raise some fair points. There are areas where evidence of major flooding (of the magnitude described in Genesis) has been observed.
This was a flood which apparantly destroyed all of the peoples of the world, and yet life seems to have been uninterrupted in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, Australasia. Now either the Bible is correct, or every single archaeologist, anthropologist and historian who has worked on sites across the world is wrong.
I believe all Scripture to be God-breathed and as such, inerrant.
All scripture, or all scripture sanctioned by the Church, from Constantine onwards? What about scriptures that were doing the rounds before a Christian orthodoxy was established? Which version of Acts of the Apostles was God-breathed?
Humanity has shown itself all too often to be shifting, dark, and distorted.
As has the Church. Is it still acceptable to kill non-believers? Of course not. The Church adjusts it's interpretation of the scriptures to fit in with social pressures of the day.
So, the humourous aside doesn't quite stand up to criticism. It's very telling that you don't address the main points though.
And that still doesn't address the issues of the size of the gene pool, bio-diversity (kiwis, kangaroos, duck-billed platypuses in the Levant?), how blonde haired people appeared and populated northern Europe and Scandinavia, why there is no trace of a global flood in the archaeology or geology of the world.
To a Christian none of this matters, he just has 'faith' that this is the truth and the way and justification is not required.
Soooo...according to GWB you shouldn't kill foetuses, you shouldn't carry out stem cell research...but you should kill a man who has commited a crime!
The Bible says quite clearly, in no uncertain terms, that 'thou shalt not kill'. GWB either doesn't have the conviction in his faith to change the law, or is a hypocrite. Either way he is damned to hell for going against scripture.
1. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Basically this guy called Utnapashtim has to build a really big boat, gather all living things aboard it and wait for the flood which lasts for seven days and nights. The boat comes to land on a mountain. This story comes from Sumeria and in written form is over 5000 years old. This thing is just a middle eastern folk tale.
2. Which culture's creation myth doesn't have a flood story? Aztecs, Incas, Sumerians, Mayan, Jews, Greeks all feature catastrophic flooding. Could it just be something to do with the fact that early settlements had to be in a riverine environment and before they were able to control that environment floods were a real risk - and their tales reflected these concerns?
...and as an aside...if there were two of each animal...what did the carnivores eat?
Two points (one only slightly
1. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Basically this guy called Utnapashtim has to build a really big boat, gather all living things aboard it and wait for the flood which lasts for seven days and nights. The boat comes to land on a mountain. This story comes from Sumeria and in written form is over 5000 years old. This thing is just a middle eastern folk tale.
2. Which culture's creation myth doesn't have a flood story? Aztecs, Incas, Sumerians, Mayan, Jews, Greeks all feature catastrophic flooding. Could it just be something to do with the fact that early settlements had to be in a riverine environment and before they were able to control that environment floods were a real risk - and their tales reflected these concerns?...and as an aside...if there were two of each animal...what did the carnivores eat?
That's the one. Sean Connery escapes from a hospital complex before stowing the rocket pack in the back of the Aston. Connery wanted to do the stunt himself, but the producers said it was too risky, so it was left to (I think) an RAF test pilot.
"democratizing Iraq is a powerful and positive paradigm shift for the Iraqi people and the entire region."
The question is: What happens if, after giving these people democracy, they vote in Shia leaders who have a religous agenda?
It's hardly the lefties who are distorting the issue. GWB told us for sure that Saddam Hussein had wmds, wasn't disarming them, and now had to face the consequences.
Turns out he didn't have wmds therefore couldn't disarm, therefore the invasion of Iraq was a fait accompli.
A little vignette which serves to illustrate the problem with the USA. In Baghdad there is a Burger King. Iraqis aren't allowed near it, it's in a 'secure zone'. Burgers are flown in from the USA. The staff have been flown in from Nepal, rather than staff it with Iraqis. There is a real disconnect between the US troops and Iraqi peoples that is only making it harder to win hearts and minds.
You mean like the cheap, unfunny WMD jokes made by GWB?
What class. Bodies of US soldiers (which we're not allowed to see) being returned by the dozen, and the guy is laughing at his deception which sent the troops there in the first place.
Why the uproar... if you're against having them sort your mail and deliver ads based on content, don't sign up!
The uproar is that it breaks European privacy laws. Potentially on two counts - data retention (keeping email after account closure) and data privacy (reading and inserting adverts). It could be illegal for Google to launch this service in the EU.
Secondly the GMail trademark is owned by a British company who operate their email service around the world!
No it's not.
The British Isles is a geographical area including the islands around the mainland, such as the Isle of Man and Ireland. It's not a political description of any area.
Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. 'Great' because it is the largest of the British Isles.
The UK is Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) and the province of Northern Ireland
SOMETHING happened in that time frame that created a HUGE social, religious and political change.
Not really, just another eastern 'mystery cult' with a congregational style of worship, a eucharist and talk of an afterlife. Plenty of similar cults appearing around the same time such as mithraism. Just a fashion really.
Of course the real 'social, religious and political' change came several centuries later with Constantine's 'conversion' to Christianity, and the introduction of an orthodoxy, chosing which of the gospels would be included in the New Testament.
As useful historical sources there is simply no way you can compare the accounts written by the Roman administration, which can be cross-referenced against other independent sources, historical events and archaeological evidence with the unverifiable, unaccountable Gospels.
As a Christian you don't require proof because you have faith. Historians need to be more rigorous than that though.
Jesus is better documented than any of the Caesars
You have contemporary (and I mean contemporary, not 50, 100 years post) documentation of Jesus' life? Something that compares to Augustus' Res Gestae, Julius Caesars' Gallic Wars, Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, Trajan's letters to Pliny...I could go on...? Do please tell!
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Basically, cameras dotted around the place capture the registration number of the car and stored in a database. You can then pay at petrol stations, shops, by SMS using a system which is linked back to the database.
...and the native Australians, and many North American tribes.
If anything, it probably reflects on their concerns. We have dramatic movies about asteroid impacts, plane crashes, buildings on fire. They had the same storytelling instinct we have, but their influences were different. Most settlements were built near rivers. Rivers flood. Tales about floods are quite natural in that context.
ROTFL!
"...by the way, we rank 10th amongst the industrialized world in broadband technology and its availability. That's not good enough for America. Tenth is 10 spots too low as far as I'm concerned."
If the guy can't even do simple arithmetic what hope is there for complex theological issues?
Please address the main points, no the aside.
There are areas where evidence of major flooding (of the magnitude described in Genesis) has been observed.
This was a flood which apparantly destroyed all of the peoples of the world, and yet life seems to have been uninterrupted in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, Australasia. Now either the Bible is correct, or every single archaeologist, anthropologist and historian who has worked on sites across the world is wrong.
I believe all Scripture to be God-breathed and as such, inerrant.
All scripture, or all scripture sanctioned by the Church, from Constantine onwards? What about scriptures that were doing the rounds before a Christian orthodoxy was established? Which version of Acts of the Apostles was God-breathed?
Humanity has shown itself all too often to be shifting, dark, and distorted.
As has the Church. Is it still acceptable to kill non-believers? Of course not. The Church adjusts it's interpretation of the scriptures to fit in with social pressures of the day.
So, the humourous aside doesn't quite stand up to criticism. It's very telling that you don't address the main points though.
And that still doesn't address the issues of the size of the gene pool, bio-diversity (kiwis, kangaroos, duck-billed platypuses in the Levant?), how blonde haired people appeared and populated northern Europe and Scandinavia, why there is no trace of a global flood in the archaeology or geology of the world.
To a Christian none of this matters, he just has 'faith' that this is the truth and the way and justification is not required.
Soooo...according to GWB you shouldn't kill foetuses, you shouldn't carry out stem cell research...but you should kill a man who has commited a crime!
The Bible says quite clearly, in no uncertain terms, that 'thou shalt not kill'. GWB either doesn't have the conviction in his faith to change the law, or is a hypocrite. Either way he is damned to hell for going against scripture.
Two points
...and as an aside...if there were two of each animal...what did the carnivores eat?
1. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Basically this guy called Utnapashtim has to build a really big boat, gather all living things aboard it and wait for the flood which lasts for seven days and nights. The boat comes to land on a mountain. This story comes from Sumeria and in written form is over 5000 years old. This thing is just a middle eastern folk tale.
2. Which culture's creation myth doesn't have a flood story? Aztecs, Incas, Sumerians, Mayan, Jews, Greeks all feature catastrophic flooding. Could it just be something to do with the fact that early settlements had to be in a riverine environment and before they were able to control that environment floods were a real risk - and their tales reflected these concerns?
Two points (one only slightly 1. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Basically this guy called Utnapashtim has to build a really big boat, gather all living things aboard it and wait for the flood which lasts for seven days and nights. The boat comes to land on a mountain. This story comes from Sumeria and in written form is over 5000 years old. This thing is just a middle eastern folk tale. 2. Which culture's creation myth doesn't have a flood story? Aztecs, Incas, Sumerians, Mayan, Jews, Greeks all feature catastrophic flooding. Could it just be something to do with the fact that early settlements had to be in a riverine environment and before they were able to control that environment floods were a real risk - and their tales reflected these concerns? ...and as an aside...if there were two of each animal...what did the carnivores eat?
That's the one. Sean Connery escapes from a hospital complex before stowing the rocket pack in the back of the Aston. Connery wanted to do the stunt himself, but the producers said it was too risky, so it was left to (I think) an RAF test pilot.
"democratizing Iraq is a powerful and positive paradigm shift for the Iraqi people and the entire region."
The question is: What happens if, after giving these people democracy, they vote in Shia leaders who have a religous agenda?
It's hardly the lefties who are distorting the issue. GWB told us for sure that Saddam Hussein had wmds, wasn't disarming them, and now had to face the consequences.
Turns out he didn't have wmds therefore couldn't disarm, therefore the invasion of Iraq was a fait accompli.
A little vignette which serves to illustrate the problem with the USA. In Baghdad there is a Burger King. Iraqis aren't allowed near it, it's in a 'secure zone'. Burgers are flown in from the USA. The staff have been flown in from Nepal, rather than staff it with Iraqis. There is a real disconnect between the US troops and Iraqi peoples that is only making it harder to win hearts and minds.
You mean like the cheap, unfunny WMD jokes made by GWB?
What class. Bodies of US soldiers (which we're not allowed to see) being returned by the dozen, and the guy is laughing at his deception which sent the troops there in the first place.
The uproar is that it breaks European privacy laws. Potentially on two counts - data retention (keeping email after account closure) and data privacy (reading and inserting adverts). It could be illegal for Google to launch this service in the EU.
Secondly the GMail trademark is owned by a British company who operate their email service around the world!
No it's not. The British Isles is a geographical area including the islands around the mainland, such as the Isle of Man and Ireland. It's not a political description of any area. Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. 'Great' because it is the largest of the British Isles. The UK is Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) and the province of Northern Ireland
Isn't that immoral?
You filthy fscker.
You're new here, right? ;-)
SOMETHING happened in that time frame that created a HUGE social, religious and political change.
Not really, just another eastern 'mystery cult' with a congregational style of worship, a eucharist and talk of an afterlife. Plenty of similar cults appearing around the same time such as mithraism. Just a fashion really.Of course the real 'social, religious and political' change came several centuries later with Constantine's 'conversion' to Christianity, and the introduction of an orthodoxy, chosing which of the gospels would be included in the New Testament.
As useful historical sources there is simply no way you can compare the accounts written by the Roman administration, which can be cross-referenced against other independent sources, historical events and archaeological evidence with the unverifiable, unaccountable Gospels.
As a Christian you don't require proof because you have faith. Historians need to be more rigorous than that though.
Standing on the shoulders of giants?
I'm sure a cease-and-desist letter should do the trick.
It was with Malcolm Muggeridge and the Bishop of Westminster (IIRC) on the BBC on the first release of the film.
Jesus is better documented than any of the Caesars
You have contemporary (and I mean contemporary, not 50, 100 years post) documentation of Jesus' life? Something that compares to Augustus' Res Gestae, Julius Caesars' Gallic Wars, Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, Trajan's letters to Pliny...I could go on...? Do please tell!