wow, a whole 1000 people surveyed. Thats not exactly a scientific sampling of our nations taxpayers. Polls are flawed. They can't even get exit-polling right. That should have been simple. Perhaps it was a poll question like:
Would prefer that NASA received more funding, or have more fiery explosions killing our innocent astronauts?
A. Yes, I am a patriotic citizen B. No, I don't value human life.
I bet I could come up with a poll question that showed the opposite:
Would you rather spend this $4 yourself on a Big Mac, or would you rather give it to the government for taxes on something you will never benefit from?
A. $4 more in Taxes, my children don't need dinner tonight anyway. B. $4 I'll spend myself. I hate Big Macs, but at least I'm gettings *something* for my money.
I actually have been reading the book of John this month already, but thanks for the invitation to read them all. Last night I read about how Jesus was sent before Pilate. And the people wanted him to be slaughtered although Pilate could not find a reason to punish him.
I hope you are willing to take your own advice. I am certainly biased in this debate, because I believe the Bible is the Word of God.
I certainly don't see the gospels as a few similar parts with artistic licenses thrown in. I see it as 4 different accounts of Christ's Life that are amazingly similar in the account of Christ. If they were written independently, as many people believe, its amazing that there are no contradictions.
I think Matthew was a normal human that tried to spread good news that Jesus Christ was willing to give up his life for sinners much like himself, which he confessed publicly (as you so graciously pointed out).
According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Kansas City is the 10th fastest growing among large metro areas (employment > than 750,000) with an annual employment growth rate of 2.8% in November 2000.
I see you have researched the origin of the bible a very small amount. I was referring to the new testament portion (which has the quotes from Jesus we were talking about)
Jesus was slain in the early 30s. If (portions of) the new testament was written in the 50s and 60s as many claim, that would not be 3 generations. That was my argument that I think you missed.
Arguing about the author of the first 4 books on the list (4/66 is hardly a quarter now is it?) I think its fairly obvious moses did not write of his own death, here's the passage: Deuteronomy 34:5 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. 6 - And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
However, it was irrelevant to our discussion of the new testament. I'm not sure what the "letters of John" is supposed to be. Paul wrote most of the letters to the early churches.
Matthew was generally thought to be written by *Matthew*, an apostle who was killed for his belief in Christ. Most of the new testament is NOT a rehash of matthew. Although I will agree its points are consistent with the rest of the bible. I think you should probably re-read the bible if you think its a rehash of matthew.
Those three generations must have been gettin busy quickly, considering they were only written about 15-30 years after his death.
Here's a run down of when the books were written. I'm sure you can find other sources if you disagree with this source: http://www.carm.org/bible/biblewhen.htm
Thanks for explaining that. I've always wondered why it was said this way. I just figured someone important screwed it up and everyone followed suit. More of a king's pajamas assumption, I guess.
I don't get it. I put my NAME on the packages I'm mailing. Why do I care if my picture is taken as well? If someone else mails anthrax with my return address on the box. I'll be happy the picture they took isn't of me.
I once saw someone's website that posted on slashdot. He had a wireless webcam-robot that you could drive around his apartment.
I thought it was the coolest useless gizmo in a long time. Anyone know where that was?
First, I'd ask why I wanted to ping pong ball out. Secondly, assuming I wanted it out, I would try to suck it out. Thirdly, if that didnt work, I would use the mirror to sharpen the ruler and drill a hole in the ping pong ball big enough for the small end of the magnet (assuming it is rectangular, not spherical), and tie the string to it. now pull the ping pong ball out.
"The Church is against gay marrige, because they think that a man and a man can not procreate, so it goes against God."
I think you should research further into the basis of your reasoning. Because, in general, this statement is false. Unless you are talking about just YOUR church.
"If it is proven that people are born homosexual, then the church should be FORCED to accept them, because that's how God created them. "
Think about it, if this were in fact true (which it is not) then homosexuality would eventually become extinct through natural selection. (over billions and billions of years, of course) Unless you assume that this is a common occuring mutation that occurs regularly.
"Although, I've learnt to admit that what a woman does with her body is ultimately her decision, even if it includes murder. No sarcasm intended. When it comes to your body, you have the only choice."
Your statement disturbs me. That's like saying it is my choice to decide whether your murder is OK, since I can isolate it from the rest of society. After all, I could use every one of your organs to save a life somewhere else.
Also, the majority of debate (on morality) on stem cells is still over fetal stem cells. although, there is some objections to embryonic.
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wow, a whole 1000 people surveyed. Thats not exactly a scientific sampling of our nations taxpayers. Polls are flawed. They can't even get exit-polling right. That should have been simple. Perhaps it was a poll question like:
Would prefer that NASA received more funding, or have more fiery explosions killing our innocent astronauts?
A. Yes, I am a patriotic citizen
B. No, I don't value human life.
I bet I could come up with a poll question that showed the opposite:
Would you rather spend this $4 yourself on a Big Mac, or would you rather give it to the government for taxes on something you will never benefit from?
A. $4 more in Taxes, my children don't need dinner tonight anyway.
B. $4 I'll spend myself. I hate Big Macs, but at least I'm gettings *something* for my money.
That $10 was a number directly from the parent's post. So I'll say it again, now that you corrected him... er me:
I want my "less than $4" back.
Hint: that money was about Bush getting more votes in Florida, home of many NASA employees. and I even voted for W.
I personally still woulda been alot more satisfied with the results of the Big Mac though.
Actually, I'd prefer my $10 back.
I'd guess that the "majority" feels the same way.
I actually have been reading the book of John this month already, but thanks for the invitation to read them all. Last night I read about how Jesus was sent before Pilate. And the people wanted him to be slaughtered although Pilate could not find a reason to punish him.
I hope you are willing to take your own advice. I am certainly biased in this debate, because I believe the Bible is the Word of God.
I certainly don't see the gospels as a few similar parts with artistic licenses thrown in. I see it as 4 different accounts of Christ's Life that are amazingly similar in the account of Christ. If they were written independently, as many people believe, its amazing that there are no contradictions.
I think Matthew was a normal human that tried to spread good news that Jesus Christ was willing to give up his life for sinners much like himself, which he confessed publicly (as you so graciously pointed out).
No, the climax of the whole movie is that he was already dead. That's why only the kid could see him.
I also wanted to point out that the bible doesn't say that the Earth is flat. That was mankind that held fast to that idea.
According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Kansas City is the 10th fastest growing among large metro areas (employment > than 750,000) with an annual employment growth rate of 2.8% in November 2000.
Wow, that was completely not relevant to the question I asked. way to go.
I see you have researched the origin of the bible a very small amount. I was referring to the new testament portion (which has the quotes from Jesus we were talking about)
Jesus was slain in the early 30s. If (portions of) the new testament was written in the 50s and 60s as many claim, that would not be 3 generations. That was my argument that I think you missed.
Arguing about the author of the first 4 books on the list (4/66 is hardly a quarter now is it?) I think its fairly obvious moses did not write of his own death, here's the passage: Deuteronomy 34:5 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the
land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
6 - And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab,
over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
However, it was irrelevant to our discussion of the new testament. I'm not sure what the "letters of John" is supposed to be. Paul wrote most of the letters to the early churches.
Matthew was generally thought to be written by *Matthew*, an apostle who was killed for his belief in Christ. Most of the new testament is NOT a rehash of matthew. Although I will agree its points are consistent with the rest of the bible. I think you should probably re-read the bible if you think its a rehash of matthew.
Those three generations must have been gettin busy quickly, considering they were only written about 15-30 years after his death.
Here's a run down of when the books were written. I'm sure you can find other sources if you disagree with this source:
http://www.carm.org/bible/biblewhen.htm
Where exactly do you live that hardly anyone has a house older than 30yrs? Its quite common round here in Kansas City.
Thanks for explaining that. I've always wondered why it was said this way. I just figured someone important screwed it up and everyone followed suit.
More of a king's pajamas assumption, I guess.
Sounds like a show for FOX. especially now that the nhl is a no-show.
I suspect he wasn't storing them for himself. He was probably trying to make them publicly available on a high bandwidth server.
I don't get it. I put my NAME on the packages I'm mailing. Why do I care if my picture is taken as well? If someone else mails anthrax with my return address on the box. I'll be happy the picture they took isn't of me.
In that case, I'm sure it will sell well. With no liability problems whatsoever.
I once saw someone's website that posted on slashdot. He had a wireless webcam-robot that you could drive around his apartment.
I thought it was the coolest useless gizmo in a long time. Anyone know where that was?
how exactly do you stop on that thing? ...besides with your face.
I have two guesses.
They were playing music, or they were panning for gold.
First, I'd ask why I wanted to ping pong ball out.
Secondly, assuming I wanted it out, I would try to suck it out.
Thirdly, if that didnt work, I would use the mirror to sharpen the ruler and drill a hole in the ping pong ball big enough for the small end of the magnet (assuming it is rectangular, not spherical), and tie the string to it. now pull the ping pong ball out.
Wait, are you saying we should install media PCs on the INSIDE of our windshields?
"The Church is against gay marrige, because they think that a man and a man can not procreate, so it goes against God."
I think you should research further into the basis of your reasoning. Because, in general, this statement is false. Unless you are talking about just YOUR church.
"If it is proven that people are born homosexual, then the church should be FORCED to accept them, because that's how God created them. "
Think about it, if this were in fact true (which it is not) then homosexuality would eventually become extinct through natural selection. (over billions and billions of years, of course) Unless you assume that this is a common occuring mutation that occurs regularly.
"Although, I've learnt to admit that what a woman does with her body is ultimately her decision, even if it includes murder. No sarcasm intended. When it comes to your body, you have the only choice."
Your statement disturbs me. That's like saying it is my choice to decide whether your murder is OK, since I can isolate it from the rest of society. After all, I could use every one of your organs to save a life somewhere else.
Also, the majority of debate (on morality) on stem cells is still over fetal stem cells. although, there is some objections to embryonic.
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Are we still talking about music here?
Thats 51 percent of *internet users*.
Today's stat is 20 percent of the *total population*.
my 92 yr old grandma will never own a computer, and neither will all those dead-and-still-voting democrats.