Aside from the fact that "the West" is a terrible misnomer, what makes you think that everyone in "the West" thinks it's Ok to make fun of Jesus? Your post isn't insightful, just ignorant.
Sorry, but in a similar situation, something tells me you'd be feeling the same way as him.
Having spent time with celebrities there's that split second at the start where you do an internal Keanu Reeves (woah, dude!) but then the rest of the time, they're a normal person, with normal things to do (eat, go to the toilet). It really is just an everyday sort of experience. Really, the time spent reading/watching their work is much better, and much more intimate with their psych. And a second spent with my girlfriend, watching the sun set, is much more significant than any amount of time spent with a celebrity.
Robbie Ferrier: What is it? Is it terrorists?
Ray Ferrier: These came from some place else.
Robbie Ferrier: What do you mean, like, Europe?
Ray Ferrier: No, Robbie, not like Europe!
I wonder how much of what we do on a daily basis is a result of free will when I hear about science like this.
Overall statistical laws don't say much about free will or not. There are always going to be regular patterns in behaviour (caused by things like the fact that most people don't want to walk 10 miles to work every day).
Governments would love equations that predict human behavior on a macroscopic scale.
The Australian Reserve Bank uses equations to predict macroeconomic conditions and adjusts interest rates accordingly.
It's lame, tired, and woefully ignorant. The only humour that can be derived is to laugh at the Americans who continually try the joke (almost certainly ignorant of America's use as a prison by the British).
No, I don't think Christians (or those of other faiths) are wrong in everything. Just that I don't believe in God(s), so I think they're wrong about God. Futher you are wrong in saying atheists believe Buddhists are wrong. If you want to extrapolate from a single belief to a set of beliefs, at least do it correctly, and it doesn't change the fact that a single belief ("there are no gods") isn't a system.
Firstly, the article (and/. blurb) says females in general, not specificaly Caucasian ones. It's fairly well known that a lot of genes relating to nervous system development are X-linked, in some work by my colleagues looking at sleep and IQ, this is something that is controlled for by considering the mother's IQ. I would be interested if there were any variations with race, however. At a conference I'm just about to fly back from, one of the talks detailed how one metabolic mutation was carried by 10% of Caucasians, this fell to 4% in Chinese populations, and only 1% in Japanese.
First you spread your limbo feet
Then you move to limbo beat
Limbo ankolimboneee,
Bend back like a limbo tree
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
Jack go unda limbo stick
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In the west, its okay to make fun of Jesus
Aside from the fact that "the West" is a terrible misnomer, what makes you think that everyone in "the West" thinks it's Ok to make fun of Jesus? Your post isn't insightful, just ignorant.
Assuming there is a god
The Official God FAQ
I believe god owns the source code to our dna.
I own my own DNA and only my girlfriend gets access to it.
Oh by the way, I have an apartment for rent, only one requirement: Clean Godly Christian Male.
I have just the tenant for you...
Sorry, but in a similar situation, something tells me you'd be feeling the same way as him.
Having spent time with celebrities there's that split second at the start where you do an internal Keanu Reeves (woah, dude!) but then the rest of the time, they're a normal person, with normal things to do (eat, go to the toilet). It really is just an everyday sort of experience. Really, the time spent reading/watching their work is much better, and much more intimate with their psych. And a second spent with my girlfriend, watching the sun set, is much more significant than any amount of time spent with a celebrity.
Russian stock market almost doubled last year.
Yes, and the NASDAQ doubled in 1999.
Robbie Ferrier: What is it? Is it terrorists?
Ray Ferrier: These came from some place else.
Robbie Ferrier: What do you mean, like, Europe?
Ray Ferrier: No, Robbie, not like Europe!
I wonder how much of what we do on a daily basis is a result of free will when I hear about science like this.
Overall statistical laws don't say much about free will or not. There are always going to be regular patterns in behaviour (caused by things like the fact that most people don't want to walk 10 miles to work every day).
Governments would love equations that predict human behavior on a macroscopic scale.
The Australian Reserve Bank uses equations to predict macroeconomic conditions and adjusts interest rates accordingly.
(800 billion bases) / (3 billion bases * 0.5 per sperm) = about 53 sperm or rougly 0.00013% of one normal ejaculate (40 million sperm).
Actually the problem are those people who don't learn what information to avoid.
/. then?
What are you doing reading
Oh, come on mods, that's a joke! Mod funny!
It's lame, tired, and woefully ignorant. The only humour that can be derived is to laugh at the Americans who continually try the joke (almost certainly ignorant of America's use as a prison by the British).
Today children (and even adults) occasionally get killed by domestic dogs.
and dingoes!
EasyHotel runs a hotel in London where each room is essentially a box with a door.
That's every hotel in London.
I thought this was Slashdot, not GHZWATTMBCIRCLEJERK.
There's a difference?
In 1769 Dr. Johnson, speaking of Americans, said to a friend, "Sir, they are a race of convicts and ought to be content with anything we may allow them short of hanging."and they still are
Easter Bunny? Where can I track the Easter Bilby? All I want for Christmas is Google Earth for Mac.
An atheist believes only in that which can be proven scientifically
Not according to the dictionaries I checked
Buddhist cycle of reincarnation (one of the basic tenets of the religion)
Buddhists believe in rebirth, not in reincarnation.
An atheist believes Christians are wrong
No, I don't think Christians (or those of other faiths) are wrong in everything. Just that I don't believe in God(s), so I think they're wrong about God. Futher you are wrong in saying atheists believe Buddhists are wrong. If you want to extrapolate from a single belief to a set of beliefs, at least do it correctly, and it doesn't change the fact that a single belief ("there are no gods") isn't a system.
If you believe that theists are wrong, then it is, by definition, a belief system.
I believe you don't know the meaning of the word system. A single belief is not a system of beliefs.
...the spread of **Beatles articles.
Firstly, the article (and /. blurb) says females in general, not specificaly Caucasian ones. It's fairly well known that a lot of genes relating to nervous system development are X-linked, in some work by my colleagues looking at sleep and IQ, this is something that is controlled for by considering the mother's IQ. I would be interested if there were any variations with race, however. At a conference I'm just about to fly back from, one of the talks detailed how one metabolic mutation was carried by 10% of Caucasians, this fell to 4% in Chinese populations, and only 1% in Japanese.
Just like America has nothing but Britney spears and Gigli. Serious, how does such an ignorant troll get modded "insightful"?
Modded 3:Funny? Ah, come on, if I had mod points it'd be 5:Informative.
No, +5 Informative is when you link to the song
How low can it go!?
First you spread your limbo feet
Then you move to limbo beat
Limbo ankolimboneee,
Bend back like a limbo tree
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
Jack go unda limbo stick
or this guy