So no matter how logical your reasoning for the absence of a creator is; it's only valid within our universe. 'Outside', 'before' or 'behind' (can't find the propper words) there might as well be a two headed bunny rabit who sneezed the universe into existense. There might as well be a creator and you would have nothing scientifically valid against the existence of a creator.
Since when is the burden of proof inverted? YOU have to prove this so-called creator exists, I don't have to prove shit.
might as well be a two headed bunny rabit who sneezed the universe into existense.
Well, that's as valid as a white bearded dude with a dress. Now, which religion should I choose?
Now there is this smart neurological researcher called Dick Swaab who sais that he has found that due to evolution, the human brain got a piece of religious brain function
Guess my brain is defective. Maybe the part that should be religious is being used for something else, like... intelligence? Reason? Rationality? Maybe that explains why religious belief is inversely correlated with intelligence.
The children in Niger are very, very happy. They don't have to go through the terrible ordeal of attending school. Please, go ahead. I'd like to see your proposal written in the US constitution. It will make a huge fucking Niger! I'll be laughing from this side of the ocean.
Everybody has his own personality traits. But most kids that cause serious problems come from problem families. So, better social support helps fight the problem. Why trying to solve a problem at school if it's not in the school?
Of course, the right-wingers will say that they don't want to pay taxes to give social support to the poor and the fuck-ups, but it's not spending. It's an investment. If you can help a family so their kid can make it through school, there's one less fuck-up to deal with in the future.
That would be an excellent way to greatly increase the numbers of criminals, beggars, addicts and fuck-ups in society. That's very productive.
Really, do you think a child gets to choose if he wants to be educated or not? It's not an easy problem, but ignoring it is even worse. Most people I know that didn't care about school when they were young are bitterly sorry now.
Linux and Apple grew from residual to top market share by innovating and leading. Please tell me how can Microsoft make any difference? They're not leading, just following. And I don't see how it can change in the near future.
Wow, I can already see the billions of WebOS developers and users all switching to WP7 in droves! And Nokia is doing sooooo great. I'm sure they'll boost WP7 to the sky. After all, when you put two failures together, you get a huge success.
Now seriously, are you on acid? If not, how much is Balmer paying you?
It's a procedure with no evidence of any benefit and many documented dangers, but banning is being fought in court because "it's just cells from the patients own body, you cannot ban a man from having his own cells in his own body!" He's recovering from the surgery, but it's far too early to tell whether or not his body is going to be riddled with tumorous growths, which happens with this sort of quackery. Hence, in TFA, actual researchers saying they'd never allow anybody they know to do it.
Are you sure this isn't a natural selection system to keep stupid people out of our gene pool?
chiropractors who "cure" HIV and cancer (because all disease is caused by pinched nerves, you know), because at least chiropractors (almost) never kill patients.
They kill them by turning them away from appropriate treatments.
Well, this is not so strange. He's a fundamentalist Christian. He believes in Creationism. He is a Global Warming denier. Opposes taxes, Social Security and public education, supports anti-sodomy laws (yeah, that's right, he supports laws ruling what people do in the privacy of their beds), etc.
I mean, this guy believes in retarded fairy tales and is a major douchebag. What's so surprising about him believing stem cell quackery?
Elect this guy and he'll turn the USA into a Third World country. But hey, it's your choice.
Tax Authorities are treated with disrespect in the mediterranean countries
Only by the rich. The common people fear them. With the little guy, they manage to get every little penny they're entitled to, and throw you in jail if you fuck up. With the big guy, they tend to look elsewhere. That's one of the reasons southern Europe countries are so fucked up, the middle class supports the entire economy by itself.
Don't worry. This is just politicians doing what they do best: Attacking the consequences instead of the causes. Solves nothing, but makes them look tough, and allows for some more anti-freedom legislation. A few more riots and the UK will have the privacy laws of Saudi Arabia or Iran, which is what the Government wants in the first place.
Here in non-Anglo-Saxon Europe, the "liberals" or "neoliberals" are the guys pushing for free-market and anti-labour policies. This makes them right-wing. Communists, Socialists and Greens are left wing. Well, in the case of Socialists, not so sure, they've become so neoliberal over the years that I have trouble telling them from the right-wingers.
So basically, for European standards, you have two right-wing parties. One of them is similar to our own right-wing parties, the other is a collective case of serious mental disease.
A self-correcting problem, IMHO. When we completely fuck up the Earth, we are fucking ourselves. When we become extinct, the Earth will continue happily as ever. Maybe intelligent centipedes will dominate the planet in 10 million years from now.
If there's more policing in one area, the criminals will go somewhere else. If there's speed control, drivers will go slower. Negative feedback is a good thing. It guarantees system stability.
So what? Do I need a € 700 gizmo to make phone calls, manage my calendar/contacts, read emails and play games? Fuck no. A Chinese smart phone is good enough for me and 99% of the buddies out there.
German rulers don't respect their own people, let alone the rest of Europeans. They'd enslave us all, if they could. Which is what they're trying to do with all the strings attached to their "rescues". Nothing against the German people though, they're victims, too.
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Please don't invert the burden of proof. It's an old stupid trick. Won't you guys ever learn?
I'd call it a brainstorm, but the word "shitstorm" seams more appropriate.
So no matter how logical your reasoning for the absence of a creator is; it's only valid within our universe. 'Outside', 'before' or 'behind' (can't find the propper words) there might as well be a two headed bunny rabit who sneezed the universe into existense. There might as well be a creator and you would have nothing scientifically valid against the existence of a creator.
Since when is the burden of proof inverted? YOU have to prove this so-called creator exists, I don't have to prove shit.
might as well be a two headed bunny rabit who sneezed the universe into existense.
Well, that's as valid as a white bearded dude with a dress. Now, which religion should I choose?
Now there is this smart neurological researcher called Dick Swaab who sais that he has found that due to evolution, the human brain got a piece of religious brain function
Guess my brain is defective. Maybe the part that should be religious is being used for something else, like... intelligence? Reason? Rationality? Maybe that explains why religious belief is inversely correlated with intelligence.
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The children in Niger are very, very happy. They don't have to go through the terrible ordeal of attending school. Please, go ahead. I'd like to see your proposal written in the US constitution. It will make a huge fucking Niger! I'll be laughing from this side of the ocean.
Everybody has his own personality traits. But most kids that cause serious problems come from problem families. So, better social support helps fight the problem. Why trying to solve a problem at school if it's not in the school?
Of course, the right-wingers will say that they don't want to pay taxes to give social support to the poor and the fuck-ups, but it's not spending. It's an investment. If you can help a family so their kid can make it through school, there's one less fuck-up to deal with in the future.
That would be an excellent way to greatly increase the numbers of criminals, beggars, addicts and fuck-ups in society. That's very productive.
Really, do you think a child gets to choose if he wants to be educated or not? It's not an easy problem, but ignoring it is even worse. Most people I know that didn't care about school when they were young are bitterly sorry now.
Seriously, what's the matter with you Americans? This is just sick shit. How did you allow things to go this far?
Linux and Apple grew from residual to top market share by innovating and leading. Please tell me how can Microsoft make any difference? They're not leading, just following. And I don't see how it can change in the near future.
Wow, I can already see the billions of WebOS developers and users all switching to WP7 in droves! And Nokia is doing sooooo great. I'm sure they'll boost WP7 to the sky. After all, when you put two failures together, you get a huge success.
Now seriously, are you on acid? If not, how much is Balmer paying you?
It's a procedure with no evidence of any benefit and many documented dangers, but banning is being fought in court because "it's just cells from the patients own body, you cannot ban a man from having his own cells in his own body!" He's recovering from the surgery, but it's far too early to tell whether or not his body is going to be riddled with tumorous growths, which happens with this sort of quackery. Hence, in TFA, actual researchers saying they'd never allow anybody they know to do it.
Are you sure this isn't a natural selection system to keep stupid people out of our gene pool?
chiropractors who "cure" HIV and cancer (because all disease is caused by pinched nerves, you know), because at least chiropractors (almost) never kill patients.
They kill them by turning them away from appropriate treatments.
And being a strong believer in Intelligent Design does?
Well, this is not so strange. He's a fundamentalist Christian. He believes in Creationism. He is a Global Warming denier. Opposes taxes, Social Security and public education, supports anti-sodomy laws (yeah, that's right, he supports laws ruling what people do in the privacy of their beds), etc.
I mean, this guy believes in retarded fairy tales and is a major douchebag. What's so surprising about him believing stem cell quackery?
Elect this guy and he'll turn the USA into a Third World country. But hey, it's your choice.
It is a project driven by a European elite who care only about economic momentum
Looks like they fucked up on that part, too.
Tax Authorities are treated with disrespect in the mediterranean countries
Only by the rich. The common people fear them. With the little guy, they manage to get every little penny they're entitled to, and throw you in jail if you fuck up. With the big guy, they tend to look elsewhere. That's one of the reasons southern Europe countries are so fucked up, the middle class supports the entire economy by itself.
Don't worry. This is just politicians doing what they do best: Attacking the consequences instead of the causes. Solves nothing, but makes them look tough, and allows for some more anti-freedom legislation. A few more riots and the UK will have the privacy laws of Saudi Arabia or Iran, which is what the Government wants in the first place.
Here in non-Anglo-Saxon Europe, the "liberals" or "neoliberals" are the guys pushing for free-market and anti-labour policies. This makes them right-wing. Communists, Socialists and Greens are left wing. Well, in the case of Socialists, not so sure, they've become so neoliberal over the years that I have trouble telling them from the right-wingers.
So basically, for European standards, you have two right-wing parties. One of them is similar to our own right-wing parties, the other is a collective case of serious mental disease.
A self-correcting problem, IMHO. When we completely fuck up the Earth, we are fucking ourselves. When we become extinct, the Earth will continue happily as ever. Maybe intelligent centipedes will dominate the planet in 10 million years from now.
The 90's called. They want their prejudice back.
Quite the opposite. If it's smart, it won't run Flash.
Good luck finding ANY ethnic group where nobody uses drugs. Not even the Hassidi or Mormons would escape.
If there's more policing in one area, the criminals will go somewhere else. If there's speed control, drivers will go slower. Negative feedback is a good thing. It guarantees system stability.
So what? Do I need a € 700 gizmo to make phone calls, manage my calendar/contacts, read emails and play games? Fuck no. A Chinese smart phone is good enough for me and 99% of the buddies out there.
Please don't use that stupid PIGS acronym. I don't like being called a pig, neither do other tens of millions of people. Would you?
German rulers don't respect their own people, let alone the rest of Europeans. They'd enslave us all, if they could. Which is what they're trying to do with all the strings attached to their "rescues". Nothing against the German people though, they're victims, too.