Don't blame Reagan, I was 30 when he was elected. Blame Eisenhower, maybe, because he was President when I started school. The Pope you're referring to is Ratzinger, right? (I probably misspelled his name).
The history class I took in college only covered the 1920s and depression in the US. And remember, even someone with a PhD in history doesn't know all history from all countries.
Aliterate, meet Bob. Where in the hell did you learn that? STOP IT! You look like an idiot.
BTW, in case one of you aliterates thinks "aliterate" is a misspelling, look it up in a dictionary.
Jees, I miss the days when people who actually read something besides cereal boxes, comic books, and the internet came here. Now we have tons of folks who look like they're high school dropouts. IMO, if you don't know how to use an apostrophe, your views can't be very educated.
Did you register it at some point and forget your password (be honest!)?
If that's the case he can get it back. I got my old UID back after someone suggested to me that I write help@slashdot.org. I wasn't even sure what my email address was back then, so I gave them the three it could have been (all long closed) and was mailed a new PW.
The world has never had so little proportion of religious people
2/3s of the world's population is either Christian or Muslim, with millions more Jews, Hindus, Bhuddists, and other religious people.
It is true that denominational Christianity is shrinking in the US, but that's because of the growth of nondenominational churches which are growing wildly.
And the world is getting better. Does your country have capital punishment? Few do these days, and none execute prisoners by torture as was done in historical times. I credit religion for this.
The only reason the Church would stand up against nazism was because it was a threat to their control over the populace anyway
That's about a thousand years late, dude. There is no one Christian church since Luther broke away. The church has no control over its members, they are free to break from the church whenever they want.
no more church schools to indoctrinate the young, no more church run addiction clinics etc. and they would all be replaced by secular state funded institutions
Your are either deluding yourself or trying to delude others. A secular state run organization is not going to go against the state -- the state runs it. Now tell me, where are all the secular private schools and secular drug abuse facilities?
This is all they were doing against Nazism - fighting it not because of an inherent disagreement with Nazism, but simply to protect their own ability to manipulate and control people for their own ends.
If that were true they wouldn't have fought Nazism, but would have joined the Nazis and simply stated that Hitler was doing God's work against the Godless communist USSR and China.
Of course, my argumants are pointless since you're a fanatical antitheist. Might as well try to convince a Republican that rich people don't pay enough tax, or convincing a Democrat that Social Security is a bad idea.
You see, he has faith that there is no God (without proof, faith is needed for belief). There is no point in arguing with him, he is convinced that there is no god, can be no god, and any talk of a god is foolishness.
You and I know better; like me, you've probably met God yourself. But to a dedicated antitheist, God himself could slap him upside the head and he would rationalize it away.
There are some people working an agenda thru religion
Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Sanrorum, Pat Robertson, that evil Baptist preacher in Florida... And these wolves in sheeps' clothing have fooled the faithful. Pat Robertson has probably converted more Christians to athiesm than Rochard Dawkins could ever dream of.
People who use slashdot also tend to read, people who read then to buy books off amazon
Considering how many here (of all places) who seem not to understand when and when not to use an apostrophe, the difference between the verbs "lose" and "loose", have no ability to discern between there, they're, and their, I don't think your logic holds up. Just because you read slashdot doesn't mean you read actual books.
Thor was the cave nerd who invented the hammer. So yes, he does indeed deserve praise. Imagine a man with a hammer in a world without hammers. In that world, your hammer makes you a god.
Actually, many Christians are taught that the bible is a living thing, that changes and adopts to culture and society so as to always give us the meaning god truly intended.
I've been in a lot of different Christian churches. I've been to a catholic mass, Lutheran, Baptist, methodist, I attend a nondenominational church weekly. Not once have I ever heard this espoused. What church does this, the Mormons maybe? JWs? Christian Scientists? The Church of Satan? The FSM?
AFAICT, you don't have enough evidence to warrant a knowledge claim.
Without evidence one way or another, the only logical conclusion is agnosticism. So why am I a Christian? Easy -- God has revealed himself to me. He'd reveal himself to you if you weren't so afraid he might actually exist.
You won't find what you're not looking for, and you certainly won't find something you're sure doesn't exist.
Look, buddy, I'm a Christian. Stop trying to make me look bad, you're coming across as the same type of troll I'm always castigating antitheists about.
Nuke plants don't pollute. Natural gas pollutes less than gasoline, so if the electricity is generated by gas, it would pollute less.
A Tesla in Clinton, IL wouldn't pollute at all. A Tesla in Springfield, IL would pollute more than an Escalade or a Hummer; its electricity is from coal and gas.
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You'll not only know, you'll know.
Don't blame Reagan, I was 30 when he was elected. Blame Eisenhower, maybe, because he was President when I started school. The Pope you're referring to is Ratzinger, right? (I probably misspelled his name).
The history class I took in college only covered the 1920s and depression in the US. And remember, even someone with a PhD in history doesn't know all history from all countries.
Teleporter's [sic] most likely.
Aliterate, meet Bob. Where in the hell did you learn that? STOP IT! You look like an idiot.
BTW, in case one of you aliterates thinks "aliterate" is a misspelling, look it up in a dictionary.
Jees, I miss the days when people who actually read something besides cereal boxes, comic books, and the internet came here. Now we have tons of folks who look like they're high school dropouts. IMO, if you don't know how to use an apostrophe, your views can't be very educated.
Did you register it at some point and forget your password (be honest!)?
If that's the case he can get it back. I got my old UID back after someone suggested to me that I write help@slashdot.org. I wasn't even sure what my email address was back then, so I gave them the three it could have been (all long closed) and was mailed a new PW.
Men get breast cancer, too. If there's breast cancer in your family, particularly in male members, you would probably be wise to wear one of these.
He was a teenager in WWII, and the hitler stuff was mandatory.
Did you get better questions this time around?
Apparently not...
The world has never had so little proportion of religious people
2/3s of the world's population is either Christian or Muslim, with millions more Jews, Hindus, Bhuddists, and other religious people.
It is true that denominational Christianity is shrinking in the US, but that's because of the growth of nondenominational churches which are growing wildly.
And the world is getting better. Does your country have capital punishment? Few do these days, and none execute prisoners by torture as was done in historical times. I credit religion for this.
The only reason the Church would stand up against nazism was because it was a threat to their control over the populace anyway
That's about a thousand years late, dude. There is no one Christian church since Luther broke away. The church has no control over its members, they are free to break from the church whenever they want.
no more church schools to indoctrinate the young, no more church run addiction clinics etc. and they would all be replaced by secular state funded institutions
Your are either deluding yourself or trying to delude others. A secular state run organization is not going to go against the state -- the state runs it. Now tell me, where are all the secular private schools and secular drug abuse facilities?
This is all they were doing against Nazism - fighting it not because of an inherent disagreement with Nazism, but simply to protect their own ability to manipulate and control people for their own ends.
If that were true they wouldn't have fought Nazism, but would have joined the Nazis and simply stated that Hitler was doing God's work against the Godless communist USSR and China.
Of course, my argumants are pointless since you're a fanatical antitheist. Might as well try to convince a Republican that rich people don't pay enough tax, or convincing a Democrat that Social Security is a bad idea.
You see, he has faith that there is no God (without proof, faith is needed for belief). There is no point in arguing with him, he is convinced that there is no god, can be no god, and any talk of a god is foolishness.
You and I know better; like me, you've probably met God yourself. But to a dedicated antitheist, God himself could slap him upside the head and he would rationalize it away.
There are some people working an agenda thru religion
Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Sanrorum, Pat Robertson, that evil Baptist preacher in Florida... And these wolves in sheeps' clothing have fooled the faithful. Pat Robertson has probably converted more Christians to athiesm than Rochard Dawkins could ever dream of.
What about someone jumping from a satellite in geosynchronous orbit?
People who use slashdot also tend to read, people who read then to buy books off amazon
Considering how many here (of all places) who seem not to understand when and when not to use an apostrophe, the difference between the verbs "lose" and "loose", have no ability to discern between there, they're, and their, I don't think your logic holds up. Just because you read slashdot doesn't mean you read actual books.
the suit was brought by a bunch of state Attorney's General.
That State's Attorney has a General? I thought General was an Army rank?
Or are you not a native speaker and don't understand apostrophes?
I suspect he would be writing the squeal.
A horror movie about a giant man-eating pig running amok, frightening townspeople and causing havok?
Thor was the cave nerd who invented the hammer. So yes, he does indeed deserve praise. Imagine a man with a hammer in a world without hammers. In that world, your hammer makes you a god.
How does an atom in orbit loose energy
Fission and fusion usually set LOTS of energy free.
Your wife, sister, mother, girlfriend looses her job
How in the world could one set his or her job free? I hope English isn't your first language.
As for heavy regulation... most prostitutes are not terribly keen on being known everywhere as a hooker.
I see you've never been to Thailand, where prostitution is seen as a benefit to society and hookers are honored?
Actually, many Christians are taught that the bible is a living thing, that changes and adopts to culture and society so as to always give us the meaning god truly intended.
I've been in a lot of different Christian churches. I've been to a catholic mass, Lutheran, Baptist, methodist, I attend a nondenominational church weekly. Not once have I ever heard this espoused. What church does this, the Mormons maybe? JWs? Christian Scientists? The Church of Satan? The FSM?
Is there anyone here who didn't play games (and most likely video games) as a kid?
I didn't play video games as a kid, but that's only because they didn't exist. Other games, though -- baseball, football, Monopoly, Rummy... sure.
AFAICT, you don't have enough evidence to warrant a knowledge claim.
Without evidence one way or another, the only logical conclusion is agnosticism. So why am I a Christian? Easy -- God has revealed himself to me. He'd reveal himself to you if you weren't so afraid he might actually exist.
You won't find what you're not looking for, and you certainly won't find something you're sure doesn't exist.
What I want to know is why is it legal to fuck your congressman's wife unless you pay her?
Look, buddy, I'm a Christian. Stop trying to make me look bad, you're coming across as the same type of troll I'm always castigating antitheists about.
Nuke plants don't pollute. Natural gas pollutes less than gasoline, so if the electricity is generated by gas, it would pollute less.
A Tesla in Clinton, IL wouldn't pollute at all. A Tesla in Springfield, IL would pollute more than an Escalade or a Hummer; its electricity is from coal and gas.
Exactly my thoughts, if I had mod points you'd get one.