It goes back a lot longer than that. Read about the Dutch East India Company and how they slaughtered thousands in Asia to keep the British in their tea.
According to people I work with, heroine was immediately addictive to the point that it was the only drug that scared them so much that they NEVER tried it again. I have seen people quit cigarettes but I have never seen anyone quit heroin without a religious conversion.
The misery of a society with hundreds of people sitting around in Chinese opium houses wasting their lives MADE it illegal. I like how everyone thinks it will be a panacea when it only became illegal because of the horrible, deadly outcome.
Exactly this. Since Chik-Fil-A is doing just fine, maybe Barilla should ignore the extremely vocal minority and see what the majority does with their purchasing power...
It sounds good. But even most 9th/10th graders taking Geometry struggle with the logic. Kids aren't logical until they are in high school. I coded at 13, but I was a pretty logical kid.
I drove the whole country from Queenstown to Auckland. Now, I wasn't really looking for the things, but I never saw one anywhere, even in Christchurch, Wellington or Auckland. Maybe there was a bank of them at the Picton Ferry.
Are you kidding? The idiots in northern California will vote for her again because "she's a Democrat". It doesn't matter what she does, she'll get reelected. They voted for Jerry Brown for governor and he already bankrupted California twice in the past.
I vacationed in New Zealand and I only saw 1 phone booth the whole time I was there, and that was in Arrowtown, preserved as part of a mining town. Sooo, not that useful, really, since there aren't any phone booths.
Being in the process of buying a car myself (ordered it Monday) that I have been researching for months online, I actually popped by the dealer last night on my way home and asked a couple questions. He had answers to them immediately and I haven't been able to find out myself. Dealers do serve a purpose, even if we don't want to admit it.
EPA estimates are done by a standardized government test. The high number is literally start the car and run at freeway speed with some minimal starting and stopping. It's designed to be the upper limit that you probably won't reach. That said, I have exceeded it in my car when I filled with gas and then immediately drove from Southern California to Las Vegas. There wasn't much traffic so my cruise stayed at 75 the whole time. The top EPA on my car was 31 but that day I got 32. Some hypermilers get as much as 41 on my car.
Google claims they have only responded to warrants and NSLs and would be really happy to show you the numbers, but NSA won't let them. Based on their continued statements to this effect, I think I believe them.
Yes. We should have no fear/respect of sexual things at all. It's not like they can completely jack up your life or anything. It's ridiculous to play it safe with something like that.
And why is that? What causes some societies to be more violent than others? Is it the acceptability of violence in society? If so, wouldn't the acceptance of gratuitous violence in the media ultimately turn into a negative?
Not to mention such things as speaking in tongues, miraculous healings, the prophecies of Jesus all coming true in a single person. There is a lot of indication that there is more than what we can measure. It's the height of arrogance to suggest otherwise, that we are all-knowing.
The harder part was for you to realize that the Bible has the same evidence as the Roman Empire and yet you believe in one but not the other because of an anti-God bias.
Exactly the same. There are countless physical artifacts that reference the Bible, even referencing obscure people like a king's head eunuch who had some signing authority having a seal. Hebrew and Greek are pretty dominant languages as well. There are entire Bible cities that have been found as well.
The Bible has tons of recorded events that hint at the existence of a creator. That's got to be the dumbest statement in favor of atheism I have ever read.
There's an entire 66-book encyclopedia set in the actual world complete with repeated archaeological proof that the events happened in those places. And, this book just happens to be the best selling book of all time every year since the invention of the printing press, so clearly a lot of people find something of value in it. Now, if you find it hard to believe in miracles, I can understand that. But to say that there are no events recorded that hint at a creator? That's just ignorant.
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It goes back a lot longer than that. Read about the Dutch East India Company and how they slaughtered thousands in Asia to keep the British in their tea.
According to people I work with, heroine was immediately addictive to the point that it was the only drug that scared them so much that they NEVER tried it again. I have seen people quit cigarettes but I have never seen anyone quit heroin without a religious conversion.
The misery of a society with hundreds of people sitting around in Chinese opium houses wasting their lives MADE it illegal. I like how everyone thinks it will be a panacea when it only became illegal because of the horrible, deadly outcome.
Exactly this. Since Chik-Fil-A is doing just fine, maybe Barilla should ignore the extremely vocal minority and see what the majority does with their purchasing power...
That is almost exactly what he said. If people agree with him, they should buy MORE Barilla pasta sauce.
It sounds good. But even most 9th/10th graders taking Geometry struggle with the logic. Kids aren't logical until they are in high school. I coded at 13, but I was a pretty logical kid.
I drove the whole country from Queenstown to Auckland. Now, I wasn't really looking for the things, but I never saw one anywhere, even in Christchurch, Wellington or Auckland. Maybe there was a bank of them at the Picton Ferry.
do you think god would fire them?
Start praying. He's our best shot at this point.
Are you kidding? The idiots in northern California will vote for her again because "she's a Democrat". It doesn't matter what she does, she'll get reelected. They voted for Jerry Brown for governor and he already bankrupted California twice in the past.
I vacationed in New Zealand and I only saw 1 phone booth the whole time I was there, and that was in Arrowtown, preserved as part of a mining town. Sooo, not that useful, really, since there aren't any phone booths.
Being in the process of buying a car myself (ordered it Monday) that I have been researching for months online, I actually popped by the dealer last night on my way home and asked a couple questions. He had answers to them immediately and I haven't been able to find out myself. Dealers do serve a purpose, even if we don't want to admit it.
EPA estimates are done by a standardized government test. The high number is literally start the car and run at freeway speed with some minimal starting and stopping. It's designed to be the upper limit that you probably won't reach. That said, I have exceeded it in my car when I filled with gas and then immediately drove from Southern California to Las Vegas. There wasn't much traffic so my cruise stayed at 75 the whole time. The top EPA on my car was 31 but that day I got 32. Some hypermilers get as much as 41 on my car.
Google claims they have only responded to warrants and NSLs and would be really happy to show you the numbers, but NSA won't let them. Based on their continued statements to this effect, I think I believe them.
And WHEN they gun down Reuters reporters from a helicopter? They laugh like it's a video game...
I can see that your kids are going to turn out great...
Yes. We should have no fear/respect of sexual things at all. It's not like they can completely jack up your life or anything. It's ridiculous to play it safe with something like that.
Are you a parent? My guess is no.
And why is that? What causes some societies to be more violent than others? Is it the acceptability of violence in society? If so, wouldn't the acceptance of gratuitous violence in the media ultimately turn into a negative?
Some people have a vivid imagination and others have none...
"not a parent mind you"
We already knew. You didn't have to tell us.
Not to mention such things as speaking in tongues, miraculous healings, the prophecies of Jesus all coming true in a single person. There is a lot of indication that there is more than what we can measure. It's the height of arrogance to suggest otherwise, that we are all-knowing.
The harder part was for you to realize that the Bible has the same evidence as the Roman Empire and yet you believe in one but not the other because of an anti-God bias.
Exactly the same. There are countless physical artifacts that reference the Bible, even referencing obscure people like a king's head eunuch who had some signing authority having a seal. Hebrew and Greek are pretty dominant languages as well. There are entire Bible cities that have been found as well.
The Bible has tons of recorded events that hint at the existence of a creator. That's got to be the dumbest statement in favor of atheism I have ever read. There's an entire 66-book encyclopedia set in the actual world complete with repeated archaeological proof that the events happened in those places. And, this book just happens to be the best selling book of all time every year since the invention of the printing press, so clearly a lot of people find something of value in it. Now, if you find it hard to believe in miracles, I can understand that. But to say that there are no events recorded that hint at a creator? That's just ignorant.