I am, what most people would call, a right wing fundamental Christian. I believe the Bible to be the absolute truth. I believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to meet with God. Because of my relationship with God, I find evolution a laughable concpet... I am 100% convinced that intelligent design is the only explanation. I go to church, twice on Sundays, and a few times during the week. I give over 10% of my money to the church.
I however, do not go around telling people they will go to hell. I enjoy reading Slashdot science articles, I don't firebomb abortion clinics. I don't hold up signs like "gay's go to hell" in protest against the Mardi Gras. I'm looking forward to playing Rainbox 6: Las Vegas (sweeeet). I cringe when i saw the youtube video about the crazy Jesus lady. These kind of things embarass me and don't at all reflect who I know my Jesus to be.
I try to love as many people as I can, because that is what Jesus did. People, like this pastor, mean well - Jesus is the best thing that's ever happened to me - but their method is their own, and not God's.
So don't put us in a box. Don't think this man is a horrible person, in His mind (and mine) the best thing he could ever show the kids in his classroom is Jesus. Unfortunately, his actions showed Jesus to be something that he is not. A liar and a manipulator, and that's the saddest part.
If you compare a 12 year old to a returning-to-study 30 year old. The difference is that the 12 year old is there because he has to be, the 30 year old is there to learn.
1st world kids are spoilt in that way. Most kids from poorer nations would give their own arm to have a secondary education. Maybe the education system is to blame - but if someone really wants to learn (not forgetting kids with learning difficulties: separate case)- they'll put the effor in to do that.
Thats because 2 generations ago, there were almost no professional ahtletes. They were all laywers who ran in their spare time, or played basketball in their spare time.
Think of the specialist diets, and specially designed training programs - all designed to make you perform at your peak.
Star Control: When I was in year 8 (jnr high for all you americans) the year 12's used to play it exclusively. Until we cracked their ultra top secret password: qwerty
Quake Team Fortress:with openGL 3d mode! Gibbs galore for our TAFE class (technical college). we could install it to 16 computers off 2 floppy disks in 10 minutes.
Command and Conquer: Got caught playing this in the last week of high school - and my mate got busted for it. I got off scott free!:P
Star Craft: it was the only network game my crappy AMD K6-2 333 with realtek:@ network card would play at LAN parties...
Need for Speed: *sniff* the 1st game I ever owned legally...
If you are having trouble finding work, do what most out of work nerds do and ring up the local McDonalds... or become a trolley boy like i did.
And who the hell spells Supprise with a double p???
You can't expect to get paid for work you weren't asked to do. Sure he incurred expenses, that he wasn't asked to incur by anyone but himself. If he truly had integrity, he would tell the bank and leave it at that. Not try to get money from it. That doesn't help his case of having a pure motive.
If you were really really clever, you could take a photo of the computer screen using a digital camera, scan the lcd panel on the camera, and hey presto! Evidence
Stone knives? We could only dream of stone knives!
I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah
You tell that to people these days - they wont believe you...
I am not referring to tech positions: Most of them will figure anything out given time and an abundance of Jolt Cola...
I am talking about little Susan - who has aspirations to travel, doesn't know much about computers except for basic office duties, or little Johnny - who needs to know how to run a small business.
in case one: Job requirements will be: "must be famillliar with Excel, Word, Windows OS"
I know if my fiance used linux... she would be lost.
It's just not giving these kids the best chance... i still think it's not a good idea.
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I thought it was a new version of the super-nailgun
I am, what most people would call, a right wing fundamental Christian. I believe the Bible to be the absolute truth. I believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to meet with God. Because of my relationship with God, I find evolution a laughable concpet... I am 100% convinced that intelligent design is the only explanation. I go to church, twice on Sundays, and a few times during the week. I give over 10% of my money to the church. I however, do not go around telling people they will go to hell. I enjoy reading Slashdot science articles, I don't firebomb abortion clinics. I don't hold up signs like "gay's go to hell" in protest against the Mardi Gras. I'm looking forward to playing Rainbox 6: Las Vegas (sweeeet). I cringe when i saw the youtube video about the crazy Jesus lady. These kind of things embarass me and don't at all reflect who I know my Jesus to be. I try to love as many people as I can, because that is what Jesus did. People, like this pastor, mean well - Jesus is the best thing that's ever happened to me - but their method is their own, and not God's. So don't put us in a box. Don't think this man is a horrible person, in His mind (and mine) the best thing he could ever show the kids in his classroom is Jesus. Unfortunately, his actions showed Jesus to be something that he is not. A liar and a manipulator, and that's the saddest part.
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If you compare a 12 year old to a returning-to-study 30 year old. The difference is that the 12 year old is there because he has to be, the 30 year old is there to learn. 1st world kids are spoilt in that way. Most kids from poorer nations would give their own arm to have a secondary education. Maybe the education system is to blame - but if someone really wants to learn (not forgetting kids with learning difficulties: separate case)- they'll put the effor in to do that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_obvious
honey, we shrunk the secondlife-kids...
so does... Leeerrrooyyyy Jeenkkkkiiinnsssss....
I for one, welcome our Iceberg overlords...
Its good to see that NASA is still one organisation that believes in fighting the man. Rock on boys, rock on.
Australia is swell, just look out for stingrays
lets ask Kevin Costner, he'd know what to do.
Thats because 2 generations ago, there were almost no professional ahtletes. They were all laywers who ran in their spare time, or played basketball in their spare time. Think of the specialist diets, and specially designed training programs - all designed to make you perform at your peak.
Star Control: When I was in year 8 (jnr high for all you americans) the year 12's used to play it exclusively. Until we cracked their ultra top secret password: qwerty
:P
:@ network card would play at LAN parties...
Quake Team Fortress:with openGL 3d mode! Gibbs galore for our TAFE class (technical college). we could install it to 16 computers off 2 floppy disks in 10 minutes.
Command and Conquer: Got caught playing this in the last week of high school - and my mate got busted for it. I got off scott free!
Star Craft: it was the only network game my crappy AMD K6-2 333 with realtek
Need for Speed: *sniff* the 1st game I ever owned legally...
If you are having trouble finding work, do what most out of work nerds do and ring up the local McDonalds... or become a trolley boy like i did. And who the hell spells Supprise with a double p???
You can't expect to get paid for work you weren't asked to do. Sure he incurred expenses, that he wasn't asked to incur by anyone but himself. If he truly had integrity, he would tell the bank and leave it at that. Not try to get money from it. That doesn't help his case of having a pure motive.
...and thus the humor in the post...
If you were really really clever, you could take a photo of the computer screen using a digital camera, scan the lcd panel on the camera, and hey presto! Evidence
Tom Cruise is the Ice-man to my Maverick
The sequel: Lasers on a chip
Yeah, like we know what Tolkien would have wanted... A son would know his father the best... i'm sure the tolkiens aren't in dire need of money.
Stone knives? We could only dream of stone knives! I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah You tell that to people these days - they wont believe you...
When I was your age, companies used to sell you their digital patterns for half a shilling, and Sue was Bob's wife - not a lawyer's favourite word
oh, sorry - i misread the title...
Copywriting? Internet? Canadians? Whats this all aboot?
I am not referring to tech positions: Most of them will figure anything out given time and an abundance of Jolt Cola... I am talking about little Susan - who has aspirations to travel, doesn't know much about computers except for basic office duties, or little Johnny - who needs to know how to run a small business. in case one: Job requirements will be: "must be famillliar with Excel, Word, Windows OS" I know if my fiance used linux... she would be lost. It's just not giving these kids the best chance... i still think it's not a good idea.