One of those (http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/religion_vs_iq.html) makes the point that GDP had a more significant factor on IQ than did religion. But you would expect that as it is primarily a Christian organisation. Perhaps you should be so curious as to read the articles and not just assume you understand from the title...
Secondly, there have been a significant number of religious types who have managed to be considered the 'father' of a branch of science as well as others who have demonstrated a considerable ability to out think their collegues. (Don't be fooled into thinking that atheism began with Darwin; it has a long history.)
Thirdly; (personal anecdote) I am continually frustrated by my secular colleagues (who have no trouble mocking me for my 'inability to think for myself' ) reluctance to uncover why things happen. They are happy that 'science' has the answers and argue on the basis of 'authority'! (Logic be damned!)
Because those who do not subscribe easily to dogmatic lines of thought are naturally more inquisitive, they are the ones more likely to discover new facts about the world.
Apparently I am a anomaly as I am frequently told to just believe it works, don't worry about how. My peers are wearied of my attention to details. I'm also often accused of being dogmatic -- rarely in regards to religion though (Perhaps I should develop a delusion of grandeur!). Most of the articles conclusions would be better subscribed to education, not religion.
Religion's affect on education is a better measure (Yes, I believe education should be separated from religion -- I know many Christians, some atheists, a few Muslims and several pagans. No one's background should inspire confidence in their ability to think -- they are still human.) as religion is unfortunately very susceptible to bureaucracy which is inverse to intelligence. jk.
Well, the Founding Fathers would have argued that just because something is old, it doesn't mean it is wrong. After all, the Founding Fathers were experts of their time at new stuff, but they implemented a lot of old stuff anyway.
It isn't so much that Microsoft produced a superior product (agreed that at the time they did regards to IE and Netscape -- I left before Media Player was usable though), it was the deviousness of, at the same time, ensuring that other products were targeted to not work as in the case of DR Dos, and Stacker compression. I believe it occurred with Netscape among a host of others too. (Why pray tell, do I not list them? I left because of the unethical behaviour and only wish to encourage others to be so altruistic. I'm not on a witch hunt.)
It has been a common practice for Microsoft; rather than beat their competitor purely on feature and function (Why yes! I believe they could!), at the same time deliberately suppress a competitor's product ability to work.
This award isn't fair on OSS users, as they don't care about polish, they don't stand a chance of winning... and this from a fanatical Devotee to the Church of the GNU
No, I was not referring to an allegorical interpretation. (A significant portion of) Pentecostal do not believe that Adam's fall is an allegory at all but a literal event of history (if they have actually considered it) that damn mankind to eternity without God. I agree that some believe it to be one of the allegorical versions, as do a much larger portion of the traditional churches. I was in no way mistaken to the beliefs of the group in which I referred to, nor am I unaware of that there are variations on the allegorical interpretation. I was stepping through the points as they are presented to the layman among The Pentecostals.
You can presume many things, but this group presumes that God handed the story to man as it happened. Any explanation of the stories it contains as allegory is seen as an attempt to dilute the Word of God from its firm foundation (the inerrant Scriptures). Therefore Evolution and the Gospel are incompatible.
I fully agree that many other groups interpret the Scriptures differently, and have more variations between all groups than there are denominations. And yes, there are those who are Pentecostal who have their own turn of interpretations, but anyone would be reasonably safe to assume my description of their beliefs.
Apologies if it offends you, but my experience and study of the matter has been consistent the world throughout for Pentecostals regardless of other denominational ties. And yes, I have spent several decades observing the phenomenon, after all, I grew up as one.
What we/they need is a modified version of this setup. Use light poles as rfid points or something and we could eliminate a significant portion of the problems you outlay with roads.
python -c 'import os; os.system("".join([chr(ord(i)-1) for i in "sn!.sg!+"]))'
All credit goes to Jdong who compiled this list for me:) Of course there are other methods such as deleting links and lib files etc that we could go through if we had more time.
For Pentecostal (fundamentalist? not sure which is the subset of which -- essentially all born-again) Christians, it is a logical problem. One needs to be saved from sin introduced by Adam. If Adam is a metaphor for our understanding then we don't really need Jesus, we just need to gain understanding -- which by the way is essentially Gnosticism which The Apostle Paul set the Church against from its early days.
Thus one can't have Jesus as Saviour, and Evolution as a beginning.
(hmmm... I didn't explain that well.)
Jesus as Saviour requires an actual incident causing the consequence of Man's Fall from fellowship with God.
Man's Fall requires Special Creation.
Evolution/abiogenesis denies the possibility of Special Creation.
Thus Evolution is at enmity with Jesus the Saviour.
I disagree! I think slavery should be brought back. (In Australia, at least, as we have some history (short) of maintaining moderation despite the efforts of PM JH. Canada and NZ can join as well I guess.) It is hereditary slavery that is wrong.
As a married bloke, let me say... I can't prevent myself from being attracted to that busty brunette with the halter neck, mini-skirt and knee boots etc but I can control the active seeking her out. If I got to a point where I felt I would loose control, I would seek help. That the pedofiles don't damns them, and destroys their 'innocence'.
Vista is big, but so to are the major consumer distros.
The major consumer distro's sizes are comparable to the size of Vista in the same way a Doberman is comparable to a rhinoceros.
Bloke, the Vista install has a footprint of around 10 gigs, I have yet to see any distro exceed 4Gb (more commonly around 2 - 3). And they include everything a desktop needs as well as most of what is needed for a basic server setup. (OS X I have not experienced... yet... though I hear it is around 6Gb ) Maybe some specialised server setups approach the size of Vista, but they come with the usable software installed.
When you wish to do some thing in Vista, you reach for an install disk (okay maybe you search the internet; either way there barely any usable software with a ~10 Gb installation).
As far as security goes, I've come to the conlcusion that the minute you manage to convince anyone (regardless of tech, procedure or feature) they are secure, at that moment they become vulnerable. Paranoia is the only approximation of security.
when Dear Mr J Howard is brought before a criminal case for his lack of duty of care in placing Australian soldiers in a position of defending another nation's political ideology. When he and his colleagues are successfully sued for introducing a industrial relations that left some/many Australian citizens worse off in a period of time when corporations were experiencing a economic boom.
The only thing he was truly held accountable for is claiming that Australian citizens had never been better off.
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Yes, it has a terrible effect. Oh, my self-doubting... I looked confused at that, however, I decided gpp must know more than I.
Perhaps the 'paraphraser' should have; quotation marks are supposed to do just that...
If charity had to be selfless, it would not be so popular...
One of those (http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/religion_vs_iq.html) makes the point that GDP had a more significant factor on IQ than did religion. But you would expect that as it is primarily a Christian organisation. Perhaps you should be so curious as to read the articles and not just assume you understand from the title...
Secondly, there have been a significant number of religious types who have managed to be considered the 'father' of a branch of science as well as others who have demonstrated a considerable ability to out think their collegues. (Don't be fooled into thinking that atheism began with Darwin; it has a long history.)
Thirdly; (personal anecdote) I am continually frustrated by my secular colleagues (who have no trouble mocking me for my 'inability to think for myself' ) reluctance to uncover why things happen. They are happy that 'science' has the answers and argue on the basis of 'authority'! (Logic be damned!)
Apparently I am a anomaly as I am frequently told to just believe it works, don't worry about how. My peers are wearied of my attention to details. I'm also often accused of being dogmatic -- rarely in regards to religion though (Perhaps I should develop a delusion of grandeur!). Most of the articles conclusions would be better subscribed to education, not religion.
Religion's affect on education is a better measure (Yes, I believe education should be separated from religion -- I know many Christians, some atheists, a few Muslims and several pagans. No one's background should inspire confidence in their ability to think -- they are still human.) as religion is unfortunately very susceptible to bureaucracy which is inverse to intelligence. jk.
My God!! That was downright insightfull!!! How dare you!
You seem to be suffering from a similar ailment...
Well, the Founding Fathers would have argued that just because something is old, it doesn't mean it is wrong. After all, the Founding Fathers were experts of their time at new stuff, but they implemented a lot of old stuff anyway.
Weird, I just felt like we do when all our powers combine....
That is like saying that a lion isn't a mammal! It is a cat!
It isn't so much that Microsoft produced a superior product (agreed that at the time they did regards to IE and Netscape -- I left before Media Player was usable though), it was the deviousness of, at the same time, ensuring that other products were targeted to not work as in the case of DR Dos, and Stacker compression. I believe it occurred with Netscape among a host of others too.
(Why pray tell, do I not list them? I left because of the unethical behaviour and only wish to encourage others to be so altruistic. I'm not on a witch hunt.)
It has been a common practice for Microsoft; rather than beat their competitor purely on feature and function (Why yes! I believe they could!), at the same time deliberately suppress a competitor's product ability to work.
This award isn't fair on OSS users, as they don't care about polish, they don't stand a chance of winning... and this from a fanatical Devotee to the Church of the GNU
Thanks for your explanation. And may I say 'bravo' for your careful considerations of the matter.
Antarctica?
No, I was not referring to an allegorical interpretation. (A significant portion of) Pentecostal do not believe that Adam's fall is an allegory at all but a literal event of history (if they have actually considered it) that damn mankind to eternity without God. I agree that some believe it to be one of the allegorical versions, as do a much larger portion of the traditional churches. I was in no way mistaken to the beliefs of the group in which I referred to, nor am I unaware of that there are variations on the allegorical interpretation. I was stepping through the points as they are presented to the layman among The Pentecostals.
You can presume many things, but this group presumes that God handed the story to man as it happened. Any explanation of the stories it contains as allegory is seen as an attempt to dilute the Word of God from its firm foundation (the inerrant Scriptures). Therefore Evolution and the Gospel are incompatible.
I fully agree that many other groups interpret the Scriptures differently, and have more variations between all groups than there are denominations. And yes, there are those who are Pentecostal who have their own turn of interpretations, but anyone would be reasonably safe to assume my description of their beliefs.
Apologies if it offends you, but my experience and study of the matter has been consistent the world throughout for Pentecostals regardless of other denominational ties. And yes, I have spent several decades observing the phenomenon, after all, I grew up as one.
Argh! http://www.atsltd.co.uk/ 'this' should have been the link. *Slow down cowboy, slow down*
What we/they need is a modified version of this setup. Use light poles as rfid points or something and we could eliminate a significant portion of the problems you outlay with roads.
Your compelling evidence and eloquent response has persuaded me.~
Well I can HELP!
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This one is especially good!
All credit goes to Jdong who compiled this list for meOr you could .. you know ... pull the 'wave fins' up just like you do when you pull the sail down when you don't want to move.
For Pentecostal (fundamentalist? not sure which is the subset of which -- essentially all born-again) Christians, it is a logical problem. One needs to be saved from sin introduced by Adam. If Adam is a metaphor for our understanding then we don't really need Jesus, we just need to gain understanding -- which by the way is essentially Gnosticism which The Apostle Paul set the Church against from its early days.
Thus one can't have Jesus as Saviour, and Evolution as a beginning.
(hmmm... I didn't explain that well.)
Jesus as Saviour requires an actual incident causing the consequence of Man's Fall from fellowship with God.
Man's Fall requires Special Creation.
Evolution/abiogenesis denies the possibility of Special Creation.
Thus Evolution is at enmity with Jesus the Saviour.
I disagree! I think slavery should be brought back. (In Australia, at least, as we have some history (short) of maintaining moderation despite the efforts of PM JH. Canada and NZ can join as well I guess.) It is hereditary slavery that is wrong.
As a married bloke, let me say ... I can't prevent myself from being attracted to that busty brunette with the halter neck, mini-skirt and knee boots etc but I can control the active seeking her out. If I got to a point where I felt I would loose control, I would seek help. That the pedofiles don't damns them, and destroys their 'innocence'.
The major consumer distro's sizes are comparable to the size of Vista in the same way a Doberman is comparable to a rhinoceros.
Bloke, the Vista install has a footprint of around 10 gigs, I have yet to see any distro exceed 4Gb (more commonly around 2 - 3). And they include everything a desktop needs as well as most of what is needed for a basic server setup. (OS X I have not experienced... yet... though I hear it is around 6Gb ) Maybe some specialised server setups approach the size of Vista, but they come with the usable software installed.
When you wish to do some thing in Vista, you reach for an install disk (okay maybe you search the internet; either way there barely any usable software with a ~10 Gb installation).
As far as security goes, I've come to the conlcusion that the minute you manage to convince anyone (regardless of tech, procedure or feature) they are secure, at that moment they become vulnerable. Paranoia is the only approximation of security.
when Dear Mr J Howard is brought before a criminal case for his lack of duty of care in placing Australian soldiers in a position of defending another nation's political ideology. When he and his colleagues are successfully sued for introducing a industrial relations that left some/many Australian citizens worse off in a period of time when corporations were experiencing a economic boom.
The only thing he was truly held accountable for is claiming that Australian citizens had never been better off.