[quote]If you believe in God and can't give him credit for that...well, that's doing a bit of an injustice don't you think?[/quote] Have I ever...EVER expressed faith in YEC? Sorry, no.
[quote]It's not a requirement to contend evolution if one is a Christian. Most people understand that and can balance the two.[/quote] No, I was just wondering what you base your claims to being a Christian on. I don't doubt it, but when we establish that you believe the Bible only to be literature and add to that the fact that you not only refuse to concede creation (note: not necessarily YEC) as even a possibility, it makes one wonder what you use as a basis for your belief in Christ.
For the record, I agree...Hillary should not quit the race unless she somehow feels she is ready to do so. As much as I loathe the idea of a Hillary presidency, I have almost equally strong feelings about an Obama presidency (and, frankly, don't think a McCain presidency is much cooler). But as long as there is a mathematical chance to win, she shouldn't concede. Now, if you ask me if I wish she WOULD, my answer would be a little different.
Yup..."Fair" What the heck IS that anyway? Is letting a semiliterate McDonald's worker trash a network so he can make the kind of money I do on a call "fair"? In the case of BOTH candidates, NEITHER can claim to have any level of superiority over the other. But just to be "fair", Obama should split the money he made with Hil, right?
[quote]The theory of evolution is very established but it says nothing about ultimate origins. It just deals with the evidence that life changes over time.[/quote] Very true, ancient. While I know what I believe, evolution and ID are not competing theories. And, in fact, it is a poor scientist indeed who operates with the preconceived notion either that there is or is not a God in addressing these issues. Absent faith, the only intellectually defensible position is atheism. I f
[quote]Now wouldn't that be something?[/quote] Yes, it would be interesting. But it is conjecture, as is virtually any other theory on origins. What's also interesting is that some people can look at DNA and assume that it indicates there's NO WAY that a creator/designer could be involved, yet another can look at the same DNA and draw the exact opposite conclusion. I think the fact that that can happen speaks to how much we do NOT know, rather than how much we know, and we wou
[quote]How do you explain all the "junk" DNA and repressed genes?[/quote] OK, explain this, zoologist. We know everything there is to know about life, right? Obviously from your statements, you believe that we do. If that is the case, WHY CAN'T WE CREATE AN ADVANCED ORGANISM FROM RAW MATERIAL? The answer, obviously, is that we do not know everything. It is possible that the "junk" DNA serves a purpose, and DEFINITE that repressed genes do. It is possible we simply have not DISCOVERED th
xx, Have you tried the virtual machine software that's supposed to be bundled with it? That's the feature I'm most interested in exploring. And, umm, can you post some screenshots later? Would be a cool article topic if you have the time.
[quote]You see all DNA is made up of the same crap. 4 nucleotides and phosphate backbones. The sequence of nucleotides is the one and only difference between other organisms.[/quote] Which is what a COMMON DESIGNER would do, zoologist. The consistency of the pattern would seem to point TOWARDS the existence of a creator, not away from it. Now, how you define that creator, aand exactly how involved he/she/it was in creation and of the universe as well as its continued direction is an are
(and by the way, the press doesn't like to remember this, but we're already IN Afghanistan!)
What Zoologist said. And, umm, I really doubt 80% of the people on this site think Obama will be the next President. The Democratic nominee, maybe (uhh, seems to me that picking the person who leads in both popular votes and number of delegates at this stage in the race isn't stupidity!) I stand among those who think Obama, Hillary AND McCain pretty much all suck eggs. No matter who wins, America loses!
As millions of Americans are reeling in some of the harshest economic times our generation has faced (unemployment numbers and GDP don't tell the whole story), it would seem they would gear November's vote towards helping in what few areas it can. And it stands to reason if they vote for a Democratic President AND a Democratic Congress that one of two things will happen. Either a) they will need to abandon every campaign promise immediately; or b) they will plunge us further into recession.</
I love fresh spinach, as do my kids...but cooked spinach is not a huge hit!
I should have a disk version of Hardy Heron (8.04) ready to play with this next week. I'll load it up and try to post a review. It will be interesting to see what it has to offer.
As budgets gat tighter and tighter, analysts are recommending stockpiling food by buying in bulk and keeping a full pantry. What amuses me about this is, I've been doing this my whole life. And I'm FAR from the only one. See, keeping a stockpile of food is one of the positive things I owe to my LDS upbringing. While I left the church over twenty years ago, some things stay with you, and the LDS church has always encouraged its members to keep a year's supply of food in their p
Earlier this week, I was delighted to see my inbox fill up with three tickets about two hours away. The individual prices were initially too low, and I didn't want to enter my bid too high for fear of being underbid. So I took a gamble. I bid an amount on all three tickets that individually would have paid gas, meal money, and not much more. But if I got all three...well, let's just say, it would be a fairly nice payday, despite putting in 4-5 hours on the road. I am happy to say, the
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Yup...two straight years of April snow showers here. "Aaaahh", the true believers of the Algorian faith proclaim, "But to get hotter, it must first get cooler!" Egads, they're a bunch of ninnies!
And, in the case of a state employee, pension. If they are suspended, the suspension period counts as service. If they are fired, it doesn't.
[quote]Thanks to him, almost all of the world hates America.[/quote] Yeah. We're having trouble stopping the mass influx of illegals because they hate us so bad. The "almost all the world hates America" myth is just that...a myth. You lose all credibility when you call for the assassination of a President, "General".
The Israel-Palestine issue can be likened to two kids on a playground. Let's call them "Bob" and "Larry". Bob shoves Larry off of the slide. Larry pushes back. The teacher calls them both aside, and asks what the problem is: Bob: "I want to kill Larry!" Larry: "I want to play on the slide." The teacher, exercising US diplomacy, comes up with a compromise: Bob cannot kill Larry, but he can MAIM him instead! The Israeli struggle is one for its own existence. The Pale
Dr. Guy is right. Innocent until proven guilty is a standard for legal matters, not employer-employee relations. I agree with BFD that they could be placed on restricted duty until the matter is resolved, but the fact is they are under no obligation to do so.
Trust me, jythier. I spent three or four HOURS on the one problem trying to find the problem and finally had to turn it in four days LATE because I couldn't find it. Accounting may be easy for you, but as for me, I'll be glad when I get my two semesters OVER with! I should be able to pull through this semester (and will still do everything I can to get that elusive "A"), but I may drop you a line next semester.
As the semester is winding down (and tax season is past) we've gotten back a few more of our papers, and while I'm still not sure what I've gotten in Management or Marketing, I was pleased to see my Accounting grade is looking good. REAL good when you consider the struggles I've had with it. On the "comprehensive problem" (the one I sweated over when I discovered an 11th hour error), I received 74 out of a possible 75 points. Looks like there was value in sweating that one out. On the
[quote]Pacifism will not always work.[/quote] This is why I refer to myself, not as a pacifist, but as a "committed non-aggressivist". I will not attack anyone, but if my life or family is threatened, will not hesitate to fight back.
I was scanning through my yahoo! mail when I saw the words that should make anyone shudder. The local freecycle group (if you haven't checked into these groups, you should!) had a posting from one of the members offering a hide-a-bed. Hide-a-beds are, in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions, the devil! They are the fruitcake of furniture, pieces that nobody ever seems to buy, yet that somehow everyone ends up owning. After our last move, and the twisting, turning and