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Reply to The War On Christians In The Middle East in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

[quote]The most famous abortion clinic bombers were not Christians.[/quote] What were they? [quote]Hitler was a secularist, not a Christian.[/quote] Hitler was crazy and a religion of one. Religion is the number one reason how normally sane people justify mass murder. [quote]The crusades killed FAR fewer people than Mao or Stalin.[/quote] Only because they didn't have the modern war machines that Mao or Stalin had. Not to menti

Reply to FBI says George Bush's lie about WMDs was directed at Iran in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

[quote]FBI says George Bush's lie about WMDs was directed at Iran[/quote] The title says "FBI says Saddam's weapons bluff aimed at Iran". Am I missing something? Where does the FBI say anything about Bush lying? It says Saddam wanted everyone to think he had WMD's so he wouldn't appear vulnerable. Where does it say he based that desire on anything Bush said?

Reply to You Can "Know" in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote]Christ spoke in parables for a reason. He wants those who are really interested to search out the truths like treasure. He said this when questioned about why he spoke in parables:[/quote] The explanation for speaking in parables reads like it came right out of the John Edwards psychic friends handbook. Basically the author is saying if what you see in this make sense to you then it was for you, if it doesn't then it was not for you. Let's see if this ma

Reply to You Can "Know" in Religion JoeUser Forums

If this wasn't so pathetic it would be funny. If two people whom have dedicated much of their lives to the study of “god's” instruction manual cannot agree on what it is telling them to do, what hope is there for the rest of us to decipher the riddle of what it takes to be “saved”? Which is more likely? That the bible was written by men and intentionally left ambiguous so as to give the illusion of infallibility, or a stupid god that can't even leave

Reply to Damnit, Damnit, Damnit in Religion JoeUser Forums

Believing in a god is not the problem it's the various religions that were invented around the idea by men of power and used quite effectively as a means of control that can be harmful to society. Reality is though many people do need behavioral guidelines to function in a society, many others are not emotionally strong enough to live without the more comforting aspects of religion. For the more competent having a large ego can make it impossible for them to acc

Reply to Damnit, Damnit, Damnit in Religion JoeUser Forums

Why does your god hate amputees? Have some guy missing an arm or leg go to church have everyone in the church pray real hard and if the sprouts a new limb I'll be a believer. Is that too much to ask?

Reply to Media bias video in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]13Island Dogon May 29, 2009I notice liberals keep bringing up Hannity and O'Reilly, even though it's been pointed out several times they ARE NOT news reporters, they are commentators and analysts[/quote] The “I’m just a news commentator not a reporter” is convenient bs that they can hide behind when they get caught twisting the facts. This applies to all news commentators not just the ones on fox news. Bottom line is people go to them for news a

Reply to Why is evolution so important to some people in The Environment Stardock Forums

Leauki, what you're experiencing here is called the "Dunning-Kruger effect". Link <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="580" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XyOHJa5Vj5Y&am

Reply to Evolution is proven to be false by science in The Environment JoeUser Forums

[quote]Paladin77 on May 05, 2009 There was a mass extinction 65 million years ago not an explosion of life, the Cambrian explosion happened some 580 million years ago is that what your referring to? The biomass of the planet was far greater in the time of the dinosaurs than it has ever been since and the majority of species survived this event. I find fault with this[/quote] You postulated two events that were supposed to make evolution impossible bo

Reply to Evolution is proven to be false by science in The Environment Stardock Forums

Your hypothesis is flawed in many ways for one you don't seem to get most any of your facts strait. [quote]Suddenly 65 million years ago there was a sudden explosion of life on this planet.[/quote] There was a mass extinction 65 million years ago not an explosion of life, the Cambrian explosion happened some 580 million years ago is that what your referring to? The biomass of the planet was far greater in the time of the dinosaurs than it has ever be

Reply to Travel to African countries. in Current Events Stardock Forums

I think it's the perfect time for Obama to just ask politely if all the African proverbs would like to join the USA. I'm certain the prospect of free stuff would win us a new continent and give us some great new beach front property. [e digicons]B)[/e]

Reply to I like Obama more than Bush, I just don’t agree with him in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote who="CharlesCS" comment="8"] stubby, I am confused with your post. Part of it seemed as if your were being serious and the other as if you were being sarcastic. Would you explain some more? [/quote] No your right, I was being a little sarcastic with the robotics and space elevators. I think they're great ideas just not quite ready to be part of stimulus package. Carbon nanotubes are still a decade away from having the necessary tensile st

Reply to I like Obama more than Bush, I just don’t agree with him in Politics Stardock Forums

I would also like to see a few dozen nuclear plants in the plan along with an overhaul of the aging power grid, including backup systems and grid parts such as transformers. As it stands now if a solar storm were to occur and we're overdue for one, it would take a month or more just to make the mostly hand made replacement parts. You think the economy is bad now imagine no power for the entire county for months. Foreseeing and preparing for these scenarios is t

Reply to Dear President Obama in Life Journals Stardock Forums

I never had any illusions that Obama would be anything but another flawed politician. I'm hoping this is just the inexperience and that he's the fast learner we hope he is but I also don't think there's really any experience that would have prepared someone for this shitstorm. It's hard to pin him down, he's confident to the point of arrogance but then he's quick to show humility and admit his mistakes. I think it's important that the honeymoon ends quickly and the peopl

Reply to I Love My New Monitor in Blogging Stardock Forums

Hey FS, what's clicking? I wouldn't even consider anything smaller than 22" but I like to have several things going at once so I needs the space. A good 22" can be had for a buck fifty. If you spend allot of time in front of the screen a good monitor and even some anti-glare computer glasses are something for serious

I Love My New Monitor in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I've been holding back on buying a new monitor for years now. Probable because I paid almost a thousand for my 21" CRT from Viewsonic a decade ago I guess I just felt too much lingering buyers remorse to discard it. It's still a fairly decent monitor but CRT's are notoriously bad for the eye's and after a decade I was starting to notice some computer vision syndrome as my eyes would burn and water after a few hours. Also it's really hard to spend money on stuff you know is going to be tw

Reply to Suggestions for a Movie Management software in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Have you looked at Media Center? Link

Reply to Islamic Terrorists – Coming to a Town Near You in Politics JoeUser Forums

It's quite irrational how many people actually live in fear of terrorist when you consider your like a thousand times more likely to die in your car than be killed by a terrorist. In the US around 350,000 have died in their car since 911, 8 million worldwide.

Reply to Beware of Limbaugh, warns Obama in Blogging Stardock Forums

What a great system we have here. No matter who's in power half the population is going to fight to make sure they fail. I'm curious to see what they can do without opposition. I'm a liberal so something is always better than nothing to me. I guess we're going to find out since Republicans have been neutered for the next couple of years at least.

Reply to Betrayal of Martin Luther King in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]Dr Guy on Jan 23, 2009 Err, you called me a IR. Sorry, I mispoke.[/quote] So what kind of racist did you mean to call me? [quote]Yes they are. You are the one misunderstanding as that is what this article is all about. ANd has been from the beginning. Go back and read my article and comments. Now we can disagree on whether they are saying it is a qualifier or not, but then I only have to google what I have already heard and read to prove you

Reply to Betrayal of Martin Luther King in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]And I was not talking IR, but closet racism. IR is a form of overt racism, and for themost part has been erradicated or at least made illegal. [/quote] "You are not a "Burn a cross on the lawn" racist, but an institutional racist. You have to perpetuate racism to maintain your sense of purpose and power base. Whether you burn a cross on a lawn, or do it for other reasons, the end result is the same". Err, you called me a IR. [quote]No, some are c

Reply to Betrayal of Martin Luther King in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Leauki" comment="60"] Our kids were on the right track and they just got "schooled" on our American reality. Excellent summary! When I was a young kid I thought black men were English because they spoke only English. I didn't realise that skin colour had a meaning in itself. [/quote] I was in the dentist office some years ago and there was a little girl about 5 with her mother sitting next to me. I talked with the mothe

Reply to Betrayal of Martin Luther King in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]Racism works both ways. Affirmative Action is legalized racism, just because it benefits a minority doesn't make it any less racist to treat one person different from another based on the color of their skin. Based on my admitedly limited knowledge of Dr. King I would think that he would have been completely against Affirmative Action because you are judging someone based on the color of their skin rather than the content of their character.[/quote] I think so as wel

Reply to Betrayal of Martin Luther King in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Why should I?[/quote] Because you seem to willfully ignorant of what this means too blacks. [quote]Why dont you ask your liberal friends why Obama has to be treated differently?[/quote] Because I nor my liberal friends have treated him differently and we don't think he should be treated differently. [quote]Why any criticism of OUR president is seen as racist?[/quote] I nor any of my liberal friends see criticism of Obama as racism and