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Reply to Is There Another Story Behind the Ground Zero Mosque? in Politics JoeUser Forums

What the hell does that diatribe have to do with the point? Your point appears to be 'well somebody who is kind of like these people in some way might at some point do something completely different to what these people are trying to do at this point'. Where is the evidence that these people are trying to get the USA to have sharia law? The sharia law, from what is linked in the documents, is a monitering project not an advocacy project. They are trying

Reply to Is There Another Story Behind the Ground Zero Mosque? in Politics Stardock Forums

The second PDF is full of the sort of events that you would expect a community centre to run [quote] Cordoba Bread Fest convened over three hundred Christians, Jews and Muslims to break bread, dine together. ..... Rabbi Bradley Hirschfield, vice president of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL); Elaine Pagels, award-winning author and Princeton professor of religion; and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf of the Cordo

Reply to Iran, Russia & Israel in International Stardock Forums

Exactly, but if they are not allowed to use the power station that Russia has built they will have an argument for continuing to build there own - and I bet that the spent fuel will not be sent to Russia from that one.

Reply to Iran, Russia & Israel in International Stardock Forums

It would an insult to the ability of Russia to enforce its agreements with Iran and its own sovereignty. The nuclear reactor does not fall under the Nuclear weapon rules and Russia has an agreement that it will ship all fuel in, and fuel out. If they can do it it removes a huge argument that Iran has for going after nuclear fuel and technology as it will have the nuclear power it says it needs but without the ability to get weapon grade uranium.

Reply to Iran, Russia & Israel in International Stardock Forums

I don't think they will do anything at all. Attacking it is tantamount to an accusation that both Iran and Russia are lying and if they do that Russia will have no reason to go along with the west with regard to Iran/Israel.

Reply to An Official Government Notice to Muslims in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote who="KFC Kickin For Christ" comment="5"] Don't expect the Christians are going to get this at Christmas. [/quote] You're right - the messages sent from the head of your government twice a year celebrating Christian holidays are aimed at every body in the country. [quote] What are they doing sending out such a statement? [/quote] trying to prevent charitable donations going to terrorists. </

Reply to The End Of The Age in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="72" id="2711794"] My question remains unanswered....Are they really real? [/quote] Here is a simply answer for you. Yes they are really real. They exist in this universe at the this time in the same way that you exist. Your existence to me is as real as the black holes, |I have never seen you, touched you, smelt you or heard you. I have seen a lot of evidence that you exist and

Reply to An Official Government Notice to Muslims in Politics Stardock Forums

Because there has never been a christian message from the head of the US government to give praise and honor for christian holidays? http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/presidential_proclamations.htm http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/proclamations.htm and these message are saying how wonderful it is. The message you have posted is hardly ringing with endorsements for this religious time - merely noting that it is important

Reply to The End Of The Age in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="52" id="2711105"] Hawking and Roger Penrose mathematically linked black holes to the Big Bang, which they assert created the universe and all that's in it [/quote] Is that why you refused to believe they exist despite all the evidence? Something goes against your book so you alter the evidence? If so that is rather a nice illustration.

Reply to The End Of The Age in Current Events JoeUser Forums

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Reply to The End Of The Age in Current Events Stardock Forums

Which is why I am am not an atheist. I freely admit that it is possible that there is a being who had the power to remove all evidence that they ever existed. I am an agnositic - it is impossible to prove one way or another that there is/was a supernatural being however there is no indipendant evidence that there is/was one. So I am as agnostic about the christian god as I am about Thor - there is equal evidence for both. [quote] There is evidence

Reply to The End Of The Age in Current Events JoeUser Forums

You are completely wrong. I worship nothing. There is nothing on this earth that I believe in despite there being no independent evidence. There are millions of stories of people going cold turkey about smoking that did not use god to help them stopping. I do not think there is a god in the same way, and to the same extent, that I think there are no invisible pink elephants, or large ethereal violent murderous pussycats. There is no evidence to support their be

Reply to The End Of The Age in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Rubbish. I worship nothing. Strictly speaking I am an agnostic but to all practical points I am an atheist. The difference is there - it boils down to the impossible of disproving something that is alleged to have the power to remove all evidence that is does or does not exist. I think that the big bang/evolution are the best theorems that we have to explain how we came to be but if there was, non circular indipendatable verifiable, evidence to point to

Reply to The End Of The Age in Current Events Stardock Forums

One man stating his thinking is not science, it isn't even a scientific idea as such. I always thought that when the new age was on us and all those who had the fortune of being born into the right religion (which is after all where 90% of believers in any bronze age creation myth chose their particular myth) would be taken up into heaven. What prof Hawkins is suggesting is very different

Reply to Japan demands apology for Atomic Bombs in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I think the title of this is misleading. The only people in the article linked that are asking for an apology are members of the 'Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Associations'. The only thing that a spokesman for the Japanese government said that was they were NOT demanding an apology. (edit) also note http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_apology_statements_issued_by_Japan

Reply to All of your marriages are belong to the gay 'agenda'... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

That doesn't answer the point. If 53.8% of people in CA voted that it is ok to shoot the french on sight it doesn't stop it breaking the constiution. The judges decision was that the 14th trumped the 10th. If he was wrong then it will get turned over. [quote] Public authorities from judges to town councilors and school board members who in one way or another have a stake in the matter, must recuse themselves. [/quote] So do you therefor

Reply to All of your marriages are belong to the gay 'agenda'... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="4" id="2706343"]as an open homosexual, he should have not ever accepted this case to begin [/quote] Does that mean a judge who pays taxes should not rule on tax cases, or a judge who drives a car rule on matters affecting car drivers? Or an openly christian judge rule on matters concerning the church? And well the ruling was that it did have something to do with the constition and that the prop was wrong. I

Reply to All of your marriages are belong to the gay 'agenda'... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Sorry, does it not matter when a state tries to do something against federal law?

Reply to All of your marriages are belong to the gay 'agenda'... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Oh, don't forget that it will not be because he is a left wing nut job it will be because he is one of those them fags who sin against the lord and make their skin crawl

Reply to When Media Does Not Matter in Politics Stardock Forums

What does that article link have to do with media matters? That is not a leading question - I do just not get how that article links to media matters - but then I don't really know the names of the people who run media matters. Also not sure how an organisation that says it is out there to correct conservative misinformation could ever be described as competly unbiased

Reply to FIVE DATES in Life Journals Stardock Forums

as somebody who has also just come out a blindsiding divorce I can entirely understand where your son is coming from and I understand his motivation for the five date thing

Reply to Why I can believe in God and science, a simple explanation. in Blogging Stardock Forums

And so we start again. 'Science' doesn't believe that there is life on other planets. Some scientists think that is a possibility that there is life on other planets but with out some sort of evidence it will not be accepted, assumptions need to have evidence behind them. Evidence exists for black holes and black matter - just because it can not been seen doesn't mean that there isn't evidence for their existence. Science is not based on belief -

Reply to Byrd Hospitalized--Rabid Reactionaries Renounce & Rejoice in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Daiwa" comment="5"] Yes, I have to admit that left was far kinder to Cheney. Each time. And I don't think I ever heard of anyone wishing Bush dead. So there ya go. We are what we are. [/quote] Because nobody was arrested after saying they were going to kill obama and about to take highpowered rifles to one of his events. Nor have there been other saying they want him dead.

Reply to Israel,The Gaza Blockade and International Reaction in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Most of the world belives that Jews have the right to exist and buy and live on property. The issues the world has with the settlements are very different and rather more nuanced that the simple issue of peoples right to buy a house. According to todays Times Israel has or is about to lifted at least part of the blockade. I wonder what kind of weapons Hamas will be able to make out of the Chocolate that was previously blockaded.

Reply to A Most Interesting Difference Between R and D in Republican Stardock Forums

I really can't answer that question. I was frankly stunned by the numbers on both sides - even the 18% is a lot higher than I thought. I would be instrested to see this done in a more scientific study - for example there are no figures for those who don't consider themselves on either side of the political spectrum so we don't know if people were pressurized into aligning themselves with one side or only people who did see themselves as Democrats were selected . Nor th