"conspiracy nut" "conspiracy nut" "conspiracy nut" some college kids 'wired' a chicken with electrodes placed to interfere with the brain signals and 'send' signals Well, sure. Chickens are dumb. You can chop their heads off and they still walk around. You c
A world built on petrochemicals is doomed to end, and we haven't thought of technology to replace it. Relax, Marcus. If we had to, we could run everything on ethanol. It would take some modification, but we could. Modification costs money, and we don't want to spend the money. We are "hooked" on petroleum-based fuels because they provide fairly high energy per liter and they are easily transportable. It's convenient. Once it gets costly there a
You do believe Hell is eternal with no escape from Hell once you are in Hell, correct? What I believe - I'm not saying this is correct, I'm responding to a question about my personal belief - is that we are all sinners and condemned to eternal Hell. There is nothing that we can do on our own to change that. Jesus changed that for us, and if we believe in him then our sins are forgiven and we are saved, by grace alone. I'm a good little Lutheran boy.<br/
WE WILL FIND A WAY Yes, we will. The capitalistic marketplace will follow the money to a different solution. But it will need to be cost-effective and all the options we currently have are more expensive than gasoline powered internal combustion. but we'll find a way. We always do.
Think about that. Sorry, Stanley. I didn't mean for that to be taken as personal. I meant that in a general sense, even a global sense, a little less judgement and a little more tolerance is called for. I can see how with the way the post is laid out that you took that as a direct criticism and I didn't mean it that way. I don't see you as being quick to judge at all. if I go by your definition that judging is sinning
I enjoy the "tussle". My only concern is that it stays polite. If not, then Kryo will take our sandbox away and I would miss it.
There Oz, you kind of provided yourself with your own 'proof'! Argh, I have played into the enemy's hands! Now I must slink back to my cave! I hate it when you're right...
I understand hell as a separation from God and his blessings, There is a line of thought that when Jesus said "Oh God, my God, why have you foresaken me?" he was experiencing that seperation as Hell. Sources I used for research: Look! Intelligent argument! I love it!
he's helping (AFAIK) people who have been SERIOUSLY screwed by corporations, Yeah, but he's helping them with money that was made by the government-owned national oil company, which is itself screwing over Venezeula. Chavez is no hero. He's probably more like a South American Pol Pot with better PR people.
Thus could be an example of Stormbringer's mind control theory - we are able to reach out and grok what he meant, not what he posted. Now I'm going to try to reach out to my bank to make them believe that I meant to pay my mortgage... If only we could use this power for evil, and not just good!
Uh, I meant to say "aren't out there"... I thought so. It's hard to type when you are trying to formulate intelligent argument - I've had taht porbelm myslf.
I am reminded of how much I don't like it. I'm too damn old. Every time I watch the show I just can't accept that Starbuck is a chick! I LOVED the show in the 70s when I was...well, younger. I love watching it now in reruns. The new BSG just doesn't cut it for me.
What Sci-fi in a long time has been as good as BSG? Sorry. Babylon 5 was as good as it got for me. Nothing else has come close. Anyone caught watching Tv without one is fined.....I'm not kidding. Eeeeekkk! That's a little too Big-Brother for me. Maybe Stormbringer is right - maybe there are eyes everywhere... My hypertension Me too. I hate getting old.<
It isn't the immediate future i'm thinking about gut thedecades to come, we have to get used to "the days of wineand roses" being over, we have to get used to the dwindling supplies of what made our lives so easy. I'm not saying were going to run out soon, but there has to be a time. we better get on our asses and think about sorting out fuel needs for posterity. I'd agree. We owe it to our kids to start working on a solution.
we just know when a lie is a lie, Oh, Marcus.... You prove a lie is a lie. I just know there is an Easter bunny! If you can't compete, tough, This is a very personal opinion driven by a total lack of understanding,. Some people can't compete, Yup. That's what I said. Lead, follow, or get out of the way. If you can't compete, well, you can cut my grass.
Oh, and Oz, we DO kill the cows Kill 'em faster! I like burgers....
We are all running out of oil. Welcome back, Marcus! The cry of "we're running out" has been going on since the mid-70s. Is there an endless supply? No, and we may be reaching the end of unexplored reserves. Maybe. But as the price of oil rises it becomes profitable to pump more difficult fields. What we should be saying is "we are running out of cheap oil". Watch what happens in the next 6 months. The price of feed corn in the US is go
how silly present day "traditional" (aka believe in Jesus and repent or go to Hell forever) Christianity is. I'd agree. I'm a practicing Christian, but I agree. Jesus also said "Judge not, lest you be judged." The minute you think that you have all the answers and everyone else is wrong, you are sinning. Think about that.
big business saying basically in as many words - "to hell with society, the country or the world, to hell with everything, we have to do what is best for the shareholders". I've been in big business for twenty years. I've never heard anyone say that. The shareholders have the money, so yes, they get to drive the bus. But then, if they are making the decisions, isn't it the shareholders who are wrong, not just "business"? I make difficu
On the matter of climate change, it is my personal opinion that we do not currently have enough information to make an informed judgment. Although I do encourage we take steps to protect our environment, I also encourage that we look at the issues objectively and do what we can to gather enough data for an informed judgment. I sometimes post in humor, but I'm serious with this one - When we can predict the weather with 100% accuracy for more th
any religion in the hands of man will be imperfect. I'm not sure I agree. I'm leaning towards all religions are correct, actually. If the basic beliefs of a religion are love, tolerance and understanding then I would judge that religion to be valid and good. People have used religion and words of religious figures to justify all kinds of madness, from the Spanish Inquisition, to the KKK, to today's jihad. Religion isn't the problem. Leaders who
Actually communism but with clever 'incentives' would work much better than capitalism. Ummm....wouldn't communism with incentives be capitalism? How would this work?
So assuming their Jewish religion is from God, how is it then that this same faith of God actually crucified Gods son Jesus (assuming Jesus is indeed Gods son)? The Hebrew faith originally required blood sacrifices to redeem sins. The coming of a prophet was foretold in the book of Isaiah, one who would forgive us from our sins once and for all. The death of Jesus was required to fullfill the need for a sacrifice and to forgive us. God loves us so much
Once again, Dystopic made me think all day... i do accept the premise that there's a propoganda machine built up especially in the U.S. I can see your point about a propaganda machine, but question whether the machine was conciously built or just an outgrowth of our capitalistic culture. The eternal quest for market share does bang into our brains 24/7, but we have created a new generation that is relatively immune to it. You would be one o
Also it is very common that the quality of local products does not justify their price, so should we blidly reward local industry who will take advantage of our loyalty and give us crap. Actually, this is exactly what I deal with at work. It's very trendy to purchase local, but the price doesn't justify what I can get. A good example of what seems to be a good idea, until you get into nuts & bolts.
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