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Quote: Originally Posted by Flint Where does all the confusion come from Top management MBAs. __________________ Suitably old, but mysteriously advanced.

It's time for Ramadan again. I'm going to make the same dietary (and other) observations this year as I have in years past. I'll post some starting numbers when I have them (like tomorrow). I'm a day late on the start this year. Today is "ruined" by coffee, lunch, coffee, etc. But tomorrow's a new day.

Quote: Originally Posted by lookout123 but here is the kicker - the believer risks nothing if he is wrong. if you believe there is an afterlife and then find nothing - what have you lost? if you are an unbeliever - eternity is at risk. believing that there is no heaven or hell and then be proven wrong??? ouch. i guess ...

My mom once told me that she was worried about my soul, cause I hadn't given my heart to Jesus. I told her it was too late, I already gave it go God. How do I live? Most of the time I chop wood and carry water...and try to pay attention.

I died in a space craft decompression. Past lives can be in the future too yah know.

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice* for all." *Note that it doesn't say anything about mercy. Let's not forget that justice entails both reward as well as punishment: If someone discovers a cure for a disease, they are rewarded with the right ...

Dazza has a student doing her thesis on ways of managing the levels of carp in freshwater rivers in Australia. Carp are a huge problem here and are causing a lot of decay to the habitat of some of our native fish. They are also contributing to the silting up of many rivers because they suck the mud from the river banks which causes them to collapse which then obviously makes the river ...

bump... Live life for what will still matter ten thousand years from now.

So I heard a little piece on NPR today(?) some kids were at a kids camp for atheism or some such. The reporter asked about how the kids felt about non-existence, since to her an afterlife is a big part of the whole God question being a reassuring notion. The kids she put on tape were freaked out by non-existence. At this point, I am not attached to any beliefs about God one way or the other. ...

Hey Cicero! Where ARE you? Hope lightning didn't strike you down. Jeeeezussss, it was just a joke!

It's time for Ramadan again. I'm going to make the same dietary (and other) observations this year as I have in years past. I'll post some starting numbers when I have them (like tomorrow). I'm a day late on the start this year. Today is "ruined" by coffee, lunch, coffee, etc. But tomorrow's a new day.

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice* for all." *Note that it doesn't say anything about mercy. Let's not forget that justice entails both reward as well as punishment: If someone discovers a cure for a disease, they are rewarded with the right ...

Quote: Originally Posted by lookout123 but here is the kicker - the believer risks nothing if he is wrong. if you believe there is an afterlife and then find nothing - what have you lost? if you are an unbeliever - eternity is at risk. believing that there is no heaven or hell and then be proven wrong??? ouch. i guess ...

My mom once told me that she was worried about my soul, cause I hadn't given my heart to Jesus. I told her it was too late, I already gave it go God. How do I live? Most of the time I chop wood and carry water...and try to pay attention.

Dazza has a student doing her thesis on ways of managing the levels of carp in freshwater rivers in Australia. Carp are a huge problem here and are causing a lot of decay to the habitat of some of our native fish. They are also contributing to the silting up of many rivers because they suck the mud from the river banks which causes them to collapse which then obviously makes the river ...

I died in a space craft decompression. Past lives can be in the future too yah know.

bump... Live life for what will still matter ten thousand years from now.

Quote: Originally Posted by Flint Where does all the confusion come from Top management MBAs. __________________ Suitably old, but mysteriously advanced.

So I heard a little piece on NPR today(?) some kids were at a kids camp for atheism or some such. The reporter asked about how the kids felt about non-existence, since to her an afterlife is a big part of the whole God question being a reassuring notion. The kids she put on tape were freaked out by non-existence. At this point, I am not attached to any beliefs about God one way or the other. ...