We must also do it in such a manner so that the persons receivng our charity don't have to admit it? Tough. Yes, you got it. and there is no reason for us NOT to do it. because we can. We are rich country by any standard, and we have the means and ability to do it. so why not? because some of them are s
Does that sound like junk to you? Hey Gideon and Company, let me tell you something about me: I am soooo lousy in exchanging insults and you certainly will beat the hell out of me in a fist fight. i am just a guy who knows very well and first hand what hardship and starvation mean. true, i did very we
I can feed a family of 7 on less than $300 a month and eat well, simply by being frugal $300/month/7people The best you can do with that huge sum of money is to buy 6 buns or one small loaf of bread (the large one costs $1.99). I guess that is what you call eating well. No wo
Larry Kuperman:So the closest that one can come is same tree, different branch. Exactly. If you go to the minute details, you can make any brother and sister completely different people. The lineages as i described them are essentially correct. you detail it to the point that no one can be related to anyone else except may be his direct siblings. THAT IS NOT HOW NATIONS ARE. Every nation in the world have that kind of detailed ancestors. (Violence between Palestinians and Isr
MasonM: Why would you want to introduce a reasonable proposal in an unreasonable situation? Good point ..... Unfortunately. But that area is dear to the whole of humanity, ok ... almost all. I just cant stand the suffering it is enduring. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=
(Does that sound like a message that the Virgin Mary would have endorsed?) Certainly not. This sounds like a howl of a deranged person in the middle of a fight with his own cousin both claiming to have the exclusive right to the land they live on. They both forgot that they came from the same ancestors who were living on that land. The current Palestinians are the descendents of the Jews who are the descendants of the tri
KFC: I know He's going to support me because of my prior dealings with Him. I know he's genuine so I don't doubt anymore True. Very True. However we should never take HIM for granted. HE warned against that. HE like to test us everyonce in a while to see how strong our faith is. <TABLE ce
KFC: We are following the one who showed us the way out. Nothing blind about that is there? Exactly, if we don't follow even God blindly, is it not a must that we should not do that with anything else? but many many people do just that. They are just Republicans, or just Democrats and no matter what ha
stubbyfinger: The question here would be is there anything in the Koran that makes it easier to for its believers to excuse violence. I think the answer is yes I fully agree with every point in your statement except this one. Your assumption that the answer to the question is "yes" is not supported by
Draginol: there was something in the ideology that caused enough people to believe that force was necessary to convert the masses to it. I see Islam as being much the same thing. Now you talking about Islam itself. Very well then. Show me one instance in which Islam support that. even mo
Draginol: Maybe only a tiny minority actually act on their willingness to murder infidels but a significant percentage of Muslims support it -- by their own admission. Bingo ..... that is the point. You don't even condemn people on their thinking or feelings .... especially if they are angry or frustrat
Draginol: Replace Muslim with Nazi and Islam with National Socialism. Does it still sound reasonable? And if not, what is the difference Comon Draginol, you know better than that. Didn't you read my response? Then you still say that? You started your article by talking about "the so-called
Draginol: But Christianity doesn't espouse a specific form of government which I think is the key difference.Islamists have a pretty specific goal -- to recreate the Caliphate and get everyone living under Sharia law. Hope you realize that Islamists are not the main-stream Muslims, Islam doesn't "espous
Dr. Donald:Reading this thread, I feel much closer to you now, and your God doesn't seem very different from my own. I think I made that very very clear in the first few lines in the article. The first article in declaring the faith in Islam is none other than "Stating the belief that it is ONE GO
EmperorofIceCream: here I would like to discuss only one point - itself rather marginal to the dialogue as a whole - which, in the context of the issue of "faith and reason", I found interesting and which can serve as the starting-point for my reflections on this issue. .....he addresses his interlocutor with a startli
cactoblasta: We don't need a hardline pope these days who'll accidently call for a crusade every time they open their mouth. Saddly enough his words, accidental or not, are being used by the terrorists (the same people he is condemning) to prove their point: that the west is fighting a war against Is
Dr.Donald: I see a judgement on his part that the teaching of spreading religion by the sword is illogical ...... Exactly my point. If you take that "quote" out of what he said, there will be no problem whatsoever. The question begs itself: why did he insert that quote? it was not necessary to make h
Let me start by saying that I firmly believe that the three Abrahamic Religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam have the same Divine Origin and they are fundamentally the same in almost every aspect of their teachings and moral principles. It is so easy to check the validity of this fact about the three Religions by simply reading/studying their respective Holly Book
COL Gene: This administration is the most inept and dangerous we have EVER had in our history Well Said. Never thought that i would see this on this site. There is hope after all.
By Moderateman: We never lost a major battle in Vietnam, yet most Americans thought we lost the war> Correct. However you can win all the battles and still lose the war. War is "Diplomacy By Other Means". Each war MUST have a purpose, otherwise it is just pure barbarian aggression. If at the end, the war achieved its stated purpose, then it is won otherwise it is lost. Any arguement beyond that is really useless. By the wa
(Draginol:But what I was referring to was the effort of individuals) There is no substitute for "the efforts of individuals" in doing anything no matter who initiated it. No matter how good any government is, nothing will be done unless businesses and individuals actually not only do it but also do it right. I never questioned that. However, those businesses and individuals belong to all sorts of political groups, liberals, conservatives, far-left, far-right and everything inbetween.
When we write something we usually assume that when others, or even us, read it they will understand the words we use the same way we did when we originally wrote them. This of course is based on our collective agreement that each word has certain meaning or a narrow range of meanings within the context in which it was written. That is why we have dictionaries and oth
Draginol: The left really needs to reconcile the statistical reality that as a general truth that they have substituted political belief for tangible action Slavery is involuntary servitude. No one is forcing anyone to work at minimum wage Draginol, Seriously, Do u really believe in t
No one, it seems, is satisfied with the conclusions of The Iraq Study Group. That is by no means surprising. There is no good options or solutions to the mess we created there. Still, some of us believe that creating more mess is better than the mess we have now. The problem is this: Do we have the right to decide what is good, or not good for Iraq? We cer
Silentpoet: If anyone was to blame, you could add those in charge of the voting systems on your list - possibly at the top. > These are minor factors in what happened. if the vote wasn't that close or if Gore didn't lose his own State, or if ..... so many to count , Florida would not have been critical at all. It all end up in our own lap, We The People. Silentpoet: What some folks don't realize, is that the president doesn't hav
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