Another good book on the subject is Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari.

We desperately need to decriminalize all drugs. The war on drugs is a dangerous farce.

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No, he's from Ulm.

Otherwise he'd be Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingel-dangel-dongel-dungel-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-gran
der-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumbelmeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbeleisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwurstl-gerspurten
-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-schönendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopf of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobllllantysiliogogogoch.

That would just be silly.

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If men of GOD trip and fall, they're usually landing penis first in other men or children.
I loathe gay clergy not for staying in their closet of self-hatred, I loathe them for actively speaking out against their own nature and therefore making it harder for those who chose not to be liars.
I chose to discard the bible because of the immoral, unethical, cruel and simply made up stuff that's written in it. That should be reason enough.
I detest christian churches for supporting pedophilia and actively covering up pedophile's crimes while having the gall to tell me what I should or should not do sexually. I detest them for claiming the authority to make up rules of morality when they refuse to obey the rule of law and human decency. The Duggars are just a recent example of that.
The reason society won't allow sexual relationships with children is simply because we recognise that children aren't able to make informed choices regarding sexual consent. That's why the world frowned on Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchinson, because everyone knew it was a shitty idea made by weird, creepy people.
Consent is something grown ups can give. And millions of gay men do it all the time, without your approval or not. All they want is equal treatment.
If pedophiles wanted that (and they did try in the past), we tell them to go fuck themselves because the people they want to, are simply too young to make that choice. There's a legal limit for drinking, driving and fucking and it's there for a reason.
If they claim "I was born this way!", which they often are, we tell them we have therapies for that. They don't go there because their sexuality is weird, out of the norm or gross, it's because it always hurts the other people involved. Always.

You are the one ranting "But what if you take away the rule book?! Goats will rape our children!" You seem to be the one worried that all goes Mad Max if we're not threatened with eternal damnation anymore.
I for one are not worried any place turns into Sodom and Gomorrah. You want to know why? Because I have all those gay, lesbian and transgender people to remind me that everybody deserves respect. They can walk up to me and start a conversation and don't have to worry I will yell "Abomination!" and start throwing my own poop.
Maybe I can learn something from their expirience. Maybe even somebody like you could. I hope somebody you truly love turns out to be gay, it would be quite educational for you to know what they know.
And you're right, I don't know anybody called Jack. I can only offer a Johannes but he was an idiot.

Dear DW1117, My Name is Johannes haeberlein, in your Language John... A very very long Time after the Video was deleted from Youtube, I found your uploaded Video "Mexican Soap Opera - Quicksand Scene". I just would like to know, do you remember the Name of this Soap Opera and maybe also of this Episode? You know.. that's a MUST SEE Scene, and I missed it . I was in some Quicksand Forums, but they also do not know about this Soap Opera's Name and the Episode.. no one could Help me. I know 9 Years are ALSO a very long Time, and it wouldn't wonder me if also You don't remember this Soap and the Episode..but..could You try to find this Scene or the Episode, and re-upload it on Youtube? My Name in Youtube is Johannes Häberlein, also my Google Account has this Name. Would be AMAZING if You could help ME and every OTHER Quicksand Fan .

Thanks for Your Attention. I hope You read this here somewhen

Upvote for Johann Hari, but just a shame he didn't have a better interviewer.

Why would the acknowledgement of a designer be a depressing dismissal of the human spirit? Some of the greatest scientists who ever lived, like Johannes Kepler and Issac Newton, said their search for truth through the scientific method was enhanced by their faith in a Creator. Check out some of these quotes:

http://www.newlife.org/node/362

If you came to a beach and you found the message "Drink Coke" drawn out in the sand, would you assume that this was the product of wind, waves, and erosion? It would be obvious to you that it was the product not of natural processes, but a mind. The message in the sand doesn't contain information, it is information. It has a semiotic meaning, and the information in DNA is no different than that. You can derive information from natural processes but the information in DNA is organized for a purpose. It is a genetic language with features that far outstrip anything even our finest minds have developed.

I would also add that the truth does not care for our personal preference. We need to follow the evidence where ever it leads, and if it leads somewhere we don't like, we need to adjust our way of thinking. To do otherwise would only be to deceive yourself.

Transcribed:

Title: "Would you give your jacket to Johannes?"

1st text: What do you do if you se freezing/cold child?

2nd text: We put up a hidden camera and placed Johannes on a busstop.

Blond girl: "Don't you have a jacket?"

Boy: "No, someone stole it."

Blond girl: "Where?"

Boy: "Down over there, Im on a field trip with my class, and the teacher told me to meet her here."

(cut)

Woman: "Do you have a phonenumber for your teacher?"

Boy: "No."

Woman: "Are there someone we could call?"

Boy: Think he says no here.

(cut)

Young man: "Are you okey?"

Boy: "No, im very cold"

Young man: "Are you cold?"

Boy: Nods

(cut)

Woman: "Do you want my scarf? Will it help?"

Boy: "yes"

Woman: "Here you go, its good and warm"

(cut) Different people give him cloths, he says thank you very much (cut)

Blond girl: "What school do you go to?"

Boy: "Ramberg"

Blond Girl: "Ramberg?"

Boy: "I'm from Moss" [it's about 65km from where this busstop is]

Text: Children in Syria are cold. Send SOS to 2160 (90 kr) and give a warm jacket.

No, you meant "drivel"

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/drivel
n.
1. Saliva flowing from the mouth.
2. Stupid or senseless talk.

The noun form of the word "dribble" isn't actually saliva:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dribble
n.
1. A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
2. A small quantity; a bit.
3. Sports The act of dribbling a ball.

Don't worry @rottenseed , I got yo' Bach.
And if you're wondering, sometimes in English we say things we don't mean; but here I mean I literally have rottenseed's Johann Sebastian Bach sex doll. I don't have his back and I'm not some ignorant/smart ass who is pretending to know that I actually mean "back" and not his "Bach." So sometimes we say things we actually mean too.

There isn't anything wrong with saying "I don't know". Yet, what I've observed is that there is an obsession with the search. What is the point of the search if not to find the answer? Is it wrong to think there may be an answer?

Christians claim that there is a God who has given us answers, yet this doesn't impede scientific research. Johann Kepler said as he made discoveries that he felt like he was thinking Gods thoughts after him. There is no actual incompatibility with a belief in God and true science. That I claim an answer as to where the Universe came from doesn't prevent anyone from finding out how it works. And finding out how it works doesn't preclude God from having created it. To say it did would be outside the realm of empirical research and be resting on faith.

This is what Robert Jastrow had to say about that dichotomy:

"For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountain of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries."