*quality humanity. Sadly too rare in this life and time.

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The following makes me nostalgic for times earlier in my life, and times earlier on the sift:

It logically follows from the premise hpqp..but as I just stated to xxovercastxx, I've clarified it to state..Was the Universe created by a supreme being? Again, a philosophical question and not a religious one.

Yes, I know who the gnostics were. That's why I gave you that link, because obviously you didn't. The term agnostic was invented in 1863, and as you saw, the gnostics have been around practically since Christ came into the world. So in no sense is the word gnostic the opposite of agnostic, historical or otherwise.

Btw, I'm not wrong. As I said before, do your research, especially before you correct someone. Deism is a type of theism. As far as quoting the bible for evidence..obviously a historical record of Jesus Christs life and times is evidence. It's also an extremely accurate historical document:

"Now of course, archaeology could never prove that the Bible is divinely inspired, but it can help build a case for the historical reliability of the Bible. And it certainly has. For the past 150 years archaeologists have been verifying the exact truthfulness of the Bible's detailed records of various events, customs, persons, cities, nations, and geographical locations.

In every instance where the Bible can be, or has been checked out archaeologically, it has been found to be 100% accurate. The Bible has proven so accurate that archaeologists often refer to it as a reliable guide when they go to dig in new areas.

Nelson Glueck, who appeared on the cover of Time magazine and who is considered one of the greatest archaeologists ever, wrote: “No archeological discovery has ever controverted [overturned] a Biblical reference. Scores of archeological findings have been made which confirm in clear outline or in exact detail historical statements in the Bible. And, by the same token, proper evaluation of Biblical descriptions has often led to amazing discoveries.” [Nelson Glueck, Rivers in the Desert (Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publications Society of America, 1969), 31.]

These are the words of a man who has who has been credited with uncovering more than fifteen hundred ancient sites in the Middle East. [ “Archaeology: The Shards of History,” Time, December 13, 1963, accessed November 18, 2010.]

There have been more than 25,000 discoveries within the region known as the "Bible Lands” that have confirmed the truthfulness of the Bible."

It is exceedingly rare that you find an atheist who actually understands the bible well enough to create a coherent theological argument, for or against, let alone understands the meaning and could apply it. I've never met one, personally. I'm willing to concede that its possible one may exist. I wouldn't say more than one though.

Most of the atheists I've met don't know anything about it, are just ignorantly and arrogantly railing against something they've never read and don't understand, accusing theists of being brainwashed when they themselves are merely getting all their information from the atheist group mind. I've found that the law of ironic hypocripsy is universal in all cases.

-- Curveball and the manufacture of a lie
-- Life and times of Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, AKA Curveball
-- Curveball: How US was duped by Iraqi fantasist looking to topple Saddam
-- Curveball's admission 'raises questions about CIA'
-- Curveball deserves permanent exile for WMD lies, say Iraq politicians

Bloody hell, editors at the Guardian sure put in a lot of effort into these kinds of stories.

Wild, n'est-ce pas? The fantastic Bill Bryson devotes a chapter to nukes in his bestselling book "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" and spends a page discussing the experts' breathless masterplans for PNE (Peaceful Nuclear Explosions), which apparently briefly included the idea of "alter[ing] the courses of rivers in our favour (ensuring that the Danube, for instance, served only capitalist countries)" (p.179).

Life and time, suicide clash,
Grab a knife and start to slash.
Cut the canvas, shred it neat.
Spill your blood where the colours meet.

>> ^chikngreez:
If anyone is wondering why immigrants in the United States are starting to get all the best jobs out there, wonder no more. It's because they're smarter. Perhaps we're just a little too enamored with useless knowledge, like how much Pimp Juice it takes to incapacitate a ho, the complete details surrounding the life and times of Anna Nicole Smith, or the exact date and time that Paris Hilton went to jail.


Um no, it's because you'll work for less money, even with the high tech jobs. And because there are no markets in your own damn countries for what you studied for. Also because foreign workers are more likely to behave and not make a stink about wages, benefits, and work environments.

Family feud is a slow for morons, so it's only right that they choose moron contestants, so they don't alienate their audience.

Made an embeddable Playlist out of all 5 clips here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E70F0AC8AFC57FA9

Feel free to swap it in

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All 5 parts are available on YouTube (for now):

Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

I just finished "the life and times of the thunderbolt kid" by Bill Bryson and now I read "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell," which is really getting fascinating and spooky (alternate reality thing set in a great britain where magin works.

If anyone is wondering why immigrants in the United States are starting to get all the best jobs out there, wonder no more. It's because they're smarter. Perhaps we're just a little too enamored with useless knowledge, like how much Pimp Juice it takes to incapacitate a ho, the complete details surrounding the life and times of Anna Nicole Smith, or the exact date and time that Paris Hilton went to jail.

100: Night of the Living Dead
99: Laura
98: Dead Poets Society
97: Bladerunner
96: The Lost Weekend
95: Oceans 11
94: Star Wars: Episode IV
93: Midnight Run
92: It Came from Outer Space
91: The Right Stuff
90: The Fugitive
89: The French Connection
88: Back To The Future
87: Cast Away
86: Quiz Show
85: The Silence of the Lambs
84: Titanic
83: The Magnificent Seven (?)
82: Rain Man
81: Galaxy Quest
80: Harold and Maude
79: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
78: The Day The Earth Stood Still
77: The Apartment
76: The Great Escape
75: The Hustler
74: Ed Wood
73: The Jerk
72: Raiders of the Lost Ark
71: When Harry Met Sally
70: Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
69: M*A*S*H
68: The Breakfast Club
67: The King and I
66: Gentleman's Agreement (?)
65: The Princess Bride
64: Yellow Submarine
63: Network
62: Mister Roberts
61: Singles
60: Gone With the Wind
59: The Awful Truth
58: Goldfinger
57: The Manchurian Candidate
56: It's a Wonderful Life
55: The Blues Brothers
54: The Remains of the Day
53: Midnight Express
52: Waking Ned Devine
51: Roman Holiday
50: Cool Hand Luke
49: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
48: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
47: The Big Sleep
48: On The Waterfront
45: The Hudsucker Proxy
44: Dirty Harry
43: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
42: Finding Nemo
41: Ben Hur
40: Superman
39: The 39 Steps
38: Aliens
37: Men In Black
36: Clerks
35: Harvey
34: Marty
33: The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (?)
32: All About Eve (?)
31: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
30: The Wild Bunch
29: Young Frankenstein
28: The Bridge Over the River Kwai
27: The Usual Suspects
26: North By Northwest
25: Sunset Blvd.
24: Escape From New York
23: The Wizard of Oz
22: Casablanca
21: The Lion in Winter
20: Boogie Nights
19: The Shawshank Redemption
18: Almost Famous
17: The Maltese Falcon
16: The Natural
15: Being John Malcovich
14: The Professionals
13: Laurence of Arabia
12: Ghostbusters
11: This is Spinal Tap
10: Citizen Kane
9: 12 Angry Men
8: Office Space
7: To Kill a Mockingbird
6: Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
5: The Godfather
4: Fargo
3: L.A. Confidential
2: Once Upon a Time In the West
1: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

That's off the top of my head. My wife saw this and filled in a few more, and corrected a few.

I'll twist my knickers if I want, when you're being ridiculous. You're the one who brought GITMO up. There was no reason to bring it up unless you were trying to draw parallels between the two.

I'm having trouble finding any other way to interpret Mr. Franklin's words, given the context of his life and times. As for "law free" citizenship, I don't recall anyone mentioning that here at all. I've already made my proposals, which have nothing to do with amnesty, so I'm left to wonder if you're not just trying to pick a different fight since there's not much left to go on with the old one.

And lastly, I defend the rights of the pre-programmed mass murdering terrorists because I'm better than them. Because I respect the spirit of law and order that keeps us from degenerating like they have into hateful killers.