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+1 Not a believer myself, but if the Christian God granted Free Will and intelligence divine intervention would make those gifts meaningless. An all powerful God would have to resist any temptation to solve our problems, especially the ones we bring on ourselves. Same goes for 'Why doesn't...

The story is that when Obama went to Washington he was totally unprepared to assume the presidency. He appointed Summers and Geithner because he needed experienced people who were close to the action to advise him. The problem was that these guys were diametrically opposed to Obama's agenda and...

Casandra: I read a bit about you on your tumblr page. You sound like a wonderful person. Don't let the world get to you. The more sensitive you are the more likely you are to suffer in a complex, confusing, and dehumanizing world. For a long time psychologists have been telling us that...

Actually no, I didn't know that she'd shown us her face elsewhere. I guess it amounts to the same thing though - if we know her face but have to guess which bum is hers her face isn't showing in the picture. She's put an incredible amount of work into this thread. I've only seen about 25% of...

Since you appreciate the female form so much I would assume that you take good care of your own body. Hence you must be one of the ladies who obviously works out (great buns). Secondly, you would probably want to remain relatively anonymous so you're unlikely to show your face. This narrows us...

Dow seems to be having trouble breaking through that 11670 area. I'm short (by way of DOG) pending a drive through 11700. Anybody who knows what will happen is delusional. It's gambling.

Fair enough: "Believing in God carries with it an established moral code." is in itself too general. But I was taking it as a given that we were using Ricter's believer who adhered to the Christian moral code. BTW I'd take the atheist family even if their scoffing got on my nerves.

Hitler believed in Wagner, Wotan, and God in that order. He was a nut whose propensity to lunacy showed as the stress of leadership wore him down. We can't take the 'beliefs' of clinically disturbed individuals as exemplary of anything except confusion. We were talking here about somebody who...

Ironically, even though this is a strong response to Ricter's post it actually tends to reinforce his argument. If I were given the choice as you present it I think I'd go with the guy who believes in God because believing in God carries with it an established moral code whereas believing in...

Paul: And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. If by 'sincere Christian' you mean a person who believes in a God that loves and who follows the Christain code of charity and goodwill to others then I would agree with you. The problem is in...

These protesters look to me like middle class kids. They're aware of and are protesting the completely anti-democratic relationship between Wall St. and Capitol Hill. Their cause is just. It doesn't follow that because the members of a group with a cause is predominantly white or even...

Actually they were successful only in the 1st part of the war. They had a population of 85 million at the start of the war, a strong economy and several allies. They also had a non-aggression pact with the Soviets. All-in-all they were in a much stronger position than their opponents, England...

America. Americans weren't better fighters but they had limitless resources. The American economy was bound to outlast the economies of the Nazis and Japanese. Churchill conned the US into coming into the war and when they did Churchill said he had an exhilarating sense of salvation because...

Trade on paper for a long time, then try playing with real money. When you actually have your cash on the line you'll discover how fear and greed can destroy your discipline. It's great to know the theory and to be on top of all the news but all the study in the world won't help if you're...

Hitler was very intelligent. He was also very imaginative. He was also very weird. Had the nazis developed the A-bomb first the world's population might be 5% of what it is today and being reduced daily. Some might say that would be nice. The billions the nazis would have exterminated would...

I've heard a lot of these kids saying they're protesting the influence Wall St. has on the US gov't. I think it's a legitimate concern for young Americans who are wondering what their country is evolving into. If we head into depression surely the thievery of Wall St. and their phony subprime...

The problem isn't capitalism, it's unregulated capitalism - as in monopolies and absolute concentration of wealth (and power).

We may be storming in a teapot here; I don't suppose it's an important issue but.. Philosophy may be proposition but it's proposition that's tested in the crucible of logical discourse. Science is proposition tested in the physical world (because it's the only branch of philosophy that can be...

The earliest scientists were philosophers of the classical period interested in understanding the nature of the material world. After philosophers developed mathematics they were able to apply math to their studies of the material world and discovered measurable consistencies in nature which...

Just a bump. This thread is too excellent and has had too much work put into it to allow it to fade into obscurity. RCG's Girl has a great aesthetic sensitivity. Some of these pics are profoundly erotic.