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the only validation is in living your own life / vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time... -- Guns n Roses

Yes. But as a US citizen, you can get exempted on your first $80,000--or somewhere in that neighborhood--as long as you are outside the United States for 11 months out of the year, for the purpose of managing the business. I'm also fairly certain, but not 100% sure, that you wouldn't...

Anyone have experience with entities outside the United States? Ireland, for example, has European-style personal rates but a 12.5% corporate rate. That's pretty damn attractive, considering Dublin is a sweet town.

Many have dismissed Richard Dawkins as "just another fundamentalist." He gives a nice response to that here: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/203/story_20334.html The entire article is worth reading, but this excerpt stands out. I am no more fundamentalist when I say evolution is true...

Ironically, Seykota is reputed to be extremely bold -- maybe even ridiculously bold. He's reportedly come back from 60% drawdowns. That's old information though... circa 2001 or so. No idea what he's doing now.

A little meta-humor: http://www.xkcd.com/c54.html http://www.xkcd.com/c167.html http://www.xkcd.com/c13.html

(Durant review continued) Because we live, supposedly, in an enlightened age (the September 11th events in New York, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania may suggest otherwise), we are free to examine our beliefs prior to invoking the assumption of validity (where such assumption is renamed...

Checked out that Benson book based on the Salisbury rec. Pretty sweet review from Carson Durant on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Christianity-Bible-Andrew-Benson/dp/1929372019/sr=8-1/qid=1162677529/ref=sr_1_1/102-5596311-9946542?ie=UTF8&s=books Ask a typical Christian (whether...

That's cool. I haven't been in the biz for years, but worked a little code magic myself back in the day. Coming up with pure CSS layouts when people were still saying "cascading what?" Have a good one

like ships in the night :D (Though as I've said repeatedly, I'm technically not an atheist.)

That is the noble ideal; but what happens when honest inquiry erodes the foundations of faith to the point it slips away? That is one aspect of objectivity religion does not support. There is lip service, but no genuine allowance for the possibility "What if my faith is wrong." To genuinely...

Once again, it's the numbers. Simple math. If 99% of Christians are weak in the faith, that implies 1% are strong. 1% of 14,000 is 140 people. 140 strong in the faith. It only took one child to point out the Emperor has no clothes. Out of the 140 strong-faith believers--the cream of...

You've got to be kidding me. First, politics has nothing to do with this... second, Bill Clinton's apologists (of which I am not one) never claimed to have spiritual insights not of this world -- as believers DO claim. That's the rub. Political hypocrisy? I never voted for Clinton, nor...

The trouble with Ted: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_4588998?source=email http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/43849/ This man presided over a body of 14,000 believers. Not one of them had the spiritual insight to see that ol' Ted had a problem? p.s. is YOUR pastor a drug addled sex...

Okay, now it’s time to get trippy. Check this out yos. What if we—as in, the mass of humanity ‘we’—are like ants on a cosmic ant farm? What if we are the equivalent of a laboratory lark, a casual experiment conducted by an overwhelmingly advanced alien race? A race so advanced...

But why couldn't your statement equally apply to New Age healing techniques? Consider: you dismiss [or] discount the possibility that these thousands of other [New Agers] might actually have experiences which do corroborate the existence of supernatural effects. And again, the numbers...

But I don't treat faith that way. I have known many wonderfully devoted people, deep in their walk and their faith, whose prayers in time of grief nevertheless all seemed to bounce against the ceiling. Tragic illnesses, tragic accidents, ailing parents, stricken children... all the accidents...

Also, what about the dog that didn't bark? i.e., there are roughly 300 million people in America, and at least three quarters of them profess some affiliation to Christianity. Even if you weed out the slackers, that still leaves tens of millions in the genuine believer camp. Add to...

Speaking of jackasses, check out this Pat Robertson interview. Do you believe Reinhard Bonnke? ROBERTSON: What is God saying to you about Africa? I know you have a call to Africa. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. What is He saying to you? The fire of revival is burning like...

Now hold on a second, I want to know your answer to Mr. Wakefield. If a unitarian brings you documentation of non-Christian miracles... miraculous healings brought about by prayers to Moroni or Vishnu or some pagan god, what is your natural response? If a Wiccan showed you compelling...