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Hey, I was negotiating for considerably more than $10K at several points. But, when the rubber met the road, and I asked the person to sign IRS Form 4506 for the preceding 5 years, all of a sudden, the offer vanished in a puff-o-smoke! So, while I willingly concede that there are probably...

~7% per annum.

The challenge was changed, because everyone I encountered wanted to change the deal. That's how negotiations work. But, the bottom line is that no one was prepared to produce those tax returns -- at any price. And, without the tax returns, I have no assurance that the person is telling me...

No offense taken. That is precisely my point: daytrading is about making money at the most efficient level possible, by taking it directly and immediately from some less informed person(s). So, in order to incentivize someone to teach the skill, I'd have to pay them as much as they risk...

When I first encountered this website, a couple of years ago, I was interested in learning how to daytrade from someone who regularly and routinely earned a living doing so. I have tried daytrading several times, and I have always made money. Trouble is, my ROI wasn't much better than what I...

Is it a positive or negative character trait to ignore anyone who disagrees with you?

Well, as I've mentioned several times, it's not necessary to prove the Bible literally true, because, if God exists, He's not subject to scientific proofs. He could make both science and theism simultaneously true despite any perceived contradiction, because, well...because He's God. I really...

In other words: In order to believe one must come to know God -- but in order to come to know God one must already believe! :eek: :confused:

The Black Sea flood is proposed to have occured 5600 BC. Pottery was introduced in Japan in 10,000 BC. So, a local Black Sea high water episode will not satisfy Biblical requirements. You will need something considerably more expansive, to support inerrancy.

Santa will be bringing you a lump of coal. Use it well.

You were asked about geologic evidence demonstrating that a WORLDWIDE flood occurred, as stated in the Bible. You provided a leading theory of a LOCALIZED flood, which does not prove a WORLDWIDE flood. If there is no evidence for a worldwide flood, then the Bible is errant. Indirect ad...

Actually, it has everything to do with the post. It was suggested to you that there is no geological evidence for a worldwide flood. You provided evidence suggesting a localized flood from the Black Sea. Such evidence does not support the Bible's inerrancy, and in fact is evidence...

Why would you, as a believer in an almighty God (who by definition is capable of rendering effect by application of will alone) require a "causal theory" for the Bible's Great Flood -- or for any other miracle? The whole point of belief in God, is that rational thought may be abandoned in...

Not perverse = Evil. More like perverse = highly annoying. When you wash a load of laundry, why is it that it seems like you never lose two of the same pair of socks -- why always two of different pairs? The universe seems perverse because we are always struggling just to stay even. Much...

You should start a new thread on this topic.

I think it's as rational a possibility as any other. It's absolutely possible for an extremely powerful supreme being to be the product of evolutionary processes. Moreover, the idea that God is not perfect would explain why the universe seems so perverse to us.

I'm just playing with him out of boredom. Z only argues from personal authority. He requires no evidence, and in fact, his theory of existence is based on everything being a matter of his own opinion. Examine his last post to me: first he denies uncertainty in the universe; then he...

This ad hominem diversion is a tacit admission that you are willing to declare something absolute which you know that you cannot prove, in order to prevail in an argument where the facts are assembled against you. So, I'll merely return to my original point: uncertainty exists and is...

Oh, I can prove you wrong without any measuring instruments at all! The possibility remains that man's point of view is under the control of an external influence of which man is unaware. What proof do you have that man's viewpoint is solely his own?

Okay, that's actually two things that you assert are absolute truths: 1. man's mental point of view is ultimately a product of his thought processes; 2. man's thought processes are not physical processes. Other than your personal opinion, what proof do you have to support either of the...