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    bias in the media look at yahoos front page

    >You can not tell me a photo editor is not aware >of the subtle ideas that image conveys. Without your mention I would have never thought "Hitler". He's just smiling and waving. (Not a Kerry fan). JB
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    to the atheists on the board

    >this much too low of a number to hope for even >one advanced life planet unless of course the >sytem got a little outside "help". And the comparative odds of outside help existing? -- considering of course that going back far enough this "outside help" had to come into being somehow and...
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    to the atheists on the board

    >Given the assumption that evil is a choice >each person makes, But that is not what the theists generally state (and that is why in my earlier posts I denoted my definition of "good and evil" from theirs. Evil to a thiest involved the external "forces of evil" meaning the devil. JB
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    The S&P is looking very toppy

    >Here is a chart of Fed Funds going into the last >Presidential election in 2000 for those who don't >think rates can go up until after the election. I don't hold a strong opinion on this interest rate issue, but I don't believe that is would be a fair comparison with this election and...
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    to the atheists on the board

    >Over eons, it is certainly more likely that bricks could >be formed and mortared together, windows installed, >and shingles nailed to the roof--on their own, than for >life to have come into existence out of nothing. Wow, I'll have to get back to this (coming dinner party), but I find...
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    Near Death Experiences (NDE's)

    >But the impressions I get is that the NDE experience >is the prime mover... I was intimately involved in a friends death a few years ago. After a bit of paralysis, believe me...it was a prime mover. JB
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    to the atheists on the board

    >In response to your riddle, I must say that the riddle is >flawed. One of the presuppositions is that evil exists. >How can evil exist if there is no source for moral law? I have never understood why the theists insist that the only source for moral law is a god. (actually, I do...
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    to the atheists on the board

    >Rather, I am curious to see whether or not atheists >would conclude as I would--"Aha, we are/were >not alone". Did you suspect an atheists response might be different than a theists response to a house on mars? If so, why might you suspect that? Thanks JB
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    Near Death Experiences (NDE's)

    Me: >I'd be surprised if ALL of them didn't have a >negative experience. Shoe: >From what I've read for most it is mostly >a profound and "positive" experience It was a play on words relating to the fact that they had been near death...not someplace we usually wish to spend much...
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    to the atheists on the board

    >For those who do not believe that there is a god, >what would your reaction be if the mars rover sent >back clear photos of a well built house on the martian >surface(assuming that the photo was proven to be >legitimate)? There is nothing about a house on mars that has any bearing on...
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    Near Death Experiences (NDE's)

    >Also, as I said 15% of NDErs have a very >negative experience. I'd be surprised if ALL of them didn't have a negative experience. JB
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    Near Death Experiences (NDE's)

    >And, I'm not saying I believe every story I read, >but there's enough of them out there that it >makes you think... Yes, there are enough stories out there that I don't believe that it definitely makes me think. JB
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    Another Wizetrade thread

    I could show you hundreds, even thousands of charts with winning trades on them even with a losing system. Unless you are seeing ALL OF IT'S TRADES...*ALL*, you can't know for sure what it's winning percentages etc are. Beware!!! JB
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    What price religion?

    >For those who do not believe that there is a god, >what would your reaction be if the mars rover sent >back clear photos of a well built house on the martian >surface(assuming that the photo was proven to be >legitimate)? There is nothing about a house on mars that has any bearing on...
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    What price religion?

    Shoe: >It's only circular if you do not accept multidimensionality. Before we move further with this, I need to know your defintion of "multidimensionality". Thanks JB
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    What price religion?

    Shoe: >I believe that most people that read this thread >realize how incredible the Jewish people really >are over the centuries. Could you list a few of the things that you believe have made the Jews "incredible" over the centuries? I respect the Jews on the same level I respect other...
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    Wait until they audit you and then pay a 10% fine?

    >obviously but when? Before they put you in jail. Consult a tax attorney...you won't like their answer I'm sure of that. I'm out. JB
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    Wait until they audit you and then pay a 10% fine?

    Well, in the case of something "willful" which this would qualify then them the penalties are X% PLUS standard their interest charges. A wealth person can get a better rate than the IRS interest rate alone let alone the penalty. And yes in this case my sig says it all.
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    Wait until they audit you and then pay a 10% fine?

    >Because time used properly is money, is my friends >family likely to be earning more using this penalty >stratagem? Your friends family can easily find money MUCH cheaper than borrowing through the IRS. JB
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    What price religion?

    Me: >This particular serial rapist was sincerely saved at 30 and >now in his 40s has turned to the "devil" and has brutalized >many women. He has been caught, tried, sentenced and >executed unremorsefully. Shoe: >In other words, this guy was nothing but a poser - of >which there are...
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