Profits, religion and politics

stu · Dec 7, 2002

Quote from tampa:

...perhaps it was your belief in Allah that brought the wrath of God on you, not to mention the PDT rule - God works in mysterious ways...

Cut it out Tampa. You are frightening me. I always considered you to be funny and intelligent.

qdz · Dec 7, 2002

That's not true. The acts of those who believe in God and Allah disgust me. I leave them alone and try to have nothing to do with them. I am not going to express my opinion on this regard no more.

Quote from tampa:

...perhaps it was your belief in Allah that brought the wrath of God on you, not to mention the PDT rule - God works in mysterious ways...

Lobster · Dec 7, 2002

Quote from stu:

Cut it out Tampa. You are frightening me. I always considered you to be funny and intelligent.

There are two kinds of funny and two kinds of intelligent. On the one hand we have Hollywood funny and Sharon intelligent, and on the other hand we have those who have a conscience.

stu · Dec 7, 2002

Quote from Lobster:

There are two kinds of funny and two kinds of intelligent. On the one hand we have Hollywood funny and Sharon intelligent, and on the other hand we have those who have a conscience.

those who have a conscience or those who have a religion?
Do you mean to say you can't have a conscience unless you are religious? Surely not. That may be the case in the crustacean world, but not for religious political traders.

tampa · Dec 7, 2002

...for God's sake (pardon the pun), cut me some slack - I'm toying with the lad - does one have to spell everything out?

vladiator · Dec 7, 2002

Quote from mattjclark:

I'll bet if you take an honest look at your church you will realize (as I've realized) that churches are really just as much political organizations as the Dems and the GOP (i.e. raise more money, get more followers, promote the churches agenda, raise more money, get more followers, promote the churches agenda). A church will never make a decision that will threaten its own existence.

BTW: The next miracle you might want God to work on is your spelling. It's not "noone" its no one.

OK, Matt dude. Who said I joined a church? I did not. Partially for the reasons you listed. I believe faith is a personal thing mostly and I don't feel confortable in churches or such gatherings.
As for your smart ass spelling remark, I have mentioned in various threads already replying to smart asses like you that English is my 4th language so give me a break. BTW, another miracle if you want - I was working as an English interpretor for Sparks International (quite a reputable firm, by the way, who wouldn't hire just anybody) in Ukraine just after three months of studying English. It's as if someone told me that I had to study it and showed me how. A year or so afterwards I won a scholarship from George Soros to come study in the US (being a poor kid from a small Ukrainian village and competing with some of the best students from the best universities, I would claim it's another miracle that I was the top finalist out of 400 applicants, don't you think? The list goes on and on. Now, only a few short years later, I'm managing a hedge fund. And I dont' think you can just say it's all due to happy positive thoughts with no devine intervention.

mattjclark · Dec 7, 2002

Quote from vladiator:

As for your smart ass spelling remark, I have mentioned in various threads already replying to smart asses

Oh sorry, I forgot that was you. I do respect that you know so many languages and I wish knew more.

vladiator · Dec 7, 2002

Quote from mattjclark:

Oh sorry, I forgot that was you. I do respect that you know so many languages and I wish knew more.

That's OK, I'm used to it. It is a great language by the way. Very efficient. You can get your point across with a lot fewer words that in other languages... Sounds very nice too.

stu · Dec 7, 2002

Quote from tampa:

...for God's sake (pardon the pun), cut me some slack - I'm toying with the lad - does one have to spell everything out?

Hallelujah. My fears are dispelled and my confidence restored. Truely a miracle !

stu · Dec 7, 2002

Quote from vladiator:

That's OK, I'm used to it. It is a great language by the way. Very efficient. You can get your point across with a lot fewer words that in other languages... Sounds very nice too.

you're right there Vlad smartass is very efficient and "nice"