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that is one precious child. Great pic. Words aren't real

Hajj? They're killing an awful lot of animals there each year (over 700,000 last year). Of course they kill a fair number of humans by way of stampedes too, so at least the deaths are somewhat distributed between species (though nowhere near evenly). Blues, Dave Good point. I wish we could set aside a large desert area like West Texas where Christians could live in peace, burn animals and virgins, speak in tongues, drink blood, etc. and leave the rest of us alone. Words aren't real

That's because most of them don't read or study the Old Testament. Absolutely, 100% correct that there is a relationship...what do you want to know? --------------------------------------------- Ok. that's what I'm talkin' about. Actually I have studied the blood convenant, passover, and Christian theology. It was my first major. I spent two years studying the bible daily - especially the old testament. Most of the OT concepts can be found in even earlier Sumerian writings. Also, the OT was written over several centuries by hundreds of different scribes. There is no reason for anyone to consider it the word of god. I do not believe that there is a force in the cosmos that instructed the earliest civilized humans to burn animals and then decided that his son would be the "ultimate" sacrifice. I believe that primitive priests cooked up this notion, mainly to put meat on the table. Jesus wasn't the only guy to ever hang on a cross and he wasn't the only one to have a religious following. Had it not been for Constantine declaring Christianity the state religion under threat of death, the Jesus cult would have gone the way of the Branch Davidians. Words aren't real

You are a really famous person if someone can give you a BJ and then they become famous. Dave Chappele Words aren't real

I'd like to see some of those! Words aren't real

Well, I was hoping that once I started skydiving I would be hanging around the dz after a good day of jumping and see people lighting up everywhere. Maybe I've been leaving too early. I had some really good stuff I wanted to share, but I've just about smoked it all now. Pot seems like the perfect come down after skydiving. Can I add a sex story? My wife has never smoked pot, other than a politicians puff or two, but she decided to try it one night after I had made 5 jumps. I was really wired up from the skydiving and we started smoking and then had the best sex since we have ever had - and we have been married since before Windows 3.1. Words aren't real

Is this an appropriate topic for this forum? Words aren't real

There is an answer. I had some time on my hands and spent two years studying the major religions, human behavior, anthropology, etc. One of the toughest questions was the existence of evil. My studies showed that "God" was a false notion that evolved from primitive man, but there did seem to be an evil force in the world. If evil existed then my conclusions were in error. Wouldn't you know it. The concept of evil had been extensively studied and found not to exist. Evil turns out to be a result of several different human emotions and the circumstances humans find themselves in. I have a dog that is very smart. She tries to talk and use her hands like a person, because I treat her like one. Ten million years from now her decendents will be arguing about god. Words aren't real

This goes to the heart of the matter. Their is science and their is religion. Christians tell me that things "just are." Science reveals a number of laws that govern the universe and I have never, ever, seen God intervene. George Carlin can explain it better than me. Words aren't real

I work with a group I call the Christian Coalition. This is my only chance to vent. It's all good. I really like religious studies, but I can never get a Christian to engage in conversation regarding the relationship between the sacrifice of Christ and the ancient sacrificial practices that preceded it. Also, how about the other 100,000 poor SOBs that were nailed to crosses in Roman times. They don't even get easter eggs. One of my favorite Christian tales involves 15th century sailors stranded at sea. They finally came to land and saw bodies on stakes, burning all along the beach. One sailor exclaimed, "thank God, we've come to a Christian land." Words aren't real

Good answer Zenister. I can learn from you. Just don't ask me to burn animals because God loves the smell. Name some twisted thing and it can be found in the bible. They did give us the notion that we shouldn't murder and steal from each other. I like that part. They could have left out the sexual codes though. Words aren't real

I have read it extensively. There may be some pertinence on the surface of the earth, but I don't think God's realm reaches into the sky. The writers of the torah and the creator of Christianity, Paul, had little knowledge of anything above the surface of earth. And of course they believed it was flat and that there was a lake of fire under it. Like one of the early victims of Christianity said, "the church says the earth is flat, but I can see its shadow on the moon and it is round." People were killed by the church for such discoveries and the distrust of the church by scientists continues today. If Christians ever control government again, expect to see burning and torture come back into play. All my family members are Christians and they are harmless, but they will believe whatever they are told by their ministers. They worship their creator and bring offerings as the earliest humans did. They symbolically drink blood and eat the flesh of the sacrificial Christ. An objective observer would see the similiarities between the Aztec and Christian faiths. If you want to study the lifestyle and beliefs of the early Christians, just look in present day Lebanon. It is the sorriest site on the planet. Words aren't real

Religion is the cancer of the people. Words aren't real

Way to go, from another new jumper! My buddy is doing the AFF in Dallas. We did our first tandems together there in July. I ended up doing the STP program at Spaceland, which is 20 jumps. Words aren't real

Now my confidence in the device is shattered again. Not enough to keep me from jumping though. This does sound like the device has a certain failure rate that is greater than that of systems in use elsewhere that are not life critical. Has there been experimentation with laser devices to calculate speed and AGL? Words aren't real

Lexapro will keep your seratonin level up while you are not jumping, and it will still go sky high when you jump. I can't recommend it enough. Words aren't real

now that's funny. Words aren't real

On what evidence do you believe that? If you take a coin and flip it 1000 times you are going to get heads about half the time. If you pray for tails it will not affect the outcome. You'll find that more serious probability studies also produce results with predictable outcomes, e.g. birth defects happen at predictable rates regardless of the prayers or beliefs of the parents, et al. As for Jesus ... Why would God want his son to be sacrificed? Why would he require the sacrifice of animals? Evangelicals believe that animal sacrifice will re-emerge in Israel in the last days. Where did this practice originate? Well it occurs in many ancient cultures. Blood is required to appease a violent god. With limited knowledge of the weather, disease, geography, astronomy, etc. it was believe that sacrifice was the only way to prevent his wrath. If you read the old testament you will see that God speaks to man through his heart. Other organs are referred to as the seat of different emotions, such as courage, even thought. There is no mention of the brain because the ancients had no knowledge of the brain. If you think it through, it is apparent that the biblical notion of God's relationship to man, the concepts of sacrifice and salvation, etc. are just the beliefs of primitive man. There is little else in the body of ancient knowledge that is still held to be true, but for some reason people think that 3000 year old religious beliefs are still valid. I once held the bible to be sacred, but when I did an objective analysis I came away with the freedom to cry out, "Hey Satan, pay my dues." Now he really exists. No doubt about it. Me and Satan, we be mates. Words aren't real

Some of my friends were at a topless bar recently and one of them commented to a dancer that she should be in Playboy. She got very offended and said, "what do you think I am?" I'm not sure if that was sexual harassment or not. I was recently IM chatting with a girl at work and she got my username confused with someone else. Once I realize that she thought I was someone else I started really pushing the envelope. Nothing too crude, just asking her to mail a pair of panties to me and stuff like that. She kept making comments like, "you must be on coke," and stuff like that. Her husband is my boss and they both have glass offices near my cube and I could watch them both. It looked like she was relaying the info to him - I could see him cutting up and he never does that. I was thinking, "these guys must be swingers." Well, I left that Friday afternoon and when I got back to work I could tell that an admin had been in my PC. Next thing I know they called me in for SH. I thought it was a raw deal, that the problem was because she realized it was me and not the person she thought she was chatting with. I even felt like she was covering her own embarrassment by accusing me of harassment. I have to admit they were pretty nice about it though. I apologize profusely and her husband said, "I think she is going to forgive you." That's the last I heard about it. She's just so cute and flirty that I couldn't help myself. I don't think I harassed her though. Words aren't real

Anyone in this forum going to Spaceland this weekend? Words aren't real

They also need to form gangs and start brutally raping men. Name a dark alley and I'll be there. Words aren't real

Nice artwork. Words aren't real

I like the sound of this. I wouldn't expect it to work beyojnd its design parameters - sort of like a car air bag that cant' stop all deaths, but it will work reliably within its design parameters. Words aren't real

I think I would code it with an "if then" without an "else" branch. Words aren't real

I got it. Draw the six backwards. Words aren't real