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Might I point out you claimed the were Palestinians. Big difference. Having a dog in the hunt does not imply her info is incorrect. Forgive me for not taking CIA claims at face value. The memory of all the US intelligence about Iraq's WMD is still a bit too fresh in my memory. Besides, I've talked to people who have lived in the region in recent years. They, too, claim that Americans don't get an accurate view of what's really going on between the two groups. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I think Bill Gates is pretty cool! His software sucks (okay, Word is pretty damn good), but his philanthropy is admirable. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Umm...Perhaps you should check out who they actually are before you jump to such conclusions. I'll make it clicky and easy. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I didn't intentionally ignore what you wrote. My reading comprehension does seem to be a bit sub par for that particular post, however. I should have re-read it before posting. I think from the perspective of probability, it is the most probable possibility. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

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Why the harsh tone? If you think I misunderstood what you wrote, there are better ways to bring it to my attention. There are even more possibilities. One is perhaps he didn't die on the cross as the stories say. Christ as a deity is very likely an add-on to Christianity, part of a "re-paganization of the religion. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Let me ask you this before you quit: From our perspective, why does it matter whether we have free will or just experience the illusion of free will? Wouldn't the experience be exactly the same? Would the experience be lessened if life really is only a ride? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

In fairness, people die for lies they believe in all the time. Just look to the current conflicts in the middle east. Do you think Koresh's followers died because they knew a truth others were blind to? During the Crusades, which team was dying for the truth? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

This point (that God is eternal) actually supports the Calvinist argument. If our futures are ever present, then they existed before and while we experience them, as well as afterward. Being eternal is being able to experience the time dimension as we experience our three space dimensions. We don't experience time in this way. Instead, we experience time as a dynamic point projection, not eternally. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

When someone tries so hard to prove a point, my little red flag goes up. Interesting. I feel the same about people who knowingly ignore insurmountable evidence. Would you care to answer the question? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

This argument makes the illogical assumption that we were predesigned in our current state. There is not evidence to support that. As & Ts and Cs & Gs (plus the occasional U) That's all the information any living organism, no matter how complex or simple, has. Again, this argument makes the unsubstantiated assumption that organisms were designed in their current state. The second law of thermodynamics applies only to closed systems. The earth is not a closed system; it's powered by the sun. Those disputing the fossil record do not do so on the basis of evidence, but rather an emotional attachment to preexisting beliefs. Quite a lot can be determined from "a few old bones" by those who know what to look for. 7. The dating methods that evolutionists rely upon to assign millions and billions of years to rocks are very inconsistent and based on unproven (and questionable) assumptions. Dating methods that use radioactive decay to determine age assume that radioactive decay rates have always been constant. Yet, research has shown that decay rates can change according to the chemical environment of the material being tested. In fact, decay rates have been increased in the laboratory by a factor of a billion. All such dating methods also assume a closed system—that no isotopes were gained or lost by the rock since it formed. It's common knowledge that hydrothermal waters, at temperatures of only a few hundred degrees Centigrade, can create an open system where chemicals move easily from one rock system to another. In fact, this process is one of the excuses used by evolutionists to reject dates that don't fit their expectations. What's not commonly known is that the majority of dates are not even consistent for the same rock. Furthermore, 20th century lava flows often register dates in the millions to billions of years. There are many different ways of dating the earth, and many of them point to an earth much too young for evolution to have had a chance. All age-dating methods rely on unprovable assumptions. Please offer an example of such a dating that is off by a factor of a billion (ie. one test shows something to be 10,000 years old, while another test shows it to be 10,000,000,000,000 years old.) This like saying speeding up is accelerating, but slowing down is not. Fact is, both are accelerating. There is nothing in evolutionary theory that says an organism must become more complex. If an organism displays a phenotype that is neither advantageous or disadvantageous, it will not need to be removed or concentrated in future gene pools. I would suggest you research Stanley Miller's 1950 experiment, and other similar experiments. Evolution is not based upon anything science has already disproved. I'm pretty sure no one has ever claimed that life originated from a coin. There is no difference between micro evolution and macro evolution. It is interesting that you would accept a single unsubstantiated book at face value, but ignore hundreds (thousands?) of books based on scientific evidence. I agree, if you put on rose colored glasses, you will always see red. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Maybe I'm not so easily impressed. I've heard that a mouse can become an elephant, and a reptile can become a mammal. Sorry, but I should be able to look out my door and see animals in all stages of transition from one species to another, and from one genus to another. After all, nature, or would that be mother nature, has had millions, or is it billions of years to put the whole thing into motion. It just ain't happenin'. I want to see proof in hand, kind of like atheists want to see proof of God. Serious question with which I mean no offense: Why is a single book on God (Holy Bible) sufficient as evidence of creation, but hundreds (thousands?) of books on evolutionary theory not sufficient? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Over 60 between 2001 and 2003. http://ifamericansknew.org/stats/settlements.html Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Well, I have to respond to you jcd11235. My point was, you use the above bolded argument quite a bit. You're a smart guy, and have good input to these debates. But, when you fall back on that argument it comes across as condescending. If you notice how many times the objections were raised and addressed, you'll see why I gave up attempting to further explain evidence of evolution to those who choose to not understand. I think if you investigate further, you'll find that I make such arguments as above infrequently relative to more in depth responses. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

You're starting to sound like kallend... Everyone else has to prove their points, but all of your's are self evident? You're kidding, right? Read this thread and then tell me that evidence of creationism has been presented, or that no evidence of evolution has been presented. BTW, there are many people I would like much less to sound like than Dr. Kallend. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

There should be a rule against referring to Clinton as Slick Willie unless Monica is mentioned in the same sentence. I think it's fair to say she rendered all other meanings behind the nickname relatively, um, irrelevant. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

WHAT!!??!!?? That's blasphemy. Where's a stake we can tie you to? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Please accept my apology for my tongue in cheek comment that sounds rather morally superior when I reread it. Accepted, but totally unnecessary.

I do not believe in such a place. I'll probably just be reincarnated as a Arminist minister. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

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It still doesn't prove your hypothesis correct, as it compares enlisted military to non-military, and not enlisted military to college students. Don't get me wrong, your hypothesis sounds reasonable, but that is not the same as saying you have shown your hypothesis to be true. The DOD data I posted, 1 from 1998 and the other from 2004 shows a decline in standards for enlistees and an increase in the percentage of civilains attending college. As for the issue of whether college kids are more intelligent than their counterparts who enlist, I think a lot can be inferred that is virtually untestable, or that no tests have been done. In many scientific tests (imperical) the scientists use the available data and make inferrences. If you want to go against what is likely a positive conclusion that college kids are more intellectual, then you are fee to do that. Like I said previously, if you want to test your hypothesis, find a group that has taken both the ASVAB and the SAT (or ACT would work), and compare the scores of a random sample of those that graduated HS and went to college and those that graduated (or not) and went into the military. Without such a comparison, all the stats you've shown say nothing except you might be right. You certainly haven't proven anything in a scientific sense by linking to some websites. That's not how science works. That's how you write a biased editorial. I would be very interested in seeing the relevant comparisons. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I'm sorry you feel that way. I've made every attempt to rely strictly on information from the Bible. Nope. I've not been professing my own beliefs. I merely examined a hypothetical situation proposed by another poster, on whose behalf (perhaps unknowingly) you debated. If you want to give me an over-simplistic label, I would prefer you think of me as a Pythagorean. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

The article shows and documents a widespread pro-Israel bias in the media. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Either the information is there or it isn't. Just because I don't know my future does not imply I have free will. If an omnipotent and eternal God knows my future, then my future choices are already mapped out; I have a destiny to fulfill. My perception of free will is an illusion. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

It still doesn't prove your hypothesis correct, as it compares enlisted military to non-military, and not enlisted military to college students. Don't get me wrong, your hypothesis sounds reasonable, but that is not the same as saying you have shown your hypothesis to be true. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!