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If there is a lot of people who are truly against abortion - let's introduce special anti-abortion tax, which only those who are against abortion gonna pay. People who think that abortion should be allowed should not pay this tax. This way the abortion could be banned, and the money collected will be used to support the pregnant women, who would otherwise get an abortion. And after the child is born, one of a pro-life supporters must adopt this child, and raise it; standard adoption terms apply (i.e. the woman does not know who adopted the child, etc). There are following benefits: 1. The life is saved, and there is no arguments about killing. 2. There is a reasonable compensation for pregnancy for those who doesn't want it, and therefore would get an abortion otherwise. 3. We will see how big the anti-abortion crowd really is. It is easy to make decisions for others if it costs you nothing, but the things change dramatically when your money is on the table. I heard it called "put your money where you mouth is", and would be really interested to see the poll results after that. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

I don't think I understand it. No matter what system you use it's just calculation. A 150ft wood chunk consist of five 30 feet chunks; a 30 meters wood chunk consists of five 6 meters chunks. As long as you use the same unit system consistently, you have no problem. There could be issues if you import something aboard, but the problem here is that there is more than one system, not that imperial system is worse. And it only affects a small percentage of country population. I would rephrase it differently: it would cost a lot of money with very little (if any) benefits to the country population. Not to mention I cannot imagine a reason for that change, which would sound reasonable - and I came from the metric system country. At least I'm definitely sure that gas prices will not go down just because you measure them in liters. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

I can't find this article now, however that's what the 2007 SIM suggests for a biplane two-out: a. Unstow the brakes on the front canopy and recover gently to full flight. b. Leave the brakes stowed on the rear canopy. c. Steer the front canopy only as necessary to maneuver for a safe landing. d. Use minimal control input as necessary for landing. e. Perform a parachute landing fall. There seems to be a good logic in unstowing brakes on the front canopy. However I'd feel hesitated unstowing brakes on the front elliptical, and especially trying to maneuvre it with the bigger reserve behind me. Does the SIM suggestion covers ellipticals as well? Also I remember biplane discussion some time ago, and the advice was to keep it as-is, and only doing small rear riser turns necessary for a safe landing. It was explicitly said that brakes are to remain stowed, and that with modern gear (particularly when there is a huge difference in size and speed between main and reserve) unstowing brakes on one of the canopies could make the biplane unstable. Was it something like that, or I just misunderstood something? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Excatly opposite. Your will not to sin anymore is in its strongest point when you physically cannot sin anymore. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

So basically what you need to do is to do whatever you want until you are unable to sin anymore. This is a good moment to accept Jesus, and repent - and you'll go to Heaven. Obviously when you cannot sin anymore, you have no desire to do so - that's very typical with older High Morale people who "forgot" their young ages. That's why you should wait until you cannot commit sin anymore, like the person described in the Bible. Why is it sound unrealistic? It is obvious that when you cannot sin anymore, it is a really good moment to accept Jesus (and start teaching others how you used your strong will to stop sinning). * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

It doesn't matter. The lie does not become truth just because a lot of people agrees with it. Sure, only strong individuals are capable to have different opinion than society around you - but so we are. And I even have factual evidence: I have a t-shirt with "Free beer to anyone could prove that the God exist", and I wear it frequently. So far nobody claimed free beer, even though some tried. Well, it is YOUR phrases I am using. So maybe your suggestion should be first directed to yourself :) * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

This is typical mistake. Every proof you have is based on the strong assumption that the God exist, and becomes invalid if your opponent does not agree to "let's assume God exist". Techically you have nothing which could be considered "proof", as everything you have is either personal experience (which is not proof), or hearsay (which is not accepted as valid proof anywhere). And you believe that something capable to blew up, and produced that organized everything came from nothing. Which is even greater absurd. This is what is called hearsay. Were you present at that time? Have you seen it personally? *** What you "believe" is not as important as what is actually so. Hell is a very long time to know you're wrong. This is true if there is Christian Hell. But what if Christian religion is wrong, and Muslims are right? Then YOU will go to Hell even though you did not sin according to Christians. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

I have exactly the same evidence of their existense as you have about Jesus existense - there is NO evidence besides belief. [eply] Why should anyone believe in them and what can any of them do for your problem of sin and its penalty? That should answer your question about going to Hell or Heaven. Why should anyone believe in Jesus if all we have that "proves" His existence is the old book, which is ambiguous, full of mistakes, and has no credibility outside it? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

No way if you truly accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior right there. That's what the Bible teaches us - you could sin, steal and rob your whole life, but if you accept Jesus at the moment you cannot sin anymore, you're still fine, and go to Heaven. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Should The Great Krishna make you a lion or a cactus in your next reincarnation after you die? Your answer most likely will be "I do not believe in The Great Krishna". Then why are you still asking this question from the people who do not believe in God, or do not believe into heaven/hell? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

As a person who used the metric system during the whole life before moving to US, I agree with that statement. Nobody is buying tomatoes by weight - we buy them by quantity/size by grabbing enough. Nobody is buying milk by gallons - you go and grab the "big enough" milk pack looking on its size. And you only care about the feet/meters difference when the breakoff is set to 4,500 and you have a metric altimeter. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

and in most cases even worse, I'd say. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

So in US you basically won't need this diploma anywhere, and only suppose to use your transcripts, is that correct? And it's fine to put it directly to shredder as soon as you receive it, if I (the parent) have no intention to frame it or keep it? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

That's what I call "artifical forces", like not using accelerator at all after traffic light is green, and not going over 25mph. However it only worked while the batteries are charged. When they lose the charge, the mpg drops dramatically. Well, this car is technically not gas-powered anymore - because you have to charge this extra battery bank separately. This way any golf car could do 10,000mpg. Of course, this calculation is not correct; the car is supposed to be moving and only pumping gas to qualify for mpg. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

AFAIK the 100mpg was their top, not average. And it required some artifical forces to get to this level. And the cost of this car will most likely exceed the cost of saved gas even if gas costs $6/gallon. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

If there was such a patent, the information about it would be available for everyone through the Bureau. You cannot get a patent, and still keep it confidential. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

That's what I could accept the Bible for - as an inaccurate historical book, which mixed something fictional and something which really happened. However this also means that even though the Bible originally was inspired by God, it would have been changed. Therefore noone could say that doing something would "save" you, because nobody could prove that original meaning didn't change. At the end, it might be as well that only gay people will be saved, and it was written in the original Bible. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Looks like simple math is something our Bible adepts could not explain. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Do they? Could you point exactly how? Aren't you allowed to study the Bible? Maybe you cannot visit church in fear of being arrested? Was any of your religious friends in US you jailed for teaching their beliefs? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

I think this is bad idea. This basically means that there is no difference between raping a child, raping and killing a child, doing this to several children or to the whole families. This means that while being arrested they will obviously shoot police officers as well - it is death penalty anyway, and they cannot die twice. Nothing to lose. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

It is always the same. Why do the prophets could not directly address the questions asked? The question is very simple: the article you pointed as "one of the best sources" contains a fundamental flaw, which should be obvious to everyone with high school diploma. The flaw was pointed; do you still think this article is "one of the best sources"? You can answer "yes" or "no" if you have no time at all. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

So you prefer to think there was something else in the middle of nowhere that created that powerful Higher Intelligence, who was capable to create the universe operating like clockwork? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Because if you look through the history, you will see that those guys have NEVER been able to keep it only as their own business. They always tried to make it everyone's business. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

But they won't find it very useful either. I do not have stay-at-home wife, so this is not a concern. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

A small correction: while you definitely could make 50 bucks in under an hour of main packing on busy boogie or during busy weekend on big dropzone, it happens relatively rarely. AFAIK most reserve repacks are done on weekdays or evening, when you definitely cannot make 50 bucks an hour by packing mains - there are no much mains to pack. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *