Zenister

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  1. I sleep very well... Well, most nights.... Thank you. good sleep is certainly a blessing... my point was you used a rather long qoute to state "because I Believe it" in a manner that implies there is actual evidence to support said belief.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  2. Juanesky already had a BBQ to celebrate Hiroshima and Nagasaki, so you may want to delete that from your what-is-next list. yes, but did he use a microwave ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  3. this is completely a statement of FAITH, with very few FACTS to back it, and so has zero 'legitimacy' in relation to any other religions 'Truth'..... there are so many instances of self referencing arguments, inductive reasoning, and blatantly 'faith based' fallacy in that quote it is simply not worth picking apart logically.... but if your belief helps you sleep comfortably in the assurance that your faith is 'right' and all others are 'wrong' well.... MANY other paths lead to God, but only one to the vison of God created by the Xtian mythos... good thing God isnt limited by the vision of Man... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  4. which, (unless your plane climbs very slowly half empty) has a lot slower turn around time then putting tandems out last. Slow turns equals less profit and less total jumps by everyone.. Actually, it speeds it up. Since the TI's are on the ground first, they can grab another rig, another student and be waiting for the plane when it lands instead of the plane waiting on them. Plus, the TI's don't literally have to run from the landing area to get on the next load.
  5. interesting guy.. VERY knowledgeable on pre-Christian religion and mythology, and a very persuasive speaker on the subject in the aluminum foil helmet crowd...... but starts to get a bit loonyy when he gets into his creation and prehistoric astronaut myths.... most christians are shocked to find out how much of their Old Testament was plagarized from Summarian and Akkadian mythos.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  6. which, (unless your plane climbs very slowly half empty) has a lot slower turn around time then putting tandems out last. Slow turns equals less profit and less total jumps by everyone.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  7. ah the strawman... No. Science isnt 'all knowing', but it is 'all seeking', and yes, all you really need to know to intelligently discuss, compare and contrast competing theories, is a base understanding of the Scientific Method. (What it is, how is works as a process and its fundamental definitions ie. What a Theory really is..) the ability to read, and to think critically...part of the ‘power of Science’ is that its observations and conclusions are repeatable by anyone, anywhere, capable of recreating the conditions, or studying available data... In contrast, freeflying isnt an ‘applied process' in the same manner... sure you could teach somone the basic forms (assuming you knew them) with little actual experience, and you could even discuss the hows and whys, assuming you'd put some study time into the applied physics, but you still dont need a physics degree to fly or discuss freeflying.. being able to fly it is something else entirely... but what should be apparent is no one is actually trying to TEACH or 'PERFORM' biology here.. We are simply discussing the relative merits of competing ‘theories’, and why ID simply doesn’t qualify under the Scientific Definition..... something that you should have been taught to do in 9th grade... the "God" crowd is sidelined in this discussion because they lack the basic understanding of the subject (Science) and so make what are fundamentally flawed arguments in relation to their 'theory' and its relative validity. A PhD who lowers himself to a point by point argument with someone who doesn’t grasp the core definitions under discussion is a fool…. But to demand qualifications and resumes for admittance into an internet discussion, and then pronounce that no one is capable of reasoned argument because they lack the relative diploma, is very very shortsighted.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  8. what might fail to be apparent is, that the Scientific Method is a means of inquiry, a process by which you can examine all phenomena based on available evidence. This process does not allow "then God did this" to explain anything. you dont need a PhD in Geological studies to know the 'Earth' wasnt formed in 7 days... basic Science teaches you why that is impossible in the 7th grade...unless we follow Kansas and introduce ID there as well... why not teach ID in place of Geology too? Evolution is certainly not 'fundamentally flawed'. As a theory in the Scientific Method, it is it is simply the best explanation based at our current level of understanding and so it 'evolves' as our understanding grows. Knowledge isnt the accumulation of facts, its learning how to Reason. Google is simply a tool. Do you memorize everything you 'know' ? or do you know how to 'look it up' when you need to? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  9. a quick survey of google indicates that Flyer - tends to refer to the 'craft' or the 'pilot' most often while Flier - seems to refer to 'passengers on a craft', a 'remote operator' or a 'pamplet' most often Flyer is more estheticlly pleasing imo ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  10. i have seen God... she looks nothing like what the Xtians claim... leave the dogma of mankind behind.. you'll get that much closer real divinity and that much farther from the control mechanisms of organized religion... you dont need either.... (the dogma or the structure) ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  11. oh no.. 'rasslin' is something else entirely.. than only occasionally resembles a public spectical ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  12. youve never seen "South Bound Pacaderm"?? i'll have to see if i can find a link to the video.... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  13. and of course if everyone focused on ONLY the important points of this message, the world would be a better place all around...but then no one could claim 'One True Path' and feel superior to all others ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  14. It doesnt take a PhD in biology or science to be able to intelligently discuss the relative merits of Evolution and ID.. it takes a basic understanding of the Scientific Method, a clear reading of the scientific definition of 'theory' and some base critical thinking skills.. all of which USED to be taught in a 9th grade science class... but are definitely covered by the time you are up to College level Biology... of course if you get your Scientific opinions and education from a Church, your not very well prepared to participate....and of course as soon as you bring 'God' as a valid explanation to any scientific theory you've lost your way....(and are probably in the wrong building on campus ) ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  15. and several of your ludicrous statements on the nature of the Bible give clear evidence, that, while you may have researched a great deal, you did so only inside the context of your predisposition to Believe and so have not gained very much actual knowledge of the text itself, of religion in general, or of Divinity at all... faith is a frightening form of 'reasoning' ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  16. you know i think my packer is in on it too... every now and then she packs me a bad landing... in the dust, planes out just a bit to high, leaves me in too much traffic to make a 270, i mean COME ON! i pay her good money for great landings... i think she's trying to run me off..... .....come to think of it, i bet that fast f'ker under the sub 100 is in on it too... has me landing downwind, short of the gates, and always swoops farther just to discourage me... where is the love?!!? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  17. its quite the load of drivel as well...and has been reapplied again and again each time it falls flat.. the doomsday prophets have been claiming 'end times' for the last 2000k years... dont hold your breath.... Daniel isnt 'prohecy' it is 'news stories'.. retold in allegoric terms so as not to get the writers killed.. a bit of historical research would have told you that.. but it doesnt have the same paraniod effects.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  18. of course it isnt.. it is a work of religious literature like many thousands of others, nothing more.. it codifies one cultures beliefs about divinity, but it is not "The One Sole Source of Truth and Faith" from Divinity... if it were it wouldnt have such silly culture assumptions and stone age mistakes about the nature of the universe... God is a bit brighter than the writers of the OT... there is more to the nature of God than a single cultures vision of her.. MUCH more... but if it makes you feel better to cuddle up to your hebrew text and believe that your following the "Only True Path" (tm) ... whatever helps you sleep at night... just be aware that God isnt so limited or limiting as your book (and the culture that created it) wants you to believe.. One rule for Lion and Lamb is oppression -W.Blake.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  19. haha nice! then you'll be wondering what the hell happened to your 'quiet little DZ' like the rest of us when the Holiday madness begins.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  20. not gone, but still looking for it... i know there is a box of floppy disks around here somewhere... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  21. no there isnt.. no matter how often Christians try to claim otherwise.. there is evidence of LOCAL, REGIONAL Flooding, nothing more... presuppositions have NOTHING to do with it.. ignorance really should be painful... no one would remain so... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  22. 2700 with insurance.. but i had a slight astigmatism to correct that added a bit to the price of the basic surgery ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  23. i had ASA (lasik minus the 'flap' cutting portion) and was jumping 2 days later... it takes longer to recover (as your vision returns gradually as the result of displacing the epithelium) but removes the entire cutting portion of standard lasik and retains the structural intergrety of the cornea best money i've ever spent on anything... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  24. "They"(tm) were trying to get me by setting my altimeter higher everytime i drove to the DZ, but i showed them! i bought a Neptune and i was safe... well right up to the that last post where Ron cued them into that battery trick...curses! ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  25. he? i pack once, maybe twice a month.. just so i remember how and have personally gone thru my lines and canopy... but beyond that i'd MUCH rather pay a packer i trust... it lets me make lots more jumps when i'm out for the day and i just consider it part of the costs of skydiving.. and those costs are the main reason i dont quit my job every monday... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.