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Ha ha polix I believe that is an old celtic poem. I actually have it on a t-shirt, but it's pertaining to the irish.

I'll sell you Unify if you want

!@#$%^&* I'd give up all of my names for half that.

I'm planning on buying that Camaro come 09.

The problem with faith in religion is there is never any proof or backing. I mean in a way its like believing in aliens. As a whole we don't have any solid evidence that aliens exists. We have sightings, and stories from people, some photographs, most of which are altered, but you know what, I still believe they're out there. I guess that is how religion works, there are stories confirming religious theories, as people claim to have seen or been involved in miracles, but you can't prove it right or wrong either way. The only thing that differs is that we will be able to prove the existence of aliens at one point in time, we most likely will never be able to prove, or disprove the existence of a God or gods. As for eradicate, that is a scary word. It is an extreme word. And even though it might not begin with killing, it would turn into a war, and people on both sides, would be killed. Faith is a scary thing, and can drive men to do things they normally would not do. So any plan to eliminate that faith, or the object/purpose of that faith would be disasterous. As for judging, too much judging breeds intolerance. I just feel religion, of all things, is one of the most ignorant and stupid things to judge somebody on. Its no worse than gang members having to hate one another just because they're born on different sides of the city, or happen to live on the wrong street. And it works both ways. Like a Christian stating that they could never marry anyone who is not a christian. That is plain dumb.

criticism is just imposing your opinion on another, unless they are asking for the criticism. I'm not a religious man, but I have just as big of a problem when a religious man imposes on a non religious man, as when a non religious man imposes on a religious man. And yes I have a problem with your thinking. Many religious fanatics feel that the advancements we are making are destroying man kind, so do they have the right to eradicate you? Should they be able to kill so that abortions are not committed? The problem I have with people judging is that judging is mostly based on !@#$%^&*umptions, which most of the time are false and incorrect. Already you are implying that you are judging me, and you dont' even know what my religious beliefs are, if I even have any. I chose none as my affiliation as I don't believe in any organized religion. I feel that if you need to have faith in a higher being, if faith in yourself is not enough, it should be practiced privately. And I certainly have no affiliation with christianity. People judge everyone on everything, and its just an annoying cycle. People judge you on your hair, color, the way you dress, the way you talk, the way you walk, what car you drive, how big your bank account is, what you do for a living, and the list goes on and on. Does being judged bother me? no, quite simply it has become a part of everyones lives. We all judge people on things, either consciously, or unconsciously, but I do have a problem with any religion, or lack there of that judges people simply based on what they do or don't believe. Ironically in your last two paragraphs you are showing the exact same intolerance you claim to hate christians for.

Sever, on a realistic scale, no beliefs based on non facts are any less accurate than others. Unless you happen to believe in the flying spaghetti monster. If you believe that other religions are a threat to you or man kind, I have a problem with that religion. And if you judge me based on religious beliefs, I have a problem with that. Remember sever those are the expectations I have so that I will not have a problem with someones religion. Basically as soon as someone elses religious beliefs are imposed on me, I have a problem with that.

The issue with most of these addicts is trying to find something more enjoyable. I do agree that if they can, it will end their addiction, but in most cases they envelope themselves so completely that it is almost impossible to find something more enjoyable to them. I simply don't understand that.

Uh greased...I do believe this topic was designed to debate religion lol I have no problems with people of any religion, as long as: 1) They don't wear it on their sleeve. Your religion should be yours alone, you don't need to wear it like a banner 2) You don't tell me my beliefs are wrong. My beliefs have no more faults than yours do. 3) Don't judge me because I don't agree with your beliefs. Again your beliefs are as correct as mine After that I'm pretty much golden.

I played in the first 3 versions, the problem is that I simply do not have the time to dedicate to play that game. And I'm not going to signup and half !@#$%^&* play so I'm basicallly just making money for others to steal.

That could still be used to intereperet the mental capacity. This is becoming a chicken and egg question. When it comes down to it, it is a matter of opinion, as there is not enough evidence on either side to make it conclusive. I would consider all mental health disorders in which your normal state is impaired due to the addiction, or "uncontrollable" urge to partake in a particular action, a disease. (Medlin Plus medical dictionary) an impairment of the normal state of the living animal or plant body or one of its parts that interrupts or modifies the performance of the vital functions, is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms, and is a response to environmental factors (as malnutrition, industrial hazards, or climate), to specific infective agents (as worms, bacteria, or viruses), to inherent defects of the organism (as genetic anomalies), or to combinations of these factors : SICKNESS : ILLNESS -- called also morbus -- compare HEALTH 1

I believe that would be because the most imposed religion on americans is christianity. Even if you are not directly confronted, a large amount of christians, some will openly admit, treat non christians different. This is not all christians, but the problem is christians are becoming like muslims. Even if the amount of them that are radical and severe is low, you can't help but group the entire culture/religion based on the ideals and actions of the radicals. On a personal note, the majority of christians I have personally met lean towards the radical side.

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3. any harmful, depraved, or morbid condition, as of the mind or society: His fascination with executions is a disease.

dis·ease /dɪˈziz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[di-zeez] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, -eased, -eas·ing. –noun 1. a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment. 2. any abnormal condition in a plant that interferes with its vital physiological processes, caused by pathogenic microorganisms, parasites, unfavorable environmental, genetic, or nutritional factors, etc. 3. any harmful, depraved, or morbid condition, as of the mind or society: His fascination with executions is a disease. 4. decomposition of a material under special cir!@#$%^&*stances: tin disease. –verb (used with object) 5. to affect with disease; make ill. it actually fits in quite nicely.

You can run OS X on most hardware, you can emulate the chip that provides the apple authentication to the software. For ASSS and giggles we reformatted our bosses computer at work with OS X. Funny to see a dell laptop running OS X lol Edit: most

I do have to say that it is rather annoying.

Astro what you are saying is speculative, you are saying that he has created an office of faith based initiatives. Now on the other hand, being his morals are all guided by his faith, what else would you expect his decisions to be influenced towards? Now I'm not supporting bush here, but you can't say that he's created an office of faith, simply because his decisions are based off of his morals, which have a strong base from his religion.

broadway = thumbs up. Or just spend a day meandering around 5th ave, but only if you have some money to spend, otherwise its not so much fun.

Maybe I'm just too tired to think, but what agency is that?

I don't see where bush is encroaching on church and state. Yes most of his morals and ideals are based off of his religion, and most decisions made, by anyone, are based off of their morals and beliefs, but he has done nothing to formally infringe, that I know of, on peoples rights with religion, nor has he done anything more then using his morals and beliefs, which if you are religious, in any religion, are influence by that religion. If you can point out things he's done that I've missed please do.

The problem is that you can buy intelligence, so there would be a small faction of people like you and me, who came from poor families and made something, and there would be an ocean of rich people who have diploma's and good jobs, and know less about world dealings than someone who does not. No matter how you slice the cake it doesn't look good.

My arguement still stand with JDS, unless you are in an extreme addiction to heroin, your body severly wants the drug, same as ciggarettes, but you do not NEED the drug. Case in point, there is no addiction, unless at absolute extremes, where your body actually needs the addiction, there is just a strong want for the addiction. Even addictions with chemical properties that allow your mind to become dependent on them still root down to a mental addiction. If an addiction did not root down to a mental addiction, then it would be impossible to release yourself from the addiction without medical treatment.

I disagree with giving higher voting weights. It is a step towards even more elitism. The problem is that the upper class would hold much more political power, more than they already do. Greased is right that it would turn into certain "families" being able to manipulate things in the government through their network of well educated, which in todays day and age you can simply buy, well employed, which you can also buy, "friends" and "family". Pretty soon that would spread from voting power, to power in other aspects of life. Soon you won't be able to get into a college or university unless your family has enough pull. And the problem is that the government would be unable to "regulate" these things, because we are a democracy. Unless you want to give our government dictator like power (under select cir!@#$%^&*stances of course) which would then be abused. I have come from the low lower class and made a very big mark for myself, and I would be standing right next to greased if this ever happened. I would be one of the first people to revolt against our government.

JDS: Awful argument. Even if you are fully addicted to heroin, you never NEED to have more, you very strongly want more, but ultimately the only things we NEED are food water and oxygen.