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We will all die at some point, so there are no guarantees in any situation. Faith is about giving you the courage to do doing something, when you are not sure of the outcome, we hope that something good will happen. I can sit here and say, I believe parachuting is easy, but the only way to have faith in parachuting, is to put one on, go up in a plane and jump. If I jump once, I have faith once, if I jump ten times, then I have faith ten times. But what happens if I have an accident or a close encounter with death whilst parachuting, will I have the faith to jump one more time? Street Pastors have secular risk assessments, policies and procedures to comply with the law of the land. We had training from the police and paramedics, much of which was about trying to avoid risks and risky situations. We have had no training at all regarding self defence. I guess it is hard to understand our motivation to do things, I hate violence and I hate to see other people get hurt, I want to see our community become a kinder and more caring place for my family, friends, children and grandchildren. Faith in God helps me to do something, rather than sit in the pub and moan about the state of the world.

Theranos started was started in 2003, by a 19 yr old Standford freshman named Elizabeth Holmes. Apparently, using research from her college professor, she claimed to have an idea or theory of revolutionizing blood tests. Now in 2016, she's a billionaire, with a company that has virtually no results and no product. My question is, how did this company ever get off the ground, by a 19 yr old college freshman, that had no answers, no solution and no product? I know right now, the company is going through some major scrutiny, and maybe fraud. ~ee

Space is distance, which could be seen as information since it is not a thing unto itself.

Then again some of us pack our own chutes...

I think the breakdown in discussions between the religious and those who are not is that so often one side doesn't really listen to the other. I don't think Eric was trying to tell you why you should use faith, but was instead telling you what faith means to him and how he uses it. As with most things there are many ways to approach a problem. With parachuting Eric uses his religious techniques, you use risk analysis, while others use financial, image or adrenaline considerations. In short, each of us uses what is important and useful to us as individuals. Not everyone relies strictly on logic and science.

Unless they carefully say otherwise, you can assume they are working with aqueous solutions. Why would it form NaCl? All the chloride ions fall out of solution as AgCl. Otherwise, you seem to be on the right track.

I highly commend you on the great charitable work you are doing...fantastic stuff nd there should be more like you. But please don't pretend that anything that you face, dangers etc, can be alleviated or helped by praying or any faith. I hate bullies, and I have on at least three occasions in my life [one with relation to my then 6 year old Son] acted against such bullies, twice at my own possible detriment and danger. Let me also say I am married to a true Christian, for 42 years now, both our one and only marriages. Some here may find that hard to believe after noting some of my replies and reactions to god botherers and religious fanaticism I have replied to. The secret? None other then tolerence of each other with of course respect and love. My self and my wife also are sponsoring a child with a reputable orginization from Africa and have done so for the last 20 years or so. There are some great sympathetic people out there that really care for those less fortunate and do something little to try and help out...some are Christian like yourself and my wife, some are agnostic, and others are Atheistic. By the same token there are some despicable so called Chistians out there as well as some despicable so called Atheists.

You guys are right, my response was almost exactly the opposite of what I meant to say. I missed it even rereading it. I must be getting senile. My intent was to ask for something the supernatural had taught us that superseded science. I remember the exchange but why I wrote what I did I cannot explain. I apologize for the quote mining accusation...

You are right this is the key to it. So what do you think the reaction is or reactions are? What do you know about the solubility of the four possible salts involved?

I may have just missed it but I didn't notice that claim by Eric H. I just saw him say he has faith, and things have worked out. What he said was that he initiated the interaction by praying to god for help. He didn't say God tells him to do things outside his comfort zone. Don't mean to be difficult but it feels like you are putting words in Eric's mouth to bolster your position.

Take your time. I'm in no hurry. Just make sure your terms are defined and that there are no ambiguous pronouns.

If anyone can, then debate the proof I provided below and provide evidence to the contrary. As you will see below, the majority of the translations of the Quran into English (and into other languages, from the source language - Old Arabic - in which it was written down) are not to be trusted, whether politically motivated or unintentionally, at least in regards to the verses likewise for the Gospels (for the Gospels I will provide evidence at the end, for the Hebrew Bible I do not have proof, but I'd be careful regarding it too, given both the Quran and the Gospels being translated in a way which completely changes the meaning of the word), as you will see below. Here is a website with a full copy of Quran translated WORD BY WORD - http://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp? - from Arabic to English, and the webmasters have made the great favor for all of us by showing all the other places in the Quran where the same Arabic word is used, which can be accessed by clicking on the word, so that by seeing the same Arabic word within each context/verse in the Quran, the proper meaning can be arrived at. Interestingly, the same site provides the same (mis)translations, including the frontpage translation it provides at www.quran.com, and the 7 popular English translations at http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp (click on "English Translation" on the left menu). You can also access https://www.islamawakened.com/index.php/qur-an and see dozens of translations provided, the majority of which mistranslate the the verse 17:104 in the Quran to say "Hereafter" or "Afterlife" or "World to come" (Judgement Day), while given the context and wording in previous verses, it should be translated as "last/final of the warnings", as you will see below. Here is the proof, word by word, as can be referenced in http://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp? Click on drop down menu and find the Surah 17 (chapter 17) and Ayahs (verses) 4 thru 8 and then 104, and compare the Arabic words God used in each verse. Read verse 4. Then, in verse 5, notice the key Arabic word "wadu" (promise/warning). Continue to verse 6. Then, in verse 7, notice the TWO Arabic key words "wadu" (promise/warning) and "l-akhirati" (the last [second] of the promises/warnings). Read verse 8. Now, jump to verse 104, where God used the same Arabic words - "l-akhirati" and "wadu" - and also the Arabic word "lafifan" (which when you click on it, you see the meanings of "entwined [of multiple parts]/thick foliage/wound around each other") to describe the Israelites (of which Jews, which include other tribes but came to be called just as Jews through history, are the remaining, identifiable tribe) to be brought back to the Promised Land (as they were in the verse 6) in the future, after the last ("l-akhirati") promise/warning ("wadu") comes to pass, only with the last in-gathering being out of many nations (entwined out/from multiple peoples/nations) which they were living in in their exile from the Promised Land. So, in effect, the last promise/warning lasted for almost 1900 years (Second Temple was destroyed in 70 AD by Romans). Notice, it doesn't talk about the 10 Lost Tribes (some of which partly remained with Judah and Benjamin, like Simon and Levi), who were exiled by Assyria and were lost to history, assimilating to the various populations of the Middle East and beyond, and losing their distinct identity as Israelites. Also notice, that in verse 6, the first warning is talking about the Babylonian Captivity, from which the tribe of Judah (and the other tribes included in it) returned, which verse 6 obviously is talking about. So, we can also corroborate and prove the above interpretation with: 1) history, which is undeniable, and which shows the return of Jews as a "mixed group", "out of various nations" back to Holy Land, and which shows Israel withstanding and defeating a multitude of Arabic nations who declared war on it and tried to invade it multiple times in its short history (since its birth), which could only be by the decree of God; 2) logic, looking at the other verses and then at 17:104, it could only make sense if it was prophesying the future return of Jews back to Israel. 3) confirmation in the Bible. The Bible prophesies a future return of Jews back to Israel. Read Deuteronomy 4:27, 28:64, 28:36 and Quran 2:97 and many other verses like it throughout it.