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I call bull. Since people with a modicum of education are able to comprehend the difference between the federal government and private enterprise, there is no causal connection.

Then by all means don't! But if you think your personal incredulity is going to sway those who have studied the evidence and understood the math, you are wasting your time. On the other hand, if at some point you do wish to understand it, you can start by trying to understand how what people are telling you can be true, rather than by assuming it must be false and looking for problems. Once you really understand the theory and its implications, it will be much easier for you to take pot shots at it if you are still so inclined.

Maybe you should try German instead of English.

I agree that the penalties are there to keep you from using the money for other purposes, but how do they keep you from avoiding taxes? Or rather, how could you avoid paying the taxes whether the penalties are in place or not? And since the money you take out of the 401k is taxed based on your current income, I imagine you pay more taxes by taking it out while you have a job, rather than when you are in retirement.

I don't think I would necessarily be skeptical about your friend experiencing things, but I would be skeptical about his assignment of the cause without evidence. He hears something upstairs then claims it is footsteps, rather than saying it 'sounds' like footsteps. There are many things that can be heard in a house. A towel hits him on the butt and he then claims the towel 'flew'. Did he see it fly? A chandelier swings and since opening door is not the probable cause, it must be paranormal. Just because he doesn't know what caused these events is no reason to assume they are paranormal activities.

The $6000 in penalties will be in additon to paying all the taxes due. It is true that the penalties are in place to deter a run around the rules, but in this case the rules insist he spend the 401k money on retirement in 20 years rather on housing now. I'm not sure the government should be making the call about that one, and in fact, with a Roth you could cash out without penalty to buy a first home. Also, I believe that if ParanoiA uses the proceeds from the sale of the house to purchase another primary residence, then he will not have to pay capital gains (yet). If he does does not roll the proceeds into another primary residence then he can at least reduce the capital gain by the amount he spent upgrading the house.

Ok, this is why some of us find this amusing. When I ask for evidence, you say: Yet you admonished us to not speak in opposition unless we had evidence: Do you get it now? (Edit - Spelling)

What is your evidence?

If you can undeniably prove the spiritual side of things that will be quite a feat. Best of luck to you. I believe in the Big Bang theory. However, the BBT makes no attempt to explain the 'creation of existence'. No one is avoiding the question. They are avoiding giving an answer when they do not have one. Anyone who answers what occurred prior to the Big Bang is, like you, speculating.

You seem to be in the same boat as everyone else. You can speculate but you don't know.

What makes you believe that the earth is not travelling at near light speed?

What do you make of this situation where only you are able to uncover facts and understand reality, and all the physicists of the world are apparently dolts?

Looks to me like a species of penisaurus.

I would describe 'normally' as the way you experience time right now. No different. You are at this moment travelling through space at near light speed from the FOR of something else. Do you feel as if you are moving in slow motion?

Most definitely not.

Then go after him for quote mining. I don't see how wanting to find a reason to not like Obama suggests Rigney is a racist. That goes well beyond hyperbole and is a presonal attack. Ad hominem attacks are reminiscent of the worst of the right wing. It is no better coming from the left.

Do you feel that everyone who doesn't like Obama is a racist who has stirred bile and an obscured mind, or are you only being insulting to Rigney? No one else besides Obama has the integrity of a real politician? Pshsht. You are as biased as those on the right you ridicule.

No, you implied the Judeo-Christian creation myth didn't belong in this conversation. As this is the Religion forum, this is exactly where it belongs.

Lighten up. It belongs in this conversation because it is his thread and it is in the Religion forum. It is not up to you what can and cannot be discussed.

No one is giving it preference except you. Somecallmegenius mentions four options and specifically said "I also welcome any other theories of creation you may have".

Sure, that sounds like a great way to address this. I have no strong feelings about any kind of memorial at all. I only objected to the callous attitude toward those who do have strong feelings. No need to get in a snit about it. Your latest post better conveyed the core of your concerns that your earlier posts. I was simply pointing that out. It wasn't meant to counter anything. It was an attempt to get you to see things from the point of view of those affected. You mean big significant events such as ping pong? At the risk of annoying you again, had you presented your argument this way the first time I would have had less reason to object to your statements. You lose credibility in an argument when you fail to acknowledge what is important to the other side. "It's just 11 dead athletes", and "To give it so much attention degrades other atrocities ...", and "something that is actually significant", and " if you wanna worry about something, there's your much bigger issue", and "...a couple of dead athletes in Munich...", shows you do not hear or do not care what they think.

I think you would win more converts to your position if you argued like you did in this post instead of presenting yourself as uncaring and unsympathethic to the suffering of others. I somehow don't think we'd hear you talking about how insignificant the death was, and how honoring the dead person minimized the death of others, if that person was your murdered child, who died so someone else could make a political statement. Whether the person dies by the hand of a terrorist or in a flood, whether alone or in a large group, it is still significant to someone. To dismiss their pain and suffering because they are only one (or a few) and weren't lucky enough to die in a manner you find worthy of honoring, seems heartless. Please don't translate my empathy for others to a lack of concern about invasion of countries, limits to freedom, censorship, and invasion of privacy. I made no demands that this terrorist event be "remembered forever", but I feel confident that 60 seconds of silence during a 17 day event will have zero impact on my freedoms and privacy.

Some big people know about parthenogenesis too! Sorry, couldn't help myself.

You are beginning to sound like you read a book on what Germany did to its culture (and how great the ancient Greeks were) and it influenced you so much that it colors everything you see, hear, or think. I cannot think of a single thread you have participated in (possibly even a single post) that did not reference Germany, Nazis, and/or Greece. Surely there must be other influences in the world. Surely it is at least possible that you are wrong, and not every other person on this site.