John Cuthber

This post is wrong in just about every important respect

You missed the one about how old his wife was. But, when you have finished, there's no point comparing what happened 1400 or 2000 years ago is there? In practical (if not theological) terms, Both men are dead. All that's left is the scriptures. And both sets of scripture can be interpreted as pacifist or warrior. If one of them is more warrior than the other, it probably reflects the (supposed) writer's circumstances. So what? So, the question "if we are to compare the morality of the respective religion's figure-heads, Christ and Mohammad, whose examples we are to follow, the choice seems rather simple, don't you think ?" has, as you say, an obvious answer. Follow neither. But that's hardly relevant either.

Or maybe they are just drug dealing to raise money- like lots of illegal groups do.

"Just read the passages immediately before and after that verse.I" Do you think I hadn't done that? They talk of setting mother against daughter etc. That's pretty much the defining feature of a civil war.And, since you seem so keen on logic, if you teach tolerance you can't set two people against eachother- one of them ( the one you taught) must tolerate the other's beliefs and behaviour. Now we can have a look at that "pacifism". Remember, this is Matthew's gospel a he's the one who quotes Christ as saying that He came to keep the old laws- you know the currently unpopular ones like an eye for an eye, and stoning people to death. "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." So, you are reinterpreting the scripture here. And it's reasonable to imagine that the more distant in time we are from Christ the more likely we are to misinterpret things. Older interpretations are more likely to be correct, Well, guess what- the older interpretations are that Christ was really did mean a sword. That passage was used as the "justification" for the crusades. It's only the new "politically correct" interpretations that say otherwise. No it does not. But the point is that, since nobody knows what it means, it isn't a guide.

It is a pity he didn't say that. How do we know you are not just making stuff up?

So not much use as a guide to life then.

Nice red herring there. Those people were killed by someone else. And, once again, you don't seem to understand that not every wrong act is a crime.

Obviously, it's a rubber sword to use as a prop for fancy dress parties. It's important to realise that Christ didn't bring a shield- it's not a claim of defence.

Well, I can't speak for "most Westerners" but I do think that Christ and Mohammed have a lot in common and that Christianity and Islam have a lot of similarity. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+10%3A34&version=KJV https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/onward-christian-soldiers?lang=eng http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/f/i/fightthe.htm

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No, for two reasons. To be guilty, there has to be intent- mens rea and also to be guilty there generally has to be a crime and that, in turn usually requires a victim. Who is the victim in what you are calling a crime? Also just a quick reminder that the actions of the criminals are not those sought by Islam.

I really only have one picture on my phone. I took it while I was on a brief holiday- intending to send it to someone. I'm not sure that worked It's not a "smart" phone. http://www.doro.co.uk/doro-phoneeasy-607.html My old 'phone died; I went into a shop and asked "what 'phone can I buy and walk out of here with?" The camera is a Fuji XP something-or-other. I previously has an Olympus something. I'm not a professional photographer, but I am a Union representative. I'm legally entitled to gather evidence... Also, I like to have a camera with me. Have you ever found yourself thinking "Drat!; I wish I had a camera"?

Hooks don't need batteries.

Ninhydrin reacts (at best) with one end of the protein chain. If silk is a long chain (and it is) and the "end" is buried in the middle of the fibre, what would the reagent reacts with?

I know enough about quantum mechanics to know that, at the exact moment you asked that question, I was in possibly in empty space (by any sensible definition). Feel free to disprove this assertion.

I think the "building management system" where I work does run under Windows and it does control the boilers (and the chillers etc.)

China's biggest computer probably can't solve the Times Crossword. I could copy it out in a few minutes. I could even compile a crossword in a few hours. If I transmit that over the web- say I send you a digital picture of it- then that's a whole lot of numbers- but your computer won't solve it as quickly as my friend Hugh- he's good at crosswords.

Did you read what he said ? "So could my belt block fat from traveling to my legs " now, since the fat travels in the blood and the blood goes to the legs in spite of a belt or corset, the answer is clear. No the belt won't stop fat getting to your legs. So, why did you say it could?

One reason for the rarity of old coper coins (from before 1992) is that they are made of coper (as opposed to plated steel) and are worth more as scarp metal than their face value.

OK, I'm looking. She has a fat backside and chubby calves. So, it's plain that the fat wasn't prevented from getting to her legs. That's only to be expected. The fat got there in the bloodstream. if the fact couldn't get there nor would the blood so her legs would die.

No. You can't convert momentum into energy. (if you want proof, try looking at the units) It has been specified that the walls are perfect reflectors. That requires them to have infinite mass (it's OK, we already said it was impossible) So there's no momentum exchange on reflection.

It would be an odd design that relied on that. They usually use a solenoid valve that's is opened by an electric current, but closed by a spring. that way, if there's a power failure, or the cable is cut or whatever, the gas is switched off. It's called failsafe. If you are really feeling paranoid, you out two valves in series. But, of course, that makes the system more complex- see my earlier post.

One. On the other hand, I usually have a camera with me.

It's a general rule of thumb in engineering, that the component that you don't need to include, can't fail. The system you have put forward seems to me an absurdly complex one. Why bother?

LOL Good luck proving that. If i say I'm going there to fight Against ISIS, how can you tell if I'm lying?