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In my defense, I was a fair bit more on the right side when I joined.

That's an exaggeration. It's more like 6hr a night.

You can donate blood, donate plasma, donate sperm, and/or accept donations for sexual favors. There's also selling kidneys, eyes, and lobes of your liver. "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company."-Samuel Johnson

I like the idea of mixing the atom with the integral sign, but it might look better using our current ovals(orientation and thickness, not necessarily colour). I think the golden ratio one has some issues, though. It's not really something that you can just grab a pen and doodle; simpler is better. It also seems somewhat out of place on the forum design. One of the good things about the integral logo is colour independance; it works with pretty much all colour schemes and thus would not need to be reworked if we were to add coloured skins as suggested in another thread. That should be a property of whichever one we end up using, imo. Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedhttp://www.scienceforums.net/forum/showpost.php?p=553072&postcount=10

The first one certainly isn't.

Why that canon? Merged post follows: Consecutive posts merged Most of Ehrman's books are pretty good, but I especially like that one.

Yes it does. Place the URL for the picture inside [/img] tags.

I'm not sure. Catholics, at least, use 'graven images' aka idols.

Uh, no?

Then you should be fine. Get you some Cap'n Morgan and fast away!

Could you present your ideas* for us, please? I'd like to see how you can refute the Big Bang. If you're successful, you could make a lot of money. *'Theory' has a specific meaning which most ideas promulgated on the internet do not meet.

What about rum?

[math]\pi[/math] noparse ftw!

Does the circumference get larger or smaller as the radius increases?

Both. Jesus was quite clear that the Law was to be followed to the letter until the second coming.

I doubt that she follows the Law.

I was raised as a fundamentalist YEC Christian(Baptist) and I was pretty hardcore into it until I came here. Unfortunately, once the YEC card tumbles, that type of Christianity kinda just collapses in many cases. After years of reading material from many perspectives, I am currently an Ignostic Agnostic Weak Atheist. I thought that made you culturally pagan. And, more importantly imo, science is a way to find out what is not yet known as well as a way to check the accuracy of the information. That's actually a good point. Christianity? As in one? You seem to have completely ignored the fact that the proto-orthodox church was just ONE of many versions of Christianity competing for the title of Truth. I'm actually more interested in ancient Christianities. I like the Ebionites, personally. SOME of the NT, that is. You might want to re-read Matthew, because He explicitly states when He would fulfill the Law; and it hasn't happened yet. Bible studies are notorious for ignoring context. If you want context, you should study the texts from a historical-critical perspective rather than treating the texts as a single text with one viewpoint. Why would they call themselves after Christ when they disagree with what He taught. Paul is clearly at odds with Peter(he even talks about a confrontation with him) about whether the Law must be obeyed. Peter(the one whom Jesus said would be the rock upon which the Church is built) and Jesus said that the Law was to be explicitly followed, but Paul disagreed. In cases such as this, it is logical to name your group after the teacher with which you agree.

I recently started playing Go.

Did Jesus teach faith only salvation(like Paul), or did He teach that works are necessary? I tend to think the latter, despite much opposition by most Christian sects. In my defense, it's one of the major themes of Matthew. "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.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. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, YE SHALL IN NO CASE enter into the kingdom of heaven."-Matthew 5:17-20 "Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."-Matthew 7:17-20 "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as [one] having authority, and not as the scribes."-Matthew 7:24-29 "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom."-Matthew 16:24-28 "And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and [thy] mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go [and] sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come [and] follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions."-Matthew 19:16-22 "Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away."-Matthew 21:18-19 "For [the kingdom of heaven is] as a man travelling into a far country, [who] called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made [them] other five talents. And likewise he that [had received] two, he also gained other two. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, [there] thou hast [that is] thine. His lord answered and said unto him, [Thou] wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give [it] unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."-Matthew 25:14-30 "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or naked, and clothed [thee]? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of the least of these, ye did [it] not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."-Matthew 25:31-46 etc Thoughts? Rebuttals?

Apart from the general creepiness of having children recite a loyalty oath, what's wrong with just using the original version vice the one that's really just trying to stick it to the commies?

Same for me, please.

Almost NSFW, but somewhat relevant. xJyelcnINH0

That's actually what I was going to suggest....perhaps with brackets for style, though. See what I get for going out to sea? Not a free shirt! [math][\int{F(n)}][/math] 'The Original'

It's GENIUS!

[11:01] <kenel> i'm irish, have small dick syndrome, and have only been to the hospital when we've lost bar fights Merged post follows: Consecutive posts merged[18:38] <Gilded> John I've been meaning to ask you something [18:39] <Gilded> Has it ever, during your long medical career, been lupus?