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Achilles

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Posted in: Religion, Science, and the unknown
  Achilles
08-20-2007, 1:01 AM
#15
I will agree with you that I was thinking more individuals than institutions--my mistake on the misunderstanding. No worries. Just thought I would point it out before we got off-track. Science is not entirely immune to not giving up on a concept unt...  [Read More]
Posted in: Religion, Science, and the unknown
  Achilles
08-19-2007, 9:54 PM
#11
I disagree completely that 'religion' never investigates or seeks deeper understanding. That's a blanket statement that is patently false. If that were the case, there would never be any people of faith in any of the science fields, and church leader...  [Read More]
Posted in: Religion, Science, and the unknown
  Achilles
08-19-2007, 8:29 PM
#8
Sorry, vote for what? There isn't a poll. *confused*...  [Read More]
Posted in: Religion, Science, and the unknown
  Achilles
08-19-2007, 7:27 PM
#5
I was hoping for a dialog re: how religion deals with the unknown vs. how science deals with the unknown. Sorry that wasn't clear. It seems to me that when religion comes across something it can't explain, it just chalks it up to "god" and...  [Read More]
Posted in: Religion, Science, and the unknown
  Achilles
08-19-2007, 5:41 PM
#1
YouTube clip (http://youtube.com/watch?v=v-MVqtZvf8U) (4:35) Please watch and post your comments. Thanks....  [Read More]
Posted in: Drink = Anti-social behaviour?
  Achilles
08-18-2007, 3:06 PM
#5
^^^^ QFE....  [Read More]
Posted in: Rudy Giuliani on Immigration
  Achilles
08-19-2007, 11:58 PM
#14
No they are not uniformly bad people, if anything the ones I know personally are uniformly good, hard working people. This has been my experience as well. He’ll also tell you the happy moment of his life is when he stopped living in the shadows a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Rudy Giuliani on Immigration
  Achilles
08-16-2007, 5:59 PM
#9
I’m all for legal immigration, but believe allowing illegal immigrates to stay is terrible unfair to those law abiding immigrates that did it the right way. I hate to break up families, but the illegal immigrates did that themselves when the broke...  [Read More]
Posted in: Rudy Giuliani on Immigration
  Achilles
08-15-2007, 10:45 PM
#1
YouTube clip (http://youtube.com/watch?v=boTZVP0ZywQ) Hmmm.......  [Read More]
Posted in: Chavez to propose constitutional reforms
  Achilles
08-16-2007, 7:36 PM
#27
A pity, but not surprising news. Indeed. I doubt there are very many that didn't see something like this coming....  [Read More]
Posted in: Chavez to propose constitutional reforms
  Achilles
08-16-2007, 6:35 PM
#25
I meant a union of all nations accross th entire world being one, single nation. Oh, well we're a long ways off from that. Trade disputes due to the fac t that if all nations ar eone, there ar eno befits for gaining incoem from the trade to the peop...  [Read More]
Posted in: Chavez to propose constitutional reforms
  Achilles
08-16-2007, 4:30 PM
#23
But then again, an international Union sort of thing could cause humanity to destroy itself if you really think of the problems it would cause... Err...it already exists, man. What sort of self-destructive problems do you foresee?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Chavez to propose constitutional reforms
  Achilles
08-16-2007, 4:27 PM
#21
So that he can achieve martyrdom amongst his radical followers? So that we can further bolster our international image as imperialist bullies? So that we can finally deplete any shred of international goodwill that might extend to the U.S.? Surely t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Chavez to propose constitutional reforms
  Achilles
08-16-2007, 4:19 PM
#18
I mwean tto say could ally together- not would ally together. Not sure I follow. But the united nations already exists in europe- the U.N. Actually, the U.N. has over 190 member nations (not just in Europe :)). Are you thinking of the E.U. (European...  [Read More]
Posted in: Chavez to propose constitutional reforms
  Achilles
08-16-2007, 3:35 PM
#16
If the Russians, Europeans, and Americans would all ally together as one single governement, then no one would have to worry about any of the other 'rogue countries' that threaten the world's 3 most powerful nations. With russian and American weaponr...  [Read More]
Posted in: Chavez to propose constitutional reforms
  Achilles
08-16-2007, 5:44 AM
#10
Because it's against US law to assassinate world leaders. "Executive order" is not the same thing as "law". In order to understand the nature and scope of the U.S. Federal ban on assassinations and the degree to which it restricts...  [Read More]
Posted in: Look Out! It's the Apocalypse!
  Achilles
08-17-2007, 12:29 AM
#40
if soebody desides to fire a nuke without permission from all 3 world superpowers Forgive me: which three are those? Last I had heard, the U.S. was the only superpower in the world. Apparently that comes with a clause that exempts us from the nuclear...  [Read More]
Posted in: Look Out! It's the Apocalypse!
  Achilles
08-16-2007, 4:38 PM
#34
I see you quoted wikipedia Achilles. I have no choice but to not trust it.Hmmm...the article was well-cited (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summary_of_Christian_eschatological_differences#No tes) when I looked. Interesting that you won't assign any va...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why is Bush a bad president?
  Achilles
08-15-2007, 10:26 PM
#54
I don't think we should trust many people, but our President is one person we should. Why? This isn't a monarchy. Bush wasn't appointed by the grace of god. Our leaders are human and corruptible. If they lie, and are caught lying, they should not be...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why is Bush a bad president?
  Achilles
08-15-2007, 10:13 PM
#51
Yes, it should. But I don't think it will be, and if it is, I don't think it will change much at this point in time. Sadly, people lie and aren't picked up on it at all, and yet we're holding onto a lie that's 6 years old. I think you might be missin...  [Read More]
Posted in: Life origins (aka creationism vs abiogenesis)
  Achilles
08-20-2007, 10:27 AM
#18
Jae, All you need is a few short strands of self-replicating chemicals and evolution takes care of the rest :D Here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ozbFerzjkz4) is a short (and fun!) YouTube clip that covers the basics....  [Read More]
Posted in: Life origins (aka creationism vs abiogenesis)
  Achilles
08-20-2007, 9:42 AM
#15
^^^^ Case in point :D...  [Read More]
Posted in: Life origins (aka creationism vs abiogenesis)
  Achilles
08-20-2007, 9:03 AM
#13
Artificial life likely in 3 to 10 years WASHINGTON - Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch and they're getting closer. Experts expect an announcement within three to 10 years from someone in the now little-...  [Read More]
Posted in: Life origins (aka creationism vs abiogenesis)
  Achilles
08-17-2007, 4:35 AM
#12
I agree with most of this, except for the last part... insufficiency now? Now only? Or ever? I'm perhaps a little pessimistic on our ability to unravel everything.I would say insufficient now. Maybe never is true, but only time will tell. Geology giv...  [Read More]
Posted in: Study finds twist in human evolution
  Achilles
08-18-2007, 8:11 PM
#13
How Sharks Hide Their Fingers The genetic potential to create fingers and toes apparently existed ages before animals even crawled onto land, dating back to the distant common ancestors of sharks and humans, research now reveals.Link (http://news.yah...  [Read More]
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