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Yes there's something wrong with you, you're color blind. They are [blue](http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/img/tignish/features/security-id.png) not green.

Looks like they are blue on Vista, but green on XP ( http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Navigation+Toolbar+items - click on Firefox 3 under 'Show Content Customized For'). The blue doesn't do it for me, maybe I need to upgrade so I can use FF at work.

Proportional representation IS the biggest issue. Nothing can be fixed until or electoral system is fixed. 60% of Canadians are NOT going to be voting for Harper - yet Harper will be the PM.

Well, my logic is that I prefer having a poorly but at least semi-working electoral system and a job, versus a better working electoral system with perhaps no job. Not to say those are the only scenarios, just that things like jobs and the economy and taxation are indeed extremely important to me. Besides, while proportional representation would certainly be a huge improvement, it's not a panacea -- it has its own problems too.

Good thing memory is so dirt cheap, it practically comes in cereal boxes.

Wanna buy me some?

Why would a congregation know, unless they were involved in scientific research in this area, like me? I go with the scientific community still not influenced by journal publications and grant money. Though a slight minority currently, as honesty usually succumbs to fame and money, we are still here. http://www.ridgenet.net/~do_while/sage/v5i10f.htm

Listen very carefully: if a scientist could present a coherent theory that was better supported and more accurate than evolutionary theory, he or she would be lauded as the second-coming of Einstein and given more money than they could count. They would win every scientific prize they could apply for without opposition. It's one of a dozen holy grails of modern science. Why? Because science always wants to expand and learn. Anyone involved in the scientific community wants to expand human knowledge -- that's the whole purpose of the scientific method, peer reviews, etc -- and throughout the last few hundred years the best way to do that is make some discovery that turns common knowledge on its head. Don't forget that Darwin had to convince the scientific community that his theories of evolution and natural selection were correct and their current views were wrong. Do you think nobody tried to prove him wrong, that they weren't as egotistic and stubborn as 21st century humans? This idea that there's a vast conspiracy to resist challenging evolution is absurd. Even if it was true, though, what is the point of complaining unless there is an alternative, competing theory? Care to enlighten us?

I do understand what you are asking, and honestly, I still struggle with the full meaning of the question, let alone the answer. I think we probably agree on more than it seems. At any rate, I think the main point is that I disagree with is that self is an illusion; something that has no real meaning other than what we wish to give it. The same goes with your comparison of morality. I think morality is something greater than a loosely and impromptu set of rules. I also think our 'self' is something greater than a grand illusion of a primate brain in order to cope with our own ability to understand our existence. A lot of it comes down to outcome. I don't think the human brain can fully comprehend the concept that it is placing itself under an illusion as a means of survival. Much like pondering infinity, we cannot truly comprehend how large it is, but we can discuss it without comprehending it. I have a lot more to say, but I'm getting really confused the more I think about it. tldr; I think that memory and sense-perception *is* the self, as what forms our identity and our actions. I do believe in souls/high level of being in some wacky form...so this might also be part of our disagreement...

Oh yes, the soul thing would get in the way of our agreement pretty quickly, no offense. I'm for the word "soul" having a practical definition, but I find the traditional one to be far too spooky. I am very interested by your comment about how the human brain can't fully comprehend such a concept, and have considered it before superficially. You are saying that we can talk about such a thing now, but to truly comprehend it would be really shattering to our psyche? I think I would agree to an extent, but I have an optimistic view of this, that even though today we can't truly comprehend such a thing in a way that is more than a casual regard, our prosperity still might fully realize it and apply it in a way we couldn't have imagined, or at least were restricted by our limited ability to expand our minds and truly comprehend as they might. I believe that in the end it will be a good thing, and not placing too much value in the self will allow the human race to be more altruistic on a grand level, as now we are much too guided by fear to be any use to each other.

It depends upon your reading of "Sons of God." Take the whole passage in context - in verse 1, it's talking about mankind. So why would verse 2 suddenly shift and talk about angelic beings? I don't believe it does. I think that the sons of God talked about are the godly offspring of Adam, while the daughters of men are those who are ungodly. So, as far as the identity of the Nephilim, I'm more inclined to accept a secondary definition for the word - rather than giant, we might translate the word as "bully" or "tyrant." It seems to suit the context better, as the entire pericope deals with men and the offspring of men - not with angelic beings.

ResidentRedneck, you seem to be treating the passage with a plain reading, and not dismissing it as mere figurative make-believe. Does that mean you believe Noah's flood was a real event?

And, uh, here's her vagina. http://www.erotiqlinks.com/tgp/babes/erica-hot/indexf.html

nice first comment

I think that these things are somewhat natural in most people, so you're right. However, you see the real evidence when you witness somebody whose life is changed by this "god" when they come into contact with him. People whose heart ranges from simply selfish and vain to the more extreme hardcore violent. When you see a hardened man melt into this compassionate being.. then you see the evidence you are looking for.

There is still no reason to suggest that "god" inspires the change. You see the change, and automatically attribute it to a god you have never seen. I see no reason to attribute this to anyone other than the man wanting to make the change.

So what's up with Alberta? Why is it different, and in what way(s)? Wait... *from* Alberta, or *in* Alberta?

I live in Alberta. Most people where i live aren't religious and if they are they aren't overly religious. On the other hand there is a very vocal and visible group of people here who take their religion very seriously. Id just like to say and im going to get downvoted here but of the people i know most are conservative and most are not religious. If anything i have found that most of the religious people i know are a mix of anti-abortion, against sex/violence in media, with a socialist economic viewpoint. Kind of a wierd mix.

Let me do a comic-specific version: Is Mallard Fillmore Funny Today: No Check this comment for updates tomorrow.

Let me do a user-specific version: Is Ivy Mike still a virgin: Yes Check this comment for updates tomorrow.

Did you haul the house with the foundations?

nope. maybe 600lbs of stuff though..

Don't spend money on pricey knives. Use a sharpening steel before cooking - five passes on each side and it's done. Don't have a steel? use the back of one of your knives to align the steel of the other.

meh, walmart knives suck. get a victorinox for 20 bucks and it'll last forever and stays RAZOR sharp.

Ladies and gentlemen of the choir, please have a seat and listen to the sermon of this voteforenvironment.ca rip-off. it links to avaaz.org and there is no link to download the mp3. strategic for now, and we gotta rattle their cage on a regular basis to make sure something's done about climate change.

I used their little calculator thing. I'm not in a swing riding, which is no fun. There's no way its going anything but conservative, so I get to vote green without feeling like I contributed to Harper!

You read the book and you haven't noticed? The girl (I forgot her name) is portrayed as just a dumb girl, really dumb, whose only talent is to have a lot of luck. Everyone, especially the human male (I forgot his name also) treats her like shit, that's the sexist part. The racist part, and this applies to a lot of science fiction and fantasy actually, is the protrayal of races that have special traits, just because of their race and that behave in certain ways determined by their race, e.g. this tiger-person is from a warrior race, so he is a pretty aggressive guy, the puppeteer is of a race of manipulators, and all he ever does is to manipulate people. If you've read, perhaps, some of the aforementioned works of Vernor Vinge on the other hand, you see, that in his books all members of alien species (besides, he is a master in crafting believable, interesting aliens) all have a personality, they are people, rather than tokens of their respective race.

I don't think it's really fair to call it sexist because the sole female character is stupid. Of the three humanoid characters, if I recall, one's a half insane homicidal warrior. Is it sexist because 1/2 of the males in the party are ultra violent?

I like the 'uppity nigger' picture of Obama.

Seems to me like they just wanted him looking up towards the sky like an idealist where as McCain is looking you straight in the face *man-to-man!*

Wow that applies to me today. I wrote most of the presentation, did all the research, I probably would have started sweating and stuttering If I had to present so I let somebody else read what I wrote, and he didn't know what it meant. And that same person didn't attend any group meetings. Almost every person in that comic was represented in my group. I haven't read toothpastefordinner in a long time, but I used to love it, and I used to love that guy's website before he wrote toothpastefordinner. What was his site before that again? I forget..

http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AaCbA5cAqh4bZGdxcXNtcDdfMjhrajJ4ZzRmYg&hl=en link to my actual presentation from today I stood with the rest of my group as they presented in case somebody asked a tough question, because I had done all the research.

Scary that issues over video games would come to this.

The issue wasn't the content of the video games but simply an addiction. This addiction could've been anything from drugs to sex, and the parents did the right thing interceding to try and help their son. The son chose to disobey and not trust his parents' guidance. I'm not commenting on whether or not he deserved to die, but there are consequences with each action and his selfishness has left a mother and father that will forever place the blame on the wrong people: themselves.

Of course not. What's the point of building up comment karma if you're not going to spend it?

fucking karma whores

At my texas highschool, - we cannot have any facial hair at all (i have blonde hair so it is hard to spot, so i usually sport a beard). - We cannot have any "un-natural" looking hair colour. - Girls can't wear those short short athletics shorts (aaaarrrghhh). - No hats whatsoever. those are the only un-reasonable parts of the dress code, the reasonable parts are - no offensive clothes, - no tank tops and shit like that... (no exposed waistline included in that). - no sagging jeans for those "gangster" kids. The fact that some of the Islamic students may have a beard for religious purposes, yet any other student cannot baffles me. You can't have a double standard, shit doesn't work like that.

Wait is it a public or a private school?

a little part of my soul died when i read the article.

the little part of my soul called the mouth vomited blood when I read the article

Anyone want to paraphrase? I don't want to listen to a talk show in bad quality and look at a pontiac unless it'd be worth it

Guest 1: "Tell the cop that you pay their taxes. They usually shuts them up." Guest 1: "I know their radar guns are wrong. I wax my car every day. The stealth bomber is stealth because they wax it every day." Guest 1: "In the last year? I've been pulled over 20 times" Guest 2: <Mexican Accent> "Is that because you drive like an idiot? </Mexican Accent>

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I've never really felt attracted to women until I saw your birthday photo today. =) Happy birthday, Hon!

He it looking for tips after all

treats YA

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That's because it's his sister AND his daughter.

Trying to wrap my head around how that could be possible...

I cant even imagine the amount of time i have spent playing the first sonic the hedgehog

Does [this sound](http://www.entertonement.com/clips/44206/Countdown-Theme-Song) make you nervous? (That is actually set as my alarm clock as it induces enough panic to compel me to get out of bed in the morning)

It's funny how so many places there are named after parts of London :D

Well we are a commonwealth nation. edit: for Pete's sake, we have this guy who represents the Queen, who has the authority to sack our PM.

Then what is hip hop culture?

Don't make the mistake of associating the ignorant with the culture they think they represent. Hip-hop is about artistic expression, stemming from urban music and art in the late 1970s in NYC. Most music and graffiti made commentary on society and media. True hip-hop is about self-development, competition, and self-expression. When people say that hip-hop is dying/dead, they are not referring to musicians like Soulja boy, or to people that behave such as this troubled lady. Instead, they point to the pioneering efforts of the early NY djays and break beat artists from the 1980s and 1990s and how they have not been continued into this new decade.

Can't we all just get a bong?

Sounds like that guy hit his joints pretty hard after he fell off that F16.

[What's Gaben doing?](http://2fort2furious.com/gaben.php)

[Makes sense..](http://i.imgur.com/KxEcw.png)

I accidentally dragged the launch codes into Firefox. Sorry, Guam :(

I accidentally firefox, too Is this dangerous?

all the cam software sucks that i can find. heres the deal i have a 2.5M connection and i want a cam program that has a "flash server" or something inside "FlashCam" looks good but it fails to see "manycam". any suggestions? (open source is better but I'm not above "paying" for something.) no i will not stream to a third party I'm also not above installing something on a web server

please do this.. We need either videos or some type of future notice to tune in.. we would all like it

History has taught us that "separate but equal" is basically a contradiction. Instead of that, why don't we remove the word "marriage" from all laws and call it "civil union" instead? The churches can call it marriage, individuals can call it marriage, but for legal purposes it's civil union.

If you paid close attention, that's exactly what Biden said. He said the civil rights should be the same and that the definition of marriage should be left to religious/cultural institution, not the government.

Ooh, a Mythbusters dis! Saucy!

Total slam on Mythbusters out of nowhere!

Ah. Please do tell... What are you saying? That the sperm can somehow find their way from the rectum to the fallopian tubes internally? Or that if sloppy it's going to exit one door and enter the other?

The chance of it happening is like .0001%. But somewhere out there is that one person who was conceived because their dad was able to "totally relax" when cumming in their mother's ass.

a little off-topic, but is your government still attempting to filter porn from the internet on a national level? I haven't heard anything about it since I read that a 17 year old broke the filter in 10 min...

Not that I know of... It certainly hasn't affected me or anyone I know.

I've always liked Baltar. They made him the universal human- cowardly, looking out for number one, but really not all that evil.

I second. Favorite character in the show. Back in the first season, his tense encounters with other characters while trying to manage his conversations with angel six were great.

*claps* good job! how'd you manage that? because, last time i checked, your life is a statiscal anomally.

If you have any combination of intelligence and drive; you're a statistical anomaly.

I've been waiting to buy an Xbox 360 or PS3 just to play this game. Does anyone have a good reason to go one way or the other? (preferably a link to a review of both versions showing one is notably more fun)

PS3 pros: built in Blu-Ray, free online PS3 cons: still not that wide a game choice XBOX pros: massive games library, higher userbase XBOX cons: no Blu-Ray, must pay to use online, it's Microsoft That's obviously a very simplistic view of things. I very much doubt that you'll find a single review that states one is notably more "fun" than the other. I suppose the easiest way to decide is to ask yourself "Do I want to play either Gran Turismo 5 or Metal Gear Solid 4?" If the answer to either is yes then the PS3 is the console for you...

Loi?

Are you sure it's not Lol? edit: I see, it is not as blurry when you click on it and get the full size.

The best analogy I can think of that fits the Gallactica ending is if the Apollo astronauts were to shut down the rocket shortly before liftoff, hitchhike to Woodstock, strip off their clothes, dance around in the mud, proclaim “we let our technology get ahead of our morality and we need to get back to basics”, fuck like rabbits until the food ran out and then either starved to death or got slaughtered by the locals. Seriously. “let’s run it into the sun”??!! Are you mad? That is thousands of years of accumulated wealth and knowledge and you are going to throw it all away for some primitive Gaia based fantasy of yours? You have fought and died for how long in order to stay alive and now you are going to commit mass suicide by romanticizing the hunter/gatherer lifestyle? This ending is not only bad, but amoral. What a fucking letdown. Edit: the battle scenes were awesome though.

No one ever knows what amoral means. Immoral!=amoral. Amoral=not having to do with morality immoral=something that is not moral

I was hoping Clinton would ask "Where did Barbara get the sign?"

ok, i laffed.

What is ironic is that you just used irony wrong.

That was the joke. WOOOOSH

Calling it shameful and drafting legislation that prevents this from being done with bailout money are two different things. I love what Obama's doing to Washington (it's exactly what we need, exactly when we need it), but I wish he'd stop critiquing, and start doing something to stop these sorts of things (and maybe he already has, I don't know).

You LOVE what he's doing? Are you *serious?* He's giving these scumbags MORE of your money. Jesus man - what about this cant you understand?

For those of us continuing to look at bizarre internet porn this year (nsfw). http://i.imgur.com/HkGnm.gif

You know you spend too much time online when you've seen this already *sigh*

It's a choice between TWO candidates, so discrediting one VERY MUCH works to the other one's advantage.

Reddit is not a political forum. I hoped that we can rise above the politics and discuss a very important issue. Alas, most people here are not mature enough

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That's a fantastic story, and is actually very similar to C.S. Lewis' own story, as I have heard it; he was an atheist who read the Bible with the intention of disproving it, and instead believed it. I should also point out that Lee Strobel, who wrote *The Case for Christ*, was also an atheist who wrote a hugely popular book in the same vein as the one you mentioned. (I was also happy to recently find out that he became a Christian at my very own church!)