I may not be devout, but I assure you I am neither weak nor a jackass. And that's a pretty simplistic and ill informed summation of Jewish history.

I am full of compassion, I am able to forgive but not forget, and I strongly disagree with your premise that Jews and Christians should be expected to have different societal values. Right is right, and Good is Good.

I will not debate this but Jews believe the Old Testament is the word of God. Others believe in sequels, for sure. I believe if the NT works for you to make you better, then it is working correctly. You are aware that more people believe
in later rewrites than the NT, right? I'll choose to believe that a perfect being made a perfect first draft...and I don't give two **** what you think of my conclusions, yet I can overlook it and still befriend you. I'd even fight TMCTLT for your right to choose the Book of your choice...HA!

frankj1 wrote:

MACS did cancel on me once, but that wasn't as bad as when HD left me stranded at the Honeypot...

tailgater wrote:

Well said, but one should not try to force their religious values on another. I am very suspicious of the religious devout and find non-religious people to be more likeable and trustworthy.

tonygraz wrote:

Too many that don't have any Faith like to ridicule those that do. I find likability and trustworthiness to be independent of one's religion.

tailgater wrote:

Too many that don't have any Faith like to ridicule those that do. I find likability and trustworthiness to be independent of one's religion.

tailgater wrote:

I see, but by your assessment it's okay for those lacking ANY religious values or beliefs to force THAT onto others?

If you cannot see what is happening right in front of you.....#-o

Virtually every one of these businesses / colleges or whatever who are adamantly demanding all these rights for gays ARE gay themselves.....and I told my wife decades ago, when we begin to see peter puffers in Washington DC holding offices.....it's OVER. I knew they would begin to force their lifestyle on mainstream America, and now that they also have them sitting on court benches.....the rope a dope is truly on!!!!!! For a bunch of people who started off their movement with " stay out of our bedrooms " has now come 360' with making absolutely certain that we're ALL aware what gender they prefer to have sex with.....and NOW they even want to teach school age children all about their lifestyle on taxpayers dime.....F'n disgusting. If I still had young children, I'd be home schooling them.

TMCTLT wrote:

In fact, they stopped calling it “Global Warming” because too many dim bulbs were saying “The lake dun froze solid this winter, we ain’t got no global warming”. --No, they stopped calling it "Global Warming" because the globe isn't warming.

As for the science of it, the debate was over long ago. --The debate is absolutely NOT over. The debate isn't over just because 90% of what you hear is one narrative

Brewha wrote:

You can find contradictory information on NASA's own website, and their own statements don't jive with satellite imagery. You can also find plenty of NASA scientists who aren't 100% on board with the narrative. You just have to look for this stuff and use a little critical thinking.

As for the Pentagon calling it a national security threat, these are the same people who want us to believe that North Korea is a threat. Did you see that North Korea has invented a medicine that cures AIDS, Ebola, and MERS? (eyeroll)

borndead1 wrote:

So you figure the whole thing is just a lie to get us to buy electric cars and raise the value of a brick ranch in the Poconos?

Brewha wrote:

You talk to people like an ****. I guess it could be because you've grown bitter from talking to so many right wingers on this site, or maybe it's because you're actually an ****.

Le Hockeydad made some good points in this thread. Read them again.

Also, do some creative Googling. Try this: "NASA climate change fraud" and choose an article from a website that you find the least objectionable. Read some articles about ClimateGate Russia. Ask yourself why oil companies are advocating a carbon tax.

borndead1 wrote:

So you figure the whole thing is just a lie to get us to buy electric cars and raise the property value of a brick ranch in the Poconos?

Brewha wrote:

I believe I talk to people with a flavor of sarcastic humor served on a plate of irony, just to make it interesting. And it don't taste bitter to me. Oddly HD pretty much does the same thing. Don't be so thin skinned BD. I get it, you don't like wise guys.

So, if you think CC/GW is fake I get that too. Hell, maybe you don't believe we put a man on the moon.

Just one thing though, you're wrong.

Brewha wrote: