Disqus - Latest Comments for william

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:26:00 -0000

Sconner: You poor thing, didn’t you realise I was leading you into exposing your real side? Do you think I haven’t taken the trouble to check the racks that you’ve left in other places?
The first thing to note is that you engage in deceit, so how can anyone trust anything you say?
The second part of your post clearly demonstrates that you are in a great deal of mental pain, for which you need someone to blame, so that you can seek some perverted comfort by verbally abusing them.
My favourite son died in May, I buried him on his birthday, but I didn’t look for someone to blame and I didn’t bury my humanity with him. It is you that needs psychiatric help, so you have my sympathy for the hurt you are so obviously suffering. You come across as a very confused and bitter person, who is living in denial.
As I have said, atheists have no respect for other people’s beliefs, its just another controlling, oppressive, dominating religion. Reminds me of something from the lost gospels ‘Who are you killer of men, where are you going space conqueror.
I forgive you for your derogatory remarks
Love
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:40:00 -0000

JimArvo
Thank you for 'chip'ping in but I think your reply was a little hasty.
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:21:00 -0000

Dave: Oh dear, I feel like Dr Doolittle.
Have you anything constructive to say on Religion v Science and if you are using the word 'science' as a reference to atheism, could you please confirm that?
Perhaps I should start a post 'Love v Atheism'.
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:15:00 -0000

Dave:
There’s really nothing to forgive, you see if there is no separate spiritual soul, then we are all animals, even if we are arrogant enough to claim to be intelligent. You see this intelligence is not only taking us to the end of our species, it is also taking al other species to extinction.
Granted science has given us greater knowledge of our environment and achieved many wonderful things, but one miscalculation and we are all gone. Mankind has always been warlike, I often wonder what the world would be like if all scientific investigation was done in a peaceful world. Anyway, I’m ranting a bit so let’s find a common ground for a discussion. We both want a better world. I have a feeling that the smooch was just your way of seeing if I’m worth eating 
Will

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:16:00 -0000

Jim: I really didn’t get upset at the derogatory comments, but I felt they needed addressing. I thank you for the nature of your response, which seems much more reasonable and civilized. I am very willing to consider your views and of course, I will respect them, even at the times that I may not agree. I think you’ll be surprised at just how much I enjoy science.

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:41:00 -0000

Dave: In that case, I forgive your arrogance in presenting yourself as the superior human being who is far above the rest of his fellow creatures but deigns to lower himself on occasion in order to engage the pathetically unenlightened.

Will: My apologies for giving you the impression that I was in some way, superior. In reality, I neither look up to, or down at anyone. If the cause is good, then I would always put myself last. I think you are more enlightened than a lot of people I know.

Dave: Crazy Christian fundamentalists and Whacked-out Islamic fundamentalists are more likely to usher in the end of all humanity as opposed to any atheists.

Will: I agree totally. You should see some of the papers that I’ve written on this subject. I have a rather large folder on the contradictions and atrocities. As for their view of the after life, it is completely wrong.

Dave: Christianity and Islam are both death cults, wishing for and looking for the bliss that is only available in an imaginary afterlife.

Will: Agreed, everything they do is for self preservation and their own pleasure (physical).

Dave: The wonderful second coming of Christ will bring with it the total destruction of everything and the annihilation of all life on Earth.

Will: This just goes to show how anti-love their teachings are.

Dave: Oh, the beautiful stories of Christendom. Oh the wonders of the Europe when Christianity ruled the nations with an iron fist!

Will: Oh the evil done in the name of all that is good and right.

Dave: … The Dark Ages when all Europe was transformed into the image of God!

Will: I thought it was the image of a cruel domineering father. Their god was made in man’s image.

Dave: We are all part of the same universe, Willie. Humans are some sort of extra-terrestrial from another dimension. All life is part of the same universe and made of the same stuff. The only unique thing about humans is self-awareness. In a way, the universe, through us (and whatever other self-aware species there might be) has become self-aware.

Will: We are actually quite close on that one 

Dave: Another thing, Will. Your constant denigration of those who don't share your beliefs belies extreme insecurity. If your godlett is real, you can't honestly think she is co-dependent on your apologetic effort to get her message across, do you?

Will: Let’s be fair, I took a lot of stick (hug) I did mention that no-one has to share my beliefs. There’s no fear or punishment and I teach that we are all innocent. I’m actually very secure and happy. I have no fear of anything, neither god or death. I just have a message to deliver and I can only do my best. If I fail, it’s God’s mistake for picking me out of the nirvana I was in. I’m a free spirit so I’m just doing what I think is good and right. I know that I’m not the only one with the message. I still question everything. You know my friend, I get pissed of with some of the so-called spiritual people, and I do feel embarrassed at some of the things they are claiming.
I’ve done an article on ego, it actually refers to ‘the self’, which is awareness, desire and will. Everything we do is for ‘the self’. I’m off on holiday to the coast tomorrow.
Love and kind regards
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:41:00 -0000

Sconnor,
Of course I can keep forgiving you.
You speak of your overwhelming grief and pain, you have no idea what I've had to suffer in life, yet I'm still standing and I don't have to take my hurt out on other people. Perhaps if you didn't ridicule people, you wouldn't get it back. If you can't take it, don't give it. And if you have no respect for other people's beliefs, then don't expect them to have any for yours.
I suggest that your overwhelming grief is the measure of the depth of love that you have. Unfortunately due to my overwhelming empathy,I now find myself feeling your grief, so yes, of course I forgive you and I hope you can forgive me for trying to defend my beliefs.
Love and peace
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:59:00 -0000

Hi guys, hope you are all keeping well.
Just popped in with some petrol for the fire! :-)

If I can go back to the main topic 'religion v science', the way I see it is, science creates a nuclear bomb and religion pushes the button, so which side is the winner?
Atheists are not without love and followers of religion are not without hate.
see www.love-themeaningoflife.com/oneworld
<BR/... life and death are measured by the presence or absence of love, compassion and forgiveness. All trees are judged by their fruit and all people, regardless of their beliefs, are judged by their love or lack of it. And so to conclude, science will always overcome that which is wrong in established religions and established religions will always overcome that which is wrong in science.

Love will always overcome that which is wrong, wherever it may be.
Love and peace to you all
William

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2009/04/1920s-irish-immigrant.html

william — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:30:00 -0000

Barbara summed it up pretty nicely.

Re: Spock, the People Search Engine, Invites

william — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:57:00 -0000

Hi MG,

I would like an invite.

Peace,

Bill

Re: Manchester City Unveils New 07/08 Home Shirt

william — Mon, 14 May 2007 08:53:00 -0000

To be fair, it is not a Thomas Cook logo on the right shoulder, it is a Le Coq Sportif logo. And since that is the only place it appears on the shirt, it makes it seem somewhat understated (since most clubs have the manufacturers logo on the chest). All in all, I think it is an absolutely striking kit.

Re: El SPAM de los computadores Ericsson

william — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:07:00 -0000

Que cosa parece que en esta fecha esta circulando esta basura por aqui, pero claro antes de seguirle el jueguito a este "Quitatiempo" es mejor averiguar como lo hemos hecho los que participamos de este blog que por cierto es muy puntual, No nos dejemos engañar de "Todo" lo que llega por correo y sera abrirle los ojos a mas de un despistado que esta esperando "gratis" el famoso portatil inexistente !!

Re: What I’d do on the long weekend had I the means

william — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:31:00 -0000

Fantastic blog you got, I will be soon to check out your newest posting. In the mean time I have a blog/website you might enjoy.

http://www.classicwoody.com/
wooden boat

Re: Clouds in my coffee is not good news with housemates like these

william — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:46:00 -0000

Awesome blog you have here I will deffinitely be checking
back to see some more great post. I have a blog/website
you might enjoy.

http://www.classicwoody.com/
how to build a wooden boat

Re: I have a business idea

william — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:57:00 -0000

Keep up the good work, I will be back to check on your new updates. Incredible job! I have a blog/website that
might interest you

classic wooden boat
http://www.classicwoody.com/

Re: ‘I like Singapore. It’s very beautiful. We see it from the boat’

william — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:45:00 -0000

Great blog you have here I will deffinitely be back, I have a website that is about restoring wooden boats

http://www.classicwoody.com/ : complete wooden boat restoration guide

Re: Straits Times does Tomorrow.sg

william — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 08:10:00 -0000

Keep up the good work, I will be back to check on your new updates. Incredible job! I have a blog/website that
might interest you

wooden boat construction
http://www.classicwoody.com/

Re: MSN Messenger: 100 Million+ Users, MSN 6 Details

william — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 01:17:52 -0000

please send me a msn 6 iformation details booklet thing first before sending me msn 6 thanx

Re: MSN Messenger: 100 Million+ Users, MSN 6 Details

william — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 01:18:04 -0000

please send me a msn 6 iformation details booklet thing first before sending me msn 6 thanx

Re: ethnic diversity of bloggers, not

william — Sun, 02 Mar 2003 08:55:21 -0000

Hey DJ, I think you'll find that there are many Latin blogs out there. Although many are in Spanish, or Portuguese. In many ways finances are still a problem. Although Internet access is free, your time at the library is limited to a 30 minute session, and if there is no one there, you can surf longer. But if you are not spending much time on the internet. Chances are you won't come across blogging. I didn't till recently. I would venture to say that those on the digital fringe are doing the same things we do, watching movies, playing games (video, cards, dice), and discussing things. But whereas some do it by chat, these people have face to face interaction in community. One of the things missing from suburban America. If you go into less affluent neighborhoods, you'll see people sitting outside. I went to a housing project and just before supper, everyone seemed to be outside, they bought out chairs and just sat and spent the time talking to one another, and these were mostly males. In the apartments you could see a bustle of activity as kids were running around and someone was cooking in the kitchen.I used to think online communcation was solely relegated to meeting new people. But it occurred to me that many people do their chatting and email with people that they've seen/know/interact at work or school with. Anyhow its all just another tool by which people communicate.But there are probably some people who need to get out from behind the computer and get out in the land of the living! Not me, not you :-)But because I blog, or chat online doesn't mean I'm not living, or avoiding life. I guess I feel that online writing has helped me to grow and reflect. But I agree there is the danger that we can become too self-absorbed.Now there is "audio" blogger. Imagine the possibilities. I think though that in the coming years, the presence of the computer in American homes will come close to that of vcr's, dvd's, t.v's. But perhaps not as fast as dvd's...

Re: response to Premarital Sex article

william — Sun, 20 Apr 2003 15:19:10 -0000

Just read your comments on my blog, about RHCC's Worship Blog. Thank you.

Re: i-Bulldog’s BF-10

william — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:45:23 -0000

Hey, does the BF-10 have backlight? Like an LED? Thanks!~

Re: Barça Collapse Gives Getafe Copa Final

william — Fri, 11 May 2007 18:18:00 -0000

Great match. Great blog. Great post. I thought I even saw Bernd smile when the whistle blew full time.

Re: Amy Sullivan: The Fallout from Ted Haggard

william — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:12:48 -0000

Maybe it's about time that the church come to grips with the fact that Jesus never condemned homosexuality. The church would also do well to come to realize that the children of Israel were desperately striving to increase their number in self defense. It's rather difficult to be fruitful and multiply in a homosexual relationship. The body politic and the body religious should note that it is not our position to condemn one another. That, my sisters and brothers, is the Lord's work.>

Re: The Wooly-Pully & ODU are No More… Thank You!

william — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:18:00 -0000

Good variety of uniform apparel are available at Aramark store with coupons...

Re: How did Michael Jackson die, and the medicine behind sudden cardiac death

william — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:38:27 -0000

Micheal jackson was the best singer ever I miss you michael jackson. From your biggest fan

Re: Spawn : All PS3 Themes

william — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:07:42 -0000

Someone can't accept criticism. It does suck. But let's see one sKs-.

Re: Sunday Sleaze Round-Up

william — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:21:00 -0000

It's really very common, in all walks of life and in all jobs, if a 'perk' is allowable in the rules people take advantage of it.

Yes, but we are not paying for it!

Re: Pumpkin Seeds: Nouns I Don’t Get Edition

william — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:18:00 -0000

Yes. Yes. Hell yes. Yes. Yeah, we suck. Yes. Yes. Hell yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Heh.

Re: Valentine’s Day For The Kids

william — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:44:47 -0000

Sounds yummy. I would add some gourmet marshmallows like the ones on this site: www.mannamallows.com

That would put it over the top.

Re: http://blog.hellohenrik.com/?p=263

william — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:24:00 -0000

Okay, since you've said it, I guess it's okay to admit it as well: I'm crazy about TV too. But not everything. If the producer can keep the tension going, and not through phony devices but legitimate cliffhangers, then he's got me. And I'll come back next time for more.

Sadly, much of what is on the tube is inane. Like weeds in a field of green grass.

Still looking for that special weedkiller.

WL

Re: Request a Post

william — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:50:12 -0000

Tom, it would be great to see an article about using checkinstall. I use it all the time, and I think it would be a helpful app for many more people.

Re: Disable your Internal Speaker’s Beep in Linux | Tombuntu

william — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:04:28 -0000

It works on Kubuntu 6.06 LTS. Thanks a lot :)

Re: Any Other Catholic Dads Out There?

william — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:39:00 -0000

Count me in too ...

William

Full Circle

http://earlychurchfathers.org/fullcircle

Re: The Return Of The Mighty Boosh

william — Sat, 26 May 2007 12:46:00 -0000

the Funniest Men on EARTH!

Re: The Library Problem

william — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:25:00 -0000

I use Readerware. I'm a Mac guy. I now have nearly 2000 books, which I have been collecting since the early 1980s, so over 90% of them have ISBNs. I first built a database in MS Access 97, back when I had only hundreds of books. Then, the primary intention was to prevent duplicate purchases, and my Access database was sufficient. However, adding books was time consuming, since I had over a dozen fields as well as scans of the covers. So, after a few years, I started looking around for a better solution, and found Readerware.

I think Readerware is one of the best apps for personal libraries, and would recommend it to anyone. It's shareware, with a free 30-day trial, so give it a test drive. You can export it to a PDA, so I bought one--a Palm, which I take to the bookstores to prevent duplicates.

One downside is making a "to buy" list, for when you browse used bookstores--I haven't figured out how to store more than one Readerware database on a Palm.

Overall, Readerware is not perfect, but it's darn close.

Re: Am I ruining the mystery?

william — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:11:00 -0000

Great segment... saw it and enjoyed it. Keep up the good work!

~W

Re: CPA Exam Rants: April/May 2009 Window

william — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:14:27 -0000

I took REG on 4/1/09. Does anyone know the score released yet?

Re: CPA Exam Rants: April/May 2009 Window

william — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:06:41 -0000

Thanks. Checking everyday, just makes me crazy.

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May Window - Wave 1

william — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:33:07 -0000

Thanks for the information Jeff. My f5 (refresh button) is about to break!

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May Window - Wave 1

william — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:38:57 -0000

make me the 4th

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May Window - Wave 1

william — Sat, 16 May 2009 10:22:41 -0000

AUD 94!!!

Thanks Jeff for the reasonably accurate date! I refreshed the CA state screen until 3 and woke up at 6. Poof! the score was there! Now I can go back to sleep!

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

william — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:51:27 -0000

Sat for FAR on 4/20 in MD......the waiting is torture and does not make sense that it has taken so long.....other parts I have gotten in under 30 days.

On a brighter note - if anyone is near Dallas, NYC or Atlanta - the Becker "final review" is worth the time and effort, as is the CRAM from Yeager.......

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

william — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:33:25 -0000

Does anyone know if AICPA will release REG Monday morning?

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

william — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:35:57 -0000

And if so, does that mean we'll see the score on tuesday? (I'm from CA)

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

william — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:18:37 -0000

What about for REG?

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

william — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:04:02 -0000

does that mean I'll see the score on monday? or tuesday if i'm from CA. REG is my last score, so I'm pretty anxious!!

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

william — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:45:45 -0000

to cpa hopeful, if I wasn't told like I can't read dates, then I wouldn't have explained myself.

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

william — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:52:10 -0000

CPA hopeful: Sorry, thought that was referring to me.

Jeff: your website is very clear. Just that your predictions are so close, between 1-2 days, which just drives folks nuts.

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

william — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:45:33 -0000

Odds of FAR in MD actually coming out on THU??????

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

william — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:41:22 -0000

Reg for CA!!

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

william — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:34:26 -0000

Bryce: I feel ya. 75 is good enough!

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

william — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:16:34 -0000

REG is out for CA! 91!!! thanks for everything jeff!!!

Re: New Years Eve Party Pictures

william — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:45:35 -0000

What music you guys were playing over there?

Re: After the Christmas Party Pictures

william — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:10:26 -0000

Christmas is such a fun time of the year.

Re: Bulldog tug of war pictures

william — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:31:06 -0000

Thanks for sharing all the stuff.

Re: Bulldog tug of war pictures

william — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:31:52 -0000

I saw the previous video. They are really big now.

Re: Andre the Limo Car show Win

william — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:02:21 -0000

Wow they have show for limos? I will like to take a part.

Re: Kobes Steakhouse Review and Pictures

william — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:05:54 -0000

It is also a very good business.

Re: Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights Pictures

william — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:41:58 -0000

I love the new design.

Re: Buena Vista Palace Resort and Spa Review

william — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:04:11 -0000

I agree with you on this.

Re: The Stretch Escalade Gets Here

william — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:46:33 -0000

You love kids right?

Re: Johnny Depp in Alice in Wonderland, Lone Ranger, and Pirates of the Caribbean 4

william — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:58:00 -0000

If every actor doesn't return then there is no point in making this film. Seriously how selfish can they be to not return? There's no way they didn't have a blast making these movie's.

Re: Will The Real Social Media Expert Please Stand Up?

william — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:54:00 -0000

Outstanding post. I often ask myself who these social media experts are. Often times, you hear them called "rockstars"

I wrote about a post about that just the other day, actually.

http://www.socialjump.com/2008/04/07/whats-makes-a-social-media-rock-star/

What is interesting though, looking back just 3 days ago when I wrote my post, is that none of the people I identified as "rockstars" are really marketers. They are just people who I felt represented and were using the medium the right way.

Your post clearly identifies the types of things that we as marketers need to be aware of to really be able to call ourselves experts.

Re: Twitter Tools for Community and Communications Professionals

william — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:03:00 -0000

Twitter tools are very useful means to communicate online. It has very good features and functionalities which is useful for professionals.
===================================

William Gates

Link Building

Re: Will The Real Social Media Expert Please Stand Up?

william — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:54:00 -0000

Re: Twitter Tools for Community and Communications Professionals

william — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:03:00 -0000

Re: The CBC Money Pit

william — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:58:00 -0000

Being a PUBLIC broadcaster, the CBC should have to survive on donations, like PBS in the states.
Let them canvass for money from like minded socialists..!

To quote Jefferson:

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

The CBC does not represent any of my ideas or ideology.

In fact they only represent one ideology, that being Soviet-style socialism.

Re: Green Conservatives

william — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:43:00 -0000

Say hello to back door proportional representation.

This is how the left intends to re-write the canadian political scene.

Call yourself anything but the NDP'er you are.

A vote for the Green party is a vote for the NDP, plain and simple.

...Wake-up man........!!

Here are just a few examples of NDP'ers who call themselves something they are not......

Ken Dryden, claims to be a liberal, but leftist policies betray his true leanings..

Buzz Hargrove, now calls himself a liberal..

Bob Rae, same as above..

Elizabeth May, claims to be green,

was/is NDP activist...

All singing the same tune,

capitalism..BAD...

socialism..GOOD...

It won't be long, before all the candidates in all canadian elections, will be NDP'ers in disguise.!!

Anyone care to add a few more to this list..!

Re: 50 Cent in King Magazine: More Beef

william — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:42:22 -0000

fuck 50 cent. you got punked by game. you only talk shit cuz your hopped up on roids. the most gangster thing you did was get shot. and you got lucky with that. you got put in your place and waynes taking over. sit back and keep your mouth shut and you might learn a thing or two curtis.

Re: Designer face off at the Emmys

william — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:02:01 -0000

lets talk about whats really important

and that is christians hair.

Re: Michelle Obama shops at H&M

william — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:02:27 -0000

damn

"ay yo shawty!"

Re: Players Meet-up

william — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:03:00 -0000

wah.... very nice shots of my boys! I will hijack these two shots from you!

Re: Dressing up with Miriam & Jenn

william — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:05:00 -0000

Very nice shots, Anderson! I like all of them.

Re: Last Resort

william — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:47:00 -0000

ya... I agree that they are all professional and out to tipu you. They have to make themselves look really pitiful so that you can give them money. I won't give anyone money unless they are blind or really handicap. Sound cruel but I won't submit to their profession!
Oh... submit the photos for competition. You may win some prizes.

Re: Mark & Lynn’s Wedding (Reception) – Pulai Springs Resort – Johor Bahru

william — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:10:00 -0000

Very nice! But I like your last shot with you inside.

Re: Fans get wish; cue the Cutler era

william — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:38:52 -0000

I have seen ALOT of people blaming the whole team and saying it's not Jakes fault, which it indeed is not all his fault. But what people are failing to realize is that Plummer won alot of games yes, but lost all the big ones. Even last year in the playoffs the ONLY reason we won that game was defense, have people forgotten the 100 yard TD interception by Champ? I was their and I do remember it quite well, and plummer wasn't on the field intercepting it...what I'm saying is Plummer has won so many games because this team is so good, all he has had to do is be AVERAGE. Being average is not good enough for a QB. I'm sorry but left handed interceptions, bad interceptions on key plays, smiling after interceptions and all around dumb mistakes are un-called for by a 10Yr NFL QB. Yes this team has problems, but you can't run if you can't pass, you can't play defense if you get no rest, and you can't win if the leader of your team can't lead. I'm not saying Cutler is the end-all be all of this team and he will be the greatest thing since Elway but watching him play in pre-season was a thing of beauty. The way he led the offense, made good passes FROM THE POCKET, and seemed to be calm and collected was impressive. It's sad to see Plummer go, I like the guy I really though he was going to be the answer for this team, but if it has to be Cutler, well than as an AVID Broncos fan I support it. Look at it like this...the team may have problems, but no one can deny that Cutler has better mechanics than Plummer and that's nothing something your taught...let's just hope this all works out and don't get to high or low for this kid, he's only what 22?

Re: 0899783947

william — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:05:17 -0000

Why doesn't the authority arrest these mobile telephony rascals.
I have just had a call and I know i will be having my hard earned euros deducted from my account.

Re: http://blog.inc.com/archives/2003/10/napster_is_back.html

william — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:07:22 -0000

I think it has a good shot actually. It's still an incredibly recognized brand name, and a lot of people really are willing to pay for music online. Just look at Apple's success...

Re: http://blog.inc.com/archives/2004/01/the_donald_epis.html

william — Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:48:45 -0000

first priority: who cuts Trump's hair? I mean what is he thinking. it's like Atlantic City meets the wigstock. but I digress... Sam embodies all those annoying characters in every animated movie. or better yet the jarjar bing of the show. unfortunately I suspect he's around til at least near the end. in TV land, annoying pays...

Re: VIDEO of Secret GM-Segway Project PUMA

william — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:10:45 -0000

I wish I could travel 35 mph through the traffic jams I experience now. I hope GM gets a little pressure from Uncle Sam to push the introduction of this.

Re: Bounty Hunters Stalk 100,000 Giant Pythons in the Everglades

william — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:49:59 -0000

The context of the article makes it sound like some wild python strangled a child, when it was a PET python that got loose.

Re: Coolest Environmental Advertising (Slideshow)

william — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:29:19 -0000

It seems the point is that we are killing our children through global warming. Societal future suicide, so to speak. I thought it was a pretty powerful piece and am thankful for that. One might debate whether or not the cover picture is 'cool', but the whole slideshow, when taken in totality, seems to fit that adjective.

Re: Coolest Environmental Advertising (Slideshow)

william — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:36:58 -0000

Unless the world pulls in its belt considerably, I don't think is any way the planet can support the six billion people here (especially when they start consuming at western levels), much less the couple billion more that are on the way. It is a people bubble that has to burst at some point. I'm sure it's at least 100 years away, however, In the sense of the geological clock, it will be one tick. It's just like any other bubble, whether it be too many moose on Isle Royale or the dot com boom. There will be a people correction and it will effect progressive liberals and conservatives alike. Or maybe I'm wrong and this bubble will be different.

Re: Fun new ways to waste money and resources

william — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:43:45 -0000

These -- being pocket sized -- are also convenient. My problem is the branding. Solution I discovered is branding comes off with a little sandpaper.

Re: VIDEO of Secret GM-Segway Project PUMA

william — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:10:45 -0000

I wish I could travel 35 mph through the traffic jams I experience now. I hope GM gets a little pressure from Uncle Sam to push the introduction of this.

Re: Coolest Environmental Advertising (Slideshow)

william — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:29:19 -0000

Re: Coolest Environmental Advertising (Slideshow)

william — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:36:58 -0000

Re: Bounty Hunters Stalk 100,000 Giant Pythons in the Everglades

william — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:49:59 -0000

The context of the article makes it sound like some wild python strangled a child, when it was a PET python that got loose.

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2009/08/no-more-private-stickam-rooms.html

william — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:09:49 -0000

Agree with Norman.R..IF they have
So, you think it’s good that they removed it, but you chastise them for it anyway? geesh

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2009/06/stickam-ceo-issues-statement-about.html

william — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:35:05 -0000

Very well said Silverback - VERY well said

Re: A few words of caution - Letters to the Webmaster

william — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:55:00 -0000

There are many people out there who are agonizing over the need to find a new purpose in life to replace their waning faith in God and all the baggage that goes with it:

Reading the replies to my comments suggests to me and possibly to new comers "Some" athiests are as rude and arrogant as the the people who they condem in various religions:

I assume that the wisest amongst our athiest friends would like to swell our ranks to add weight and force to our arguments, but ranting and raving and using abusive language towards God worshipers is not the way to do it:

People do terrible things to each other: You dont have to be religious to be a murderer or a child molester: Some athiests are as bad and in some cases worse than the religious fanatics they condem:

If you want people to understand you then at least try to understand them without being abusive, and convince them how wrong they are and how right you are with reasoned arguments:

Before I go I would just like to thank the few who at least tried to understand what I was trying to say, and to eel shepard I say that where I come from "BIGGOT" has two "gs" to give the word more meaning if you get my meaning, which you did not get the first time:
God Bless You All !!!!OOoooops!!!1

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2009/06/stickam-ceo-issues-statement-about.html

william — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:56:39 -0000

I think you are missing the point and point fingers at just Stickam. What about all the other sites that provide the same capabilties.. What about the ustream user was it that managed to broadcast some stranger that wandered drunk into his house. I could keep listing all the many things that happen live and not the sites fault. Its the people behind the acts. Would it be better to have this Hock do this off cam and not be caught because no witness ? Would he have without a cam ? Dont blame the sites

Re: Question of the day

william — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:15:05 -0000

Is Illinois' corruption problem systemic, or merely a case of "bad apples"?

If systemic, what structure(s) (Illinois Constitution or Statutes) aggravate the problem?

What changes are suggested?

Re: Question of the day

william — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:37:08 -0000

1. Repeal Article II, Section 2 of the Illinois Constitution, the blank check for Illinois state government.

2. Specifically list the powers of the Illinois state government and strictly limit it to those enumerated powers.

3. Remove as many responsiblities from Illinois state government as possible.

4. Control this limited political power by dividing it up among many office holders. Make many new offices and strictly limit terms, compensation and pensions.

5. Make public office and public employment as unattractive as possible.

6. Remove all incentives to draw a check from the public treasury.

7. Outlaw the title "Honorable".

The reason there is so much under the table money being passed along to "public servants" is because the potential payoff is so huge. Limiting state government's power will reduce the potential payoff for conniving rent seekers.

Re: You’re doing a heckuva PR job, Billy

william — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:15:35 -0000

Bored, I can't believe how wrong you are on every point you mention. You diss our emergency responders with your excuses. Please don't throw the National Guard under the bus to save this poor governor's carcass.

First, we're talking a natural disaster here, so don't try to confuse the matter by talking about terrorism and the federal government.

Contrary to your assertion, Illinois is a big natural disaster state. We've had our share of floods and the big scenario the National Guard plans for is a repeat of the the New Madrid earthquake of 1812, the biggest in US history.

As far as exercises go, the Illinois Guard is as we blog in the Metro East area having a long planned emergency response exercise. This was planned long ago.

To oyur third point, the responsibilities for natural disasters (what we're talking about here) are well established.

Fourth, in the era of satellite and cell phones, I don't buy the commo problems, unless the Guv puts himself someplace where he doesn't want to be bothered.

Fifth, this is a natural disaster, not a terrorist action, and the Guard has separate equipment to handle the WMD/terrorist events.

Last, from a leadership perspective, it is inexcusable if the Guv hasn't been down there to see the damage first-hand. Instead, we hear he's attending ball games while hundreds of our fellow citizens live under tarps. What are we, three weeks after the event? The Guv could take a Guard helo and make the tour in half a day. Has he really been at Wrigley?

How's that for a headline--"Guv Ignores Major Storm Damage, Attends Game at Wrigley".

Incredible.

Re: Question of the day

william — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:30:11 -0000

I agree that it's not over the top at all, especially compared to Rod's accusations against Judy.

It is amusing reading the feigned outrage here by the Blago supporters when Rod accuses Topinka of "throwing seniors out of nursing homes". Judy's criticisms seem mild indeed.

Re: Bad news for IDOT leaders – Updated x1

william — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:00:28 -0000

Rich, I don't understand why the state's interest is not the defendants's interest, unless the defendants were acting outside the scope of their employment.

Was this the case?

Re: Bad news for IDOT leaders – Updated x1

william — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:12:46 -0000

Rich, thanks.

Re: Filan fires back

william — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:53:42 -0000

Simplicity is truth's most becoming garb. And I might add brevity.

I initially wasn't real impressed with Steve (Rauschenberger)'s response, but seeing how this from Filan drones on and on and on and on ...

I have to say that Steve made the better case.

Thanks, Rich.

Re: Appeal denied

william — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:12:35 -0000

That's a lot of hostile language packed into five pages of opinion.

Re: Appeal denied

william — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:24:48 -0000

I agree with above sentiments in that I don't think the judges here were particularly biased. The derisive language indicates the low opinion the judges have of the PMI legal argument.

They pack a lot ot it in the few pages of opinion.

Re: Question of the day

william — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:16:28 -0000

I'm also in the 14th--it'll be Denny Hastert, but not because of any brilliance or intense loyalty. He is benign.

It also doesn't hurt that his opponent Laesch is a total moron.

Agree with Bill, the theatrics begin after this election. Lauzen will be the most entertaining.

Re: Kass all but endorses Stufflebeam

william — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:52:04 -0000

Stuffelbeam really a joke. The folks who currently intend to vote for him really don't know what he stands for because the press is not covering him.

These naive fools claim to be tired of voting for the "lesser of two evils", assuming that the major parties are "evil" because they may disagree with them on one or several issues.

But then they assume that if they haven't heard anything yet from Stufflebeem that they disagree with, then they agree with him 100%. How ignorant.

But voters are entitle to be irrational. Thus his appeal.

Re: Debate thread

william — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:09:14 -0000

Rod says he never promised to ride in on a white horse.

Backpeddling already.

Re: Debate thread

william — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:52:10 -0000

Prepped? He's not answering questions, just spouting memorized points.

Rod, answer the questions!!!

Re: Debate thread

william — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:01:29 -0000

WBBM just cut off Rod's closing address to go to their jingle and station ID. Kinda severe for him running past one minute.

Re: Question of the day

william — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:47:01 -0000

Yes

Re: Cellini stuff * Updated x1 *

william — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:57:45 -0000

(618) Dem,

Of course not. The only person who claims to have been questioned by the Feds went public with her story three years ago.

The Feds asked their obligatory questions and closed the file. It went nowhere because there was nothing to it.

The accuser went to the media, which the Feds don't allow in ongoing investigations. Since they dropped the investigation, they let her talk to the media without repercussion.

If there was an investigation three years ago, they would have shut the accuser up at that time and kept her from going public. Alas, they did not.

Re: Cellini stuff * Updated x1 *

william — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:11:09 -0000

618 Dem, Stop the Lyies,

Obviously you haven't heard the latest.

The Feds corruption investigation was extensive; it involved shutting down Judy's office and interviewing thousands of her employees and neighbors. Just last week the Riverside police had cordoned off the entire city and had a mass deposition in the city park. Channel 7 got wind of it and has tape that will air shortly to counter the latest lies being told about our clean governor.

They got the goods on her. THe most damning charge will be feral tax evasion on all of her generic brand cigs. Turns out she has state employees scouring the deep south for second hand deals and running them to our great state and cutting out the revenuers.

I hear an indictment will be announced the week before the election--long overdue justice!

Keep hope alive!

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2009/04/morbidly-obese-people-are-sedintary.html

william — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:33:00 -0000

Happy, that study is crap. Or the news article is crap. Take your pick, but there were only 10 participants in the study and it was a short timeframe.
8.5 minutes a day of "moderate" exercise? You really believe that?

Re: http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2009/06/exclusive-logic-of-racism.html

william — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:13:33 -0000

Thankyou Miss Sunshine. If there's no light there's no reflection, and we're not alone

Re: Christmas Break!

william — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:34:18 -0000

have a safe holiday!

Re: Major flaws in the Creationist argument - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

william — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:00:00 -0000

Lets Just all take a deep breath and think. wheww now i feel better.

Q: Can anything come from nothing?
Q: Can something come from nothing?
Q: If you are choosing between Nothing and a creator. Then you have to choose a creator.
Q: Am i missing something here?

You can't define life coming about through evolution, they are not, as was pointed out, necessarily co-existant. So Life came about from unlife...? I find this not possible to believe.
Q: Am i missing something here

These are all rhetorical questions by the way. Please do not answer them aloud/written, just think.

Also you can't be an ex-christian. You can be an ex-religious person of christian philosophy. But not an ex-christian.

"Most of those who disbelieve in God and His most assured presence have come to this conclusion because of the inability to live at the level of morality they or someone else has prescribed for them." -unknown

Re: Pastor Admits Stealing Church's Money - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

william — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:36:00 -0000

If I gave you a promise of such miracles, as long as you give me 10 percent of your income, like:

* Curing your incurable disease like cancer or AIDS.

* Increase your IQ by 40 points.

* Making you 3 inches taller even if you are past your growing years.

* Make you tenfold richer in a year with no money down.

* Meet a space alien and his UFO in person.

You would think I am a total manical fraud and try to arrest you.

Yet, you Christians make impossible promises of communicating with this invisible man-god who sits atop of the clouds for 10% of ones income.

Re: Pastor Admits Stealing Church's Money - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

william — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:37:00 -0000

BTW, I am "William" and also "sailerfraud". I am trying to get used to this new Google account, but it keeps switching to William.

Re: Teacher fired for saying Bible isn't literal - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

william — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:58:00 -0000

That's why religion and public schools should remain separate.

http://exchristian.net/exchristian/2007/09/why-religion-and-public-schools-should.html

Re: I started to research the history, and... - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

william — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:43:00 -0000

Yuck... Two chrolls (the Christian variant of the average troll).

Clearly, the doctrine of "turn the other cheek" and its relatives had existed beforehand (pacifism, etc.). It was not anything new or original preached by Jesus in the "Sermon on the Mount". Just a basis for a religion, that's all. Also, adultery existed before Jesus came along. It's nothing new as well. Putting the exact same things in different words or extending it to thoughts is neither "very radical" nor "original".

Thanks,

William

BTW, there is a great book by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche on the morality and historicity of the Gospel called "Der Antichrist" for those who enjoy philosophy and the truth.

Re: I started to research the history, and... - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

william — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:01:00 -0000

Josh said, "I guess I phrased my point wrong."

Well, don't worry. I don't think the point has ever been "phrased" rightly.

The fact is, there has always been culpability for one's own thoughts, but typically one's scruples from these thoughts did not come from dogmatic teachings. They seemed to have come from one's own intuition (or conscience, if you like), rather. It's quite false to say that if it were not for Christianity and its teachings, one would not feel culpability for one's own thoughts. Having the ability to tell whether one's thoughts are "right" or "wrong" is due to a personal morality or perhaps one's intuition (as in conscience), rather than Christianity's teachings. If one would then erroneously and arrogantly state that "one does not have a conscience without Christianity's teachings", one would be completely off the mark regarding matters in morality, and present quite a biased view. Therefore, one should say that culpability for one's own thoughts and deeds are due to contradictions to personal morality or intuition (once again, in the sense of one's conscience), rather than Christianity and its teachings.

If anything, it would be correct to say that Jesus, whether imaginary or real, synthesized existing views into Judaism that were previously belonging to different cultures, rather than say that he was somehow completely revolutionary in his ideas and values, which were essentially copied from others.

I would have liked the anonymous person mentioning "fundie atheists" to explain what fundamentalist atheists actually are, and give me a list of the fundamental teachings that these atheists adhere to. My guess is that our friend "anonymous" has no idea what he is talking about. For example, if one were to ask to oneself "what are fundamentalist Christians?", one could easily find on the Internet where fundamentalism originated and at what time. For "fundamentalist atheists", this is hardly the case. Essentially, the phrase "fundamentalist atheist" is an oxymoron. No atheists would prescribe to the theory that the Bible is inerrant, or that the virgin birth occurred. It would be quite difficult to actually define what a "fundamentalist atheist" is, as atheists themselves have quite widely varying philosophies, and one at the very least would have to come up with a new term for such people, as "fundamentalist atheist" is nonsense in a semantic sense. Simply put, it is more pejorative than actual. Also, it would be difficult to actually call someone a "fundamentalist atheist" even if there was a valid definition, as one would not know the personal views of the atheist that one was addressing, unless one knew the atheist in question more intimately than from a few posts on this website.

Sorry about the length. I just felt that it was justified to address a few chrolls (calling back my stupid pun), as I was wont to answer them since I knew probably no one else would, and another Christian that at least didn't say I "misinterpreted" him, saying rather that it was phrased wrongly. Of course, it might not be the best thing to respond to a few people that will probably never return, or to say something that probably won't be read all too much, but at least the "evils of hedonism" that apparently the author of this testimony, myself, and all atheists that focus on the present contain (according to Josh at least, who deigned to speak to us, sinners as we are), has been purged from my system, if at least temporarily). I would like to know what dimension Josh exists in, since apparently the past and/or future exists at the same time as the present, as it seems that he thinks there is something more than the present. It is hard to live for something more than the present if nothing beyond the present actually exists (to elaborate, the "past" is simply "presents" that have occurred, and the future is "presents" that have yet to occur; it is difficult to see either the past or the future existing without the present to act in, but I will probably have to elaborate on this view if anyone actually responds). To wit, though, focusing on the present without a god is not necessarily hedonism, as Josh seems to imply in his first post (at least as Josh).

Perhaps something as corpulent as this can illicit a response from a chroll, or Josh, but who knows...

Re: I started to research the history, and... - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

william — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:10:00 -0000

Perhaps I "bloviated" a bit too much. Maybe I should have "abbreviated"...

Re: I started to research the history, and... - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

william — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:08:00 -0000

Josh,

You ask a valid question. "What is the basis for morality?" Many philosophers are still wondering what the actual basis for morality is, and still more wonder how it was made in the first place and what sustains it. Since the former would be answered by the latter, I shall answer the latter question for you, hopefully clarifying the former.

You say, "are we to appeal to institutional code?" as if the code is a thing in-and-of-itself, but, to the contrary, there would not be such a thing as "institutional code" without humanity, as I'm sure you would agree. To separate the societal element of justice from the institutional element would be folly, as such is an extension of the most widely-held views of the culture (id est, laws pertaining to Islamic customs in the Middle Eastern countries, defunct laws regarding heresy in the older European states). Simply stated, a society cannot be separated from its laws, as the laws are extensions of the society, to reiterate.

I think the others answered the questions that were asked by you, Josh, but I felt inclined to answer one myself as well. One cannot assume what would happen if there was no institutional law (which has existed since before Christianity, so it is clearly not something that Christianity has contributed to us), for one would then have to assume there was no society to maintain, enforce, or enact the laws in question, as the two are inseparable.

One last thing, you ask "what would hold me morally accountable for my actions?". In this statement, you assume that Christianity holds one accountable for one's actions (as I have already proved that conscience holds one accountable for one's own thoughts; people without an intuition to tell morality, or without conscience if you prefer, would not follow Christianity or its tenets in the first place, unless the said person was using the religion for another purpose, or was in the religion out of habit). I find the statement "Christianity holds one accountable for one's actions" rather untrue because let us say there is a man who is an insane murderer and he kills a child. When he is arrested and put on death row, according to what you had said, the man would be somehow morally accountable by Christianity for killing the child; however, let us say the man repents in jail. According to your own dogma, the man would go to heaven after he was put to death. I do not hold that Christianity would somehow make the man "morally accountable" for killing the child (or anyone morally accountable for anything, for that matter), finding the view absolutely untenable. Justice would not be served in the afterlife as you have suggested Christianity would do; rather, a gross injustice would have been committed, not only depriving the child of his "supernatural justice" in the afterlife, but a great irony would result as well, considering how many humanists considered moral would be down in Hell, according to Christianity, for doing nothing wrong other than disbelief in God (even according to Christianity's own morality, however small the sliver of morality may be in the Bible). I find this not only reprehensible, but completely contrary to any form of "justice" a person may have. I'm sure you would agree with the above, Josh (at least about the murderer not receiving any metaphysical justice since I think you are, at the very least, not extremely dull and would wish for justice on the said person).

There was a slight tinge of irony when you said, "I make it a point not to post anything that would resemble a personal attack or incite negative comments". The comment did in fact seem like it was a personal attack on the Bloviator, whether inadvertently or by design. I do believe, perhaps naively, that you are telling the truth when you seem to hint that it wasn't meant to be a personal attack, though there is most definitely a possibility for an erroneous assumption by myself in this case. Hedonism is simply following desires, which everyone does. It could be accurate to say everyone is a "hedonist" to some degree, whether one likes it or not. Hedonism seems a bit ad hominem at this point since it is accusing another of only following one's whims rather than anything more definite and concrete(assuming you mean hedonism as an actual personal philosophy, which is a joke).

At least there was a reply by you to my long response (which I doubted would come, considering the number of hit-and-run chrolls, though I did wonder who "Bill" was for a bit, until figuring out that my name was shortened). Hopefully this will make you analyze the views that you hold with a bit more of a critical eye, which is really all one could ask for in this case.

Re: I am a former youth pastor - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

william — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:41:00 -0000

I've been looking for more anonymous posting and there we have it!

To A. Ford:

I have no idea if you are the coward that posted on the other ones, but at least there was a name this time.... Science and religion are in no way related, other than in the fact that they try to answer questions. One tries to answer questions empirically, the other answers questions dogmatically rather than the aforementioned method. I do not see how they are so similar, except in the regard pointed out, of course. The reliance on science is at the very least reasonable, while religion relies on a person's irreason and popular biases (the exact same thing as "popular opinion").

To the second anonymous (Coward):

To the first: Jewish mythology. To the second: no. Does it bother you that other people will be tortured forever while you look on from heaven at it? Are you a sadist, or simply a sick bastard? Do you love to please giant sky narcissists?

Re: Why Atheist? - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

william — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:29:00 -0000

To Coward (a.k.a. the 2nd anonymous, a.k.a. Fundie-bot):

YOU'RE STILL DOING THE SAME THING EVERY SINGLE TIME! NO VARIATION! NO IMAGINATION! STOP POSTING APOLOGETICS EVERYWHERE! THEY DON'T WORK!

Now that I have that out of my system, let my proceed to rip him a new asshole (besides the one that is on his rear, and the one that is his entirety):

You will find NO ONE with half-a-brain on this website willing to convert to Christianity again. Everyone here at least has that much in order to get out of the dumbass religion. I'm tired of answering your cut-and-paste apologetics. What movement is this? Cretin Faux-Solace for Atheist in A Minor (probably more of a bowel movement than anything actually musical)? Go back to your CARM site. You're not wanted or needed here.

You're still cowardly, you still suck at arguing. Your apologetics still suck, and are NOTHING I haven't already heard (i.e. from others; you've posted pretty much the same thing quite a few times anyway). Once again, I've answered all of your apologetics on other topics. Now shut up.

Re: The so called "loving and truthful" faith of Christianity - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

william — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:09:00 -0000

"I made this food for your pathetic asses! Not GOD!!!!"

This is one of the most honest and stalwart statements I have ever heard come from within a more theistic setting (especially that annoying food prayer; as if one needed to thank a deity for one's own food). I salute you and your dad for the pleasure of reading this here.

Re: The so called "loving and truthful" faith of Christianity - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

william — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:15:00 -0000

Coward again! Hello! I'm finding you everywhere. It seems that no matter what you cut-and-paste, it is still shit. Coward pick a name... How about Marquis de Sade? Masochist? Do you love pain? Why are you still here? Why do you bother responding with cut-and-paste after people respond to you with well-thought out answers?

At least you didn't expound on a New Testament book. Oh boy, that would've been fun. Instead you pick out the book of Job (done). God said they were wrong and others were right because he's schizophrenic. He says something in one book, and does something far different in the next.

If this is an endurance test, I'm growing tired tracking you around the damn website, responding to inane babble. Perhaps you are not the same coward that has been posting around here, but I suspect you are.

If he can make some sort of book recommendation, then I will too, as I always do if the other person decides to. Read Nietzsche's "Der Antichrist", an interesting book for Christians and ex-Christians alike.

Also, I think you're getting more lazy coward/anonymous. Last time, you bothered cutting and pasting. Now you're just posting the stupid link from the website.

Re: Without god, everything makes sense - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

william — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:42:00 -0000

Atheisttoothfairy's post:

"So how exactly does something BURN for trillions of years and yet, never burn up, hmmm.
Oh, and of course, we feel the pain the whole time while it's never burning us up.
Do you realize how retarded that concept is William?"

Once again people like you are relying on your human minds that are limited.

You cannot understand the super natural, because your human mind is not capable of it.

It seems that God's creations (meaning humans) feel they are more superior than the creator.

As far as WM deleting my posts, it seems that Atheists also believe in censorship, and do not believe in Freedom of Speech.

You claim you are all for freedom of speech, and you all moan and groan about how christians so close minded about things, yet anytime a christian tries to talk about the bible, you all want to censor us instead.

Talking about having a double standard.

Re: Ain't Love Grand - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:45:00 -0000

Honestly, that conversation is as true as it gets for most people...myself included.
...God shouldn't I go here cuz it really sucks where i am RIGHT NOW!!....God? hellloooooo....
However, there are other times...when God is speaking to me...you know how i know this? because if any of these decisions were made on my own, i would probably be dead right now.
The point is I know because in the midst of that decision, God will say something, and I KNOW that i am not smart or clever enough to come up with something as like that...
So God HAS been guiding your steps...He HAS heard your prayers
He has brought you to this point so you can see how much he really DOES love you and wants you to have a relationship with him...
He IS speaking to you...
I promise.

Re: Atheist ‘Metaphysics’ and Religious Equivocation - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:56:00 -0000

Interesting, but is Hasan Spiker the new George Berkeley?

Re: Can a god exist? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:00:00 -0000

To anonymous (coward):
Though you try at the very least to present yourself in a logical way, providing no evidence to the contrary doesn't really help your case. The only thing you provide, as a matter of the fact, are baseless statements and a silly example.

Alanh answered your example adequately, I believe, but let me examine your statements.

"Premises are flawed"

Which one?
Location: Inductive (on Occam's Razor, as stated), but correct as far as human knowledge goes.

Matter: Inductive (once again, based on the principle of Occam's Razor), but correct once again. Neither myself, nor you, can name one such observable instance of intelligence without matter.

Life: Inductive (Occam's Razor, again), but correct once again. I certainly cannot disprove this statement and neither can you, and there are many provable instances (i.e. everything we know about that is alive and has "intelligence", as we commonly know the property as.

Communication: Inductive (Occam's Razor), though I could see where one could argue not necessarily, but you could never prove a supernatural being by arguing against the premise.

"arguments lack continuity"

Wrong, again. Let's look at the actual argument.

"If the imagined God of the universe lacks matter, life, location and communication, then intelligence becomes a moot point."

This is inductive (need I mention it?), based on what we do know. Everything we know of which has intelligence has all of these properties. God has none of them. Therefore, God does not exist, based on a very sound inductive argument (on the principle of Occam's razor, as mentioned many times before).

Once again, the argument is inductive (empirical, also; no metaphysical entities in here, besides God, of course, but not one used in the premises or argument, just the conclusion), but there is only room for argument in more philosophical aspects of it, but not by people that have no idea what they are talking about.

Think of this, though. The argument that two atoms of Hydrogen and one atom of Oxygen will always combine to make water is inductive as well. Just because we're sure that they will the next time we try to combine these elements doesn't mean that these elements will necessarily combine that way.

Also, he based everything on Occam's Razor, and none of the premises are incorrect based on the method. They are purely inductive, as stated far too many times (possibly as a disclaimer for anyone wanting to argue against the premises on a better basis than Coward, here), but they do not feign themselves otherwise. Scientific inferences and hypotheses are also inductive, at times. Do you wish to argue against gravity being constant as well?

Inductive arguments are not necessarily correct, I will admit once again, but your accusations against the argument itself are baseless.

At the beginning, I was thinking, "Your criticisms may be applicable", as you seemed well thought-out. After I read the argument again, though, I realized all of your criticisms were without merit. This does not necessarily disprove a God, as it does not necessarily disprove a giant floating monkey intelligence either. The fact is that this argument states that God and my giant disembodied monkey intelligence are highly improbable, but are still possible if one of his premises are proven wrong, which, though they haven't been throughout all of human knowledge so far. I would not say, though, that it is impossible for one of the premises to be untrue, though I will say that it hasn't been disproved yet, to wit.

Coward, do you even know what Occam's Razor is, let alone an inductive argument. The argument is, to repeat, a sound inductive argument.

Next time just label yourself "Coward", so we can identify you that way, rather than I myself simply referring to you as such Coward (a.k.a. anonymous). A fitting name, I think, for not answering others' criticisms, and for your pseudo-intellectualism (more cowardice, in my opinion).

Perhaps there really aren't that many brave scholars, or honest ones, at least.

WilliamFWN

Re: Can a god exist? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:27:00 -0000

To anonymous (Coward):
Did you read what I wrote?

I said the argument was, by its very nature, inductive. How can you not remember that if you read it? If you counted all of the times I said "inductive", it would make your head spin. I, myself, thought I had spieled on that enough, but it seems like I can go about saying it all day and you still won't listen to it. It does not definitively "prove" anything. I was simply defending its construction, as it was not deserving of the comment "flawed"; rather, it is a perfectly well-constructed, though *inductive* argument. I am not saying it is necessarily true, of course, as I iterated quite a few times in my dissection of your comments.

To refute your other arguments:

1. I have two arguments against what you said for location. For one, a perception can be different from actuality. You argue that from perception, and from a quality that humans, in fact, gave it (i.e. the universe), we can determine what the universe is and its creator. For example, one can perceive a print of an ampersand as the letter "A". It does not necessarily follow that the print is, in fact, an ampersand. Therefore, it does not necessarily follow that due to a perception of "order", there is necessarily that "order (even the term order I might be willing to argue against. Also, you cannot prove that, even if there were some sort of creator, that the creator is a god. Certainly, it seems that you can only prove that something powerful enough created it, and it most definitely does not follow that the creator is some sort of metaphysical entity (i.e. a god), or, indeed, if that entity is even a god.

2. This argument is faulty because you assume a priori that there is something beyond the material. Not assuming such at all is a better place for the argument to start, so please try that next time.

3. Does life need maintenance? I have not seen a god come down to repair someone who has cancer, nor have I seen him come down to fix my rock, nor have I seen him come down to keep my atoms' orbits in line. So what does god maintain exactly? The universe? What in the universe, as I have not seen God hiding in my molecules, nor have I seen him under my bed. To get life, even I do not purport to know such a thing. The best thing one has is humanity's current (certain) knowledge of things. Your argument here is the "god of the gaps" fallacy, a.k.a. argumentum ad ignorantiam.

The next anonymous argument:

1. For this one, I'm sorry, but I need a barf-bag. You simply sit here and hyperbolate (my own word) everything that you know about the world (simply poetics and a bore list; I hesitate to read the first part, but I have seen the argument from order before... from you). I remember reading an argument about how humans apply beauty to the universe only based on human perceptions, rather than some sort of empirical standards. We cannot say the universe is "orderly" or that its "beautiful" as an empirical fact. This is a perception, and that is all.

2. Either/or fallacy. One cannot say "it is either x/x" unless there are most definitely only two choices. In this case, not necessarily.

3. How did you get that? Pull that out of your ass? Flip a coin? I'd like to know, as this is the argument's biggest weakness.

4. And how did you get "intelligent"? Even if your premises were true, you cannot pull intelligent out of nowhere. How do you know that the designer here wasn't mindless: an automaton, if you will? Certainly this can't be proven, even if your argument somehow followed.

5. Once again, since the previous parts didn't follow this is wrong, but I'll still address it, even if its already wrong. I want it dead-in-the-water. Also, you go back to design, which is due to perception, once again, as already addressed earlier. Design does not necessarily come from a mind. Once again, mindless automaton like computers can design, but I would not argue that computers are either intelligent or have a mind.

6. Your conclusion was separate from the argument, as the argument is fallacious.

I shall not argue that it necessarily disproves the conclusion, but it disproves the faulty argument. You seemed to have misread everything I wrote, though. I emphasized that the argument was *inductive* as the author himself acknowledged, yet you disregarded that and in your vanity hoped that my points would be disproven, simply because the author "disagreed" by your perception of my dissection of your statements. This is, once again, not the case. I myself agreed many times on the first post that it was *inductive*, and you can count how many times I said it. You just don't seem to care, and wanted to spew forth your argument by design/order/Thomistic fallacy. I did not advocate the argument either: I simply wished to show that you were wrong in assuming his premises and arguments were "flawed". You were wrong, in this case.

I hope you are more intelligent than your intelligence argument (argument from design, etc., etc.). I have seen that fallacious argument far too many times.

To the readers and even those that may have skimmed (except Coward: go back and read the whole thing if you haven't) this long manifesto, though redundant, I'll apologize for the length. It takes a while to refute *every single* point your opponent has.

WilliamFWN

Re: Can a god exist? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:54:00 -0000

As I just posted my last comment, I realized that everyone else had refuted his "well-designed" argument. As soon as I saw Coward again, I had to respond. Eh, oh well. The response, I felt, was necessary anyway, to prevent him from bringing a really stupid argument again, or to bring one of its points.

Here's a similar argument, based on the argument from design you wrote, Coward:

1)The taco displays a staggering amount of delectability, both within the things we observe in the taco and in the way these things relate to others outside themselves. That is to say: the way the ingredients exist and coexist display an intricately beautiful order and regularity that can fill even the most casual observer with wonder. It is the norm in tacos for many different ingredients to work together to produce the same valuable end—for example, the organs in the body work for our life and health.
2)Either this delectable order is the product of chance or of delectable design.
3)Not chance.
4)Therefore the taco is the product of delectable design.
5)Design comes only from a mind, a designer.
6)Therefore the taco is the product of a delectable Designer.

Same fallacy, different spin. Though I think I could actually believe in "delectable design". :P

Thanks for the cut-and-paste words by the way. Hope you don't mind me doing the same to your argument.

Re: Can a god exist? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:51:00 -0000

I hope you realize "delectable design" is just a joke. It's not meant to be any sort of analogy with the argument from order whatsoever. Unless you're willing to argue that the person making the taco is eatable and delicious(a delectable designer). If you are a cannibal, I guess you could disagree with me there, but I wouldn't think a human was either eatable or delicious unless I was deranged. If you still want to analogize the two, only people who are deranged can believe in either sort. And if the conclusion of the thing is confusing, that's not my fault. I just put "delectable" or some variation of the word when there was "intelligent" or something of the like, and taco where there was "universe"; it's really just what you had put down, for the most part. Read my actual arguments against you in the post before that for something more substantial.

As for the cut-and-paste arguments:

1. Too general, and you assume far too much. Large systems do not necessarily require anything, and you saying it isn't really provable.

2. I guess the biggest weakness is your use of "order" again. You certainly cannot prove that this "order" exists, inasmuch as "laws" the universe follows. I dispute that, though, as I have far too many times to count; order's perception is not the same thing as "order". Orderliness describes a whole set of qualities which, each independently, can either be refuted or approved. One quality of "order" is usually peace. Peace is something not found within the universe in general. One can go on and on about different qualities of order. "Order" for the argument from order has simply become a blanket term for anything that is anything in the universe, which is not necessarily "order".

3. If you take this argument all the way, you see you have to assume something patently ridiculous: that is, a metaphysical entity capable of creating the universe (though, I will note, not a god, still). Not only does one have to assume that there is, in fact, such a realm, but the fact that such an entity can live in a place. Using Occam's Razor, one should realize this is assuming far too much. I could assume all of this, but why should I assume such a thing when I know that natural entities account for this (i.e. the big bang), and I do not have to slop up this drivel in the first place.

Think of your own arguments next time, Coward. And try using Occam's Razor, as it was, after all, what this article used to reach its conclusion.

Re: Can a god exist? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:38:00 -0000

As much as I love Sherlock Holmes, I'm glad that now cowardly fundie-bots will use by "Delectable Design of a Taco" as their proof for God, and how tasty God, in fact is. The taco is proof of God. All hail the taco! I'm glad to note that you love to eat humans as well, considering they are "delectable" to you. That is the joke. The argument was that man is delicious because tacos show evidence of deliciousness. Even so, it's a poor analogy (thus, the joke label). Tacos are not universally tasty (such as to me; ha). Therefore, tacos can also show evidence of a nasty designer.

I swear, this is more sad than Aquinas trying to prove God in less that a paragraph. Now Taco Bell can change its slogan to "proving God every day". Seriously, though, I really hope that you'll go ahead and post that on a fundie-board as proof of God. Go ahead, make my day.

As for where the matter of the big bang came from, I sense a god-of-the-gaps argument in the making. Yep. There she blows! I've responded to such a stupid argument already. Just because we don't know what does something, does not mean a god does it. For example, god-of-the-gaps is just as ridiculous as me asserting that pixies made all of the natural laws, as nothing else could have in my own belief. Such a thing is stupid, and why you bother posting the same thing in a different form says something for your own mental coherence as well. Coward, make a name and stop posting anonymously. I am tired of answering the same stupid questions for you.

Current theories also hold that the big bang was possibly created by the collision of two different universes (ours and another) in the multiverse. Of course, this hypothesis is just that at this point in time, and it shall wait to be said whether it is true or not. The difference between your dogma and my own opinions is that my own actually have some sort of basis in reality; your guesses rely too much on metaphysical hogwash to back them up.

Once again, I think you don't pick a name just to spite everyone on this board. That way, you can be a coward and hide behind anonymity rather than actually facing anyone else, and sneak between the boards posting your nasty babble and cut-and-paste arguments.

Try figuring out something for yourself for once, as this epidemic of cut-and-paste from you is exactly the same thing as spewing forth what a pastor has said during the last outing at church. Same thing, different occasion.

Re: Finding a Way Forward - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:42:00 -0000

Woot! Coward! Yeah, man! Try to reach all of the sheep that have strayed from the flocks with your worthless arguments! Way-to-go!

Re: Finding a Way Forward - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:25:00 -0000

"whore-heartedly participates."

Ha! Didn't even notice it!

How proper, though, as he says they give themselves "whore-heartedly" to these churches. Perhaps he is more correct than incorrect in this regard, whether he meant it or not.

Re: Hell and the Narrow Road -- A Letter to Kara - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:01:00 -0000

This guy has been posting apologetics everywhere. It has probably been among the most annoying bits of argumentation to date, as the person, when disproven, goes to cut-and-paste arguments. Also, the anonymous (Coward, as I call him) person tends to make baseless accusations like "take the time to educate yourself a little bit about it", assuming the person hasn't.

Most Christians do believe in Hell, and believe that atheists and other nonbelievers will go there. I have no idea how you're so completely ignorant, Coward, of this fact. Fundamentalists come here daily, threatening others with hellfire. I see no point to refute any of your points this time, as your first post is doubly a lie. If you can find this website, certainly the fundamentalists can too, if you aren't one. If you are one, you are once again a lier in your own post.

Coward, I am using my actual name and my actual e-mail, so actually do something besides cut-and-paste apologetics.

WilliamFWN

Re: Hell and the Narrow Road -- A Letter to Kara - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:18:00 -0000

I heard that the "reality checker" comes automatically with the Google toolbar for FireFox now.
:P

Re: Chess and the Problem of Evil - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:05:00 -0000

Once again, the baseless accusation machine of Coward rolls onward. "Demonstrate ignorance of Christian beliefs", etc., etc. Let me sum up his arguments (or lack there-of): he makes some idiotic accusation, then he does some cut-and-paste apologetics, says something, more cut-and-paste, etc. This is rather annoying. Try making your own arguments, Coward, and try making a name.

Re: Chess and the Problem of Evil - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:04:00 -0000

I have yet to see one Christian that is completely honest with himself; here, at least.

A better question for the second coward is whether free will can coexist with omniscience. Omniscience means to know everything, of course. If a god knows everything, free will cannot exist simultaneously. Such would be an abject contradiction to omniscience, since the god would know, therefore it would not be free will, and such a thing would be destined rather. Mind you, I dislike the concept of free will, and believe every action determines the next one, and one cannot possibly get out of the trappings of fate (but let us reserve such a thing for a debate of a more intelligent variety). Man's evil is God's evil, cretin. Evil would not exist if God did not create it, idiotic panglossian. Go back to your stupid book of Leibniz's concepts and don't reiterate that garbage on here, as it has been said a thousand times over. And never use "methinks". I hate it when others use that word (a bit of hypocrisy as I myself use it, methinks :P). Blaming sin on man, the supposed creation of God, does not alleviate God of the final responsibility, even if your argument somehow held water.

Many Christians like using the "watchmaker" analogy for their argument from design, so I'll use one. A watchmaker makes a watch that has the capacity to kill the things that are near them. Would we not say, then, that the watchmaker is evil, or at least insane, as the watchmaker has made something that can hurt other things? To make things that Christians assume to be evil (i.e. cancer, humanity, etc.) is surely tantamount to insanity, at the very least. So would you argue God is, in fact, insane? I would, as why would a god wish for people to worship him forever, and throw them into a Lake of Fire if they didn't worship him, without care of whether that person was actually "good" or "evil", only whether the person had worshiped him in life. Such a personality in reality would be considered narcissistic at the very least, if not schizophrenic "they're out to get me" thought. God himself forces others to die due to their "heresy" against him. Undoubtedly, and by any human standards, God is an evil entity. He is, though, admittedly better than the parasite that is Jesus (that's also something different as well and for another argument).

Nature can also be capricious, as hinted by my mention of cancer. Why doesn't God come down and cure cancer? How about stopping deadly hurricanes? What about ending tsunamis? Is he not omnipotent enough to help others? Or is God evil enough to let them suffer? Or is God ignorant? You decide. He seemed to have no problems coming down to cure people in the god-man Jesus, so why is he having so many hang-ups at this point?

Re: Times-Harris Poll: 1/4th of Us Could Be Atheists or Agnostics - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:46:00 -0000

This was a pretty good article, I think. Hopefully more people will realize the self-contradiction within Christianity and will leave the "flock", per se, to become wolves rather than pathetic sheep. One thing I always hated was the shepherd/sheep analogy they were so fond of using to show how Jesus/God *herds* the rest of us.

Re: Times-Harris Poll: 1/4th of Us Could Be Atheists or Agnostics - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:44:00 -0000

To the cowardly anonymous jackass poster (again):

Despite the fact that I don't think what you said is true, your second sentence doesn't follow. For example, I can say "my name is not william", an obvious falsehood, but in the next sentence I can say "all bachelors are unmarried", an obvious truth.

Even if what he said about his own "self-promotion" is untrue, that doesn't mean the next thing the person says is false. I do trust the article, as it seems scholarly enough (as a matter of the fact, what's posted is from a relatively popular newspaper, you goof).

All we seem to get out of most of these anonymous posters is incoherent babble, it seems.

Re: Christians don't really think for themselves, despite what they say - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:31:00 -0000

What were you listening to AC/DC's Highway to Hell? I've had the same feeling while listening to that. [End of sarcasm]

Anyway, I think it has been said, and needs to be said again: I am tired of anonymous posters.... At least "computer" has a name (whether or not he was, in fact, the anonymous poster).

What makes your god better than every other god? Just your holy radio? What if others had the exact same experience, but accepted Allah instead of Christ into his/her life? I'm curious, computer. Why doesn't Jesus appear to everyone on the road? I mean if Jesus was on the road with a big sign that said "believe in me!", I think that we'd be without doubt (if he'd perform a few magic tricks that is, to prove it). Oh wait, I think I saw a hitchhiker with that sign. He had a dirty beard.... Was that guy Jesus too? Or just a dirty hobo?

Re: Christians don't really think for themselves, despite what they say - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:21:00 -0000

"Um, where did all the christians go? gutless wonders."

I was wondering the same thing. I was missing the fallacious argument time-and-time-again, then the cut-and-paste, my refutation, and finally run-away pattern I had grown so attached to from those apologists.

Re: Thinking of the god delusion - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:43:00 -0000

Congratulations on a well written piece:

There is not a lot I can add to what has already been declared:

I guess it all boils down to what the Christians call "FAITH" but faith in "WHAT"? "WHERE"? "HOW"? "WHY"?

Why cannot this mythical God present himself to us on a regular basis in such a way as to leave no doubt of his existence so that we can get on with life knowing that he is there for us if we need him:

Why do we need to have "FAITH"? without proof: The Bible is not proof: The Bible is a book written by men: WHERE IS THE PROOF?

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:52:00 -0000

Hi guys,
I’m new to this site, the comments are very interesting, perhaps I can end some of the conflict between science and religion.

First of all, I will lay that if there were a creator, then there would be no conflict between the creator and what was created, everything would be perfect for the purpose it was created for.

Science when correct, is truth, it is knowledge of the material world. Spiritual knowledge when correct is also truth and truth can never conflict with truth. So where have you gone wrong?

You were lead to believe in spiritual knowledge that was not truth, and your questioning and hurt, rightly turned you away from it. All religion is the world is polluted by man’s selfish desires and so will eventually fall.

It fell for me, and I faced and was content with my mortality. I found a perfect peace in accepting who I was, and I still chose to remain a loving person. I needed nothing.

You now hate the idea of god because it was not the true God and you hate religion because of the hurt it caused you and now you have nothing but science to give meaning to your life. You know that there is more to your life than this.

If you type into your search, spiritual evolution the veil is torn, you will find that there is no conflict between the spiritual and science.

I found the true creator, and I can tell you, there is no greater scientist and no-one loves you more, you were never meant to be servants and you were always meant to find the truth with logic, reasoning and questioning. We are free, eternal and indestructible souls, you don’t need religion, you need love and truth.

Kind regards
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:37:00 -0000

Hello Istillbelieve!! oops! :-)
Try this one:
NOTHING, refers to that which does not exist.
That which does not exist cannot be perceived because it does not exist.
That which does not exist cannot have an affect.
There can be no affect without a cause.
Nothing can be created, from nothing.
Therefore, there was always something.
That something is the Source, it existed before the creator.

or this:
Before the beginning was the Source.
In the beginning was the Word (knowledge)
and the Word was with God
and the Word was God (knowledge became consciousness).

The Source became conscious through knowledge created by chaos and then the conscious Source created order.

There is the unconscious Source that we refer to as The Source and there is the conscious Source that we refer to as God.

NB: The source always existed; God had a beginning.

or how about the definition of Love, i.e:
My security and pleasure, lies in your security and pleasure. My loneliness is ended by your companionship.

or this:
Everything we do is ultimately done for the self.
Note:
What I write is not an imposition of beliefs, it is a statement for consideration by your free will.
Before you attack me, I forgive you!! :-) I am well aware that while the soul sleeps, the animal reigns. Pat pat!! hug :-)

If you have any scientific questions concerning the Creator or creation, I'd be pleased to impose my beliefs on you! :-)
Love and kind regards
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:13:00 -0000

Hi Mike,
Thanks for you intelligent and courteous response.
You say:
I have no evidence at all of any type of spiritual knowledge. It would seem that this spiritual knowledge you refer to is something that is intangible and is more of a "feeling" that would vary from individual to individual. Also, thanks for getting ready to explain to us where we've gone wrong. From what I can tell you're being quite sincere, I look forward to your explanation.

I say:
I would define truth as that which is left standing when all other possibilities fall, or that which is real and unchangeable. You speak of spiritual knowledge as ‘feeling’. I agree, because we can experience nothing (spiritual or physical) without feeling. All awareness is feeling, even self awareness. Of course I will give you a full explanation of what I claim. I didn’t accept less, and I wouldn’t expect anyone else to.

You say:
….. What evidence do you have that YOUR truth is the right "truth"? As far as religion being polluted by man's selfish desires, I think a better description is that religion was CREATED because of mans selfish desires...and I hope you're right that it will eventually fall :)

I say:
I am at present putting the knowledge I have on my website www.love-themeaningoflife.com
As you can imagine, there is quite a lot, and I am trying to convey it in as simple terms as I can, so everyone can understand. Truth ends all conflict, it’s like a giant jigsaw puzzle. All the pieces fit perfectly with the rest. I guess you’ve already found a few pieces that didn’t fit. I don’t claim that the truth is mine it was given to me by a greater teacher. It’s for all of us. So I can take no credit, but I do take responsibility for what I teach.
The last thing that I would do is ask you not to question what I teach, in fact questioning is a requirement. Truth does not need evidence from anyone, it stands as its own witness.
Religion will fall because of truth.

You say:
I am slightly sceptical that you need nothing. You seem to need this god belief but you may be saying you don't need the religion that comes along with it....

I say:
I truly needed nothing, not even physical life, but now because of what I’ve learnt, I want to bring peace and happiness and an end to suffering in the world. Why? Because I know we are all family and why we are here.

You say:
I personally don't hate the idea of a god, I just don't see any compelling or convincing evidence for a god. Science doesn't give meaning to someone’s life (unless that's your life's work of course) Science is just the best way we have to determine how the real world works. That's all that I have evidence for (the real world).
To correct you; NO, I DO NOT know that there is more to life than this. That is a pretty bold statement and you should speak for yourself.

I say:
Do you believe that laying down your life for someone, or even risking it, would be rational and logical if that person was not a friend or family? Or do you think it would be irrational and illogical? How would an atheist see an act of sacrifice by someone, for someone they do not know? Are such acts to be defined as a mental defects? If you ever felt empathy or compassion then you know that there is more to life than this. Take a look at my website if you require proof of the spiritual
My cryptic sentence was for you to type Spiritual Evolution into google to find my website.

You say:
So you've found the true creator? Where is he/she/it? How exactly did you find she/he/it? Let me know as I'd like to look myself and have a few words with him/she/it/whatever.
I don't want to find this thing in my mind either. I want something that other people can experience along with me....
I say:
The most obvious is sometimes the hardest to see. The Creator is everything in existence, check the website.

Love and kind regards
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:02:00 -0000

Hi Boom,
My views on Christianity:
Having just finished a year long debate with an American radical Evangelist, who I virtually wiped the floor with, I think my credentials are safe.
The Bible:
OT: a little truth mixed with a lot of deceit for the purpose of a few hypocrites attaining great wealth and power over the less intelligent. It is a book that contains some of the worst atrocities in mankind’s history. It is illogical and contradictory, and it is opposed to Love and denies just about every achievement that modern man has made.
NT: Based on words of Love and truth, but twisted so badly that good and evil are indistinguishable, most of the original teachings have either been lost, destroyed or declared as heresy. This has resulted in yet another control system, based on fear and guilt that profits only the few hypocrites. Shame, the world might have been a different place. The church is now run by child abusers, multi millionaires and the poor deceived souls that are indoctrinated with deceit. It truly is the place of the abomination of desolation (without love).
Both books are multi-interpretable which has ensured their survival this far (bullshit baffles brains). The deceived can only pass on deceit.
Having said that, I forgive them all because like all of us, they were blinded by the world. How much longer will the world have to suffer?
I will address the rest of your post in my next post, but for now, here is a poem I wrote soon after I received my knowledge.

Children of the Broken Dream

Oh children of the broken dream
Victims of an evil scheme

Filled with fear and shame and guilt
On your broken souls their empire was built

They told you what you must believe
So the voice within, you had to leave

Though shalt not kill you’ve heard it said
And yet they left a trail of dead

Love your enemies, they said to you
Do as I say, not as I do

You were born a sinner they did say
Follow us we know the way

Follow blindly and you will be free
Yet the blind are those who cannot see

They said give all you have to those in need
And they took all you had for their power and greed

Their temples they built regardless of cost
And outside their doors are the cold, hungry and lost

Someone paid for your sins, they tell you with pride
But for those who’ve not heard, salvations denied

For all who have sinned both greatly and small
Just believe in their word, one payment for all

No need for hurt as repentance for sin
No need for the truth or love’s word that’s within

You thought you’d find love but they led you astray
From the one who was the Life, the Truth and the Way

If you truly have love then salvations within
So listen to that voice and let your journey begin

Love is all that is good and is true
And there is fulfilment and forgiveness for you

Search in your soul, not on earth or above
For there you’ll find heaven and God who is Love

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:52:00 -0000

Second part of reply to Boom,
Boom: So, there's no conflict between the "Creator" and "evil", I take it? I mean, if all that exists was "created", and if "evil" exists, then by your very own premise, "evil" was "created", and it has a "purpose". ..And BTW, if the "Creator" wasn't "created", then I guess that would mean that said "Creator" doesn't have a "purpose", correct? "God" is unintended, then?

William: It’s a fair assessment based on the knowledge that you have at the moment. There is no conflict between the Creator and evil. The conflict is between Love and that which is opposed to Love and these only serve to give a choice to the free will of mankind. As you know the material world exists in a state of constant change and all life strives for survival. Evolution is the resulting affect of these things. With so much change in the material world, there are bound to be a mile long list of undesirable things. That is the nature of the material world. If the material world were unchanging there would be no difference between it and the spiritual world, and no need for it. I restate that all things have purpose and are perfect for the purpose they were created for. God was a result of chaos and had no purpose until the creation.
Boom: Oops, I see a "minor" problem. Okay, for argument's sake, I'll assume that a "spirit" is immaterial. i.e. meta-physical, or, beyond physical. If that's the case, then I wonder how one would determine which "Spiritual knowledge" is "Truth", and which is false. Can you help me out with that?
William: The spiritual and material are of the same source but in different forms. There is a right way and a wrong way, one results in no conflict and the other results in conflict, which is destructive. Truth is the way of no conflict.

Boom: I've gone wrong in lots of places, but one place I've really gone wrong, is listening to people who believe that they have a monopoly on Ultimate Truth, while not having one shred of objective evidence to substantiate their claims. Trust me, I won't make that mistake anymore.

William: I for one hope that you don’t go wrong again. I would not try to lead anyone anywhere. I just point a way for you to explore if you wish. There are so many people shouting that they have the truth, how do you think I feel being one of them? I offer what I was given and I ask for nothing. I do not claim or desire to be better than anyone else. What I have is a burden, if you can take it from me, I will return to my contentment before I received it.
Boom: Again, my question: How does a physical being with a material brain, determine which metaphysical/immaterial concepts are "truth", and which are not? Until you can delineate in clear terms how this plays out, it's really pointless to keep making such statements.
William: If you believe that you are no more than a physical body and that there is no creator or afterlife, then all things are permissible to you, what you can get away with that is. Who is to judge what you do? What would be the difference between an animal and a human, except the ability to do more harm? Perhaps when the world comes to deny the spiritual then we will see the true face of atheism, survival of the most powerful and the rest as expendable slaves.

Boom: Name me one religious document - meaning, any "Holy" literature that consists of paper, ink, and text of any sort, that was engineered and penned by someone other than "man"---who, as you say, is innately "selfish".
William: NONE. Now tell me one thing, what has man found in the world of sub-atomics and their present perception of the finite?

Boom: Incorrect. I do NOT "hate the idea of god because it was not the true god". I despise the concept of "God", because - and this just one of several reasons - it gives people an excuse to deny reality, and responsibility.
William: An answer based on your concept of God? Are you saying that what you can’t prove must be unreal? A great deal of science is unproven theory. It just meets the standards of acceptance based on the acquired knowledge of the acceptor. It is science that gives people an excuse to deny peace and freedom (we will all be chipped and vaporised soon because of the religion of science) how irresponsible is that reality?

Boom: Again, incorrect. Yes, "science" is the best method for determining mind-independent reality..i.e..truth, however, not all "truth" is necessarily meaningful, nor particularly comforting. Meaning in life is what you make it; there is no intrinsic "meaning" to life.

William: Science is the ultimate method of control, death and destruction. You say that there is ‘no intrinsic meaning to life’. That makes all life expendable, and everyone for themselves, perhaps you will learn when you become a victim of your doctrine.

Boom: That statement is categorically false. On the contrary, there is not one scrap of scientific evidence for anything "spiritual".
William: There is no scrap of evidence then that there is any point to life or science. Your new god is worse for the world then your old one.

Boom: Really? And who might that be? Allah? Hachacyum?
William: Careful your hurt is showing.
Boom: Source?
William: Check my website.

Boom: I've found that there's no logical reason to believe that invisible, supernatural beings exist, or that my "personality" will float out of my physical body when I expire.
William: We can all sleep safe then, knowing that science is in the hands of those who think like you! We have such a lot to thank science for, nuclear weapons, new viruses, more devices to take away our freedom, a dying planet, the list is ten miles long.

Boom: I have love, thanks....and until someone offers evidence for anything "supernatural", I have truth in nature. So, I reckon that I'm set, then.
William: Is that love or just the fulfilment of selfish desires at a cost to others loss? Oh I forgot its science, does it return your Love?
Is that the nature that science is destroying? Isn’t science just another means of control? I reckon you’re set to reap what you sow.
Having said all that, I still care about you, so don’t forget to question your new religion, you don’t want to make another mistake.
Trying to debunk what you haven’t studied seems rather unscientific.
Love and kind regards
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:48:00 -0000

Stronger now: …Cast aspersions elswhere and pony up some credible evidence for anything supernatural, otherwise some may mistake you for a cult starter with the prerequisite delusions of grandeur etc

William:
I think it would be fair to describe an atheist as a spiritually dead person and therefore, unable to comprehend anything that is not of the material/physical. Just because someone cannot comprehend or indeed see quantum particles, it doesn’t mean that they don’t exist. I think a camera on every street corner, the collection of everyone’s personal details (incl. DNA), crowd control devices that are used for selective denial of free speech, all weapons used to dominate other countries (I could go on forever) can be attributed to science. Do you think science has contributed to peace and a better life for everyone?
As for the truth, if it is not in you already, then how can you ever hope to recognise it?
I think many will agree that it is science that has made a doormat of most of the world, by the few who control it. Delusions of grandeur are the domain of scientists.
A cult is the last thing we need now, especially the cult of atheism; a cult that condemns all that don’t follow it. I am no greater or lesser than anyone. I seek equality and freedom from all that is NOT good and right for everyone. I offer love and peace and the knowledge to gain them. I will not be the leader of anyone; it is side by side that free people walk together.
I do not condemn you, but rather the theology that you preach, which is anti-love and serves only to turn people into machines made of meat. It makes all tings worthless.
Love and peace
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:02:00 -0000

For Stronger Now

Nothing

Without love we have nothing but material things
No lasting joy that togetherness brings

We always feel need and there’s never enough
Of the cars and the houses and electrical stuff

We put on our jewellery, best clothes and vain face
Then we dine and we holiday in every nice place

And people they gather to know us with pride
We think we are rich but we’re bankrupt inside

We’re the beautiful people, well spoken and read
And we sleep well at night for our conscience is dead

Our friends and our lovers we buy as we need
And we get a good tax break by doing a good deed

If we lose all our riches where would we be?
For the conscience is dead and our spirits not free

We care not for others for our hearts made of stone
And we die as we live, forever alone

So ask us some day when our backs at the wall
And we’ll tell you with tears we had nothing at all

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:13:00 -0000

Lance: …. A couple questions for you: Is your creator going to send me to hell for not believing in him/her? Will I be rewarded or punished for my thoughts and actions here? Just curious.

William:
I already came to the conclusion before my enlightenment, that there was no after life. I reasoned that there were only two possible outcomes after death. 1. If there is life after hen how much more would I have to suffer to end my journeys. 2. If death is the end of awareness, then I would not be affected as I wouldn’t exist (this seemed the best outcome to be honest) but either way, seemed ok with me.
Love has always been the way for me. It is both logical and good. So without the prospect for a reward, I decided that my contribution to the world would leave it a better place. If I had made the knowledge up, it would surely be flawed, it is not my own, I don’t even know why it was given to me. I left school without qualifications and have to admit that I didn’t attend a lot of the time. I still have no qualifications. Before I received the knowledge, I had given up, and the peace I found was incredible. Now that has been taken way. I am no fool Lance and I would not be here if I hadn’t received proof. The world is changing. There has to be peace and security fro everyone or there is none for anyone. You do not have to believe what I say, its enough to choose Love. The kingdom of heaven within is a state of mind, just as is the kingdom of hell. The lake of fire is inner torment. See www.love-themeaningoflife.com/hell
Believe and do what you want, the Creator will always love you and never punish you. Love can only give Love. It is only we that punish ourselves and others.
Love and kind regards
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:35:00 -0000

Boom: Like a self-rightious, delusional cultist?

William: If you cannot see what is right then no-one can show you. I think your terms would apply to atheists and those who preach man-made religions.
I thought that this was a site for ex-Christians or should I say those who have been deceived and once believed in the spiritual.
If you don’t believe that there is a spiritual then why are you spending time on here, attacking those who do, instead of fulfilling your meaningless purpose in life, which I presume is just to exist and oppose?

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:55:00 -0000

Hi SConnor
Thanks for the post, I read your website and I think we need to chat one to one. Can you contact me? My email address is on my website which is in my profile.
We need to discuss things that are not relevant to this blog.
Love and blessings
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:02:00 -0000

Hi trulin,
Anyone who thinks they are intellectual is deluding themselves. I’m not wealthy or very educated, as for my knowledge, I claim no credit for it. Narcissism? I always put others first and my empathy is what has lead me to help others. Atheists are incapable of feeling what others feel so it doesn’t bother them. Do I love myself? Yes, but my love for others is greater.
I note that you got your information from a scientific book that is based on theory, and I note your projection and displacement.
Religion has been the good mixed with evil and served up as the way. We can all see the results of that and now science has become the perfect replacement, same result. Perhaps you should try and understand why the world is in such a mess, instead of trying to understand science. Try loving your neighbour instead of his material possessions. Greater love has no scientist than he who lays down everyone’s life to prove a theory.
I prophecy that one day you will call on God and that one day soon, all of mankind’s scientific achievements will be worth nothing. Within the atheist lies the abomination of desolation. You have nothing that the world needs.
I reject your views but respect your right to hold them. I did not come alone into the world to try and save it, we are many (and not all live in my head) 

I came on here to help those who have been hurt by religion but I have found some who have escaped from the lions den, only to shelter in the bears cave. My stall is laid out, take or leave what you want, it’s free, but don’t destroy what others need, just because you don’t like the taste. If you disagree with what I say, then say so and why.
Love is on the table, and there is no guilt or punishment for walking past.
Love and peace be with you
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:21:00 -0000

Trulin,
You never had a case in the first place. :-)

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:53:00 -0000

Atheisttoothfairy
Do you really think God goes looking into peoples minds? Let’s look into yours. You deny the spiritual but you still seek proof of it. Its science that is endeavouring to read and control people’s minds by decoding the brains signals. Imagine what a world that will be. You won’t have to debate anything, you can just reprogram people.

I looked at the website you gave, nothing new, just going on about what we already know. Wasn’t it miraculous signs that the church was based on? The truth wasn’t enough for most then, not much has changed. As for faith moving mountains, that’s a definite. Try a little faith in love, it can heal the sick, feed the poor and turn an enemy into a friend. Hug

Perhaps your friend should put on his red shoes and go and get what he needs from the wizard of Oz.

If you want to see a miracle, take a look around, we are still here despite scientists. Isn’t it the anti-christ that shows signs and wonders? When you find yourself, you’ll find a miracle. Oh well, it’s a wicked generation that seeks a miraculous sign 

You had the wrong god, deal with it.
I can't help recalling a few words from the lost texts: Where are going killer of men, what do you seek, space conqueror?

Answer me this, where does awareness begin, between the sperm and the new born child? And where would the programming come from in the first place?
Love and peace
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:53:00 -0000

Hi Boom,
That’s pretty cool coming from someone who is no more than vibrations of WHAT? In WHAT? And is denying the existence of what they can’t see. Check your science, especially quantum physics. There is no chaos, only that which is not understood. You want evidence of God, what are the odds of so much order coming out of chaos? What are the odds of atoms forming in to self awareness? How can senses develop in that which cannot perceive its own existence, i.e. pre life forms and why the need anyway?
If there were no God and we were no more than biological machines, then the only difference between us and animals would be a mental disorder, because the attributes of love, compassion and sacrifice for others threatens both our self preservation and well being. So what is your stand? Is love a mental disorder? Imagine the world when science cures us. It is atheism that conflicts with love, you cannot have it both ways.

One more question: If I’m a loony, then what does that make your arguing with me? Drrr
Love and peace :-)
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:07:00 -0000

Well guys, your responses didn’t surprise me one bit and I wasn’t offended because I understand the sorry state that you now find yourselves in.
Your responses have become quite childish; I guess the best form of defence is attack.
Considering the fact that in your responses, you have either sidestepped, ignored, condemned or changed the interpretation of my questions (which of some you obviously had no idea of what I was talking about, being spiritually dead) I can only conclude that you have learnt well the tactics of radical evangelists.

Now there is something here that is blatantly obvious and that is, that you are not ex-Christians because you never understood one word of the founder’s teachings. Therefore, at best you were false Christians, of which there are so many today. It is obvious from your responses that you were attracted, not to the teachings of love, but rather the claimed magical and miraculous part. You truly were sheep who were controlled and guided by the sheepdog of fear and guilt. You were selfish and gullible and now you are psychologically damaged. Your only comfort is in attacking other people and trying to cause them hurt. This of course is classic projection. You are now living in denial.

Nothing you can say offends me, because I have seen what you have not. Remember this, when someone causes you hurt then you should try to understand what brought them to that point in their life, and try to help and forgive them. To attack is the animal way.
If you had read my website first then we could have had a decent debate, it’s far better than second guessing. If you had read my posts carefully, instead of ignoring them and trying to score points, perhaps you would not have attacked where it was not necessary.

One of my points was that you don’t need to believe in a creator, as long as you choose love, and love is that which is good and right for everyone.
Every choice you make is based on love or that which is opposed to love. Love ends all conflict. Whatever we sow in life is reaped by both ourselves, and others. Haven’t we reaped enough hurt from what has been sown in the past?

There is no science verses religion, they have both been desecrated by the selfish and used against us.
There is no more I can say, if your ears and eyes are closed, I cannot help you. We will each give to the world what we believe in, and we will all affect the future.
Love and peace be with you
William
ps here is a website that has new articles on a regular basis and it shows the atheist's brave new world and what is in store for you.
http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:54:00 -0000

eel_shepherd: Tell us something about hell. Got anything to contribute about the concept of hell?

William: When you think of hell, what do you see? If you thought of some poor person, drowning in a lake of fire, while being prodded by the devil with a pitchfork, then what you saw was closer to the truth than most think it is. You see, what you saw was an analogy of reality. The lake of fire represents the torment in the mind, the confusion and conflict within. The devil is the physical body that is seen as the master. The three pronged pitchfork represents, fear, guilt and beliefs.

Here is one example and of course there are many levels of pain and many causes:
Jane falls deeply in love with John, but Jane is married to Peter who is in love with her, and is the father of her two children. Jane knows that if she leaves her husband, both he and the children will be very hurt, and she will feel their pain. Jane also knows that if she does not leave Peter to be with John, both she and John will be deeply hurt. Jane’s mind is being torn apart because she cannot decide what to do; her mind becomes a lake of fire.

Hell is not outside the soul, because the soul could refuse to acknowledge it. Hell is a condition of the soul. Life can be heaven or hell. This is a basic view of hell.
What is felt in the soul is also felt in the body and vice versa so we feel the torment both spiritually and physically. Knowledge and understanding is the key to ending inner torment. To clarify things further, here is the concept of the devil

The devil is a myth created out of misunderstanding and deception. For those who have been lead into believing that the devil is an entity that causes all evil and is a reality, we will look at the truth here.

If you honestly consider every act of sinning, and look for its root, you will see that they all stem from fulfilling the selfish desires of the physical body, that cause others loss or hurt. They affect even the environment we live in and they are acts against what is good and right for all. Try and think of a sin that is not done for the security, self-preservation or acquisition of pleasure for the physical body, to the detriment of someone else.

It is said that the devil was given dominion over the world, take another look, it is mankind that has dominion over the world. It is no co-incidence that the devil is portrayed as a physical/spiritual creature, with the appearance of part human.

It has been said ‘fear not the one who has the power to destroy the physical body, but rather fear the one who has the power to destroy the soul’. The one who has the power to destroy your soul is your own physical body, but only when your soul is unaware that it is the master.

The devil in reality is the physical body; it has no will or awareness of its own and cannot live without the soul. The deception is in the soul, and where there is deception, there is a measure of innocence.
Those who serve only the flesh, serve only themselves, and stand alone. Those who serve the spirit, serve for the good of all and are never alone. Those who serve both, serve neither.

With selfishness the darkness divides and conquers. On the scale between master and servant, WHERE ARE YOU?

The soul/body connection

The brain is the place where the soul interfaces with the physical body. Without this connection, the physical body is no more than an inanimate animal, and the soul is unable to interact with the world. You are not your physical body, you are its master.
You'll find many answers to your questions on my website www.love-themeaningoflife.com
Love and blessings
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:15:00 -0000

Stronger,
Careful, those remarks could be construed as being compassionate, which has no logic or reason in an atheistic and scientific theology, which would make you a hypocrite.
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:24:00 -0000

That was a very intellectual reply.

Jim: But I think I'm probably reading too much into what you are saying, because it seems you do not really understand the terms you are tossing about.

My apologies for not stating the two issues separately.
First point. There is no chaos, only perfect order in the Universe, don’t you find that amazing?
Second point. When science breaks down matter to its smallest component, all that is left are vibrations in WHAT and of WHAT. Everything in existence is formed from the vibrations.

Jim: There is nothing thermodynamically improbable about the level of order that we see.

So we are expected to believe that there was a big explosion of a piece of nothing, in the centre of the Universe. Then everything fell into an ordered system, and part of the Universe (us) became aware of itself. If you believe in the odds of that, what can I say?

Jim: I can't even begin to guess, because such an estimate would require far more information than we have at the moment. (In effect, all we have is a sample size of 1.)

Don’t you think its amazing that awareness is in many different species, and only one evolved with intelligence such as mans? If awareness is just the right combination of atoms that are no more than a chance, then that would make all struggle and pain totally illogical. In other words, life would have no valid reason to continue, or indeed try to understand its environment. This makes life worthless, and all life expendable.
You say you would die for your kids in a heartbeat. If there’s no life after death, how could you profit from your action. Would it not be totally illogical? If you leave your children in a world of atheists, how long do you think your bloodline will last?

Jim: We have better-developed language centers, and (apparently) greater ability for abstraction. I would not call it a "disorder" but a "difference".

What you mean is the capacity to override self preservation for no profit.

Jim: Suffice it to say that there is an enormous amount that is known, and it is not nearly the mystery that you make it out to be.

What is the point of having children if life itself has no point? To exist just to experience pain and pleasure for a few years is not a reason to continue the species. Perhaps if you looked at SPIRITUAL CONFIRMATION on my website it would save a lot of explaining.

Jim: Of course not. It’s a superb adaptation.

Then if nothing else you should convert people to love so that your children will have a better future, as I have said love should come before science or a belief in a creator.,

Jim: I'd die for my kids is a heartbeat. Your assertion has no basis in fact.

Love is spiritual; it overrides the basic instincts of self preservation and the acquisition of pleasure.

Jim: (albeit clearly somewhat careless about how I spend my valuable time).

I suggest you are defending your beliefs because you have put your faith in the material. It is what you see as a safer place, and yet you know that nothing is safe in this world, even less now scientific advances are being used to replace the control of religion.

Thank you for your valuable time, mine is valuable too and I will not be wasting it answering any more posts that contain derogatory, childish remarks by those who are unqualified. All other posts will of course be answered.

Here is something for you to ponder on:
The blind cannot see and the deaf cannot hear.
The dead are walking amongst the living and the living seek death.
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:00:00 -0000

Boom:
Your theory, like all scientific theories, is based on the best guess with the knowledge available, and therefore are proof of nothing.
I’m not surprised that you find the words strange and beyond your understanding, someone once said ‘thank you for hiding these things from the intellectual and showing them to mere children.’

I converse with my friends and acquaintances on these topics quite regularly. I also give lectures on request, my last one being in London. And I have a beautiful partner. You should refrain from using your weegi board, they don’t work. Of course, this reply is based on theory.
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:00:00 -0000

Webmdave,
I guess if atheists get any control of the world, the first thing they will do is hunt down and convert or kill, those that don’t follow their beliefs (conform). Atheism is just about the worst and most useless theology that mankind has had to suffer. You can see the results of it all over the world.
Just like religion, you hold an olive branch in one hand, and a sword in the other. The words of your god Einstein have already been found to be flawed. All of the past world dictators and tyrants were atheists so you are in the right company.
Imperfect children are already disposed of by spiritually dead people, what next, the disabled, the starving, those judged to be of no use as slaves?

RELIGION V SCIENCE shows your true intentions CONFLICT in stead of compromise, DOMINATION instead of sharing. Religion and science are both as bad. Atheists are a throwback from humanity. You are now no more than a biological computer, which makes you a virus on this planet. We are obviously different species. You should be spending more time with your genetic offspring instead of seeking conflict to satisfy your hate.

I’m off to tend my flock now, we are family unlike the cult of atheism.
Nite nite
Deepest sympathy
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:03:00 -0000

To Astreja,
Read my posts before you comment.

1. I am not a Christian
2. Constantine was a hypocrite, in other words, not a true believer. Christianity was mixed with pagan beliefs to keep the peace.
3. I’ve just finished a one year debate with a fundamental, radical American Evangelist (he lost)
4. All of the problems in the world that you mention have been caused by atheists, a hypocrite is a non-believer who pretends to be one.
5. I think condoms are for atheists, it would save a lot of abortions.

To eel_shepherd,
Is that your scientific diagnosis by completely evading the point?
What is the next species? Cyborgs.
I guess when you become an atheist it’s easy to dismiss guilt for anything wrong that you do. As someone once said ‘if there were no God, then all things would be permissible.’ Welcome to the brave new atheistic world.

Some great insults there guys, it shows the level of your intelligence. Your replies also show the level of your attention to my posts, you appear to have not seen what you don’t want to. Personally, I think your attacks are childish, and spoilt childish at that. I note your attacks on religion or should I say one religion (Christianity). Does that mean other religions are ok or does it include Islam, Buddism and all the others? Are you too afraid to condemn other religions? Any reasonable person would note that atheists have no respect whatsoever for other people’s beliefs and are therefore no better than tyrants or dictators, the cause of all of the world’s suffering.

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:12:00 -0000

Sconner,
Hi there, you know where to find me if you're interested. If you make any comments on here, the piranhas will be picking your bones.
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:57:00 -0000

The Ace: We are flesh and blood human beings, not mindless automatons to be held hostage to someone's holy book or sacred rules and regulations.

I haven’t lost my temper once, my apologies if I gave that impression.
I agree totally with the first part of your comment. It appears that you are confusing what I offer with the methods of established religions, which are anti-love. If you check my posts, you will see that what I offer is a free choice. I don’t seek organisation and control, in fact just the opposite. I take away guilt and fear. Unless a spirit is free to choose what it desires, its choices are not its own. I seek love and peace, not conformity to someone else’s beliefs. I’m delivering a message and standing back. No-one has the right to make others conform, we are all free to follow our own chosen path in life, but we have no right to cause others loss or hurt. You believe science is the way, fair enough, I would uphold that right as long as it is science for the good of all.

The Ace: Wouldn't it be wonderful? A world where no more "Holy Wars" are fought to prove "My God is better (or stronger, or smarter, etc.) than your God.

Well spoken, I agree totally, but what you must understand is there are people who claim to be Christians for instance, who are not. They in no way, follow the teachings of their founder (love your enemy, turn the other cheek), you see, the people you mention are actually anti-Christians. I would stand against anyone whose doctrine causes pain or loss to others.
I understand your rage against organised religion; I have probably felt it more than most.
Spirituality has been given a bad name, just as science has, If we just take the good from both, it will be a better world for everyone, whatever we choose to believe.
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:29:00 -0000

Thank you Ace for your kind response and understanding.
William

Re: RELIGION vs. SCIENCE -- a familiar story? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

william — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:08:00 -0000

Sconner,
Hi, I read your post and it appears that your spiritual eyes have been opened yet you are uncertain of where to go and I was wondering, if I could be of any help in answering your questions.
Love and kind regards
William

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2009/03/cartoon-of-day.html

william — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:04:00 -0000

There is one really good reason to get mad at them over the 170 million dollars.

Because that's the only reason they did it. They wasted over a hundred billion dollars of taxpayer money in a bail-out because they were trying to take home a measley 170 million in bonuses. If they didn't have a chance to earn those millions, would they have ever taken such incredible risks onto the company? I doubt it.

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2009/03/minding-my-own-business.html

william — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:53:00 -0000

What, haven't you heard? Cigarettes are addictive, Happy. I hear it's much harder to quit than it is to not start in the first place. I think you and I are in the "never started" boat.

Besides that, she's probably going to smoke around her kid for the duration of its childhood, anyway. Lost cause, perhaps?

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2009/03/worst-food-ever.html

william — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:08:00 -0000

This is a traditional southern food according to my more redneck friends here in florida. You eat them with eggs, and I'm told they are of a similar consistency.

I had a can of Brains on my "Wall of Strange Food" for the duration of my college career, along with other funny foods like "Diet Air", "Cock Soup", pig's feet, "Potted Meat Product" and beef tripe.

However, the Pork Brains in Milk Gravy was always the crown jewel. Did you know your brain was comprised mostly of cholesterol?

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-uninsured-cant-afford-care.html

william — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:59:00 -0000

Happy,

I happen to work for an EMR/POMIS Vendor, on one of the major systems (not in the Hospital sector, so I doubt you'd come in contact with our products). A huge part of practice management is designing software that makes you get paid accurately, and I've noticed that many of our clients tell us, in no uncertain terms, that they "deserve" any amount of money that they can convince the government to pay them.

If Medicare allows a provider to collect more when they bill more, then by golly they want to maximize what they bill, to unreasonable levels. They want software that will help them receive the highest amount of money that Medicare and/or other Carriers will ever pay.

They believe this money is theirs to collect, as if by divine right. Even if we know they're breaking the law, it's fruitless to try and convince them of this. Reminds me of a quote.

Upton Sinclair - "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2009/02/nurses-fired-over-sex-toys.html

william — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:36:00 -0000

Definitely not according to federal law.

I think you can make an argument that a nurse who is posting pictures of sex toys to their facebook could be fired, whether they are patient images or not. Your facebook tells people who you are.

Michael Phelps got his kellogs sponsorship pulled for being photographed with a bong. Did he go to jail? No. Was he arrested? No. Private organizations can do whatever they want.

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2009/02/should-surgeons-be-required-to-warm-up.html

william — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:04:00 -0000

When I had my appendix removed it had been inflamed but hadn't burst. It was painful, but I was not yet an "emergency" so I had some time to chat with the surgeon before the operation.

I specifically asked him whether he did anything to warm up to the surgery. Did he brush up on an anatomy textbook, anything like that..? He basically said no, that it was routine and he would jump right into it. I recall being happy that he told me it was routine because that made me feel that it was simple, thus not likely prone to errors. If he would have said, "Yeah, I always prep for a few minutes to get myself in the zone." I'm not sure how I would have felt.

On one hand, I like that he's preparing himself before he cuts me open. On the other hand, I worry about him not being prepared.

Of course, it was around noon when I had my operation, so hopefully he was sufficiently warmed up.

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2009/02/home-prices-drop-another-record-amount.html

william — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:16:00 -0000

Happy.

You're conflating the idea of the Community Reinvestment Act with the housing bubble. I guarantee you that the CRA had nothing to do with the housing bubble. All that it did was outlaw "redlining" where people in certain areas of towns could not get loans by banks, regardless of their financial situation, credit scores, etc, and to establish a system where you loaned people money based on their financial situation, not on the color of their skin.

Fannie and Freddie had nothing to do with the housing bubble either, because they had government-mandated standards about the quality of loans they could accept. In fact, if you look at the build-up of the housing bubble, Fannie and Freddie were losing market share rapidly. By the time the Housing Bubble was in full swing, they had lost over 50% of their peak market share to privately owned companies who were churning out junk mortgages to anybody with a pulse, and then selling them to each other on wall street.

The privately-owned credit rating agencies had a lot to do with the housing bubble, because they assured the private sector that housing prices could not go down and that demand would keep up, thus the junk mortgages could barely lose money. CNN Money and the rest of the media world contributed, and anybody calling a "housing bubble" was slurred at, called a Bubblehead.

Even the Dummies people wrote "Flipping Houses for Dummies", which should have been a sure sign that the housing bubble was fueled by insanity. It had nothing, absolutely NOTHING AT ALL, to do with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Community Reinvestment Act, none of that crap. People bought homes because owning your own home is The American Dream, and has been for generations.

Blaming this on the poor people is a pathetic tactic of people who have a crappy "us vs. them" mentality. Nobody forced homes onto them, but the mortgage brokers providing the financing did everything they could to lie people into homes. They faked homeowners' incomes, lied to them about their payments, paid off the appraisers to overvalue homes, literally did anything they could to close the sale. The FBI is in the middle of the largest fraud investigation in the world as a result of the housing crisis. Stanford and Madoff's billion dollar ponzi schemes are just a piece of it.

But of course you didn't get mad at fraud, you got mad at subsidies. You say you don't like housing subsidies? OK, give yours back. The interest on your house is tax deductible because Americans think that people should own homes. Do you have a Homestead tax exemption to your taxes, like many states in the US? Give that back too, if you have it. Does anybody you know own a family farm? Have them give their agricultural tax exemptions back.

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2009/02/we-have-just-nationalized-consumer.html

william — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:30:00 -0000

Happy,

Most of that 9+ trillion dollars is in short-term (30 day) loans against equally-valued collateral to ginormous banks. And the government will get repaid, come hell or high water.

It's not all hand-outs. It's insane to think it's all handouts. The 750 billion dollar TARP in November was supposed to be a handout, AKA "Capital Infusion". The couple hundred billion dollar stimulus package we got last year in tax rebates was a handout.

Re: http://jaycerxisempre.blogspot.com/2008/04/mis-pasiones-i-long-live-king-stephen.html

william — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:39:00 -0000

Que increible, no he leido ninguno de los libros quee mencionas allí, he aqui una lista de los que he leido:

- Cazador de sueños
- La milla verde
- Carrie (muchas gracias :D)
- Todo es eventual
- El umbral de la noche
- Las cuatro despues de la media noche

Luego que lea a sangre fria (pendiente conla apuesta) me voy a poner a leer el resplandor.

Cuando vuelva a caracas me voy a proponer conseguir la serie de la torre oscura.

De nuevo gracias por las recomendaciones y por el paseo a una libreria a la que no recuerdo haber ido :S

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2008/12/somebody-has-got-to-win-25.html

william — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:19:00 -0000

Restroom Supply Room (Toilet paper?), and the Janitor has the key.

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2008/12/take-your-best-guess-win-25.html

william — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:41:00 -0000

Cafeteria's kitchen door.

A cafeteria is sometimes run by a different company, so I think that the kitchen would have its own access codes. My guess is that the key "authorizer" is the hospital's facilities manager.

Re: http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2008/11/another-personal-medical-record.html

william — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:46:00 -0000

"Somebody want to get me a nitro patch?"

Re: New poll shows support for senior freebie plan

william — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:25:40 -0000

Unfortunately, we live in a nation where everyone wants their freebies. So this poll doesn't surprise me. Nor does health care as a top issue mean much, it's usually at the top and people will always make it such until that's free as well. Everyone wants to go to the party, no one wants to stay and clean up.

Re: New poll shows support for senior freebie plan

william — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:49:03 -0000

Anon -- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Thanks for the morning laugh, friend.

Re: New poll shows support for senior freebie plan

william — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:09:32 -0000

Polls are like the truth, they can be twisted into any shape and form. I truly believe people can support a concept, but oppose the messenger. That seems to be the case with this poll.

Re: Rahm throws Jesse White under the bus

william — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:42:02 -0000

Our governor was fingerprinted...sorry, but I'll take Washington politics over Illinois politics any day of the week, and twice on Sunday.

Re: Caption contest!

william — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:27:15 -0000

SO.... This is what state employees in Stratton do all day!

Re: Question of the day

william — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:50:26 -0000

Dillard won't overcome the commercial to win the primary, which is too bad because the far right will again hijack the primary only to see the Dems win in the fall.

Re: Question of the day

william — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:32:27 -0000

Egotistical

Re: http://www.careerrocketeer.com/2009/06/which-element-of-your-job-search-needs.html

william — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:07:23 -0000

Great information but the biggest challenge today is getting the interview.

Sending an unsolicited resume with a cover letter will most often result in no response or a boiler plate rejection form letter. Including a resume will enhance the chance that your letter/resume will be sent to HR at best, for filing but will often be simply thrown out.

The only way to get the attention of a potential employer is to mount an "individual or group spot opportunity" campaign using a targeted letter. That is give the recipient a reason to first read the document and then to open a dialogue with you. The objective is to present yourself as a "solution to key core challenges" and not just one more person who is seeking employment.

Identify five or six core operational challenges the potential manager could be facing that if not addressed have the potential to do significant and often irreparable harm to the company and present those challenges in the second paragraph of the letter. This is then followed up in the letter with a branding statement, educational information, four or five significant, relevant and qualified accomplishments and a call for action. The call is for you to follow-up at a time certain not for the recipient to contact you. That is, you take proactive action and not just wait for the recipient to respond. In today's increasingly difficult and competitive job market, this strategy will not guarantee an interview but will increase your hit ratio dramatically.

If the campaign is carried out correctly, the challenges are most relevant and compelling and you aggressively and proactively pursue potential employers, getting through to 50% of the recipients is achievable. Can your current efforts deliver this level of success.

Bill Shambrook
www.careersuccessnet.com

Re: http://www.careerrocketeer.com/2009/06/beware-phone-interview.html

william — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:18:34 -0000

The key to success is to take control of the interview. If you simply sit and respond most often the parting comment is "Thanks for coming in we will be in touch". You will then sit at home waiting for the letter or call that never comes.

When dealing with HR (the screening interview) your objective is to not be disqualified as this is the prime objective of the interview. Typically HR has a list of questions, many of which are of little value. To take control ask questions such as “What do you feel are the most important skills to be successful, both short and long-term, in this position?” Most often the HR interviewer has no idea and will normally suggest this is best discussed with the hiring manager. Use this as an opportunity to push for the interview.

Your mission when interviewing with the decision maker is to engage him or her in a discovery process where you discover together the most important qualifications, experiences and skill sets to meet the key and most fundamental challenges and deliver the results required. You position yourself as the solution and highest value asset to meet those challenges.

You have three objectives... show with solid evidence that you are the best qualified; that you will fit in and work well within the organization; and that you are the least risky candidate. If you accomplish all three you will build the value necessary to eliminate all competition and get the best compensation package. You will also remove the key reason that other candidates, external or internal may win by making you the least risky candidate.

Bill Shambrook
www.careersuccessnet.com

Re: http://www.careerrocketeer.com/2009/06/they-know-you-want-job-so-dont-ask-for.html

william — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:29:07 -0000

The kiss of death is to be perceived as someone seeking a job. You will most often be stopped dead in your tracks. Your key mission is to present yourself as a high value solution to a set of core, fundamental challenges being faced by the interviewer, challenges that unless addressed will have a demonstrable a significant negative impact on his or her organization.

Sending an unsolicited resume with a cover letter will most often result in no response or a boiler plate rejection form letter. Including a resume will enhance the chance that your letter/resume will be sent to HR at best, for filing but will often be simply thrown out.

The only way to get the attention of a potential employer is to mount an "individual or group spot opportunity" campaign using a targeted letter. That is give the recipient a reason to first read the document and then to open a dialogue with you. The objective is to present yourself as a "solution to key core challenges" and not just one more person who is seeking employment.

Identify five or six core operational challenges the potential manager could be facing that if not addressed have the potential to do significant and often irreparable harm to the company and present those challenges in the second paragraph of the letter. This is then followed up in the letter with a branding statement, educational information, four or five significant, relevant and qualified accomplishments and a call for action. The call is for you to follow-up at a time certain not for the recipient to contact you. That is, you take proactive action and not just wait for the recipient to respond. In today's increasingly difficult and competitive job market, this strategy will not guarantee an interview but will increase your hit ratio dramatically.

If the campaign is carried out correctly, the challenges are most relevant and compelling and you aggressively and proactively pursue potential employers, getting through to 50% of the recipients is achievable. Can your current efforts deliver this level of success.

Bill Shambrook
www.careersuccessnet.com

Re: http://www.careerrocketeer.com/2009/06/call-advertised-jobs.html

william — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:54:05 -0000

Getting through by phone, without the appropriate pre-call initiative, will at best be frustrating and at worst of no value at all.

The key is implementing a proactive "challenge" based strategy as follows:

Sending an unsolicited resume with a cover letter will most often result in no response or a boiler plate rejection form letter. Including a resume will enhance the chance that your letter/resume will be sent to HR at best, for filing but will often be simply thrown out.

The only way to get the attention of a potential employer is to mount an "individual or group spot opportunity" campaign using a targeted letter. That is give the recipient a reason to first read the document and then to open a dialogue with you. The objective is to present yourself as a "solution to key core challenges" and not just one more person who is seeking employment.

Identify five or six core operational challenges the potential manager could be facing that if not addressed have the potential to do significant and often irreparable harm to the company and present those challenges in the second paragraph of the letter. This is then followed up in the letter with a branding statement, educational information, four or five significant, relevant and qualified accomplishments and a call for action. The call is for you to follow-up at a time certain not for the recipient to contact you. That is, you take proactive action and not just wait for the recipient to respond. In today's increasingly difficult and competitive job market, this strategy will not guarantee an interview but will increase your hit ratio dramatically.

If the campaign is carried out correctly, the challenges are most relevant and compelling and you aggressively and proactively pursue potential employers, getting through to 50% of the recipients is achievable. Can your current efforts deliver this level of success.

Bill Shambrook
www.careersuccessnet.com

Re: http://www.careerrocketeer.com/2009/05/cover-letters-do-matter.html

william — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:01:23 -0000

Sending an unsolicited resume with a cover letter will most often result in no response or a boiler plate rejection form letter. Including a resume will enhance the chance that your letter/resume will be sent to HR at best, for filing but will often be simply thrown out.

The only way to get the attention of a potential employer is to mount an "individual or group spot opportunity" campaign using a targeted letter. That is give the recipient a reason to first read the document and then to open a dialogue with you. The objective is to present yourself as a "solution to key core challenges" and not just one more person who is seeking employment.

Identify five or six core operational challenges the potential manager could be facing that if not addressed have the potential to do significant and often irreparable harm to the company and present those challenges in the second paragraph of the letter. This is then followed up in the letter with a branding statement, educational information, four or five significant, relevant and qualified accomplishments and a call for action. The call is for you to follow-up at a time certain not for the recipient to contact you. That is, you take proactive action and not just wait for the recipient to respond. In today's increasingly difficult and competitive job market, this strategy will not guarantee an interview but will increase your hit ratio dramatically.

If the campaign is carried out correctly, the challenges are most relevant and compelling and you aggressively and proactively pursue potential employers, getting through to 50% of the recipients is achievable. Can your current efforts deliver this level of success.

Bill Shambrook
www.careersuccessnet.com

Re: http://www.careerrocketeer.com/2009/05/common-mistakes-me-me-me-candidate.html

william — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:04:31 -0000

The KEY is to focus on the true needs, as discovered during the interview, of the potential employer. But nothing happens until you get in the door.

Sending an unsolicited resume with a cover letter will most often result in no response or a boiler plate rejection form letter. Including a resume will enhance the chance that your letter/resume will be sent to HR at best, for filing but will often be simply thrown out.

The only way to get the attention of a potential employer is to mount an "individual or group spot opportunity" campaign using a targeted letter. That is give the recipient a reason to first read the document and then to open a dialogue with you. The objective is to present yourself as a "solution to key core challenges" and not just one more person who is seeking employment.

Identify five or six core operational challenges the potential manager could be facing that if not addressed have the potential to do significant and often irreparable harm to the company and present those challenges in the second paragraph of the letter. This is then followed up in the letter with a branding statement, educational information, four or five significant, relevant and qualified accomplishments and a call for action. The call is for you to follow-up at a time certain not for the recipient to contact you. That is, you take proactive action and not just wait for the recipient to respond. In today's increasingly difficult and competitive job market, this strategy will not guarantee an interview but will increase your hit ratio dramatically.

If the campaign is carried out correctly, the challenges are most relevant and compelling and you aggressively and proactively pursue potential employers, getting through to 50% of the recipients is achievable. Can your current efforts deliver this level of success.

Bill Shambrook
www.careersuccessnet.com

Re: http://www.careerrocketeer.com/2009/05/how-to-find-job-in-any-economy.html

william — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:55:19 -0000

Re: http://www.careerrocketeer.com/2009/05/are-you-getting-interviews.html

william — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:56:00 -0000

Re: http://www.careerrocketeer.com/2009/04/magic-bullet-for-job-search.html

william — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:57:48 -0000

Re: http://www.careerrocketeer.com/2009/04/good-monday-career-rocketeers-im-your.html

william — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:59:18 -0000

Re: http://slidingintohome.blogspot.com/2009/02/giambi-opines-about-yankee-years.html

william — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:47:00 -0000

Great post, Lisa, thanks. I respect Giambi. He's been a straight up guy and I hope he succeeds in Oakland.

This writer sees absolutely nothing wrong with Torre's book and thinks it's a lot to do about nothing, which has to make the publishers very happy.

Re: http://slidingintohome.blogspot.com/2009/01/120-new-stadium-photo-update.html

william — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:04:00 -0000

Excellent pictures. I've been wondering what it will look like and this gives a great idea. Thanks a lot!

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2008/06/google-scares-me.html

william — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:05:00 -0000

Hell my house is on there, and though we live in the suburb of a mega tropolis, it's disconcerting.. yet my old homes back in Jersey, Ventnor, isn't on it.. yet that place would take no time to drive up and down through.. odd..

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2008/05/give-away-age-of-conan-beta-tester.html

william — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:34:00 -0000

The fun thing is, I applied to beta this way back, as I've done literally almost every major MMO for betaing all the way back to UO. And got the same email, without ever receiving an invite to beta. Hehe.. go figure.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2008/05/failure-to-understand-drm.html

william — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:15:00 -0000

Your opinion is valid, in the sense of an opinion.

The 3 installations concept isn't that difficult. You can install it on a laptop and your desktop. If you change the physical parts of the desktop and it requires another application that would be your 3rd use. But if you need more, than you can talk to their CSR's and get approval for another one. And the key part of all of this.

That 3 uses crap is arbitrary. I don't like the limitations. They should simply just make it a reasonable number, say 10 or something. I think 3 is a little draconian myself.

But then again, if I need more authorizations, I'll go get them to extend my needs. And if it becomes a real problem, you can bet this it will be up on Digg in no time and they'll get their asses handed to them.

So, as I said. Valid.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2008/05/fuck-fuck-fuck.html

william — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:33:00 -0000

As far as Spore goes. It's going to access a central server. It'll download stuff for your world. And upload stuff you make.

That it does this frequently, should indicate to you that they want to make sure the damn thing is protected.

The additional requirement of having it check every 10 days was way overboard. No doubts, questions or comments. Simply f*cking crazy. But if you play it often you were going to be accessing their system anyhow, and you won't even notice when it confirms that your copy is the real deal.

Problem solved.

It's games like Mass Effect, that one is truly worthy of ire. Because your very unlikely to update it more than a few times. So having it try to phone home. Yeah that one isn't cool.

Adding it to Spore, was just stupid. Nothing else, just stupid.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2008/05/fuck-fuck-fuck.html

william — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:01:00 -0000

Check out Penny Arcade, they've got links to the news.

They will only require authentication when you first run the game. And only will check again if you update the system via online updates, etcetera. (Though in Spores case which will be pretty frequently. Since it maximizes the use of player generated content. And that doesn't bother me at all.)
The 10 days thing was bullshit. Simple as that. As Stardock has proved, no DRM other than updates for better aspects to your game are really reqiured.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2008/02/pc-gamers-rejoice.html

william — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:04:00 -0000

Spore has been my number one game now for a while to get. That we finally got a release date is f'n awesome. As far as the pleasure that is Mass Effect. Well the only way I would play it is if it came to PC. It is. I shall get it and there will be much rejoicing. (Sorry once I upgraded to a computer, consoles just don't cut it for me.)

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2007/12/kicked.html

william — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:56:00 -0000

Just for the record. Some folks out there really are about rolling the other side, and getting their own personal jollies off at your expense. Irregardless of whether your having a good game or not.

Don't feel bad about it at all. Shit happens, but poor publicity is a real bitch.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2007/11/showdown-world-of-warcraft-vs-dark-age.html

william — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:47:00 -0000

Thank you for taking the time to go over it. It hit the spots I was curious about knowing.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2007/11/return-is-over.html

william — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:20:00 -0000

Well Pvthudson,

My question wasn't one of those snarky know it all WoW can't be better than wOw snot rags you may normally see on forums.

I really liked DAoC, but I haven't played it now in a few years, and also have played WoW in a few years either. My question was, what were the real strong points from wow, that stood out that made you go. They HAVE got to add this and or that to DAoC to make the difference.

And so on.. so I'm really interested in what Heartless has to say.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2007/11/return-is-over.html

william — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:55:00 -0000

Well, if you can find it in yourself, to document what is the differences that you like from WoW better than DAoC, I would be truly interested.

It's easy to say this does it better, but to quantify it a little makes a difference too.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2007/07/dreamblade-organized-play-canceled.html

william — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:12:00 -0000

I'm not even remotely surprised that Dreamblade is failing (and it is.)

And it's because it's competing with all the other games out there. That happen to be mini's oriented. And I think they are starting to hit a saturation point where in the end, things will either stabilize, or they will die off leaving on a few core items, like Clix games.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2007/07/website-of-moment-wowbreak.html

william — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:21:00 -0000

I think he was saying that IGE would by the newsite.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-am-sick-of-seeing-lord-of-rings.html

william — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0000

Though I just got the WAR monthly letter, and they are pushing it to 1st quarter 2008. (Which is just fine with me. They didn't want to release something that was just good. And with what they learned from the dwarves and greenskins, and then applied it to the human/chaos lands, made those locations great, but the dwarves/greenskins to not be good enough so they are going back in and making it even better.. I'm fine with that.)

If they have to take a bit more time, not making Vanguard, I'll be happy. And that's just how I feel.

LOTRO just had no heart to me, and it just didn't feel fun. At least in WoW, it did feel fun. Though I haven't played that in gods no how long now. But WoW didn't pretend to be other than what it is.

And LOTRO is trying nail the prom queen just cause she's popular. (Sorry for the euphamism.) But seriously.. some days, Turbine leaves a wet dog crap in my mouth feeling... oh well.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-am-sick-of-seeing-lord-of-rings.html

william — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:16:00 -0000

to Ethic

Warhammer Online : Age of reckoning.
WAR!

And this game, will really have the strength of a good game behind it with some great lore.

And yes, I'm sick of hearing about LOTRO.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2007/04/soe-poised-to-purchase-vanguard.html

william — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:12:00 -0000

Myself, well, I had heard about Vanguard for the longest time. Back in the original days of the announcement where it was all vague and kept in the secret wrap. And for the longest time I hated the vision that Brad had come up with. From back in the day of EQ mind you. It was the concept of him just back then not listening to concerns of the players, and sticking the guns.

So just before it came out, I made a personal decision to alter my usual playing style, and to focus on team oriented game play. (One of the big goals of this game.) And I would get into the RP server and just go for it. I was willing to work hard for my levels, as LONG as I was having fun.

And so I got the game, digital download no less. (Blech waiting in line at stores anymore sucks.)

And then I started playing during the headstart. And just got in and experienced it all.

And day after day, as I got higher level, I would encounter more and more bugs. And I wasn't speed demoning it either. I tried all three spheres, and for a while I was in the top 40 for gear made and worn on Floryndel. And to me that achievement orientation was just a personal goal. But was happy to see something of its ilk at all.

And then I continued levelling, and getting more and more frustrated and aggravated with the game, and what bugs were in it. Further, a guild I joined, had a nice variety of players, and I got to hear daily how often they were encountering this or that bug, all up to the point the Guild Leader encountered a vicious bug that cost him three quarters of his xp, and delevelled him. And when he petitioned about it. He was told after two days. Tough, no reimbursement of his lost xp.

What with me falling under the Gulgrethor Fortress, anytime I was feigning death and being summoned, (happened enough times to suck much ass)..

I decided that this time. I will NOT support a paid beta. I won't do that. So I didn't sub when the paid month was up, and cancelled the account. What aggravates me about all of this, was I gave it a chance, and a game was put out in a beta form. I remember reading somewhere that someone mentioned, if you can't present a stable product before the money runs out, and you can't get any more money anywhere. Then you close the doors, and sell the IP and what you have to another group. Cause you couldn't produce.

And thats what I feel about it. I tried to like it, I was willing to put up with the grind, and then when encountering bug after bug, and people I played with were disrespected and not reimbursed. See ya.

So there ya have it. And I took a run at the LOTRO. It felt so uninspired.

Me I'm just waiting for one game in particular, WAR! Warhammer Online, Age of Reckoning. It's got some hawt predesigned RVR and a great IP to work with. And I've always enjoyed DAOC.

*Shrug* oh well, I'll just stick back and forth with City of Heroes, and beta other MMO's as they come out again.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2007/04/soe-poised-to-purchase-vanguard.html

william — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:20:00 -0000

Well, what can I say. Silky Venom is not up right now, so how about you give us the skinny on it.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2007/02/they-put-magic-on-my-lord-of-rings.html

william — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:00:00 -0000

After playing D&D online, and listening to their stated goals. I thought hell, with DDO they were trying something different. And in many ways it was cool. And in so many ways it wasn't. Because once you got past the cool stage with DDO, you kept wanting more. And well that and Turbine likes to secretly delete posts that are accurate and disparaging instead of addressing them. And because of that, I wasn't going to play an MMO in the world of LORO. There isn't magic, in the standard gaming sense. And yeah, what is there left to do in that world. But heartless you have to know that there will always be a tank/heal/dps concept.

Re: http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2007/02/vanguard-launch-wrap-up.html

william — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:35:00 -0000

I'm playing this game, and I'm having a blast. I've been playing MMO's from the days when they were just MUDs on bbs's. The funny thing is with this game, I'm having fun again like I haven't had in years.

I don't know what the hell y'all are unhappy about. But the game isn't an easy push and go system. Sure there are some issues with towns being a bitch to enter/deal with. But if you remember Ironforge in WoW used to be known as Lag Central.

The point, this game is fun, the combat is engaging, and it feels like there is a purpose. So, like it or not. Its an entertaining game, but it has some early shove out issues that are typical of Financial crunch issues.

My only bitch so far, is that they don't have the problem resolved for those of us who digitally ordered and downloaded directly from their station store, to have some form of billing. So ... yeah. When that happens, I'll be all set.

As it is, there are quite a few different entertaining classes, and they do play different. And its fun.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2009/08/arte-hardcore-punk-anos-80.html

william — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:22:22 -0000

Me trae muchos recuerdos estos posters de cuando me criaba, una de mis bandas favoritas era "Dead Kennedys", mientras me divertía corriendo sktateboards esa era la musica que escuchabamos. Otras de mis bandas favoritas era DRI y obviamente misfits.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2009/02/testigos-de-jehova-la-atalaya-te-vigila.html

william — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:15:31 -0000

Me parece que en tu pais estan muy restringidos. No concibo como unos padres puedan renegar sus derechos a la libertad de expresion y religion solo por educar a sus hijos libres de todo pensamiento religioso o moral. Quizas en mi pais estamos mas anvanzados en este sentido, no lo se.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2009/02/testigos-de-jehova-la-atalaya-te-vigila.html

william — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:57:00 -0000

Contestando a Marco, pueden los padres criar a sus hijos sin ningun tipo de prejuicios, aunque no sea en temas religiosos? Es imposible. Los hijos no pueden crecer sin haberseles educados con conceptos tan fundamentales como no robar, compartir, demostrar compasion, ensenarles el valor de la vida, ser educados en la mesa, respetar al projimo. O sugieres que los padres no les ensenen estos valores con el fin de que cuando lleguen a su madurez elijan por si mismos si quieren o no seguir esos conceptos basicos de la vida? Estariamos creando una sociedad de anti-sociales. Ya sean familias religiosas o no, los hijos siempre heredan de alguna manera u otra el comportamiento de sus padres, para bien o para mal. Si unos padres religiosos, deciden ir el domingo a la iglesia, es aceptable dejar a sus hijos de edades tiernas en sus casas, solos, con el fin de que crezcan libres de cualquier idea religiosa? En mi pais eso seria negligencia crasa y el gobierno castiga a los padres por dejar a los hijos sin supervision adulta. Pero a parte de negligencia, es absurdo. O sugieres que los padres no ejerzan su derecho a la libertad de expresion o religion solo para que sus hijos no sean influenciados con alguna doctrina religiosa? Esto seria el colmo de lo absurdo.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2009/02/testigos-de-jehova-la-atalaya-te-vigila.html

william — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:45:42 -0000

"Piden tolerancia y se escandalizan cuando alguien dice que no cree en dios y le recomiendan leer la biblia. Eso es lo que debe acabarse, justamente eso. Si alguien quiere ser espiritual que lo sea para sus adentros, pero que no arme guerras santas ni atente contras las libertades de los otros, especialmente los más indefensos, los niños".
Silvi, aqui nadie se escandaliza por saber que existe gente que no cree en Dios, la que parece escanadizada eres tu por saber que existen personas que piensan diferente a ti, eso es intolerancia. Tu puedes pensar lo que quieras y a mi me parece bien, yo no lo critico, solo defiendo mis posturas ante declaraciones que entiendo son incorrectas. Yo no creo en la homosexualidad pero defiendo el derecho que tienen a ser lo que ellos quieran ser, en la Alemania Nazi a parte de los Judios, los homosexuales y los Testigos de Jehova sufrieron persecucion por personas que se dejaron dominar por la intolerancia. Murieron miles de homosexuales y mas de 5 mil TDJ, personas que eran Alemanas, no judias.
En los Estados Unidos gracias a victorias judiciales de los TDJ en los tribunales la ciudadania en general goza de mas libertad que en tiempos pasados. Y tu te sientes ofendida por personas que estan ejerciendo su derecho a la libre expresion y que no hacen mal a nadie!
Los niños son libres de hacer lo que quieran una vez tengan la capacidad de decidir por ellos mismos, como lo han hecho miles. Los unicos que han armado guerras santas son los Catolicos, y nosotros repudiamos esas guerras y todas las guerras, pero hay personas que firman para que sus hijos peleen por la patria y derramen su sangre, en esos combates que no tienen razon de ser. Si no te gusta lo que opinan otros, para que pones el tema? O es que solo buscas que te regalen los oidos?

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2009/02/testigos-de-jehova-la-atalaya-te-vigila.html

william — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:37:02 -0000

Algunos datos mas, dos de cada tres personas que no aceptan transfusiones de sangre en los Estados Unidos NO son TJ, por algo tiene que ser. Estudios han revelado que en la mayoria de las intervenciones quirurgicas en las que se administra sangre al paciente, estas son totalmente innecesarias, se pudo haber evitado una transfusion y los riesgos que estas conllevan. Los TJ aceptamos transfusiones no sanguineas que resultan mas efectivas que las de sangre en la mayoria de los casos, la recuperacion del paciente es mucho mas rapido y tambien se evita los riesgos de las transfusiones. Es cuestion de encontrar medicos competentes que esten al dia con las nuevas alternativas medicas, y creanme que ya hay muchos medicos con estos conocimientos. Me parece muy interesante el comentario de Silvi: "Pero que sea por motivos religiosos, eso lo hace enfermizo". Tienes un blog exclusivamente de temas religiosos, me pregunto si es con el fin de fomentar la intolerancia religiosa? La intolerancia sea de la que sea, eso si es enfermizo.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2009/02/testigos-de-jehova-la-atalaya-te-vigila.html

william — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:43:09 -0000

A proposito, los TJ no creemos en el infierno, asi que no hay que preocuparse de sufrir alguna quemadura.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2009/02/testigos-de-jehova-la-atalaya-te-vigila.html

william — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:21:58 -0000

En el 1996 la hija de 5 años de mi prima, quien es TJ, fue obligada a recibir una transfusion de sangre por un tribunal del pais. Luego de la transfusion murio. Evidentemente la sangre no le salvo la vida, pero los padres fueron obedientes a la orden del tribunal. No es cierto que los padres dejan morir a sus hijos por no administrarles sangre, en la mayoria de los paises los gobiernos en desiciones como estas toman la potestad de ciertas desiciones sobre los hijos, por encima de sus propios padres, para bien o para mal, en la mayoria de los casos para mal. Si todos en este foro hicieran una investigacion minuciosa, sacando a un lado por supuesto el tema religioso, y analizan los pros y cons de las transfusiones, estoy seguro que se inclinarian a no hacerse una transfusion en la mayoria de los casos. Vean este reportaje: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXnBpYZ9YYE

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2009/02/testigos-de-jehova-la-atalaya-te-vigila.html

william — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:32:17 -0000

5-Prohibición de ser artista y practicar deportes: Esto no es cierto, primero debo decir que soy fanatico del Jazz y hace un tiempo fui a un concierto de Jazz en el que uno de los artistas invitado era George Benson, famoso guitarrista norteamericano, y ademas es Testigo de Jehova. Yo personalmente soy muy fanatico de artistas como los Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica entre otros, asi que este punto no es cierto para nada, yo mismo doy fe de eso, ahora, evitamos caer en idolatrar a dichos artistas. En cuanto al deporte, las hermanas Venus y Serena Williams, ambas destacadas tenistas, son Testigos de Jehova. Lo que si sugieren los Testigos es a no poner en primer lugar estas metas, pero como ven no es una prohibicion, sino una sugerencia.
6-No se pueden hacer celebraciones: Es cierto que no participamos en la navidad al no conciderarla correcta en la fecha del nacimiento de Jesus, pero esto no significa que no hagamos o participemos en otras celebraciones. Durante todo el ano participamos de aniversarios de bodas, bodas, fiestas de graduaciones, fiestas para celebrar las buenas notas escolares de nuestros hijos, en fin, cualquier celebracion que se nos ocurra, y no tenemos que atenernos a un tiempo fijo para recibir o dar regalos, lo hacemos en cualquier momento del ano.
7-prohibición de participar en campañas de caridad: A nivel organizativo, La sociedad de los Testigos de Jehova da prioridad a sus miembros en cuanto a recaudar fondos para victimas de desastres, y mientras socorren a sus miembros en alguna comunidad en particular, tambien asisten a otras personas que no son Testigos. En el caracter individual, nuevamente a nadie se le prohibe de participar en obras de caridad. Como ven, el que quiera ser Testigo de Jehova, lo hace voluntariamente, nadie es obligado a nada. El que quiera dejar de serlo, es libre para hacerlo.
Es falsa la acusacion de que la sociedad de los Testigos de Jehova es una de las mas lucrativas del mundo, cada publicacion de los Testigos de Jehova se distribuye sin costo alguno al que la quiera voluntariamente. Si llevamos una obra de educacion biblica que se sufraga mediante donaciones voluntarias. Debo reconocer, por experiencia propia, que dichas donaciones en la mayoria de los casos no dan para sufragar la produccion de las publicaciones. Por eso en anos recientes, la sede de los Testigos de Jehova se ha visto obligada a reducir sus gastos y a vender muchos de sus edificios para palear dicha situacion economica. Yo mismo que participo en dicha obra educativa, que es voluntaria, a veces nadie aporta monetariamente, pero eso no es impedimento para que los que quieran recibir nuestras publicaciones asi lo hagan.
Lo del encubrimiento por pederastia es otra falsedad, los que dirigen las congregaciones de los Testigos de Jehova estan instruidos a que cualquier caso de pederastia se lleve a las autoridades inmediatamente.
Para mas informacion de nuestras creencias pueden visitar el sitio oficial de los Testigos de Jehova: www.Watchtower.org.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2009/02/testigos-de-jehova-la-atalaya-te-vigila.html

william — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:31:34 -0000

3.Prohibición de participar en eventos y organizaciones políticas:
Con relacion a este punto, nuestro principal ejemplo a imitar es el propio Jesucristo, quien se nego a aceptar que lo hicieran el rey de los Judios, el mismo declaro que su reino no es parte de este mundo, tambien dijo que a Cesar las cosas de Cesar, pero a Dios las cosas de Dios. Asi que nosotros respetamos a los gobiernos de este mundo, pero por encima de todo, preferimos apegarnos a Dios mas que a cualquier gobernante. Tengo familia que no son
Testigos y que pertenecen a diferentes partidos politicos del pais de donde provengo. Y no me gusta para nada las discusiones y las rinas que provocan la division de la familia a causa de la politica. De todas maneras, cada 4 anos se empeora la situacion politica del pais.
4-Prohibición de usar pantalones para las mujeres y de llevar bigote y cabello largo para los varones: Este punto es otra muestra de la desinformacion que promueven ciertos medios. Dentro de los Testigos de Jehova no hay ninguna prohibicion a las mujeres para utilizar pantalon, la que quiera utilizar pantalones puede asistir a nuestras reuniones. Donde me reuno hay mujeres que utilizan pantalon para ir al Salon del Reino. Los unicos que imponen restricciones en estos asuntos es la sociedad, y no la sociedad de los Testigos de Jehova, sino la sociedad humana, esta es la que impone ciertas reglas de vestir. En mi pais no es muy bien visto que un hombre se ponga faldas,sin embargo, en paises Africanos los testigos de Jehova varones usan trajes que en las sociedades de occidente no serian muy aceptables. Asi que nosotros nos adaptamos a las reglas de la sociedad del pais en que vivamos, siempre que no esten en contra de los principios biblicos.
En cuanto a lo del bigote, la mitad de los Testigos de la congregacion a la que asisto, lleva bigote, por lo tanto no es cierto que se prohiba usar bigote. El uso de barba no es muy bien visto donde vivo, no para los testigos, sino para todo los varones. Hace un tiempo di un viaje a Alicante, Espana, y visite una congregacion de Testigos donde habian varones que utilizan la barba.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2009/02/testigos-de-jehova-la-atalaya-te-vigila.html

william — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:30:38 -0000

Saludos, antes quiero establecer que desde mi computador no me es posible agregar acentos y otros signos del idioma Espanol. He leido el articulo en cuestion(Los Testigos de Jehova: La Atalaya te vigila)y me parece la persona que lo escribio no fue diligente al recopilar informacion para su redaccion. Muy lamentable que personas utilizen estos medios para desinformar ya que en la red todo es permitido, por eso, como dijo un conferenciante norteamericano, la internet es un basurero informativo sin filtrar. Como Testigo de Jehova practicamente desde que naci puedo dar fe de la gran cantidad de errores que he leido en esta pagina, para empezar:
1-El asunto de las tranfusiones de sangre- Las personas que nos critican por no utilizar sangre en transfusiones ni para comer, argumentan que dejamos morir a nuestros hijos. Esto es un asunto de principios y bajo este argumento estas mismas personas que nos critican estarian dispuestas a que sus hijos vallan a la guerra y derramen su sangre por la "patria". Asi que lo que es igual no es ventaja, y nosotros aunque no participamos en la guerra ni enviamos a nuestros hijos a las mismas, no criticamos a los que lo hacen. De igual manera, aunque no aceptamos sangre, tampoco criticamos o tratamos de persuadir a otros a que lo hagan. Es un asunto totalmente voluntario, de decision personal. Como dije antes, yo no critico a quienes se transfunden sangre, pero tampoco quiero que otros traten de persuadirme a que yo lo haga en caso de vida o muerte. Este es un asunto de conviccion religiosa, por eso se debe respetar nuestras posturas, aun asi, nuestra negativa a la sangre a significado en avances medicos jamas imaginados y ha demostrado en muchos casos que las tranfusiones de sangre pueden ser perjudiciales(mi suegro tiene Hepatitis C a causa de una transfusion, el no es TJ).
2-Predicciones fallidas- Algunos Testigos del pasado, en su deseo de ver cumplidas algunas de las promesas biblicas, se han aventurado a ofrecer algunas fechas segun la cronologia biblica, como indicativo de que vendria el fin. Se olvidaron de las palabras de Jesus de que nadie sabe ni el dia ni la hora. Por eso en tiempos recientes se ha exhortado a todos los Testigos a no especular en cuanto al tiempo del fin, nuestra meta es estar alertas a las senales que Jesus proporciono las cuales indicarian el tiempo del fin, al ver estas senales estariamos expectantes, no al dia ni la hora, sino a que queda poco tiempo. La fecha que se menciona mas arriba de 2034 no proviene de ninguna publicacion de los Testigos de Jehova, al parecer es de una fuente de la red cibernetica, una fuente no muy confiable.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2008/11/existi-un-jess-histrico.html

william — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:08:58 -0000

Mi mejor amigo es antropologo con una especialidad en religiones de la India, esa es mi fuente con relacion al tema del hinduismo.
Tomando como ejemplo el evangelio de Mateo, el fue uno de los 12 apóstoles escogidos por Jesús. Mateo tuvo una relación estrecha e íntima con Jesús a medida que este viajaba por la tierra de Palestina predicando y enseñando acerca del Reino de Dios.
Hay pruebas de que Mateo escribió su Evangelio originalmente en el hebreo común de aquella época y después lo tradujo al griego. En la obra De viris inlustribus (Acerca de hombres ilustres), capítulo III, Jerónimo dice: “Mateo, quien es también Leví, y quien de publicano llegó a ser apóstol, compuso en primer lugar un Evangelio de Cristo en Judea en el lenguaje y caracteres hebreos para beneficio de los de la circuncisión que habían creído”. Jerónimo añade que el texto hebreo de este Evangelio se conservaba en sus días (siglos IV y V E.C.) en la biblioteca que Pánfilo había formado en Cesarea. . Desde el tiempo de Papías de Hierápolis (a principios del siglo II E.C.) en adelante, entre los antiguos ha habido muchos testigos del hecho de que Mateo escribió este Evangelio y de que este es parte auténtica de la Palabra de Dios. La Cyclopedia de McClintock y Strong declara: “Justino Mártir, el autor de la carta a Diogneto (véase Justin Martyr, de Otto, tomo II), Hegesipo, Ireneo, Taciano, Atenágoras, Teófilo, Clemente, Tertuliano y Orígenes citan pasajes de Mateo. Consideramos probado el hecho de que el libro que poseemos no ha sido objeto de ningún cambio repentino, no solo por la materia que contiene, sino también por la manera como se cita del libro, por la confianza con que se hace referencia a él como a una autoridad establecida y por la ausencia de toda señal de duda”.
Por estar involucrados directa o indirectamente con Jesús es que podian escribir con autoridad.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2008/11/existi-un-jess-histrico.html

william — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:58:45 -0000

En cuanto a los Hindues, sabias que se suicidan miles cada año en el rio Ganges porque piensan que van a reencarnar en un americano rubio, de ojos azules y millonario? Si prefieres el hinduismo, me imagino que estarias dispuesta a eso.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2008/11/existi-un-jess-histrico.html

william — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:37:40 -0000

En realidad te refieres a Mateo 5: 18, no al 17,
No hay ninguna incongruencia, otra version biblica vierte ese mismo texto de esta manera:

Mateo 5: 18,"porque en verdad les digo que antes pasarían el cielo y la tierra que pasar de modo alguno una letra diminuta o una pizca de una letra de la Ley sin que sucedan todas las cosas".

Esto fue lo que quizo decir Jesus originalmente, de todas maneras no fue Jesus el que escribio esas palabras, los eruditos concuerdan en que Jesus hablaba un tipo de hebreo y un dialecto arameo. Probablemente hablaba tambien en griego, pero no a diario.
Los traductores de la biblia a lo largo de los siglos han actualizado el idioma para que la gente pueda entenderla, eso sin alterar el significado original del texto. Si fueramos a ser puristas en este sentido, tendriamos que leer la biblia en el idioma original en que se escribio y eso obviamente es imposible.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2008/11/existi-un-jess-histrico.html

william — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:02:29 -0000

Claro que hay referencias judias de el.
Siglos después de la muerte de Jesús, los escritores del Talmud judío siguieron atribuyéndole poderes milagrosos. Según el libro Jewish Expressions on Jesus (Expresiones judías sobre Jesús), lo rechazaron alegando que “practicaba la magia”. ¿Se habría hecho tal comentario de haber habido una mínima posibilidad de rechazar los milagros de Jesús por ser simples mitos?

Eusebio, historiador eclesiástico del siglo IV, presenta más prueba. En su Historia eclesiástica cita de un tal Cuadrato que envió una carta al emperador en defensa del cristianismo. Cuadrato escribió: “Las obras de nuestro Salvador estaban siempre presentes, porque eran verdaderas: los que habían sido curados, los resucitados de entre los muertos, los cuales no solamente fueron vistos en el instante de ser curados y de resucitar, sino que también estuvieron siempre presentes, y no sólo mientras vivió el Salvador, sino también después de morir Él, todos vivieron tiempo suficiente de manera que algunos de ellos incluso han llegado hasta nuestros tiempos”. El erudito William Barclay escribió: “Cuadrato dice que aún en sus días podía presentarse como prueba a hombres en quienes se habían hecho milagros. Si esa afirmación no hubiera sido cierta, nada habría sido más sencillo que el que el gobierno romano la desmintiera”.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2008/11/existi-un-jess-histrico.html

william — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:34:40 -0000

El evangelio de Mateo se completo alrededor del año 41, pocos años despues de la muerte de Jesus. El evangelio de Juan se completo para el año 98, no pasaron cientos de años como afirmas.

La Biblia muestra claramente que el ministerio de Jesús se efectuó durante la gobernación de Tiberio César. Algunos opositores de Jesús trataron de entramparlo al preguntar sobre el pago de la capitación a César. El registro dice: “Echando de ver su hipocresía, él les dijo: ‘¿Por qué me ponen a prueba? Tráiganme un denario para verlo’. Trajeron uno. Y él les dijo: ‘¿De quién es esta imagen e inscripción?’. Ellos le dijeron: ‘De César’. Jesús entonces dijo: ‘Paguen a César las cosas de César, pero a Dios las cosas de Dios’. Y se maravillaban de él”.
Los arqueólogos han encontrado un denario de plata con la imagen de la cabeza de Tiberio César. Se puso en circulación alrededor de 15 E.C. Esto es consecuente con el período de gobernación de Tiberio como emperador, que empezó en 14 E.C., y añade apoyo al registro que indica que el ministerio de Juan el Bautizante empezó en el decimoquinto año de Tiberio, o en la primavera de 29 E.C.
Este detalle es solo uno de muchos que corroboran la exactitud biblica en terminos historicos.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2008/11/existi-un-jess-histrico.html

william — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:43:06 -0000

“PRUEBA de la existencia de Jesús inscrita en piedra.” Así dice el título de portada de la revista Biblical Archaeology Review (noviembre/diciembre de 2002). Dicha portada presenta un osario de piedra caliza que se encontró en Israel. Estas urnas funerarias fueron utilizadas extensamente por los judíos durante el breve período entre el siglo primero antes de la era común y el año 70 de nuestra era. Lo que confirió especial importancia a este osario en particular fue una inscripción aramea grabada en una de sus caras laterales. Según los entendidos, esta decía: “Santiago, hijo de José y hermano de Jesús”.
La Biblia dice que Jesús de Nazaret tenía un hermano llamado Santiago, que era conocido como hijo de José, el esposo de María.
La inscripción del osario armoniza con los datos que tenemos sobre Jesús el Nazareno.
No obstante, los tres nombres legibles en la inscripción del osario eran comunes en el siglo primero, por lo que es posible que existiese otra familia, además de la de Jesucristo, en la que hubiera un Santiago, un José y un Jesús.
Con todo, los expertos opinan que existe un 90% de probabilidades de que el Santiago mencionado en el osario haya sido el medio hermano de Jesucristo.
Hay otro factor que lleva a algunos a creer que el Santiago mencionado en la inscripción era el medio hermano de Jesús. Aunque por lo general se mencionaba al padre del difunto en tales inscripciones, era muy raro que se nombrara a un hermano. Por eso, a algunos eruditos les parece que este Jesús debe haber sido un personaje importante, lo que les hace pensar que se trata de Jesucristo.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2008/11/existi-un-jess-histrico.html

william — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:14:22 -0000

Oye Silvi, aca donde vivo ahora son las 6:51 am de agosto 26 de 2009 despues de Cristo, con ningun otro personaje que mencionas afecto tanto el mundo moderno como para que gran parte de la humanidad utilizara a un hombre como referencia en terminos de fecha. Lo de los comentarios es que por alguna razon cuando escribo un parrafo largo no me permite ponerlo todo en un comentario, por eso lo divido.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2008/11/existi-un-jess-histrico.html

william — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:17:18 -0000

The New Encyclopædia Britannica llega a esta conclusión: “Estos relatos independientes prueban que en la antigüedad ni siquiera los opositores del cristianismo pusieron alguna vez en tela de juicio la historicidad de Jesús, que fue cuestionada por primera vez, y sin base adecuada, a fines del siglo XVIII, durante el XIX y a principios del XX”.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2008/11/existi-un-jess-histrico.html

william — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:16:04 -0000

Aunque las referencias a Jesucristo por historiadores seglares de la antigüedad son pocas, sí existen. Cornelio Tácito, un respetado historiador romano del primer siglo, escribió: “El autor de este nombre [cristianos] fue Cristo, el cual, imperando Tiberio, había sido justiciado por orden de Poncio Pilato, procurador de la Judea”. Suetonio y Plinio el Joven, otros escritores romanos de aquel tiempo, también mencionaron a Cristo. Además, Flavio Josefo, un historiador judío del primer siglo, escribió acerca de Jacobo (Santiago), a quien llamó “hermano de Jesús que se llamó Cristo”.

Re: http://www.pinklemonblog.com/2008/02/twitter-jai-chang-davis.html

william — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:03:00 -0000

Et même plus, si ça se trouve twitter finira par remplacer le SMS !

Re: "Officers determined the package was someone's belongings"

william — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:44:00 -0000

I like how SEPTA Watch has an article about Market East station but posts a picture of Suburban station.

Re: What does SEPTA do with its recycling?

william — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:07:07 -0000

Respectfully, Mr. Mitchell, I must say that I'm disappointed that you consider this to be an "answer". First, what does SEPTA mean by "building management"? Do they mean at every RR station there is a different "building management"? I thought SEPTA was the manager of most of the facilities anyway. Don't they lease the outlying RR stations to tenants? Does this mean that SEPTA is the "building management"? And regarding the Center City stations, what "buildings" are the stations in? I'd have a difficult time assigning ownership of Market East and Suburban Station to a particular "building".

And also, the dumpster excuse is very weak on its face. How much would a second dumpster cost?

It seems like SEPTA is covering up here. Maybe it just me...

Re: The end of the "R3"?

william — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:31:24 -0000

And to REALLY eliminate confusion among riders, SEPTA can backfill the tunnel between Market East and Suburban Station, and start calling the 2 "new" terminals the "Reading Terminal" and "Pennsylvania Station".

You know, instead of running the system according to Dr. Vuchic's original plan.

Re: This just in: SEPTA saves you money

william — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:03:00 -0000

I have to drive. When I commute to work to City Avenue from NE Philly I can't switch from the R8 to the R6 Cynwyd because of timing and the irregularity of service on the R6. So me and 100s others have to rely on the unreliable service of either the 44 or the 121. Nothing is more frustrating that having to pack into a late bus only to sit in traffic on I-76.< />< />So often I hear people say, "Why can't Septa fix the R6?" And what is the answer to this? the line is not only there but it is in use up to Cynwyd. Can't a trial of regular service be established? The only real cost would be associated with advertising the new service. < />< />I wish Septa would address this issue. We aren't talking expansion of the line-- we are just asking for regular train service. After all, the R5 Overbrook is hardly convenient for anyone going anywhere east of St. Joe's.

Re: http://www.symbiangogetter.co.cc/2009/05/chipmunk-s60v5.html

william — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:05:22 -0000

Hi! Your blog is simply super. you have create a differentiate. Thanks for the sharing this website. it is very useful professional knowledge. Great idea you know about company background.
Increasing your web traffic and page views Add, add your website in www.itsolusenz.com

Re: Ronald McDonald!

william — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:46:25 -0000

jätte bra
fejkad ofc men det är väll klart
n trea fick den :]

Re: Guitar Hero!

william — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:57:03 -0000

Tja, asså han fejkar ju allt om ni inte vet hur man gör det så kan jag hjälpa er att förstå.
Som många redan vet finns det internet på ps3/xbox360/wii
så ha har bara gått in å en film som har expert 100 %
sen tagit den i fullskärm sedan har han bara tagit sin guitar hero gittar och låssas kört!

Re: Målvaktsmål!

william — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:31:43 -0000

jo jag sågpå målen att de skriver fel, men stackars lilla Foster..

Re: Ursäkta Röran – Radiostyrd!

william — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:50:49 -0000

så kungliga!!

Re: Shea Terra Organics Giveaway plus good green news!

william — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:20:00 -0000

Augustana

Re: Help Cindy Crawford and be a winner!!!! Keep it PUR contest!

william — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:54:00 -0000

I would love to win

Re: Hope, inspiration and a green clean giveaway for Earth Day 2008!

william — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:26:00 -0000

WOULD LOVE TO WIN

Re: http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2009/05/indian-students-brutally-attacked-in.html

william — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:01:59 -0000

I'm a 55 year old white Australian and am totally disgusted by the violent racist attacks on Indian students (and Indian taxi drivers as well). I finally have to admit that the racism that runs through a large part of Australian society is not going to go away. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of, in the middle of a conversation, having someone throw in a casual ignorant comment about the Asians or the Muslims or the Indians or whoever. I'm sick of narrow minded 'patriots' who wrap themselves in the flag and claim be the 'True Australians'. I'm sick of talkback radio morons, suburban rednecks and lazy minded dropkicks generally.
I've lived in Melbourne all my life and know that there is another side to the city. My sister is a mature age student at a Melbourne university and recently has become great friends with the family of an Indian student (they're Australians actually). I hope that visiting Indian students can come into contact with people like her and her friends so that their experience of Australia is not a totally negative one.

Re: http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2009/05/indian-students-brutally-attacked-in.html

william — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:29:38 -0000

Thanks for the welcome. There are plenty of Melbournians who love living in a cosmopolitan city.

Re: http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2009/05/how-to-avoid-attacks-tips-and-steps.html

william — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:16:59 -0000

Good suggestions, bullies are cowards at heart and will often attack if they think they see weakness. But there is more to this. As I have already told you, I am a white Australian so I'm acceptable in the eyes of the racist (but not to their ears when I open my mouth). As a teenager, and as a twentysomething, there were parts of Melbourne where it was not safe to go, especially at night. There have always been groups of thugs who deliberately set out to beat someone up, and won't feel their night is complete until they've done so. With the rise of the new nationalism (that's the n in nazi), the attention of these Einsteins has turned to anybody who is not pink all over. My point is that a strong face may help to avoid a casual attack, but when these morons are down a dark alley waiting for you, nothing you do or say is going to stop them.
The problems of racism and violence need to be addressed on the political level, on the policing level, and most critically on the attitude level. Difficult. Ive been trying to think of something that may be helpful in the short term. Maybe some kind of guidebook that could inform the newly arrived student of places to avoid and other dangers. My knowledge of the hotspots is out of date as I've lived in the hills 70km from the city center for the last 20 years, but there is no way I would walk alone down Sydney Rd after dark. Trains are another problem. Between stations you're trapped in a compartment with whoever happens to have got on at the last station. Trams and buses are better because you're always near to the driver. Tram stops and bus stops are also less likely to have groups hanging around outside. For some, though, the train is the only option. I wish I could come up with more local information but this is all I can think of for the moment. I hope my post doesn't sound too alarming, all cities have their bad places and bad people.
Keep the pressure up. Everybody has the right to be safe and to feel safe. Cheers.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2008/11/existi-un-jess-histrico.html

william — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:14:48 -0000

¿Pudiera alguien que nunca hubiera existido haber afectado tan notablemente la historia humana? La obra de consulta The Historians’ History of the World (La historia universal vista por historiadores) declaró: “El resultado histórico de las actividades [de Jesús] sobrepasó en importancia, hasta desde un punto de vista estrictamente seglar, los hechos de todo otro personaje histórico. Desde su nacimiento data una nueva era reconocida por las principales civilizaciones del mundo”.

Re: http://www.lunasazules.com/2008/11/existi-un-jess-histrico.html

william — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:13:42 -0000

En respuesta a los escépticos que se expresan en contra de la existencia de Jesus, el respetado historiador Will Durant presentó este argumento: “El que unos cuantos hombres sencillos hubieran inventado en una sola generación una personalidad tan vigorosa y atractiva, una ética tan sublime y una visión tan inspiradora de la hermandad humana sería un milagro mucho más increíble que cualquiera de los que se han anotado en los Evangelios”.

Re: Rockies to maintain momentum?

william — Tue, 29 May 2007 10:39:31 -0000

WIN JUST WIN...PLEASE...Rockies you break my heart every year as I really want my summers to include late night with buddies and a beer at a baseball game. Just look at what your doing good and keep having fun it's what playing a GAME is about. It's only a game, keep it fun, keep it simple and everything will continue to fall in line.

Re: Rockies to maintain momentum?

william — Tue, 29 May 2007 10:40:29 -0000

Oh and FIRE HURDLE.

Re: Burger King – É outra história

william — Sat, 26 May 2007 14:24:00 -0000

Bastante criativas :D

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/12/giveaway-this-american-life-season-two.html

william — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:49:00 -0000

Radio or TV, I love TAL!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/12/crazy-giveaway-madness.html

william — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:18:00 -0000

I won the show about lesbians? Hot! Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/mamma-mia-movie-review-2008.html

william — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:05:00 -0000

Christopher, that was hilarious. And I agree! I loved the movie.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/giveaway-cover.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:54:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/giveaway-minute-men.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:50:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/week-in-rewind-movie-reviews-by.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:50:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/giveaway-three-stooges-collection-vol-2.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:52:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/giveaway-crash-and-burn.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:43:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/giveaway-aces-n-eights.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:44:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/dvd-giveaway-tchaikovsky-tragic-life-of.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:51:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/dvd-giveaway-lovejoy-complete-season.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:53:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/dvd-giveaway-national-treasure-2.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:42:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/dvd-giveaway-typhoon.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:51:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/dvd-giveaway-dirty-carnival.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:51:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/giveaway-diary-of-spider.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:50:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/week-in-rewind-movie-reviews-by_4203.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:42:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/week-in-rewind-movie-reviews-by_30.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:43:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-dario-argentos-tenebre.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:48:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-dario-argentos-phenomena.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:48:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-hiya-kids-50s-saturday-morning.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:49:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-red-sox-memories.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:49:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-rambo-2-disc-edition.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:42:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-richie-richscooby-doo-show-vol.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:44:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/week-in-rewind-movie-reviews-by.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:44:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-america-at-war-megaset.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:45:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-indiana-jones-and-raiders-of.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:46:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-indiana-jones-and-temple-of.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:45:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-indiana-jones-and-last-crusade.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:45:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-indiana-jones-and-last-crusade.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:45:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-strange-wilderness.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:47:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-drawn-together-uncensored.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:48:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-adventures-of-young-indiana.html

william — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:47:00 -0000

I want To Win

Re: Is Melo all-star material?

william — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:43:16 -0000

melo deserve to not only play in the all star game he should be a starter as well. i mean shawn merminan is in the pro bowl and he tested postive for steroids. so do we want a player with loyalty to his team in the all star game or do we want a player that is loyal to the needle?????????????/

Re: Ten games to go

william — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:42:30 -0000

I'm going to hold judgement on this team for the next 6 games but I really don't think the Nuggets would match-up against the Suns at all, everytime they play them they get killed at the end of the game when Phoenix clamps down and just shoot the lights out all over the floor. The Nuggets don't have as many shooters as Phoenix. Now the problem with the Nuggets two years ago against the Spurs was scoring late in the game when San Antonio would start playing major defense, well difference this time around is the Nuggets have 4 three point shooters (Kleiza, JR, Iverson, Blake) two very good perimeter shooters (Iverson, Melo) and two very good low post threats (Nene, Melo) and a good center (Camby) they had maybe half that first time we met in the playoffs. If the Nuggets give great effort and stop the Spurs who are not a great scoring team they can overtake them late in the game when sh*thead cheater Bowen takes over Melo, Iverson takes over the game. Atleast I hope, we'll see if anything the defensive mindedness of this team the last month will definetly carry over to next season which will only help this team grow, let's hope their are NO changes, except maybe K-Mart. But I'm done saying "Next Season" I have been saying they will be awesome next season for years now.

Re: Nugs surprise Spurs in Game 1

william — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:22:13 -0000

Awesome game. I hated the turnovers but I loved what A.I. brings to the table. He opened up alot of open shots and it was really a beautiful thing. Nuggets NEED to stay focused and win game 2, if they win game 2 this whole series will change. I am scared if they lose game 2 they lose the series. I am excited for Wednesday though, GO NUGGETS!

Re: Idolernas huskur

william — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:37:08 -0000

Det var tråkigt att du åkte ut! Men jag tror det här bara var startskottet för dig. Du har en fantastisk röst och härlig stil. Lycka till med framtiden ,jag håller på dig även fast du är ute ur idol. Good Luck!
KRAMAR

Re: http://softgeeek.blogspot.com/2009/05/get-f-secure-internet-security-2009-90.html

william — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:05:16 -0000

Re: http://www.thenewblackwoman.com/2008/12/is-it-time-to-stop-sagging.html

william — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:42:02 -0000

Whizzy you're just ignorant and don't even know it. Your butt is private you flaming asshole. When you use the toilet does your boys come in and wipe your ass for you? Were you potty trained? The reason old timers were taught, YOU WILL NEVER GET RESPECT FROM ANYONE. YOU ARE JUST COPYING THE HOMOSEXUAL IDEAS FROM LIL' UGLY,LIL' TROLL, LIL' NASTY, LIL WIZZY. YOU LOOK LIKE YOU JUST FINISHED TAKING A BOWEL MOVEMENT OUTSIDE LIKE DOGS AND YOU DID NOT WASH YOUR HANDS.

Re: http://www.jaygarmon.net/2008/04/irony-meet-career.html

william — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:17:00 -0000

Jay, you've gotta do what you've gotta do... and taking care of the wife and daughter are high on that list.

I wrote a letter to Jason on your behalf, and I know I'm not the only one. I actually suggested that if nothing else, he do exactly what it seems he did do.

Now, you have that choice. You can choose to continue to build a brand that isn't yours, but which you are so closely associated with that it can't continue without you in most folks minds (which is a lot better than it sounds... you'll eventually be able to spin it off around you later if you ever do leave for good), or you can start something totally new. New can be risky, but new also has it's own rewards, the biggest being that they can't take it away from you, because it's YOURS.

So, do you continue to invest in Geekend and build up both Geekend and your own identity as the Trivia Geek, or do you build something new, which you have to start much closer to zero (but remember, you DO have some start because of the loyal Geekenders), and try to go for something bigger, newer, that might pay off much, much more, or might never be anything big.

Like you said, decisions, decisions.

Bill

Re: Idolernas huskur

william — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:37:08 -0000

Re: http://edittag.blogspot.com/2007/07/blogger-meta-tag-on-layout-blogger.html

william — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:41:19 -0000

apa meta tag untuk blog saya?

Re: Sumdood: Evil Criminal Mastermind

william — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:38:01 -0000

Here in Norn Iron we have Sumdoods co-conspirators, known locally as Sumbloke and Sumguy......seem to be the ones causing all the havoc here. They do a mighty fine job of maintaining high employment levels for all grades of healthcare staff, and the local emergency services in general though...

Re: An Informal Poll

william — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:14:55 -0000

I hate Twitter. Don't bother.