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You make a lot of assumptions that are not supported by evidence.

Atheism is simply a disbelief in any god.

What started the evolutionary process is unknown, if there ever was a beginning. It has nothing to do with atheism.


Your belief that god did it is not based on any evidence.

I was being nice.

Your response doesn't make sense. You as the author are not doing a very good job conveying your message. It's being distorted by your redefining the word literal which is confusing and obscuring your intent to the point where I and I am sure others have no idea what you are trying to say with the word literal.

If you want people to "derive what the author intended to convey" then you should use words as they are defined.


BTW, how am I distorting what you wrote? I can't edit it. I didn't change anything that you wrote. I am just pointing out you contradictions in the use of the word literal.

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I'm just describing the grammatical-historical method of interpretation which is how even the Early Church Fathers interpreted Scripture. Somewhat different than the way you'd treat the Odyssey, I think (as you and most others would describe it; including me). There's also a whole lot more support for the biblical account making its comparison with the Odyssey kind of ridiculous.

You still didn't use the word literal correctly no matter how you rationalize it. Redefining words only makes you look ignorant.

Quite Literally!!!

Do you literally know what literally means??

I mean literally!!!




Ok, FYI, now I am being sarcastic.

Just a suggestion, but try using words that actually mean what you are trying to say.

Saying you take the bible literally and then explaining that some parts are metaphorical is a contradiction.

Why would you be sorry?

I wasn't being sarcastic, just making an observation.

Very little of what you say here makes any rational sense and that sentence is no exception.

It's always interesting when people redefine words to fit what want them to mean. Like the word "Literal".

I am left eye dominant and right handed also. I went with it installed on the left side.

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

That should work well for what you are wanting to do.

No, nothing special really. Most of the high dollar video cards are for gaming or CAD use.

The only issue you might have is with cheap generic cards causing your computer to crash. A friend of mine bought a really cheap video card that did that.

SSDs are not a must have, but they are much faster then HDDs. The increased speed is useful for running the OS and your main applications. For storage I would use HDDs.


I wouldn't worry too much about the video card. Just don't get a cheap off brand card and you will be fine. You don't need a high end gaming video card.

I wouldn't use an SSD as main storage, just for the OS.

SSD's have shorter expected life span compared to HDD.

Pricey? compared to what?

You can get a 2 Terabyte drive for under $100
I think that's cheap.

I disagree with number 5. I don't find religion to be offensive, but I have found certain religous people to be offensive.

$75 Speeding Ticket don't actually cost $75.
You can't forget the court costs!

While I have never had any major injury skydiving, this question got me thinking of what would be the best advice I could give to a new skydiver.

Don't get in a big hurry to learn everything. Take your time and ask your instructors lots of questions. I think learning CRW and focusing on canopy control would be a great idea. Being able to handle close proximity to others under canopy is a very useful skill.

I have no idea what your point is, but there are lots of situations where a gun is useless.

Look up "No knock warrants".

You have to admit it's highly unlikely that a pilot would not give instructions during the flight from 9,000 feet to 3,000. That's a lot of time.

I partly getting this from your reaction to the MI incident. It appears that you think it was ok for the people that jumped with out waiting for the pilot to give instructions.

Followed instructions and as far as I know I am still alive at least till someone tells me differently.

I have been in three emergency exit scenarios and one of them was almost exactly like this one.