How Long Is A Piece Of String?

donald-drake — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:32:38 +0000

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But “How long is a piece of string” has a Zen koan like quality that can be more useful in some instances. A similar answer is “Mu“, meaning “unask the question” where questioner is clearly on the wrong track and needs to …

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How long is a piece of string? « Twitter on Wolves

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The very smart answer to that question is that a piece of string is twice as long from one end to the middle. I think it would be a fair assessment that most Wolves supporters would like to ask the 2M's “how long is long enough” …

Not sure where the expression, “How long is a piece of string?” comes from, but almost anybody you ask will give you a different answer.

I always thought it was twice half it’s length, but maybe I’m wrong.

So what’s your answer?

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Did God Create The World And Evolution?

Michael Redbourn — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:31:47 +0000

What Does the Bible Say About Creation and Evolution?

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While science and religion operate with different methods, criteria, aims and subject matter, neither has to dominate the other… Creation is an excellent example of why readers need to examine the varied expressions of a theme …

Muslim Medical Students Boycotting Science Classes on evolution …

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Muslim students, including trainee doctors on one of Britain's leading medical courses, are walking out of lectures on evolution claiming it conflicts with creationist ideas established in the Koran. Professors at University …

Just a few short years ago, the answer, to the question, “Did Man Really Evolve From Apes Or Was He Always A Separate Species?”, would have been a resounding, “Of course he evolved from apes”, with the exception of those that believed in creationism.

But cracks have started to appear in Darwin’s theory of evolution, including a recent discovery that the “habilis” and “erectus” are sister species that overlapped for around 500,000 years during which time “Homo habilis” and “Homo erectus” must have co-existed in the Turkana basin area which is a region of East Africa where the fossils were unearthed.

The above is evidence and not just a theory, and having read it, do you still think that man evolved from apes, or do you now believe that he was always a separate species?

Can Science And Religion Coexist?

A Billion More People Will Need To Be Fed In 2025

anon-lady — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:53:51 +0000

THE HERALD NEWSPAPER » World Food Day 2011 Marked …

Last Sunday and Monday was celebrated as World Food day across the globe; ironically famine, hunger and food insecurity continues unabated. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations celebrated …

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China’s Failing Agriculture Policies – New York Times

China's Failing Agriculture Policies
New York Times
… a shortage of arable land. The result is food prices that are now rising at more than twice the rate of its consumer price index. A version of this letter appeared in print on October 21, 2011, in The International Herald Tribune with the headline: …

The global population is reckoned to be about seven billion right now and it’s expected to reach eight billion by 2025!

It’s already estimated that around one billion people go to bed hungry or malnourished every night, so how will more and more people get fed?

Well economists say that,

"Global agricultural production will have to double in the next forty years just to keep up with population growth and changing dietary preferences".

Well how will that be done?

And just imagine if you will, the tremendous ecological damage that will occur unless agricultural methods are drastically altered.

Do you have any ideas?

What can be changed? What can be done?

Should Children Be Taught About The Holocaust?

Michael Redbourn — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:29:20 +0000

Orthodox Jew produces $100000 YouTube clip on the Holocaust

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Last week, a new survey to mark International Holocaust Memorial Day showed that only 6 percent of Israeli children cite history lessons as a significant source of learning about the Holocaust. The annual survey, conducted …

Essex youngsters learn lessons of the Holocaust at exhibition | This …

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THE bravery of the Dutch watchmaker Corrie Ten Boom, who helped save the lives of up to 800 Jews during the Second World War, was the focus of this year's Brentwood Holocaust Exhibition.The annual… … As well as members of the public, the exhibition was visited by a number of children from local schools, including St Helen's Catholic Junior Academy, Hogarth Primary School and St John's School in Billericay. Moira Dare-Edwards, the Essex representative for …

Should young children be taught about the Holocaust?

And would they learn anything from this video?

The original “Rainbow in the Night” video featured below was well intended but is four minutes longer, and I believe that kids would have clicked the “next” button after a few seconds.

I know the sound is low but that’s how it was released.

What do you think?

Should the Holocaust be resigned to history books or should its memories be passed on?

Is it dangerous to shower with the heater turned on?

Gladys — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:05:58 +0000

Having Fun with Electricity in Honduras | Johnny Vagabond

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Based on a design by Ben Franklin, the heating element is actually built into the shower head. Knowing that the only thing shielding me from certain death is a pair of wire nuts hanging just six inches above the spraying water makes me think “You know, maybe those smelly hippies have the right idea…” Having Fun … Now, if you've been here before you may know that I tend to give anything remotely dangerous the “of Death” suffix, but this thing really was frightening. …

Electric shock from shower – All About Circuits Forum

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I can see now that it is called a shower head heater. And I can see that experts think they are very dangerous. So probably they only use it here because they want hot water, right? And they don't know that it is dangerous, …

I have met many people that told me to turn off the water heater when I take a shower, because if I don’t don’t, they say I that I could get electrocuted.

But if you ask these people to explain how this might happen, they look kind of blank and speechless like a deer that’s been caught by your headlights.

You ask them “Is it possible to spray electricity in water”, and they look pensive and sometimes attempt to explain how it might be done, but I’ve yet to hear a valid explanation, so I don’t think that it’s at all possible.

Can it happen, and if, “yes”, then how?

Steve Jobs said, “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow” before departing.

Michael Redbourn — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:27 +0000

NDE Film Clips on IANDS Website « Dr Penny Sartori

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In the short clips there are interviews with people who have had NDEs. They describe their NDE and how the experience has affected their life. There is also an interview with DrSam Parnia giving an update of the AWARE …

OCCULT VIEW » Blog Archive » During a NDE: A prediction of …

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I will offer a story of an unusual near-death experience. Sally told me an account concerning her mother who had died 20 years ago. Her mother, named Nancy, had a stroke and was sent to the hospital. Nancy already had a …

Steve Jobs sister, revealed that her brother’s final words were,

“Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow”.

Why do you think that was?

Why would somebody that was just about to depart this life say, “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow”?

Do More Handguns Mean Less Violent Crime?

learn-more — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:48:42 +0000

Reasons for gun control | 6o8

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This matter has raised many questions like those involving the required restrictions and by the constitutions, the connection about the crime control and gun control as well as the rates at which the gun control have on vices …

PERSPECTIVE: More guns does not mean more crime | Star-Exponent

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PERSPECTIVE: More guns does not mean more crime. By: Richmond … More guns might not lead to less crime; deterrence is a very hard thing to prove. But this much is clear: More guns do not lead to more crime. Virginia's …

Do more handguns equal more or less violent crime?

I was recently surprised to read that,

"States with Higher Percentages of Gun Owners Have Less Violent Crime".

And even more surprised to read that …

"Most conservative estimates show that by adopting shall-issue laws, States reduced murders by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7% and robbery by 3%.

And if those states that did not permit concealed handgun in 1992 had permitted them back then, citizens might have been spared approximately 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults and 12,000 robberies.

To put it even more simply: Criminals, we found, respond rationally to deterrence threats!".

I’d always been against people having guns, but if the above is true then I was wrong.

So would it really be better if our civilan societies were armed with guns?

Why Are So Many Very Intelligent People Not Rich?

MacTheKnife — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:27:17 +0000

Top 40 Wealth Quotations | Science Graphics Education

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“Wealth is largely due to habit.” – John Jacob Astor17. “Wealth may be the product of man's capacity to think.” – Ayn Rand18. “Wealth isn't a few intelligence it's really a couple of inspiration.” – Jim Rohn19. “Money is similar to …

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Perhaps you've even thought that wealth and money are only for a select group of people and – for whatever reason – the Universe, the Divine or Infinite Intelligence just doesn't want you in that group? If you've answered yes …

Very smart but definitely not very rich!

Lots of seemingly middle of the road type people get rich and even very rich, whereas many very smart and very intelligent people, many of whom have lots of talent too, remain poor.

Why is that?

Is it just a question of ‘luck’ or is it something else?

Was Jesus Christ A Capitalist, A Socialist Or A Communist?

Michael Redbourn — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:56:10 +0000

clearview: 10 for Tuesday: Musings on the Parable of the Talents

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It was in those few weeks when Stewardship is the main topic, when the church is trying to understand its financial and volunteer assets for the coming year, which is when the Parable of the Talents shows up in the readings. …

Occupy the Bible « H e y ! G e t T h i s . . .

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15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the …

The Bible records a parable, Luke 19:13 that Christ used, which can perhaps help us to understand Jesus’ sociological/economic beliefs.

The primary purpose of this parable was to make clear to his disciples that the kingdom of God would not be physically established on the earth for some time, and that until then, they were being entrusted with certain responsibilities.

Jesus, who is depicted as a ruler in the story, would have to leave for a while as he traveled to a faraway place to receive authority to reign over the kingdom.

The Disciples Would Have To Occupy

In his absence, the disciples who are depicted as servants, were to "occupy" until he returned.

Here’s the direct quote from Luke:

“He called his ten servants, and gave to them ten minas, one mina each (a mina today would be worth around $225), and he then told them to ‘Occupy till I come’, (Luke 19:13, King James Version).

The question is, was Jesus’ meaning of the word “Occupy” the same as the version of the word being employed by those who stand opposed to Wall Street (OWS) and the current capitalist system.

The meaning of “Occupy” as it stands in Greek (translated into old English) means “to be occupied with business", and this definition is all about opportunity in life and leaving a legacy; something that requires hard work and dedication.

When the nobleman returns, after being established as king, (a kind of stand-in for Jesus), he calls all his servants together to see what they had accomplished in his absence.

The First Servant

The first servant reports a handsome profit of 10 minas!

Although we don’t know if the first servant invested the money in a herd of sheep or a hedge fund, we do know that he made his gain by engaging in business transactions of some sort.

And he clearly used a free market system to bring about a tenfold return on his investment.

The new king praises the servant and then rewards him with something that’s even greater than what he was originally given, control over ten cities!

The Second Servant

The second servant, too, the who turned his one mina into five gets five cities in return.

The Third Servant

But the third servant who kept the money and didn’t do anything with it angered the king.

“Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant", the king said. ”Why didn’t you at least put the money in the bank and draw interest?”.

The ruler orders that the capital, or opportunity, given to the lazy servant be taken from him and given to the most productive servant.

“To everyone who has, more shall be given", the Bible reads, “but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away".

Jesus Was In No way A Socialist!

Jesus rejected collectivism and the mentality that has occupied America for several decades:

Everyone gets a trophy.

Equal outcomes for inequitable performance.

There are clearly both winners and losers, but the gains and losses are determined by the diligence and determination of the individual.

I can’t imagine Jesus supporting the take over of other people’s property or demanding a portion of what others had earned by the sweat of their brows’

Can You?

Please let me know what you think.

Can An Atheist Be Guilty Of Sin?

eagerwatcher — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:02:43 +0000

God the Author of Sin? « Transformed Theology

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In this sense, I utterly deny God to be the author of sin.” But, he argues, willing that sin exist in the world is not the same as sinning. God does not commit sin in willing that there be sin. God has established a world in which sin …

Bible Study Made Easy: Fatih That Saves By Art Mokarow

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On the road to salvation, is sin a problem? When do we sin? Why does God allow such a thing as sin even to exist? If faith saves you, doesn't that mean sin doesn't count against you when it comes to your salvation? Can you …

I just looked up "sin" in the dictionary and it says ..

1. A transgression of a religious or moral law, especially when deliberate.

2. Theology

a. Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.
b. A condition of estrangement from God resulting from such disobedience.

3. Something regarded as being shameful, deplorable, or utterly wrong.

1. To violate a religious or moral law.
2. To commit an offense or violation.

So if a person is not religious then:

Number one would not be applicable because of the word "moral".

Number two wouldn’t apply at all.

And number three wouldn’t apply, because it definitely involves both society’s judgment, and religion.