My computer can't take it. Its specs exceed requirements on everything except processor speed. I need 2.4 ghz, but it only goes 2.26 ghz. I just bought this computer a few months ago too, and it's a specifically gaming laptop. Now it's already outdated, grrrr.

Now you're trolling again.

> avogadro wrote:

> you eliminate the appeals and you increase the number of innocent people murdered by the state.>

Then more innocent people die. But the death penalty becomes more effective as a deterrent and its cost is reduced.

Lol Flint. The origin of life and DNA is presently a mystery, and the best scientists can do is speculate. That doesn't mean, however, that a designer is responsible. The fact is that we know very little about the universe, life, and even our own planet. Filling the gaps with a designer is a cop out.

The design argument is flawed. Because most everything we experience with order and design has a designer, does not mean that everything with order or design has a designer. Our experience is moreover also limited, and we may very well observe DNA emerging in the future by natural causes. In other words, the design argument is an induction that is easily dismissed as a "hasty generalization."

ROFLMAO!

My best pick is a military government. I had enough of the idiots on both sides.

And please, execute Nancy Pelosi for treason.

Our military also needs to stop being soft. We need to be ruthless. By that I mean carpet bombing cities.

Eco,

Correct, religion is capable of being dangerous when elites exploit the delusions, as you say, of their followers for political gain. Nevertheless, we can generalize this further to any faithful and delusional commitment. So it's possible to have that same delusional commitment to an ideology, not just a religion. Communism is an example.

However, I think religion is overall a good thing as long as its complemented with reason, religious power is distributed rather than monopolized by a few, and religious elites are divorced from political power structures. But granted, I am unhappy about the influence that religious elites have on the Republican party. Furthermore, I think a country where reason was mastered by the masses would be very bad. It takes common values to have a strong state, and reason gives justification to question those values as being arbitrary and vacuous. While you could see the practical benefits of them on a group level, there's nothing stopping you from taking that step saying "why can't I abandon them and pursue power for my own gain?" Its a good thing when the majority are delusional that their values are objectively true, because it makes cohesion and control more cost effective. Lastly, reason should be the privilege of the few - for those who are politically powerful. Also, I simply like it that most people are stupid and I have a competitive advantage in terms of reason as expressed in strategy.

As for HIV. Like I said, it's rare and it's unlikely you'll be infected in your lifetime. There are other, more pressing STDs to be worried about. These days, the HIV scare has given people the impression that its prevalent while neglecting the actual risks they face.

Yell,

Yes, promiscuity is dumb no matter if you use condoms or not. But marriage is not the answer, monogamy is. Marriage is a formality, monogamy is a strategy.

Buy gold time.

> sKoE )= wrote:

> Damit argue with me X(.>

Well, stay away from women who aren't on the pill.

I'll say this:

I have a preference for basing my beliefs on the evidence, but I can't totally dismiss religion either. Based on the evidence, it is suggested that religion is an instrument of control and bs, but I can't say with certainty I'm right or even that experience correlates with reality. Nonetheless, I will say that relying on experience gets the most predictive success and explanatory coherence, and that's reason enough for me to rely on experience.

Also, I don't think religion necessary causes destruction. While religion may subvert people's impulses to commit rationally outrageous acts, it doesn't always have to do that. It also seems that the religious atrocities are often politically motivated, and the faith of the masses is something that's exploited. On the other hand, religion can subvert people's impulses to do good for the group. Another thing to consider is that people can be irrationally committed to an ideology that's not religious, such as communism.

But out of personal preference I will say this. I will assume that experience correlates with reality, and if you don't want to assume that with me then F**off.

Edit:

Also, the AIDs scare is silly is politically motivated. Omg, if you are promiscuous you may get aids and die! Actually, even if you are promiscuous, you are unlikely to get HIV, unless you're gay. Only 1% of the population has HIV, and even if you manage to copulate with a person who has HIV (considering all precautions of avoiding drug addicts) you are still unlikely to get it. For every time you engage in heterosexual sex with a person who has HIV, whether you are a male or female, you have a 1% chance of being infected without a condom. If you use a condom, then you have a 1/1000 chance of being infected. HIV is the least of your worries if you are promiscuous. Actually, you should be more worried about Herpes or HPV.

A useful rule to remember: don't touch a girl with blisters or warts on her genitals or anus. While that is a good rule, you can still get herpes or hpv even when there are no visible symptoms. Fortunately, it sounds like in a decade there will be a cure for herpes, yay!

If you want to have safe sex, be monogamous. You don't have to wait for marriage. Marriage is not a strategy, it's a formality. But monogamy is a strategy, and it will reduce your risk substantially if you can verify that your partner is clean. If you want to be safe but have more variety, you can also try other strategies like closed-polyamory. Closed-polyamory is basically swinging within a small network of people, but it's more dangerous because it just takes one person in that network to copulate with someone outside that network and infect everyone in it.

Probably the other half of the reason Germany lost was because Hitler was an incompetent strategist who tried to dictate strategy and tactics himself.

Otherwise, teaching creationism is a big no no.

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