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To: Solon who wrote (16116)	9/5/2011 11:50:47 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

By Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4, 2011 11:05 AM 5,703 13 American diplomatic memo outlined rules for Yeti hunting in Nepal On November 30, 1959, Ernest Fisk of the American embassy in Kathmandu delineated the Nepalese government's regulations on any mountaineer's interactions with the yeti. Explains Archives.org of this peculiar document: From the Records of the Agency for International Development, this copy of a Foreign Service Despatch from the American Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, summarizes the Nepalese Government's regulations concerning any proposed mountain climbing expeditions in search of "YETI." Full size It's unclear if these regulations are still on the books. If anyone in the comments is a master of cryptid jurisprudence, please let us know. io9.com

To: Solon who wrote (16116)	9/5/2011 11:50:13 PM
From: Greg or e	Respond to of 69300

So you're whining about whining. PRICELESS!

To: Solon who wrote (16116)	9/8/2011 6:19:40 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

According to the Bible, how many people has God killed? Old Testament: Drowning for being evil - Genesis 6:8 – 7 million (estimated world population in 3000 BCE. Source: Colin McEvedy and Richard Jones, 1978, "Atlas of World Population History," Facts on File, New York, ISBN 0-7139-1031-3.). To be on the safe side, I will use 7 million as Bishop Usher [1581-1856] calculated Noah’s flood occurred in 2348 BCE and the population was higher in 2400 BCE than in 3000 BCE. Sodom and Gomorrah nuked - Genesis 19:4-5 - estimated 2400 Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt for looking back - Genesis 19:26 - 1 Er, the firstborn of Judah for being wicked - Genesis 19:26 - 1 Onan (Er’s brother) for spilling his seed - Genesis 38:10 - 1 The firstborn of Egypt because of Pharaoh’s actions - Exodus 12:19 - unknown The Egyptian army for refusing to obey Pharaoh's orders - Exodus 14:28 - unknown Nadab and Abihu for offering strange fire to God - Leviticus 10:1-3 - 2 For low morale - Numbers 11:1-3 - unknown For eating quails - Numbers:31-35 - unknown For following Korah - Numbers 16:35 - 250 For complaining about previous 2 mass murders - Numbers 16:49 - 14,700 For complaining about the quality of bread - Numbers 21:4-9 - unknown For sexual immorality with Moabite women - Numbers 25:9 - 24,000 For looking into the Ark of the Covenant - 1 Samuel 6:19 - 70 or 50,070? Nabal for not being nice to David - 1 Samuel 25:38 - 1 Uzzah for touching the ark - 2 Samuel 6:6-7 - 1 David and Bathsheba's baby boy to punish David - 2 Samuel 12:14-18 - 1 Assorted Israelites because David took a census - 2 Samuel 24:13 - 70,000 An unnamed prophet for eating bread - 1 Kings 13:1-24 - 1 Jeroboam's son to punish Jeroboam - 1 Kings 14:10-18 - 1 An unnamed man for refusing to strike a prophet - 1 Kings 20:35-36 - 1 King Ahaziah for seeking medical advice from Baal - 1 Kings 22:51 -– 1 Soldiers for being impolite to Elijah - 2 Kings 1:9-12 - 102 Youths for mocking Elisha's bald head - 2 Kings 2:23-24 - 47 Some foreigners for not worshiping God - 2 Kings 17:25-26 - unknown Soldiers for being at war with Israel - 2 Kings 19:35 - 106,000 Jeroboam for rebelling against King Abijah - 2 Chronicles 13:20 - 1 Jehoram for being a bad mo fo - 2 Chronicles 21:14-19 - 1 New Testament: Ananias and Sapphira for lying - Acts 5:1-10 - 2 Herod for failing to praise God - Acts 12:23 - 1 Prophesied future killings of a large portion of earth’s population - Revelations Since the Bible is the word of God, then He has confessed to at least 7 million murders (I may have missed a few hundred thousand) with the promise of billions more to come. Adolf would have been proud. Adolf attempted total genocide and failed. God succeeded if you count wiping out all humanity except for a few in a boat as genocide. They executed Timothy LeVeigh for killing only a 168. And people revere this self-confessed serial killer as their god? Maybe there is a good reason Christians say they "fear the Lord". This is the full list of people that were killed by Satan himself : (According to the Old and New Testament books of the Bible. He's a long way behind God on this one.) Job's children and servants (possibly slaves). Satan thought Job wasn't as good as he looked and when trouble and death came he would renounce his belief so God told him he could test him. God allowed Satan to kill Job's children and servants to test Job in order to see how righteous he was. Yep, that's all, one guy's kids and servants, and even those were on a contract basis so God could test Job. Not so good for the Prince of All Evil. Or maybe the title "Prince of All Evil" was given to the wrong deity.

To: Solon who wrote (16116)	9/9/2011 2:55:00 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

*One really tires of the pathetic whining of Bill Craig as he moans about his lack of meaning in life....* In #6 ....it just gets even more painful to watch as Craig who always bears this look of deep thought & reason with furrowed brow , yet constantly has to refer to his "notes" , trys to trap Kagan by having him admit his embracing determinism . And as sure as black follows white the meaningless discourse becomes even more stilted, but just as Craig is about to make his Black is not white proof Kagan qualifies himself as a Compatible Determinist , lol. Just go to 2:00 , Craig tries to turn himself to off camera host , just look at the stiffness of this guy as he can barely turn his head or torso around , perhaps an injury but this is the *worst case classic "stiff neck" syndrome* literally ....the professor needs to do less debating & more limbering exercises <gg *William Lane Craig "Stiff Neck Syndrome"* ...2:00 in to the vid ( caution: the "choking" is painful to watch) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG0J8hncTbk&feature=bf_prev&list=PL5C6AC262F765A152&lf=bf_next** * why looking always to his notes , this stuff is all a matter of opinion not deep stuff ,...oh, Stonehenge was a giant clock to tell time by the position of the sun & the stars , to tell when to plant & hold ritual but just my opinion . He who could "read the face of God" in the stars held great sway ! Twinke twinkle little star & burning sun making your rounds ... up in heaven !

To: Solon who wrote (16116)	9/9/2011 2:57:13 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Pat Condell....this is a real quip of a guy ,Pat Condell from England found on Dawkins.net bookstore , you'll get a really kick out of this , especially his thoughts on America, "God" & politics ...you'll enjoy : *youtube.com*

To: Solon who wrote (16116)	9/9/2011 5:30:46 PM
From: 2MAR$	Respond to of 69300

*According to him (Lane Craig ) anything less than eternal life takes away all meaning in this world! Live for a trillion years and die one day short of eternity and...sorry...no meaning.* This William Lane Craig's "what ifs" about the consequences & dangers of Naturalism & Determinisms paints arguments that are *the flimsiest hunks of thin veneer* you would expect .He uses the arguments of "what if" a group of humans evolved like bees lol , *pleeze louise* what " utter" claptrap and delivered in the phoniest of "scholarly professorship" which would make me run for the door . youtube.com He goes on and on and on about the souless determinism yet ignores that there's been morality born out of and evolved into every living group or society as an outshoot of natural in~place conditions growing of mutual cooperation & tribal behaviors that would surely tie into Darwinian ideas of survial of the fittest & adaptation etc. Good Lord this guy really believes this stuff he spouts ? He's living in a box... He gives these speaches so by rote it actually defends & proves the cause of Naturalism & Deteriminism , *for he himself is the living gospel proof of predetermined thought !* ;o)

To: Solon who wrote (16116)	9/9/2011 5:43:06 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Lane Craig's " Great Evasion " *: "Why can't God give us miracles today so we'd know He exists?"* youtube.com This young thoughtful fellow above asks the one question that should be the end of the argument for any thinking human & the source for the easiest conclusion that belief in SupraNatural is just that , superstition . Craig gives the always handy great "Pascal Cop Out " that to any sincere believer, the miracles already spoken of in the Bible should be enough therefore no further miracles needed . ahem. (but there were 1000's of miracles in the middle ages of all kinds of Saints , demons & angels !!) So we note...how quick he moves on , cause the answer is "you just gotta believe" that God is in your heart ! (semantics at work here , people have no idea how lost they are in the words) * Miss Bill Buckley (the mellowed CIA Cretin) who slips in the quip regarding modern miracles (there are none) , why God doesn't write "Vote Republican" in the sky ! He had a great wit towards the end as he mellowed ... lol