Arvind9 wrote:

According to the Kuran god does not have any form or description thats why ALLAH has no description ALLAH means GOD in Islam
Proohet Mohammed was on earth 3500 years ago Christ 2022 years ago according to muslims Christ was an incarnation of Prophet Mohammed Jewish people originated from where Islam originated

Similarities - they profess their faith to ONE God and his prophet, it's no different to Christians professing their faith to that SAME God and to his son Jesus - Different religions have different take on who is the latest prophet, but that's it, nowhere in the Bible has Jesus been represented as being God, or that God had a description - it was always stated that Jesus is the son of God - people can pray to God through his son, or pray directly - but nobody prays Jesus as God or refers to Jesus as being God - unless people have truly no clue about their own religion. The Quor'An and Bible share some similarities in many ways and differences in many ways too, I'm not 100% familiar with Judaism, but from what I recall, they do believe in God but their Messiah has yet to come, so they do not obviously believe in Jesus, if true then it is kinda ironic, but whatever it is, no matter the religion, I do believe we were all created by the same God, unfortunately, not equally, maybe it was meant to be. Scriptures and new sub-religions have constantly evolved and created by man kind to adapt to different times - original scriptures have gone a long looooooooooooong ways

It's odd, because people claim to have a version of the Bible that is totally different and contradicts everything, and yet it is the same for the Quor'An - some people claim to have a totally different version they claim to be the right one, which instructs you to try to convert and eliminate non believers - in times of EVIL and war, people have turned an otherwise religion of peace into one of war - and yes it is not just one religion, many have had mangled versions ....
But in any case religion is banned from schools now - you no longer get taught religion as you did before, they replaced Religion with hip hop and Rap - by the time you finish grade school you are able to drop some sick free style rap and a dozen hip hop moves

valerie wrote: Oh no Oh no Oh no no no noooo!

I would think instead of that, they would simply enforce bidet's and especially in new housing/buildings.

I dunno what's all the hype with bidets - Well this opens the doors to an interesting topic - did you know that the ideal human poop is dry and should just slide out without leaving a single streak and require no wipe at all - this is of course if we did everything 100% perfect. As to bidets instead of actual wiping well it's just water being splashed up your arse. splashing water on smeared turd won't do much, it may clean the surface a little but it still leaves you with smears and turd deeper in anyway, that you would normally get by using TP and wiping thoroughly until you get all that turd out - some people use TP and bidets combined, but just bidets and no wiping, or using towel wipes each time, nope, that doesn't cut it. I even heard of families sharing a common turd towel to wipe after they use the bidet - can't get any more disgusting and they wash that towel in the washing machine, the same machine that washes all the clothes.

Unless they make bidets that go in deep and sprays your arse sprakling clean, with brushes, soap, scrubbing, you know like a car wash, then I think it is just more water waste. Poop wetness and properties starts with proper diet, people with wetter poop or chronic diarrhea need to use more TP than someone who has a more dry, ideal poop that requires minimal wipe. Ideally people should take some showers from time to time and more than once a week

valerie wrote: When Obama became president, wood stoves sold like hot cakes in the USA. The reason being was talk about him banning them, banning their burning of coal and wood. Prices skyrocketed for wood stoves. I almost bought one myself just because!

So did Obama end up banning them or was that just all fluff, like basically his entire Presidency

Wood stoves are banned here, for a very long time now - but here is the catch - even if you live in a home that has a wood stove and had it long before the ban - you must still remove it. It was common in very old homes to have wood stoves, but they caused a lot of issues and a great liability for insurance companies - so all home owners with wood stove must remove them, whether they were in them before the law passed or not. I don't know if in the US it is the same, but people who purchased those stoves may have received a warning to remove them later if the ban was in place. I don't know if they are banned, but I do know Obama has said a lot of things - he sure is a good hot air balloon operator, but that balloon goes nowhere

tasman1 wrote:

Madison91 wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb3pmifEZ44
Musk was the first buyer of a McLaren F1 in the Bay Area when he was only 28 years old.

Yes but that was long ago , today if you have only 250 billion you are consider to be poor person

He can buy the best home in the Bay area and still have enough money to wipe his arse with $1k bills for the rest of his life.

In America, the poverty line is basically anything below $15 million net worth - this is why if you have just a couple of millions you cannot brag that you are rich - only after $15 million can you claim to be "comfortable" not rich yet. Rich would be above the $100 million line

tasman1 wrote: Think hi is coming here to do surveys , will he take it all to survive
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World’s richest man Elon Musk says he’s homeless and ‘rotates’ among friends’ house

Two scenarios - Typical of wealthy people who complain of money problems - you see, even with millions let alone billions you can still be technically poor if you live beyond your means - some people get greedy and still manage to spend more money than they have, so even the rich people don't escape the traps of debt............

The second scenario, one can be "homeless" as in "home-less" without being poor, I guess they just don't live in a home They figure it's cheaper to just "rotate" than spend a colossal amount of taxes, maintenance, upkeep and headaches, but there again you would have to be filthy rich and have a lot of good mates willing to keep up with you and your sh** So yeah Elon Musk sure must have good friends, and probably lucky friends to get good money for letting him stay over, probably still cheaper for Musk this way than overspending on the SCAM of Real Estate market that is over evaluated by 50000% and enables those greedy agents responsible for this bloody mess, or banks.

As to dropping here to do surveys, yeah don't expect him here anytime soon unless he wants to buy the place
We are going to be far worse off if he buys this place I think UNLESS he wants to buy us off one member at a time - All active members with total earnings above $10k get $1 million lump sum, the rest gets $150k. You can add that to your inheritance

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Elon Musk has said he doesn’t own a home and has been sleeping on friends’ spare beds, despite reportedly being the world’s richest man.

If he is the richest man he's probably not the smartest - rich people are greedy AF ! Instead of buying those big mansions with 50 bedrooms, 150 toilets and parking for 80 cars, they could easily down size a little and still live comfortably - unless you have a big family of 100 that's another story. He could easily buy what he really needs, and be smart about it - he can save millions on property tax and with money saved he can hire someone to take care of the house and him even - Unless of course he buys those big homes as an investment - probably not a good time now to buy when things are already too high - there is a limit as to how much property can go up, especially when it is way higher than it should be - I mean pretty soon at that rate a regular run down home could sell for $2 million instead of $300-400k.

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Speaking in an interview with TED, which aired on Monday, Mr Musk said he was staying with friends around San Francisco’s Bay Area, near Tesla HQ, when working in the city.

I don’t even own a place right now, I’m literally staying at friends’ places,” said the 50-year-old, who usually lives in Texas. “If I travel to the Bay Area, which is where most of Tesla’s engineering is, I basically rotate through friends’ spare bedrooms.

What a bloody cheapskate - he doesn't want to spend money and get a hotel room - so how many of his friends got to work for him now

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The TED comments come a month after Mr Musk’s long-term on-and-off partner Grimes caused controversy with an interview with Vanity Fair in March in which she said he “does not live like a billionaire”.

In other words he is not like the other idiots who waste and live beyond their means - shame on him

Just because you have a crap ton of money does not mean you need to live like riches - you can still live comfortably enough and do good with your money - or if has too much money to know what to do with it, he could hand over a few millions - random people If he gave $1 million to each member here, he would still be filthy rich.

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Bro lives at times below the poverty line. To the point where I was like, can we not live in a very insecure $40,000 house? Where the neighbours, like, film us, and there’s no security, and I’m eating peanut butter for eight days in a row?

Grimes, who recently gave birth to the couple’s second child, was heavily condemned for suggesting Mr Musk’s frugal lifestyle was equivalent to being “poor”.

That's pushing it a little. it's a little over the top - I mean you don't have to literally live like a poor person - if you truly earned your money, there is nothing wrong with living a little, you don't have to waste or live lavish lifestyles and be greedy though - there is no logical reason why he couldn't just buy a nice regular home and live NORMALLY, like actual working people do He sees it as two extremes, there is no middle, it's either living lavishly and beyond your means, or living like an actual homeless person - and then you wonder how these people have managed to make so much money Instead of wasting so much ******mned time with SPACE this SPACE that, what about medical innovation, when it comes to ETs and SPACE, trillions of $ pours in - but when it comes to medical innovation, finding cures for diseases, helping world poverty and hunger, nope, that doesn't work - what in the bloody hell is he trying to prove anyway, nothing - when someone that rich actually contributes to something positive in society like helping make positive change, then they can be praised - but just bragging "oh hey look I have $230 billion but I live like a homeless person and barely eat" that proves nothing - if he is that filthy f****** rich it means he is not spending - so just racking up money for the numbers - useless. When a wealthy person changes the medical industry for the better, invests in making the world better, then they should be praised, but not this bloody nonsense.

He can go live in the sewers it won't change anything - I'm still waiting to see that warp drive space ship that will take us to the edge of the Universe for a guided tour -

Phasing out gas in homes, hmmm it's strange, majority of residential and commercial buildings use gas.
Phasing it out might not be so bad, lesser risk of explosions the auto toggling electricity is more of a security measure than saving electricity - in case someone removes stuff and forgets to shut down the elements, but no worries, count on your President Biden to spend trillions, maybe sextilions more for solar energy for all - including composting toilets for all - sure we live in a world where resources are wasted, so everything now is recycled, even drinking water is recycled, water goes down the toilet and into someone's glass for drinking

I stumbled upon this article today as I was reading articles about our demise and impending world great depression on CNN, I must say it is fitting. It's a company that produces recycled toilet paper, and its called Who Gives a Crap - Great name for a company (could also serve for a GPT too ). Yes folks, recycled toilet paper is a thing.......If you are wondering how recycled TP is made, check here:

https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/who-gives-a-crap?iid=CNNUnderscoredHPcontainer

You know what they say in life, share and share alike, we breath the same air, so hell why not use the same TP too

So next time you wipe with recycled TP, remember, someone did before you, and you save a few trees - I guess this company really knows the true meaning of getting your sh** together

valerie wrote: Did you know that the chips have started for money?

Yes there are a few hundred people that have volunteered for the chip in the hand. Now they don't need to use cash or credit card or bitcoin or anything but their hand.

It really is coming soon....the end.

the end ? nope not soon enough The tribulations and end TIMES, yes, but not an actual end of times, the true END means it's show over, it's literally judgment day - but before an actual END you have a long long process of evil and unrest, the end is only beginning and it will trail for a long time

As far as chip wallets, yeah it's been a thing for a while now, as far as implants, yeah it will not be a common trend that's for sure, and it's just a precursor, it's not the actual Mark of the Beast yet, because as long as you can still buy and sell with real money, it's not an issue -

valerie wrote: No worries, they still have dead moderators listed on the forums so do you really think they look at reported posts?

aahahahahahahahahahaha harharhar. Yes, I laugh at my own silliness.

They obviously do Admins have the same privileges as moderators, with the exception that they are paid

tasman1 wrote:

Darkstar2 wrote:

tasman1 wrote: Valerie ... I went to give you like for one post and did press by mistake ... report this post , did not send , did cancel, but not sure how that crap works

If any problem with Admin tell them to read this post ... ohhh heck , I am senile

That's hilarious Tasman1 - no worries, you didn't actually SUBMIT a report, that's like writing an e-mail and closing without submitting - just hitting the REPORT button won't get her in trouble unless you actually submitted a report, so yeah, no worries, and no you are not senile, far from it - not yet anyway Hopefully never.

Did not write or submit anything .............. still scared she can finish in jail

Speaking of which in Texas, a 78 year old man was executed - the oldest to be executed so far.

I guess you clearly did not pay attention in computer class No, you can't report someone if you don't actually submit the report - you cancelled it - it's like if you were to write an obscene post and cancel but not submit it, nobody will ever know what you wrote unless the site is logging keystrokes It is not the case, no worries you won't get her into more trouble than she already is

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Psssssst , small incognito post , nobody will look here
In a press briefing on April 12, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken describes a report detailing human rights abuses taking place around the world.
Not sure what is human rights but must be something important , pssssssst , do not talk about this

In my opinion Anthony Blinken can go F a duck - and come back when he has something new to tell us that we don't already know.

valerie wrote: There is good people and there is bad people, everywhere in the world.

Mostly bad yes,

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Church is a place of worship where people can gather, praise, learn, and be among their brothers and sisters in faith. It's a place where they go to gain knowledge of our father in heaven and what He wants us to do and how He wants us to live. It's a place where people can come together to learn more about the Bible teachings. Church feeds our minds and our souls. The Bible states where more than one gathers in His name, He shall be there.

He shall be there, and is everywhere, but not inside the stone and plastic statues people worship.

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I don't believe one must go to church in order to get into heaven, just like I don't believe one has to be dunked in water (baptism). However, there are rituals that help us grow in our faith and bring us together. I don't believe those rituals should be ignored because they bring about strength in our faith.

I always thought the process of Baptism was important as a connection and acceptance - it is a common belief that Baptism is an important process to go through Salvation. There are beliefs that non baptised go in a place of Limbo, nothing like hell or unpleasant but void of God's bliss So does North America represent Limbo ? we are all already in Limbo already

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The division of the church, or I should say the lacking of population in the church, is a display of what the Bible tells us will happen in the end times. Since the early 1900's, the church population has been decreasing. Today, it actually has the lowest number of church goers than ever before. Oh yes, you may see a lot of church's but when you open the doors, you may find many empty chairs.

Exactly I made reference to that a few times, I remember that passage clearly, it discusses about the fall of the Church and people losing faith - of course people are losing faith because the way they see it, they ask how could a loving God allow for all the troubled times happening around the world, innocent people dying, COVID, wars, famine, etc, but they clearly missed the point I guess - but we are all free.

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Morals, even ethics, have depleted greatly due to the diminishing of faith. It's not religion per se in this world that has resulted in wars. Wars result from greed and the power seekers. In fact, the church has given a lot to people, not just faith. The church provides aid in more ways than one.

Unfortunately evil has infiltrated religion to a great extent - the amount of pedophiles and sex predators inside the hierarchy is appalling, and the Vatican looks the other way - it's very disturbing - it's almost to a point where you go to Church and listen to the priest, you wonder if that guy is a pedophile or not, there have been a lot of reported cases it's not isolated - and not just priests, but much higher ups too that have used religion to enrich their filthy rotten bloody pockets and live in expensive mansions - so yes religion unfortunately has been used for evil and greed. Some religions ARE the centre of wars - actually I should probably say a mangled version of a religion - because of those versions calls for its followers to eliminate ALL non believers in that violent, fanatic version - and then you have war of territory - look at Israel vs. Palestine, there are 2 sides of the coin though - I don't believe in violence or murder in the name of God - but boy do some people make good points - I've listened to Saddam Hussein's trial in full, he said some atrocities - he DID some atrocities - and unfortunately he believes he did right by God, the SAME God that created us all regardless of religion - but he did make some points though some unfortunately the ends don't justify the means - If only vigilante justice was right by God We'd all spend our time killing one another........................

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I do wish people studied what they do not know before going head strong against it. I personally cannot relay much about the Muslim religion because I lack knowledge of it and therefore, I can't say 'oh they are all evil people'.

I'd love to go more in details about that but can't unfortunately, I guess we cannot assume all of them are evil, and we cannot assume all Catholic priests are the greedy pedophiles that they are even though there are lots of them - BUT there is one thing though that one learns in life, some the hard way, ask me........... There is only 2 you can trust in this world, and nobody else, trust nobody but yourself and God...................(for those who believe) for those who don't, then trust nobody else but yourself.

There are scandals in every religion - The Vatican and high hierarchy has often remained quiet and in denial about all the pedophiles and sex predators and abusers ...... On that show To Catch a Predator hosted by Chris Hanson, they made videos catching pedophiles - it's amazing the amount of priests and Rabbis that got caught - no Religion is free of scandal, there is evil in any religion though ....
No matter if there are killers or fanatic religions, I do not believe in discrimination because of race or religion - it's easy to talk about terrorists outside, but there are terrorists within - let's talk about all the locals on this side of the world that become fanatic and convert to terrorists - they are born here and some of them go as far as University and become successful until they turn.

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I don't hate people because they are red or black or yellow. I don't hate people because of their faith or lack of it. God is the judge, not me, not you.

Truth is at final judgmental there is a twist - we will meet with special host Gordon Ramsey who will make us prepare one last dish and judge us based on that - this will be our life line to redeem ourselves to heaven - So to all people who claim they can cook because they can boil 2 eggs and make some toast, you better start learning now The only thing I notice is the victimisation of some religions who claim they are being discriminated against and talked against - well let's see now I have heard SO MANY TIMES people refer to C... and J... as "dogs", and not only by Saddam Hussein - but other religion - discrimination and hate goes both ways - YES politicians have done evil things, very evil things, but what people like Saddam Hussein should have understood at the time is not to mix politicians and mass population - because whatever those shit for brains politicians do and think do not necessarily reflect the views and actions of the general population. and now look at Russia, how many Russians are supporting a mass murderer right now, that's unbelievable - what does that tell us ? he knows now he has nothing more to lose, he knows he will be tried - so he figures finish the job - he has support from China, Iran, North Korea and other super powers. Mr. Trump says no worries we have better nuclear infrastructure - Whatever - sure, if there is a nuclear war we'll be blown to smithereens essentially - who can win a nuclear war ? NOBODY.

tasman1 wrote: Valerie ... I went to give you like for one post and did press by mistake ... report this post , did not send , did cancel, but not sure how that crap works

If any problem with Admin tell them to read this post ... ohhh heck , I am senile

That's hilarious Tasman1 - no worries, you didn't actually SUBMIT a report, that's like writing an e-mail and closing without submitting - just hitting the REPORT button won't get her in trouble unless you actually submitted a report, so yeah, no worries, and no you are not senile, far from it - not yet anyway Hopefully never.

valerie wrote: Yeah but Darkstar2 I beg to differ in regards to 'no reason'. There is always a reason and it is generally do to the dogs owner, not the dog per se.

Some breeds of dogs get a very bad rap when it often is the owner that has created the dogs personality.

That too, sure, some pet owners should never be around animals, the same as some parents should never have made kids in the first place - I can see how if a pet owner is abusive towards their pet, that would be an issue - but what about a dog owner who has always treated the dog well, and all of a sudden for some reason they decide rage and attack the kids, attack the owner, etc. These cases are real, and their owners were not abusive or made them this way. and I am not only referring to Pitbulls, but regular dogs, but yes I do agree, that some cases could be for a reason, but not all. Like for having kids, pet owners should require going through strict exams and getting permits - there are too many deadbeat pet owners out there who could not possibly take good care of those animals let alone a snail or their own selves for that matter. Just like you need a license to drive, they should require one for owning pets. Stories of dog attacks here are common - people getting attacked by dogs in the park, on the street, etc. I don't know if there are events with trained dogs, you see dogs don't use guns - they use their teeth as weapon - humans use guns to settle their score, including children in schools, dogs are less of a problem than humans, but sometimes dogs can get out of control and attack, and not just the Pitbulls.

kanjoormadam09 wrote:

Yes you have said it. we are living in a world opposite to what Jesus has preached . Then what is the use of people praising him as God. These people actually tease him by praying for their own selfish motives .Who cares for the downtrodden?. I find atheist people better than religious ones at least because they do not pray to human made Gods ..

* I don't know if people are praising him as God himself, but more as the Son of God, and pray to God THROUGH Jesus, there is a distinction here. But there again you have people going to Church and praying statues - or praying God through statues.

* Atheists do not pray any Gods human or not, they simply do not believer in God. Not all religious people are bad though, though if you compare hardcore fanatics and extremists to Atheists, yeah atheists are definitely better, but again there is a huge difference between religious and fanatics - like people who go around spreading their beliefs and making threats to kill or berate those who do not share their beliefs, that's different - not all religious people do that, not all BELIEVERS do that - there again there is a difference between a religious person and a believer - some people have faith but do not practise - You can be good by God without going to Church and praying statues or relics on the wall, prayer comes from the heart - worshipping statues and objects is not praying, but if it makes people feel better, sure, fortunately we have free will, and nobody in this religion (yet) is making claims to conquer the world and make disbelievers into believers - some people have DIED believing in mangled, fanatic and violent versions of their religions - Saddam Hussein must be mighty disappointed right now - I don't know of any loving God that would condone MURDER, only Satan

Unfortunately clearly religion divides - Religion, money, and race. so this means, even if you remove religion completely, the world won't be any more peaceful, because then you have the issue of race, money and territory - even if you made all humans the same colour, people would still not get along - removing Religion would only stop some of the problems, but not most. Though millions of lives would be saved. People who kill in the name of religion fortunately represent only a small percentage - even though it seems the opposite, if you count the number of fanatics and murderers in the name of God compared to the world population, it's a small percentage, but still too many in my opinion.

valerie wrote: A series has to be very interesting to me for my continuation of watching it.

There are series that each program ends, and is not ongoing like a soap opera. For example, Andy Griffith show is a series but each show has it's own ending.

The problem with many ongoing series today is they become boring to me. It's got to be a really interesting series for me to continue watching every episode.

For OuterRange, I was hoping for something like 'Bonanza' and I have a feeling many others were too.

I like a blend of both - sometimes I watch movies, sometimes I watch series - but I am not willing to invest in watching multiple episodes unless the story is good and it is well executed and interesting - there are some horrible series out there, and there are some good ones - I hate when series end on cliffhangers and you have to wait a long time to see what happens next or when a series ends with so many plot holes and bad endings, unanswered questions. like that Mist one, horrible ending Yet Squid Games, it is so interesting you want more episodes I just hope the sequel won't suck like most sequels do. I'm not a soap opera fan,why watch that on TV when it's all around us I never watched soap operas, I only know old school ones by general knowledge I guess, oh and The Young & The Restless Besides

There's not much good to watch on TV anymore, other than the Reality TV stuff and talent shows I usually follow medical dramas like Chicago Med ........ I dunno what else good is there I follow everything online and through streamers.

tasman1 wrote: Today I did join Valerie , I did kill fly with my slipper , dead ,flat , made pancake
I am killer now , maybe I will finish in jail
Going now to find priest to repent , do not wish to end in hell for my crime , I am sinner , bad person
Hope my friends here will forgive me , I am to blame , was under Vodka influence , my bad , time to suffer

Technically if you repent it must be genuine and you should not repeat the same sins, in other words, you have to become a Saint So whilst NOT killing flies is easy to do, not stepping on some ants or other insects with your shoes, unknowingly is another - maybe are automatically forgiven for the killing we do without our knowledge,

yeah caring until the day they decide to attack their owners and kill them - There are countless stories of innocent pet dogs that turn against their owners, for no reason, just like that, harming children, their owners, etc. Dogs are not always your best friend - and once upon a time they kept the burglars away, not in 2022,

kanjoormadam09 wrote:
your beliefs may contradict with others . . A realistic life is one where people live with common brotherhood and not fighting in the name of religion with discrimination and injustice.

ahahah realistic is the type of world we live in.....I think a better word is IDEAL, in an ideal world we all get along, love each other, regardless of the hair colour, skin colour, beliefs, size of willy, size of nose, etc...... But that is not life on earth, that is heaven REALISTICALLY, life on this planet is about religion wars, territorial wars, financial wars, hate, violence, discrimination, crime, propaganda, (did I miss anything ? ) this is REALITY, evil has taken over the world for now, and unfortunately evil overshadows the good, which is why it seems like most of the world is evil. Remember EVIL is the reverse of LIVE - it means the world is upside down If you are still chasing for ideal, you will have to wait until you are in heaven - so for now you'll have to settle with reality -reality is our world is just an extension of hell - basically the attic - and the inner core of earth is hell's centre, with the fire and stuff You can't have world peace and everyone getting along in hell, that is not logical. So whoever invented the code to the simulation of life felt that we needed to go through challenges - and that all going well would be boring for the developers - rumour has it that the C++ code of life can be found on the dark web, for a hefty price, not that you can do much with it,

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I would say with no doubt that people who believe in God and religious are more evil and selfish than people who do not believe in these human made Gods. COMMUNISM arose as a result of these false belief in Human made Gods. I am not against your belief that Christ existed and was a man with divine power and there were many such personnel earlier and after Christ. But they need not be worshipped as Gods . AS to my belief God has no Form , shape or design. He is a power which we should experience. Worshipping these human made Gods wont give any fruitful effects as they are dead and cannot listen to your prayers

Many religions have common beliefs, some do believe in God, but do not believe in Christ, or do not believe Jesus Christ was the last prophet - If not mistaken I think Judaism works on those principles. One thing though, whoever created us and all, is ONE, I would think it is the same creator for all, in theory it would make sense to pray to our creator - what I personally am against is the idea of praying objects, statues, like I see some people do, looking at a statue and praying / worshipping that statue - it's still better to pray to the son of the Lord than a statue, because Jesus is the direct connection to God, or one can pray directly to God - there is so much things humans have created so much that it is hard to know what's real or what's not - so it all comes down to faith as long as the faith does not interfere or harm others, claiming one is the true one and the others are bad and should be eliminated - I'm sure Saddam Hussein would disagree, he said so during his trial - ** **** **** ***** ******, but he lost me on the part that about all non believers should be eliminated. I've said many times a lot of the world conflicts are about religion, if it only it were about peace, but no, it is usually about mangled religions to serve the justification of violence, hate and free murder. ..... I can respect all religions but I will NEVER respect a religion based on murder, it makes no sense and it is an insult to my creator who I always thought to be forgiving and loving - there is no way our creator would condone and support that. Why are there religions, the same reason there are languages - we are physical beings, perhaps it is more relatable to people to communicate with creator through a physical presence (i.e. Jesus) than directly with creator. We cannot seem to get along on this rotten planet, even if the creator made us all the same colour, size and shape we'd still not get along - it's like humans were not meant to get along - and thinking that spirits all get along, is wrong too, there are evil spirits too, evil does not die, only the flesh, but the evil lives on - spirit world does not mean heaven - and the only time you will experience peace and harmony is in heaven.......not on earth, not in hell, now a snowball's chance in hell

But I guess you have a point - religion is unfortunately used more for the bad nowadays - HOWEVER I strongly disagree that all religious people or believers are evil - you cannot say all atheists are shallow and evil, and you cannot say all believers are shallow and evil. There are strong believers who have committed vicious crimes, there are atheists who have committed vicious crimes, and there are religious people who have not committed crimes - I think what you are referring to are the FANATICS, the believers who want the whole world to know that their beliefs are the truth and everything else is bad and should be killed - inciting hate and violence - this is how extremists and fanatics work - fortunately it does not represent the views of ALL believers. I've dealt with all kinds of people of all race and religions, I've worked with people of different religions, from Catholic, to Jewish, to Islam, to Hindu, personally I do not judge a person by their religion / beliefs, they can believe what they want, as long as it does not interfere or harm others, I respect that - where I stop respecting is when these beliefs extend to hate and condoning the murder of those who do not believe ........I've been in diverse settings with people of many religions, and in most cases people got along just fine - it's not the religion itself that is evil, it is the fanatic version - some people take the scriptures and twist it to make it into something it was not, and claim it is the ultimate word.

valerie wrote: Yes I watched it.

It has a lot of negatives reviews at Amazon.

I'm not sure if I like it yet or not. I was hoping on a good western vibe, soap opera type thing, but instead it looks more like a time travel or alternate universe program.

Yeah soap opera is old school, today, time travel and alternate universe is trending I can't wait to watch it hopefully it's a decent one - there have been failed attempts at those types before. So far one of my favourites in that genre is "The Flash"