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Confused about the Christianity in Religion JoeUser Forums

Hi all, I’m intrigued by several aspects of Christianity and given that there are a large number of bible studies on this site I thought this would be a good place to ask the questions. If I’m wrong then I suspect that nobody will reply! I would also like to point out that I have a very shaky grasp of the bible but I assuming that the bible is the word of god and correct. My question, What happened to all those people who died before they got a chan

Reply to An economics lesson even a Republican can understand in Politics JoeUser Forums

A rich man earns 3 apples a week by selling his products to consumers. The rich man keeps 2 3/4 apples to himself leaving 1/4 of an apple for all his workers. The government gets none. The people who don't get any apples for whatever reason get really pissed off and start to cause trouble. The government doesn't have enough apples to pay for enough police or good enough schools to teach the people with no apples how to earn enough a

Reply to How much socialism do you want? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

*gah my socialist lefty brain can't figure out the image link to the picture I wanted*

Reply to My organs are mine to donate. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

You will have an option about it. All you will have to do is make one phone call to remove consent.

Reply to US Federal Budget for 2007 Details in Politics JoeUser Forums

If you go to the link that Draginol posted you can find out that the full military spending is actually a lot higher than the chart would suggest. I quote 'The total requested military budget for 2007 was $699 billion', the difference being the baseline spending (wages etc) and the actually cost of the baseling plus all the cost involded in using the military. The numbers appear to vary a little even within the article but even the lower number the they say later is larger tha

Reply to Job Hunting Again in Politics JoeUser Forums

Hi, This is the second or third time I've seen what is basically the same article, the time before it was bundled with the Gold Star Moms misinformation. I would suggest you read the following, there are other sources out there but these are rather nice and easy to read. http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/landlord.asp http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/pensions.asp

Reply to Robert Reich explains the Democratic position on taxes in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Firstly one small pedantic point, its 0.5% not 1.5% (one half of, not one half and one percentage point). I've read this article and another in which you make the same point, that by increasing income taxes jobs will be lost as people try to recoup their losses, I'm curious about this. I always thought that income tax was paid by the person not the company. If so how does increasing the tax on the CEO increase the cost on the compa

Capital captures in Strategies Stardock Forums

Hi there, In my current game the entire universe wants to kill me and is harder, stronger and bigger than me but 2 races left their capital undefended- bar a couple of transports/colony ships. Using my 20+ attack transports (UP event which I think more then any other changes the game) I launched a surprise counter attack and got these two systems. Aside for losing a nice planet would the empires have got extra disadvantages from this? Are they more likely to accept peace af

Reply to Getting Galactic Civilizations in England in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm in the UK as well. I got my copy from e-bay.COM. I searched for items advaible to the UK. You could also download it but that needs a credit card, they dont take debit cards ie switch that are very popular this side of the pond. I asked them about how to get it without a credit and they were not very helpfull.