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  1. MONTGOMERY, Ala. - For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if the federal government decides to charge fees for air-polluting animals.

    Farmers so far are turning their noses up at the notion, which they contend is a possible consequence of an Environmental Protection Agency report after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that greenhouse gases from motor vehicles amounts to air pollution.

    "This is one of the most ridiculous things the federal government has tried to do," said Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks, an outspoken opponent of the fees.

    Rest of the article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28064860#storyContinued


    Yes of course... Tax the cows.. Don't require melamine to be removed from baby's milk.. Don't boycott lead filled toys... Nah, don't remove mercury from vaccines... Don't get rid of genetically modified foods... No.. Tax the cows... :uuhm:
  2. I put "I don't care" only because I find that it seems Christian authored books (and then often the movies they make from them) have lame, childish plots and are not worth reading/watching.

    Quality Christian movies MAYBE but I don't see it happening. I would like to see some quality Bible story reproductions (A Nativity Story was decent) or reproductions of Biblical or church history. Fiction, especially by Christians, is usually extremely lame.


    Wow.. How about a multi billion dollar production of the life of David or Jeremiah... That would be so cool! Especially if they stuck to the Bible 100%.
  3. Gideon Forman
    The Hamilton Spectator
    executive director
    Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
    (Nov 18, 2008)


    Re: 'Halton might pull plug on fluoridated water' (Nov. 14)

    On behalf of the 3,500 members of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, I'm writing to support the proposed ban on fluoride in Halton's drinking water.

    The decline in caries (cavities) in communities that are fluoridated has been significant -- but so is the decline in communities that are not fluoridated. For example, B.C. drinking water is 95 per cent nonfluoridated, whereas drinking water in Alberta is 75 per cent fluoridated; yet the two provinces have similar rates of caries.

    Fluoridation comes with significant risks. Animal studies have shown the chemical is a potential immunotoxin, embryotoxin and neurotoxin. Because fluoridation is unlikely to be the cause of caries decline in North America and because the potential for adverse effects is real, we believe fluoridation of drinking water is scientifically untenable.
    http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/Lettert ... cle/468215


    1) According to the National Toxicology Program, "the preponderance of evidence" from laboratory 'in vitro' studies indicate that fluoride is a mutagenic compound.

    2) Many substances which are mutagens, are also carcinogens (i.e. they can cause cancer).

    3) While the concentrations of fluoride causing mutagenic damage in the in vitro studies is higher than the concentrations found in human blood, there are certain "microenvironments" in the body (e.g. the bones) where the concentrations of fluoride can accumulate to levels comparable to, or in excess of, those causing mutagenic effects in the laboratory.

    4) A study comparing fluoride's ability to cause mutagenic damage in cells from apes and humans versus cells from rodents, found that the cells from apes and human were much more sensitive to fluoride's mutagenic effects

    5) Five studies on fluoride-exposed humans, published since 1994, have reported an increased incidence of mutagenic damage when compared to comparable controls. Two studies conducted during this period did not find this effect. The primary type of mutagenic damage found in fluoride-exposed humans was sister chromatid exchange. http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/cancer/mutagen.html

    And we just love to put it in our water.
  4. 2 neighborhoods consider printing own currency for exclusive use in local stores

    By Erika Slife | Tribune reporter
    December 3, 2008

    They may be talking funny money, but it's not funny business.

    Residents from the Milwaukee neighborhoods of Riverwest and East Side are scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss printing their own money. The idea is that the local cash could be used at neighborhood stores and businesses, thus encouraging local spending. The result, supporters hope, would be a bustling local economy, even as the rest of the nation deals with a recession.

    "You have all these people who have local currency, and they're going to spend it at local stores," said Sura Faraj, a community organizer who is helping spearhead the plan. "They can't spend it at the Wal-Mart or the Home Depot, but they can spend it at their local hardware store or their local grocery store."

    Incentives could be used to entice consumers into using the new money. For example, perhaps they could trade $100 U.S. for $110 local, essentially netting them a 10 percent discount at participating stores...

    Rest of Article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ ... 2061.story

    Amen! :amen: Good for them.

  5. I was laughing because I found it amusing that he said that some people don't like it when others disagree with them when it is the people like myself, Katie, John, Dwayne and others who don't mind the disagreement. It is you and Jerry that become hateful and condescending when someone disagrees with you. I also personally found it a bit funny that Pastor Harrison said that some people are "persuing" their Doctorate degrees. Nothing against him, I just found the misspelling associated with a doctorate degree amusing. :lol


    I don't walk around worrying about hurting everyone's feelings, but I do try to obey the Scriptural command to love one's neighbor and to let my communication be seasoned with salt.


    I also noticed the emphasis on MY in this post. Perhaps you have made God into what you think He ought to be. You've put him into the box of your beliefs, traditions, and standards and think that you're perception of who God is is the only one worthy of consideration. God is way bigger than that.


    If some people think your posts are hateful, I would say an evaluation is in order. If someone complained that I was coming across as arrogant or angry, I would look back over my posts and my attitude to see if what they're saying is true. I don't see even the slightest hint of that coming from you. There are a lot more verses talking about love and unity than verses that you use to excuse your hatefulness and pride. Let me show you a few just from 1 Corinthians 13:

    1 Corinthians 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
    Nobody wants to hear anything you say when it is not said in a loving way.

    v.4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind;
    Despite how much any of us might frustrate you, love suffers long and is still kind.

    v.4b charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
    A sign of love is the absence of arrogance. Your pride shows a lack of love, a very very important Biblical command.

    v.5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked
    Love is not rude or easily angered.

    v.13 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

    You see, you can have the greatest faith and knowledge in the Bible but without love, those people messed up doctrine and true Biblical love are still better off, spiritually, than you are. The Pharisees had all their doctrine straight, too. They had the high standards and were the height of morality in their own eyes. They were the example for others to follow. They knew who God was better than anyone else, in their own minds. But yet, Christ rebuked them because of their pride and for being so absorbed with keeping the law that they missed having a relationship with the Son of God.

    :amen:
  6. Well from what you have said it sounds like they have damaged their relationship with their parents. When one is in a situation as they are it is easy to point out what the parents did to lead them to do the wrong things and then point out that they are changing however they need to take responsibility and ask forgiveness from their parents for what they have done to lose their trust and let them know that they are trying to follow Christ now but need their LOVING support. Let them know it will take time for their parents to change and a lot of time of them proving to their parents that they have changed. As long as they make a decision to be obedient to the Lord and pray often they will soon win their parents over and God will be faithful and bless them in their obedience. Tell them to focus on being obedient to God and praying and not on proving anything to anyone. Their actions will speak for themselves. It may seem like a long up hill battle but it is nothing to God who dearly wants to pick them up and carry them through it.


    The main problem is their parents wont listen. And the parents started backslidding before the kids. The kids want to do right but the parents don't. So they are stuck not knowing what to do since the parents wont listen or care about their choices.
  7. A very close friend of mine and her sister are going through very tough times. Lately they have both turned their lives around and are trying to serve God but their christian parents make it very hard. They never listen, always point out their flaws, and the parents have many issues in their own lives. These two girls are deprived of attention from their father who barely acknowledges them and their mother seeks to control every little aspect of their lives. These are very dear friends to me and i've given them Bible answers and such but I was wondering if anyone on here had special advice for them?

  8. It is no different thean when Paul quotes a heathen poet or when the OT references books thatare not part of scripture(The book of Jasher' date=' etc.) The Author is merely quoting works that existed at the time, not implying that they are part of scripture themselves. Now of course the part that is quoted is correct, but the same is not always true for the whole book...[/quote']

    That's what I was thinking.
  9. In the book of Jude there are two quotes from extra-biblical sources.

    9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
    I don't remember reading that in the OT so either it was tradition or from another book. (unless you have read it in the OT)

    14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
    15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

    There are about 3 or 4 verses about Enoch in the whole Bible not including this one. I don't remember any prophecy in the OT.
    I am curious as to why these are here and what they are from. They are turned into scripture by his simple quoting of them and made authoritative. Where did he gets these? Why are these the only passages from non-canon books He quotes..?

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