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If you want to know more about Christianity beyond that Jesus died to cleanse the sins of those who accept and believe in Him as the Son of God ans Saviour, should ask local priests and theologians.  Any answers you get here on these forums are going to be misinterpreted, misunderstood or just plain made up somewhere and then passed on like, "God helps those who help themselves.", which of course isnt in the bible.  I am not saying no one here can be right about a particular question, but the likely hood on someone knowing everything about such a theoligical subject like sin (as used in the Christian context) is very very very slim, unless they themselves have aquired a degree in Christian theology.

Answer I got from a theologian (not me): Sin is a departure from the Will of God.

Cowboy bebop was the music. what it wasnt was this:
http://teaser-trailer.com/cowboy-bebop-live-action/

i have to go kill myself now.

here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-l99qkUDY0

anime warning for tomas1237

Quote from: Zangi on April 16, 2011, 09:52:11 am

Though, I wonder if down the line... the US will find a reason to also Drone Strike Mexico in the 'War on Drugs'.... 

We've got some unarmed (at least I think they're unarmed?) drones doing border surveillance.  They work quite well.

I would be willing to bet that the difference between an armed and unarmed drone is about 10 minutes with the ground crew.  I have a suspicion that the unarmed drones are simply and quietly collecting information and at the same time proving their effectiveness so that the case can be made to arm them.

Quote from: Nikov on April 16, 2011, 12:26:18 pm

So... anyone taking issue with my argument and conclusion? Or are we just going to take casual swipes at if the CIA can afford plane tickets for all of its operatives?

I gotta be honest, I've been trying to follow along, and I have no idea what your "argument" actually is, aside from responding to other people's arguments.

*nods agreement.

Truean, you are full ot it.  You are now attributing things I said to SalmonGod in order to win yor pathetic troll fight.  You cannot keep arguments straight and are unwilling to actually read posts and reason out their meaning.  Instead you latch onto any word you can take out of context and use it to justify your personal attacks against anyone who threatens your beleif system.  This thread used to be informative and intellectually stimulating before your inane retorts.  Thanks for making it just another casualty in the internet BS wars.

If you remember this forum is about "Life Advice", not "Why I am Right and Your Wrong and By the Way, Im not Listening Blah Blah Blah."  This isnt the general discussion.

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Back on topic:
It was mentioned that the fetus provides no benefits to the mother, but I found some literature that disagrees.  Much of the benefits claimed are transitory and also others are purely psycological (and therefore I think unprovable/undefendable) but I came across a statement about how the fetus basicly provides immunity to cancer, especially breat cancer, while inside the mother.  Perhaps its this concept that allows the backward reasoning of some to claim that abortion increases a womans chacne of getting breast cancer.  While true on some level, it is really just a major play on words and spin-job.

Here are some sources I found really quick doing a search on "benefits of pregnancy":
http://www.pregnancy-info.net/preg-benefit.html
http://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-body/changing/benefits-of-pregnancy/

I am not advocating these as a reason to avoid abortion.  Its providing info that I found, liek the OP asked for.  Also, did anyone read the info from the link I posted about the Hyde Ammendment?  If you cant get past both sides attacks, you can sort out some cool scientific evaluations and reports from the CDC.

Sorry for the double post, but since we got off into diplomacy,

THIS:
 

Well, the fact that Finn's are psycho nutjobs in the vein of beserker picts when it comes to war doesnt help the russians at all.  The Finn's were terrifyng to them.  Finn's are badass.

(Descendant of psycho nuthob beserker scottish pict tips his hat).

Its so awesome that Vector can answer Nine's post so well and start this conversation. If I hadnt decided to erase my post, it would have just been a nasty flame war.  Sigh, itsa long road, but I am trying to be less "angry retort" and more "respectful disagreement."

baby steps

Also, someone mentioned how the US really didnt do anything i the western theater till alte in the war after the battle of (st peterburg i think they said).  But, Russia's big chance to push back came after the failed German invasion, where they literally ran out of gas something like 17 miles from Moscow?  From early on, the allies (read US) were ripping up Hitlers oil supplies in the middle east, freeing North Africa and other areas in the process (lets not get into what happened there afterwards at this pint).  Then they moved on and removed a crippled Italy.  While Italy wasnt a major threat anymore (thanks to the Bristish- basicly sinking the entire Italian fleet in port and empty cuz they were all ashore partying- with only a few ships), it paved the way for resources to get into Turkey and head north into Russia.  Germany was only beaten because the US and Russia worked as allies together in the western theater.  Alone, Hitler would have won in my opinion.  How long he held onto it is another debate.