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My wife used to work at a doctor's office and had a woman with the same problem... roach in the ear...

My answer to this part of the question is this... Parents love their children. But sometimes you have to let the child experience the feeling of the hot burner on the stove before they will truly know what "NO! It's Hot! Don't touch it!" means. The child only sees a mean person who doesn't let them do what they want. They don't see the love the parent has, nor do they trust that the parents have the best interest for the child in mind when they deny something to them. This is the way that God is. He has identified Himself through His creation (Luke 19:39-41), through His scriptures, through His people. The point is that everyone has had the opportunity to hear from and about Him. Consider all the people who died in the Flood. All had the opportunity to obey God whether they were there with Noah or not, and yet they chose not to and were thusly not saved from the consequences of their own sinful nature.

How many people did Paul persecute or watch get put to death? My guess is MANY... but did that stop him from getting saved? No. There is not enough information for me to make an educated guess about whether or not Calvin or Mother Theresa made a confession of faith and turned their lives over to God, so I wouldn't begin to presume anything. As for righteosness? There are none righteos, not one, save Jesus. If John Calvin or Mother Theresa were saved, then Jesus will speak up for them at the judgement. But that will between them and God, so why even try to guess about it?

He comes from his mother and father... Do I win? :-)

That is a great question. Since "The Law" had not been given, they were pre-law. They were kicked out of the Garden of Eden due to the sin of Adam, and thus no longer allowed in Gods' paradise. Because salvation is by Grace or Law (with the Law being made inconsequential through the Blood of Christ) and neither were available at the time of Adam and Eve, I imagine it would be up to God to allow Adam and Eve into Heaven. When I get to Heaven, I'll be sure to look them up! If they are not in Heaven, then someone else can look them up! lol! @Hall7 - I realize the definition of the word "race" according to the dictionary/wikipedia. But as Qnts2 stated, I don't think the separation of differing peoples by using the word "race" is a Biblical concept any more than denomination is. I think it is a man-made idea entirely. (Forgive me if this sounds rude. I really do not mean it that way)

Personally, I think the word "race" should have been left out. There is but one race... human... There are many differing peoples and ethnicities, but only one race. What "race" were Adam and Eve? Human... what ethnicity? All of them as all peoples decended from them. What color was there skin? Don't know. I'll find out when I see them.

Animals eat whatever.. I'm convinced of it... A couple days ago, I saw some finches eating the meat off of a discarded mostly eaten chicken wing. Never thought they would be meat eaters either. Crows are carrion eaters, so no surprise that they would go for a dove. Seagulls on the other hand normally eat seafood. I guess "dove" tastes like chicken of the sea to them...

The Dominion? Yeah, that would be one time I'd want to see the arrogant Q get the better of the arrogant victims of his games. I'm not thinking of the Dominion as they were from the Gamma quadrant and not living in the wormhole. At the beginning of DS9, commander Sisco went into the wormhole and was met by the beings who lived inside it/controlled it. They were going to close the wormhole or at the least, de-stabilize it. They had the ability to shift Sisco through time, as well as mix different events from different time periods together. I'm not sure these were "The Dominion"... but I'd sure like to see them fight The Q...

I'm with The Patriot! I think it's funny... What is surprising is that people forget how wild birds are... They know "eat, sleep, have kids, repeat". And people are shocked when a predatory bird attacks its natural prey?

Frankly... my health/family well-being/and sanity are much more important than my job. If I feel that I couldn't make it to work and home again after work safely, then I would just tell my boss I'm not coming in because of it. If it costs my job, so be it... It's not about how safe YOUR vehicle is on the icy roads, but how safe are the vehicles of the OTHER drivers on the road? How many times have you heard about someone being careful while driving when they are plowed into by a careless driver? I have been in a situation where my employer wanted me to come in during a snow storm justifying it by stating that the roads were clear enough to travel now. My response was "Ok.. how safe will travel on the roads be at the end of the shift seeing as how the snow is supposed to continue all day?". He couldn't answer, but finally agreed that our store would remain closed and all staff could stay home.

^ This... it is a States rights issue, and not a constitution issue. The part of the constitution that was quoted earlier... "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"... what part of that is being violate by opposing or supporting gay marriage? The fact is the homosexuals still have life, they still have the same liberty a heterosexual married person or a single heterosexual or gay person has, and they still have the ability to PURSUE happiness... Homosexuality is a sin in the eyes of GOD, and that's all I am concerned with. Note: even the Constitution doesn't say we have the right to ACHIEVE happiness... only pursue it....

Well.. first off... it is not really a fair comparison to try to figure something out based upon the material it is made of. Your dollar bills are not actually "money" but more like a "promisory note" that lists a value on it. Think "grocery coupon". The coupon itself doesn't really have a value, but there is a representation of how much value it can apply toward some type of good/service. The American Dollar is similar - each one is not "money" but a representation of value. Each bill has a representation of a specific amount printed on it. This form of currency is, in reality, a "promise to pay" note from you to the vendor. If you withdraw $20 from your bank, you are given a piece of paper that says you have $20. In essence they are promising to give you $20 of worth (it used to be that the dollar was backed by gold. i.e. for every dollar in the U.S. there was $1 worth of gold in a vault in Fort Knox) of something. Today, our currency is just based upon a good feeling, or a handshake, or some other nonsense. So yes, the paper the money is printed on is actually just that.. paper.. mind you it is a strange, weird, unique type of paper, but paper nonetheless.

I believe that the dinosaurs died in the flood. The collapse of the water canopy described in the flood account would have exposed these animals to UV radiation for the first time whereas before, they would have been protected. (Consider insect and plant sizes in tropical rainforests.) When the flood waters started rising, the animals would have started looking to higher ground and those with lower mobility (i.e. slugs, etc) would be the ones that would be caught up in the waters first and thus dying earlier. Larger and faster moving animals would have been able to escape the rising waters until the water table reached above their ability to tread water. This also explains why invertebrates are seemingly on the "earliest" dated parts of the fossil record. They couldn't outrun the water and mud that were coming. Anyway... that's what I believe.. I have a bunch of scientific reasons to back it up.. but I think others may be able to explain it much better than I can....

I get online for a multitude of reasons as well... work, fellowship, entertainment, etc. I'm a geek, and into PC Gaming. Gaming is a way for me to wind down after a stressful day. And besides, there aren't many places around my home that would allow me to drive a WWII tank!

I would like to see Q versus the beings in the Wormhole outside DS9...