Originally posted by RJHindsSo after the 1000 years of terror we will be released?
He will not be coming back meek like a lamb the next time. He will be
coming back with great power and authority and with an army of mighty
angels to subdue all evil men; and the powerful men will hide in the rocks
and holes from the wrath of the Lord like Saddam Hussein did in Iraq from
the American soldiers. He will be the Lord of Lords and King of Ki ...[text shortened]... s very earth form which He will rule the
people of the world with a rod of iron for 1000 years.
Originally posted by RJHindsAn Army of Mighty Angels!
He will not be coming back meek like a lamb the next time. He will be
coming back with great power and authority and with an army of mighty
angels to subdue all evil men; and the powerful men will hide in the rocks
and holes from the wrath of the Lord like Saddam Hussein did in Iraq from
the American soldiers. He will be the Lord of Lords and King of Ki ...[text shortened]... s very earth form which He will rule the
people of the world with a rod of iron for 1000 years.
I cant picture that without laughing. They got concealed RPGs in their harps?
Originally posted by twhiteheadSo what is Intelligence Quotient?
First of all, the studies almost certainly relate IQ to religiosity, not intelligence to religiosity. Do not confuse IQ with intelligence.
Secondly, there is also a well known correlation between poverty and religiosity and correlations between third world countries and religiosity and culture and religiosity.
So, before you jump to the conclusion that ...[text shortened]... on for the correlation, but rather the correlation is a result of a number of different factors.
quotient (n) - Bing Dictionary
quo·tient [ kwṓsh'nt ] 1.result of division: the number that results from the division of one number by another
2.whole number result of division: the whole number element of the result of dividing one number by another
3.amount of quality: a scale, or a point on a scale, indicating the amount, degree, or level of something
Is it it not the amount, degree, or level of intelligence?
Secondly, there is also a well known correlation between poverty and religiosity and correlations between third world countries and religiosity and culture and religiosity.
There is also a well known correlation between poverty and IQ and correlations between third world countries and IQ and culture and IQ, so what is your point?
Originally posted by VoidSpiritI said a JUST dictator. That means one, who gives the right punishment
a dictator who tortures, murders and imprisons those who don't agree with him is not a good king, he's a tyrant.
and the right rewards for what his subjects do. This also makes a good
King because He is fair.
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Originally posted by tomtom232No, it isn't. And dictionaries do not make it so. Which should be obvious to anyone with intelligence, but not necessarily to people with high IQs.
So what is Intelligence Quotient?
quotient (n) - Bing Dictionary
quo·tient [ kwṓsh'nt ] 1.result of division: the number that results from the division of one number by another
2.whole number result of division: the whole number element of the result of dividing one number by another
[b]3.amount of quality: a scale, or a point on a scale, ind ...[text shortened]... degree, or level of something
Is it it not the amount, degree, or level of intelligence?[/b]
IQ is a number produced by IQ tests which are a test of how good you are at IQ tests. Depending on the IQ test, this could be related to how many such tests you have done in the past, what culture you come from, what education you have, how intelligent you are, whether or not you had a cup of coffee that morning, and a number of other factors.
There is also a well known correlation between poverty and IQ and correlations between third world countries and IQ and culture and IQ, so what is your point?
My point is that it could be more complicated that implied by the OP.
-Removed-Disappointing attitude?
"Prominent scientists in the United States and United Kingdom appear to accept the existence of a god less than the public. A 2008 survey of Royal Society fellows "found that only 3.3 per cent believed in God" compared to 68.5 per cent of the UK public. A poll in the previous decade of the American National Academy of Sciences showed that only 7 percent of its members believed in God."
It's not an attitude, not according to this survey.
Tell me about RJHinds, who tries to convince me that god created the first living cell 850 km outside the coast of Somalia. Brags about his knowledge, and call others who don't share his views pejorative names. Do you really think he is well educated? Or intelligent?
Well RJHinds is only an example of such a christian. What surprises me, is that very few other christians comment upon his rediculous ideas, as every christian agrees with him? I would object if someone with my religious belief behaves like this, you wouldn't?
Some people has education, some don't. One is not better human being than the other. Both groups are needed in an open society. An open society also need people of different opinions as long this freedom is not reduced to other groups. Conclusion: I just state my opinion about the subject. I have the right to do that. And my opinion is backed up too.
If you (and Suzianne) take this as an attack of christian people, I am sorry. As sorry when I hear christian people discriminate other religions, races, nationalities, homosexuals, women, and god knows what more. When christians quit discriminating groups of people, then christianity would be a better religion. Until then I would be ashamed to call myself a christian.
Originally posted by twhiteheadWhere did I say that?
Are you saying we should deliberately not educate some children in order to maintain an open society? I disagree.
I would say rather say that some christians deliberately don't educate themselves. They don't think they have any need to. They know the truth already, and that's enough for them.
Originally posted by FabianFnasI may have misunderstood you. You seemed to be saying that we need both educated and uneducated people in an open society. I think that we should educate everyone (and that it should be enforced as much as reasonably possible).
Where did I say that?
You say Christians don't educated themselves, but that is, in most cases, after they are grown up and should have already received a good education. I realize that many places do not yet have the resources to educated everyone or educate them well, but we should strive to improve education everywhere.
Originally posted by twhiteheadYes, you misunderstood me.
I may have misunderstood you. You seemed to be saying that we need both educated and uneducated people in an open society. I think that we should educate everyone (and that it should be enforced as much as reasonably possible).
You say Christians don't educated themselves, but that is, in most cases, after they are grown up and should have already receiv ...[text shortened]... o educated everyone or educate them well, but we should strive to improve education everywhere.
There are no A-team and B-team. Some don't have the ability, the financial support, or otherwise is locked out from the academic institutions. They shouldn't be treated lesser than anyone else. Everyone has their own qualities.
I say, *some* christians think they already know the truth so they don't need any education.
We should strive to improve education everywhere, correct, but in our society we don't force people to educate them. That's why I call it an open society. We are not all the same.