[QUOTE="Samwel_X"]And then a huge amount of the domestic income disappears due to high taxation. The government makes mass amounts of money by giving little Jimmy lung cancer, why lose the cash for the sake of afew citizens?Video_Game_King

So what would you rather live with: cancer from a known source or highly increased crime? It'd be this generation's prohibition.

If you don't want cancer, don't smoke. Why force your view onto someone else, such as myself, who could care less. That's very un-American of you.

Just few more questions

God is the almighty creator of the earth, heaven, and all the universe, and yet, on account of a sin committed by one person, He ascribes the blame on all his progeny, who are completely unaware of the (sinful) deed (committed by their forefather); is this possible? And why is it that He did not find any other way than sacrificing His own son as an atonement for them? Is it worthy of His Majesty?


2nd question, "Jesus asked the fig tree to give fruit prematurely, and then withered it because it would not give fruit. It is impossible for a tree to give fruit out of season. Despite this fact, would it not be cruelty for Jesus to get angry with the tree and wither it? Could a Prophet be cruel?"hagiiiiiiiiii

For your first question: In my blog, "Bible Interpretation, Free Will, and the Big Band" it explains my belief that the story of Adam and Eve, is simply a story, completely open to interpretation. It is not verbatum, there was no flesh and blood Adam that once walked the Garden of Eden. As for sacrificing his own son, people are extremely blind. We needed something on that scale to make people realize what we have done. The world was given to us, and we were free to make it the most peaceful and prosperous place in existence. Turn on CNN, look what we've done. Read a history book, look what we've done. We still have AIDS and cancer, but we perfected the nuke decades ago.

For your 2nd question: Once again, the bible is not to be taken literally. My interpretation of that story is this: God asked the tree to do what it was naturally intended to do, what it was created to do, on the lowest scale. He didn't ask something crazy like "Get up and dance, tree!" because a tree isn't capable. I believe the story means that Jesus asks us to do the bare minimum, follow the Ten Commandments and be morale people to our best ability. If not, God will smite us. I hope I answered your questions sufficiently.

i need to come up with an idea on a project

something equivalent to"how does x effect y?"type projects

it can be anything as long as its something a 15 can do

dominer

That kind of topic can supply you with infinate ideas, how do drugs effect our crime rate, how does the war in iraq effect our country's economy, how does religion effect mankind, it just goes on and on...

They should pass a law that, over a one-week time if you buy a carton of cigarettes the selling dude puts like a sticker on your drivers license or something saying you're a smoker. Then a week later if little Joe goes to the store to try and buy cigarettes the cashier checks his drivers license. Sure he's 18 but doesn't have the sticker, meaning he is trying smoking for the first time. Sorry but you can't buy cigarettes because you're not a smoker.

then, as cruel as this sounds, as the smokers pass on, in 70 or so years we'll have a smoker free america excluding smugglers, illegal producers etc which would be a rather small percentage.

But you're probably saying "hey, Mister Half-Life_Man, won't the cigarette companies go bankrupt?" Well, we used to have prohibition, that no doubt hurt the alcohol companies, plus most cigarette companies have been around for a very long time and they're rich enough.

Huh? HUH?

Half-Life_man

This is a pretty ignorant post, no offense. Smokers are being persecuted enough due to new laws. I didn't drive a car for 2 years, but still sucked in all of the exhaust from everyone else's cars, and I'm not suggesting we ban all cars from 50 ft of sidewalks and crosswalks. Our country has a lot more to worry about besides smokers. Attack alcohol, if you want to attack something. At least smoking doesn't make you do stupid things, drive terribly, and beat your wife and kids. Go to Germany and start a new Nazi Regime, otherwise your views on smokers aren't welcome.

im buying a new cell phone and i dont really understand the difference between no contract phone and a prepaid phone. if anyone can explain this then thanks alot.

dragonmaster64

Do not go prepaid, unless you NEVER use the phone unless in emergencies. A prepaid phone will offer no deals, such as free nights, free weekends, free mobile to mobile (meaning that if you had Sprint, for example, all calls are free to other Sprint phones). A prepaid phone means you will pay for every single minute you use. A plan, however, can be more expensive if you're stupid and go over your alloted minutes every month. For example, I pay $40/month and have 500 anytime minutes. If I make calls from Sprint to Sprint, on a weekend, or after 7:00pm no minutes are deducted off of my 500. If, however, I constantly make calls on weekdays, and go over my 500 minutes, I'll end up paying $0.40/minute which is a LOT!!! But still, plans are 500% better.

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