Are there any ATHEISTS,agnostics, that used to be Christians…..?

Yes, I used to be Christian. It didn’t make sense to me. I had questions as a child. I started really reading the Bible as a teenager and was so repulsed by God. Was this really my God? Was this a God I could really worship if it were God? I wanted to believe because […]

Written on Monday, August 11th, 2008 by lowellpatrick :: 0 comments to this post

Yes, I used to be Christian. It didn’t make sense to me. I had questions as a child. I started really reading the Bible as a teenager and was so repulsed by God. Was this really my God? Was this a God I could really worship if it were God? I wanted to believe because my family and many friends did. So I started studying the Bible. The more I studied the more I came to the conclusion it was created by humans to teach ideas but wasn’t actually a literal tale that necessarily represented God if it existed. The authors of the Bible widely employed what is known as midrash in writing the stories. This was taking existing stories and myths and inserting your own heros and deities and maybe adding a twist to get your particular idea across. This is particularly striking when you look at the story of Jesus. It bears striking resemblence to many preexisting pagan deities from virgin births, to ressurection, performance of miracles, etc…

So what I find wrong is it doesn’t jibe with any sense of reality. I don’t think God would give us a day to day reality so different from that depicted in the Bible and no evidence of itself and yet expect us to blindly believe or it will burn us in hell. I don’t believe that a deity of perfect knowledge would be so wrathful and cruel and arbitrary as it is represented in the Old Testament. I don’t we would have failed prophecy, or that had to be “reinterpreted” in order to get it to not have failed if it were the handed down word of God that God expected to make sense to most people. I don’t believe Christianity is representative of reality but I don’t think Islam or Judaism is either.

What is Hydroxyzine HCL 10mg tablets for?

Atarax is used for treating anxiety, for sedation before and after general anesthesia, and to treat itching due to certain allergic conditions, including hives and contact dermatitis (e.g., poison ivy). It also may be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor. http://officialcanadianmedicines.com/item.php?id=3371&aid=1281 How Taken Use Atarax as directed by your doctor. Take Atarax by mouth […]

Written on Sunday, August 10th, 2008 by lowellpatrick :: 0 comments to this post

Atarax is used for treating anxiety, for sedation before and after general anesthesia, and to treat itching due to certain allergic conditions, including hives and contact dermatitis (e.g., poison ivy). It also may be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.

http://officialcanadianmedicines.com/item.php?id=3371&aid=1281

How Taken

Use Atarax as directed by your doctor.

Take Atarax by mouth with or without food. If stomach upset occurs, take with food to reduce stomach irritation.
Swallow Atarax whole. Do not crush or chew before swallowing.
Continue to take Atarax even if you feel well. Do not miss any doses. Taking Atarax at the same time each day will help you to remember to take it.
Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use Atarax.

can anyone suggest as to what part of microfinace should i tackle in my economics thesis?thanks again…?

Are you already aware of the Grameen Bank? This bank provides small-scale loans to poor people. Surprisingly, these poor people have higher payback rates than much wealthier people (e.g. Americans). So one interesting question is why the payback rate is higher. Is it the social pressure involved in micro loans (knowing that when […]

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Are you already aware of the Grameen Bank? This bank provides small-scale loans to poor people. Surprisingly, these poor people have higher payback rates than much wealthier people (e.g. Americans).

So one interesting question is why the payback rate is higher. Is it the social pressure involved in micro loans (knowing that when you pay back the money it may go to someone else in your community)? Is it that the money goes to productive uses, not vacations and luxury cars? Or something else?

You have an opportunity to serve 2 useful purposes here — encouraging more micro loans, and also helping reduce the default rate in loans here in the U.S. (and elsewhere). I assume that you already know that there are a lot of behind-schedule housing (and other) loans in the U.S., due to recklessness on the part of both lenders (banks etc.) and borrowers (who borrowed more than they could afford, took out loans with “teaser rates” that rose later, etc.) A better understanding of why micro loans have better payback rates than bigger loans might lead U.S. lenders and borrowers to be less reckless.

Another relevant topic is how to measure risk among micro-borrowers cheaply. If you’re only loaning $100, you can’t spend much money measuring risk.

hi, i have enquiries on how one can stick two pieces of styrofoam sheets together. Thanks in advance.?

Here’s what one craftsman said, “When gluing Styrofoam, remember that many adhesives will dissolve Styrofoam. White glue, like Elmer’s, does not dissolve it, but has another problem. White glue only dries completely with adequate ventilation, and Styrofoam is a great insulator. In-between large flat sheets, the white glue doesn’t dry. I once broke open a […]

Written on Friday, August 8th, 2008 by lowellpatrick :: 0 comments to this post

Here’s what one craftsman said, “When gluing Styrofoam, remember that many adhesives will dissolve Styrofoam. White glue, like Elmer’s, does not dissolve it, but has another problem. White glue only dries completely with adequate ventilation, and Styrofoam is a great insulator. In-between large flat sheets, the white glue doesn’t dry. I once broke open a terrain piece that was over a year old and discovered wet glue in-between Styrofoam sheets. I now use a special glue made for Styrofoam called Styroglue. For small pieces or for gluing cardboard to Styrofoam, I still use white glue.” http://www.bananaking.net/cento/workshop/terr_bunker.htm

here’s another link from some experts on adhesives:

http://www.thistothat.com/cgi-bin/glue.cgi?lang=en&this=Styrofoam&that=Styrofoam

What are your thoughts on teams that sellout to Corporate groups & allow the Stadiums to be named after them?

It’s okay and I don’t really care because I’m a “real” baseball fan. The owners have the money and are receiving revenue from corporations, so they can name stadiums anything they want, can decorate them any which way they want and can have the players wear pink uniforms with clown shoes if the price […]

Written on Thursday, August 7th, 2008 by lowellpatrick :: 0 comments to this post

It’s okay and I don’t really care because I’m a “real” baseball fan. The owners have the money and are receiving revenue from corporations, so they can name stadiums anything they want, can decorate them any which way they want and can have the players wear pink uniforms with clown shoes if the price is right!

I sit in corporate seats in Oakland with my family behind home plate with all you can eat food and unlimited drinks 10 feet behind home plate. I chat with players from both teams before, during and after the game and use the same entrance that they use to get to my seat…..

I can name members of the current team, know the A’s team history, have watched the A’s since the 1972 season as a 6 year old watching the win the World Series and am not a bandwagon fan or sellout. Just someone fortunate to have a family member working for a corporation sponsoring the A’s!

An HR question! What can happen if you refuse to sign your evaluation at work?

Signing it does not mean you agree with it: It merely informs that you have been made aware of it. You can sign it with your name, and a close, such as “under duress”, “disputed”, or anything else you may wish. And I encourage you to: If it becomes a legal matter, doing that will […]

Written on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 by lowellpatrick :: 0 comments to this post

Signing it does not mean you agree with it: It merely informs that you have been made aware of it. You can sign it with your name, and a close, such as “under duress”, “disputed”, or anything else you may wish. And I encourage you to: If it becomes a legal matter, doing that will give you SOME merit.

If you refuse to sign the evaluation, some companies have a policy where HR is to write “refused to sign” in the blank.

An employer can terminate you for various reasons. I don’t see where they’d have any legal ground to terminate you for refusing to sign. Again, most reputable companies have HR write in the disclaimer mentioned above and just let it go: the purpose of an evaluation is to let the employee know where they stand with the company, what the employer believes are your strengths and areas of improvement. They know some people do not like to hear those things, the areas of improvement, so they are ready for the possibility that the employee won’t sign.

If the employer is such a hard-ass that they’d say refusal to sign is grounds for dismissal, which I don’t think they can do legally, you just have to ask yourself if the job is really worth it.

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Written on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 by lowellpatrick :: 1 comments to this post

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