Certainly I know what bad means.
I`m unsure if others in this thread do however.
If there is some medal somewhere for "Missing the point" you`ve got my vote for the gold.
I will state for a second time.
I never said addiction was good.
I never even implied addiction is good.
I grow tired of...
Really?
My daughter learned of the physical mechanism of sex at 5.
I didn`t pop in a copy of Debbie Does Dallas to instruct her but I did tell her what it was at the age of 5.
Why is that wrong?
Really?
Do you gain economic assets through the use of skills or assets you personally posses?
If you do you are exploiting yourself for gain.
You`re a whore.
We`re all whores.
We all exploit our assets for personal gain.
We all sell ourselves, this is the nature of our culture...
Probably far fewer than people have been harmed or killed through the career choice of bus driving.
Most definitely fewer than those who have contracted HIV through common sexual activity.
I don`t recall implying this.
I don`t even know how you got that from my reply.
The point is just because something can be addictive(virtually everything) does not mean that it is "bad" whatever that means.
The world isn`t so black and white.
In that case..
Food ...is bad
Love... is bad
Exercise... is bad
TV ...is bad
The internet..is bad
Art...is bad
Sex..is bad
According to your stated standards(addictive and life influencing).
Everything...is bad
However I`ve already said this on this thread..doesn`t matter, nobody...
Kathryn,
Please forgive me but it`s been a year or more since I read this book.
It was the entire 3rd section of the first chapter which coincidentally has absolutely no bearing on the discussion we`re having so I`m unsure why this is such an important point for you however..I`ll let you have...
I don`t know what world you`re looking at but this one definitely appears to follow some kind of cold unfeeling system..yeah, kinda like clockwork.
Did god make it that way on purpose ya think?
But that`s just it.
"Exodus" isn`t mentioned by name at all.
However the exact fantasy of Hebrew diaspora from Egypt is told exactly as told in the Bible (A condensed version).
It is told as how our civilization began in the fertile crescent .
As if the Hebrews came and graced the rest...
So the collateral damage of the deaths of innocents is acceptable to you?
Have you ever had any dealings with the corrupt incompetent unethical power mad system of justice in the US ofA?
The system is a sham and people die because they can be used to promote personal enrichment for those in...
Think the people who have none.
For numerous pages of this thread it was glaringly apparent that you had no clue about the subject being discussed.
Yet you kept posting away.
"Book smarts" can keep that from happening again if you give it a shot.
Searching for that textbook online brought up a school board battle about it that I was unaware of.
Textbook tussle in Sarasota -- critics say book prefers Muslim faith
Florida High-School Textbook pro-Islam & Fictional - Grendel Report
It seems many Christians in my town wanted the book...
This is it...
Amazon.com: World History: Patterns of Interaction (9780618690084): Roger B. Beck: Books
This may be a different edition than the one I saw as the cover is different.
You`ve got to be kidding.
Killing innocents is the reason capitol punishment is a barbarous policy.
I`m constantly amazed at the lack of ethical fortitude in this forum.
Unreal.