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I would agree, and it is difficult for the few new converts to go surrounded by teens. I would not necessarily say there is a stigma, but it is somewhat uncomfortable and that should not be ignored. Nevertheless the people I have seen go seem to like it. We have discussed having an adults only BFTD session in our branch as a way to ease the discomfort for new adult converts. I will let you know how it goes.

What if I found your comment uncalled for? Let's honestly compare the situations. What if I find it offensive when people comment without actually conducting research (usually as simple as reading) first? There are scores of subjects here where not much effort goes into the opinion before it is posted. I would think that the responsibility for the comments rests with the individual making them, not someone for pointing out how uninformed they are. I have never understood why people get upset when they put so little effort into education before making comments, but that may simply be the Aspergers speaking.

It is not condescending. The difference was that I read the article. I am not the "expert on everything," but between us I read the article and you did not. This does give me an edge in opinion formation. If you want to get angry, why get angry at me? I have never claimed to be "the expert on everything" but I do actually wait until I have read up on something before I form an opinion. Marx is one of the most popular figures in modern political discourse, but I would hazard that only 2% of so of the people involved have actually read Marx. This is not expertise by any stretch of the imagination, but it does help.

If you read the article it said only 3% of eligible participants claimed the credit, and 80% of those were not complying with the requirements. So out of the 3%, only .6% of those eligible were complying with the requirements. If this is accurate it seems like a good place to start cutting. Also it is not eliminating the EIC, but the AEIC, which is different. Edit: FWIW, the article is only 181 words long, according to Word.

Assuming that O'Keefe is an American Patriot, I assume that means he believes in America. Therefore his accused actions would be violating both the letter of the law and spirit of the law that America believes it. This is a contradictory stance. It is like saying that he was a patriot, but willing to sacrifice what he believes in because he believes in it so much? This does not make sense. Like someone who respects life so much that they kill someone.

I suspect the comment was ironic, tongue-in-cheek.

I was honestly very, pleasantly, surprised to see how much these actions have been condemned by both sides of the isle.

If you want to understand the NT, BOM, or even D&C, you need to understand the OT. Jesus was a marginal Jew, after all, and it helps to understand Judaism before understanding what came out of Judaism. You might want to study Judaism itself for a while to get an idea of how the OT affected the people that lived in Jesus' day. Modern Judaism is an outgrowth of the Pharisee movement, so you need to perform some historical regression from modern times back to the OT, but it is extremely interesting. It will take a while, but you will probably get more out of the NT and BOM in the long run.

What measures? Edit: I think we get into dangerous territory when the government actually starts defining family and taking action to fit the government definition. I am not sure government is really capable of doing something like defining family any more than they could define love.

I tend to agree with Oscar Wilde, "Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."

But liberals are not interested in having their beliefs dictated to them. They are more interested in forming their own opinions.

I am not entirely certain. We have discussed this at the secret meetings. A good friend of mine, fellow liberal, once commented that after watching Rachel Maddow (sp?) she understood how it could be easy to fall into the trap of listening to people who share their ideas, but she forced herself to stop watching. I can honestly say I have never watched a whole episode of either Olberman (sp?) or Maddow (sp?). I have seen clips mostly from channel surfing. Edit: After thinking about it for a while, I, as a liberal, find I am more interested in learning about a subject myself instead of hearing what someone else's opinion is. I tend to read more than watch TV or listen to the radio.

Where in the Proclamation does God command the government to do something?

Liberals, by and large, are not necessarily that interested in having their opinions shouted back at them. It just seems silly.

I've read your website and blog. Good stuff.

When I was a youth we did a role swap where the girls did something traditionally guy like change a car tire (because the YW did not need a man to do this for them) and the guys learned to sew and iron (because we would need to know on a mission). Then we had a competition. I thought it was fun.

Where do you attend Church, and on what day? I visited the Jerusalem center in 2005 (2006?) and there were no students, but I was not sure if local members had meetings there. I seem to remember that they did, but was not sure. Also do you have Friday? Saturday Church? Just curious.

I have no scientific evidence for this, but I too was a diet fiend, specifically Diet Dr. Pepper. I was trying to lose some weight and I was working out like a Rocky montage, but it was not going that quickly. I was also inhaling Diet soda. A friend mentioned to me that his cousin dropped diet soda from the fridge and lost a ton of weight, so I tried it. I doubled my weight loss. It was amazing. I do not know if maybe I had hit a nice stride, but it coincided with dropping Diet sodas, so I pulled them from my life altogether. I drink lightly flavored water now. Still 0 calories.

I do think they have a right (because I cannot think of any limitation that would prevent it), but it certainly seems wrong to permanently imprint a child.

Hezbollah is really odd because they operate a very large and well-operated social needs system (medical clinics, day care, schools, etc...), so to focus on terrorism is really missing the mark. They also have fairly well defined goals, that do not include the US. Attacking the US would really run counter to their goals, and hurt their funding. Unlike Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah can be negotiated with, if with difficulty. I really think considering them Mafia is better than simple terrorists. As I said before, the Godfather operates according to a different set of morals and rules, but there are still morals and rules. Given their size and scope making them persona non grata is simply not a possibility, and bringing them into the system has a much better chance of curbing their violence than simply labeling them and attacking them.

Traveler, you need to really consider your comments. You start off saying... "please realize that you do not know squat and start doing some research before displaying your ignorance. " ...and then spend post after post proving that you do not have the slightest clue about this subject. Your mistakes are piling up every post you make. So how you can call my post corrosive (which makes no sense given the definition of the word) when you started out trumpeting your knowledge? The fact that you don't really understand anything concerning this subject matter, and your arrogance over your complete lack of knowledge is really more of a self-imposed problem than it is mine for pointing it out. You might want to check your posts, since you apologized for something that you never did. Neither Jihad nor Hajj are comparable to the Crusades. Do you mean "are NOT in any way similar?" or "are in any way similar?" I never said it was unimportant. I said your comment... "This is why Israel is such a thorn to Islamic peoples that are wealthy with oil; Israel controls the water – especially the water of Jerusalem." Your comment is completely false, especially concerning the fact that Israel has no impact on water in Malaysia (which is predominantly Islamic). Once again I never did anything you said. I pointed out that your link does not support your claim... "This is why Israel is such a thorn to Islamic peoples that are wealthy with oil; Israel controls the water – especially the water of Jerusalem. " Your questions are not all that valid. You need to be specific. Which Sunnis? Maliki? Hanafi? Sufi? Hanbali? Which Shias? Twlevers? The secret Seveners? Ismailis? Perhaps the Aga Khan?

I think you need to reconsider your position. It seems between us, you are the individual using extremely biased sources without consideration to opposing views, at least with respect to this discussion. As for not being profitable, you claimed knowledge and demonstrated none. Wisdom is ultimately recognizing that not matter how much you know, you know less the more you learn. I am not sure you have studied this to the point that you recognize how little you know.

As previously asked, where is this shrine? Given the wealth of tourism data on the internet, I am sure you should be able to find out what you are talking about, because I am not sure. I asked this before... "Perhaps you can point to a source? I link would be nice. Photo even better." I suspect you are once again not clear about what you are talking about. Who? Since your original comment was... "It is not about territory or oil – it is about water. This is why Israel is such a thorn to Islamic peoples that are wealthy with oil; Israel controls the water – especially the water of Jerusalem." I would like some support for this. You might want to also clarify how Muslims in Indonesia are impacted by Israeli water control (which you have not proven).

Oh, I assumed it was still a Hezbollah/Al-Qaeda issue. If he is talking about the Administration I would say he is wrong as well. I share the Administration's ideology, and disagree with their actions.

Cohen is a Jewish name that denotes priestly lineage (possibly). So if you meet a Cohen there is a possibility that the individual was descended from Priests in Israel. Or it could be something different altogether. I think Cohen actually translates to priest? Someone more familiar with Hebrew would be better to ask that, however.