Rantin' -N- Ravin'

[Mr. Satans]

Lately, I have had a lot of things on my mind and I felt I needed to discuss them, so, here I go.

OH by the way, I'm pretty sure the admins/mods will close this topic due to the controversial content, but oh well.

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:warning: Cures :warning:

It seems to me that there will never be any new cures for disease/cancers/viruses/etc... Due to the fact that there is no money in complete cures.

Take, for example, the common cold. This is something I'm pretty sure everyone has AT LEAST once in their lifetime. In the United States alone, individuals suffer from about 1 billion colds throughout the course of a year!

The common cold has been known for MANY MANY MANY years and yet there is no cure. You would think that we, in the 21st century would be able to have a cure for something so simple, but I believe the reason there are no cures for many things in this day and age is because of one thing: money.

The profit companies make in a year from selling products to treat colds are incredible! If there were cures, the companies would either be out of business or making hardly a fraction of what they do now.

However, there are perhaps some things that people are actually working on a cure for, like AIDS for example, since it is such a deadly and wide-spread disease. But for the most part it seems there will be no real cures, only treatments.

Also, it is unfortunate that medical attention must cost so much money. I can understand paying a fair amount but the costs of staying in a hospital for treatment for example is ridiculous. I understand that the hospitals & employees need money but there needs to be a reasonable change. Which reminds me of the movie John Q. with Denzel Washington.

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:warning: Play Ball! :warning:

Why is it that professional athletes get paid so much? Sure they are talented and it is fun to watch them but I believe they get paid WAY too much!

Take Sammy Sosa for instance. Sammy earns around $16,071,429 a YEAR! That is about $1,834 an HOUR! All of that JUST for playing a game for a living, which, in my opinion, is WAYYYYY too much!

This makes me think about people who REALLY work for a living. Factory workers for example, many work 12 hours a day, barely getting to see your family and only making enough to get by.

The factory worker wouldn't see in a lifetime what a pro athlete makes in a year!

It's so ridiculous!

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:warning: HOMOSEXUALITY: Plague of Evil? :warning:

The issue of homosexuality in society has been on my mind for a long time now and is an important issue for me considering I am a homosexual myself.

Recently, I met a girl from my school, her name is Ashlee and she happens to be homosexual. We both are involved in a "***/bi group" at school. After meeting her and talking a little, she told me about some recent upsets in her life.

Ashlee told me about how the parents of many of her friends wont let their kids hang out with Ashlee anymore because of the fact she is a lesbian. What’s even worse is Ashlee's sister, who is straight, is not allowed to hang out with those same kids because she lives in the same house as Ashlee and [sarcasm] might be plagued with the oh-so-contagious homosexuality disease. [/sarcasm] This made me very angry; I couldn't believe that people would do that!

Furthermore, 5 of Ashlee's neighbors collaborated together and called up social services and had Ashlee's girlfriend forced to move out (age difference).
<INFO: Ashlee is 15, her girlfriend is 21>

Ashlee and her girlfriend had only been together for 5 months, but after hearing Ashlee talk about her girlfriend and sharing poems and artwork they made together/for each other, I realized they really were in love.

UGH I was so pissed that her neighbors did that! Now Ashlee has to wait an ENTIRE year before she can see her girlfriend again! Also, Ashlee's girlfriend's parents had disowned her simply because she came out as a homosexual! When she returned home her dad hit her so now she is living with her sister.

Now Ashlee is very depressed and I don't blame her, she has to hide everything that would prove she was in a relationship with her girlfriend because Social Services will be inspecting her house >_>

Ashlee is lucky her parents are cool with her being homosexual. Her mom was angry at their neighbors, for good reason too. I'm absolutely sure if Ashlee had a 21 yr old boyfriend nothing would have happened. Ashlee's mom called up a lawyer to sue the neighbors responsible and the lawyer decided to take the case without hesitation because this is clearly sexual discrimination.

Ugh! I feel like I am living in the past! All of this hate and discrimination against homosexuals is very similar to the struggle blacks went through in years past.

THEN - Blacks were killed for simply being black.
NOW - Homosexuals are killed for being homosexuals.

THEN - Interracial couples were frowned upon and many families considered them outcasts.
NOW - Homosexual couples endure the same.

The struggle blacks went through was worse than that of homosexuals in present day, but the similarities are uncanny.

Many homosexuals are afraid to "come out of the closet" because of all the things they see and hear in everyday life. People killed in various parts of the world for being homosexual, hearing almost constant bashing of anyone homosexual, etc... It's sad and very unfortunate.

- Closed Minds Should Come With Closed Mouths -

 

[Eon]

I agree with the homosexual thing, people need to worry abotu other issues, it's a chioce people make, let them be married to whoever they love, they aren't hurting everyone.

I consider myself somewhat of a christian, but people ened to stop thinking of other people as abominations and being so ignorant. Conservatives are all against abortion when I think it should e the mothers choice, and against homsexual marriage. I see it as discrimination, these are PEOPLE. They are ALIVE. And peopel think just because someone is homosexual that he's just going to turn around and just assrape them.

NO! they just prefer people of their same sex, not looking forward to like raping them. I have homosexual friends and people treat them like they are outcasts and they have something wrong with them. I just don't like how people are treating other people like **** for the way they are.

People might say "that's life" but it kind of gets ****ty when the government is making laws against them as well. MY secondary thoughts? I think homosexuality is genetic...but that's just me..

My opinion.

 

[DiebytheSword]

I agree with the last two, Homosexuality is at the absolute worst, a sin right up there with eating shellfish and taking the lord's name in vain. Not a deadly mortal sin, just another sin . . . and even that can be debated. While not homosexual myself, I have many freinds and familiy that are, and they are no further from god than the perfectly straight football team captain that has premarital sex. Lesbianism isn't even metioned in the bible as a sin, only the specific act of sodomy and "laying with a man as you would with a woman". I guess that means that all the other plays in the book are legal.

Sports stars are way overpayed, pass some to the teachers, arguably the cornerstone of our civilization.

For that first one though, I happened to work in Vaccine Manufacturing for a few years:

There is a cure for the common cold. Sadly, it can't be completely contained. The process is long and difficult, and the strains of it so diverse that the effectiveness of the shot and the costs involved made the product dodgy at best. It is easier and more effective to treat the symptoms than attempt to cure the rapidly mutating virus.

HIV is similar in scope of problems for vaccination, being highly mutative and extremely dangerous to test. Aventis/Sinofee is collaborating with MERC to make a HIV vaccine that is fairly effective. The project is in phase 2 to my knowledge, which means it is a few short years off.

 

[Enix]

Well i agree with just about everything, but i didn't feel like reading the homosexual thing.
I completely agree with the baseball issue, and its annoying, but yet no one seems to care, not ever the fans. I think 50% of the money that baseball players make should be donated to some kind of disease curing fund. I myself support the walk to cure diabetes. What we do is we gather hundreds and hundreds of people and we have a bunch of people donate things like food, water, and pizza ^_^. Then we listen to a live band and stuff to atract more people. Then after all the activities are over, we get to the hard part. We walk 6 miles up some where, then six miles back. And people donate money to help cure diabetes. Im a big supporter of this because both my mom and cussin have diabetes.

So i say im with ya 100% of the way there Mr. Satan

 

[grOOvy]

@Cures:
I'm a bit skeptical about this, wondering if peolpe like this actually exist (organizations stopping or restricting research to prevent the cures from being developed/released).

@Play Ball:
I agree, the difference in money made between people employed in the entertainment industry and manual labour is far too great.

@Homosexuality:
All I can say is, that I understand - people need to accept other people's love and feelings and not make a big deal out of it just because it's different from how they were brought up. But laws against such kinds of discrimination already exist, so all we need is greater awareness. I'm guessing Homosexuality will be a commonly accepted thing by the next few generations.

 

[Soulicro]

This world is full of problems. Im surprised we havent destroyed ourselves yet, although we are on the right track.

The peace and perfect life youre wanting will never arrive. Too many people in too many high places disagree on too many things. Its a *****, but thats reality.

 

[Brim]

Life sucks, if it didn't we would be in paradise

@cuc, there is actually a passage in the bible that states (and I don't know it exactly, been a while since I read it) that God made man for woman and woman for man, and that anyone who went against that went against God.

But I do agree that many people need to realize that if they consider it a sin, all sins are equal in God's sight and me speeding every time I drive is just as bad.

 

[Mr. Satans]

Well, I'm happy to see intelligent responses ^_^

@Colds
Yeah, I know I am missing information and everything, but it is just a rant about how I feel and what it seems like to me.

@Playball
Glad to see others agree with me on this issue.

@Homosexuality
This whole issue seems to mostly revolve around "The Bible" and Christian beliefs. However, as I'm sure you know, not everyone is Christian or Catholic, etc... and many people are athiest/agnostic (sp?). But the whole controversy seems to come from what is in the bible.

Just because someone is homosexual does NOT mean they are athiest! There are many homosexuals who are christian as well as many other religions!

Also, I've been hearing this for a long time
"The word "homosexual" didn't even exist in the English language until 1892 and did not appear in any edition of the Bible until the 1940s. Are we sure about what the authors meant? And how do we reconcile the multiple current translations? Which one is "right" on any given issue? How is it possible to tell?"
(Passage From http://www.whosoever.org/v2i4/amanda.html)

Oh, and here's a little something that I found a while back. I am only throwing in to point out how outdated alot of things in the Bible are.
(NOTE: I'm NOT here to bash ANY religion!)

Dear Dr. Laura,

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.

I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them.

a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?

e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?

f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an Abomination (Lev 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?

g) Lev 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev 19:27. How should they die?

i) I know from Lev 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev 24:10-16) Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)

I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help.

Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.

Your devoted disciple and adoring fan.

 

[SailorAlea]

Lately, I have had a lot of things on my mind and I felt I needed to discuss them, so, here I go.

OH by the way, I'm pretty sure the admins/mods will close this topic due to the controversial content, but oh well.

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:warning: Cures :warning:

It seems to me that there will never be any new cures for disease/cancers/viruses/etc... Due to the fact that there is no money in complete cures.

Take, for example, the common cold. This is something I'm pretty sure everyone has AT LEAST once in their lifetime. In the United States alone, individuals suffer from about 1 billion colds throughout the course of a year!

The common cold has been known for MANY MANY MANY years and yet there is no cure. You would think that we, in the 21st century would be able to have a cure for something so simple, but I believe the reason there are no cures for many things in this day and age is because of one thing: money.

The profit companies make in a year from selling products to treat colds are incredible! If there were cures, the companies would either be out of business or making hardly a fraction of what they do now.

However, there are perhaps some things that people are actually working on a cure for, like AIDS for example, since it is such a deadly and wide-spread disease. But for the most part it seems there will be no real cures, only treatments.

Also, it is unfortunate that medical attention must cost so much money. I can understand paying a fair amount but the costs of staying in a hospital for treatment for example is ridiculous. I understand that the hospitals & employees need money but there needs to be a reasonable change. Which reminds me of the movie John Q. with Denzel Washington.

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:warning: Play Ball! :warning:

Why is it that professional athletes get paid so much? Sure they are talented and it is fun to watch them but I believe they get paid WAY too much!

Take Sammy Sosa for instance. Sammy earns around $16,071,429 a YEAR! That is about $1,834 an HOUR! All of that JUST for playing a game for a living, which, in my opinion, is WAYYYYY too much!

This makes me think about people who REALLY work for a living. Factory workers for example, many work 12 hours a day, barely getting to see your family and only making enough to get by.

The factory worker wouldn't see in a lifetime what a pro athlete makes in a year!

It's so ridiculous!

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:warning: HOMOSEXUALITY: Plague of Evil? :warning:

The issue of homosexuality in society has been on my mind for a long time now and is an important issue for me considering I am a homosexual myself.

Recently, I met a girl from my school, her name is Ashlee and she happens to be homosexual. We both are involved in a "***/bi group" at school. After meeting her and talking a little, she told me about some recent upsets in her life.

Ashlee told me about how the parents of many of her friends wont let their kids hang out with Ashlee anymore because of the fact she is a lesbian. What’s even worse is Ashlee's sister, who is straight, is not allowed to hang out with those same kids because she lives in the same house as Ashlee and [sarcasm] might be plagued with the oh-so-contagious homosexuality disease. [/sarcasm] This made me very angry; I couldn't believe that people would do that!

Furthermore, 5 of Ashlee's neighbors collaborated together and called up social services and had Ashlee's girlfriend forced to move out (age difference).
<INFO: Ashlee is 15, her girlfriend is 21>

Ashlee and her girlfriend had only been together for 5 months, but after hearing Ashlee talk about her girlfriend and sharing poems and artwork they made together/for each other, I realized they really were in love.

UGH I was so pissed that her neighbors did that! Now Ashlee has to wait an ENTIRE year before she can see her girlfriend again! Also, Ashlee's girlfriend's parents had disowned her simply because she came out as a homosexual! When she returned home her dad hit her so now she is living with her sister.

Now Ashlee is very depressed and I don't blame her, she has to hide everything that would prove she was in a relationship with her girlfriend because Social Services will be inspecting her house >_>

Ashlee is lucky her parents are cool with her being homosexual. Her mom was angry at their neighbors, for good reason too. I'm absolutely sure if Ashlee had a 21 yr old boyfriend nothing would have happened. Ashlee's mom called up a lawyer to sue the neighbors responsible and the lawyer decided to take the case without hesitation because this is clearly sexual discrimination.

Ugh! I feel like I am living in the past! All of this hate and discrimination against homosexuals is very similar to the struggle blacks went through in years past.

THEN - Blacks were killed for simply being black.
NOW - Homosexuals are killed for being homosexuals.

THEN - Interracial couples were frowned upon and many families considered them outcasts.
NOW - Homosexual couples endure the same.

The struggle blacks went through was worse than that of homosexuals in present day, but the similarities are uncanny.

Many homosexuals are afraid to "come out of the closet" because of all the things they see and hear in everyday life. People killed in various parts of the world for being homosexual, hearing almost constant bashing of anyone homosexual, etc... It's sad and very unfortunate.

- Closed Minds Should Come With Closed Mouths -

There is no cure for the "Common Cold." There is no such thing as a CURE for a virus! You can only VACCINATE against viruses, or prevent those from getting them. You can help the human BODY eradicate viruses, but the damage is done. There is no 'cure' for any virus.

There are vaccines for individual strains of the 'common cold,' but there are THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of different strains, and each one requires a different vaccination. Seeing as how colds aren't particularly lethal, there's no reason to go through the effort of making an Omni-Vaccine for colds.

As for professional sports players, the justification is:
Sure, they're making tons of money, but they can only play the sport for a few years of their life while they're in their prime. (excluding baseball), and it's also significantly more 'risky' than your average desktop--people are paralyzed, bones broken, etc, in rough sports all the times. I think it's sad that the world places more value on 30 years of civil service or being a teacher, then a football player for a few years, but that's just how it is.
If you're so mad, why don't you boycott movie stars as well as athletes.


As for what you said on homosexuality, interracial couples are still discriminated against to this day, in parts of the US. Not everywhere, but it still is a fact of life. Granted, not the kind where a father is going to say "Stay away from my daughter, you black bastard!," but I've known interracial couples (a black man, caucasian woman, the reverse, and an asian and latino couple), and people stare and make comments.

Also, I'm pretty sure many more people of African descent have been murdered on their skin color, then homosexuals have been for being homosexual. You say you feel like you're living in the past? More "***-friendly" laws are being passed as time goes on. With the fight for equal marriages being fought all of the country, you really think you're living in the 1800s where anyone who was homosexual could virtually never act upon their feelings, had no 'support' groups, no 'pride alliances,' little to no references to *** culture in the 'media,' you really think you're living in the past? Don't be so melodramatic.

As for that final post with the idiotic woman, I've seen it before and the person obviously isn't serious--they're just mocking archaic text written by people who knows how many years ago.

 

[Mr. Satans]

There is no cure for the "Common Cold." There is no such thing as a CURE for a virus! You can only VACCINATE against viruses, or prevent those from getting them. You can help the human BODY eradicate viruses, but the damage is done. There is no 'cure' for any virus.

There are vaccines for individual strains of the 'common cold,' but there are THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of different strains, and each one requires a different vaccination. Seeing as how colds aren't particularly lethal, there's no reason to go through the effort of making an Omni-Vaccine for colds.

As for professional sports players, the justification is:
Sure, they're making tons of money, but they can only play the sport for a few years of their life while they're in their prime. (excluding baseball), and it's also significantly more 'risky' than your average desktop--people are paralyzed, bones broken, etc, in rough sports all the times. I think it's sad that the world places more value on 30 years of civil service or being a teacher, then a football player for a few years, but that's just how it is.
If you're so mad, why don't you boycott movie stars as well as athletes.


As for what you said on homosexuality, interracial couples are still discriminated against to this day, in parts of the US. Not everywhere, but it still is a fact of life. Granted, not the kind where a father is going to say "Stay away from my daughter, you black bastard!," but I've known interracial couples (a black man, caucasian woman, the reverse, and an asian and latino couple), and people stare and make comments.

Also, I'm pretty sure many more people of African descent have been murdered on their skin color, then homosexuals have been for being homosexual. You say you feel like you're living in the past? More "***-friendly" laws are being passed as time goes on. With the fight for equal marriages being fought all of the country, you really think you're living in the 1800s where anyone who was homosexual could virtually never act upon their feelings, had no 'support' groups, no 'pride alliances,' little to no references to *** culture in the 'media,' you really think you're living in the past? Don't be so melodramatic.

As for that final post with the idiotic woman, I've seen it before and the person obviously isn't serious--they're just mocking archaic text written by people who knows how many years ago.

This whole thing is about how I FEEL. I realize that the homosexual thing is nowhere near as bad as what the blacks had to deal with, I'm just saying it is similar. I also know that interracial couples are still discriminated against and I was going to mention that when I first posted but decided not to since most of the US doesn't have a real problem with it.

I was in study hall, these things were on my mind, I wrote down my thoughts and feelings / experiences. That's all. I'm not trying to change the world, just wishing the world would change.

 

[SailorAlea]

The world IS changing. If you can't see that, then you have no right to complain.

The world is accepting homosexuality faster and faster, just like technology is progressing. Being openly '***' 50 years ago was near unheard of, but I walk around my campus and I see both guys and girls holding hands with each other, and flyers for the 'pride alliance' everywhere. Maybe not everywhere, but then again, most people don't live in the back waters of Indiana.

 

[FreeDoM]

Homosexuality is sinful. In God's eyes it's as equally sinful as stealing, lying, cheating ect. Unfortunately people and stereotypes have made it seem like Christianity is totally against homosexuals. However, it has always been, "Love the sinner, hate the sin". I remember seeing that story from Dr. Laura before, i also remember it being inaccurate and out of context. Marrage by definition is, "A union between a man and a woman". There is no such thing as *** marrage and there never will be, not to say that they can't go to wedding, have a reception, and ride off for the honeymoon. It's still not marrage, it's something else. I'm not here to spread the word of God (although i should). I'm just clarifying and defending a book which i hold true to my heart. Thank you.

 

[Eon]

Christianity doesn't hate homosexuals, it's usually the stuck up christians who don't know **** about the bible and speak out onto other people, it's just the ignorance of the Earth speaking for itself.


and that avatar is giving me a trip.

 

[FreeDoM]

Christianity doesn't hate homosexuals, it's usually the stuck up christians who don't know **** about the bible and speak out onto other people, it's just the ignorance of the Earth speaking for itself.

Right on! :yes:

 

[SailorAlea]

Homosexuality is sinful. In God's eyes it's as equally sinful as stealing, lying, cheating ect. Unfortunately people and stereotypes have made it seem like Christianity is totally against homosexuals. However, it has always been, "Love the sinner, hate the sin". I remember seeing that story from Dr. Laura before, i also remember it being inaccurate and out of context. Marrage by definition is, "A union between a man and a woman". There is no such thing as *** marrage and there never will be, not to say that they can't go to wedding, have a reception, and ride off for the honeymoon. It's still not marrage, it's something else. I'm not here to spread the word of God (although i should). I'm just clarifying and defending a book which i hold true to my heart. Thank you.

It's nice to see you can see through god's eyes, and speak for him, Freedom. Ironic that someone with the name "Freedom" would say what you just did.

Freedom for only those who agree with what you say, eh? Now that's MY KINDA FREEDOM!

 

[Sonic the Vampire]

Homosexuality is sinful. In God's eyes it's as equally sinful as stealing, lying, cheating ect. Unfortunately people and stereotypes have made it seem like Christianity is totally against homosexuals. However, it has always been, "Love the sinner, hate the sin". I remember seeing that story from Dr. Laura before, i also remember it being inaccurate and out of context. Marrage by definition is, "A union between a man and a woman". There is no such thing as *** marrage and there never will be, not to say that they can't go to wedding, have a reception, and ride off for the honeymoon. It's still not marrage, it's something else. I'm not here to spread the word of God (although i should). I'm just clarifying and defending a book which i hold true to my heart. Thank you.

All of the religious opinions end here. Do not turn this into a religious issue. We are all well aware of the christian stance on homosexuality, it does not need to be brought up anymore. No more responses to this post.

 

[Mr. Satans]

I sure don't see much loving of the "sinners"

[EDIT]
Sorry Sonic, I started to respond before you made your post.

Don't sweat it, you posted about the same time as me. ~Boyster

 

[Synth]

@Cures:
Like any other virus, the common cold is constantly mutating, changing it's basic DNA structure with each person it effects. That's why finding an effective cure is very hard.

@Play Ball:
Yes, some sports players make way too much money. But, you'll also find these same sports players doing hours upon hours of charity work. They realize their image is basically being a role model to others and embrace this challenge with plenty of tenacity. Magic Johnson, also one of the highest paid players ever to play, works vigorously to help educate and support numerous communities.

http://www.magicjohnson.org/gateway_mjf.htm

The Magic Johnson Foundation was established in 1991 as a single-disease organization that worked to raise funds for community-based organizations dealing with HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs. The Foundation has since responded to the growing need to address the major health issues affecting minorities including prostate cancer, hypertension, youth obesity and diabetes.

In addition to health programs, MJF also provides programs to meet the educational needs of urban residents. The programs include scholarships and technology grants to individuals and community-based organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to the communities which they serve.

This is just one example, if not the best, of how sports players don't hesitate in throwing most of their paycheck into positive community organizations and events. Of course the players will buy a nice house, throw a feasable amount of their money into a bank accout, safe, etc. But, their constantly suggested and asked to help a lot of positive foundations get off the ground. These charity organizations know they can count on sports players to be there for them. I truly believe God has a purpose behind everything, using these players has basicaly a means to "spread the wealth." The conscience of these players come into spectrum. I'm sure if you made 9 million a year, 3 million of that would be asked to go into charity, if not even more.

These players know they have more money than they truly need, so why don't you give them the benifit of the doubt, instead of generalizing all of them as being selfish, when most of them are far from it.

@Homosexuality:
This is an issue no one can really say they're 100% correct on. But, I see the whole issue being a hatred of sexual preference as well. This whole "Nuclear Family" standard being enforced to almost a gestapo extent. I also truly believe God notices the unrightious attitude people have towards someone who simple doesn't follow this "Nuclear Family" guideline and I'm truly convinced the people who are doing the persecution will surely pay for their negative and insensitive actions.

"FOR THE FATHER JUDGETH NO MAN,..." John 5:22-27
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I'm sorry Sonic, I just have a huge guilt trip about all of this and I know God would have wanted me to say this.

 

[KarrdeKNR]

I can comment on the cures thing. First, I'll be clear and to the point. Companies are not in the business of curing people. It is not profitable. Instead, they choose programs that manage the illness. Researchers are in the business of curing people, but they have to work with the drug companies to do jack. I do not say this without base. I've talked to Doctors (MD), doctors (PHD), rsearchers, read print information, etc. My favorite example came from a medical technology firm. This involved the curing of mantle cell carcinoma (at least I *THINK* it was a carcinoma) cancer. Note that this cure was specifically for this general category of diseases. It affected in some way, the white blood cells, so if the cancer didn't kill you, you'd die from a secondary infection. The CEO of this medical equipment company was diagnosed with this cancer. He ended up pouring tons of money into the development of a machine that essentially filtered out healthy white blood cell stem cells (note that these cells are not the same as a lot of stem cells. They're predestined to become some variety of white blood cells - hence they can't be used for anything else) from among the cancerous ones. The basic idea was that with a supply of these stem cells, they'd hit you with high doses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy which would completely annihilate his immune system, thus wiping out any cancerous cells along with it. He was isolated for about 15 days after the treatment while the radioactive effects wore off and his body normalized. He became ill with a bacterial infection, nearly dying, but it was ultimately defeated through the use of a powerful antibiotic ****tail. In the end, they injected him with the stem cells and he made a full recovery. After his experience, the company wanted to market the product but it was deemed illegal since another company already had a long lasting patent on the basic premise of the technology (even though each company developed it independently). The other company did nothing with it despite their patent. They merely sat on their right to do something. To this date they never did anything with it. Companies are not in the market to cure ppl.

Regarding baseball, yeah, what ya gonna do. Lots of ppl make way more money than they should.

Regarding homsexuality, my god, wth. Bad thing to get me started on. Needless to say I think what happened is totally messed up. Give it 10 years, when our generation takes everything over, I think things will get a hell of a lot better. What we're seeing now is a last desperate attempt from members of the older generations to preserve their way of life and their traditional "Values" (and I use the term loosely).

*EDITZILLA!!* Ok, seriously NO MORE TALK OF RELIGION!! Nobody is exempt from this rule regardless of how it's being used. No aoplogies for using it, whatever, lets just keep religioin out of the game.

*edit again* and apparently lets keep a spellchecker handy next time too.

-Karrde-

 

[Mr. Satans]

I can comment on the cures thing. First, I'll be clear and to the point. Companies are not in the business of curing people. It is not profitable. Instead, they choose programs that manage the illness. Researchers are in the business of curing people, but they have to work with the drug companies to do jack. I do not say this without base. I've talked to Doctors (MD), doctors (PHD), rsearchers, read print information, etc. My favorite example came from a medical technology firm. This involved the curing of mantle cell carcinoma (at least I *THINK* it was a carcinoma) cancer. Note that this cure was specifically for this general category of diseases. It affected in some way, the white blood cells, so if the cancer didn't kill you, you'd die from a secondary infection. The CEO of this medical equipment company was diagnosed with this cancer. He ended up pouring tons of money into the development of a machine that essentially filtered out healthy white blood cell stem cells (note that these cells are not the same as a lot of stem cells. They're predestined to become some variety of white blood cells - hence they can't be used for anything else) from among the cancerous ones. The basic idea was that with a supply of these stem cells, they'd hit you with high doses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy which would completely annihilate his immune system, thus wiping out any cancerous cells along with it. He was isolated for about 15 days after the treatment while the radioactive effects wore off and his body normalized. He became ill with a bacterial infection, nearly dying, but it was ultimately defeated through the use of a powerful antibiotic ****tail. In the end, they injected him with the stem cells and he made a full recovery. After his experience, the company wanted to market the product but it was deemed illegal since another company already had a long lasting patent on the basic premise of the technology (even though each company developed it independently). The other company did nothing with it despite their patent. They merely sat on their right to do something. To this date they never did anything with it. Companies are not in the market to cure ppl.

Regarding baseball, yeah, what ya gonna do. Lots of ppl make way more money than they should.

Regarding homsexuality, my god, wth. Bad thing to get me started on. Needless to say I think what happened is totally messed up. Give it 10 years, when our generation takes everything over, I think things will get a hell of a lot better. What we're seeing now is a last desperate attempt from members of the older generations to preserve their way of life and their traditional "Values" (and I use the term loosely).

-Karrde-

@Homosexuality

Yeah, I know whatcha mean.