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The article is by a Christian who makes her living speaking and writing about Christianity. You have a pretty bizarre definition of "anti-Christian," but this sort of refusal to even address the problem that many people (even Christians!) have with anti-gay bigotry is definitely part of the problem. Do you perceive "non-Christian" as "anti-Christian?"

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 10, 2012 -> 09:55 PM) Just finished Manhunt by Peter Bergen about the hunt for Bin Laden. It's a nice engaging read. He was just on The Daily Show a last week. It looked really interesting.

The change in the perception of Jamie's character from early on in book 1 through the rest of the series is one of the best parts. Especially when you learn about his time in Kings Landing with Aerys and why he did some of the things he did.

You can't play the persecuted minority card when these negative attitudes towards Christianity seem to be largely based on rejection of Christianity being used to persecute minorities. It's a study by a pro-Christian group trying to gather information on various demographics' views of Christianity. The data is what it is. It was only a week or two ago that I posted a thread with an lengthy article on the misogyny rampant in many Muslim cultures, and they are certainly no better on the LGBT front than conservative Christianity. Did you actually read the link? It's not very long and it explains (anecdotally) why many Christian youth are ultimately leaving their church over this issue.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 11, 2012 -> 08:25 AM) And you wonder why people feel there is ant-Christian sentiment out there? I think you have the cause and effect backwards here. Please note that the article I linked to is by a liberal Christian and that the group that performed the survey is a pro-Christian group.

So this could go in this thread or the baby pills thread I guess, but it's a post on a recent survey by the Barna Group, a pro-Christian research firm: The face of Christianity among American youth is bigotry.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for...IlGU_story.html We'll probably be seeing more and more stories that show that, yeah, Obama actually has talked about this issue with people and has been wrestling with it for a few years now.

JP Morgan had a $2B trading loss yesterday. http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012...trades-blow-up/

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 10, 2012 -> 09:53 PM) When I read your posts I can just see the anger and fear. It seems like you are just so worried that Obama is going to out raise Romney and win. Because last I checked politics is about winning, not about being righteously principled while the other side stomps you out. It must really burn to watch this go down. This is why Republicans who aren't anti-ssm are reacting this way.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 10, 2012 -> 09:38 PM) Where was your all out praise and admiration for Dick Cheney when he said almost EXACTLY the same thing 3 years ago? Where was the evolutionary thinking back then? I didn't think so. And that man actually has real skin in the game, unlike the dorkass "most powerful man in the world" in the choose a topic du jour to spout bulls*** about for more campaign money. It's really funny that none of you can see that. Dick Cheney wasn't potus. You know this, but your Obama rage is blinding you.

I'm glad forums user kapkomet can divine Obama's true feelings, though!

Apparently Mitt said he'd take a lot of credit for the auto industry turn around the other day. wtf?

Man those idiots believing in the cause of ssm. What are you even arguing against? Anyone in favor of ssm should be thrilled that the President of the United States is publicly supporting ssm.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 10, 2012 -> 06:52 PM) If Parks gets moved to another station I would easily continue following it. Oh absolutely. I wonder how long they will let the office keep flailing.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ May 10, 2012 -> 05:51 PM) I was born in miami and now i live in chicago. The sox are my second favorite team. I like this forum because of greg and i also love watching balta and ss2k fight each other. best endorsement of soxtalk ever

Stop watching NBC? I'm sure the replacements will be garbage like most sitcoms

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 10, 2012 -> 06:01 PM) I don't know your point. A Christian, or I should say a good Christian IS supposed to act that well as well as a good human being. Are you taking issue with my statement? His point is that while it may be a "Christian" thing to do, it is more broadly a "good person" thing to do. Categorizing a good act as a Christian act comes with all sorts of implications, like implying that a non-Christian wouldn't act that way. I don't think that was your intention, but that's exactly the sort of thing people mean when they talk about cultural privileges; base assumptions in a given society that have the effect of conferring an advantage to a majority group. "Jump the shark" means become ridiculous or a self-parody, not that it's not popular. The Simpsons "jumped the shark" over a decade ago yet still has decent ratings to my knowledge.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 10, 2012 -> 05:46 PM) I already quoted this last night. Sheesh Well some people seem to be missing a bunch of posts itt so it doesn't hurt to link again!

QUOTE (farmteam @ May 10, 2012 -> 04:48 PM) That is rather interesting. Jewish law has some interesting rules regarding loans/debts -- basically that you have an obligation to help people in need, but those people then have an obligation to pay it back. Their big on reciprocity of rights/obligations if I remember correctly. That's what he gets into in that section, that saying "thank you" has an underlying assumption that you are now in this person's debt for having given you a gift. This sort of calculating and coming up with equivalent values for things is the foundation of debt, which is more than just bank loans and usury. It's a pretty interesting book thus far.

Running chips at higher speeds increases the thermal loading (heat). If your system currently has excess cooling capacity, you shouldn't even notice a temp increase, but your fans will be running more. Generally, though, you can expect case temps to be a little higher. This does reduce the longevity of components in the case, but a few degrees shouldn't matter too much. edit: this is if you're just adjusting multipliers and clock speed, which is the easy way to do it. If you start getting into messing with voltages, you can easily fry your chip.

Glenn Greenwald, who's generally incredibly critical of Obama on the civil liberties front, has an excellent article expanding on much of what soxbadger is saying. http://www.salon.com/2012/05/09/e_3/

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 10, 2012 -> 04:02 PM) Call me a sheep, call me a goat, call me a slug, it doesnt change the fact that this sheep was able to get the most powerful man in the world to change his opinion for my vote and money. The pitfall here is that, if Obama is just pandering, he may fall through and not actually do anything about this after he has your vote and money. But his current record on LGBT issues almost uniformly speaks the other way.

Mounting holes usually aren't the same for proprietary cases. MicroATX boards have the same mounting pattern as ATX but just a few less screws since they're smaller.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 10, 2012 -> 03:58 PM) True, we don't know what he truly believed, but what he said is a pretty good indication that he viewed marriage as a separate, religious tradition that was designated for a man and a woman, not same sex couples. To me that's still a fundamental belief change. If he had said "you know i'm personally against this, but it's not the government's role" then it would be a different story. No one is saying it wasn't a change in belief because it clearly is. But framing Obama's position prior to this announcement as morally opposed to homosexuality is not an honest depiction. Obama also never advocated for Federal or state-level bans on SSM, so his prior position is much closer to your 'different story' than to painting him as anti-gay.