One is part of a system of thought that espouses that everything can be understood and explained. The other specifically states that there are things which are unknowable. Sounds pretty separate to me.

They prefer the euphemism "faithful."

It's not just depressing, it's downright disturbing. People that hold irrational views in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary are dangerous, pure and simple.

Or try to blow us up and send us there personally. Barbarism.

Humans were also meant to live in utter ignorance without any thought or contemplation, never questioning anything. To live forever like that? No thanks. I'll take knowledge and death. Thank you, Mr. Snake.

This, to me, shows that "God" is not all-good, he wanted a subjugated race of dull-witted worshipers. Speaks volumes about his mental state. And beyond that, it demonstrates to me why the entire concept of religion is a bunch of bullshit. From its very core it is simply about controlling people.

Why not come up with designs for a 3D printed bike? Or an ultralight airplane? Or agricultural tools? Or furniture? Or a cotton gin? Or houses? Or any of a million other things which have functions other than killing?

Fucking Texas... full of barbarians in stupid hats. You have in your hands the greatest revolution in fabrication since the assembly line and all you can think of to do with it is make guns. Just fuck off. Civilization doesn't need you.

Spot on, but you're pretty wordy for a Vorlon. Can't you be more enigmatic?

How many ways are there to answer the same question? Sooner or later a couple of people are going to have the same thought about something, it's not plagiarism, it is nature. There are finite ways of expressing the same concept. That's where I see the big failing of these services like TurnItIn happening; sooner or later their databases will be so huge there's no way to NOT plagiarize something. You can't account for it and you can't prevent it. I think the larger issue is being completely ignored: does the student actually understand what he/she is talking about? Or are they just trying to pass the course with minimal effort?

We should make it so Congress only gets paid when they actually accomplish something, make them work on commission. /pipedream

And yet they are anyway. It's government, they're all accountable to someone. They shouldn't be acting like they're in competition with each other.

Did you miss the part where it said "civilian agency?"

Your statement is not congruent with reality.

lol, I ask myself that question every day...

Hmm, maybe you're just too subtle.

Close-minded, paranoid, irrational, non-critical thinking people are the reason we are in this mess. You poor, poor bastard. My family is much the same. Very old, very entrenched, and very unresponsive to new ideas. All I can say is keep arguing, use logic, and above all don't drop to their level. Sooner or later their views fall apart.