To sue Google over Java copyright violations?

It is possible that stating "turned over to Statan" is over stating the case, but in the garden story, Adam and Eve are given free will making it their world where their will has sway versus God's. They then choose the opposite of what God wanted.

Flip to the end in Revelation 21:1:

There would be no reason for a new heaven and a new earth if the current one is God's. If this was God's world, there would be no reason for redemption.

Thank you. I've been wondering about getting one. Problem solved.

Christianity (which may fall into your category of [t]hose tend to be ancient and out of favor.) doesn't assume that a morally superior deity is actually in control of things. Christians believe that a morally superior deity gave this world to man, and man gave it to Satan.

Your mileage will vary.

This.

My grandparents made it abundantly clear when I was growing up that they only wanted to live as long as they were not a burden on anyone else. My grandmother lived to be 91, and the last two years she was living her worse nightmare. She would have been much happier if we had given her a big 90th birthday party with a permanent sleeping potion after the last guest has left.

I'm friends with an 88 year old that was an absolute mental giant in his time. He is now reduced to mumbling to himself with most coherent conversations starting with "Is there a man with a knife behind you?" He has both auditory and visual hallucinations and is draining his savings at the rate of over $2K a month.

A kind and just society would allow for people to create a path to avoid such a fate.

Unless you're logged in 24/7, Facebook Messenger (FM) via a browser isn't IM either.

The main advantage for FM is lack of spam -- at the cost of surveillance.

I admit that I only know 4 evangelical conservative Christian families (which is probably dwarfed by the extensive studies that you've done); however, the women in the family tend to be well educated.

Family A: Mom has a degree in nuclear engineering. She worked the field until she realized that the public school system was completely failing her kids. She home schooled them until they entered high school. Their daughter is now studying to be a vet.

Family B: Mom has a degree in mathematics. She decided to become a teacher before home schooling her children. The oldest daughter went to one of the military academies. The younger daughter received a full-ride plus massive stipend to attend the state university.

Family C: Mom has a computer science degree. The oldest daughter is now studying to become a medical doctor. Youngest daughter is still in high school.

Family D: I don't know what mom's degree is in. The daughter completed her pre-law degree and is now in advanced studies.

My family is far from being an evangelical conservative house hold. My wife has a computer science degree and her entire division was laid off as a result of 9/11. The kids liked having her home for a change and seemed much happier. My wife eventually went back to work full-time. The kids weren't as happy after that. Your mileage may vary.

Like I said, I only know four evangelical conservative families so it is only anecdotal data -- but then again, I didn't see you even attempt to quote a study beyond the "everyone knows" category.

This is a good argument for reciprocity. If the government of the foreign buyers won't allow Canadians to own land in their country then Canada shouldn't allow them to own land in Canada.

Sadly, you're correct.

You've got that backwards. The greenies and the Democrats are the ones that want $7.00 per gallon gasoline. The Republicans are generally okay with cheap gas.

And I here I thought the people on the right were supposed to be the evil hate mongers wanting everyone that opposes them to die. My mistake.

Actually, it's pretty dishonest of you to not include the entire world. The entire world looks at the excesses that you own, that you consume and are disgusted. But, of course, in typical self-centered fashion, you point to someone else and say but look, they're worse!

Go ahead, live in your cocoon, isolated from 99% -- just like the 1% that you despise.

Even before I read who wrote why wasn't he rich? my sarcasm detector translated it to an indictment of the system, not of Einstein. Then I read who wrote it and I know you missed Ratzo's sarcasm.