Neil wrote:
*Thomas More* Law Center? Ironic,

I noted the final paragraph:-
"Just as the appearance of cheap, well-engineered Japanese cars disrupted Western car markets, so the rise of frugal technology could transform the market for medical devices. Western politicians need to encourage this to happen. By turning their governments into better purchasers and by eliminating the barriers that discourage the sale of cheap technology in the rich world, they could bring down the cost of health care. That should earn them the gratitude of patients, taxpayers and workers—in other words, voters."

Michael Hranek wrote:
But a white man has no right whatsoever to come into a black lady's house and demand she cook him some fine Southern Alabama cooking.
Unless of course he is married to her then he ought to ask very politely and respectfully.

Dusty wrote:
Does that mean if there is a problem with a pew they must get a suitably aged tree to cut for use and repair, eg 16th century tree??

Dusty wrote:
Whilst Christians are required per Rom 13, to obey the governing authority, - This is not to the detriment of Holy Law and doctrine.
Therefore man's laws cannot be allowed to overrule God's law in our Christian witness. At that point we should and always trust in God.

Therefore, I have no idea why you posted and now repeated the question below.

Dusty wrote:
My original question is
"Are you saying that man's law overrules God's law? And that is the way we should debate this?"

Dusty wrote:
"In many cases, churches have replaced their roofs only to be targeted again, in one case 14 times"
Why don't these churches use alternative materials to lead, such as Ubiflex or other plastic materials for roofing?

Baptism is the sign of the New Covenant and thereby signifies new birth.

Dusty wrote:
This is a Christian website Guinness.
Are you saying that man's law overrules God's law? And that is the way we should debate this?

Presby wrote:
Now Jim. Just because you guys invented a different mode of "verbal authorised dunking" from 1521 onwards, doesn't mean we all have to change the way the Bible teaches it.
[URL=http://www.covenantofgrace.com/owen_infant_baptism.htm]]]Infant Baptism. By John Owen.[/URL]

Neil wrote:
Should Christians sue if an atheist or Islamic B&B owner decided he didn't want any of our sort under his roof?

Neil wrote:
If we truly believe a businessman has freedom to choose whom he does business with (as I do)

jpw wrote:
At our church we were able to feed the hungry, directly, make a meal and meet some families in difficult times.
Then the government came in with their training program...

Well, you State-Worshippers.

jpw wrote:
Ironic, that fellow Christians flee for their lives during US Occupation of Iraq while US Christians discuss in their churches how good it is we are fighting for the rights of Christians in Iraq?

The persecution of Iraqi Christians was predicted prior to the Blair-Bush invasion and their Islamic state "nation building". They invaded anyway.

Neil wrote:
I think 11 mos. is merely how long the survey took to conduct. BTW, I can't resist pointing out the demographic stereotyping ("Busters" & "Mosaics").

I had figured it was just the eleven months of the survey, but the extract above was itself of such poor "literacy" I could not resist pointing out the absurdity.

Ben wrote:
Let's see now, the school is bullied by the ACLU into bullying the students to have to watch supposed anti-bullying films

Neil wrote:
$14K per annum? Even the Calif. State Colleges, with minimal relative prestige, cost more than this, probably because our college costs have risen faster than inflation (IMHO, due to Federal-sponsored student loans).

Neil wrote:
Guinness, perhaps the globalization is actually working in reverse: our leadership class has internalized the FYIV (roughly, "Fooey on You, I'm Vested") attitude found in nations with more deeply rooted official corruption.

I had in mind an unspoken distinction about endemic corruption when I restricted my cancer spreading observation to just the "western world" - much of the rest of the world already having a superabundance of this cancer.

Yes, my wording was imprecise, there are many "western" countries, particularly some of those around the Mediterranean, that also have a long history of official corruption.

For some reason I am reminded of an American global executive who many years ago told his global team that he had previously had to FIRE two people for integrity violations. Whilst this was no doubt the right thing to do, for some reason he lacked a sense of authority. It is, after all, much easier to pay the price of ethics if someone else is doing the paying.