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I'm with John Simmons in that I think all religion absurd. However, I was raised in a conservative religion by devout parents so am ironically rather well versed in the bible and religion (though am a bit rusty in the former.) Back when I did believe, I quickly determined that the freedom to believe meant that others had the freedom to criticize. In fact, anything worth believing in is worth criticizing and if can't tolerate that, then it isn't worth believing.
In answer to your question:
Tim Carmichael wrote: Are Christians supposed to simply ignore the jabs and taunts?
The answer is an emphatic YES. It's a major point in Jesus' sermons and in the epistles. I cannot remember the specific reference now (I believe the one I am thinking of is in Romans), but I liked the advise to early Christians to live their religion quietly and patiently, live by example and let everything else roll of their backs. (There is also the classic, "Turn the other cheek.")
Tim Carmichael wrote: but history has shown that anyone who believes will be attacked.
History has also shown that those who don't believe will also be attacked. It also shows that when beliefs becomes a dogmatic force, bad things happen.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: The answer is an emphatic YES. It's a major point in Jesus' sermons and in the epistles.
"To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either."
Sorry, I ain't wired that way.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: <layer>from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either."
Sorry, I ain't wired that way.
That is a relief. I, for one, would not wish to see you without your tunic. 
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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That got my vote ! I don't want to see JSOP wearing his weapons, either.
“I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that we may make from the miserable circumstances of our lives things that are eternal, or aspire to be so.” Jorge Luis Borges
modified 22-Apr-14 11:18am.
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Wrong forum.
Wrong web-site.
Wrong line of work.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I don't see where you replied to any of the follow up, and you provide no links, so I have no idea what you're talking about ?
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The offensive posts are like God.
You cannot see them but you should believe they are there.
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1: This is probably the post that will be referenced at my eternal sentencing.
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Well, technically...
Matthew 5:38-40
38 "You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[a] 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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This happens all of the time.
We get into a good religious debate and some 'tard starts quoting the Bible.
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Maybe because this forum is not at all about religion? I'm sure you can find some somewhere, so why not choose the right forum for the right talking?
As an agnostic, I personnaly feel offensed when I'm confronted to blattant proselytizing.
[Flags]
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True, False, ForSure, Maybe, ProbablyNot, Depends, NotDecidedYet, Undefined
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Interesting.
By the way, if you were to die today are you 100% sure you'd go to heaven?
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Heaven does not exist. Death is death.
[Flags]
public enum Bool {
True, False, ForSure, Maybe, ProbablyNot, Depends, NotDecidedYet, Undefined
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Why are you persecuting me?
^ That was a joke. I'm gonna leave before I get banned.
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No offense taken.
(and I'm pretty sure to go to Hell, in fact)
[Flags]
public enum Bool {
True, False, ForSure, Maybe, ProbablyNot, Depends, NotDecidedYet, Undefined
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Morning peeps,
Has anybody got/used Ubiquiti Nanostation M5 or Ubiquiti ToughSwitch, if so any feedback?
NanoStation M5[^] / ToughSwitch[^]
Also,
Has anybody got/used XVision IP CCTV or XVision NVR, if so any feedback?
XC1080p[^] / XC1080BAP[^] / XRN2016 NVR[^]
I'm looking at using this setup for a multi-camera IP 1080p HD CCTV setup. The network gear will provide the POE for the cameras and the Nanostations will be used for a PointToPoint bridge ~20m
@DalekDave, what gear have you been using lately for your installs?
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Morning Dave!
How's sunny Aberdeen (or the North Sea, depending) today?
DaveAuld wrote: what gear have you been using lately for your installs?
He's an accountant! It'll be the cheapest he can get his hands on... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Fit like,
The sun has just broken out here (offshore), actually clear blue skies, after having think fog for the last 36hrs.
It was sunny in Aberdeen yesterday as the wife phoned to say they were sitting out in the garden.......
Aberdeen has a new webcam down at the beach, so you can see for yourself what it is like:
Beach[^] | Union Street[^] | Castegate[^] | Broad Street[^]
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I've used the NanoStation with good results, but never really stressed the specs. We've had occasions when it was more cost effective to just plug in a pair of them than to trench and bury a cable.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Cheers Roger, I have looked at the various other Ubi products in the line as well as other manufacturers and just keep coming back to the nanostation.
Think it will be the winner.
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Actually, wikipedia is pretty consequence-less for someone petty enough to remove even parts of the discussion pages. I don't think codeproject allows someone to remove messages posted from someone else...
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Depends where it is: some of us can remove articles, QA questions and answers, and so forth - but forum posts can only be removed by sufficient Abuse votes or by Admins.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Quote: consequences
Indeed. The repost police will get you.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Or what did you think the eggs and the bunnies were about?
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