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This is the only picture I could find out of like the 4000 facebook pictures I'm tagged in where I'm not making a face, I'm not in a skirt, I'm not wearing a turban to scare people or I'm not pretending to be an emo kid... >.<

To Fadooda's Question: I am a Maronite. We are Christians under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Antioch and he is in communion with the Bishop of Rome, technically because of this I am an "Eastern Rite" Catholic. Our teachings are retained intact from the way Jesus mentioned them, uncorrupted by Latin thought, and we are educated to be leaders in matters of law & war, expansive in knowledge and do good to as many people regardless of allegiance of religion. Sadly there's only 3.1mil Maronites left. But someone who I find who is exemplar of the Maronite way, he himself was a Maronite, actor Danny Thomas who founded St. Jude. Sorry for off-topicness.

I'm afraid of heights, but when I went on vacation in Assisi I repelled off a watch tower wall. It was worth it. Pretty nice view of Assisi. [hide=View from top of Watchtower][/hide]

"iv. If the individuals photo ID is a passport issued by the Government of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Libya, Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, or Algeria, refer the individual for selectee screening unless the individual has been exempted from selectee screening by the FSD or aircraft operator."

Statically speaking it would be a correct statement but statics disregard contributing factor and population amount.

To say we have been made in a tableau of sin is a rather pessimistic assumption. Humans are not intrinsically evil. Naturally a human demonstrates both traits of destruction to others and the will to help others grow. In terms of science, it would only make sense as evolutionary traits, since we are social animals, to say humans lean towards more the nurturing of others because we try to help our entire society advance. When you say He crafts us, that he does. But he does not add details. He creates our possibility to live, He created whatever materials that evolved into the modern world. He does not choose our actions, He does not choose who shall be right and who shall be wrong. And because God is an infinite and unrestricted being He need not use arbitration or a set standard to judge all people. If He was to judge people, He would go by each and everyone's sincerity. Sinning is human and everyone does it. "The first shall be last and the last shall be first" may sound familiar to you. It references those who are "holy" will not necessarily be as great as those who sinned and committed heavy wrongs and were judged by the "holy people" but in the end they tried to do what was right and do good. As I said in my previous post, God doesn't have the sense of "justice" humans have.

To target a specific race due to the conception of "high chance of terrorism" is in itself racism. It's like saying because the majority of Fascists were European that you must assume all old European people are Fascists.

*I speak from the perspective of my obscure Eastern religion. You choosing not to follow God does not make you a sinner. It is when you choose to not "follow Him" in regards to He being a collective of "justice and goodness". The reason why there is a myth in which "Satan"(The collective of evil) is banished isn't because he refuses to follow God in terms of allegiance, it is because he tries to become "greater then God(the collective good)" in a sense were he could do as he pleased and deem it good. I believe in the "justice" of God, as all good acts reflect "God", the collection of our "goodness, sincerity, justice" so to speak. However God's justice is not a human justice. There is a parable by one of my favorite philosophers called 'War' about a theft who goes to a prince and asks him to judge a case in which he went to steal from a money changer's shop and instead he entered the weaver's shop and his sewing needles gouged out of one his eyes. The prince sent for the weaver and was going to have one of his eyes taken out. But the weaver says this is just, but the cobbler, my neighbor only needs one eye for his trade, unlike me who needs both. So the prince has the cobbler's eye ripped out and the last line is "and justice was satisfied". The justice of God is not so much like weight on a scale as it is, you gave it your all. But in regards to the over mysticism of what modern thought does to life, it is very sad. Thoughts of life being pointless and waiting for an afterlife is very stupid, as an afterlife would only be a continuation of our lives, so we must live our lives with a good mentality but we must also have fun. Idleness is greatly despised in my culture, and it includes just waiting around for the end. Spirit and body are seen as one whole and therefore we cannot separate afterlife and now, but we must live sincerely and we zeal. And lastly, just because you follow God doesn't mean you're any better. If you do evil acts, doesn't matter you pray every day. "Religion is not only going to the temple to pray. You daily life is your temple and your religion. Whenever your in it, take with you your all." Now in terms to free will, yes we have it. We have the power to change our course of action. Some may argue if there is an all knowing God who knows what you will do there is no free will, but He is also seen as past present and future all at once. therefore when you commit an action it is still to happen, it is happening and it already happened because He is outside time, instead of seeing time as a line He sees it as a circle, as He Himself is a collective.

I hate shorts, the only time I wore shorts this year was when I was in vacation in Greece and it was like 115F. I normally like fitted clothes, and my favorite stores are ExpressMen, American Eagle, and Ralph Lauren. I go to a private school though so half the year I'm wearing a shirt, tie, dress pants, a sweater and a blazer. Oh ya, and I'm always big on the "bling" :P Always gotta be wearing something gold/silver.

Airport security is [developmentally delayed]ed. Tighter security is excessive and it just makes terrorists think of different means to get their products under the radar, so to speak. By making security tighter it uses more funds, wastes more time, makes those wanting to conduct terrorist acts act more cunningly and its just a pain. Airport security is also pretty racist. I am middle eastern Christian and I am part of a sect that prays in Aramaic, which looks kind of similar to Arabic. They searched my bag and found my prayers and then I got taken aside and had my stuff more thoroughly searched -.-... By doing actions such as that, it not only loses business but it creates more resentment against the United States.

When someone is chewing with their mouth open.

I was going through my computer and found this old picture: