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This is such a complicated thing to discuss, it's crazy. But if you read on, I promise to tell you some essential things that women want in a mate. First of all, realize that what women want is far more than what men want. Generally, men just want a healthy-looking, beautiful woman. But women select their mates based on things that women have had to search for for generations in order to successfully reproduce -- remember that this is the essense of everything... ...women want, primarily, resources. That may seem too simple at first, but let me try to explain what I have learned about sociobiology. All the things that women want are connected to things that ancestors looked for in men in order to successfully reproduce, such as: intelligence, health, status, committment, confidence.... ...such things are inextricably linked to a man's ability to acquire and retain resources. These resources are necessary for a woman to successfully raise their young, which is the most important aspect of life. OK, OK, OK... I'll get down to what you want to know... To impress any girl, first of all you have to have something in common with her, or more. You need to be good-looking and healthy. You need to display confidence that you know that she would desire you (you got what it takes). You have to display your ability to have status (don't be a loser). You need to act smart. All of these things are linked to the ability to have resources and provide for her. But of course, this doesn't mean that you're planning to marry her and have her children. No, but this is all about getting down to the real business - that which naturally drives us. I recommend reading The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating by David M. Buss

YES, I am having this problem.About five days ago I had seven credits. So once again, I checked my web site to see that it's down and then to Xisto forums, I see that I had less than -6 credits. I have no idea what this is about. I'm thinking that maybe there's a penalty for running out of credits. However, that doesn't explain why I lost seven credits in five days. I've been using Xisto for a while now and I suppose that they have once again changed the way that credits work. I know that they have to make the system as good as possible, but it's truthfully annoying. But no matter... I'm going to turn my web site over to someone sometime soon else let it go because I just dont' have the time any longer to be writing posts so frequently. Maybe if the credits would last as long as I think they're supposed to, I wouldn't mind leaving my web site up.

I've tried making money online more than once. I have most recently tried the Google Adsense program, which I have to say is a good one. However, no matter how good the service can be, to make money through ads requires a really good web site with thousands of visitors a day. Most people easily recognize ads and won't click them for the obvious reasons. But sometimes they do and a webmaster can slowly generate a revenue from his or her web site.

From the original NES, to Sega, Super Nintendo, N64, and finally GameCube, I have had my share of consoles and games. I used to love playing console games, but since I got a computer I realized that games are much better on a proper machine. I don't see why one should buy a console when there are plenty of good games available on computers that can offer a lot more than consoles. But it is true that since consoles are designed specifically for games, there are a lot more to choose from when going with a console.

"The State" can mean a lot of things, such as what has been discussed on this thread so far. But try this: the State is not just a line in the dirt; it is not anything to do with the name of a district. A State is simply what we call a place where people are together as a society. Boundaries and driver's liscenses are a particular of a State, not what defines one.The State is a very important concept. In fact, it is the core of political science. The condition of a state is of greatest importance to the subjects of the state - the people. So if people are a part of a State, this is why they act like citizens - they produce, consume, and fight for the glory of their state.I think it's interesting, how the Romans allowed non-citizens to become part of their state (aka. empire, etc.). Foreigners were allowed to become Romans by serving in their army. Nowadays, one can become a citizen of many countries through paperwork...

IN the next few months I will be going to Europe for the first time in my life. I'm from a UK terrirtory (Cayman Islands) and I have spent most of my life on this island and in the United States. It will be a while new experience for me. I'm going to live in Edinburgh to beign with and I will be there with a couple friends. I might like it there enough to stay there, but I'm specifically interseted in travelling to Holland. The Netherlands is a place where people are more liberal than in most other places and I think that it will be an educational experience to be there and see how their society functions. I find it probable that I will like it there and prefer it over Scotland. Also, I want to go to Switzerland, where I have a Swiss friend. I intend to visit him there and do some of the things that he once told me about his city and the fun times that there are to have there. Travelling to another country is a good experience for everyone. It is a way to learn about people and how they differ from place to place. Travel is a way to better get to know and develop the self, and I think it's something that everyone should do throughout their life as much as is possible.

For most of my life so far, I have thought that it would be a bad idea to get a tatoo. When I would talk to people about this I would say that a tatoo is a bad idea until one can be absolutely sure that the tatoo one will have is one that will be of significance for the rest of that person's life. I will get a tatoo in the near future. I have finally found something that I know will be with me for the rest of my life. A lot of people, I've noticed, get tatoos that are of art. I think that art is a cool thing, but I'm sure that it gets old after a while. Like watching a movie or listening to a song too many times, most art will eventually lose its beauty. What I intend to get tatoo'd is a diagram of the soul, written with Greek text and with my design of the diagram. I get this interest from reading Platonic philosophy, which is something that has the power to brand itself to my life forever and will be with me always.

I have long been interested in a subject that many know something about, yet very few care to learn, want to learn, or are able to learn. But this is because most people don't realize the virtue of this knowledge. First of all, this subject I speak of is philosophy; but more specifically, this is related to Platonic philosophy. To give you a short introduction, let me just say that Plato was a philosopher from over 2300 years ago who set the foundations for philosophy and politics for all subsequent history. He was also the teacher of Aristotle, who then taught Alexander (the Great). What I am about to teach you about can be a part of and a benefit to everyone's life. What I have to write here is just a portion of my favorite things about this subject. Virtue In one sentence: virtue is something doing its best to do what it is best designed to do. When we talk about virtue we are particularly talking about what humans or other animals do, but is can also be used to describe something like a pencil, if that makes it easier for you to understand what this means. The virtue of a pencil is to write. The virtue of a bird is to fly. The virtue of a human is to think (use the power of our brain). Get it? But while a general example such as this is can be refined, such as saying that some birds can fly better than others, let this example remain simple - remember that what is important for this lesson is that virtue is part of human life. Human virtue is our ability to use our mind, and that's what we're most interested in here because philosophy is something designed for humans by humans - not for birds or pencils. And we can all clearly see why a human's virtue is in the mind. Of course, if it weren't for our high capacity, we wouldn't be reading these lights on the computer screen. But the mind can do so many things more than to create resources to help us survive and reproduce; it can do much more, and this is the object of philosophy. Philosophy = love of wisdom. The Soul So the question is, how to we become virtuous? Like all actions that we humans make, we make choices to act in ways that will help better ourselves (this is another debatable subject, but just take it for granted for this sake of this argument); virtue is our ability to do what is best for ourselves. What can we better for ourselves, and how? We can use the virtue of the mind to better our Soul. What is the soul? It is probably most common for people to think of a soul as a form - something like a blurry figure of a human being. This symbolic mental representation of the soul is not accurate because the soul is not something that exists in the sensible world. The soul is a metaphysical thing, meaning that it exists only in our mind. We can understand the soul quite easily (if I can explain it right for you) by understanding the way we use our mind. The soul is like our mind (in Greek, psyche = soul. Psyche is the root word for psychology). So let's try to dissect what our mind does when it's at work. A man named Paul Sartre said that "man is doomed to have to make choices," and this is true. What makes humans different from other creatures is that they have the ability to use the mind and be able to make conscious decisions for our actions and we can understand why we make those decisions. A dog or a person may be able to hesitate about whether or not to approach a stranger, but while the dog won't be able to reflect on why it makes the choice it does, a person can. The point is that, for every decision we make there is a conflict between something that is in us as well as an ability to understand the reality of what we are trying to decide. Plato brought to light that the human soul is composed of two parts, which can be most easily understood as body & mind. We have instinctual parts of our soul that are connected with the natural part of us, giving desires, appetites, pleasures, etc., which are connected to the physical part of ourselves - the body. But in addition, within the body is the brain; it gives people the ability to do more than act on natural, impulsive, bodily instinct. The brain (the mind) also gives us the power of calculation. The mind is a functioning part of the body at a different level that takes input from the sensible world via our bodily senses, it stores the information as knowledge, and like a computer, that information is held for future reference and...decision making. So as we see, there are these two parts of the soul: body and mind. However, the question ultimately arises about how our choices are made. Our brain makes choices, of course, but the brain is necessary for all operation. There must be something else within us that moderates between which part of the soul should make the decision - either the reasonable one or the natural one. We all have desires - we need them - but we must also be careful to not give in to them when they do not produce what is best for us. It is particularly a human thing to have to make these choices, which is why Sartre says that we are "doomed" to have to make them. And the reason that we can do this is that it helps us live better lives and survive ? it is part of our virtue. We can find out what this third part is if we are able to consider an example of it. Imagine that you are faced with something horrible, such as a dead person, and you don't want to look - yet at the same time you do. Or imagine that you have had five drinks and you want to have another, but you're not sure if you should. Or imagine that you have left home and the people you love because you have a goal in life that you must pursue, but while it is meant to be a good thing it also makes you sad to do. This third part of the soul is known as the spirit or, to be more modern, the emotion of the soul. Now we see the three parts: 1) the reasoning part (mind), 2) the natural part (body), 3) and the spirited part (emotion). This third part, the spirit, might be the most complicated of the three parts. It arises when there is a need to decide between the sides of a choice we need to make. We feel the emotion from the spirit when we are deciding, and once the decision is over, the soul reverts back to either the reasoning part of the soul in control, or the natural part being in control. Which is more virtuous part of the soul to be in control? Justice After having a fair understanding of Virtue and the Soul, it is not difficult to calculate for which part of the soul is the more virtuous part to be in control. The answer is that the reasoning part is to be in control, and when the reasoning part is in control of the soul, the soul is Just. But to truly see if this is accurate, we must further consider why it is best for reason to rule. The natural part of the soul is given to us by default. We are born with nature and it allows us to survive and grow. Nature gives us the desires necessary for us to acquire what is necessary for the body and its physical existence. Nature is necessary because without it, we wouldn?t be able to sustain the body that is necessary to preserve the brain. And without the brain we would be without the ability to reason. However, while we could survive without reason, it would be an existence without virtue. And without that virtue, we are nothing more than weak creatures. Human ancestors could have never survived this long without the power of reason, and nothing can survive at all without nature. The reasoning part of the soul becomes continuously stronger via what we learn about the sensible world. It could not exist without nature having given it the opportunity to do what it is best designed to do: it uses the information that it collects through the senses in order to have understanding, not only of the physical world that it experiences, but also of the metaphysical world in which it exists. The reasoning part can continuously learn from its environment, while the natural part only adapts to the environment. The reasoning part is far less limited than the natural part, making it the stronger. And most importantly, the reasoning part of the soul is able understand the soul in which it exists, while the natural part cannot. When reason is in control of the soul, there is justice in the soul. Reason is able to know what is best for the soul (Form of the Good) while nature is not. When nature is in control, it is disposed to giving in to desires beyond its needs. When nature rules, having not the knowledge of virtue that only the mind can attain, it has the potential to overpower Reason and take over the soul. When nature is in control, the unreasoned pursuit of desires, pleasures, and appetites disrupts harmony between the two parts. But when reason is in control, it is able to make the best decision about what is best. When reason rules, it gives moderation (virtue of the natural part) to the natural part by giving it only what it needs ? no more, no less. And when reason rules, it allows the natural part to give it the knowledge it needs for wisdom (virtue of the reasoning part), in order to maintain the soul. Reason is able to create harmony between the parts, and this is Justice!

In the Cayman Islands, where I'm from and living right now, we are preparing for another hurricane. As I write this, people around the island are getting nervous and getting all their preparations done. After the devestation to the island when category 5 hurricane Ivan hit here last September, people are afraid. Right now, the storm is supposed to go North, but that's exactly what Ivan was supposed to to last year, just before it turned South and... ouch. So, are hurricane seasons getting worse? I haven't done much research on the subject to find out what the professionals think, but I do believe that the changing environment, whether changed by man or not, are continuously changing around the world and will bring greater climate change and natural disasters in the future. I fear for Cayman because it's a very low-lying island. A hurricane can do a lot of damage, but there were also earthquakes last year. If there's another earthquake nearby that may be able to create a tsunami, it will destroy virtually all of the developed parts of the island. I know that in various places around the world last year, there were many phenomenons of weather and climate. I often am reminded of the message given by the movie "Day After Tomorrow." I wonder if before my life is over, if this climate trend will reverse, or just get worse until an ice-age. What have been the changes where you live? Do you think that things are going to keep getting worse? And do you think that Man is the culprit?

First of all, let me say sorry. It's a bummer to have difficulties in any relationship, but especially (as for what seems to be your case) if the relationship was good. My response to this may be more useful though. Let me tell you that I can't blame you for accepting a nice lapdance, and you shouldn't be too ashamed for giving in to your natural desires. What I mean to say is, it is natural for guys to allow themselves to give in to the opportunity. What I say is wrong with your (ex) girlfriend is that she didn't believe that you were a good candidate for a long-term relationship. Guys and girls alike search for both casual partners as well as committment. If your girlfriend didn't want to accept the "dry sex" but was okay with a lapdance, she was maybe somewhere in between the two. But seeing that she was upset by it enough to break up with you, she was probably more interested in a committed relationship. Now what most people, girls included, don't realize is that what girls want in committment is love. Not just that the man stay monogamous. She wants to believe that you're going to stay with her and not be taken away by another woman. So by knowing that you were giving in to your desires, I'd say that what she was concerned by is that you might cheat on her in the future and hence, stop providing the benefits to her as a couple.

Before answering your questions, let me point out that you cannot generalize "the Greeks" and rightly state that they were a certain way. There was diversity in the Greeks, them having various attitudes towards the philosophies that developed in their time. What I was speaking of is Socrates & Plato's philosophies. Obviously, since they (the Greeks) decided to sentence Socrates to death, we can tell that "the Greeks" isn't a single train of thought. Socrates lost his life because he was able to raise the same point that I'm trying to state - that we can't take things (religion, in this case) as truth only because someone says certain things about the reality of things or because we think we know the reality of things. Also, the Greeks included a lot of different peoples. I think that you have the Spartans in mind when you quote them. In fact, the Greeks in Athens were very pious people - or so they thought. A ) What is the purpose of my life? - - Survival and reproduction. Too simple? Sorry, but that's what all living things are built to do - and that's all we do, essentially. Why live? Because my nature drives me to. What are my objectives? Naturally, what I need to continue surviving and pass on my genes to another generation, as all of my ancestors had to do to make it able to me to live, is to adapt to my environment and be happy. If I'm not able to be happy, I won't be successful and I won't pass those genes on to another generation. I think that's a good paragraph to explain why I (and us all) live). B ) What will I say to God when I see him in Heaven? - - I'll say, "So, where the heck have you been?" Kidding. But I would have to say something along those lines. But if I do end up in Heaven, I guess that would mean that I was right all along - if God is so good, why should he condemn me for the nature that He built into me - the nature to question? I wouldn't need to explain to him for why I should be let into heaven. He's supposed to be all-knowing, no? But to answer your question, I would tell him that because I know the Form of the Good - Justice.

This is an interesting way to phrase it. My view on religion is so complicated that I'm not even sure where to start. So... let me start with the question of a deity (God). I was once a Christian, when I was young and didn't think for my self. But once I felt independent enough to question my religion, I realized that I didn't need to fear questioning it. Perhaps this is why religions "disallow" questioning, because it led me to believe that if God is as good as he is supposed to be, then he wouldn't have reason to punish me to questioning his existence and the reality of the Christian religion. And if He was not good enough to understand, then it wouldn't be worth worshiping Him. Inevitably, my conclusion was that there I would not believe in God until I had reason. That was about 12 years ago, and I'm still atheist.Since then I have studied history, evolution, and philosophy, which have been a useful tool in understanding the development of religion. As it turns out, religion is a tool for societies to keep people cooperating by allying them through a common belief as well as a common threat that they have to strive to evade. A little thought is all that one needs to realize this. Abraham, for example, used the Bible (Old Testament) to keep his people in harmony. The thing is, that once there are too many people in a group, they lose social solidarity and begin to war. But a productive society requires more people. So to keep a large society intact, rule and guidelines are required. Hence the birth of the various religions across the societies of the world.Conclusively, I say that religion does need a change. However, by that I mean that religion needs to no longer be religion, but instead needs to be a system of morals and values that more objectively achieves the goal of religion. Human kind needs to not depend on fear or dependency of a supernatural being. Rather, I believe that instead of religion, people need to understand the reality of the human soul, such as Plato describes it in The Republic. Then, societies will be able to live in harmony with themselves as well as with others, because their understanding of the reality of human life would not be dependent of the supernatural explanations of current religions that are dependent of improvable truths.

Funny that this post should be made today, because just the day before yesterday I had an extreemly embarrassing moment. (Insert negative reputation point HERE). I was with my friend on his boat, and with a few other people. We were all to move to the front of the boat, so I decided to puch the excess rope down into the hull where it belonged so that I could make more room. Part of the rope was tied onto a cleet, which the anchor off the front of the boat was hanging. I had to remove the chain from the cleet to get to the rope. I did, and the anchor didn't move. However, nor did I even think about the anchor falling. We were going quite fast. I was talking to someone up on deck, so for a moment, I wasn't paying a great amount of attention. Then, the worst thing that could possibly happen did happen, and the anchor fell into the water. My friend had once told me that his dad is particular about the condition of the propellor from the bottom of this inboat desil engine. Wham! The propellor is ****ed by the anchor.Sad... soo sad.

Not a bad paper, but I thought I would help by editing a bit for you. I have no idea what education level you are in, but I'd guess that this is a high school paper. I'm a college student and I have written many papers, so hopefully you can pick up from where I left off with the few paragraphs I have proofread for you. It's probably a bad idea for your paper to sound like a college paper, unless it is one. Good luck with this, and I send props to your value for education. Also, might I recommend that you learn the difference between words like education, wisdom, smarts, knowledge, etc. It will help you with your paper, and with epistimology.

Let me begin with a short story before I answer. First of all, I live in the Cayman Islands. Here, it is a popular place for the rich, because there are no taxes and people cab hide money here. So, sometimes huge yachts come in. This week, a humongous yacht came to the island. It is so big that is has a jet boat, a sail boat, and a helicoptor on it. I believe it belongs to the Vice President of Microsoft and it's worth $100 million++ -- so much that I can't even guess. While looking at this boat throughout the day (I work on another boat next to it) I wondered if I would ever want to have something like that if I were a billionare. I thought, well, it gives a lot of people jobs and that's good. However, I think that I would rather give up the cost of such a yacht and instead sponsor something useful, such as scholarships.

I think the most common example of a paradox is as follows:If you could travel back into time and kill your parents before you were born, you would never be born.But if you were never born, you could have never existed and have been able to go back into time and kill your parents.So if you never went back into time to kill your parents, you would be born.- So you see, the paradox is that things cancel out. This kind of example is evidence of how time travel would be so tricky. If anyone traveled back into time, there could be something that is known as a butterfly effect (see movie: "The Butterfly Effect"). If you go back into time and change something, that single small change could cause a wave of changes that change all subsequent history, making it so that the need to go back into the past would not exist. Think about it for a bit and imagine that you were able to go back in time. You might change something that would have caused the smallest thing to change, such as parents meeting, and then you would never be born (common theme for time travel movies).

I think PayPal is a cool thing, but I have had trouble with this service. I was using eBay and I bought an item that required immediate pay using PayPal. So, I bought it and proceeded with PayPal, which was supposed to charge my credit card for the purchase. Instead, it charged my bank account that had no funds in it. A couple days later, I got a statement from the bank saying that I had an overdraw fee. I was really p-o'd about this, so I tried contacting PayPal to find out why this happened. First of all, their help service doesn't make it easy to send them an email from their web site. But I tried anyways and send it. I got not response. I tried again - no response again.Luckily, my banker understood my problem and removed the overdraw fee. But conclusively, I now have a negative impression for PayPal.

As you can see from my signature, I'm kinda a bit of a GunBound player So, I've got my web site that can tell you almost everything you need to know about GunBound. But since the new version 4 days ago, I haven't yet updated and added the two new mobiles, 7 new maps, and the other new stuff about the new version: World Champion. However, I have forums on my web site where my users have been posting plenty about the new version. I like the new version more. I think it's about time that they get a new update. At first there were loads of glitches, but they quickly patched them up well. Yesterday, I had no problems or crashes at all. Of course, the new mobiles and maps are great to add to the quality of the game. The old maps were getting... old, and two new mobiles is nice to have. I also think that they made some minor changes to the original mobiles (particularly the appearance of the shots). I suprised though that they didn't make new music. There are a few things I don't like. It's harder to kick people out of the room because when you click on a person to get their name, the text in the text box (/kick) is deleted. I also don't like how the room settings need to be changed in a seperate menu. The World list also doesn't have a refresh button - I don't know what the deal is with that. There are a few other minor things, but I think most things just need time to get adjusted to. Avatar is now available for rent only instead of for sale. But it's cool that all the old avatar one had get's saved on the account forever. Also about avatar, items have to be gifted straight away instead of buying them then gifting them. I like that because it will dissuade hackers from stealing. There's more to know about it. If you're a GunBound player, please visit the forums on my web site.

I also would like to be able to easily put a Shoutbox on my site or my forums. I don't know much about PHP, but I was able to set-up a nice forum at my web site. If a Shoutbox could be added to my web site as easily, I would definitely install it.

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I have used Gateways that have done the same thing, and it happened when the power supply is just fine. If the restart is actually a computer problem,1) Perhaps the switch on the back of the CPU is bad and needs to be replaced.2) Or there's a problem with the hardware. This could have happened if your computer has been disrupted by the main power supply for a while and it may be permanent damage .If it is a problem with your power supply where you live and not you computer, then I recommend getting an external power supply. It's a battery that plugs into the wall and you plug your computer into it. This way, if the power does fluctuate on and off, the battery won't kill your computer.I'm not an expert, but hopefully I can have helped in some way.

Right now, I'm using my two-year-old Dell Inspiron 5100. Despite its age, I have it functioning like new still. I think Dells are great, but like with any computer, it just depends on how well you take care of it. If you download all kinds of junk like internet toolbars and screensavers, etc, it doesn't matter what kind of computer you have because it will turn to garbage. Treat you computer like your home. Don't let all kinds of crap pile up all over the place, and don't let strange people (programs) in. The best computer is the one that has the least amount of software and a user who makes sure that they are secure and safe from internet junk. I recommend Dell. I have worked with Compaqs several times and they are the worst! Stay away from Compaq/HP (Radio Shack <-- evil). I've used loads of older Gateways and they have all sucked too. Toshibas seem to be sometimes good, sometimes bad. And I've heard that Alienware, while seeming to be the bomb, is not all that great. My final advice: Get a Dell. If you're going to play graphic intense games, a desktop is a must (laptops don't have good enough video memory). Get at 512MB RAM or more, 120MB graphics/video card if you're going to play games, Pentium (I heard that Centrino is bad, but I'm not sure about that), and finally: format your computer first thing after you buy it. That is, if you know how. The point of this is to remove all the pre-installed stuff. If there's anything pre-installed that you want, you will be able to get it back from the disk that comes with your new computer. It's like having a blank sheet of paper to work with -- don't start with the manufacturer's scribble. Now your new computer will run at maximum potential. There are many other ways to keep you computer working well, but that's not what this topic is about. Good luck.

Oh wow, such a topic requires a very long response to give the proper answer. But I'll try to make this as short as I can. But since I'm not willing to write you a 20-page essay to convince you of the validity of my conclusion, I'll just try to give it to you straight.This "God" that we all are familiar with (the idea of it), is much more than your average person thinks of it. It is not yet socially acceptable to speak open-mindedly about the non-reality of God, which is why so many people are unable to properly understand what God is and where it came from. So let me give it you straight right now: "God," "Allah," or whatever you will call the deity of your choice, is a non-existent idea that was created in the past 3500 years, by man, as a form of social control. Ouch? Many who believe in God's existence in reality would immediately and ultimately reject my conclusion, and I couldn't blame them - it is very difficult for a person to accept the fact that something divine that they've believed in for their entire life is actually a historical lie. Could you imagine if neither your parents nor anyone else had ever told you that Santa Clause wasn't actually real, and they actually believed of him as real, themselves? What if this lie was passed down for hundreds of generations without dispute? Just think about it.I was raised to be and was a Christian for more than half of my life. About 9 years ago, when I was 12 years old, I believed in God and used to pray at my bedside before sleep. For a reason that I can't remember, the idea occurred to me that there was no logical reason for me to believe in God. And if God was good, as "he" is supposed to be, he would not resent me for not being able to believe in him - because I had no reason to. Couldn?t you do this? If your God is so good, why should you worry about him damning you to eternal damnation simply for not having the empirical evidence for believing in his existence that you need? Ever since I realized this, I have studied other religions and examined philosophy of all types. It was my ability to open my mind that allowed me to become the successful person that I am today.But anyways, I need to get to my point. I've become a history and political science major (as well as independent study of philosophy) since my atheism. My recent study of history and reading Plato's Republic has revealed the evidence of God as a human creation. God didn't create man, man created God, and man created God for a very important reason. Religion and the concept of God is not simply useless or unnecessary, because in fact, God has been a very useful tool in human society for millennia. But unfortunately, this evolved concept of God has also been more than a tool for good, and perhaps even more, it has been a cause of the greatest miseries history (this is not my opinion - just learn some history and you'll see). The concept of God (historically) can be used for one of two things in particular: the explanation of unexplainable events, and/or the instrument of social leaders for giving reason to the people for their position as king, emperor, etc.I don't expect anyone to accept my thesis so easily, but if you have a detailed knowledge of ancient history, and especially if you have an open mind about such things, you will be able to understand my conclusion. I don?t mean to ruin any one?s day, but babies don?t come from the stork either. Whatever the truth is, wouldn?t you want to be able to discover that truth without the fear of damnation? With what I have said, I offer to you the option of having an open mind about the reality of God.

HAHAHAHA!!! No dude, no one has ever died of marijuana (meaning, can't overdose - that's impossible with weed). Marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol, tobacco, caffiene, or even asprin. It's a hell-of-a lot less dangerous than any of those designer drugs (the ones you see on tv these days) that have become so popular. Anyways, it's not of any suprise if Green Day or any other band use ganja. It has a great impact on the way the brain operates while the user is high, allowing for great creativity. That's why so many musicians (among other artists and thinkers) use it, among other drugs. But what's unfortunate is that not the drug, but the person, can have a problem by not being moderate with their appetite for their recreational drugs. Many drugs can have a tendency to change a person's life, and usually it's the law that ruins it. Marijuana, though, is the least harmful of them all. You can easily research this online or in a library and learn that it is less harmful than legal drugs such as those I've mentioned above. So, if you have trouble taking Green Day seriously because of this simple thing about them using weed, perhaps you should reconsider your prejudice. To be anti-marijuana (supposing that you think it's dangerous in some way) requires that you are also are anti-alcohol, tobacco, caffiene, etc.