Striker9

The 20th century has witnessed major advancements in various scientific fields. The achievements that have been made by the world?s brightest scientists and thinkers enormously contributed to the prosperity of the human civilization. Among the most important advancements of the 20th century were those that were accomplished in molecular biology and genetics, such as the applications of genetic engineering and cloning. But the development of such honorable technologies, from a scientific point of view, was accompanied by a furious debate from an ethical one.Genetics is the branch of biology that deals with heredity, especially the mechanisms of hereditary transmission and the variation of inherited characteristics among similar or related organisms.. This science is considered one of the most recent ones, since the major discoveries and applications were achieved in the last quarter of the 20th century. Those achievements astonished commoners as well as the scientists, because two centuries ago talking about something called ?cloning? would be considered insanity and blasphemy.Genetics as a pure science is something no one could argue against, and everybody would agree that this science grants a badge of honor and pride to everyone who contributed in its development and to the whole human civilization as well. Some scientists, socialists, religious men, and commoners stand against this science and refuse it completely. But others do not find anything wrong about it and have no problem in applying its techniques. Also, others take a midway position and accept some of its applications but at the same time refuse others. Those who refuse this science claim that it is unethical because they believe it is wrong to manipulate human life. Others say it is religiously forbidden because it is a defiance of God?s will and an intervention in His creation. But the fact is those who say that clearly fell into a misconception because genetics did not find a new mean of creation; it is simply discovered God?s secrets allowing us to utilize them. Basically, cloning was a clear answer to scientists? wondering about whether all cells are capable of producing a complete organism, or is this ability restricted to fertilized zygotes only. Therefore, cloning which involves the insertion of a nucleus into a cytoplasm of any cell proved that reproduction and fertilization have no significant relationship and any cell is capable of producing a complete organism when put in an appropriate medium. Thus this discovery of the secretes of reproduction shall make the belief in God more profound and not the opposite. But let?s be real for a moment; if cloning and genetic engineering techniques weren?t applied on humans, this whole ethical and religious debate wouldn?t have been raised in the first place.The application of genetic engineering techniques and cloning could avail humans vastly. It could increase and ameliorate plant production by modifying the genome of the plants to produce better strains. Also, cloning of animals could increase meat production and probably save certain animals from extinction. Moreover, cloning can produce human organs that could be utilized when needed, which means these organs would be used as replacement parts in case someone had a damaged or non-functional organ. Furthermore, genetic engineering could help cure some hereditary diseases by locating the gene responsible for the expression of the disease and replacing it with another gene that does not cause the sickness. In addition, this same technique could be used to develop new abilities in humans which would help them resist certain environmental factors or improve human current abilities such as vision, hearing? etc.On the other hand, genetics has its downsides as well. Those disadvantages ? if we can say so ? are in general considered from the ethical, religious and humanitarian side. Genetic engineering allows us to modify the genome of the zygote/cell and thus determining all the characteristics of the upcoming embryo, including all the different outer features of a human. This is considered unethical and against God?s will, because it is wrong to intervene in the genetic program of the embryo unless it is for the sake of removing hereditary diseases. Also, let?s consider this hypothetical situation: a cytoplasm is taken from a woman?s bone marrow cell, and then a nucleus from her FATHER?s skin cell is inserted inside this cytoplasm; in this case, the resulting embryo would be produced carrying all the features and characteristics of the nucleus donator (where the genetic program is found) that is the father. Analyzing this hypothetical situation, we?d fall in an extremely unpleasant controversy, because we wouldn?t be able to determine whether the fetus is her father or son! Moreover, abusing the huge capabilities of genetic engineering might lead some insane scientists to do crazy things such as producing genetically mutated animals or even monsters. Similarly, some lunatics might abuse human cloning to create an army of brainwashed clones that serve their interests in probably conquering the planet! The options are diverse, and you can expect anything from people that have no ethics and values with such massive technologies at the reach of their hands ? the results could be devastating!So after this brief demonstration of the pros and cons of genetics and its applications, we need to take a stance towards this controversial issue. It?s clear now that abusing the technologies provided by genetics could lead to destructive and totally unethical consequences, but on the other hand genetics provides us with technologies and applications that could be very beneficial to the whole human race. As a result, we cannot just dump this advanced science into the dumpster just because abusing it could be destructive! Therefore, the logical thing to do is to take benefit of this science as much as it provides and restrict it to scientists and geneticists that are trustworthy and are known for their integrity and ethical principles. But even this wouldn?t be enough because human instincts and love for power could corrupt the most honorable man, thus there must be an international committee that would supervise any genetic experiments or projects according to pure scientific and ethical regulations. In the end, we can ask or wonder whether these huge capabilities of genetic engineering could abolish the word ?disease? from our dictionary or even serve to achieve the human dream of immortality?!

Hey again buddy, check out this thread: http://forums.xisto.com/topic/59679-workout-routines-share-them-here/ I've written a sample workout routine which you can follow, whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced bodybuilder. So hopefully this would be helpful for you as much as it was beneficial for me. Trust me, try it and you won't lose, I've tried it myself and I've seen great results. So good luck man

You guys know what you're talking! I couldn't agree more Chris! Working out is certainly the ultimate stress reliever! You cannot imagine how much relieved and mentally satisfied I would be when working out at the gym next to my house eventhough I'd be feeling so much physical pain as I lift some iron! But hey... all that pain is negligible compared to my mental satisfaction! Moreover, it is a great pleasure to watch your muscles go bigger and ripped, and your body getting in great shape week after week! This certainly boosts your self confidence and self esteem because you know you are strong AND looking good as well . I really cannot imagine my life without working out now. It's been a year and 2 months since I've started and my body has changed completely! I lost too much fat and gained too much muscle. Now everytime I finish my workout session, and after I take my shower, I'd be waiting patiently for the next day just so that I could go back to the gym and bust some weights! Seriously man, how could people even live without working out! Working out should be an essential part of every person's life, there should be no doubt about that!Train hard guys, and enjoy the relief, self confidence and satisfaction of working out

No offense man, but that doesn't even look like a workout!!! First of all, there's no back/lats exercises... and full body workouts should be more than this (sets and reps) so I suggest that you would register at a decent gym and have a proper workout routine in case you want a good body. Here's an example of a split workout routine (I prefer split to full body workout): You will be training 5 days a week, relatively moderate to heavy weights, not too many sets and reasonable number of reps. You need to do cardiovascular exercise as well as the aim of this workout is to burn fat and add some muscle mass as well, so the result would be a ripped body with a great shape. I've been doing this workout for a month now and I've seen great improvement in my body shape, so hopefully this will be good for you as well. Here's the workout:Monday: Chest training===============- Incline Bench Press: 2 warm-up sets, then 3x8 (which means 3 sets of 8 reps)- Incline DB Bench Press: 3x8- Butterfly Machine: 3x8- Cable Crossover: 2x10-12-Abs Training followed by cadio trainingTuesday: Back/Lats training==================- Deadlifts: 4x10- Pull-ups: 3x10-12 (If you can do more than 12 reps, add some weight between your legs)- Bent Over Barbell Rows: 3x8- Seated Cable Rows: 2x10- V-Bar Pull-downs: 3x8- Barbell Shrugs: 3x8-10- Waist training followed by cardio trainingWednesday: Shoulders/Delts training========================- Military Press: 2 warm-up sets, then 3x8- Side Lateral Raises: 4x8- Front Raises: 3x8- Bent Over Rear Deltoid Raises: 3x8- Abs training followed by cardio training Thursday: Legs/Quadriceps & Calves training=============================- Leg Press: 1 warm-up set, then 3x8- Hack Squats: 3x8- Leg Front Raises: 3x8- Leg Curls: 3x8- Standing Calf Raises: 3x8- Seated Calf Raises: 3x8Friday: Biceps & Triceps training=====================- Barbell Curls: 2 warm-up sets, then 3x8- Hammer Curls: 3x8- Concentration Curls: 3x8- E-Z Barbell Triceps Extension/Skull Crusher: 4x8- Cable Push-downs: 3x8- DB Kickbacks: 3x8- Abs training followed by Cardio trainingSaturday and Sunday are rest days, but you can do cardio and abs training if you wish. This is just a sample workout routine for one week. You can try it for 2 or 3 months changing exercises with ones that are somehow similar to those I given in the sample keeping the same sets and reps scheme. But stick to the basic compound exercises because those are the most efficient and give the best resultsNote: These are my Abs and Cardio training routines:Abs training: ========- Crunches: 30 reps - Sit-ups: 25 reps- Leg Raises: 25 reps- Knee-ups: 25 reps- Side Bends: 20 repsI do this routine as a cycle, which means I do all the exercises after eachother with 10 seconds rest between the exercises. And I do it as 3 sets with 2 minutes rest between the sets. Cardio training: (on the bicycle)====================- 5 minutes warm-up- 1 minute high intensity- 2 minutes moderate intensity- 1 minute high intensity- 2 minutes moderate intensity- 1 minute high intensity- 2 minutes moderate intensity- 1 minute high intensity- 2 minutes moderate intensity- 1 minute high intensity- 2 minutes moderate intensityIn sum, that's 20 minutes of cardio. And this is called HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), this helps raise your metabolic rate and thus you will lose MUCH MORE fats than you would usually lose in an old fashion 1 hour low intensity cardio session. Best wishes buddy

Thanks alot for this post, helped me alot! When I first had BuffaloHELP resent my password, I accessed my cPanel and everything was going smoothly, but then when I tried to go to my forums and blog, I had an SQL error and didn't know what to do... But thanks to this post, now everything is fixed and going fine But still, I think there are still some problems with directory permissions of the forum and the blog, hopefully I won't be facing any trouble...

Please reset my password. Thanks in advance ;)But still, my website is totally gone now, I am back to the page when I first created my hosting account which tells me to go to the cpanel and stuff like that... so is everything on my webspace also lost and I have to rebuild my website all over again or maybe once I get my cpanel access information back then I can get it all back and running like before? and if so, what do I have to do to get it back? Thanks again Notice from BuffaloHELP: Sent new password along with quick instruction.

Ok I have some tips for you: 1. 2. Drink ALOT of water. You have to drink 2-3 liters of water everyday because water is an essential element for your body. It constitutes 70% of your body so treat it that way. Moreover, water is need by the cells to perform metabolic reactions and body functions. Also, plasma is the major part of your blood and it is around 90% water. So I guess you've got the idea... 3. If you're about to start working out (I'm assuming that you are not in a training program yet), start with very low weights during the first two weeks, then start increasing the weights slowly and progressively during the first 3 - 4 months. After that you can start adding up as much weight as you can lift to gain mass. This is the bulking phase of your training; so you need to do big weights and a small number of sets and reps (3 sets / 8 reps). After doing that for around 8 - 10 months, you can switch to the cutting phase of your training; so now you have to do low to moderate weights with many sets and reps (4 sets / 15 - 25 reps), in addition to that you HAVE TO do cardiovascular exercising so that you would lose the extra fats. Do that for around 3 months and then switch back to the bulking phase and so on. If you follow this program I assure you to have a great body 2 years from now. 4. Proteins and supplements are good for you. After you have spent 4 -5 months working out at the gym, you can start taking protein shakes. Protein shakes are the nutrients of your muscles, they give you mass and maintenance of your muscle. Amino acid supplement gives your muscle a nice form. So use a combination of protein shakes and amino acid supplements and you'll notice considerable results. Stay away from steroids because they have alot of side effects. Okay they give you a great shape in no time, but they bad for you, and what's the point of working out in the first place if you're going to build up an "artificial" body?! 5. Eat appropriately, and by that I mean you have to eat 4-6 meals a day. But you need to eat little amounts of carbohydrates and fats/lipids, and as much as you can of proteins and vegetables. If you do not eat, your muscle wouldn't grow bigger, so food is essential. 6. Abs and legs are also a part of your body! So do not neglect your abs and legs while you work out! A body without a 6 pack wouldn't look nice no matter what you do. And it's also important to work out your legs because it's totally not good to have a big and muscled upper body while your lower body is tiny. Hopefully those tips are good for you... in case you have any questions, feel free to post them

Ok well I have to agree with the others who said that you shouldn't force religion into him. Even God says that religion is not imposed. God is convincing enough to be believed in, and thus once your friend sees what serenity your beliefs bring to your life, then he might actually start searching for God instead of forcing the idea of God into his head. But if you're pretty much close to him, try telling him to read in the Bible and some other religious references... just tell him to read it as it won't harm him, there isn't anything to lose anyway! Well, I don't know that's all I can say, it's very hard to convince someone to believe unless he is ready to read and listen for a start... so good luck with him

What I know is that you do not go to hell just for not believing in Jesus... I am Muslim and I know that Christians believe in Trinity which is according to my beliefs very wrong but that doesn't mean that all Christians are going to hell... Well at least they do believe in God, and starting with that, they'll be judged according to what they did in their lives whether it's good or bad and then they'll be punished or rewarded accordingly. Also, even if you're Muslim, that doesn't qualify you to go to heaven just like that, you need to be a good person in order to acquire your ticket to heaven if I can say so. Believing in God is just the basic belief you need to have, and then your work/words/decisions decide your fate. Now concerning a person who was born somewhere on this planet where he never heard of Christianity or Islam or whatever... do you really think it's fair that God would send him to hell for not believing in Him and following His message? Well obviously it's NOT fair and that's why God wouldn't send this person to hell and He would judge this person according to what he did in his/her life whether he/she was good or bad (being good or bad is a matter of social values). BUT, if this person who was born in a place where he/she never heard of God someday traveled and learned about God and religions, then this person has no "excuse" anymore and he/she has to search for truth and believe in God eventually... otherwise there's a big chance that he/she might be punished by going to hell. Now, God is forgiving and we all know that, but He does not tolerate some mistakes including not believing in Him after you learned about Him or just like in your case, if you used to believe in God and you were a Muslim and then converted to become an atheist; God wouldn't forgive you unless you believe in Him again, and once you believe and repent, all your other sins will be forgiven because you were misguided at that period and then you found the right path again. Is there anything else you would like to know? What I meant was simply that I, as a Muslim, believe in Christianity and Judaism as heavenly religions as well. And I do believe in the Bible and the Torah but that doesn't necessarily mean that I need to practice Christianity and/or Judaism. I am still a Muslim and I only practice Islam. And yeah, what you mentioned about the difference between Islam and Christianity is also one of the major differences. In Islam, all people are born sinless while in Christianity all people are born as sinners but Jesus saved them when he was crossified... I do not want to get into a debate on what beliefs are right or wrong now... at least we, monotheists, believe in the same one God and that's the most important thing....

Well yeah that's true! In some situations, racism is among the same race itself. People of the same race could be racist against eachother. If they are of the same race, they'll find anything different about the other to criticize and be racist about. If let's say they are both white or black or whatever, they'll be racist about eachother's religion for example. Sadly, all religions are racist against Islam now (due to some stupid people's actions "in the name of Islam" - although these people do not even relate to Islam's values and teachings). If it's not religion, it's gonna be something else, like nationality for example... Lebanese are racist against Syrians, Americans and English are racist against Irish, Germans are racist against Jewish, Turks are racist against Armenian, Arabs are racist against Persian, Turks and Arabs and Persians are racist against Kurds, most Europeans are anti-semites... etc and there are MANY other examples of racism. But of course the clearest form of racism is that between two different races and mostly black and white... Unfortunately, there are still many racists living between us, but I do believe that all of us are racist in a way or another (with different levels of racism) because it's simply in our genes!!

Well that's also true. There's racism within the same race in some cases. Actually if they are of the same race, they'll just find something else to criticize and be racist about... such as religion or nationality for example... most religions are racist against Islam, Lebanese are racist against Syrians, Americans and English are racist against Irish, Germans are racist against Jewish, most Europeans are anti-samites...etc. But yeah the clearest form of racism is that between two different races and mainly white and black... unfortunately there are still racists living between us, but I do believe that in a way or another we are all racist (but with different levels of racism) because simply it is in our genes!

Democracy, in definition, is a system of government by which the sovereignty is retained by the people. Democratic regimes usually guarantee the full rights and freedom of the person, where a person?s freedom ends at the freedom of another. The United States of America is one of the most democratic countries on the globe, at least that?s what everybody thinks is true? And the USA has been waging wars and intervening in other countries? affairs over the past few years in the name of democracy and the liberation of suppressed people. But the question is how much of the democracy advocated by the USA is applied in states, and is that the real cause behind those devastating wars or there are some hidden causes and benefits?It?s widely known that USA represents a melting of races and cultures, where you can find almost every race, culture, religion, ethnicity, background? etc. In theory, all these diverse groups have equal rights and duties. On the other hand, the American government is indirectly racist against some races and religions; and the most explicit form of discrimination is that against Muslims where you can hardly get into the states if you were a Muslim, and if you got the chance to go there, you will be faced by a sort of religious apartheid! When you complain about this unfairness and bad treatment, the American officials would directly bring up what happened on 9/11 and use it an excuse to literally abase you! But this is not the only form of discrimination practiced by the American government. Despite the fact that slavery is forbidden and illegalized now, the attitude of some officials in the American government and courts indicates that the racist mentality of the white man against the black one is still found in their sick minds! This is clearly obvious in what happened in Jena Six, where 6 black high school students were charged with second degree attempted murder and conspiracy after being judged by an ALL WHITE JURY who took this unfair decision in only 2 days ignoring the racial tension that was going on at that time when a black guy requested to sit under a tree at the school yard where only white students used to sit, to come on the other day and see 3 nooses hanging down from the tree! All that exposes the American government and officials of being racists within their own country, and all their boasting about the democracy they live in relies on no valid and solid grounds. We?ve witnessed and heard all about the American conquest to spread democracy in the Middle East and achieve the scheme of what is called ?The New Middle East?. The question is what?s this conquest all about? The answer is plain and simple and any person with a sense of logic and some analysis abilities could figure it out. George Bush declared war against terror and conquered Afghanistan and killed thousands of people and yet Osama Bin Laden is still alive enjoying his freedom! Then this same American president and his government marched to Iraq, destroyed the whole country, killed more than 200,000 civilians in 5 years, and generated chaos and infighting between different ethnicities and religious cults (Kurds & Arabs ? Sunni?s & Shiites), and all that was to remove the massive destruction weapons from Iraq which were NEVER FOUND YET and end the reign of the tyrant called Saddam Hussein. No one could argue that Saddam Hussein was a tyrant and had to be removed, but killing all those innocent people and messing up a country like Iraq doesn?t that make George W. Bush even a worse tyrant than Saddam?!! Well here comes the simple answer and ?justification? to all that terrorism: petroleum! The Americans have been stealing the Afghani and Iraqi oil in huge amounts ever since they conquered those two countries. And now they are pressuring Iran to give up their right in developing nuclear projects to pave the way, maybe, to an upcoming war hoping to lay their hands on Iran?s oil. The American ?democracy? doesn?t end there, it also continues to Lebanon, Palestine and the whole Middle East. Starting with Palestine, the Americans demanded democratic and fair elections to take place in Palestine, and then once the results were in and Hamas won the elections the Americans refused to admit that this is what the people wants and forced the international body not to cooperate with the new democratically elected authorities? too much democracy, right? Then comes Lebanon which the American government considers as a playground for settling business with Iran and Syria. The Americans keep on intervening in every aspect of the political life of Lebanon cutting down the way for any solution that the Lebanese might reach. Kondoliza Rice, David Welche and other American officials discuss and talk about the Lebanese issues more than the Lebanese themselves, and all that is in the name of ?democracy?! But just in case George Bush and his government didn?t notice, I?d like to draw their attention to the fact that KSA, UAE, Egypt, Kuwait?etc are ALL dictatorship and yet they never lecture them about their so-called democracy, and that?s merely because the Americans literally ?enslave? the kings and leaders of those countries! So how come they keep intervening in Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq and Iran preaching the people to their fraud democracy while they never preach to that same democracy in all other Arab counties that NEVER witnessed any parliamentary elections?!In the end, all what I can say is that the claimed American democracy is nothing but crap and their preaching to liberation and freedom of speech is mere hypocrisy and no one shall be deceived by their fake slogans. And the clearest evidence which exposes the American hypocrisy is what goes on in Iraq, in Abu Ghoraib prison, in Guantanamo prison where people are jailed without even being on a fair trial, and in their attitude towards the Israeli ? Palestinian situation where they condemn the Palestinian innocent civilians because simply they happen to be in the range of the Israeli artillery and aircraft bombs! But how long would the American reign persist if those corrupted people continue to rule the states and if the Americans do not change their foreign policy that is bringing them nothing but hatred and grudge?

lol man why in the hell do you want us to debate over such an issue? there's no point of it anyway... there isn't no conflict between religions as they all lead to God. The difference is that mono-theistic heavenly religion lead to the same God while other religions lead to some other God(s). Now personally I reject any religion that doesn't lead to the God I believe in as there aren't any proofs of their existence while the God I believe in have alot of proofs that lead to Him (for example, the Qur'an, the prophets, the universe itself... etc). Moreover, believing in several Gods is somehow illogical because there can't be more than one God, because if that were the case then their "will" might contradict and therefore reflect on us (the creatures and the universe as well).Now the difference between Islam and Christianity is that Muslims do not believe in Trinity and they believe that Jesus is merely a respected prophet just like prophet Mohammed, and not the son of God. This belief comes from a verse in the Qur'an called "Al-Tawheed" (believing in ONE) where God says that He is only one, He was never born and never had any sons, and there isn't anyone that could compete with Him.... So anyway, that's basically the main difference between Islam and Christianity (there other differences as well too) although there are Christians who do not believe that Jesus is the son of God and do not believe in Trinity. But whatever the differences are, Muslims still believe in Christianity and Judaism as well and you cannot be a Muslim unless you are a Jew and a Christian first (meaning that you need to believe in ALL heavenly religions). Now concerning Christianity and Judaism, the main difference is that Jews do not believe that Jesus is the Messiah they're waiting for to be their savior while Christians do believe that he is the one. Christians believe that Jews were responsible for the crossification (sp?) of Jesus, but on the other hand Muslims do not believe that Jesus was crossified and instead he was raised to heaven by God and he's yet to come and save all humans from evil along with "Imam Al Mahdi"... And just to note, Jesus was a Jew and lived his whole life as a Jew, thus no Christian can not believe in Judaism. In conclusion, I cannot say this religion is right and that is not. I believe in all mono-theistic heavenly religions and I consider them to be 3 parts of the same heavenly message - they are complimentary.

Well, if God told you so then you gotta believe that there's a God... and since got actually told you something in your sleep then you gotta be someone extremely special because God bothered to actually pay you a visit in your sleep... don't you think? pfffffttttt! Dude, take things seriously, and instead of acting silly whenever you cannot face logic and facts, either admit that you are wrong or try to provide us with logical thinking and facts... because no matter how much you try to make fun of our beliefs, that won't change anything, you'll still be wrong and misguided! The only way you might have a chance to convince us that atheists are right and believers are wrong is by providing us with logical evidence!

Very nice Mikeyboy, I have to agree with you on that. Tribalism is definitely a natural instinct of humans. People like to be around those that are just like them, they feel safer or at least more comfortable around those people. But once someone different is there, the uncomfortable feeling kicks in and the conservatives as you call them would do whatever it takes to clear their group (country, tribe, religion, cult, neighborhood... etc) from this different character. Well, liberalism might be a solution to this issue, but the perfect solution is being able to control our tribalism instinct. This control must start from every person himself because unless WE want to change our society, country, world...etc won't change! Returning back to liberalism, in general it's a good regime, but the way it's being applied these days is devastating. You can clearly notice that from the social situation of USA and some European countries. Anyway, that's not the topic to debate now...

lol the bible gives signs? and you understood those signs and assumed that your interpretations are correct and then said that this is what "WE (believers)" think? dude! first of all, we do not think that Armageddon is on December 31, 2012 and there isn't any believer that thinks so! What we believe in is that God did not give a specific date for Armageddon and everything else is nothing but prophecies that could be true and could be untrue. But don't you allow yourself to talk on behalf of people who totally disagree with you and then say that this is what THEY think although it is totally not the case, because this is nothing but PROPAGANDA! My advice to you is to read and read and read about Islam and Christianity from the SOURCES (Christianity: the Bible ; Islam: the Qur'an and Hadith)... then read the books of great religion men whether Muslims or Christians because those are specialists in interpreting Qur'anic scripts and/or Biblical scripts. While those who go on YouTube acting as if they know everything while they actually do not understand anything, and unfortunately they find people like you who buy their words and adopt it as if it were the ultimate truth! Man you said that you were once a Muslim, but I can clearly notice that you knew nothing about Islam and that's probably why you quit being a Muslim and became an atheist. So again, I advise you to READ the sources and explanations/interpretations of specialists, and not listen to YouTube videos and reading opinions of people who are not specialized in religious issues.

Where did you get this information from? I really never heard that doomsday is on December 31, 2012, not in the bible nor in the Qur'an! God never set a specific day for when the world ends and all this stuff. Yes, God talk about what would happen on doomsday in details, but never mentioned a specific date. So on December 31, 2012 the world might end and it would doomsday, or it might have ended before that date, or it might be yet another day and nothing would be any different. So if on December 31, 2012 the world didn't end, that wouldn't mean that there's no God and no doomsday and hell and heaven and all this stuff... But anyway, give me a link to your reference about this information, I'd really like to know where you get your ideas from... or is it YouTube videos again...?

"A black man walks into a cafe early one morning and notices he`s the only black person in there. When he sat down a white man who was sat behind him said "coloured people aren`t allowed in here." The black man replied: "When I was born I was black, When I grew up I was black, When I`m sick I'm black, When I get sunburnt I`m black, When I'm cold I`m black, & when I die I`ll still be black, But you sir, When you were born you were pink, When you`re sick you`re green, When you`re sunburnt you go red, When you are cold you go blue, & when you die you turn purple. & yet you have the nerve to call me coloured!" The black man turned back round and the white man walked away" I just wanted to start by this short story to show how much absurd is racial discrimination. I really don't see how my color, religion, ethnicity... etc should make others hate me or insult me or whatever. I never chose my color or ethnicity, so why shall I be held responsible for it? I did choose my own religion, but after all that's kinda personal and no one has the right to tell me that I shouldn't choose this religion. I do respect other religions, races, ethnicities and I expect the same respect from others. Well, despite the fact that racism is extremely stupid, it still has its motives and causes, and of course its devastating influence on populations. So what is racism anyway? In general, racism is discrimination based on racial group. Racist people might hate other people just because they belong to another race or ethnicity. They actually believe that they are better than others for some reason, like color or origins for example. And the legal definition of racism according to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is: "the term "racial discrimination" shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life." This definition does not make any difference between prosecutions based on ethnicity and race, in part because the distinction between the ethnicity and race remains debatable among anthropologists. Racism has its diverse causes and motives. Racism is basically the result of a group feeling superior to another group. A certain group might feel superior over another one because they believe that this other group is of a disgraceful race, religion, physical appearance? etc. A clear example of this is the racism of white people against black people. But also this particular racial discrimination has its historical background. When Europeans invaded African lands, they enslaved Africans who are of black skin and considered them to be inferior. Europeans ?whites ? captured blacks and sold them in slave markets, took their property, considered their descendants born to be slaves, and abused them in every way. Another example of racism is when Adolf Hitler considered the Aryan race as a ?master race? and all other races are inferior to the ?master?. Hitler?s racist thoughts were his excuse to exterminate other races such as Jews which resulted in the Holocaust. Another reason for racism is unfamiliarity or fear of the different. When you grow up within a community you would get accustomed to the traditions and habits of your community, but once you get in touch with someone of another community that might be vastly different from yours, you would probably fear that person or at least feel uncomfortable around him. This same idea could be applied on groups; unfamiliarity between groups would create wrong stereotypical ideas about others and therefore lead to racial discrimination against them. An example of this is the racism against Muslims especially after 9/11. Unfortunately, most Europeans and Americans now view Muslims as terrorists; this is also fed by the Western propaganda which delivers the news to the Western people (Americans and Europeans) in a very subjective way rather than objective way according to the benefits of their governments. It is extremely sad to be living in 2008 now and still see some brutal racist actions in countries that consider themselves to be highly civilized and advanced, such as what happened in USA and what is known by Jena 6; and for that something must be done to stop racism and cure our minds and societies from this toxic mentality. As we all know, the person?s character and beliefs are built within the family and school. Thus, families shall raise their kids on values of equality among all humans regardless of race, physical appearance, or religion. Also, they should give their kids the chance to meet others from different origins and backgrounds. Moreover, schools need to play an essential role in this cause. Educational systems should allow students to know about other races so that stereotypical ideas and unfamiliarity would be removed. In addition, governments and civil institutes should be responsible of launching educational campaigns that would help in removing the barriers between different races and would serve in changing the racist mentalities of the public. In the end, all we can hope for is that we would all have the sense of responsibility towards this serious issue and work for this honorable cause. And remember, things won?t change if we?re not ready to accept the change, and anyone would oppose the change shall be punished for his/her radical and racial thoughts/beliefs/actions. So, would we ever live in a world where racism has no place and all people are treated equally?

Oh... well I've just edited that post which caused the error and deleted the heart characters from the title and I'll tell my friend not to use them again, I think that would solve the whole issue... thanks for the support buddy, appreciated

oh that sucks for you Live Dimension. I was thinking about doing the same actually, but then I decided to start with the sub-domain and then try to earn my free domain credits with time. This way is better for me, because this way I'll have more visitors and members on my site and then I'd have some sort of an upgrade by switching to a domain name instead of the sub domain. I don't know, it just sounds better for me anyway, I hope that you could get your free domain before you are hosting so that you wouldn't have to lose all the credits you've saved so far. And in case that's not possible, hopefully OpaQue can sort it out for you and find you a solution, and hopefully he would find a solution for MY credits problem well... I'm sure he would

Hello everybody, I've recently got my phpBB3.0.1 on my website and everything was going fine. But a few minutes ago, I told my friend to sign up and then she did. And when she tried to post she got a SQL error, and then I wanted to see what's wrong and I got the same error as well. Also, it didn't show up that my friend's post was the latest post, and instead it showed that it was the post just before it. So I don't know what's going on and I hope that someone could help me out solving this one cuz I know nothing about databases to be honest with you... I need to fix this cuz other wise I'll have to install the phpBB3.0.1 forum all over again and lose everything, and of course I wouldn't want that to happen... so here's the error I got, let me know if you got any suggestions plz:

Yeah you guys are right. I think I should have created my hosting account directly after getting the 30 credits instead of delaying it till when I had 60 credits. This way I lost around 30 credits, that's too much to lose I guess especially that I'm hoping to get a free domain. Anyway, I hope that BuffaloHELP or OpaQue would give me back the credits I've lost because I really need them... anyway, I do not post for credits on this forum, I really enjoy it over here, it's a great community

Okay what I understand is that most of you guys are very skinny and sick of it and just need to do anything to gain some pounds. Well, people who are very skinny and eat too much but never gain weight have high metabolic rates, which means no matter how much you eat, your body will burn it all in a matter of few hours. So, stop trying to gain weight by eating and drinking milk and all this stuff... and most importantly STAY AWAY FROM FATTENING PILLS!! All pills are bad no matter what they tell you about them. Instead of hoping that you would gain 15 pounds over night, join a gym and build up some muscles! And since you're skinny with a high metabolic rate then you NEED to take protein shakes and supplements. That's all I can say because I've seen alot of skinny people who tried hard and never got anywhere... but those at the gym I go to are starting to gain some good weight, and that's what you should do as well

Well thanks to BuffaloHELP now my problem is solved and I can login to my cPanel anytime I want to and I already started building my website and everything is going smoothly so far but there's still one simple problem that needs to be solved and it has something to do with my credits because when BuffaloHELP re-activated my account and changed my status from HOSTED back to MEMBERS and then I created my hosting account all over again with the same login information I requested when I first created my account, I lost all my credits!!!! I had 82.57 credits and now I'm left with nothing! So please could someone help me by restoring my credits back?! Moreover, when I first created my account (when it didn't actually work well) I had 60 credits and then when I created the account I was left with nothing although it says that it costs 30 credits to create a hosting account of the second plan. So anyway, I just want my credits back if that's possible, and thanks to anyone that could help

Well I believe that using a CMS is the easiest way to build a website. It makes your work very simple, you just need to fill out some forms and you're done. It's true that it limits what you can do with your website and stuff like that but it's still efficient, and when you use a CMS like Joomla with great features and lots of options and extensions to expand your CMS's potential then you can hardly feel that you are being limited. Concerning the forums, well there are some great forum software out on the net. phpBB is probably the best free forum software especially with the mods and add-ons you can use. vBulletin and IPB are also great, they cost alot but they're worth every penny you may pay.