a**********k
发帖数: 1953 | 1 随便翻了翻“THE LIFE OF PI”， 觉得这一段最发人深省：
“In both stories the ship sinks, my entire family dies, and I suffer.”
“Yes, that’s true.”
“So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you
can’t prove the question either way, which story do you prefer?
Which is the better story, the story with animals or the story
without animals?”
Mr. Okamoto: “That’s an interesting question”
Mr. Chiba: “The story with animals.”
Mr. Okamoto: “Yes. The story with animals is the better story.”
Pi Patel: “Thank ... 阅读全帖 |
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d******0
发帖数: 22800 | 2 偶觉得大家都理解的。真相事实是啥也是明显的，但是如何解释真相，如何让大众更容
易理解，这样就出现了第一个故事，同样的道理，也就出现了宗教。原话是 so it
goes with god。
So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can't prove
the question either way, which story do you prefer? Which is the better
story, the story with animals or the story without animals?' Mr. Okamoto: '
That's an interesting question?' Mr. Chiba: 'The story with animals.' Mr.
Okamoto: 'Yes. The story with animals is the better story.' Pi Patel: 'Thank
you. And so it goes with God.'"... 阅读全帖 |
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d*****0
发帖数: 68029 | 3 哈哈
The following specs have shown up on a Chinese web store. How factual it is,
I am unsure. |
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I******a
发帖数: 3812 | 4 Nah, buddy. I am trying to be factual on this one. |
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Y*******n
发帖数: 4646 | 5 are these forums Chinese?
In Chinese forums, 70% hate him, belittling his EVERYTHING. if they are
professinal performers themselves, do you know who they are? they are
the
ones that feel shaddowed by him (a failure in constrast to langlang's
fame and accomplishment), no wonder there will be anger and jealousy.
In international forum, 30% slightly, conservatively, dislike his STYLE.
and his style only. their criticism are much more balanced and factual.
not like here, it almost went down to name-... 阅读全帖 |
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l**a
发帖数: 6415 | 6 【 以下文字转载自 Hope 俱乐部 】
发信人: loca (渔歌互答), 信区: Hope
标 题: Plain English Nuclear (一个同行的文章)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Mar 17 12:00:16 2011, 美东)
先发在这，然后转发其它版。
链接如下
plainenglishnuclear.blogspot.com
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Yet another Japan reactor post
[[The following, in its entirety, is a post I made on Facebook at about 12:
30am PDT on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Subsequent to that post, many people
clamored for me to share it publicly. I have now done so. The only
changes made were to clean up a coupl... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 7 You have an ax to grind.
Have an axe to grind. The Phrase Finder, undated.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/174000.html
(to have an ulterior motive/ to have private ends to serve)
Your statements are factually wrong. Patently.
(1) You first write, "日本最初拒绝了美国的帮助，最近也开始向美、法等国求助.
(a) The deadly earthquake occurs on Mar 11, 2011. Tokyo requested aid to
nuclear plant (initially only Fukushima Daiichi 第一 was stricken) THREE
days later and US immediately sent experts from Nuclear Regulatory
Commission... 阅读全帖 |
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c**********g
发帖数: 433 | 8 是否有 premeditated cold blooded intention to kill, 是一个 factual
determination. 律师和法官都无权决定。陪审团来定。法官只是陈述 law. |
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u**********n
发帖数: 91 | 9 UCSD种族歧视事件抗议信
发信人: fighter644 (武士), 信区: Military
标 题: UCSD种族歧视事件抗议信可以补充的参考
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri May 27 18:46:01 2011, 美东)
楼上的及个抗议信样板都很好。在考虑一下是否可以再补上一些强调其严重性的东西，
这是我写的，供参考：
We are totally outraged by this racist incident, not only because of the
racial slur that it publicly displayed, but also because of its underlining
implication that the Chinese people are un-trustworthy and untruthful. This
is a racist slandering, because there is no factual basis to show that the
Chinese people as an ethnic... 阅读全帖 |
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t**n
发帖数: 244 | 10 广告原意就是广而告之。现在指向公众介绍商品、服务内容或文娱体育节目的一种宣传
方式。documentary 指的是 Movies, Television . based on or re-creating an
actual event, era, life story, etc., that purports to be factually accurate
and contains no fictional elements。如果你认为不是documentary，你可以否定no
fictional elements。如果你认为它是广告，那最简单的是指出有人付钱了。在fox台
，这是documentary还是广告，大部分人是分得清的。documentary 间接地介绍商品、
服务内容或文娱体育节目，不能叫做广告。但我不否认它起到了广而告之的作用。 |
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a*****c
发帖数: 3525 | 11 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: agostic (π-packing), 信区: Military
标 题: (中英文)原子弹下无冤魂：B29飞行员查尔斯•斯韦尼将军1995国会演讲
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Aug 15 20:13:42 2012, 美东)
只有记忆才能带来真正的原谅，而遗忘就可能冒重复历史的危险。
One can only forgive by remembering. And to forget, is to risk repeating
history.
学英文是为了更好地了解历史。文章很长，有兴趣学英语同时了解历史的同学，希望耐
心地看完（也可以拷贝下来仔细研读）。不仅仅是学英语，更重要的是学如何写作，如
何摆事实，讲道理，反驳质疑。可以学的东西(中英文)原子弹下无冤魂：B29飞行员查
尔斯•斯韦尼将军1995国会演讲很多，就看你是否能够用心去领悟。这是一篇难
得的informative/historical/linguastic article. Enjoy and welcome to ... 阅读全帖 |
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m*******t
发帖数: 482 | 12 澄清《弯而不折》的事实
傅平
一篇关于我的书《弯曲，不会折断》，由“福布斯”发布，并且在ForbesChina.com（
这个链接是谷歌的英文翻译）上被翻译成中文。这个翻译在措辞上有几处不准确。之后
，这些错误在新的发布告示中已经得到纠正。与此同时，中国的博客方舟子发布了一个
故事，他质疑我的信誉。约翰•肯尼迪也在中国南方早报的博客中给予回应。虽
然方及肯尼迪的评论正确地引用了“福布斯”文章的原始版本，但这篇原始版本所提供
的信息却是不准确的。实际上他们应该以我的书（指《弯曲，不会折断》）为准。我很
愿意回应他们和其他批评者的意见，这些意见来自各个网站，都攻击我的故事的真实性。
问：为什么你说你在“文革”期间被劳教？
我并没有说或写，我是被劳教，我说，我住了10年的南京航空航天大学校园在大学宿舍
。中国儿童不会在劳教所。我也没有说我是一个工厂的工人。我说毛泽东要我们向工农
兵学习。
问：如果你在10年的“文化大革命”中，被剥夺了接受教育的权利，那么大学恢复招生
以后，你是如何被录取的？当时的录取率低于5％。你是个天才吗？
1972年以后，学校（应指中学）恢复（第128页）。... 阅读全帖 |
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h**o
发帖数: 1879 | 13 先贴后看
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_comment
In the United States, the traditional privilege of "fair comment" is seen as
a protection for robust, even outrageous published or spoken opinions about
public officials and public figures. Fair comment is defined as a "common
law defense [that] guarantees the freedom of the press to express statements
on matters of public interest, as long as the statements are not made with
ill will, spite, or with the intent to harm the plaintiff".[1]
The defense... 阅读全帖 |
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G****e
发帖数: 11198 | 14 The Darker Side Of God
If you ask Christians to describe their quasi-chosen god of worship,
you’ll often hear such descriptors as “wonderful” and “loving.” This
choice of selective designation seems commonplace within the Christian
community. In fact, most churches ignore the Old Testament all together so
that the members feel comfortable propagating this view. Fueled by such
blatant omission, this lengthy chapter will fill the void by offering a look
at the volume of horrendous acts perfo... 阅读全帖 |
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b*s
发帖数: 82482 | 15 其实平视的视角也不错，New Yorker的很多profile都既没有俯视，也没有仰视，关键
在于八卦的factual真实性，还有quote的真实性，文笔再诙谐有趣就可以了……
写人物采访/传记不能采取仰望视角来写，这么写出来的必然狗屁居多。写得好的都是
俯视法的。八卦其实多多益善 ：D |
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b*s
发帖数: 82482 | 16 侬概念不清。
Prose:
Prose is a form of language grammatical structure and natural flow of speech
rather than rhythmic structure (as in traditional poetry). While there are
critical debates on the construction of prose, its simplicity and loosely
defined structure have led to its adoption for use in the majority of spoken
dialogue, factual discourse and both topical and fictional writing. It is
commonly used, for example, in literature, newspapers, magazines,
encyclopedias, broadcasting, film, history,... 阅读全帖 |
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z*********n
发帖数: 94654 | 17 我一直就喜欢肘子，够轴，谁都不怕，虽然他自己发帖大嘴巴不仔细查factual得东西
，但是基本上他说的没大问题 |
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g*****g
发帖数: 1067 | 18 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: ggggggg (星光小妹), 信区: USANews
标 题: 五万人统计！trump 67%， hillary 19%
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Oct 11 02:00:21 2016, 美东)
各大crooked媒体最多poll一千到两千人，而且专挑民主党员poll/
现在真正公平可信的poll出来了：trump 67%， hillary 19%。trump会创纪录地席卷50
个州
Bonnie Woolfolk Smith This is a repost:
Here is what a Real Poll looks like in America. Please take the Time to Read
.. A Total of 50,000 people Polled in 50 States....
PG Farnsworth We have just completed our own poll since we cannot get
factual information from th... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 19 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: brihand (brihand), 信区: USANews
标 题: 纽约时报太厉害了，连trump晚上睡觉细节都知道
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Feb 6 17:39:49 2017, 美东)
White House press secretary Sean Spicer demanded an apology from The New
York Times for publishing an article containing eye-opening details about
President Trump’s earliest days in office, even disputing whether the
president owns a bathrobe.
“That report was so riddled with inaccuracies and lies that they owe the
president an apology,” Spicer told reporters a... 阅读全帖 |
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y***o
发帖数: 145 | 20 当我把这个事情写出来的时候， 我的心里好难过，我也很悲伤。 我希望我有一个好的
家庭， 我希望我的孩子知道我近拉最大的努力给他最好的。但是我不能。 请大家帮助
我。
Restraining order application: Case # GQ008930
Additional Declaration
After the initial application was filed, there were continuous wiretapping
and stalking activities by Mr. Ernest Hiroshige.
I believed Mr. Hiroshige approach to my my new tenant Frnk Castellanos, who
was reply a rental ad I post on the crag list on Sept 2nd 2012. Mr. Frank
Castellanos is a new tenant who had apply the plaintif... 阅读全帖 |
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c****n
发帖数: 21367 | 21 哦，我是直译statistical facts，或者statistical results
当然statistical mean value和true (factual) value是可以有距离的 |
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g***j
发帖数: 40861 | 22 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: gshjj (各输己键), 信区: Military
标 题: Science and religion aren't friends zz
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Oct 14 16:37:26 2010, 美东)
By Jerry A. Coyne
Religion in America is on the defensive.
Atheist books such as The God Delusion and The End of Faith have, by
exposing the dangers of faith and the lack of evidence for the God of
Abraham, become best-sellers. Science nibbles at religion from the other end
, relentlessly consuming divine explanations and replacing them with
material... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 23 【 以下文字转载自 TrustInJesus 讨论区 】
发信人: leonana (Nana), 信区: TrustInJesus
标 题: 米格，有个问题请教
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Oct 19 02:54:38 2013, 美东)
你是这孩子的父母的话你会拒绝输血么？
http://www.news.com.au/national-news/judge-forces-jehovahs-witn
Justice Richard White ordered the girl, 4, receive treatment, including a
blood transfusion to which her parents had objected on religious grounds.
Paediatric oncologist Dr Petra Ritchie, right, said without treatment the
girl "will die . . . I would say in weeks".
Dr Ritchie said that t... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 24 【 以下文字转载自 TrustInJesus 讨论区 】
发信人: leonana (Nana), 信区: TrustInJesus
标 题: 米格，有个问题请教
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Oct 19 02:54:38 2013, 美东)
你是这孩子的父母的话你会拒绝输血么？
http://www.news.com.au/national-news/judge-forces-jehovahs-witn
Justice Richard White ordered the girl, 4, receive treatment, including a
blood transfusion to which her parents had objected on religious grounds.
Paediatric oncologist Dr Petra Ritchie, right, said without treatment the
girl "will die . . . I would say in weeks".
Dr Ritchie said that t... 阅读全帖 |
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G****e
发帖数: 11198 | 25 【 以下文字转载自 WaterWorld 讨论区 】
发信人: GoBlue (Wolverines), 信区: WaterWorld
标 题: The Darker Side Of God
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Jul 12 13:10:33 2014, 美东)
The Darker Side Of God
If you ask Christians to describe their quasi-chosen god of worship,
you’ll often hear such descriptors as “wonderful” and “loving.” This
choice of selective designation seems commonplace within the Christian
community. In fact, most churches ignore the Old Testament all together so
that the members feel comfortable propagatin... 阅读全帖 |
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t****r
发帖数: 592 | 26 Do you mean this?
I searched via google:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herrmann_Brain_Dominance_Instrument
The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument was developed by the late William "
Ned" Herrmann (1922-1999) while the manager of management education at GE's
Crotonville, and involves a Four Quadrant Model of Thinking Preferences. In
this model, Herrmann identifies four different modes of thinking summarized
by:
A. Analytical thinking.
Key word: logical, factual, critical, technical and quantitati |
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r*******w
发帖数: 121 | 27 那个living to tell the tale应该有很多人看了吧？
不是有这么多百年孤独的扇子？
那个brick lane好像是个斯里兰卡h4/f2的故事，呵呵
估计可以用来在family 挖坑
我有random family，但是要排在da vinci code之后看~
翻了一翻，还挺喜欢的!
the author spends ten years to track two women of the same porto rico family
in bronx...and wrote her first book! one is a slut and a reckless mother...the
other is also a slut but devoted mother...vivid details, all factual, no
judgements! |
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or
发帖数: 720 | 28 by Henri Troyat
translated by Joan Pinkham
recommended;)
this woman reminds us of Wu Zetian and Elizabeth I.;)
The book is rather factual.
i didn't read much history. but a favorite author is margaret george.
and her
Mary Queen Of Scotland & The Isles : A Novel
The Autobiography of Henry VIII : With Notes by His Fool, Will Som
are more fictional and also enjoyable. |
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D****N
发帖数: 430 | 29 hehe... I was referring to things said to achieve political effects,
not your words, when people argue about abstract stuff like this, the
ultimate goal is generally to prove his/her opinion right, word-play
and logic-twisting is usually harmless. But in political arguements
the results often involve factual benefits and losses. I was reading
the newspaper today, on one side there is a report on how Americans
are stunned and agnoized about American POW being televised in Arabian
TV, quoting one |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 31 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Albert-Einstein-Historic-1954-God-Lette
This private letter expresses views never meant for public consumption by of
one of the most prolific minds of modern times on the subjects of God,
religion and tribalism.
Few people have had access to the thoughts and uncensored opinions of this
brilliant mind as it relates to his personal views on God and religion. The
personal nature of the letter and the timing of it in Albert Einstein's life
adds to the implication of the certa... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 32 新拍卖的爱因斯坦去世前一年所写关于上帝的原信关键内容翻译
信写于爱因斯坦去世前一年，是写给“圣经召唤的革命”的作者Gutkind的。
以下是该信的核心内容，驳斥了基督徒散布的关于爱因斯坦信奉基督教的上帝的谎言：
... I read a great deal in the last days of your book, and thank you very
much for sending it to me. What especially struck me about it was this. With
regard to the factual attitude to life and to the human community we have a
great deal in common.
（翻译：我在过去的几天读了你的著作的很多部分，谢谢你把这本书送给我。对于这本
书，最震撼我的地方，是对生活和我们共有的人类社会的写实态度。）
... The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of... 阅读全帖 |
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s*********t
发帖数: 4253 | 33 我查了下。这里有比较好的解释。（有时间读看。。）
http://www.apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=13&arti
Q.
The Bible speaks of two animals, the coney and the hare, as “chewing the
cud.” Isn't the Bible mistaken on this point? These animals do not actually
chew the cud, do they?
A.
once wrote: “Something that has long perplexed me is the way
that inerrancy proponents can so easily find ‘scientific foreknowledge’ in
obscurely worded Bible passages but seem completely unable to see
scientific error in statements ... 阅读全帖 |
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s*********t
发帖数: 4253 | 34 我查了下。这里有比较好的解释。（有时间读看。。）
http://www.apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=13&arti
Q.
The Bible speaks of two animals, the coney and the hare, as “chewing the
cud.” Isn't the Bible mistaken on this point? These animals do not actually
chew the cud, do they?
A.
once wrote: “Something that has long perplexed me is the way
that inerrancy proponents can so easily find ‘scientific foreknowledge’ in
obscurely worded Bible passages but seem completely unable to see
scientific error in statements ... 阅读全帖 |
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t*******r
发帖数: 2940 | 35 Science！=belief and Science！=Truth
Truth may have broad meaning:
From Wiki:
Truth is most often used to mean in accord with fact or reality[1] or
fidelity to an original or to a standard or ideal.[1]
The opposite of truth is falsehood, which, correspondingly, can also take on
a logical, factual, or ethical meaning. The concept of truth is discussed
and debated in several contexts, including philosophy and religion. Many
human activities depend upon the concept, which is assumed rather than a
sub... 阅读全帖 |
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w*********r
发帖数: 3382 | 36 之前一个帖子里面已经讲得很清楚，你又在装糊涂干吗？
我的opinion是所谓“神”的问题很无聊，没有目的性，不构成“明知故问”，这和圣
经宣称神是全知的矛盾。
我的opinion建立在常识基础上：“你在哪里”“你叫什么名字”“他们是谁”这些问
题通常没有任何问题以外的目的性。而你的opinion“神是全知的”，这是一个很高的
标准，需要证明。如果你要反驳我，请指出“神”问的“你在哪里”“你叫什么名字”
“他们是谁”这些问题都有哪些目的性？
我的立论第二部分的是我的factual statement（“神”需要去查看才能弄清楚一个问
题，说明在查看之前他非全知）和圣经宣称神是全知的矛盾。经文写得明白，耶和华察
看的目的是为了弄清楚一件事。而通常的逻辑是如果需要察看才能弄清楚一件事，那就
证明察看之前不具备全知的特性。你能否认么？ |
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w*********r
发帖数: 3382 | 37 我已经告诉你了你这是歪曲我的论点，你干吗一再重复？
你为什么总是回避我帖子里的问题呢？从来没见你回答过。原因何在？
“我的opinion建立在常识基础上：“你在哪里”“你叫什么名字”“他们是谁”这些问
题通常没有任何问题以外的目的性。而你的opinion“神是全知的”，这是一个很高的
标准，需要证明。如果你要反驳我，请指出“神”问的“你在哪里”“你叫什么名字”
“他们是谁”这些问题都有哪些目的性？
我的立论第二部分的是我的factual statement（“神”需要去查看才能弄清楚一个问
题，说明在查看之前他非全知）和圣经宣称神是全知的矛盾。经文写得明白，耶和华察
看的目的是为了弄清楚一件事。而通常的逻辑是如果需要察看才能弄清楚一件事，那就
证明察看之前不具备全知的特性。你能否认么？” |
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W***q
发帖数: 152 | 38 2. (1) A simple factual statement regarding God work as creator.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
a. God created: This summary statement will be detailed in the following
verses, but the Bible simply and straightforwardly declares the world did
not create itself or come about by chance. It was created by God, who, by
definition, is eternal and has always been.
i. “It is no accident that God is the subject of the first sentence
of the Bible, for this word domina... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 39 你是这孩子的父母的话你会拒绝输血么？
http://www.news.com.au/national-news/judge-forces-jehovahs-witn
Justice Richard White ordered the girl, 4, receive treatment, including a
blood transfusion to which her parents had objected on religious grounds.
Paediatric oncologist Dr Petra Ritchie, right, said without treatment the
girl "will die . . . I would say in weeks".
Dr Ritchie said that the girl, who was diagnosed with cancer of the blood
and bone marrow on Monday, had a 90 per cent chance of survival if she
receiv... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2456 | 40 JOINT DECLARATIONON THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION
by the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church
Preamble
1.The doctrine of justification was of central importance for the Lutheran
Reformation of the sixteenth century. It was held to be the "first and chief
article"[1] and at the same time the "ruler and judge over all other
Christian doctrines."[2] The doctrine of justification was particularly
asserted and defended in its Reformation shape and special valuation over
against the Roman... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6300 | 41 Evolution: Not Even a Theory
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Although some Christians have attacked evolution as “just a theory,” that
would be raising Darwin’s idea to a level it doesn’t deserve.
A theory has its genesis in a hypothesis, which is a working assumption as
to why we observe something—an educated guess. To test this assumption,
scientists conduct experiments that either disprove or correlate with the
hypothesis.
Over time, if a hypothesis continues to stand up to scrutiny and many
dif... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6300 | 42 Evolution: Not Even a Theory
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Although some Christians have attacked evolution as “just a theory,” that
would be raising Darwin’s idea to a level it doesn’t deserve.
A theory has its genesis in a hypothesis, which is a working assumption as
to why we observe something—an educated guess. To test this assumption,
scientists conduct experiments that either disprove or correlate with the
hypothesis.
Over time, if a hypothesis continues to stand up to scrutiny and many
dif... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5135 | 43 Don't need to attack other people in order to make yourself look right.
What you said is called spinning around, in today's term, if you misquote
somebody's factual written words, in order to prove your own point, it's
call lie or deceive.
Jesus said a "Yes is yes, no is no, if you exaggerate a little, it's from
the evil one."
by twist the word around to make it more look like a prophecy about Jesus, I
think it's a bad advertisement for Jesus, very risky.
What if this verse really doesn't prophe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 298 | 44 Rcet,
I appreciate hearing your thoughts on liberal Christianity.
However, with all due respect, I do not see good evidence to corroborate
your opinions. The Wikipedia page you provided does not say Liberal
Christianity is used interchangeably with Mainline Protestant or Mainstream
American Protestant; instead it states that “Mainline churches hold a wide
range of theologies—conservative, moderate and liberal”. The meticulous
formula you devised remains as your personal asset until a reliable s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7021 | 45 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: gemini2012 (双子AB), 信区: USANews
标 题: 大多数穆斯林不是恐怖分子，但大多数恐怖分子是穆斯林
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Oct 5 16:48:02 2016, 美东)
By Michael Brown Published on November 16, 2015
Michael Brown
My tweet simply said, “We know that most Muslims today are not terrorists.
We also know that most terrorists today are Muslims.”
I tweeted this out on Friday night in the midst of the terror attacks in
France, and I didn’t think it would be controversial at all. In fact, it
seemed self-evident. To m... 阅读全帖 |
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