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Quote from: mtlhddoc2 on July 08, 2009, 07:02:41 PM

explain the system of "works" - for example, would Bill Gates get a better place in heaven because he gave more? Or would a poor widower working two jobs to support his 4 children get more for leaving a bigger than normal tip for a waitress? How do you quantify your "works"?

Don't know and don't care.  My own works are all I really need to concern myself with.  Are they things God would have me to do?  Then they are good and will accrue for eternity.  I need a close relationship with Him to be able to discern this, though.

It's quite the deal, when you think about it.  God gives the strength and power to do His work on earth and we get the reward.  It's a win-win.

If you are going to offer up a system where some get a better seat at the table than others, you must have some sort of guiddeline you go by, or else it is all just a bunch of people trying to feel better about themselves. If the rich go to heaven and have a better seat at the table just because they were better off than someone the poorer people and could do more, that kind of sets up a system where you can be a cold-hearted slumlord in order to make your money, and then cash out ans  do
"great things" with your millions you bilked from the less fortunate and get a better seat. So either explain it, or just say "I am talking out my your know what" or ignore me, like you did about the whole cities issue which you boasted about, yet had zero proof.

explain the system of "works" - for example, would Bill Gates get a better place in heaven because he gave more? Or would a poor widower working two jobs to support his 4 children get more for leaving a bigger than normal tip for a waitress? How do you quantify your "works"?

As for the archaelogical stuff. That site is about as non-partisan as Nancy Pelosi. I read it, and had a good laugh. The article is filled with half-truths and misnomers. give me just ONE biblical site which is not widely believed to exist, (and a statement from someone who has said "that does not exist!" and have his statement widely accepted).

Seriously, the bible itself contains many references to THINGS noone has found, but not places. Everyone knows where Babylon is, where Canaan is etc. I have studied Roman and Greek history extensively and have yet to find a city in the bible which "does not exist".

Seriously. Haing religious discussion is all fine and such, but blatant grandstanding and attibuting "doubt" where it does not exist is ridiculous. I can even point out that most of the happenings in the bible did in fact happen. the difference between you and I in this respect is that I think the parts where the charachters speak to "god" are pure fantasy and you do not. Lets stick to things like that. Quantifiable fact is just that and cannot be challenged by either of us. Jerusalem existed, rome existed, Atlantis, as portrayed in legend, did not. We know these things and we do not challenge them. And I have not heard anyone challenge the existence of cities in my middling lifetime.

I dont think there would be much protection needed in an accident either, again, if any. Normal construction would provide most if not all of the shielding needed. This wouldnt be a piece up plutonium just sitting on the hood of a car. It would need water for cooling anyway, since the real threat is not the radiation, but the temperatures it might have to achieve. A "quick cooling" system would need to be in place....  as you say, an engineering challenge, but one quite surmountable, if the proper resources were invested.

I worked for a foundry, we used the americanium for testing metals, specifically to make sure it was the proper alloy. And the reality was, we were exposed to more radiation from the heat and melted metals than from the americanium isotopes. Although I was not as exposed as some of the employees. I was in quality assurance (a tester, basically) and was typically not working directly with the smelters. Although, occassionally, I would have to take an in production sample. (think: wearing a space suit to go into a furnace)

I worked with low shielded Americanium for a time. We all wore rad badges. I was accidentally exposed once, the rad badge barely blipped. Now, mind you, it wasnt plutonium, but prolonged exposure would have been bad. It has been over 15 years and I show no outward signs. I didnt say it wouldnt have to be shielded, but it wouldnt require 50 pounds of lead. Really, you wouldnt need much at all, maybe a gallon or two of water should be sufficient for such a small piece, and a dimes worth is probably more than needed. I was just using it as an example.

There is a reactor here in Rhode Island at the University of RI's Maritime campus in Narragansett. It has been running for over 30 years. It powers the entire URI campus. On one 10lb bar. they change the bar out and reprocess it on site. In 30 years, they have used 3 bars. And that is probably because it is a 30 year old reactor and is more of a "training" model, than an updated high tech facility. If they went with the latest and greatest, I bet they could make that one bar last 30 years and power much more than just the Kingston/Narragasett campuses.

mtbike: the waterfall scenario is a good analogy, except for one problem. there are those who do not believe there is a waterfall and their pleasant river cruise will go on just fine, after all we scouted ahead to make sure. And we can assure you, there is no waterfall.

And lets just say, for instance, that there is an invisible waterfall. Well, I for one, when I die, would like to be remembered as a caring invididual, someone who was respectful of others, donated his time, and money when he had it to helping the less fortunate, someone who loved others and was loved in return. And lets just say this waterfal of yours does exist. When i reach the bottom of it, i would like to think the pond at the bottom would be welcoming of a good person, regardless of whether I believed in the waterfall or not. And I would sincerely hope that the pond would NOT be welcoming of a person who was rude, disrespectful, uncaring of others feelings, even if they acted as they did in the pond's name.

for a nuke powered car... you would only need a piece of uranium/plutonium about the size of a dime and it would never run out of fuel.