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Christian Graus wrote:

An atheist believes there is no God.

A newborn baby believes in nothing. Yet all babies are atheists, are they not? Or are you using some strange definition of the word atheist that I'm not familiar with? What if you found a tribe of people on some remote island and when you questioned them you found they knew nothing about religion, nobody in their society had ever invented the concept of gods. These people would correctly be described as atheists, would they not? Yet they don't believe anything about god; they have no concept of god. They lack a believe in god. Is this not the definition of atheism?

VonHagNDaz wrote:

A fence has two sides used for separation of two things. One side would be yes, the other would be no. Therefore, if you will neither say yes nor no, you are on the metaphorical fence.

There is no fence. "Do you believe in god?" Yes - Theist No - Atheist There is no middle ground. "I don't know" is the same as "no" -- you don't believe. Whether or not you believe that it's ever possible to know the truth has nothing to do with what you believe. You can be an agnotist theist or an agnostic atheist.

That's wrong. An atheist simply lacks a belief in one or more gods. An agnostic believes that the ultimate truth of the universe is unknowabble. So, answering the question "do you believe in god?" with "I'm an agnostic" makes no sense. I actually am an agnostic, but that has nothing to do with whether I believe in a god. I'm both an agnostic and an athiest. These words are answers to two different questions.

Tea. Not the weak bagged stuff sold for iced tea in US markets, but real tea. I highly recommend Upton Tea Imports. Great products and great service. ($4 flat rate shipping...they sent my last package priority mail and it went from MA to CA in under 48 hours...for $4!) Look at the breakfast blends in the miscellaneous section. Or any of the Assams. Make them strong and add a bit of milk (British style) and sugar if you like. Plenty of caffeine and much better for your stomach than coffee.

jason_lakewhitney wrote:

Do you believe that this right or freedom should be taking away?

No, of course not. Why would I? People can pray whenever they want to and it doesn't bother me if they do. But this isn't about individuals choosing to pray when they want to, it's about the government setting aside class time that clearly is meant for prayer.

jason_lakewhitney wrote:

Why, because it says one nation under God?

Because it's just stupid. I can see having adults say some sort of oath or pledge if they join the military or the police or something, but these are just kids. Every time this pledge issue comes up I see pictures of small children in class with their hands over their hearts, and I bet most if not all of those kids have no idea what the word "allegiance" even means. Why on earth would you want little kids to swear their allegiance to anything!? What does it even mean for a child to swear their allegiance to something? This whole pledge business is nothing but brainwashing and indocrination as far as I'm concerned.

jason_lakewhitney wrote:

What I don't understand is how far can the Freedom of Religion be stretched?

What does this have to do with freedom of religion? You can pray any time you want! You have the freedom to pray before class starts, during class if you do it quietly and don't interfere with class, and after class, at recess, at lunch, etc. But apparently that isn't good enough for you. You want the government to set aside time during class when everybody is supposed to pray. In other words, you want the government to promote religion.

Okay...I'm not actually sure if I have the Natural Anticavity Fluoride Toothpaste. I noticed some of their stuff is labeled anticavity and some antiplaque. I always get whatever Trader Joe's sells. I see the Fennel flavor is still listed on the page for Natural Antiplaque Tartar Control & Whitening Toothpaste. I guess that's what I always get at Trader Joe's. The fennel flavor is the important thing!

I just bought some Tom's o' Maine Fennel toothpaste at Trader Joe's a few days ago. I love the stuff. Are you sure they stopped making it? The Cinnamint is pretty good, too, but Fennel is my favorite. They also have a strawberry flavored one for kids that my six-year-old niece loves. They don't sell it at Trader Joe's, but Rite Aid stores carry it.

Chris Losinger wrote: they just couldn't start any processes (or whatever) on Sunday. The sabbath is, of course, on Saturday. Not just to Jews, but some Christian sects believe this as well.

I've never seen this tea here in Los Angeles, or anything close to it, although I've seen lots of strange flavored teas. I've never really understood "flavored" tea, though. Milk and sugar is one thing, like adding seasoning to food, but the only flavor I want my tea to be is tea flavor! :)

I've added an XML manifest to one of my programs so that dialog box controls are painted using the new Windows XP visual style. This works just fine. But, the program's toolbars don't get repainted properly. I am using the flat style with gripper, and the gripper doesn't appear correctly. Has anybody figured out a solution to this problem? Does anybody know if it will be fixed in a service pack?