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As they say in Ireland (well, those that speak Gaeilge): Go raibh síochán na Nollag agus Bliain Nua faoi shéan 's faoi shonas ort 's ar do mhuintir!

Not a good design to have a table with two fields with essentially the same data. I would eliminate the MailAddress field altogether, store the Address and then use the Absentee field as a "filter" in a query, such as "Select * from Address where Absentee = 'no'"

Here is a question for the Christians reading this: Do you believe you are going to heaven when you die?

Yes, "Free-will" vs "Predestination" has always been a sticking point in Christianity. Whole sects have been and are based on it. Jehovah's Witnesses (Watchtower) are predestinationists.

You bet. Jesus's supposed last word on Earth was "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." which true proselytes take as the mandate to "save" everyone. Been there, done that. I was a true "Jesus Freak" in the 70's so I know. I wonder why they leave out the "every...

The chances are 100% that it would be the same (but close to 0% chance that we could discover it tomorrow) since by it's very definition there is only one solar system, that is the one we live in, since Sol is the name of our sun (star). Another planetary system around another star would bear...

The Judas story reminds me of when I first started questioning the Christian beliefs. I was sitting in church listening to a Baptist preacher give a sermon. He stated that people can prove anything they want from the Bible if they take pieces out of context. He used as an example the verse...

I have no idea. I was not there nor have I found any independent corraborating evidence.

Or to point out another, did Judas hang himself of dash his bowels out with a sword? It all depends on which text you are reading at the time.

No, the odds are 1 in 1 because if youu had not been born on Earth, then "you" would not have been "you". Just as the odds of you having been born of your mother and father, as opposed to having been born of another set, are 1 in 1 since genetics play an absolute role in your conception and a...

Telepathy does exist. Ask any kid who is about to do something their parents won't approve of.

Nope. No recognition, no response.

Not that my mama ever told me about.

That's not anger. It is a firey smile.

It has been my experience in my long life that Christians are no better or worse than anyone else. I would bet that if you could take a statistical sample of professed Christians (or of any sub-set such as "Born Again Believers", "Evangelicals", etc) and measure then against society as a whole...

My second son moved out years ago, leaving my wife and I with blessed quiet - for a while. Then he moved back in three years later, out again a year after that and then back six months later for just a month. Since then he has been living with his girlfriend/fiance'. But I suspect they are...

But don't you think it even a little bit queer that this almighty deity created mankind just to glorify himself and to be able to have an eternity with billions of his created beings gathered around praising him? And if I (or you) don't think it is really a heavenly idea to spend an enternity...

While growing up my mother was a devout Baptist and reminded us almost daily that the "signs and portents" pointed to Christ's imminent return. The preacher from the pulpit preached hellfire and damnation and of course that "God is love", seeing no contradiction at all in a deity who was so...

I have come to believe that most "modern" religions, especially Abrahamic ones, are simply a case of the downtrodden and oppressed, bereft of the ability to better their poor miserable existence, had to cling to the fact that they would triumph in the end and that those who maltreated them would...

Then try the Ahura Vesta, The Analects, THe Vedas, Bahgavad Ghita, the Tao Te Ching. All are "Holy Books", many predating biblical scriptures and none are Abrahamic. There are more as well. None are "Anti-Biblical", all are just as devoutly regarded as the Bible. Which one(s) are right...