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Haven't posted anything is strategy, but figure this is a good time to start.I like to either raise or check raise on the flop with your draw. If I think the pre flop raiser is going to continuation bet, I plan to check raise here for two reasons. First, the initial raiser may have missed and is just making a standard continuation bet, so I can win the pot with a re-raise. More importantly, I raise to make sure any higher flush draws are making a mistake to call for their draw. By check raising, you are also helping to buy the free card on the river, since your check on the turn could be a tra

There are two forms of baptism mentioned in the Bible, which is the why some Christians do not believe in water baptism. Quakers, for example, believe that one is babtized by the Holy Spirit. Here is one of the quotes from the Bible: ""He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire." (Matt 3:11)"If you are interested in reading more about this here is a link: http://www.quakerinfo.com/forum/viewtopic....ghlight=baptism

Who are you to judge if winning or losing is healthy? Perhaps losing will help humble one to become a better person. Perhaps winning is truly the lessor of two options since it builds ego, while losing helps to make one humble.Where does this belief of competition being bad come from? Are you trying to explain that Jesus did not compete in anything? For example, all the other belief systems that exist.

How do you reconcile this belief with the story of Job? If anything, Job was one of the most faithful believers in God, yet God allowed Satan to bankrupt him, kill his livestock, kill his children, and kill his wife. Of course, eventually God makes it all up to him with a new wife, new kids, etc...but God most certainly gave Satan permission to torment a true believer.

I am glad we had this conversation and I believe we have come to an agreement. I realize my example of the event doesn't corresepond exactly to a choice--but I thought it illustrated the point well.One final thought that I hope you will take to heart as something I learned in the last 10 years--do not be afraid of those who disagree or do not understand your intent and meaning. All you can try to control is that you express yourself in the best way you can. Ten years ago, I did not have the patience or tolerance to carry on a conversation like this--it would have deteriated to an argument of o

"I would agree this is though I would add a little something to it. We both agree that on the weight coin side a will come up. But I think we can also say that the coin wasnt "predestined" to fall on a but instead that the factors on the coin at this very moment cause the only logical choice for the coin to be a. If you change a factor you change the decision."You are right that the factors of the coin are what determine it to fall in a particulare way--that was how I set-up the example. If any of the factors change, the outcome changes. Because of how the example was set-up, it is impossible

"Well we can use cascading to say that once we know that he is more likely to pick X that he will always pick X. True we cant say with absoluteness but we dont have complete knowledge. Christianity assumes God does have completely knowledge and therefore can make absolute statements where as we cant."All this proves is that the person is most likely to pick X. Even if the odds are 99 to 1 that the person will pick X, humans can never know. Yes, Christianity posits that God does know. We will talk about this more with your next statements."From Gods View:He knows all the factors, He knows wheth

I agree that there are always factors that influence decisions--but from a logical reasoning stand point, the only way something can be known as absolute is through testing and experiencing the same outcome multiple times. For example, the only reason humans accept 2+2=4 is because everytime we test this, the result is the same. If there was only one opportunity for humans to experience 2+2=4 in life, it would not be accepted as absolute (of course, we may find out one day that this is not absolute, but that is a different conversation). Therefore, while the logical conclusion you come to is t

I like the examples you are using and enjoy the conversaton--but again, I have to disagree. There are two problems with the portion of your statement that I see:1. You make a very big assumption that has no real way of being known. There is no way for us to test whether the same decision will be made at the same moment in time--so you rely on a logical conclusion. Yet, logical conclusions are never 100% certain, they are just the best conclusion one can make given the situation. Since we can not know whether that is always true, we can't accept any conclusions drawn from it to be absolute.2. I

"The choice is still 50% left and 50% right. In our mind we still can still go left. Now given the choice at this moment in time we will always freely choose to go right. If we introduce some game theory we can say that whatever factors are affecting us at that moment will always make that the dominate decision for us at that very moment. But what is key is that at that moment in time, we will always freely choose to go right because at that moment it is always better for us based off of our factors. "The little I know about game theory rests on known outcomes, or at least the ability to logic

Careful on Delgado--great player, but for some reason the first year people play at Shea their numbers always go down...I realize Florida had a huge park, but Shea just kills hitters. If you can find a way to unload him for equal talent I would look into it.

Okay--now you have added the fourth piece which creates the true paradox for Christians. No matter how much you attempt to get around this paradox it will always exist if God has the power of being all knowing...You already understand the problem of evil and have come back with the conclusion that humans have free will. Humans choose to commit evil--this still leaves us with two problems. We can solve one or the other, but never both:1. God is not all powerful if He created creatures that choose evil. God relinguished this power to allow humans the ability to choose beyond what She would deman

Good points and I will give you my thoughts.When I say this statement: "All a Christian has to do to be accepted into heaven is accept Jesus and confess his/her sins" I do not mean it is easy and I do not mean one can fake it. But if one has sinned immensly in their life before "finding Jesus," those sins can be forgiven by this act. Now, it must be a real feeling and true, one must truly feel repentance for this to be accepted. And, one must then change their lifestyle from the sinning ways...so no, it is not simple, but it is less of a requirement than other religions require.Your change run

I would also like to apologize for my last post--I did not mean it to come off so confrontational--I have enjoyed this conversation and think we can both benefit from continuing it.I was trying to make two points and based on your most recent comment, I will continue to try to show where I think our beliefs are slightly different--I am not trying to show whether God exists or not, just how our thinking on this subject is different...First, I don't disagree with your first three statements. I disagree with your conclusion being the only logical conclusion. Your conclusion is the essence of fait

Wait--when did I criticize faith? I only provided a definition of faith that is pretty universal--let me provide references:Dictionary.com defines faith as: 1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing.2. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.Perhaps my shortening logical proof to logic has created a problem, but that is definately what I was referring to. Please help me understand how / where I criticized faith--I tried very hard to do the opposite.I don't think you interpret what I am saying regarding evil correctly--my per