OMG , someone just jumped out our office building window, KAWASAKI LOST
note on his chest said that
wtf is the best
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rookie
SBR Wise Guy
10-01-05
682
#37
Originally posted by WileOut
What are you talking about here? I never said that "Americans suffer from greed and pride because most of them are Christian". Never said it. It doesn't make sense.
Actually all people suffer from these things. But its not because they are Christians, its because they are a natural human fallacy.
I said most Americans are Christians, which is true. Do I need to post 10 thousand studies that show this? Then I went on to say that for a Christian (and everyone else) pride and greed are sins which lead to mysery and death. Then I pointed out that this is true even in non Christian countries like Japan.
Just to clarify: The first sentence in my post was meant to be synopsis of your first post- "Americans don't suffer from greed and pride because most of them are Christians". It seemed (to me) that you were of the opinion that Christianity provides some sort of protection from sins that other religions do not.
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rookie
SBR Wise Guy
10-01-05
682
#38
Just read that Vegas is the suicide capital of America. Did you guys know that ?
Researchers looked at suicides over the past 30 years and found that Las Vegas residents have a much higher suicide rate than residents of other cities — a rate twice that of the national average. las vegans Visitors to Las Vegas also have a higher suicide rate than residents.
Extract: Indeed, researchers found that residents of Las Vegas had a 50 percent higher risk of suicide than folks living elsewhere in the country. They also found out something quite surprising about the residents. "Residents of Las Vegas who leave Las Vegas — that is, they take some kind of hiatus or break from Las Vegas, they go out of the county — their risk for suicide goes down," he said. And it turns out that the 40 million visitors who come to Las Vegas every year had an even greater suicide risk than residents. "We found that those who visit Las Vegas compared to visiting elsewhere see their risk going up by twofold," Wray said.