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Brady voted up Sudipa Sarkar's answer
In trying to explain the existence of the complicated body structures in living things around us, the theory of evolution has been developed. This theory is that all the plants and animals in the world today have developed a natural way from earlier forms that were simpler. According to this theory, men are too, developed … Read more
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Brady answered Addilynn All Star's question
Evolution is not as you construe, your family tree is not a straight line and neither is the familial lines between primates and humans.  This image gives a fairly good intuition on how it works:Basically we share an ancestor with the great apes, you can think of them as cousins or siblings … Read more
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Brady commented on abby's answer
My question does apply to you, if you don't wish to answer it that is fine I only ask you think about its implications. The end of my comment applies only barely and indirectly to you, I can appreciate that you were reacting (not that I particularly agree with the reaction) and I can appreciate … Read more
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Brady commented on abby's answer
But what separates any other religion from yours? If in imperial Rome the populace had kept Mithraism as their chosen religion you would be prone now to saying the same of Christianity what you say now about the Roman mythologies. It's alright to have faith in a religion, but it is certainly offensive to suggest … Read more
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Brady voted up Anonymous' answer
As Sunyday says, so what? Clearly there are verses that condemn homosexuality in the Bible, but there are also verses that condemn eating crustaceans, and tell us that we should stone prostitutes to death.

Reading the Bible is one of those things that people do selectively. Things that are inconvenient for people to follow … Read more
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Brady answered Blue Jay's question
Engineers are some of the worst programmers I know.  Most likely the most complicated construct an engineer must build will automate calculations for them, this is pretty easy for even the most novice of programmers and even in the most complex languages.  You declare which variables are to be used and write out an equation … Read more
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Brady answered Anonymous' question
Really the difference is in how certain things are enforced.  With traditional programming in languages like APL (A Programming Language) A, B, and C the developer as well as other developers who may use your code were counted on to follow certain conventions, avoiding the alteration of certain data types, not using GOTO the use … Read more