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Bonobo

2007-03-22T21:42:36Z

Ayef74:

''Bonobos'', or "pigmy chimpanzees", are an endangered<ref>[http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/bonobo/cons PrimateInfo.Net]</ref> ape species in the genus ''Pan'' (the only other being the common chimp). Bonobos are more peaceful and social than the common chimpanzee. Bonobos share about 98% of their DNA with humans and slightly more than the common chimpanzee shares with humans.<ref name="Columbus Zoo">[http://www.colszoo.org/animalareas/aforest/bonobo.html Bonobos] at the Columbus Zoo </ref> Unlike many other apes, they walk upright a signficant fraction of the time.

== Anatomy and Behavior ==
Females are smaller than males but unlike in many other ape species the female hierarchy of dominance matters more than that of the males. Bonobos pass the mirror test and have facial expressions close enough to those of humans such that humans can often recognize what emotion a bonobo is expressing. <ref name="Columbus Zoo"/> Individual bonobos also have very different facial features such that humans can easily differentiate one bonobo from another.

Proponents of evolutionary psychology often point to bonobos as examples of an evolutionary adaptation in which a species acquired the strategy of bartering sex to enhance social status or to resolve disputes<ref>[http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html Bonobo Sex and Society]</ref>. Homosexual activists haved cite bonobos as examples of animals who perform homosexual acts<ref> Chris Bull, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_n735/ai_20164884 Monkey love - homosexual behavior in primates,] The Advocate, June 10, 1997.3</ref><ref>Steve Sailer, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_1999_Sept_27/ai_55820853 "Chimps and Chumps : What monkeys don't tell us about man,"] National Review, Sept 27, 1999. </ref> . The National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), a group which believes that homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be cured argues the bonobo behavior is is not sexual but rather are aggressive acts to assert dominance much like when a dog mounts a person's leg<ref>
Luiz Sérgio Solimeo, [http://www.narth.com/docs/animalmyth.html "The Animal Homosexuality Myth,"] NARTH.</ref>

Pedophilic behavior is also common in bonobos.<ref>De Waal, F. (1990). Sociosexual behavior used for tension regulation in all age and sex combinations among Bonobos. In J. Feierman (Ed.), Pedophilia: Biosocial dimensions (pp. 379–393). New York: Springer.</ref>

All of these examples of deviant sexual behavior on the part of bonobos demonstrate that they do not embrace the Lord. If we can properly proselytize the Good News, perhaps they will cease these activities.

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Genetics

2007-03-22T21:40:19Z

Ayef74:

The science that studies how characteristics get passed from parent to offspring.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>. Many godless individuals believe that we evolved our genetic structure in a system named [[evolution]]. However, it has been proven conclusively that God himself coordinates our genetic makeup by choosing which features from each parent we will be born with. This implies that babies with genetic birth defects are punishments from God for transgressions of the parents.

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Python (programming language)

2007-03-22T21:22:38Z

Ayef74:

Python is a high-level programming language created by Guido van Rossum in 1991. It is a multi-paradigm language with a fully dynamic type system and automatic memory management. Its syntax is similar to that of Perl and Smalltalk.

The most popular implementation of Python is the CPython maintained by the Python Software Foundation, developing under an [[open source]] development model, and is licensed under its own Python Software Foundation License. CPython is a bytecode interpreter and comes with a rich library that includes modules for creating graphical user interface, relational database, arbitrary precision arithematic, complex arithematic, unit testing, regular expression, XML parsing, C/C++ interfacing and zip compression; which makes it a powerful glue language between lower-level languages and software programs.

Other popular Python implementations include Jython, written in [[Java]], and IronPython, for Microsoft's .Net framework.

It has been suggested that God would use Python if he were to program.

[[Category:Information technology]]

==External Links==
[http://www.python.org/ Python Software Foundation]

Talk:Rainbow

2007-03-22T21:18:13Z

Ayef74:

==Rainbow = circle?==
How can a rainbow be a circle? Can you provide any satellite pictures that can support this claim? [[User:Grinder|Grinder]] 21:31, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

:::Visit Niagara Falls. When you are standing in (say) Victoria Park on the Canadian side on sunset, you up at the top of the falls, looking into a wall of mist that extends above '''and''' below you, and you see a whole circular rainbow in it. It's incredible. You can get calendars and postcards with pictures of circular rainbows in the souvenir shops.

:::Rainbows are huge circles around the "antisolar point." In late afternoon, the sun is behind you and above you, so if the "projection screen" of droplets only extends down to the ground, you only see ''less than half'' of a circle. To see a whole circle, you need to have a "screen" of droplets that extends above and below you.

:::From an airplane, if you're above cirrus clouds, you can often see much smaller rainbow-like auras surrounding the shadow of the airplane. In a novel called ''The War Lover'' by John Hersey, a bomber pilot flying in formation points out to his crew that there is an aura surrounding the shadow of ''their'' plane, but not any of the others. Of course, the crew in each of the other planes would have seen the aura appearing around the shadow of ''their own'' plane. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 15:25, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

:Hey Grinder, here are some pics: [http://images.google.com/images?q=rainbows%20are%20circular&hl=en&sa=N&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&tab=wi Circular Rainbows] [[User:Jrssr5|Jrssr5]] 15:50, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

: For a circular rainbow photo, how about http://www.mountainlight.com/gallery.aviation/images.html . If you wish to read about the physics behind the rainbow and other natural phenomena (twilight, alpenglow, green flash, twinkling stars, zodiacal light, secondary rainbows, tetrairay rainbows, alexander's dark band, etc...) [http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Nature-David-Lynch/dp/0521775043 Light and Color in Nature] is a good book to read. --[[User:Mtur|Mtur]] 15:35, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

:::

:: "it has difficulty explaining why they seem beautiful and evoke such feelings of awe and mystery." ... has science ever tried to explain this? It comes off like a cheap dig.--[[User:Dave3172|Dave3172]] 12:08, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

::: How would you like to phrase it? I was trying for some compromise between various possibilities that occurred to me. I didn't want to say that science cannot explain the appearance of rainbows, because it can. But I didn't want to give the impression that science ''explains away'' rainbows. But it is possible that an evolutionist ''could'' hypothesis some adaptive advantage to perceiving beauty, so...

::: Ah, got it. ''Physics'' cannot explain...

::: If we just want to say rainbows '''are''' beautiful and awe-inspiring that's also fine, and if anyone want to slap a <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> tag on it there shouldn't be much of a problem finding a source citation... like... hmmmm.... yeah, of course: Wordsworth, "My heart leaps up when I behold/A rainbow in the sky:/So was it when my life began;/So is it now I am a man;/So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die!" I'll try making that change and see what people think. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 15:01, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

== Colors that can't be reproduced ==

I have never heard of rainbows having colors that can't be reproduced. Is this poetic license, or fact? [[User:Kapntoad|Kapntoad]]

:Since that particular section doesn't have a citation I'm guessing it's mere opinion. --[[User:Cracker|Cracker]]<sup>[[User_Talk:Cracker|talk]]</sup> 02:05, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

::No, I didn't cite a source, but it's not opinion, it's fact. One example would be to try to reproduce it with RGB color, e.g. on a computer screen. On a CIE diagram, the three phosphors represent the three vertices of a triangle. All of the colors you can get by lighting up the three phosphors lie in the interior of that triangle. The colors of the spectrum, however, form a rounded shape well outside that triangle.

::Colors made by mixing RGB are distinctly less pure and less saturated than real spectrum colors, especially in the parts of the spectrum that are "in between" the phosphors.

::And a computer screen has a much larger gamut of color than a page printed with ink.

::Color photographs look good, but if you have a chance to hold them up next to the actual thing that was photographed, anyone can see big differences from the real thing.

::For another example, just try to photograph brightly-colored flowers in sunlight, especially those that have colors in the magenta-pink-violet-purple range. If you have a digital camera, take a picture, run inside, print it, and then bring it out to compare with the real thing. ''Not even close.''

::In other words... it's physics (and colorimetry and visual physiology),... not poetry or ideology.

::Another problem, at least with ordinary printed pictures, is that halftone processes are at their ''very worst'' trying to produce a nice, smooth, even gradation of tone or color. A phenonemon called "banding" almost always occurs to some degree, in which tones that should grade evenly separate out into bands that have noticeable edges. So something like a spectrum, or a rainbow, or for that matter the gradual shading in any blue sky, are a severe test of printing quality. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 13:04, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

::Backtracking...of course, I could be wrong... because it occurs to me that a rainbow, rather than a spectrum produced by a prism, might have enough blending to lie within a "Maxwell triangle..." No time to track this down. Similarly, some of the talk about "circular rainbows" above, including the images found in a Google search, are really a related but different phenomenon properly called a "glory." The circular rainbow at Niagara Falls is real, though I've been going nuts trying to find a photograph. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 13:10, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

== Un, excuse me.. ==

Um, the whole beginning of the article is completely opinion (albeit biblical opinion). This article as it stands is an embarrassment and should be completely rewritten.[[User:Palmd001|Palmd001]] 17:09, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

:Palmd001, if you'd replace "Biblical opinion" with the correct term, "Biblical fact" (or just omit the unnecessary "Biblical," because nothing in the Bible is not a fact), maybe you'd be on something. I also corrected your spelling, because that's what the Bible says to do. [[User:DunsScotus|DunsScotus]] 17:12, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

:It would seem that we need some experts on rainbows to help with this rewrite, but I approve of the idea. Nonsense like that poem will only rot our children's minds a la wikipedia. [[User:ayef74|ayer74]] 17:17, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

The bible says to correct my spelling???[[User:Palmd001|Palmd001]] 17:14, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

Leviticus

2007-03-22T21:15:07Z

Ayef74: SPELLING

'''Leviticus''' is the third book of the [[Old Testament]]. The book is [[chiastically]] structured. The writings of the book were delivered by [[God]] in the space of a month, that month being the first of the second year after the [[Hebrew]] exodus from [[Egypt]].{{fact}} Most of Leviticus is filled with laws and codes, but these codes are not literal--they represent the foreshadowing of the coming of [[Jesus Christ]] and most specifically the [[crucifixion]]. It serves as a gospel of the grace of God and the holiness of God's people.{{fact}}

Here is a summary of Leviticus. There are two main sections in Leviticus:

== Summary of Leviticus 1-16 ==
Is the priestly code and many of its rules and regulations. Among these regulations:

=== Offerings: Leviticus 1-7 ===
* Burnt Offerings (Leviticus 1)
* Offerings of meat (Leviticus 2)
* Peace Offerings (Leviticus 3)
* Offerings for sin (Leviticus 4)
* Offerings for trespass (Leviticus 5)
* Instructions for Priests regarding offerings (Leviticus 6-7)

=== Sacrificial Stories 8-10 ===
* Aaron and his sons are made into priests (Leviticus 8)
* Aaron's sons "offered strange fire before the Lord" and are burnt to death for their sins by God directly. (Leviticus 9-10)

=== More Laws 11-16 ===
* Which animals and clean and which are uncleanly. (Leviticus 11)
* How to purify a woman rendered unclean from child birth. (Leviticus 12)
* Laws of Leprosy and lepers as well as laws of mildew. (Leviticus 13-14)
* Laws regarding on the rendering clean of issues of bodily fluids from men and women and how to become clean. (Leviticus 15)
* On atonement and the description of the [[scapegoat]]. (Leviticus 16)

== Holiness Code: Leviticus 17-26 ==
This is a very clear and concise expression of laws and holiness. It is not thought that Leviticus 27 is part of this concision of laws.
* Prohibition on the consumption of blood and of anything that has died naturally, also subjects idolatry and proper sacrifice of animals (Leviticus 17)
* Prohibition of incest, and of relations with the wife of a neighbor. (Leviticus 18)
* Prohibition of looking upon a woman while she is menstruating. (Leviticus 18)
* Prohibition of sacrifice of humans (Leviticus 18)
* Prohibition of Homosexuality and Beastiality (Leviticus 18)
* Many laws and admonitions: Keep the Sabbath, help the poor, do not steal or lie or cheat, be kind to the blind and dumb, don't be a gossip, love thy neighbor, don't let cows interbreed, don't used mixed seeds, do not wear two types of fabric at once, relations with slave women, do not eat fruit from trees for four years, no magic, no astrology, guidelines for haircuts and shaving, no tattoos, respect elders, treat strangers kindly, be fair. (All Leviticus 19)
* Punishments: All who sacrifice their children will be put to death, all who do not respect their parents will be put to death, both of those who adulterer shall be put to death, those who have relations with their fathers wife or son's wife shall be put to death, those who engage in sodomy shall be put to death, those who engage in relations with their mother in law will incur burning death upon man, wife and mother, those who engage in beastiality will be put to death along with the animal, do not look at naked or have relations with your sister, uncle's wife or brother's wife, witches and wizards should be stoned. (Leviticus 20)
* Priestly codes: Priests must marry virgins, cannot shave their heads, daughters will be burnt alive if they are "whores," no lame or dwarven or blemished or handicapped priests. (Leviticus 21)
* Holy food: No unclean man shall eat of the holy food, nor shall strangers, slaves or servants unless the priest owns them. If the Priest's daughter marries a stranger she shall not eat the holy food. Your sacrifices to the Lord may not be deformed. (Leviticus 22)
* Keep the Sabbath, make festivals and make offerings to God. Save some of your harvest for the poor. God will destroy you if you violate the Sabbath. (Leviticus 23)
* Altar of incense (Leviticus 24)
* A blasphemer is put to death. All blasphemers shall be put to death. (Leviticus 24)
* Murderers shall be put to death. Those who kill beasts shall have their own beasts killed. "Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again." (Leviticus 24)
* Laws regarding the Sabbath and the Jubilee year, and laws regarding slavery. (Leviticus 25)
* Those who follow God's commandments shall be rewarded. They shall be prosperous and blessed with good weather and respected by God. Those who dispute God's commandments will be punished. Their crops will fail and be eaten by enemies, they will be killed by enemies, their children will be eaten by wild animals, there will be pestilence, then they will eat their own children. (Leviticus 26)
* Also there is Leviticus 27. It concerns the commutation vows and sets the price for each human being. It is not a part of the Holiness code, though.

== Significant Passages ==
There are many very important passages in Leviticus:

=== Aaron and his Sons ===
* 10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
* 10:2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
* 10:3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
* 10:4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.
* 10:5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.
* 10:6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

=== Important Laws of Leviticus 18 ===
* 18:10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
* 18:11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
* 18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
* 18:13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
* 18:14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
* 18:15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
* 18:16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
* 18:17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
* 18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
* 18:19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
* 18:20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
* 18:21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
* 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
* 18:23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

=== Important Laws of Leviticus 19 ===
* 19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
* 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
* 19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
* 19:14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
* 19:16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the LORD.
* 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
* 19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
* 19:26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
* 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
* 19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
* 19:34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
* 19:35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

=== Punishments of Leviticus 20 ===
* 20:2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
* 20:9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
* 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
* 20:11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
* 20:12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
* 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
* 20:15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
* 20:16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
* 20:17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
* 20:18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
* 20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

=== Codes of Justice in Leviticus 24 ===
* 24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone * him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
* 24:17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
* 24:18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
* 24:19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
* 24:20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
* 24:21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

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Prodigal Son

2007-03-22T21:11:01Z

Ayef74:

The Prodigal Son is a parable taught by Jesus to convey God's unbounded love and forgiveness. This parable appears only in the [[Gospel of Luke]]. Like all of Jesus' parables, its message transcends language and cultural differences.

The parable, set forth at Luke 15:11-32 (NIV), is as follows:<ref>http://bible1.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?passage=lu+15:11&version=niv&context=1&showtools=1</ref>

:11 Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them. 13 "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.

:14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. 17 "When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.' 20 So he got up and went to his father.

:"But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. 21 "The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' 22 "But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate.

:25 "Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27 'Your brother has come,' he replied, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.' 28 "The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, 'Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!' 31 "'My son,' the father said, 'you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'"

== Interpretation ==

The parable has several key elements. The prodigal (wasteful) son does not return until he begins to judge his own conduct and situation objectively.<ref>Luke 15:13-16 (NIV)</ref> Until that point, he is like others who insist on rejecting God for something far worse than what God routinely provides to everyone, family and worker alike.<ref>Luke 15:17-20 (NIV)</ref> When the prodigal son does return, his father (God) rushes out to meet him "while he was still a long way off."<ref>Luke 15:20 (NIV)</ref> Finally, God's rejection of his other son's objection shows that God's forgiveness is always available, regardless of inconsistent treatment of those seeking for it.<ref>Luke 15:28-32 (NIV)</ref> Put another way, it is never too late to ask for forgiveness from God.

== Other Prodigal Sons ==

The 'Prodigal Son' was a bar in Chicago <ref>http://www.planet99.com/chicago/bars/11081.html</ref> which eventually closed down due to a grease fire. It is speculated that this grease fire started during one of their free bacon nights.

== References ==

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Osama Bin Laden

2007-03-22T21:05:11Z

Ayef74:

Osama Bin Laden is the leader of [[al Qaeda]], a worldwide Muslim terrorist group thought to be responsible for [[9-11]] and other terrorist attacks on Americans in the 1990s. He was protected by the Taliban until the glorious American invasion of Afghanistan after [[9-11]] drove him into hiding. While he has not been able to be located yet, the US forces are always hot on his trail, which has allowed the Department of Homeland Security some extra time to prevent more attacks on our interests.