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military Justice if i dont then i Ani subject to punishment or any other Adverse action we have heard Many times that there is no one above the Law but everyone is subject to it yet we have blockades of Economy breaking contracts with the people who fight to keep them open interested yet keep Reading recently there was an army and air Force Exchange service Sale online in which army combat uniform tops were As were Acu Bottoms i and Many other people rushed to fill our online carts thinking wow this is the Deal of a life time now its turning out to be a disappointment upset after cafes cancels orders article March obviously there was a mistake with pric ing made if that True is it the customers fault that cafes cant pay attention to de Tail obviously it is guess what in pretty sure that More than half of the people who ordered their uniforms want their order processed but being that cafes is above the Law it Doest have to Honor what the customer wants whatever happened to All sales Are so now its of to Tell someone some thing and now because you dont want to lose out you dont come through i can Al most guarantee you if i say something to a senior noncommissioned officer and its not the truth More than Likely i will be punished under the Ucma its the same under civilian Law but not cafes it Doest have any repercussions i would think that cafes is a different business than All the rest you would think that since it is All about soldiers it  be out to make itself look better but rather it would be there for the Well being of the soldiers no if you make a Sale and you say All sales Are final then you Honor that you dont give me Money Back because you made a mistake i believe that the line of Trust that some soldiers had with cafes is broken and i  be surprised if the better business Bureau heard about this pfc Johnathan Mabane k16 South Korea religion versus religion while commendable for what the writer of foolish science Dogma stated letter March he presented his argument poorly lets look at science objectively science is what we can test observe and repeat one should approach study objectively setting beliefs aside and letting facts Tell the truth would you agree that any idea or theory that disproved by the scientific method should be thrown out i would the problem with evolution is that its based on bad theories most of which have been disproved for at least half a Century doonesbury Tell us you Thiak stars and stripes welcomes your comments on editorials and columns that Are published in the newspaper and values tetters on topics of importance in the lives of our readers All letters must and must include tace writers address or base and Telephone number please limit letters to 300 words we Reserve the right to edit letters Tor Tengi taste and clarity Send your letters to us mail International mail headers forum stars and stripes unit 45002 9633750 stars Ami stripes Mina Toku Myo 1060032 via fax from Japan 0334088936 fax from in its contradicted by Many Laws and observable Phenomena within the universe the problem is that we have scientists who be Lieve millions of years beforehand and assume it must work like this to fit their philosophy the Media labels creation versus evolution As religion versus science when in fact its religion versus religion people cling to evolution by Faith despite All the contradictions because the alternative is that the universe was actually designed theres no missing link no geologic column no beneficial mutations no in creased genetic complexity or any other credible evidence the Only sort of evolution at All is adaptation within a kind such As dog varieties but a Chihuahua and a great Dane Are still dogs yet this is used As evidence for How a Rock became an Alli Gator or How stars form i openly admit my standpoint is religious evolution is religious by Faith its merely tax supported science including archaeology biology genetics astronomy and any number of Fields will always support the infallibility of the Bible the Bible chaps Peoples hides and they try to disprove it to vindicate themselves i believe in the begin Ning god and they believe in the begin Ning dirt staff sgt Raymond m Kiser Balad air base Iraq both have their lanes the writer of consult designers Manu Al letter March 22 states that the de sign is Fine in regard to gods supposed design of humanity clearly the writer is unfamiliar with the various vestigial or Gans of the body my personal favorite is the Vermiform appendix which in humans serves no apparent purpose but does get infected rup Tures and kills in our near relatives in the animal kingdom it serves to digest cellulose which humans cannot digest science that6irl i5pro i think its b5bn happening wgwjp7oo Forim 5tanc5 vzry5upporjivzof therefore explains its presence in the human body via use Ful structures Are not deleted they Are Sim ply modified and become vestigial other examples of vestigial structures include the coccyx the Plica Semi Unaris and the third Why would an omnipotent creator include useless and dangerous structures in his creation if we Are in his image does god have an appendix heaven help us if it ruptures the Point Here is not to deride religion but rather the misapplication of religion religion and science both have their lanes and complement each other when their roles Are understood religion can Tell us How to live and give meaning to our lives but it cannot Tell us about the nature Struc Ture and origin of the universe science which is nothing More than the organized application of our reason to the evidence of our senses can and does it reveals a wondrous and terrible universe but tells us nothing of How we should behave in it pfc Jonathan Carp Forward operating base Union Iraq id makes sense to him a Good scientist does his Best to be unbiased in his work he is Happy to be sur prised when an unbiased study or Experiment turns out differently than expected intelligent design is not warm Dover creationism unless a person is an atheist it is not difficult to accept both the findings of palaeontology and the theory of id creationists believe in the biblical Story of creation according to the theory of evolution mindless processes in ran Dom mutations and natural selection Are the Complete explanation for the process documented by identification and dating of fossils this explanation seems logical yet it also seems counterintuitive neither id nor has been or in my opinion can be disproved creation ism has been disproved to All but those who Are either unaware of or ignore scientific evidence the argument that imperfections in the human body As perceived by humans rejecting id strikes me As fatuous if the intelligence of those making that argument is merely the product of random mutations and natural selection they can be ignored maybe humans Are merely Way stations in the push to create the great intelligent designer or would that be putting the cart before the horse Al though we Are at the top of the evolution Ary process Why should it Stop with us perhaps the next higher level will be robots with the brains of supercomputers survival of the fittest makes sense but what survives is simply deemed to be the fittest there is no Way of knowing whether isolated fossils represent a sterile Muta Tion an unfit one or the fittest the theory is simple and logical but it cant really be tested and neither can id although i am lacking in religious beliefs and have been heavily schooled in Sci ence id makes More sense to me than does Frank Leitnaker Miessau Germany by Garry Trudeau emerging ffvmhi5 atuztl5i think youve thanks 70 take ova this cas5 gosh offer Buji neepth5 work