So what? I don't believe in god, so I don't need to follow whatever rules which are given in the bible. And I am not residing in a Christian country as well. So there is no legal obligation to do so. If you are so worried about the god, then please follow whatever rules given in your bible. But don't derail a serious topic here with the repetitive religious BS.

Recreational drugs seldom cause health or metal problems, unless you make dangerous cocktails out of them, or if you over-consume them. Most of them are harmless (although cheaper products may contain toxins). And this is exactly the reason why I have argued in favor of the legalization of recreational drugs, as it will be easier for the government to monitor its usage.

We should preserve the planet not for us, but for the future generations. I have posted about this earlier as well. The real effect of global warming and deforestation will come in to picture many decades later. May be in 2050 or 2060. By then, we will be gone and our children and grandchildren will suffer from it. They will curse us for not protecting the planet earlier.

Age does matter, because you can't expect someone who is 20 years old to have a relation with someone who is 60 years old. The attitudes can vary from region to region as well. In India (and other countries in South Asia), it is not uncommon for men in their 40s and 50s to marry women much younger than them (sometimes teenagers).

It is more like 0.25% rich people. There are around 16 million people, who are worth more than $1 million. These people control the majority of the world wealth and they are the ones who exploit the natural resources. And right now, this 0.1% is getting richer by the day, while the remaining 99.9% is relegated in to a form of debt and mortgage enslavement.

What you have listed is not a consequence of drinking alcohol. You will not get these diseases if you consume alcohol in moderate quantities. But these diseases can occur, if you get addicted to alcohol and you end up consuming massive quantities of ethyl alcohol on a regular bases. But that holds true for the other food items (sugar, salt.etc) as well.

Other than his views on immigration, his policies are more or less in line with the other mainstream Republicans. And he is not the sole immigration hawk within the GOP. There are others such as Ted Cruz and Ron Paul. I don't like him provoking the North Koreans by conducting military drills so close to the DPRK border. But everyone needs to agree that this guy managed to bring down the federal debt since he took office.

At least after the WW2, there were no major global conflicts. The super-powers have become more intelligent now. Rather than sending their soldiers to die in the battle field, they are rising proxy armies. Look at Syria and Iraq for example. Russia and Iran are supporting the Shiite militias and the Kurds, while the Americans are supporting the Sunni groups.

I am tired of these religious nuts preaching forgiveness. OK... So here is the deal. If someone murders or rapes someone in your family, we will let the perpetrator free, as you don't want to punish him. For all the other cases, we will strictly implement the death penalty. Someone who commit murders and rapes doesn't deserve any forgiveness in my opinion.

Ethereum is sliding down ever since it attained the peak of 0.145 BTC a few months back. There has been no respite and the prices have been constantly on the dip. Right now it is trading at 0.0313 BTC per coin, which represents a decline of more than 75% from its peak. But I don't think that Bitcoin is the main culprit for this dip. On the other hand, I guess that it is the emergence of BCH, which caused the ETH prices to drop this much.

A few months back, I posted here that Bitcoin seems under-priced to me. But I never expected the prices to climb this much steeply. It has gone up too far, too fast. To be honest, I was expecting $10,000 per coin by the end of this year. But the Chinese investors (through Korean exchanges) have propelled the prices to the stratosphere. 

You will not call them greedy, if the prices go up to $100,000 per coin and the holders become millionaires all of a sudden. On the other hand, if the prices crash then everyone will call them greedy. It is ironic that the outcome decides the label or title of a certain individual.

At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised either. But I am still afraid of a major correction occurring. When was the last time we had a major correction? If I am right, the last major connection occurred during the fist half of 2016. After that, the Bitcoin prices have been on the constant upswing, rising by 7,000% from $200 per coin to $14,200 per coin.

Not good enough. What about the minority religions? There are forest tribes in Indonesia, who follow their own religion. But they are forced to convert to Islam or Christianity, as the government does not recognize their religion. They can't get national ID cards, if they don't convert. 

Up to a certain limit, the taxes are OK. But in case of countries such as Germany and Sweden, it is extreme. They pay almost 50% of their salary in the form of income tax, and on top of that they pay 20% to 50% VAT on everything they purchase. And the worst part is that a large part of this tax revenue is used to feed the illiterate immigrants from Syria and Afghanistan.

No. China is having the manpower advantage, but it is not going to last forever. The birth rates in China are lower, when compared to its neighbors such as India and Myanmar. And Chinese defense equipment is yet to reach the necessary quality thresholds to compete with the same from the United States and Russia. My guess is that the US will remain as the sole super-power for some time to come.

Nope. The surprise can happen this year itself. Just wait until the futures trading start on CBOE and CME. The derivative trading is going to take Bitcoin to the outer-space. It has happened with the other commodities before, and now it is about to happen to Bitcoin. Billions of USD worth of funds will be flown to these futures contracts in the next few weeks.

When I first heard about Bitcoin, the price was around $5 per coin and there were only two major exchanges: BTC-e and Mt Gox. That was sometime in 2011. But I didn't took Bitcoins seriously then. I started investing in them only in 2014, when the prices were close to $1,000 per coin. I still regret my decision to ignore BTC in 2011.

It is 99% confirmed that NASDAQ will be adding Bitcoin futures sometime in Q2 2018. But the trigger for the current rally was the decision by CBOE and CME to list Bitcoin futures in their respective exchanges. CME is going to start trading on 18th December. CBOE scored a few brownie points, by declaring that they will start the trading a week before that happens in CME.

Which fork are you talking about? Bitcoin Unlimited or Super Bitcoin? The demand is not very high for these forked coins. The real trigger was the decision by CBOE to pre-pone the Bitcoin futures listing to December 10th (just 3 days from now). CME is also launching the futures on December 18. But I will tell you one thing. Bitcoin has risen so much during the last few days, that the majority of the traders will be trying to short it in CBOE/CME.