James Black

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I have been programming since I was in high school, and my favorite computer was my Amiga 2000, as that is what I learned to program in C on, and was just a great computer.

I have been an advocate about unit testing since 1999, and believe we can get better code by getting before the user more frequently so we can narrow the solution to what they really want, as users don't really know what they want, initially.

I am comfortable with many languages, but am trying to understand how to program in functional languages, giving up while loops is very difficult for me in designing applications. :)

I am living in Knoxville, TN.

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Oct 12	comment	Why do Christians need to promote their religion to non-believers? @Yeodave - I was using it as an example, not to state all non-believers act a certain way, just as you will find self-proclaimed Christians that are adulterers and murderers. You can read whatever you want into what I write, but I am pretty consistent, I think, on what the entire message is. I guess you miss the idea of examples, as it wasn't even a generalization.
Oct 12	comment	How did the Inquisition impact modern Christianity? @MasonWheeler - When political leaders are talking about killing/jailing Muslims it is for political power. For example you can read publiceye.org/liberty/training/Muslim_Menace_Complete.pdf and this gives some good info: rightweb.irc-online.org/articles/display/…
Oct 11	comment	How do Christians explain commonalities between their religion, other major faiths and obscure isolated tribal belief systems? @Screamer - When you are in a minority, then you can't threaten, and Paul was in that boat. So, he took time to understand the Athenian beliefs in order to find an opening that he can use to help reach out to others.
Oct 10	comment	Why do Christians need to promote their religion to non-believers? @Yeodave - The NT uses gambling, adultery and drunkenness as examples, I just made it a bit more modern.
Oct 9	comment	What is unique about Christianity? Are we talking about what Jesus taught that was unique, or the religion that was formed due to those teachings? Basically, are we looking at the religion or the message?
Oct 9	revised	Why do women have inferior rights in the Bible? typo
Oct 9	comment	What's the Mormon view of Freemasonry? You can read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_and_Freemasonry to see more.
Oct 9	answered	Why do women have inferior rights in the Bible?
Oct 9	comment	What was Satan's view on the authority of Scripture? @Caleb - Yes, in Matt 4:10 Satan didn't refute the authority of Scripture.
Oct 9	answered	What was Jesus' view on the authority of Scripture?
Oct 8	comment	How do Christians explain commonalities between their religion, other major faiths and obscure isolated tribal belief systems? Baal's father was 'El, who may have been the God worshipped by Abraham, as 'El was times used to refer to YWHW and Elohim (army of 'El) is also used to refer to God. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_(deity)
Oct 8	comment	How should other churches respond to a pastor and congregation who live contrary to the Gospel? @Caleb - Thank you for your changes. I will consider writing an answer to my own question.
Oct 8	answered	Why do Christians need to promote their religion to non-believers?
Oct 8	answered	How do Christians explain commonalities between their religion, other major faiths and obscure isolated tribal belief systems?
Oct 8	comment	How do Christians explain commonalities between their religion, other major faiths and obscure isolated tribal belief systems? Many religions are persecuted, so when Muslims are persecuted, or Hindus are persecuted, they get help from their gods also. Your answer can apply to any religion, basically.
Oct 8	comment	What is the Alpha Course? You may want to read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_course
Oct 6	comment	Is there any specific difference between a “Christian” and a 'true' disciple of Christ? How do you define a Christian, and how do you define a true disciple?
Oct 5	awarded	Scholar
Oct 5	accepted	How should other churches respond to a pastor and congregation who live contrary to the Gospel?
Oct 5	comment	How should other churches respond to a pastor and congregation who live contrary to the Gospel? @ThePreacher - True, but, the pastor should be able to lean on Christ to give him the love he needs to demonstrate. I keep thinking about how Jesus healed the ear of the soldier that was arresting him.