Posts by Dave Oldham 22 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Jan 2008
All European Union countries must charge VAT (Value Added Tax) on all purchases of this type of equipment. Rules are complicated and the rate varies from country to country. For example:
Liechtenstein - 8%
Luxembourg - 15%
United Kingdom (where I live) - 20%
Republic of Ireland - 23%
Hungary - 27%
In the United Kingdom any duty is added before VAT is applied.
It's horrible!!!
But remember for our visitors outside of the EU, you can claim some to all of that back!
Most athiests have their thinking done for them by the likes of Richard Dawkins, Steve Jones, Sam Harris, Philip Pullman and Christopher Hitchens. (The list goes on.) The sad fact is that none of them have proved their point at all, but after all, how could they?
The atheist position is quite simple; you live, you die, you decompose, the end. They claim that they "KNOW THIS FOR A FACT." They build easily knock-down able straw man arguments and think that they are clever. They use arguments against theories that have been rejected by creationists and have the gall to claim that creationists are stupid for believing them.
But why do atheists persist in knocking down the Christians? The answer is in the bible. Ephesians 6:12 states “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
If God did not exist, then neither would the principalities, powers, or the rulers of the darkness of this world. We wouldn’t even be having this discussion; we would all be atheists, with our feet up, enjoying the sunshine. Instead, we have the New Atheist spitting venom at believers all over the world, and state sponsored persecution in most countries, from mild ridicule, as this article is so blatantly demonstrates, to torture.
If the persecution of Christians throughout the world was to stop over night, in all forms, I may well even question my own faith, for Ephesians 6:12 would then all of a sudden, be wrong.
It is debates like this that offer further proof to me that God does indeed exist, and will one day judge this unbelieving world.
This may prove interesting for those like me who supervise and proctor exams for (ISC)2.
You are not allowed to take any materials in to stop cheating...
Apart from checking their credetials on such as their passport and admission letter I will also have to gaze deeply into their eyes.
Hmmm... Nice.
I'll get my coat.
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