That is essentially correct. See http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/s115.htm

It's for all them stills to produce whiskey. A big cash crop at least here in the southern USA.

Where do we ordinary folks get in line for that kind of tax rate?

Psychologists William Gervais and Ara Norenzayan, of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, predicted that people who were more analytic in thinking would tend not to believe in religion, whereas people who approach problems more intuitively would tend to be believers. Their study confirmed the hypothesis and the findings illuminate the mysterious cognitive process by which we reach decisions about our beliefs.>

What a dumb contradiction.

If I'm not mistaken, the theory states there were several intermediate steps.

Yes, almost all the intermediate steps took a gazillion years, very slow, very incremental, but the development of say, lungs, THAT took a few seconds. Obviously.

Actually it's not funny - it's a hilarious example of cognitive dissonance.

It's good to know that we can see eye to eye on chess, at least. :-)

Incidentally, scanning the question (or actually misreading it), I thought the ball was $10. But that doesn't mean I'm bad at math; in fact, I have a very intuitive understanding of math and always have as long as I can remember. I remember an incident which occurred during my state's academic bowl championship. I had answered several questions in a row and was on quite a roll when a math question came up. Everyone always takes out pencil and paper for such questions, but I never did, preferring instead to solve the problems in my head. The questioner read: "What is 12?" when suddenly I flinched and buzzed in accidentally. Since the number 12 was the only information I had, I immediately began thinking about powers of 12. I thought 12 squared was obviously too easy, so in the 3 seconds I had to answer I solved for 12 cubed and answered "1,728". To everyone's astonishment, the answer was correct! Naturally, a bru-ha-ha ensued which ended with the other team walking out in protest, as they were convinced I had advanced knowledge of the questions.

Pencil and paper? What century was this?

I told some friends about this coup and they attempted to emulate it, but alas! the AIP stopped writing those certification letters. Apparently I had killed the goose that laid the golden eggs -- but not before I got to enjoy my omelet.

Okay, so they incrementally were created, not functional, just these big old pouches with no particular use, but once they became functional, <then> it took just a few seconds.

A nameless university in the Midwest will write such a letter affirming a $10-20 value for all LP albums of classical music you might wish to donate to their music department. I am aware of a person who bought a box of them at an auction for $1 and got quite a deduction out of it.

A perfect answer. Be respectful of other's opionions, enjoy what their religion contributes to the community, but don't believe any silliness about water being changed into wine.