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<t>Mickiel;984861 wrote: Well you must excuse me, I am not the kind of man that people wish to address, for various reasons. They choose to read, but not to speak. I have grown accoustomed to it. A few break the mold, but not many. I think they sense that I don't crave conversation with o...

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<t>Hi, Galbally! Whenever someone says, "Is it me?" I am keenly tempted to say, "Yes, it is you. Stop it!" (As in "Is it me, or is it hot in here?", to which I reply, "Yes it is you, and stop it because you're making me hot too.") I think it is useful to observe that the world ...

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<t>JacksDad;658190 wrote: I thought the Earl Canova pet thing was rather odd so I googled Earl Canova. Up came Telaquapacky on Forum Garden talking about his friend from Miami, Earl Canova. Sounds like a job for Fibonacci! Pass the scotch will ya?Don't believe everyt...

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JacksDad;655798 wrote: Telaquapacky!...And how do you know me?

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<t>spot;577178 wrote: What The Book of Job concludes is that God's reasons are unfathomable and, for my part, while that may be true or not true it's not good enough. The moment you accept any notion of God as the "supreme being" who's "everywhere", completely powerful and interested in creation, th...

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The Temperature helps- though a beer has more effect when it's hot outside.

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JacksDad;655798 wrote: Telaquapacky!Dad,I'll have a really strong one- Water! It holds up battleships!

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<t>charles_r51 wrote: many places are actually located, however the descriptions of events at those places are often not supported by archeological evidence. for example, the walls of jericho fell. the bible claims it was miraculous. in fact a simple earthquake in the area (a highly earthquake prone...

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<t>Ted wrote: The unmatched and supreme authority is the God that we see manifest in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. He is the word made flesh. The "Word of God" as a title belongs to him alone and none other and certainly not a book.I agree wholeheartedly, and if the "edit" button had not disappea...

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<t>Ted. I'm glad you accepted my message in the spirit it was intended. I don't have anything more to say on that subject. I don't mind that you chose to answer without quoting me, but to the onlookers you present one side of a telephone conversation and I'm sure it makes them wonder what...

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Tombstone is cool. Makes me think of an old west town.

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<t>Thank you, Ted, for some good observations about interpreting Scripture and some interesting points to discuss. I wanted to address a statement you made to Charles: Ted wrote: The question to be be asked of the stories in the Bible is not "Did it really happen this way"? bu...

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<r>charles_r51 wrote: <E>:)</E> are you, as pope john paul 2, then condemning all who are not believers as you to hell? how self-centered and hypocritical. who said judge not, lest ye be judged, for with the same RIGHTEOUS judgement, so shall ye be judged? some idiot who didn't know anything? a mode...

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<r>Thank you, OpenMind for your thoughtful reply. You have brought up some good points to discuss. OpenMind wrote: I am not familiar with Ellen White's works. Since Jesus himself stated that there would be no more prophets after himself, then I find it hard to consider Ellen White as a pr...

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<t>Openmind, You weren't clear when you asked for "empirical evidence." I think what you really want is "where I got it," because there would be no empirical evidence for the matter in question. Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Vol 1, page 250: The sons of God...

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<t>OpenMind wrote: Telequapacky. I'd be interested to know where you get your information from. I'd be interested in the empirical evidence used. I get my information from the Bible. Empirical evidence? Here's one. This happened about 27 years ago in Malibu. I fell from the top of that bl...

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<t>Thank you, Openmind for such a fascinating and meaningful question! Angels canâ€™t bear offspring with human beings. They are another order of life. Bible writers used the term, â€œSons of God,â€ to mean not only angels, but believers also. Matthew 5:9 Blessed a...

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<t>charles_r51 wrote: :guitarist telequapacky god made no mistakes, though he did make some rather funny creations,the spirits he made in his image, that is, us, made many along the path he set us on. only a true understanding of the reason eden was lost to his children will allow us to r...

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<t>Ted wrote: It is an interpretation that says God didn't do it right the first time, at creation, and messed up again the second time with the advent of Jesus so now we think that God himself is going to come doen and do it right this time. That is somewhat shoddy theology. Theologians ...

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<t>To Christians posting on this thread, I have a question for you: Where did you get your understanding of the second coming of Christ? Did you get it mainly from books by authors like Hal Lindsay or Tim LaHaye? Did you get it from books by some obscure Christian author? Did you get it from the off...

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Yes, Cat- I admit an electric bass is more cool than a tuba. I guess I was being a little posessive.

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<t>My first amp was a Vox Kensington bass amp (about 35 years ago). It was the bottom-of-the-line, and probably had only one 12 or 15 inch speaker. All solid state- the electronic guts inside were about the size of a desktop calculator. It sounded pretty decent at 5 or below. You wouldn't...

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My wife and I are praying. Have been following this since Monday.

Criss, God bless and mend you. Peace to the family and to Bullet too.

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<t>Bryn Mawr wrote: Might I ask when the book of Genesis was written? Certainly not before Judaism. I'd also ask for a lineage linking the current day Arabs to Ishmael if I thought I'd get an answer I could verify.My belief is that the first five books of the Bible (called the Pentateuch)...

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<t>Ted, I'm surprised. I wasn't talking about you at all. I wasn't even talking about any human intelligentsia- in the "deceiver" clause I was talking about Satan. Anyone else who applies the "most intelligent created being" to themselves has a very high opinion of themselves. But the sta...

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<r>charles_r51 wrote: while i see certain developments and say they are the fulfilling of the prophesied events, they are my interpretations and only i can decide if i'm right. maybe i am, and maybe i'm not. i don't worry about whether i'm either, i just watch, wait, and wonder if i am seeing it com...

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<t>Scrat wrote: Doesn't that belong in another thread? Another section?I don't think so. The point I was trying to make is that there is a background of conflict that goes back to the Book of Genesis, to a time before Islam, Judaism or Christianity, before the Western nations arose, or the white man...

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<t>Look at Christ's first coming. The Jews, who were the main spokespeople for YHVH at the time, had completely wrong ideas regarding the nature and purpose of Christ's coming. They expected the Messiah would expel the Romans from Palestine and make Israel the greatest economic and spiritual nation ...

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<t>Genesis 16:11,12 The angel of the LORD also said to her: "You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard of your misery. 12 He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he ...

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Hey! Isn't that Grigori Rasputin?

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<t>Diuretic wrote: But religion is a more subtle tool to use for oppressive purposes. While pure political oppression is a mailed fist in a steel glove, religion provides a velvet covering.Speaking of "subtle," and "velvet covering," it is so subtle that religious oppressors often aren't aware that ...

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<t>woppy71 wrote: I havn't been following the situation closely in Iraq, but if the coallitian has achieved what it set out to do, isn't it about time we got out?The big objection some of us had to going into Iraq to begin with was that once we were in and got rid of Sadaam, we would create a power ...

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<t>I'm not talking about Physics per se, but I thought "judgment" was always subjective by definition. In my specialty, objective data are observable or measurable. Instrument readings are considered objective. No judgment is required (unless you get several different readings and have to...

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Diuretic wrote: My faint memory of the texts indicates you're probably right. But I'm repeating myself I suppose. Religion is a useful tool for oppresion.Or, oppression is a useful tool for religion, as the case may be!

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Diuretic wrote: Sounds like mediaeval Christian Europe. Religion has always been useful in keeping the privileged in the manner to which they have become accustomed.Indeed! Although the faith of the One who had no place to lay His head was obviously never intended to be used that way.

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<t>There's a good article in a recent news mag I read, an interview with a prominent Egyptian ( the magazine is not within reach now, but I'll give the reference when I can). One of the things this man said that I thought was most insightful and intriguing, was that while the west is tryi...

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If I ever need an epitaph, it oughta say,

"Just catching a few winks 'til my Ride gets here (John 14:3)."

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A lot of inmates study law intensely while in prison, building up small legal libraries in their cells. Many inmates spend their entire time in one appeal after another.

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<t>Truthbringer wrote: At this point, we need to ask ourselves: Is America worth fighting for? And I don't mean against some cave-dwelling psychopaths in Afghanistan. I mean for the true, essential soul of our country -- the America we've come to know and love.To stand against as powerful and organi...

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BabyRider wrote: Hi dws!! I don't even know what an internal auditor is, but welcome to FG anyway!! :yh_peaceThat's a doc who listens to your innards.

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I enjoyed reading that! You have a winner there, Jives. Romance for the girls, science fiction and a big explosion for the boys.

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<t>lux77 wrote: telaquapacky.............that was a good one.... LOL Back to the topic Personally now this is my opinion..... I believe homosexuality may be a psychological and emotional disorder . This being so it should be treated as such by the church as do all other medical disorders....

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Richard Bell wrote: There's an optometrist in our town named Dr. Weido. I always read it as Dr. Weirdo.

R.B.Ha ha. What a coincidence.:yh_glasse

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I thought it said, "God hates FAQ's" (frequently asked questions)

I hate FAQ's because they never answer the questions I ask.

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:yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl

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Accountable wrote: I agree with the weirdo. :rolleyes:That's Professor Weirdo to you!

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<t>I think the wine Jesus made at Cana was probably fermented. It is traditional to take fermented wine at parties. I think Jesus occasionally drank fermented wine because there is much Scriptural evidence for it and because this was His way of being with people. In Middle Eastern culture at the tim...

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<t>Pinky wrote: Me and Si have been thinking about this for a while, but don`t know where to start. Any suggestions?Not everywhere in the USA is so expensive that you can't buy a house if you both are professionals. Some places are quite affordable, even in California. The first thing I w...

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<t>Ted wrote: I feel I must also comment on a world view. According to Genesis God saw all that he created and declared it very good. We move to John 3:16 and we read that "God so loved the world." Too many look at the second half of that verse and stess it to the detriment of the first part. In fac...

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SnoozeControl wrote: I think you need to sniff before you drink something. Call me a weirdo, but I smell everything.:-2Yeppers. That's why God put your nose above your mouth, so you wouldn't eat or drink things that smell bad.

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