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Royd Fissure

<t>Accountable;1319026 wrote: Pretty dull hatchet, as hatchets go, but Richard Cohen definitely leans right. The original question: This columnist says that even after almost 2 years, we still don't know Barack Obama. Do you agree? You called him a proble...

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<t>It can seem that at the heart of Barack Obama's foreign policy is no heart at all. It consists instead of a series of challenges -- of problems that need fixing, not wrongs that need to be righted. As Winston Churchill once said of a certain pudding, Obama's approach to foreign affairs lacks them...

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This is out of my league - I need a dinosaur avatar

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<t>Clodhopper;1318541 wrote: Or Big Daddy, the Kid and Spook as Dave Allen called them.:wah: Thanks for the explanation. Makes more sense than others I've heard. Still have a nagging feeling that a theologian would have conniptions though! But as to why Jesus, well, even if you...

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<t>Clodhopper;1318485 wrote: I thought Christians, Jews and Muslims worship the same god, but through different teachers...? And isn't the Trinity involved here? The three-in-one bit. Never got the hang of the Holy Spirit. Not sure - and Accountable has addressed this - b...

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<r>Accountable;1318402 wrote: <E>:)</E> But He's not in the background. The King decided to walk among the people. He didn't want to be fussed over so he did what he could to appear like the common folk. He even used a common name so as not to attract too much attention. By the time he finally revea...

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"Enigmatic intellectualism" or cool-headed under pressure?

The article is crap, as has been said, just another hatchet job.

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<t>I saw the story the other day, I'm sorry I just burst out laughing, the mental images were too much - two blokes off their faces firing at each other's arses with air guns...and they're probably going to get pinched. Heck they should put them on Hey Hey It's Saturday and boost the ratings :wah:</t>

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<t>No, not really (re blue being blue). It's a conundrum for me, this focus on Jesus with God sort of in the background and I admit that's my subjective view. A theologian could probably explain it to me but I remain confused. I am aware of another view of Christianity focused on Mary, the Marian de...

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<t>Accountable;1318196 wrote: I'm sorry. I stated it as plainly as I could. The body ceased but the name lives on. That which applied to that body is still applied to the spiritual being. Our God's Name is Jesus, full stop. It's really as simple as that. Not criticising you Accounta...

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<t>From ABC website: This evening the Prime Minister told the media he had lost the support of factional leaders in the party. But he defended his Government's record, and said he was elected by the people of Australia, not the ALP's factions. If that report is accurate t...

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<t>But why is Jesus so front and centre? Why not worship God and get on with it? Since Jesus was the earthly manifestation of God then He ceased to be an earthly manifestation when he was crucified and ceased to exist as a human. Plainly he was there for a specific time and to carry out certain task...

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<t>Nomad;1318102 wrote: [quote=Zapata;1318064] " Derogitary term, roughly equivalent to idiot. More insulting than berk, but less insulting that gimp. Thought to originate in the Victorian Era meaning a lower-class foreigner." quote] I think thats the re...

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Maybe they'll pay heed to Colbert and call it a "Fishiness Pie"?

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<r>fuzzywuzzy;1318164 wrote: No he didn't, he claimed to be 'of' god. And the word God was given quite readily to important people during biblical times. I'm pretty sure pergatory is out too ....I was confused after they rearranged communion and reconciliation as sacrements. Obviously so...

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<t>chonsigirl;1318151 wrote: Christianity: accept Jesus as your Savior. That's it. Islam: Five Pillars-they are good examples to live by. Giving to the poor on an almost daily basis, fasting, spending time in prayer, belief in Allah as God. (you must acknolwedge Muhammed as the prophet to...

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9 am meeting?

Interesting that the right wingers were all over this.

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Looks like panic has set in from the online news reports I'm reading.

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<t>Bill Sikes;1318042 wrote: I think that trends over the last 50 years - admittedly a tiny period in terms of the hundreds of thousands (maybe more) of "unaided" human development - coupled with scientific development, mean that our efforts will outweigh by *far* nature's ones (unless you want to g...

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theia;1318048 wrote: I'm sure it was in Autobiography of a Yogi that the author mentioned a woman who did that too

If it catches on I'm divesting all my Goodman Fielder shares

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I still don't know "why Jesus?"

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Blessed are the meek,

for they shall inherit the earth.

Famous graffito:

Blessed are the meek,

for they shall inherit the earth - "that's if the rest of you don't mind"

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<t>chonsigirl;1318054 wrote: Yes, it's the difference between: Christian: salvation, free gift of God, through grace Islam: through works, as exemplified in the Five Pillars of Islam That is a debate unto itself, because, the Five Pillars are very admirable qualities...

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<t>fuzzywuzzy;1318039 wrote: According to the Torah and the Old testament yes it was . The Jews don't dispute Jesus nor does Islam. They believe he was another prophet. It's not disputed that he existed but it's disputed that he was the Son of god/ saviour/michael/ etc. As far as hell go...

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chonsigirl;1318030 wrote: It is a different type of salvation, how you obtain it.

I didn't know that - are the differences major?

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<t>Bill Sikes;1317862 wrote: But we are no longer generally subject to change by natural selection, and have not been for a century or three. For the human race, natural selection is over. That, obviously, was the point of my post. However, at the moment, the human...

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<t>Thats what happens when a person pushes the limits, whether its boating, skydiving, drugs (including alcohol), exercising. Is it an accident? Probably not! But thats life....and death. Or sitting on your arse sucking down cheeseburgers. Choices, as I keep hearing, have consequenc...

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<r>Thank you for the tip on ancestry, I'm going to work on that, if he turns up coming from the West Country then he could well be an ancestor (but I suspect that won't be the case) as I've got my great-grandfather born in Shepton Mallett. But I digress. The stories about the ...

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<t>For a minute there I thought you were giving up eating....I'm still a bit sus about that bloke in India who claims to live off sunlight. Anyway, material things give temporary happiness to humans. True happiness - or should I say "contentment" isn't achieved by material possessions, I ...

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chonsigirl;1318019 wrote: They believe in hell in Islam, along the same concepts as Christianity.

Thank you for that - so it appears Islam offers salvation as well. That's a powerful motivator isn't it?

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<t>fuzzywuzzy;1318017 wrote: It's Jesus because he was the one all the prophets in the old testament were writing about ...note Isiah and Daniel. Jesus was still a jew and the church didn't really change he just fixed it up a bit . so by default Christians are all following a Jewish religion. jesus ...

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<r>Ahso!;1318014 wrote: Geez, I've been, can't you tell? I get persecuted left and right. Its not easy drawing all that attention, you know. Thing is, Jesus did it all while walking in sandals. WOW! I've got a car, access to trains, boats, planes and the internet and I'm having trouble topping him. ...

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<t>theia;1318010 wrote: Maybe it goes back to what you said earlier about the human/earthly figure of Jesus making it easier for people to relate to? If God is beyond human understanding, then it would be difficult to focus on God? That's a very helpful point, thank you for making i...

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<r>fuzzywuzzy;1317992 wrote: Hoppy I'm with on this one, another RC (excomunicated myself Dad didn't talk to me for ages .) the focus is on Jesus yes, and all the saints. Then I go off and join the JW's. The focus is more on god himself. but for every one of these religions (a...

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<t>chonsigirl;1317950 wrote: Because Jesus is the basis of the New Testament and Christianity. It seems to me, I remember reading about Him talking about God all the time in what He said. Now that's a good point. Before Jesus there was the testament of the Hebrew bible - the Tanakh....

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<r>YZGI;1317922 wrote: Then we would have to call the Catholics, Cathodicks.<E>:D</E> Oops. A little drift there, back on subject..:-3 That's an interesting point and makes me think again. As I understand it "Islam" means something along the lines ...

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Ahso!;1317884 wrote: Why Jesus?

Because I'm not dead yet. A hundred or so years after I've died, I'll be me. Just stick around, you'll see!

:wah:

Get working on it now Ahso!!

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<r>Accountable;1317882 wrote: Because he is Jesus Christ, from the Greek khristos meaning "the annointed". People who follow his teachings are call Christians just like people who follow Calvin's teachings are called Calvinists, people who follow Marx's teachings are called Marxists, and people who ...

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<t>Was listening to a podcast (gone podcast nuts I have, downloading mp3 podcasts from universities all over the world, particularly like the ones from the OU and the University of Bath) about genetic "adaptation". I suppose "manipulation" is a better word but it made me think. But then I remember a...

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<t>Disclaimer: I was baptised as a Roman Catholic, I did the usual things in the Church, first communion and all that, was an altar boy for a few years and about 12 or 13 I lost my faith. Oh, nothing bad happened, where I was an altar boy the priests were terrific, my favourite was Father Flanagan, ...

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<t>18th Century failure of privatisation - *sigh* - Lester Thurow was right. Good points fuzzy, I wasn't born here but a young Marine officer and his wife were on one of the ships in the First Fleet with the same surname (not rare but not common either - and originally from the beautiful ...

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Hand in paw? Okay, let's not go there...

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Bill Sikes;1317734 wrote: I hope that they don't "catch on". I find the noise of these vulvasuelas *really* ghastly.

I need to look up my polari dictionary I think :wah:

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Dixie;1317599 wrote: Oh more than one note? Could not tell from your Rugby's team singing though.

Drones do what they have to do - drone.

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<r>Comes down to experience and self-discipline. I know when I first discovered forums (in about 2004 whereas previously I had found IRC - now want nothing to do with it) I know I committed some terrible faux pas and was sometimes corrected in a kindly manner by those who were much more knowledgeabl...

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<t>Bill Sikes;1317735 wrote: And yet progress in human evolution has very largely stopped over the last 50 years or so - and the brakes are still being applied. It could be, however, that science gives adaptation a huge and rather unpredictable kick in the next few years. Lamarck ma...

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<t>coberst;1317730 wrote: The natural sciences brush aside that which cannot be "measured" with standard "scientific" methods. That technique works well for such matters as the natural sciences deal with. However, there are vitally important matters that cannot use such techniques and to ignore them...

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<t>Ahso!;1317737 wrote: I can accept this. A cold, flu, fever, an infection or even an itch from poison ivy would be a disorder.But I don't see how this fits your definition. How would a person who has had a degree of paranoia for their entire flife know they were feeling unwell? To them its how the...

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<t>I'm just pulling up my armchair here. Sounds like she is either bloody unhappy or she may be suffering from a disorder (for me a "disorder" is a condition that makes you feel unwell) perhaps getting towards paranoid personality disorder. The instructions on my armchair psychiatry book ...

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Thank you for those references, they are indeed extremely helpful and I can assure you I wouldn't have found them without your help. The item from Saskatchewan is particularly useful.

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