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I voted "Last Resort", and I think even that really depends on the child, and the age of the child. At the extremes of the personalities they're born with (and I do believe that they have their own personalities even in the womb: it's _not_ a blank slate), some will burst into tears and fe...

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From "Enchantment"

"Since the truth can never be known," said Yaga, "a wise woman learns to become a connoisseur of lies, choosing only the best and most satisfying to surround herself with. I sink into my lies like featherbeds, and they keep me safe and warm."

Sibyl

Amen. It's happened to me, once when I was child and had a bed lamp for reading hooked over the headboard, and piled my bedclothes carelessly to one side. Burned a crater into a foam pillow, and made a huge stink. Once when I was an adult, and helped a "search party" follow our noses in my...

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I don't know if they even sell straight alcohol :? Actually, they do, or at least with as little water as is possible for practical purposes. It's called "Everclear", brand name, generically "grain alcohol". You don't want to _drink_ it straight, though: it's for mixing. Probabl...

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's too bad neither of us can modhammer this guy outside of our jurisdiction... Someone's been removing the posts themselves from most places, but the one way up there is still there on this thread, complete with live link, probably because we covered it up by talking about it. Hope it disappears so...

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oh shucks...
*looks for bammer around*
man, i only have the bammer for our own lan....

I have seen jobs like this in other forums... but it's the first time i see it in the PWEB... it's not as if we are a target group for adds of porn...

YAY! I see YoungVal got online!

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oh shucks... *looks for bammer around* man, i only have the bammer for our own lan.... I have seen jobs like this in other forums... but it's the first time i see it in the PWEB... it's not as if we are a target group for adds of porn... :? I see lots of it on IRC--they like places where there are ...

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oh my... this looks like a job for... ban-hammer!
Seriously! He's hitting every thread in the place, about as fast as possible.

Wonder how far he'll get?

And it's midday here, so the mods are probably at work or in school or eating a noon meal, not playing on the web

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oh my... this looks like a job for... ban-hammer!

Seriously! He's hitting every thread in the place, about as fast as possible.

Wonder how far he'll get?

Sibyl

I've been over this before, and got warned for it, but I'm going to say it again, in a slightly different way: Organized religion is meant to give it's leaders power, pure and simple. It's kept in power because it's expected of [the people]? Because they would not only look bad in the eyes of other...

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Humans as communal animals? :lol: "The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the sacharrine adoration of his creations, that he can be persuaded by their prayers, and becomes petulant if he does not r...

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Fish Tank, it says that whoever does not believe will be condemned. It does not say anything about the absence of baptism, merely its presence. Additionally, given the juxtaposition of the two clauses, it suggests that only those who reject what the disciples teach them will be condemned. It says n...

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Well, to be honest, i have never been to a Baptist celebration. You don't get to hear about fire and brimstone (nor crying and gnashing of teeth) over here. *recalling* Yeah, i don't remember ever hearing a priest talking about either thing during the homily (homily is when the priest explains the ...

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I'm not sure exactly what you guys are trying to say. It seems to me that there is enough evidence from the Bible to ascertain that the only way of getting into heaven is to be baptized, repent and Believe in God and Jesus Christ. If you are not baptized it says you will be "condemned". N...

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Amen to EL, and also because the Church is the Body of Christ, organized to help all His cells along the way, and because we are fed by His Body and Blood. The organization is internal as well as external, the external part being to feed and clothe and bring in all God's children who are _not_ (yet)...

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Do other christian denominations (besides catholics and orthodox) stablish dogmas too? :shock: Yup. And other non-Christian religions too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogma Okay, it's wikipedia, but I just read through it, and whoever wrote and edited it didn't conflict with any of my knowledge, a...

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Sorry Gandhi, the murderous rapist who has accepted God and been baptized is going to heaven.... but.. ouch... no Hindu. Well, sort of. As for Gandhi, he comes under the "we don't know" parts of what I said. Me, I'd suspect that he was on the Way, but I'm not his Judge. He was sure in the...

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Yay! Matty and Jotabe, you're doing great! I'm glad Lagg asked us about our qualifications, because now I know that there are more qualified people than I on the case, and I can drop out. Thank you!

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Good luck, Brain! I'll pray about it!

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You don't think there is a possibility of something besides hell? For the non-believers that knew nothing of him and for those who died pre-Christ's death? I mean...I really don't know about this, but I don't think God is an a******. All I know is that Jesus Christ has said "No one gets into t...

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you don't get into heaven by repenting or worshiping God. You get in through being saved. If it was something like living as he did or by his rules, then none of us would get into heaven. So what you're saying is that the billions of Native North/South Americans who lived before the 15th century an...

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And what does "general politeness and tolerance" have to do with anything? Not particularly with being Christian! Getting along in society, maybe, but that's "the world", not "Christianity". So you're saying the bible doesn't teach to be more polite and tolerant of oth...

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Starship Troopers If you like "Starship Troopers", you'll love anything by Heinlein that you can get your hands on, especially his earlier things. About the only thing that he published that I might disrecommend would be "Job", and that only in some circumstances for some people...

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Also, the bible is a tool, guidebook, word of God, etc. It's not the "Core of Christianity." God and Jesus CHRIST are. We are required to read the bible to know what God has to say on a certain subject, but it's not the core of it. It holds the core beliefs, but the way you speak of it ma...

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Starship Troopers If you like "Starship Troopers", you'll love anything by Heinlein that you can get your hands on, especially his earlier things. About the only thing that he published that I might disrecommend would be "Job", and that only in some circumstances for some people...

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For one thing, your religion (if any) and religious prejudices (yes, we all have them, sometimes unnoticed). For another, your interests. The books you mention above are "hard science" SF, including both forks of Ender. I thought Ender (at least the Speaker series) was soft SF? That's wha...

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a. Not all Christians can read. b. Not all Christians do read. c. Not all Christians are basing their lives in their religion, it's just one more area, and those who can and do read are reading other things. It takes interest and devotion just to spend an hour or two a week in church (which not all...

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I'm 80 pages away from being done with SotG and I'm looking for where to go next. I've got the fourth Halo book and a friend loaned me Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy, so I've got some material ready to go. The problem is that I've been tearing through books lately, and I fear that those four boo...

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The Bible is the core of Christianity, but it isn't all there is. If the Bible is the "core of Christianity" why haven't all Christians read it? Seems to me if you base your life on something you should have at least read the book. a. Not all Christians can read. b. Not all Christians do ...

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Another problem is that with the story being centered on children, and running over a six-or-seven year period, they'll need at least two and possibly three children who resemble each other strongly for each child character, unless they want to _film_ over at least five years. Adults can be aged pre...

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The main reason it seems as if Atheists have a beef with "Christians" is because they are so ignorant about their religion. Personally I think it's more directed towards Lutherans and Catholics in particular. If you're going to preach to me, follow the Bible. Otherwise you just look like ...

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I'm a sophomore and I'm taking the advanced math courses, so I'd also like to know what kind of math and/or science courses any of you (who know a bit about advanced physics) have taken. Sorry for being so vague in my first post. Soph in high school or college? I never graduated from college, but I...

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Or it's that almost all of them (in the US) were raised Christian, so it's the only religion they know well. Sometime in their lives they determine they don't believe in it, so... they could either choose another religion (and do all that work researching what other religions beliefs are?), or just...

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The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is not about the conception of Jesus by Mary, but about the conception of Mary by _her_ parents. The idea is involved with Original Sin, which is inherited from one's parents at conception, all the way back to Adam and Eve. A woman contaminated by Original ...

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Another good book for you besides the Asimov is "The Evolution of Physics", by Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld. No math needed for a read-through. It's not cutting-edge like String Theory, quite old, actually, but a classic and your library should have it. Relativity and Quanta should b...

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