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Reply to It Was Really Her...And I Really Blew It in Misc JoeUser Forums

Great piece of writing. I remember some girls who--------ah, well.

This is an outrage! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Where in the American judicial system or that in Britain, would you find two people listed as suspects in a crime, then offered a deal for a confession (two years jail only if you confess to homicide), and then NO CHARGES ARE BROUGHT! Add to this a silent bunch of bumbling Clouseaus who give the public no information but the Portuguese press does! This mornin

I am not a Luddite... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

A Luddite is a person who rejects modern technology. I am very keen on modern technology and admire the the way modern minds have come up with ways to ease our lives. However, it seems that the easing of life is now taking on another dimension i.e. we oldies now have to acquire personal training to access information/follow instructions that a ten year old can do in

Reply to Revelation 6:12-17-Wrath of God Unleashed in Religion JoeUser Forums

Forgive me KFC---you know what I'm like: How can an old book, quaint though it is, foretell any events? If any wrath is going to come down upon this World (and there's plenty already),it will be the wrath of greedy, bloodthirsty,animal man. If God has a role then let's say He created man. I have every respect for your study of the Good Book but I fear it is skewed by your own interpretation of a library of different tomes disconnected from one another and, indeed, out of date. I believe that a s

Reply to Bush Blowing More Smoke About Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

Singrdave: " just maybe GWB has intel that that you don't have." Sure, he and Rumsfeld had plenty of intel for what it's worth. I'm sure that Bush and Rumsfeld had so much intel that they had no post-invasion plan.Let's face it Bush has got skewed people on his team--so skewed they couldn't run a small town!

Reply to Choose your greatest Statesman of the Twentieth Century. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

MMm. Nixon Doc? I think he was very savvy and his International relations were excellent. Sure there'll be some comments on your unusual choice.

Choose your greatest Statesman of the Twentieth Century. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

100 years is a long time and many Statesmen made their mark in the Twentieth Century. Who stands out the most? Who is regarded as a real Statesman--a man or woman who really made their mark on the World . It would be interesting to see who tops the list. There are no rules for there are people who stand out way above any others. However our list should consider those

Reply to It is So Hot! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Yes Doc and my feet swell up and I look like I have "old ladies ankles"! My shirt is the worst though. When Cairo has a 35 degree day and 60% humidity I feel like I'm swimming in old sweat. How I wish I had a pool to dive into when I feel like that. All I have is a spare shirt behind my office door. Roll on Autumn!

Reply to Do you know a foreign language? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Eu falar Portugues--um poco. The problem with learning a language is that you have to keep it up or you lose it quite quickly. This is a shame as I have had so many opportunities. I lived in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, and learnt to speak Zulu--a wonderful language and quite expressive. I also speak Afrikaans and so can understand Dutch and Flemish. The Zulu faded when I moved to Lesotho and started to learn South Sotho. That faded too when I moved to Angola and started on Portuguese.

Reply to Joint Chiefs to Bush - CUT Iraq Troop Levels by 50% in Politics JoeUser Forums

If you can read, or access (online), the Sunday Telegraph (London), tomorrow, you will read a British General's summation of the war in Iraq. You may, or may not appreciate his comments on Donald Rumsfeld, the cocky Bush Defence Secretary who invaded with both six guns firing and had no plan for the bloody aftermath five years on. General Sir Mike Jackson is no fool. Rumsfeld was, along with many others.

Reply to Invitation to Joeuser Bible students. in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

This post was meant to spark a debate on the relevance of the Bible and whether Dawkins (and Darwin , for that matter), were right or wrong in their assumptions or theories. We may want to divorce their works from what we believe but at the same time, realise, that we all have the right to question age-old thinking--as long as we believe there is a God in our lives. If there is no God in our lives that is for another debate. Please continue to

Reply to Invitation to Joeuser Bible students. in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Jythier, what is blasphemous about calling Jesus a "good, ordinary man"? Explain yourself. Jesus himself would have liked to have been called a "good, ordinary" man for I believe He was humble.

Reply to Invitation to Joeuser Bible students. in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

I believe that, whether we support Darwin or Dawkins, or not, there is no evidence to suggest that they are atheists simply because they theorise on evolution or the birth of man. Modern Christians need to question reality more and decide whether they need to abide by SOME of the bible's teachings or not. I am certainly not an atheist and I have a God who stands by me at all times, holding my hand and I thank him often, but I am loathe to believe that

Reply to GAO Report on Iraq BLEAK and at ODDS with White House! in Politics JoeUser Forums

However much the supporters of the Iraq War castigate Col Gene for his frustration at things going wrong around every corner, let us not forget that the tribal/feudal divisions within the country are so great (and exascerbated by poor leadership within the present Iraqi Government), that no amount of surge, "Bushspeak" or "pseudo-bullshit positive brainwash" cannot, can never, calm that country. It is also easy to say that if "you can't stand the heat

Reply to Invitation to Joeuser Bible students. in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

I am not an expert on Darwin but I believe that, although he was an expert on evolution, he did not turn away from God. In fact (my own comment), there is evidence that Darwin was a believer. However, as for Dawkins, it would be vain to suggest that he is an atheist. I think, rather, that Dawkins is a Realist who "pooh poohs" traditional old-fashioned beliefs and tries to look logically at the religious trends that have swayed man over the years.

Reply to Goodbye, JU. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

See you sooner than later.

Reply to Invitation to Joeuser Bible students. in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Good question Lula. The crux of any Christian belief on the forming of man i.e that God created man in six days and rested on the seventh, is refuted by Darwin who has a natural answer to man's existence in the first place. I Quote: "We are beginning to see that the awesome wonder of the evolution from amoeba to man--for it is without a doubt an awesome wonder --was not the result of of a mighty word from a creator, but of a combination of small, appar

Reply to What Being "Poor" in America Means in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

I'm sure there are poor people in America but their poverty pales in relation to those who are poor in Africa. SOME of the poor Americans could get off their butts and do something about it. Many Africans have no choice.

Invitation to Joeuser Bible students. in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

I read and appreciate the scholarly search for meaning in the passages of the Bible but I seldom comment because I 'm a realist. and don't wish to be rude. One friend at JU suggested not so long ago that I was a "Darwinist" and I cannot disagree. I just wonder, while reading Richard Dawkins' book: "The God Delusion", what Joeuser Bible Scholars think of Dawkins' book,

Reply to Karl Rove set to resign in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Karl Rove is a perfect example of a little man with too much power. Any ASSHOLE who thinks he can change the course of history is way off point.Not Rove's fault entirely---he's been up the ass of another asshole.

Reply to Just like a mother-in-law. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I like FC's debating style too. Thanks for all comments and wishes. In the matter of that "Smoking" blog it was not a case of being bested, pushed into a corner or, for that matter, being upset about the persistent questioning and demand for answers by FC. I'll give him his due. He is meticulous and consistent. No, what infuriated me was a personal remark : "However I do notice that you describe yourself, on another of your threads,as

Just like a mother-in-law. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

In my four years at JU I have never encountered anyone as infuriating and as condescending as a certain Furry Canary. I suspect he has one or more aliases on JU. I am sorry that I have to mention him by pseudonym but I cannot for the life of me, understand why he is so domineering, so persistent or so certain that the World will bow down to him for being a superior pe

Reply to Smoking is bad for you ... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Gone fishing!

Reply to Smoking is bad for you ... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Looking through my tackle box. Needs more hooks, Rapalas and sinkers. Up comes a message just as I load up the box and the boat: " I can only feel deeply sorry for its staff and students --having such an anti-education inverted snob in a position of responsibility." Whew, I thought for a while you were educated, showed moderate bias and would realise that you are blogging in the ether world. How on earth can I take you seriously now?

Reply to Smoking is bad for you ... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Summer's here! Gone fishing.