EmperorofIceCream

Reply to The Apostolic Canon of the NT in Religion JoeUser Forums

As ever, you refuse to acknowledge or address the points I made. How can you teach, thou rank fool, when your preferred arbiter of truth tells you that you must not?

Reply to Totalitarianism - where Power becomes Idealism in Misc JoeUser Forums

As I think many on JU will tell you... I rarely do 'yes or no'. As I've said, I think it possible but extremely unlikely that America will take the road to what might be called traditional Totalitarianism, because of the hedge of the Constitution and the separation of powers which make it extremely difficult for the Executive to capture the whole of the State - which is one of the preconditions of Totalitarianism. Having said that, I don't b

Reply to The Apostolic Canon of the NT in Religion JoeUser Forums

Let me quote you back to yourself: "All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness so that the man of God may be thoroughly euipped for every good work." Paul to Timothy All scripture, you note. Not merely scripture approved by earthly authorities. What constitutes scripture? You yourself give us the only clue we need to answer that question, when you mention the wid

Reply to Stepping Up Persecution in China in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Ah. I'd forgotten. Like all 'bible-believing' Christians you cherry pick the scriptures you prefer to deal with and forget the rest. Good luck with that, when your Jesus finally gets sick of your incompetent hypocrisy and drags you back home before you alienate any more potential 'sheep'.

Reply to Stepping Up Persecution in China in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Hbr 11:36 And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: Hbr 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; Hbr 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth. 1Ti 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, suppl

Reply to Man enough in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

My husband said this set a precedent for Hunter with the other kids. He may be laid back and non confrontational, but when pushed, he will push back. A) I think you did a good job. B) I think Hunter sounds remarkably balanced and self-controlled. C) Unless he meets a psycho in class it will indeed set a precedent that ought to save him some grief in time to come. Also, there's nothing quite so self-empowering as sending some annoying little sh*t

Reply to the anthem of the crusade of pain in Art JoeUser Forums

Whatever drugs you're on, can I have some?

Reply to I Miss Civilization in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Make yer own, Gid, it's cheaper, tastier, and far better for ya.

Reply to Totalitarianism - where Power becomes Idealism in Misc JoeUser Forums

Good article, Darlin'. Thank you. V^^^^^^V bites you.

Reply to Totalitarianism - where Power becomes Idealism in Misc JoeUser Forums

To: Dan Greene Hello. Welcome to the blog. It's also advancing because the congress has put re-election in front of making real stands against [...] abuse of that power. [...] Even Pelosi doesn't appear to have the political capital to force the issue to a head [...] she's looking to conserve political capital e

Reply to HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMPEROR OF ICECREAM in Blog Communities JoeUser Forums

Thank You and Thank You and Thank You I will not be twelve till 2008 - but since my sister's birthday is March 1st I always have mine on the last day of February.

Reply to Totalitarianism - where Power becomes Idealism in Misc JoeUser Forums

I don't disapprove of the Total State - but I wouldn't want to live in one. That doesn't mean that I don't recognise that certain blessings flow from a unitary government empowered by a single vision, just that I don't want to pay the price of those blessings in the coin of my liberties. The author who most clearly and cogently discusses the tension between the Idea and the individual is Carl Schmidt, author of 'The Challenge of the Exceptio

Reply to Hero....or Killer of Dreams? in Fiction Writing JoeUser Forums

Interesting, with lots of possibilities for further development, I particularly liked the fact that Oscar was on the down-low, which is a facet of Black American culture that's hardly ever mentioned. Did Oscar die of AIDS? Do his male friends know it if he did? I particularly liked anxious Dan. You could do much more with him and Jeremy... Good work.

Reply to A MASTER SPEAKS in Religion JoeUser Forums

Would the Master Of Wisdom like to debate with some of the Joeuser flock so that he can convince us that he is indeed a Master? And the short answer to that is.... No.

Reply to Lives In Contrast in History JoeUser Forums

And exactly what life lesson do you think might be found in the coincidental deaths of otherwise entirely different men? The fact that we all die, perhaps? If so it's not much of a lesson. And why, precisely, did this utterly unimportant juxtaposition of births strike you so profoundly?

Totalitarianism - where Power becomes Idealism in Misc JoeUser Forums

( Link ) This is a link to the image that currently graces my desktop at home (image insertion seems not to be working right now). And this is a link to the website of the creator of that image: ( Link ) You should look at his stuff, it provoke

Reply to Freely Available Legal Child Porn in Misc JoeUser Forums

To: Shovelheat It's kind of like our national obsession with Thinness and all-you-can-eat salad bars and supersized fast food meals. We just can't make up or minds... I disagree. You (the collective 'you', not you personally) have already made up your minds. Self-indulgence in the pleasures

Reply to Are Americans Chumps or Warriors in Politics JoeUser Forums

All of this nonsense in Iraq is simple enough to explain. It began with Bush junior's desire to outdo his dad. It began with that rather than with any of the ridiculous reasons presented because a) there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and 9/11 (why would he bite the hand that had, until then, so generously fed him?); b) whatever Hussein's plans and desires might have been there were no WMD in Iraq , nor was Hussein possessed of any capa

Reply to Put the phone down and WALK. AWAY. in Gadgets & Electronics JoeUser Forums

If you had stoved his skull in with that phone, you'd have done the world a favor. Obviously, he didn't learn a thing from the accident he'd just caused.

Reply to Freely Available Legal Child Porn in Misc JoeUser Forums

I've never had a problem with prostitution. What disgusts me is the wholesale commodification of sex, and the double-think that allows sex to be sinful and evil on the one hand - except when it leads to profit on the other. I can think of nothing more entirely ridiculous than these pledges of virginity made by unsuspecting teenagers who have not the remotest idea of the potency of the drive their attempting to quell with a few words, and in the process

Reply to What is the Military for Anyway? Military Families. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

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Reply to Freely Available Legal Child Porn in Misc JoeUser Forums

To: Shovelheat You forgot drugs. America is very fucked up when it comes to her attitudes on drugs -alcohol, prescription, and otherwise... I agree, and they're tied to the attitude-to-sex thing as well. Because at bottom it's an attitude to pleasure; to anything, in fact, not bound up with toi

Reply to The Lunatic Leftist Loves it When Americans Die in Politics JoeUser Forums

1. working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal. 2. hired to serve in a foreign army, guerrilla organization, etc. –noun 3. a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army. 4. any hireling. Definitios of the term Mercenary, from dictionary.com. Since the persons in question were not professional soldiers working for a foreign army, they are not mercenaries.

Reply to What is the cause of Britain's social irresponsibility? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I'm only commenting on one bit, So much for your latest "goodbye ju" article, hmmm? Look out folks, Lucas is back. Again. And again. And again. (lather, rinse, repeat.)

Reply to Freely Available Legal Child Porn in Misc JoeUser Forums

To: foreverserenity Thank you. It's the contradiction between clearly defined horror, and fascinated sales technique, that I find interesting. I've no doubt that given opportunity and time Americans as individuals are no more sexually deranged than anyone else. But at the collective level, at the level of cultural production, there is a deeply unhealthy fascvination with children as sexual objects that goes completely unmentioned. I don't know