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"It's intellectual freedom." "It's a hate crime." "Freedom of the Press." There's the argument. Do I have a right in the US to not have my feelings hurt? That's one side. Do I have a right to be protected from literature that suggests my demise? There's the other side. Another question: Is Christianity offered the same protections as other religions in the US? There's the claim that the only group its safe to make fun of is the white christian ma

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Greywar -- one of the few?? what's your source? And what do you mean by "later?" They were written pretty contemporarily. Yes, Jesus predicted the fall of Jerusalem that happened in about 70AD. Wahkonta, yes, it is very sad about the conditions of humanity. We are capable of so much more evil than we'd imagine. We're not nearly as noble as we think we are. Thanks for your comments. I recall how the romans would expose their babies to "abort" t

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Or the classic: A horse walks into a bar and the bartender says, "hey buddy, why the long face?"

Reply to Sagging, now to be against the law? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I teach high school and recently graduated college. We could always peg a freshmen by how much skin they showed. Thongs showing et cetera. High school students DO show a lot of skin. And its not like they're not told about it. They know. They're just not taught to appreciate modesty. Now, the only way you can legislate morality is to make it a less expensive option. That said, I don't think in this case it is an answer. My job, I recognize, i

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Or like "Three guys walk into a bar and the fourth one ducks." I love these. Nice one Gerry. Good maneurvering, too! I've never heard the giraffe one! How GREAT!

Reply to Why we don't do Leviticus in Religion JoeUser Forums

Thanks for dittoing me, Carris... IG -- I love that too. You rock, brother.

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Oh, I thought by NOT saying "all" I was implying some. I'm sorry. Point taken in love. : )

Did you hear the one about... in Humor JoeUser Forums

I've really weary with all this heavy stuff lately! Oi vei! So I'm lightening it up. "Bar" jokes are some of my all time favorites because of their reliance on wit. I'm posting my all-time favorite in hopes to hear your favorites as well. A termite walks into a bar and says, "Hey! Where's the bar tender?!" </f

Reply to How Do You Define Heaven and Hell? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Meph my man... got ya a first round here. 1 Tim 6:16 also says that "whom [Christ] no man has seen or can see," so a literal approach is apparently out of the question. 1 Corinthians 15:54,55, 57 says, when we die and decompose, "this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, Where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? ... Bu

Josephus in History JoeUser Forums

My brother sent me this email he wrote. I'm helping him with his final ::sniff!:: senior collegiate English paper. I thought I'd pass it on for whatever worth it may be to anyone. I didn't change anything about the email so it's in informal email style. Enjoy! in my research for my paper thats um due in uh 19 hours lol... i found this good quote from

Reply to How Do You Define Heaven and Hell? in Religion JoeUser Forums

D. Where do you get this stuff? Mr. Mephisto... I'm working on a complete answer. Thanks for your insightful challenge! Wunderbar!

Reply to Why we don't do Leviticus in Religion JoeUser Forums

IG -- Okay -- you're so very right about some Christians mis using Leviticus to injure people. But are they really Christians? Some might be. But they have hardened their hearts to God's chastisement and ignore his discipline. They're not being led by the Spirit to do so, in otherwords. All I have to say to that analysis is "amen." :) If it's just a thought and you dismiss but don't dwell, I don't think it's a sin. It's when we re

Reply to Hold Me Closer Tony Danza in Humor JoeUser Forums

CCR has to be the king of bands with misunderstood lyrics. "Memory's elephant is playin in the band." Jack and Diane: I know the truth but it always catches me off guard, "Hold on to your six string as long as you can..." That one embarasses me even when I'm alone.

Reply to How Do You Define Heaven and Hell? in Religion JoeUser Forums

"Man created religion so as he would not be terrified that he did not understand something," Wow this is a premise so many of you are running with and I don't understand how you got this. Did you get your idea God is made up all by yourself? What about your beliefs? Did no other person influence you whatsoever in this? Mark Twain -- Samuel Clemmens, actually -- was brilliant. I know you may not realize it, but he was quite the philosoph

Reply to How Do You Define Heaven and Hell? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Jeremy, there you go picking on me again. I said this: "rather than the beautiful, seductive angel of light he is." Lucifer has the root word in latin for light in it. (Spanish, Light = Luz, plural, Luces.) It's not a made up word. It's a name. Hebrew names always described qualities of God and sometimes of the individual person. That's why God sometimes told people what they would name their child in certain verses. Names are very important. He is

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Finally, Dharma -- I hope these separate postings are better received than a long response. "Anyone ever heard of the 'lukewarm Christian'? Wouldn't you say that picking and choosing which parts of the bible you want to believe in qualifies you as one of those?" The lukewarm Christian is one who doesn't care. Apathetic. They don't really consciously choose anything. If they do, it's because someone pushed them to. The above is like t

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Jeremy: ACK! Sorry I forgot this question: But I cant quite understand how a desire in your head can cause someone else to sin. Wow, we need some philosophy coaching here. Okay, all sin begins in thought. It has to. You never do anything before you think of it. Sin always hurts someone. If you hurt yourself you're hurting someone else because "no man is an island." If anything, you're wasting your potential and others suffer be

Reply to Why we don't do Leviticus in Religion JoeUser Forums

Mr. Geek -- You said, "What I mean is that if you have a book in the bible that lists laws and behaviors, and you look at it and only obey those that you like or that fall in line with your thinking and you speak with some authority to others telling them that "this is the word of God", you cannot then eliminate the other laws." Let's analyze. Motivation for choosing sections: those we like? I don't think that's the case. What is the

Reply to Why we don't do Leviticus in Religion JoeUser Forums

Forgive the posts, but you'd miss it if I wrote this in the previous one. Dharma: you asked, "Is it necessary to obey all 10 of the commandments? Or are some ok to ignore?" I think you might have missed the point. Jesus was saying all the commandments can me summarized in the first two. If I love my Lord my God with all my heart, strenght, soul, and mind I'm not going to need to be disciplined in my faithfulness. It will just come as

Reply to Why we don't do Leviticus in Religion JoeUser Forums

"Those two imply all of the others. The point is laying them all out to begin with was to give a clue to those who need a clue." Jeremy -- I agree. The first sentence is my point and the second is Jesus'. The first two imply all the others so you can hang the other commandments on them. Laying them all out gave a clue to the clueless and gave specificity to those who need it. However, Jesus was combatting those who were religious but not spirit

Reply to Crusading Christians in Religion JoeUser Forums

Oh, Poetmom, you're fun! You know what I'm talking about, though, I'm sure. You're very intellegent and well-spoken and do so (I've not read a lot of your stuff -- I'm sorry) with love when I read your comments. Was this article completely for moot, though? I don't think so...

Reply to So, I'm Going to Hell in Religion JoeUser Forums

Dharma -- What exactly does "enlightened" mean in reference to Buddha? Kharma -- you said, "Buddhism teaches about life on Earth, where Christianity focuses on what happens after death (lead a life like this so that you go to heaven)." I spend a lot of time learning about life here on earth in my Christianity. I'm not sure you understand just what we learn. We do however focus on afterlife as well. You're right. But we don't say, "lead a life

Reply to I'm Proud Of Spain And Their Use Of Real Democracy in Politics JoeUser Forums

We really don't understand Spain's system. How big is the propaganda machine? Do the people really understand what they're being told? Do we know anything about the poll and the questions asked (90%). Finally, did Spain agree to do something as a government? If they did, they should honor that to the best of their ability while still serving their people. I agree whole-heartedly with democracy. But an unchecked majority can be as much of a ty

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Reply to Why we don't do Leviticus in Religion JoeUser Forums

BTW -- Jeremy I appreciate good natured sarcasm, but usually only from people I know well and people who I'm assured love me. I bet you're the same way too. Your posts frequently make me feel as though you despise Christians and anything they have to say. Why are you so negative? Are you really hateful? I don't want to beleive this; I'd rather explain it by something else. I've noticed you're not often constructive unless the person shares your viewpoi