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Off-Topic / Re: Which position do you sleep in?
« on: August 28, 2014, 01:05:33 pm »Message ID: 912839
Horizontal

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Off-Topic / Re: What's The Point?
« on: August 28, 2014, 01:05:06 pm »Message ID: 912838
Some just flat out panic, mostly those that are pretty innocent but they go haywire at the time the lights come on... pretty much understood by most experienced cops. A vast majority that REALLY run and go into all manner of reckless behavior to escape are probably already in trouble with the law, parole violations, outstanding warrants, or fleeing to ditch evidence of a crime. Pretty stupid in the long run but at the time it seems as their only option.

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Off-Topic / Re: Do you think a true friend is hard to find?
« on: August 25, 2014, 04:50:50 pm »Message ID: 912116
Dang near impossible to find a TRUE friend. I think if one can count two true friends in their life they are indeed among the richest people on the planet.

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Off-Topic / Re: water
« on: August 25, 2014, 04:48:06 pm »Message ID: 912115
I am certain that my intake of H20 greatly exceeds 64 oz./day although I rarely drink just plain water.

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Off-Topic / Re: Are you an organ doner?
« on: August 25, 2014, 04:19:59 pm »Message ID: 912113
My body is willed to the closest medical university to the point of my demise, or the closest one that can make use of it.

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Off-Topic / Re: What magazine subscriptons do you have?
« on: August 21, 2014, 03:02:26 pm »Message ID: 911143
NONE at all for my home, do have three for my office; Fortune, Forbes, and an industry rag no one would ever recognize! Basically gave up on print media when every one in print got too biased or put the works up on the Net.

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Off-Topic / Re: Have you ever flew on a plane before?
« on: August 21, 2014, 02:58:37 pm »Message ID: 911140
Yes, I flown many many miles on commercial carriers. I also am a private pilot, learned to fly sitting in Dad's lap as he flew a Navy surplus trainer (AT-6) he and his brother bought after WWII.

BIG tip for those that fear flying or get a case of the nerves, go out and take an introductory flight lesson! Many if not most flight schools offer these at very low cost to recruit new students. Once you get a feel of what planes do, and just how stable they are you will lose all the fears. BTW, small general aviation planes are built to higher structural standards than the big commercial ones.

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Off-Topic / Re: just for fun
« on: August 14, 2014, 03:21:19 pm »Message ID: 909080
never seen the show so I can't say what it sounds like to me. however one poster mentioned that the production company is named Ubu, so it is logical that the word said is indeed 'ubu'...

so happy that I don't 'do tv' very much nowadays! :)


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Off-Topic / Re: Hey, Jehovah's Witness?
« on: August 14, 2014, 02:57:21 pm »Message ID: 909075
What was the purpose of the original question? It does not seem to have been addressed in any of the comments to any significant degree. If the question is meant to prompt thoughts about the validity of 'Christianity' vs. Jehovah's Witness' I think it can be summed up pretty easily:

Christianity stands alone, it is solely an individual thing, one person knowing Jesus as the Christ and all that encompasses... there is NOTHING beyond that, not denominations or doctrines created by man's thoughts on 'things of God'. Jesus did not hand out franchises or appoint ANY individual to stand in his stead. The scripture most accurately accounting the best known 'original' writings is without doubt the KJV version of the Bible. The translators, editors, and scribes and the details of their effort are all known and there is no secret as to how they derived the finished work.

Jehovah's Witness is based on totally different beliefs. The deity of Jesus is explicitly denied. Their scripture is claimed to be 'a Modern Translation' of the Bible, bunk! It is rife with specific changes made to support the claims of the cult. The origins of this debacle are mysteriously not disclosed. The most significant doctrines are no where mentioned in the REAL Bible, which somehow the cult claims to base its 'new and improved' version of things. The infamous 144,000 'saved' is truly ridiculous and is derived on some really convoluted reasoning on specific scripture to again support the claims of the cult. The Watchtower is the center of JH, not the teachings of God or a personal relationship with Him.   

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Off-Topic / Re: Robin Williams Dead at 63
« on: August 14, 2014, 02:28:15 pm »Message ID: 909062
I will remember Robin for his improv comedy on stage. As an actor I can't say he was great but he played his parts well and two of the best movies around do him credit, specifically 'Good Morning Vietnam' and 'Good Will Hunting'.

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Off-Topic / Re: Today....
« on: August 14, 2014, 02:24:35 pm »Message ID: 909061
OTAY Buckwheat!

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Off-Topic / Re: Have you ever won big at a casino?
« on: July 31, 2014, 04:31:39 am »Message ID: 904107
I enjoy casinos! Won a lot and also have left a lot of money with the house! Over all I have probably about broken even, but with the expenses of visiting I am certain that I am not ahead. For the gambling, I don't consider the way I play to be really gambling, I stick to three types of action, blackjack, craps and video poker, all of these 'games' can be played with the house edge of 1% or less if played correctly. So, with just a slight run you can come out ahead, but this type of gaming is not really 'fun' gaming, more like work but it is the type of play that I enjoy...

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Off-Topic / Re: Do you prefer Cable TV, Satellite TV or Antenna TV?
« on: July 15, 2014, 09:14:20 am »Message ID: 899763
Don't know how to answer this one because I rarely turn on a TV! What television I do watch, mostly news programs, I get thru the computer, which is fiber optic feed.

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Off-Topic / Re: When you have free time, what do you like to do?
« on: July 15, 2014, 09:12:21 am »Message ID: 899761
Play golf, go swimming, take in a movie, gee there are just to many things to list! I guess I should say I just do what I feel like doing at the time! :)

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Off-Topic / Re: Are Athiests right or are they going to burn in hell with the rest of the sinner
« on: July 15, 2014, 09:10:39 am »Message ID: 899760
I am a true believer in a force/forces that are clearly greater than all of us. I choose not to subscribe to a particular religious doctrine because I believe that God/Goddess is more powerful than man's finite comprehension of the universe and the true machinations of celestial bodies and the universe. I do not disagree with religion as a whole because usually at the core I personally find that there are fundamental differences but they all pretty much say the same thing. You have to honor God and be good to one another. I get it. I don't knock anyone;s belief system, but at the same time I hate to get brow-beaten into submission by an overbearing zealot who has no room for compromise or any respect for what I may believe. I simply refuse to believe that man has the answer. We'll all find out when we die though.

Your statements are quite cogent and well thought out. I would speculate that these are pretty much the views of most humans, regardless of what religion they may ascribe to.

To the specifics; Yes there is/are forces far beyond the comprehension mankind is capable of. This is clearly stated in the Bible in several places and in several ways. So that is one point that one of your beliefs could accept without much difficulty, semantics would probably be the only 'issue'. Next the matter of 'religion'. This is a critical point that is almost always ignored... that is that RELIGIONS, each and every one of them are indeed creations of MAN as a means or pathway to gain God's acceptance. True they are all pretty similar as they all have the same base as their founding (long discussion so I will not go into that). Here is the BIGGIE, as you state, believing in a man-created system (religion) indeed is foolishness. Christianity on the other hand is NOT a religion of any sort but God's (the supreme power, if you will) designed plan for MAN to come into HIS presence. There is no cost for one to accept this gift of God. The cost was paid by Jesus who died in your place.

That is just how simple it is. Don't judge God and his divine plan by humans and their behaviors in His name. We are all flawed, and we are all sinners. The difference is that some of us sinners are forgive by His grace.




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