moda, Once again I thank you for a very civil discussion.  I'll give a couple of more comments, then perhaps Desert can chime in.  I benefit from his posts, and I hope you will as well ... honestly! 1. Please read "What They Need to Hear" by Klemet Preus.  It goes into quite a bit of evide...

Another story that indicates "I am my own god, I am what I put my trust in, I am what is important" and it seems our culture has made significant progress on this in the last ten years. 

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/rnr/4562386373.html

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Mountaineer, I didn't really think you were hearing "voices," but I can see how my posts maybe make it sound like that.  I figured it had to be some sort of surging presence inside you that revealed "The Truth."  Not just words from a book, but an actual experience.  A "fee...

Anyone besides me see a strong connection between the tiger story in this post by Medium Tex:

Re: The Benghazi Political Circus
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and those who are choking on the true doctrine of Christianity?

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Mountaineer, I don't mean "feeling" as an emotion per se.  Revelation is an observation of a perceived potential reality that only you experience.  Of course, others may experience something similar at a different time (or the same time), but it is still something that has to work through...

moda, Believe it or not, I agree with much of what you say and heartily respect your right to see things from your perspective.  Probably my main disagreements center around your use of "feeling" (or emotion?) and your discounting of the concept of obtaining knowledge by revelation, possib...

I can't continue this conversation in a civil manner. I am unable to have someone ramrod their beliefs down my throat and tell me that I am going to suffer external damnation unless I buy into their wacky set of beliefs. Your idiotic religion is why mankind will continue to slaughter each other lon...

These Christian ultimatums make me despise the whole religion. If you decide you are "man enough" (sorry, that was the sinner in me trying to get your attention) to read something that may open your eyes and allow you to let something in to your head other than your preconceived view of C...

These Christian ultimatums make me despise the whole religion. Truth hurts.  You appear to be focused on yourself and your feelings, not the promises of Jesus.  Are you big enough, open enough, caring enough, to do something about it ... to invest a few months of Sunday mornings in a truly Christia...

If God is just he wont punish me because I'm incapable of believing in him. If he is that petty then I would prefer to be sent to hell....I really mean that. I cannot respect a God who would condemn the majority of mankind to hell because they don't accept Jesus as their savior especially when they...

The funny thing about me is that the Christian concept of eternal life sounds like torture. I really hope that when "I" die that my soul disappears....this is more similar to the idea of liberation from the wheel of samsara. Unfortunately, your choice is not an option.  There are only two...

Morality doesn't exist in the same way that gravity does. I can violate moral laws with abandon and there is no proof that anything will happen to me, yet if I violate the law of gravity and jump off a bridge I will die 100% of the time. I think this example is enough to prove the difference betwee...

"We shouldn't do what is wrong" . . . . It's a true statement of fact. Thus, we should not do what is wrong, we should not act in a manner of behavior that is not in accoradance with reality blah blah . "We shouldn't do what is gobbledygook".  I realize we do not have a commonly...

"We shouldn't do what is wrong" . . . . It's a true statement of fact. Thus, we should not do what is wrong, we should not act in a manner of behavior that is not in accoradance with reality blah blah . "We shouldn't do what is gobbledygook".  I realize we do not have a commonly...

Seems OK this morning.  Must have been the NSA evesdropping on the forum conversations via my computer - processor overload.  You guys and gals better get ready for an audit from one of the TLAs.

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Maybe it is just my setup, but for the last day or two the web page and various topics are loading VERY slowly again, almost as bad as a month or two ago before craigr and/or medium tex addressed the problem.  Anyone else having the issue?

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http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/how-to ... .html 

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No one claims that CO2 is a pollutant....that is a strawman. It is however a gas which plays an important role in regulating the temperature of our climate. I don't necessarily think it is a bad idea for scientists to study this....we spend about 2 billion dollars a year on climate research. That i...

I just finished reading an interesting book, "What They Need to Hear".  It might be of interest to Christians and non-believers alike as it discusses miracles, history, and how to converse with a dying person about topics of importance.  It is a quick read.  The author has an interesting w...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/28/where-cats-are-more-popular-than-dogs-in-the-u-s-and-all-over-the-world/?hpid=z5 I'm guessing that dear follower really has a menagerie of cats hidden in the White House.  The dog is just a front to confuse conservatives.  ;D ... Mountaineer

As far as environmental regulation I think it's important to remember how bad things were getting in the 60s and 70s. Industry and local municipal governments were dumping toxic waste with abandon into rivers and lakes all over the country. I just talked at length with one guy who was responsible f...

Supreme Court case.  Holding: "Holding Greenhouse gases are air pollutants, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency may regulate their emission." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_v._Environmental_Protection_Agency You think regulations on CO2 emissions are bad (i....

No one [moda?] claims that CO2 is a pollutant....that is a strawman. It is however a gas which plays an important role in regulating the temperature of our climate. I don't necessarily think it is a bad idea for scientists to study this....we spend about 2 billion dollars a year on climate research...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency The EPA was proposed by President Richard Nixon and began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. On July 17, 2013, the EPA renamed its headquarters the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Buildin...

TennPaGa wrote:

Desert wrote: That bastard vampire!

Obama's parents were married when he was born, you know.

Perhaps. 

bastard |?bast?rd|
noun
1 archaic or derogatory a person born of parents not married to each other.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/03/ ... _only.html

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