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Reply to NO TRUE CHRISTIAN WOULD OBSERVE EASTER in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Is it okay with you if true Christians observe the death and ressurrection of the Savior Christ, Son of God? Would it seem too much like heresy to you if they observed this event at the time of Passover, of which ancient Jewish tradition it is the culmination and fulfilment? Is it really so shocking that the Creator would redeem all humanity in the springtime, the time of new life and new growth on Earth? Does it surprise you tha

Reply to When was the last time you... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Never, so far as I know. When I walked across the quad for lunch Who hugs strangers? I hardly ever hug my friends. Which isn't to say I don't engage in appropriate physical contact, with varying levels of intimacy, on a regular basis. The last time I pissed off my wife, which was this morning, I believe. Earlier today. I had a free moment, so I leaned back in my chair, splayed my palm across my ches

Reply to Universal Principles: Terry Schiavo in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Good question, carebear . I should say, I have a conscience that tells me what is best for the things I do know about. This is usually limited to my own life. As for the rest of the world, I must trust God to sort all that out, but I must also apply the voice of my conscience as best I can to the details I do know of. This article is an excellent example of what I mean. I don't know all the details, and I know I could be horribly m

Kim Jong Illin' in Current Events JoeUser Forums

So I had a great idea for a new cartoon: Kim Jong Illin' It would be one part The Monkees, one part Scooby Doo, and one part Pinky and The Brain. In each half-hour episode, The Dictator of Hip-Hop would attempt to launch his nuclear missiles at The Man. And every time, something would prevent him from realizing his dream.

Reply to Universal Principles: Terry Schiavo in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Dr. Guy ! I look forward to agreeing and disagreeing with you more often in the future To be fair, it's not just the liberals who seem bent on politicizing this. My favorite conservatives have been debating the issue in political terms, and pressing for a political solution

Reply to Universal Principles: Terry Schiavo in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I agree with BakerStreet . I wholeheartedly believe that Michael Schiavo is acting in bad fatih, and that his solution to the problem is the wrong solution. But I also believe that the institution of marriage which he and Terri entered into with each other, clearly establishes him as the final arbiter of his incapacitated wife's wishes, to the extent that the law allows. Also, I believe that I could be wrong about what Terri actually w

Reply to Universal Principles: Terry Schiavo in Current Events JoeUser Forums

My God tells me that I also know what is "best for our world", and that I should continually strive, as best I can to act according to what I know to be right and good. My God tolerates very little, and complacency, fatalism, and laziness in waiting for Him to sort out my problems are all on his list of intolerables.

Universal Principles: Terry Schiavo in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Let's get a few things straight. There are doctors who make mistakes. There are doctors who lie. There are politicians that make mistakes. There are politicians that lie. There are husbands that care. There are husbands that don't care. There are, likewise, parents at both ends of the spectrum. Fo

Reply to You Might Be A Fake Conservative if... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

You might be a fake liberal if you spend your time pointing out the hypocrisy of others, instead of defending the lives of the most helpless among us.

Reply to How To Know if You Are Living In A Totalitarian Dictatorship in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Dr. Guy , I don't think the Germans "fell asleep on the watch" at all. The transition to totalitarianism under Hitler wasn't a gradual, multi-generational sequence of individually innocent events and decisions. Rather, it happened quite suddenly, in under ten years, as the result of a perfect storm of circumstances: Humiliation in war. Humiliation in peace. Ecnomic collapse. Military weakness in a martial culture. A power vacuum broug

Reply to Australia the hypocritical in Politics JoeUser Forums

America America America. America this, America that, America the other thing. Why does it always have to be about America with some people? Why can't Australia be the other Italy? Or the other Argentina? Or the other China?

Reply to The Road to Dictatorship is Paved with Good Intentions in Politics JoeUser Forums

Wow. A full-blog reply from Gideon. I'm honored. Seriously. The road to Dictatorship isn't always paved with Good intentions. Sometimes, a dictator with bad intentions seizes power against the good intentions of his people and the current government. At the same time, the road to Good Results is also paved with Good Intentions. By Gideon's logic, no policy, foreign or domestic, no matter how good-intentioned it might be, is justi

Reply to The Night I Saw The Devil in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Maybe I just pick women who get cold when they get angry... But the look of death is part of the freeze-out routine. The nice thing about relationships that work is that the fighting is less and the resolution is quick. I honestly don't know if all women do the freeze-out, but I'm pretty sure that all women know how. And there's definitely something about me: I sometimes speak up when I should stay quiet. Other times, I sta

Reply to Would you become a Freak? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Actually, I'm happy the way I am: male, content, happily married, etc. But if some kind of change is the law, punishable by death, I wouldn't mind seeing how the other half lives. As things are, though, if the opportunity never arises, I'll die satisfied with my life. Even if it does arise, I probably wouldn't bother with it. I've just discovered that it'd be a pain in the ass to try to explain to anybody.

Reply to God is a She. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

If God is, then God transcends human understanding of "male" and "female". Assuming that God is the Creator/Creatrix of all things, then God must have access to both male and female qualities. My sense of the matter is this: The relationship between human males and females is a symbol, or metaphor, or echo, of the relationship between God and humanity. Thus, even though God's nature includes both male and female aspects, His

Reply to The Night I Saw The Devil in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

The Devil turned out to be a bicyclist, coasting to a stop behind the car, ilt from below by my brake lights. But for a moment there, I knew it was the Devil. The red light, the floating effect...

The Night I Saw The Devil in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Have you ever been frozen out by a woman? Guys, you know what I mean. You say or do the wrong thing, and suddenly POW! She won't talk to you. She won't even look at you. She just sits there, saying nothing, radiating massive, pummeling, icy waves of anger and frustration. There's nothing you can do about it, except bundle up against the cold and wait f

Reply to Why Homo's Will Never Be Right in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

What CS fails to point out is that he's just repeating the same thing I said, only with more insults Reiki.

Reply to Here is your chance, fire away in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Okay, I admit it: I don't think you're a total ass... just a moderate one Well, and sweet, too. Moderately.

Reply to Should the USA invade Sudan? in Politics JoeUser Forums

The UN acts as a way of us all keeping check on each other, not allowing any nation to become another Nazi Germany. Are you kidding us with this? The problem in Sudan is precisely the institutional state-sponsored genocide the Nazis were so famous for. The UN is allowing this right now, today. It allowed the same thing in Rwanda. It allowed the same thing in Iraq. It is, in fact, a toothless organization th

Reply to How To Know if You Are Living In A Totalitarian Dictatorship in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Deference, I don't deny that all these things you list are happening. I just deny that they add up to an Evil Totalitarian Dictatorship. This, I think, is the heart of our disagreement: All in the name of "security"? No thanks, I'll go back to my "old" pre-911 days if I've got to put up with that. You would rather "put up with" the occasional hijacking, building-destruction, and 3,000 citizens dead. Making some eff

Reply to Australia the hypocritical in Politics JoeUser Forums

is it really about mateship and security or is it about greed and looking out for ourselves? As with all human endeavors, it's a mixture of all these things and more. China is powerful, and its power is growing. It's going to be a major factor in regional and global policy for centuries to come. Decisions made today will be remembered by future generations. The Australian government has a lot of competing values to consider

Reply to Holocaust Revisionism:Swimming Pool, Stocked Theatre in World War II JoeUser Forums

The camps weren't always just Death Camps. They were also Concentration Camps, and Work Camps. They were essentially small villages surrounded by wire and guarded against escape. The inmates lived there for years, sometimes. They brought with them all the customs and traditions of their homes, and all the hopes and fears common to us all. Within those fences, they made the best of life they could. For a time, they were allowed many "luxuries". I

Reply to Would you become a Freak? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Assuming that the technology were there, I'd go for a fully-functional sex change. But only if it was total. If I had to take hormone supplements every day or something, just to keep it going, or if I had to wear chokers to keep my adam's apple hidden... I'd go to prison instead. Sometimes a man's gotta stand up for his principles.

Reply to Why Homo's Will Never Be Right in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Unless limited homosexuality is actually good for the species. Perhaps populations above a certain size prosper even more, when some percentage are not actively participating in the procreation effort. For example, if a species overpopulates, it may start breeding homosexuals in order to limit further growth and conserve the scarce resources needed to keep the entire species alive. It's possible that the recent massive increase in th