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GOSH ! Is that what that caterwauling noise was? I thought the Seadoo had dropped a thrust bearing !!
Any followers of Jesus here???????
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GOSH ! Is that what that caterwauling noise was? I thought the Seadoo had dropped a thrust bearing !!
TS, you must be so disappointed. I know how much you were looking forward to that great ride. But wait! You will get a second chance in September. The big quake then will probably be followed by a tsunami
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Well said, Tech/a
Sadly, some people do become very sucked in to the point of detriment to themselves.
If WB's enlightenment came from gambling, something doesn't add up.. God and gambling both start with "g" but that's about the only thing they have in common - IMO of course!...
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Well said, Tech/a
Sadly, some people do become very sucked in to the point of detriment to themselves.
If WB's enlightenment came from gambling, something doesn't add up.. God and gambling both start with "g" but that's about the only thing they have in common - IMO of course!...
Sails
Back when I was 20 (36 yrs ago) A god fearing guy by the name of John Nash was in Adelaide predicting a tsunami to hit and destroy Adelaide on the 6Th of January of that year along with an entourage.
It was so well publicized that the then Premier Don Dunstan on the 6th of January walked to the end of the jetty to hail the tsunami.
I and a group of others met John Nash---we realized he was delusional when he was asked.
"How do you know Adelaide is wiped out by a tsunami?"
His reply.
"Because God showed me in a dream the front page of the "Advertiser"
showing the massive devastation and the date of that front page was 6/1"---(I cant remember the exact year.)
After a great deal of hushed whispering around the group we all set off to the pub for a few rounds.100% confident nothing was going to happen.
Can you pick it?
But in a very strong religious Italian community I know there were many who sold up esplanade property at way below retail in fear!
Different year different nutter and same repetitious theme.
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Ha ha,
thanks for the laugh boys, brightens up the day. The poor old Swannies aren't going anywhere with Bradshaw and Craig Bolton both unfit, and butter-fingers Jesse White can't buy a mark.
What a legend Michael Tuck, the Hawks have produced some beauties haven't they. With JC, yeah a one-year deal, and a fitness test.
thanks for the laugh boys, brightens up the day. The poor old Swannies aren't going anywhere with Bradshaw and Craig Bolton both unfit, and butter-fingers Jesse White can't buy a mark.
What a legend Michael Tuck, the Hawks have produced some beauties haven't they. With JC, yeah a one-year deal, and a fitness test.
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Where is it? Come on now, it's in The Bible.
MARK 10:21
And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow me.
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Surely even in your quote you can see this was directed at one person. This was not a directive or commandment for the masses. Throughtout the Bible there is references to many wealthy people - no others were given this commandment. If you read the whole text regarding this Jesus is trying to help someone who has a particular hang up ie his wealth. It even doesn't say that he had to do it to follow Christ. The quote says " sell all that you own and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven;" He then goes on to say " come, follow me."
I still dont believe that anywhere in the Bible it says that to follow Christ you must give all your wealth to the poor. David was a man after God's own heart and was extremely wealthy. Mind you - David was not a great poster boy on a lot of issues.
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Numbers 15:32-36 (King James Version)
32And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
33And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
34And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
35And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
36And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
How does one interpret this then malachii ? Literally or metaphorically?
Still waiting for the swell to come up so I can drag the longboard out of storgage. Might have to go to the casino and count some cards first.
32And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
33And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
34And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
35And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
36And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
How does one interpret this then malachii ? Literally or metaphorically?
Still waiting for the swell to come up so I can drag the longboard out of storgage. Might have to go to the casino and count some cards first.
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A good photo there Transpotter. Honest in the old days. They do lots of tricks wth photos now you know.
Anyway, dont' you worry about all this snide sinfull stuff billy, come back and have another guess next year. We'll be here.
G'day Trainspotter,
I'm not sure how you want me to answer this. I think your having a go at my faith because you find this action reprehensible and to be honest so do I. But I'm not here to defend individual passages or for that matter God Himself.
Theologians, scholars and great minds have debated these points for generations and still haven't come up with answers. There are many questions that I have that I cannot find answers for. Does this impact my faith? Definitely. Does it make me doubt? Everyday! Does it mean that I walk away from my faith. No. I think I would have more trouble believing in God if I did understand it all. I mean how can a finite mind understand the infinite? I understand how an aircraft flies but show it to someone who doesn't and they have to either have faith that it will or refuse to believe. Whether the person refuses to have faith or refuses to believe doesn't change the basic fact of the aircraft's existence or its ability to fly. I guess what I'm trying to say is some days you just have to go on faith. You cant explain it. People will think you are crazy but that's OK.
I don't think I have answered your question. I'm not really sure you wanted an answer as much as you were trying to point to the "unfathomableness"(???) of the Christian faith and maybe the injustice of a God who is meant to be just. Either way - I'm not sure anyone would be able to answer it to your satisfaction, certainly not me. But maybe you could take away that while all us Christians are a little crazy - maybe somedays you just gotta have a little faith.
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I would have just used the word "metaphorically" if it was me. I thought it was a simple passage in the Bible telling us not to work on the Sabbath myself.
Oh well ....... keep the faith malachii.
Oh well ....... keep the faith malachii.
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Religious delusions are common amongst schizophrenics
haha..did you snap any up?
bit of a tsunami on the stockmarket since the 10th
To quote the great Ned Flanders "Why me, Lord? I've always been good. I don't drink or dance or swear. I've even kept kosher just to be on the safe side. I've done everything the Bible says! Even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff! What more can I do? I...I..I feel like I wannaa yell out, but I just can't dang-darn-diddly-darn-dang-ding-dong-diddly-darned do it! I just...I..."
cheers
Surly
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Religious delusions are common amongst schizophrenics
haha..did you snap any up?
bit of a tsunami on the stockmarket since the 10th
No I was 20 and had enough for a hamburger---even that was stretching it.
What gave it away was he "SAW" the 6/1 Advertiser with the disaster as front page news.
The Advertiser would have been wiped out along with everything else!
Cant have both.
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He'd probably say he just got the date wrong tech, give the guy a break, geddit, give him a break lol
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in all sincerity, this is a 22 month long experiement in seeing if God still answers prayer thru the casting of lots.
Sometimes, the lot can be misinterpreted, which I beleive is the case here.
Two days in a row, I had cast lots thru prayer and the shuffle of a deck of cards and pick off the top of the deck.
Both of those days, the cards came up 8-2-8-Queen.
I thought getting the 8-2-8-Q two days in a row was incredible odds.
To me it is evidence that God is in it, but at the time I could'nt conclude anything concrete from it, accept that maybe it meant the 28th of August,
8/28 and I just wrote off the queen, as though it didn't mean anything. In that same lot cast, I had picked others and vertically, the cards were 8-10-10, so it had me thinking with the other lots cast later showing 8/9-10/10, that is would occur on the 9th/10th, but going back and re-assessing this, my original prayer was, show me the month and year, but it may have been that God was wanting to show me the month and day, becaue I already knew the year and thus, the 8 for august and then the 2+8+Q (12)= 22nd day of August, so I may have misinterpreted all of this.
All the other lots cast were showing me the 8 first or adding to the 8 always, and then the others were showing me th e9th or the 10th, but with 8-10-10 it could mean to add the 10+10 for the 20th.
Its pure speculation at this point, but th eodds of me pulling up the 8-2-8-Q , 2 days in a row had me hooked, so someone from the relm of the Spirit was giving me this.
This is one reason I am convince this still hits august. What would you guy conclude, if after praying to be shown when this would hit, you get 4 of the same cards in a row, 2 days in a row after random shuffle....
do you see my dilema?????
Sometimes, the lot can be misinterpreted, which I beleive is the case here.
Two days in a row, I had cast lots thru prayer and the shuffle of a deck of cards and pick off the top of the deck.
Both of those days, the cards came up 8-2-8-Queen.
I thought getting the 8-2-8-Q two days in a row was incredible odds.
To me it is evidence that God is in it, but at the time I could'nt conclude anything concrete from it, accept that maybe it meant the 28th of August,
8/28 and I just wrote off the queen, as though it didn't mean anything. In that same lot cast, I had picked others and vertically, the cards were 8-10-10, so it had me thinking with the other lots cast later showing 8/9-10/10, that is would occur on the 9th/10th, but going back and re-assessing this, my original prayer was, show me the month and year, but it may have been that God was wanting to show me the month and day, becaue I already knew the year and thus, the 8 for august and then the 2+8+Q (12)= 22nd day of August, so I may have misinterpreted all of this.
All the other lots cast were showing me the 8 first or adding to the 8 always, and then the others were showing me th e9th or the 10th, but with 8-10-10 it could mean to add the 10+10 for the 20th.
Its pure speculation at this point, but th eodds of me pulling up the 8-2-8-Q , 2 days in a row had me hooked, so someone from the relm of the Spirit was giving me this.
This is one reason I am convince this still hits august. What would you guy conclude, if after praying to be shown when this would hit, you get 4 of the same cards in a row, 2 days in a row after random shuffle....
do you see my dilema?????
Wetherbill, in all sincerity my friend, you are deluding yourself. Drawing a sequence of cards from a deck means nothing. Anyone can put any interpretation on it they like. God doesn't want to show you anything - you would just like to think he does. If your god is all powerful, as you claim him to be, don't you think he would give you a message in plain English if he wanted to? Give up on the predictions - they never come true and you just end up wasting a lot of energy that could be put to better use.
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Totally!
If ya cant baffle em with bullsheet what hope is there in becoming an internet superhero.
