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This makes good reading: The truth about Jessica (URL) was like a Hollywood film. They cried, 'Go, go, go', with guns and blanks and the sound of explosions. They made a show - an action movie like Sylvester Stallone or Jackie Chan, with jumping (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Too weird for daylight...
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(...) Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar? JOHN (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"The Oily Americans: Why the world doesn't trust the U.S. about petroleum: A history of meddling" (URL) a little too flimsy on the Iraq issue, probably didn't want to come off as "unpatriotic" -- whatever that means nowadays.] ---...--- New Policy (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) which Cuban diplomats were expelled from Washington and the UN due to 'spying'. Or they could have been expelled so that they have no potential to hear any plans against their country (if you read b/w the lines and are swayed towards (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Surely you mean Saudi Arabia? ;) Scott A (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not in Scotland. Search for "the auld alliance". eg: (URL) the resident Canadian: ==+== The Royal Ecossais remained a regiment of the French army. Indeed after the failure of the '45 Rising two other French regiments were formed from Jacobite (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) We all seem to have our own form of arrogance. The American forte is arrogance through naivety. The English arrogance is more through belief that they are naturally superior, and the French is not so much that they are superior so much that (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What is funny is the one thing that my brother in law, who live in England, and I have in common is French jokes. Contempt for the French and their arrogance seems to be a great unifier among nations. (...) Those two things are true, and (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Sex Scandal: U.S. President had sex with Intern!
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(...) Thanks for the clarification. Sorry for keeping ya up, Bruce! Yes, religious debate can sometimes get tiresome, but I've wanted to keep it as interesting as possible. Honest I have! Dave K -who puts people to sleep wherever he goes (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Column. The last row tends to consist of really, really, unstable elements. Sorry for being anal about row-column, just trying to hijack this away from religion (Zzzz...zzzsnore). -->Bruzzz...zzz... (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The point I was trying to make with John, and seems to be pushed to the wayside, is that mayhaps the church, and doctroines thereof, need to be revisited--whether you personally accomodate homosexuals in your life is nice and all, but (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Pagans and Xtians (was Re: Sex Scandal etc)
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(...) I'm pretty sure it has a lot do with the prohibition concerning idolatry via the decorating of trees in Jeremiah: ---...--- 10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The intolerance I was refering to is that of those who take issue with religions or religionists for their beliefs, basically telling someone that they must unconditionally accept your chosen lifestyle. One of my best friends has recently (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I know they are pre-christian; Easter I had always thought as having been conveniently adopted by Christianity from Judahism. Which in turn may have had it adopted from another pagan belief - quite honestly, I find that of little consequence, (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My bible says this for Luke 14.26: "If people come to me and are not ready to abandon their fathers, mothers, wives, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as their own lives, they cannot be my disciples." This makes more sense in the (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes. Without getting into it too deeply, I'd say that the Gospels are the most important part of the Bible, for they contain God's final revelation and interpretation of the Bible (talking OT here). (...) Certainly forgiveness, but (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This statement is misleading. Most Christians associate Jesus' resurrection with the word "Easter". Obviously, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus was never a pagan holiday, although the celebration of the feast to Astre was. They are (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This explains a lot. (...) I am not seeing the intolerance directed at the religious members of our community. Maybe if you were Jewish or Muslim. That thing about Mormon persecution so many years ago is starting to grow mold on it... I'd just (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<snip> (...) So basically what you are saying here is that some portions of the Bible are more important that other portions? Why? I was brought up to believe that the bible as a whole is important and that everything inside the covers are related. (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Heh, well, that's a little extreme :) I'd probably argue that while not "ordained by God", Christmas and Easter are still Christian celebrations; not worshipping any differently than allowed to by the Bible-- unless there's something in there (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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