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(...) I heard it on the radio news - AP or USA - they were going to exhibit them and then it was announced that they were fake. Best I can do. Bill (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Wow, hey, does this mean that there is some confusion or ambiguity as to whether or not Adam actually did die? Or is it known beyond the shadow of a doubt that he did actually _for sure_ die? Assuming it's not known absolutely for sure, have (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Rick: The .off-topic.* groups (_especially_ .off-topic.debate) are specifically for non-LEGO topics. It's perfectly OK for people to be discussing non-LEGO stuff here in .off-topic.debate. --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, back on the farm, we had a couple of roosters who wanted to kill each other. Not for the purpose of eating each other, but for control, I think. They would fight to the death if we'd let them. (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ummmm, that's exactly what I said. Muslims forced people other than Jews and Christians to convert. Bruce (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Christians (...) I'm not sure what the Crusades has to do with my statement. Oh, wait, I think you are reading it as two seperate statements. The Muslims converted all those except Jews and Christians by the sword because they were followers (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Love your line of thought! I've never heard of this before but that's very reasonable... After all, God killed him after about a few minutes... ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) - (...) to (...) See what I mean? If you mean the proto-birds, that's not true (your source, please). If you mean something else, you'll have to clue me in since I mention no other specific example and neither do you. Bruce (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) An MP reference... :) --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey, that's also what happened with Mark Twain's _Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_, from what I heard on a PBS program... --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) "ibid" is a bibliographical term that means, roughly "same book, but from this page instead". I don't know offhand the entymological background, but I bet Mirriam-Webster does... <hunt hunt> Yep. "ib" or "ibid" is an abbreviation of ibedum, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually the ten commandments are strictly a part of judaism. The are reiterated in the New Testament as moral principles and are summed in Jesus' statement that all the Law and the Prophets are summed up in two: love the Lord and love your (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I know. I just look at all the posts to see if I spot anything interesting. (...) I can see it now. Angels and the devil as board pieces, Go To Hell cards, Limbo instead of Free Parking, etc. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No no no. There was the tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life. They at from the first one, and were kicked out so that they wouldn't eat from the second one and become immortal. They weren't kicked out for becoming knowledgeable as we usually (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) reproduce (...) the (...) before (...) These were also admitted to be a hoax shortly after being released. Bill (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If don't read lugnet.off-topic.debate, then God's monopoly of Lugnet will magically disappear. Neat how that works. James (URL) an aside: When I first saw the message title, I thought: "Neat idea, but would Hasbro ever dare?" ;) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Right... although IANAM (1) either, I did live in Israel in which Islam is the second most popular religion. I remember learning about Islam two years ago and taking a field trip to the near Misgad (temple, name in english = ?). That sentence (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Are you kidding? This is the most exciting God talk I've read. There's alot of perspective I've never seen before. Maybe Lego minds are of "a different spirit." Anyhoo, I degress from off topic. Er... God Bless Markus (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What must be clear is that at the time, many deities were worshipped by all of the Jew's neighbors. What the 1st commandment says is basically (my interpretation) that you shan't believe in these so called 'gods' and worship them. So he (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm. Erin, while I can understand some frustration about vast threads of controversy, it's relevant to note that this conversation is happening exactly where it's supposed to: lugnet.OFF-TOPIC.debate (emphasis mine). Quoting relevant text: (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.council)
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