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Re: Is SEPTA responsible for Phillies game wash out?

Paul — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:44:00 -0000

When I go to the Eagles games they are usually using the lower section I believe it is indeed used for the local services for the BSL when the game is being let out.

Re: Getting tokens on the cheap?

Paul — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:09:00 -0000

Thanks for alerting me to this ebay auction. I won the tokens for $155.65 including shipping, so I saved about $10 over retail, but that's cool. Thanks again!

Re: Candystand Face-off & 3 golf games launch!

Paul — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:40:00 -0000

Wow, Hockey rules. Like a PSP game for free!

Re: What causes panic attack’s and do they ever get better?

Paul — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:38:59 -0000

Anxiety, for the most part, triggers such attacks.

To overcome such attacks you'll need to re-learn how you react to things. Develop a higher degree of self control.

It's work, but, you can learn to shunt such attacks away.
References :

Re: dell to launch linux boxes tomorrow!

Paul — Thu, 24 May 2007 05:48:39 -0000

It appears Michael Dell, CEO of the company also uses Ubuntu at home:

Re: i want pacman's head!

Paul — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:27:48 -0000

This is cool!

Re: http://theresebeth.blogspot.com/2009/10/callie-oh-callie.html

Paul — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:50:18 -0000

I love this shot. Your work is really great Therese!!

Re: Random Hiccups

Paul — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:45:00 -0000

Hello fellow random hicuppers.
Glad to meet you all. As far as I am aware I have only been suffering from this for a few weeks, but people have started to notice and comment. Usually happens mid-morning. Just one, then nothing. Get the odd random few throughout the day too.
At the moment it is quite funny. Just curious what its all about?
Maybe someone should start a random hicupps facebook group?

Re: Random Hiccups

Paul — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:52:00 -0000

lol yeah i googled random hiccups on google! It's weird lol I just checked it out cuz i have someone in my class that does that lol and everyone bursts out laighing everytime. before my teacher would stop and look at her funny, but now shes just used to it and continues talking

Re: http://agenda-mea.blogspot.com/2009/02/twe2-iti-aduce-twitt-urile-pe-mobil.html

Paul — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:59:00 -0000

Paul here from Twe2.

Sorry i have to write this comment in english. There is an option under the Twe2 Alerts page that allows you to set how many you receive per hour. We set it to start with at 5, but you can chage this :)

Re: Parishioner Sues Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, Saying Pastor Seduced Wife - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:27:00 -0000

This is a sad site where all we do is bash ministers. Does one mistake make all ministers bad? No! Does a mistake by Rev. Tewell make him a bad person? No! We should all thank God for our ministers who day to day bring us closer to Christ. Like none of us has been tempted or swayed. Get a life people!

Re: Pastor charged with stealing Bibles and money - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:54:00 -0000

So a churchman stealed Bibles and sold them on e-bay and that shows that Christianity is false, right? What a logic, you atheist morons! Can I say, since Stalin, an avowed atheist killed 15 million of his own people, atheism is nothing but violence, terror and massacre? The churchman stealing BIbles shows that there are hypocrites in the church, that no way undermines the love and saving power of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Re: Collegue of Ted Haggard admitts sexual misconduct - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:42:00 -0000

Another Sex Scandal by a clergy leader, and Christianity should be banned! Aha, what a logic you atheist morons! Many doctors are malpracticing and violating medical ethics, so, let us ban medical profession. Many policemen are taking bribes and violating their work ethics, so, let us ban police profession. Many pastors
are betraying the teachings of Lord Jesus, how does that nullify Christianity? Do you know Jesus vilified the Religious leaders more than people seeking His life. That is how much he hates hypocricy. Look not at Christians who are hypocrites but look at Christ who is the light of the world.

Re: 10 myths -- and 10 truths -- about atheism - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:00:00 -0000

By Sam Harris
The article by Sam Harris starts with a good observation that atheism is an impediment to a career in politics. Most people in the USA believe in the existence of God. For that matter, most people around the world believe in the existence of God. The Bible says,'the fool hath said in his heart that there is no God'. The book of ROmans tells us that by observing nature we know that there is a Creator of all things. And most people around the world, thus, convinced of the existence of God. True, John Locke, the father of evidentialism also believe that atheism is stupid. In fact the miracle reported in the Gospels is the perfect case of evidentialism for the authenticity of the Christian Gospel and its trustworthiness. But, unfortunately, David Hume used the same evidentialism to argue against Christianity. But we shall realize that the resurrection of Jesus is a historical fact and that lays the strongest foundation for the existence of God. Now let me deal with each of the ten myths the writer discussed.

1) Atheists believe that life is meaningless.
I agree that atheists can find some sort of meaning to their lives. But what difference does it make to your life whether you live a meaningful or meaningless life since at the end all you got is distengration of the molecules of your body into the grave. From atheistic perspective Hitler and Mother Theresa both had their molecules disappeared into the ground and had the same fate. But the life of Mother Theresa is only meaningful if God exists because evil must be punished and good must be rewarded and that is what most people in the world wish.

2) Atheism is responsible for the greatest crimes in human history.
You can argue that concentration camps and gulap fields are not due to atheism but due to political factors. We can use same argument to dismiss the charge against Christianity as the cause of crusades. Crusades have more to do with political factors of Europe than with the teachings of Lord Jesus who taught to love your enemies always.
The history of twentieth century alone proves that Godless atheists killed more people than the faithful. Besides, their killings are in accordance with the worldviews they espoused. Karl Marx, an avowed atheist, wrote in Das Kapital that violence is inevitable as we move from one achievement of communism to the other. Most atheists with bloody hands also believed in Darwinian doctrine of survival of the fittest. There is no God to ask us accountability. We are the strongest and we could eliminate the week for the progress of human race. Good, that is why Marx wanted to dedicate his Das Kapital to Darwin, though Darwin rejected his request.
On the other hand violence done by Christians is radically contradictory to the teachings of Christ and encourages us to look to Christ, not at Christians.

3) Atheism is dogmatic.
As the historian Stephen Henry Roberts (1901-71) once said: "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." GOod, but if Jesus is the only way to heaven and if that is true, having no way is as bad as having many false ways. The authenticy of Bible is proved historically, archaeologically and philosophically than any other book of ancient times.

4) Atheists think everything in the universe arose by chance.

Atheists might add natural selection to chance. But does natural selection have some sort of intelligence to direct the evolution? More than 99 percent of mutations are harmful for the organism and you are betting on one percent to carry the evolution in the forward direction? Try reaching your goal with 99 people hitting you backwards while only one person pushing you forward. There is no scientific evidence to Darwinism. It is a myth with no scientific credibility and deserves to be removed from our public schools.
It seems that Richard Dawkins became some sort of prophet to atheism. But let us not forget that great scientists of modern science how established the pillars of modern science like Isaach Newton, Tycho Brahe, Robert Boyle, Carl Linnaeus, Francis Bacon, Mendel, George Cuvier etc were not only believers in God but staunch Christians. Who cares what lilliput scientists like Dawkins believe about God?

5) Atheism has no connection to science.

90 percent of general public believe in God while same percentage of scientists donot believe. That is the sort of impunity the atheists have towards general public. A smart scientist does not mean He has common sense to believe in God. These smart scientists who had no God were the ones who did living experiments on Jewish children during holocause on the basis of doing good to humanity.

6) Atheists are arrogant.

Arrogance has nothing to do with truth. You can be humble and wrong while your neighbor is arrogant and right.

7) Atheists are closed to spiritual experience.
Atheist can have spiritual experience. Buddha, who did not any belief in a personal God, started his faith in a spiritual tradition. But that spiritualism is subjective and convenient. No wonder, most Hollywood celebrities left Absolutist Christian GOd to believe in Buddha who leaves you to live by your own rules. What the atheist really wants is not intellectual freedom, but moral freedom. Spirituality without a God who gave us Ten Commandments is fine with atheists.

8) Atheists believe that there is nothing beyond human life and human understanding.

The naturalism offers no hope beyond the grave. Life according to naturalism is an accident and trivial in the long tree of evolution. Only God can give us a true meaning to this life and life beyond.

9) Atheists ignore the fact that religion is extremely beneficial to society.
Christianity does not teach us that we should help the poor out of our desire to get rewards from God. The Bible tells us that we are created in the image of God and when we see our suffering neighbors who are created in the image of God we are obliged to help them for 'who' they are, not 'what' we get. The best philanthropic organizations like Red Cross and Salvation Army were started by Christians, not atheist. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, the largest contributors to the philanthrophy adhere to Christianity, not to atheism.

10) Atheism provides no basis for morality.

THe author contended that Bible condoned slavery. But, first what sort of slavery the Bible condoned. Read the Torah carefully and you will discover the rules God laid on the masters on how to treat their slaves. We should realize what sort of relationship God prescribed between masters and their slaves. We should not be confounded by simply looking at words like 'slavery'. In one sense, we are all slaves to the government, but we know what sort of relationship exists between us and our government.
When the slave practice went against the teachings of Christ and Bible, the Christians started the abolition movement. Great abolitionists like Abraham Lincoln, William WIlberforce, John Brown, Frederick Douglass were Christians, not atheist. Let us not forget that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister thumping his Bible, not a biology atheist professor thumping Origin of Species.
Conclusion: Atheism is stupid, Christianity is intelligent and reasonable.

Re: 10 myths -- and 10 truths -- about atheism - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:58:00 -0000

A Serious Misunderstaning of the Bible:
A serious misunderstaning of the Bible has happened in the responses to this article. Yes, the Bible talks about servants. But servants are everywhere, restaurants, hotels, motels etc. In one sense, all of us are servants to each other as we engage in our professions. The Bible has a strict code of conduct for the relationship between the master and the servants. The Bible never supported lynching, cross-continental transport of slaves, killing of slaves etc. The Bible records the first emancipation of slaves from Egypt into the promised Land by the mighty hand of God Jehovah.
On the other hand, Islam is still practising slavery in Africa in countries like Sudan. The atheists like Stalin put their own citizens in millions in slave gulags. Only God of the Bible says that since He created us in His image He wants us to look for His image in every human being. The apostle Paul wrote in the epistle to Galatians, 'Now there is no difference between a master and a servant, man and a woman, Jew and a gentile. All are one in Christ'. Such is the message of Christianity in the world. That is the attraction of the Christianity even in countries like China, where atheism is the official policy of the state. Do you know, in the last one decade, the Christianity grew into a 90 million strong community in China under the very wings of atheist Chinese leaders. That is the power of love of CHrist and His Christianity in the world. You atheist morons in America, you have been given freedom in this Christian America because we love all human beings. Look at the world and see the amazing power of Christian gospel in bringing millions of people to Christianity around the world. The religion still largest in the entire world. You atheists are a small group of morons. Don't forget that.

Re: Rick Warren discusses Syrian/American relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:36:00 -0000

Personally I admire Rick Warren because through his multimillion-copie selling books he is bringing a Christian awakening in this country. However i am not pleased that he is meddling into world affairs leaving his evangelistic work. It seems he has eyes on Nobel Peace Prize like Biship Desmond Tutu.
Definitely he is wrong to say that there is peaceful co-existence between Christians and Muslims in Syria. I have Christian friends in Syria who reported me how Muslims and the government harass them over their Christian work. Syria is also behind Islamic terrorist work in many neighboring countries especially against Israel through Hizbollah.
However, the atheist secularists are more dangerous to our country than Islamic terrorists. Because Islamic terrorists are foreign born and Muslim. But the atheists among us are back-stabbers to our nation because they eat God's food, they wear God's clothes, they are living on God's planet, yet they don't like God, His church and His Savior. God have mercy upon us!

Re: The Blasphemy Challenge - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:03:00 -0000

You atheists, you are definitely playing with your eternal life. Your soul is eternal and you live either in heaven or in hell forever. If you die without Christ in this life your hell will be much hotter than that of a person who never heard the loving gospel of our Lord because you heard it and denied it. That is why Pascal, using the logic his wager gave his life to Christ. Atheists are the biggest losers in the universe because they are gambling with their eternity.

Re: Jesus spotted on a tree in Florida - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:49:00 -0000

We should not believe these kind of things like Jesus appearing on a tree. Jesus told us to trust Him through His word. He gave us the best evidence that He is God by doing miracles noone ever did before or after, by raising Himself from the dead 3 days after His cruel death. The Risen Savior lives in our hearts, not on the trees. Let us dedicate our hearts to our Lord, not the trees and cherries.

Re: How to congratulate a political opponent? - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:44:00 -0000

I see nothing wrong in her letter. We are commanded to be concerned about the lost around us and preach to them the love of God and the gospel of the cross. No matter what office they are elected if people do not have Christ in their lives they are lost in the sight of God. She has done a good job by quoting verses from the Bible that illustrate the love of God in Christ for us. You atheists, what wrong did you find in this approach?
You go to India, they bend your necks in public offices to pay homage to their Hindu gods. You go to Iran, you will forced to say praises to Allah and Khomeni. Here we are not asking people to praise Jesus without a willing heart. All we do is to tell them the love of God in letters. What is wrong with it? I donot understand.

Re: Pastor sentenced to 7 years for molestation - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:53:00 -0000

What the pastor did is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord. Not only molestation of an young boy but every form of sexual activity outside the marriage between a man and a woman is a grave sin. The Bible makes it clear to us that God will judge every person guilty of promiscuity.
However, we shall remember that these days we are hearing many cases of church leaders molesting parishioners because we allowed homosexuals to enter the churches. These homosexuals simply cannot hold their pants up in the presence of young teens. That is why we say that homosexuality is the worst of all sexual sins because it do not care even the young children. But if we follow the Bible we can keep ourselves from the contamination of our culture through gays and lesbians. It is time we should realize before more gays and lesbians take over our institutes and prey on our young.

Re: Former pastor and youth minister faces sexual assault charges - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:41:00 -0000

Another story of a Christian leader molesting young girls? What does it tell us about Christianity? Christianity has lot of hypocrites in it? right? yes, in fact the first person who would agree with you would be Jesus Himself. He clearly told us that there will be wolves among His sheep, tears among the wheat. He further told that hypocrites who use religion for their carnal pleasures will receive their just punishment. The one most important word in Christian living is Obedience. Unless you obey the teachings of Christ as a Christian you might live like a devil. A good teacher will have both good and bad students. Students who fail do not prove the non-existence of the Good Teacher.
Further, you should think of the contradiction in your own lives. You complain whenever a Christian is reported to be in promiscuity. Yet, you live in the same way, having sex outside the marriage.

Re: Pastor found guilty of sexual molestation - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:50:00 -0000

Good article! But we should know certain things after reading this article.
Firstly, Jesus clearly told us that wolves would come into His flock after His departure. That has been proved again and again. Many wolves entered into the church to prey on the sheep. Jesus also told us that the hell of the people who put on religious garbs around them without a true born-again experience will be much much hotter than that of even an unchurched man or woman.
Secondly, this man having sex with a teenager should be called a homosexual. As I repeatedly said, many of the child sex scandals in the church are being done by homosexuals who entered into the churches. That is why homosexuality is so dangerous to the society.
Thirdly, do not miss the word, 'sodomizing'. Before homosexual elite were successful to change the terminology of their abomination, the word for homosexuality is 'sodomizing'. You know where does it come from? The Bible. It was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrow. As many of you aware, God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrow with fire and brimstone for actively practising homosexuality. I am really afraid what judgment would come upon our nation as we increasingly accept gay culture in this country. You might, ask, why should we care about judgment? My friend, we are living in the worly created by God and we have no option to live but by the rules of God. Let us humbly accept that fact. God wants to forgive all homosexuals if they confess their sin to Him. That is my request to all my atheist friends on this website.

Re: Pastor found guilty of sexual molestation - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:36:00 -0000

Dear Audie and Pull the Other One:
thank for referring me this video. I typed my answer and lost it due to a mistake. I will post it again tomorrow.

Re: Creation Science -- stronger than ever - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Paul — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:10:00 -0000

At last some good news from Ex-Christian. Years ago I feared that creationism would lose to the Darwinism and evolutionary myths.

But today we see increased number of people using their intellect correctly and seeing the scientific evidence for creation.

We should have creation museums in every state of the union to deter little children from the lies of Darwin.
I thank Ken Ham for opening the creation museum in Ky.

Re: Lobster Lust - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Tue, 08 May 2007 08:03:00 -0000

A. Ford,

I think you are right. Funny, the apostle Paul wrote of that "enemy within:" "...that which I would do that do I not...oh wretched man that I am, who will rescue me from this body of death...?" One has to wonder what he was talking about, he wasn't going around killing people anymore, he never tells us why he was so "wretched." It is very telling that he notes the struggle but never has a release from that struggle because he is depending on Jesus to "rescue" him. This sets up a victim mentality. One has this list of stuff they're not to do but only a non-existent entity can "rescue" from that inability. Now there's a recipe for success. I think many who live a secret life are really sincere in their belief that that rescue is just around the corner if they will only just remain 'faithful.' Meanwhile, the bible becomes a script, believers become actors, the church becomes a stage. Quite a production.

resonate11,

My lobster hating god was an attempt at satire.

lorena,
I think there may indeed be a "force" or "whatever" out there...where we people seem to have trouble is when we start defining it. When we take our theories and call them knowledge, we end up making rules and laws. Then we create the boogey man in the heavens who will send you to eternal flames if you don't follow said code. If that's not treacherous enough (and really, probably, because there is no boogey man in the heavens)a select number convince themselves and others that they are in touch with this boogey man and have been chosen to carry out the boogey mans will. So, we get blown up twin towers, inquisitions or legislation to give the boogey man some much needed girth.

Re: Lobster Lust - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Tue, 08 May 2007 09:46:00 -0000

nvrgoingbk,

Thank you for your kind "pray[er]" and thoughtful words.

If we were talking about real estate instead of religion, we'd call it a "scam."

It seems many who de-convert do so because they discover their belief is just that, a belief that the land they bought in Florida (sight unseen) is really a swamp and not a house site where you can actually build something.

In the second half of the bible we get the explanation that the law was given to expose just how sinful we all are. Apparently "God" knew we couldn't actually obey (which begs the question, why would God do that?) So, now we got ourselves a "new commandment" (apparently the old in new packaging)...which if the apostle Paul is to be believed, we cannot keep either. It sounded good, in theory, to have a "saviour" who would "rescue" us...but when that saviour doesn't actually rescue us we discover we have to save our selves. Work out your own damned salvation, and do it with fear and trembling (that's one of the wonders of the bible, if you choose one of it's directives and discover it doesn't work, you can often find another directive elsewhere in it's pages that tells you to do the opposite). But, if you get to a place where, in the absence of a rescuer, you have to save yourself you end up asking why you need a "saviour" and either deconvert or add to your confusion.

Re: Lobster Lust - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:31:00 -0000

Lorena,

I have a bit of an aversion to "black and white" ("like looking in my mirror and seeing a police car"), having come from there I am not inclined to replace one deity with another. The good news is (punny) I don't have to acknowledge your "god" to fellowship with you. And, I see you have your "gods" approval (webmaster=god). :)

Re: Lobster Lust - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Wed, 09 May 2007 08:06:00 -0000

Hiya Lorena,
Just to clarify, I'm not trying to get into a pissing match with ya. Blogging is a less than perfect medium for communication, it lacks tone and facial expression. I appreciate your time and effort to respond to and engage me.

Lorena wrote:
"Funny, I do not recall having written that I have a deity,"

and formerly wrote:
"Well some of us believe that there is some force out there, which many call God, and it is formed of ourselves and all living matter around us."

and:

"Yet those people, derive some strength from knowing that other humans and nature are there for us, and we call that god."

Be it a "force" or the overall collective of "humans and nature" that you refer to as "God" then "god," God or god is synonymous with deity, just a different word meaning the same thing. It doesn't matter much, that's just what I was responding to. That and your "black and white" statement. I quipped by quoting an obscure line from an old album (was hoping someone would pick up on it and catch the humor). Truth is, I am a very non black and white person and tend to shy away from that because I cannot convince myself that I know enough to be either black or white...especially when it comes to god or God. To me, God/god is an issue of belief, not knowledge. I do feel pretty safe saying I know (or know of) no god/God.
best regards
paul
:)

Re: Lobster Lust - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Wed, 09 May 2007 08:11:00 -0000

eel_shepherd said...
Paul, it's a sin to obsess about a sea creature.

Really? Damn. I was under the impression it was only a sin to eat lobster, not to desire it...but then, if you eat lobster in your heart it's as though you have actually eaten it. You may be right. I'm doomed.

Re: Lobster Lust - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Mon, 14 May 2007 07:47:00 -0000

Jamie,

Glad it resonated with you. I am in a very similar situation to your own, feel free to email me if you wish a friend who can relate (couldn't find your email on your profile, otherwise I would have written this there).

Paul

Re: The straw that broke the camels back - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Fri, 25 May 2007 09:56:00 -0000

Neil,
Ditto everyone else (cept the Christians). I think the fellowship I have felt among exbelievers is far superior to that I ever experienced as a believer since the 'ties that bind' are real.

I had to laugh at what Greg said: "hell will still be waiting." Don't they say something similar about Las Vegas?

Re: I knew God was talking to me - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Fri, 25 May 2007 09:05:00 -0000

Debbie,
That was great and well written. I got my morning laugh with your comment "shit." Yeah, that about sums it up, lol.

You do know, of course, that the "panic attack" was really a "demonic attact?" And those voices telling you God is not real, them were daemons. Which begs the question: with all the prayers you offered up to "God", why was it that only 'demons' answered?

"Seek and you will find?" It seems there is no bigger cure for Christianity than sincere belief.

Re: Stronger now - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:01:00 -0000

Wow Stronger Now,

I feel practically speechless, almost intrusive by responding. Still, you put your story out there, and I think that's a good thing.

It's no small wonder that you don't wish to socialize. You never had the opportunity to learn what that is or the benefits of socializing growing up. You were isolated by the crime committed against you. Your beliefs about family and "forgiveness" isolated you further. You have been alone most of your life. You had to deal with a deep wound as a child, ill equiped to do so.

I am glad you are sharing your story, your life, with us. Please do not give up doing that. That may be hard at times. We live in a world of hurt and it is all to easy for some to not value openness about such things because there is so much of it around. Still, I think it is part of getting better and as you do, maybe you can help others in similar situations because you can relate.
paul

Re: I'm in a very lonely place right now - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:57:00 -0000

notabarbie,

I'm reading stats these days like: "87% of the U.S population considers itself Christian in some form or other..." and "about 3% of the U.S. population is atheist." Not that you label your self as atheist, just that there is a decided minority and majority. I am struck by the irony. Consider:
the path of deconversion is narrow and hard, and few be there that find it. Deconverting is in many ways like being born again, no?

While it is lonely to be an open deconvert, I think it's lonelier to be a 'closeted' deconvert. Yeah, I'm thankful for the net too otherwise I'd be friendless at a time when friends carry a lot of weight. I think there's something to be said about the alone part of deconversion, though, I think it can make us stronger when we aren't tempted to kowtow for the affirmation of others.
best wishes
paul

Re: Is moving away the only easy way to leave the faith? - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:24:00 -0000

I'm curious to all of you who have been liberated from Christianity what "belief" do you have now?

Re: Explaining the unexplainable - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:48:00 -0000

Spirula: Lets just imagine that there is God and a Devil, and that the message of hope from the Bible is true. Would it be a good strategy for the devil to create as many different denominations/doctrines etc as possible? Attack the church from within? Let those considering the 'truth' see hypocrosy, confusion etc? A yes or no answer will be fine.

Re: Explaining the unexplainable - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:17:00 -0000

Webmaster - I don't believe your argument is very persuasive.

The 'true church' (no man-made building or donomination - but that church of saints that Jesus is the head off) has not been 'prevailed' against. Sure it's continuously attacked but no one or thing has prevailed over it - and there have been many attempts to wipe it out or prevail against it. I couldn't say the same thing in regards to the 'christian religion' (IE the various man made denominations, churches, cults etc) in the world.
Sure many terrible things have been done in the name of Christianity. Some plain evil, some mistakes by well meaning people. It's a mystery to me why (as are many things of God!) God chooses us humans, with all our faults, to be his people and his church. I know in my Christian walk I've done things many things I wish I hadn't (like thinking I knew it all and telling others the 'facts') but I still believe that God wants to use me - warts and all.
And for those who demand miracles (I've got bad dandruff too) - you may be disappointed - God says in His word that "without faith it is impossible to please God". Sure the cynical will say thats handy but I believe (and don't necessarily understand again) that for some reason God wants us to believe in Him without absolute demonstrations and that we already have enough evidence to use our God given intellect and logic to do this.
Being a creationist - I firmly believe that there is easily enough evidence of an intelligent designer all around us.

Re: Explaining the unexplainable - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:53:00 -0000

Webmaster: You're missing the point I reckon when you say "You said "Attack the church from within" and then you say that the true church has never been prevailed against. Which is it?"

The answer is both! You can be both attacked and not be prevailed against at the same time. Attacking is just an attempt to prevail. As I said in my previous post - the world "Christian Church" (whatever that is) is in chaos I agree - and I believe this is part of Satan's strategy to keep people away from God.

"My demonination" is not the true church and I never said it is. The true church is made up with God's people who may be from many (or none) man made denominations.

And freethinker - you need to understand what faith means. Even the dictionary definition of the word faith doesn't require successful supernatural feats!

A quote from dictionary.com;

1. confidence or trust in a person or thing:
2. belief that is not based on proof

So I disagree that I discount you and me in not pleasing God with faith with my statement just because we're not moving mountains.

Re: Mentally liberated, but socially imprisoned - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:41:00 -0000

Welcome to Club Reason! Yes, I have been where you are now and it is yet another of the "discoveries" along the road called LIFE!
I have read the comments made by others who rejoice in the space given by Christian.net - and can say, "Amen"!
I was an evangelist and pastor for some 35 years unti I saw the light of reason. My story and the REASONS for my abandoning Christianity are in my book, EVANGELICALISM, ANOTHER HALLUCINOGENIC. This pubication is available on Christian.net.
Take courage, comrade! You are on a new road of DISCOVERY.
Paul <eurekaplato@yahoo.co.uk">BR/>eurekaplato@yahoo.co.uk

Re: "IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL" - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:34:00 -0000

Instead of this neurotic carping, why not just read the words and let the long-dead Mr Spafford speak for himself? Who (apart from yourself) is claiming that faith in Christ insulates or exempts from life's heartache and struggle, or that Christians' emotions are unaffected?
Mr Spafford's hymn is not about escapism but about the believer's sure hope in Christ as our surety beyond the sunset of this life.
"When peace like a river attendeth my way;
When sorrows like sea-billows roll,
Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well! It is well, with my soul!"
- Tumbleweed

Re: Happy Yuletide Cheer! - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:22:00 -0000

To all Losers on Ex-Christian:
Dear friends on Ex-Christian, I feel sorry for you on this auspicious day of Christmas. It is true that celebration of Christmas has pagan origins. But the birth of our Lord is a fact of history. Glorious God of heaven visited our planet in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. My joy knew no bounds to contemplate the truth that God so loved the world and sent His begotten Son to be our Savior. What a joy, what a hope!
On the other hand, you folks on Ex-Christian lost the joy of Christmas. You know nothing about the hope of Christ except cussing and fussing on this web site. What a bunch of pathetic creatures you are, spending your time in misery and loneliness on this blessed day of our Lord's birth. Take a break, my friends, repent and turn to Lord Jesus Christ, who loved you and died for you.

Re: Freeing God of His Maggots - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:08:00 -0000

This website is just plain sad. I'm very sorry for you all that think there is "another way" and that truth can be found any place other than Christ. "Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord". Sorry, it doesn't say every "christian", or every "believer"...EVERY KNEE. I hope each and every one of you remember that when you're standing in front of the Lord. It's not a matter of IF but WHEN you do. We all die. It's 100%. It's just too bad that your unbelief won't be a good excuse on that day.

Re: The God Who Wasn't There - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:24:00 -0000

Jesus Is Our GOd and Lord
Dear friends,
The historicity of Jesus is beyond any doubt. The writers of the gospels died as martyrs for the truth of the existence, teachings, death and resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ. Beside, Roman historians such as Seutonius, Tacitus, Pliny the Young recorded the existence of Jesus and his miracles in their books. If the skeptics are not willing to believe the NT gospels they should at least believe Roman historians. Praise to Lord Jesus Christ and Long Live Christianity!

Re: Peace on Earth, good will to men - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:28:00 -0000

That atheists who do not want to hear 'Happy Christmas' should rethink how fair their demand is that Christmas should be banned from public life. This is a country where majority of people have Christian sympathies and would like to say merrily 'Happy Christmas'. If ACLU and atheists have any problem with Christmas they might better think of establishing their own colony on the northpole while leaving the United States to Christians.

Re: Peace on Earth, good will to men - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:11:00 -0000

To all my atheist friends,
first of all happy Christmas to every one of you! This country is founded by people who came here with Geneva Bible in their hands on the orders issued by King James who wanted to establish a Christian colony in the new world. Every ex-Christian, think of your grandma or grandpa who were Christians. This country was powerful at their time, now it is selling itself to countries like China and India because people like yourself stopped practicising Christian values like marriage and family and played into abortion and gay marriage which are reducing the population of this country.
You better convert back to Christianity on this Christmas Eve and experience the love of Christ in your life. That is my wish for you. Try being an atheist in Iran or Iraq or Saudi Arabia. Try ridiculing Mohammed in Libya. You got freedom in this country to ridicule our blessed Savior, Lord Jesus Christ. You know how you got it? Because we Christians, unlike Muslims, love even our critics. The freedom of speech in this country is a gift of Christians. Atheists never achieved any good thing in this world. They are only hurting the good things done by CHristian folks. I love you all anyway, as my Savior commanded me to do. happy Christmas

Re: The Origins of Christmas - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:42:00 -0000

Brett Keane's Rantings
Brett Keane has presented lot of information about the origins of Christmas. Good job! Santa Claus became the mind occupier around the Christmas time more than Jesus. It is true that Christmas has pagan origins. In the Bible God commanded us to celebrate festivals like Passover. He told us the exact time of the year to celebrate it. Therefore, the reason that GOd did not give us a date for the birth of Christ is that He does not want to us to celebrate the birth of Christ. Christianity engaged in things God did not command like Santa Claus. We should look at Christ, our Savior and praise Him all around the year, not just around CHristmas time.
Brett Keanes observations are good, but He missed the reason for the reason: Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Re: I admit it. I was wrong. - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:13:00 -0000

The Serious Misunderstanding of Christian Thought

Dave, you said that you lived as a narrow-minded, non-critical thinking
Christian all through your Christian life and you left it when you started to think critically. Good, but you know Christianity never asks
us to follow Christ blindly. God calls us in Isaiah chapter 1, "Come let us reason together". Reason has the more important place in Christianity than in Atheism. Apostle Paul, who was persecuting Christians became a staunch Christian after his encounter with Living Christ. He did not stop there. He found the accurate fulfillment of the prophecies of the Old Testament being fulfilled in Christ. He studied Greek philosophers and in Athens, as we read in Acts 17, he showed how Christ gives satisfying answers to the questions of the Greek philosophers.
Your branding of Christianity as a non-thinking religion is a serious misunderstanding of the faith and no
wonder you left Christianity blindly.
Yes, you are right that conversion stories do not prove the trustworthiness of Christianity. In fact, the Bible never claims that it is true because it converts bad people into good people. Bible says that because Christ rose from the dead our faith is not vain (I Corinthians 15). Thus, the resurrection of Lord Jesus is the essential testimony of the truth of Christianity.
How sad, you ignored that historical evidence and blindly became an atheist. Repend and reconvert to Christianity my friend. Before it is too late. The judgment of God will burst upon the ungodly soon. Before that happens experience the love of Christ and come back to the church.
Long Live Christianity, Glory to Lord Jesus Christ

Re: Christianity has evolved, but not in the right directions - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:33:00 -0000

A Spurious Analogy
John's analogy of Christianity to Science is spurious. Christianity came from God as demonstrated by the physical resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ and its growth from 12 ordinary men to the largest religion in the world.
On the other hand, science is a product of man discovering the magnificent design God placed in the universe. There is no science without objective laws. We believe that today's law of gravity will be true tomorrow also because God upholds all things.
Christianity is a religion that promoted reason and logic, in contrast to mysticism of the eastern religion. That is why great scientists who founded all branches of religion like Newton, Leibniz, Desecrates, Bacon, Boyle, Cuvier were Bible believing Christians, not atheist nor hindus or muslims.
Christianity never moved away from intolerance! really, you got gots to criticize Jesus and depict him as you like here in America because you know that no CHristian would put a price on your head by tomorrow evening. Try drawing a cartoon of Mohammed or making documentary on him. Remember what happened to Vincent Van Gogh in Holland. My friend, Christianity is the most tolerant of all ideologies in the world. Just compare to other religions and atheism.
Atheism is irrational and illogical while Christianity is rational and logical and it is the mother of science.

Re: Christianity has evolved, but not in the right directions - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:48:00 -0000

So, you don't believe the revival of Christianity. Please read the following article:
Record Number of ex-Muslims celebrated Christmas this year

More Muslims converted to faith in Jesus Christ over the past decade than at any other time in human history. A spiritual revolution is underway throughout North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. As a result, a record number of ex-Muslims celebrated Christmas this year, despite intense persecution, assassinations, and widespread church bombings.

During the writing of Epicenter, my wife and kids and I lived in the Mideast for three months. During that time, I had the privilege of interviewing more than three dozen Arab and Iranian pastors and evangelical leaders throughout the region. The picture they paint is one of Christianity being dramatically resurrected in the region of its birth. A snapshot:

Iraq: more than 5,000 new Muslim converts to Christianity have been identified since the end of major combat operations, with 14 new churches opened in Baghdad, and dozens of new churches opened in Kurdistan, some of which have 500 to 800 members. Also, more than 1 million Bibles shipped into the country since 2003, and pastors report Iraqis are snatching them up so fast they constantly need more Bibles.

Egypt: some reports say 1 million Egyptians have trusted Christ over the past decade or so. The Egyptian Bible Society told me they used to sell about 3,000 copies of the JESUS film a year in the early 1990s. But last year they sold 600,000 copies, plus 750,000 copies of the Bible on tape (in Arabic) and about a half million copies of the Arabic New Testament. "Egyptians are increasingly hungry for God's Word," an Egyptian Christian leader told me. Last Christmas, I had the privilege of visiting the largest Christian congregation in the Middle East, which meets in an enormous cave on the outskirts of Cairo. Some 10,000 believers worship there every weekend. A prayer conference the church held in May 2005 drew some 20,000 believers.

Afghanistan: only 17 Muslim converts to Christianity before 9/11/01, but now more than 10,000. Dozens of baptisms every week.

Kazakstan: only 3 known Christians in 1990, but now more than 15,000.

Uzbekistan: no known Christians in 1990, but now more than 30,000.

Sudan: more than 1 million Sudanese have converted to Christianity just since 2000, and some 5 million have become Christians since the early 1990s, despite a radical Islamic regime and an on-going genocide that has killed more than 200,000. Seminaries are being held in caves to train pastors to shepherd the huge numbers of people coming to Christ. Why such a dramatic spiritual awakening? "People have seen real Islam, and they want Jesus instead," one Sudanese evangelical leader told me.

Iran: in 1979, there were only 500 known Muslim converts to Christianity, but today Iranian pastors and evangelical leaders tell me there are more than 1 million Iranian believers in Jesus Christ, most of whom meet in underground house churches.

In December 2001, Sheikh Ahmad al Qataani, a leading Saudi cleric, appeared on a live interview on Aljazeera satellite television to confirm that, sure enough, Muslims were turning to Jesus in alarming numbers. "In every hour, 667 Muslims convert to Christianity," Al Qataani warned. "Every day, 16,000 Muslims convert to Christianity. Every year, 6 million Muslims convert to Christianity."

Stunned, the interviewer interrupted the cleric. "Hold on! Let me clarify. Do we have six million converting from Islam to Christianity?" Al Qataani repeated his assertion. "Every year," the cleric confirmed, adding, "a tragedy has happened."

One of the most dramatic developments is that many Muslims -- including Shiites in Iran and Iraq -- are seeing dreams and visions of Jesus and thus coming into churches explaining that they have already converted and now need a Bible and guidance on how to follow Jesus. I describe a number of these stories in the book. Having just returned from three weeks in the Mideast, I have heard many more, and will be sharing some of them in the new year. This is in fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. The Hebrew Prophet Joel told us that "in the last days, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days....And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved." (Joel 2:28-32)

Bottom line: It's not being reported by the mainstream media, but the God of the Bible is moving powerfully and dramatically throughout the Muslim world. The number of Arab and Iranian Christians is surging despite wars, rumors of wars, and terrible persecution. These fellow brothers and sisters now need our fervent prayers and our practical help as they seek to reach epicenter with the love and forgiveness of Jesus in 2007.

Re: Proof Jesus Christ Never Existed - By Brett Keane - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:27:00 -0000

The Best Evidence for Jesus's Existence:
The best evidence for Jesus's existence is the New Testament itself. New Testament was written within 50 years after the life of Christ. That is like a Vietnam veteran writing his war experiences in Vietnam in the form of a book for us today.
William F. Albright, who in his day was the world's foremost biblical archaeologist, said: "We can already say emphatically that there is no longer any solid basis for dating any book of the New Testament after about A.D. 80, two full generations before the date between 130 and 150 given by the more radical New Testament critics of today." There are over 24,000 copies of early New Testament manuscripts are known to be in existence today
The authors of the New Testament not only testified the truth of the Bible, they also died for it. You atheists do not like New Testament because it talks about miracles, which you do not accept through your naturalistic worldview. Beside your deeds are evil. You cannot stand the light of Lord Jesus Christ, who brings your evil nature to light by exposing the sin in your life. As Lord Jesus Himself said, "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved" John 3:19.20

Re: Morality and ethics without absolutes - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:34:00 -0000

Morality without God is Impossible!
If we need to call some thing bad we should be able to know what is good and bad. To know what is good and what is bad we need an absolute law that tells us what is good and what is bad. To have an absolute law we need an absolute law giver. That absolute law giver is God Himself who is transcendent above all of us. We cannot make human beings as the absolute law givers. If we do, who is that? Osama Bin Laden or Mahatma Gandhi? Mother Teresa or Hitler? We cannot put morality and ethics into the hands of men.
The atheists might presume that they are doing good things inspite of their absence of belief in the absolute God. Yet they do not have an objective basis for their good ness. Suppose that evolution trained us in the exactly opposite way - putting genes of hate, betrayal, dishonesty, deception each into our being without a trace of genes that make us love, help and honor people. Then our genocides will be completely rationalized because that is the way the evolution has trained us, after all. Thus, in evolutionary worldview you can do good things but there is no rationalization against doing bad things. In fact, the 'good' the atheists are boasting about is learnt from conscience and the Bible. The conscience tells us what is good and what is bad. THe conscience is not a product of evolution but a program inbuilt within us by GOd Himself.
The author also exhibited his ignorance by proclaiming that Christianity has condoned slavery. In fact, if we look back into history slavery was forbidden by Christians as early as eleventh century in Europe. But it later resurfaced as the Christian influence faded. However, at the height of slave trade, it was Christians who fought for abolition - William Wilberforce, a staunch Christian was behind bringing the Abolition laws into the British constitution, here in USA - people like Abe Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, F. Douglas, Martin Luther King Jr were staunch Christians and they repeatedly flipped through their Bibles to show the inhumanity of the slavery. Could you name at least one person who was atheist and anti-slavery at the same time? I mean among the great leaders who fought against slavery.
Why racism is wrong? Because God who created all humans equally exists. Otherwise, there is no reason for calling racism wrong.

Re: The Three Keys to Heaven - By azsuperman01 - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:31:00 -0000

Logical Fallacy of Atheism:
There are too many religions that claim to be the exclusive ways to the heaven. So there must not be a heaven, there must not be a God. This argument disclosed another typical logical fallacies of the atheists. Let me explain to you through an illustration.
Suppose how can we treat the disease diabetes mellitus. There are 10,000 different medications offered by 10,000 quack doctors. The market is flooded with them. Now, is it ok for me to say that because there are so many quack medicines in the market there should not be a correct medication for Diabetes. There might be 10000 quack medications for the treatment of Diabetes, but there is only one true medication, Insulin for the exact cure. Similarly, there are 10000 religions who claim to be the ways to heaven. Only there is only one true way to heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ. There are no three keys, only one Key, the Christ.
Christians, through their human inclinations added many things to the simple plan of salvation God gave us in the Bible. But Christ is the only one way to heaven, in His own words, "No man cometh to the Father but by me" John 14: 6
Put aside your atheist garbage and rest in Christ, the sure foundation of the salvation.

Re: Atheist Brett Keane Vs. a Deacon - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:06:00 -0000

It is good stuff from Brett Keane taking on the deacon:
1. Roasting the deacon…..how nice a title for the discussion with a stranger without his notice and putting the conversation on the net.
Would Mr. Keane comfortable tearing the Quran apart through a discussion with an Imam and posting with a title, ‘Roasting an Imam’, on the net with Mr. Keane’s real face and real name on the net?
2.Now coming to the matter….Numbers 31.
To understand this chapter we must first read chapter 25.

In chapter 25 the Midianites sent their women to seduce Israelites into sexual immorality and thereby incite the wrath of God on His people bringing their destruction.

The Midianites are doing these things with the knowledge that God of Israel is holy and would not tolerate sexual immorality.
But instead of obeying that knowledge they used that knowledge to bring destruction on Jews.
God in Old Testament is using Jews as a vehicle to teach the world about Him. The Midianites thwarted that process.
God thereby wanted to obliterate them completely from the face of His planet.
It necessitated the killing of even little children and pregnant women.
3. In the process we shall not miss the mercy and grace of God. Please read Genesis chapter 15.
There God tells Abraham that the children of Abraham will return to Canaan after spending 400 years in slavery in Egypt.
God at that moment says the , ‘iniquity of Amorites is not yet full’.
In other words, God patiently waited for 400 years for the conversion of the Canaanite people.
Yet they only perfected their wickedness indulging themselves in evil things such as fornication, adultery, child sacrifice, homosexuality, pagan worship etc.

Therefore God chose to destroy them when their iniquity was full.

God used Jews as His instrument to punish these people.
Later God used the Gentiles to punish Jews when they did not obey Him, for example Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
4. We shall also recognize the fact that, as Creator of the universe, God owns everything.
Let me illustrate this way. For example, we got a stomach ulcer. What will we do?
We take metronidazole that kills the bacteria, Helicobacterium pylorie that destroys the stomach epithelium.
On the other hand, when we get hemorrhage we take medications that induce the growth of intestinal bacteria that synthesize vitamin K.

Succinctly, we decide which bacteria would be killed and which bacteria would be kept alive.

Bacteria are living organisms. They also have babies, brothers and sisters.

Yet, as the owners of the bodies we have the right to kill them at our will.

Similarly God, being the owner of the universe has unquestionable rights to decide who would be allowed to live on his planet and who would be killed.
5. Lastly, when an atheist states that it is unfair to kill little children and pregnant women he is climbing on a theistic platform to shout out his thesis.

It makes no sense to cry out against evil while standing on a naturalistic platform.

After all, ‘Selfish Genes’ and ‘Random Mutations’ and ‘Chance’ making their way on the tree of evolution and nobody should complain whether a child or a pregnant women get hurt in the process. Our gorilla grandfathers in Tanzania kill their own babies.

So, being their children we are justified to kill the babies of Midianites.

Therefore, the atheist is leaving his naturalistic platform and climbing a theistic platform to frame his questions on evil.

The molecules thinking about morality and evil is absurd. Talking about evil is possible only when you refer to a transcendent Moral Law Giver.
6. Comparing Jeffrey Dammer to Moses.
Our policemen shoot people everyday.
We extol them as heroes.
But when a robber shoots people we put him in prison.

Not every killing is evil. Moses killed the Midianites on direct orders from God, just as policemen act under our laws.

Therefore, comparing Moses to Jeffrey Dammer is a spurious analogy.

Re: 300 million year old rock - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:02:00 -0000

Dear Lauren, it is good that you got some time to visit the canyon and observe the stones. Unfortunately you are not aware that the methods used today to date the rocks are yielding contradictory data. Let me give you one example: In 1986 the world’s leading science journal, Nature, announced that the most ancient rock crystals on earth, according to isotope dating methods, are 4.3 billion years old and come from Jack Hills in Western Australia.

W. Compston and R.T. Pidgeon (Nature 321:766–769, 1986) obtained 140 zircon crystals from a single rock unit and subjected them to uranium/uranium concordia (U/U)1 and uranium/thorium concordia (U/Th)2 dating methods. One crystal showed a U/U date of 4.3 billion years, and the authors therefore claimed it to be the oldest rock crystal yet discovered.

A serious problem here is that all 140 crystals from the same rock unit gave statistically valid information about that rock unit.3 No statistician could ever condone a method which selected one value and discarded all the other 139. In fact, the other 139 crystals show such a confusion of information that a statistician could only conclude that no sensible dates could be extracted from the data.

A further problem is that the 4.3 billion-year-old zircon, dated according to the U/U method, was identified by the U/Th method to be undatable. An unbiased observer would be forced to admit that this contradiction prevents any conclusion as to the age of the crystal. But these authors reached their conclusion by ignoring the contradictory data! If a scientist in any other field did this he would never be allowed to publish it. Yet here we have it condoned by the top scientific journal in the world.
So, Lauren, many times the evolutionists are using flawed techniques to determine the age of the earth. Sometimes they use cyclical methods. The paleontologist determines the age of the fossil based on the age of the layer in which it was found, which was determined by the geologist, who dated it based on the age of the fossil, which was determined by the paleontologist who used the data from the geologist who worked there. The cycle goes on. In other words, they copy the ages from each other.
Darwinism is dangerous not because it is questioning the religion but because it is not science and it is not worthy to be taught in our public schools. That is why we are fighting against it in our county.
Your problem with over population. Should we answer with prayer or conservation? My answer is both. God gave the Eden to Adam and told him to cultivate it. Our conservation does not work if God is not gracious towards us.
your next question - Which God should we believe in? My answer is God of the Bible. Let us take the same democratic values you extolled. In India, the 85% people would tell you their god is Krishna. In Iran, 99% of people would tell you that their god is Allah. Here in America, with Jews, Christians and Muslims comprising 90% of the population we should believe in the God of the Bible. Muslims do believe that their God is the same God of the Bible. That is why I argue that we should put Biblical God in our public offices and public schools.
Your solace on getting significance is making me to laugh. You are a dot and I am a dot. Good, all these dots will be blotted when the next comet hits our planet, just like the dinosaurs were blotted out by the comet 65 million years ago. There is no significance in a Big Bang based universe. We are expendable at any moment. But God created us on this planet for His own glory. He gives us purpose and meaning, not by joining the dots. We are immortal and precious souls in the sight of God. Yes, there are 165 million galaxies out there. God created all of them. That is why we call God = Almighty. Our heavenly Father gives us significance and meaning. Instead of looking at little rocks, look at the Rock of Ages - Lord Jesus Christ.

Re: Atheism 101 by Digital Freethought - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:56:00 -0000

Hi guys, I watched only the first two parts today and I would like to share my views on them. The author's arguments for the atheism are the same age-old shallow arguments but now presented in digitalized form.
The author started with the contention that religions were started with very ignorant people. But this is only partially correct. Moses at the beginning of Judaism and Apostle Paul at the beginning of Christianity were highly educated and the intellectual giants of their day.
2. It is true that religions were misused for wealth and political control. Every system of thought and practice in this world was and is used for wealth and political control, at least at some part of their existence because they were and are populated by both good and bad people. This applies even to atheism. China and North Korea are suppressing their people and denying them many rights of expression with a stated policy of atheism. Now, can I say atheism in those countries is being used just for political control?
3. Religions practices human sacrifices. You are right. Human sacrifices are the hallmark of false religions. Mayans and Aztecs in Americas, Celtics in the Europe, Hindus in India, and diverse religions in Africa practiced human sacrifices. Christianity put a period to such practices. In India for example Christians put a termination on wife burnings practiced by Hindus through presentation of a memorandum to WIlliam Bentick, governer General of then British India.
4. Religion promotes mysticism. You are right again, that is characteritic of eastern religions. They promoted mysticism that looks inward. But Christianity promoted revelation and logic and looking outside at the world. Have you ever wondered why modern science developed in Christian Europe rather than in China or India? Just one reason. Christianity promoted a worldview of a real world and benevolent and intelligent God behind things around us rather than a world of illusions and mysticism.
5. Religion is waste - billion of dollars are being wasted. There will be always wastage of things in this world. But we shall also remember organizations like Red Cross, Salvation Army, World Vision, Nirmal Hruday - all started by Christians - are doing tremendous social and philanthropic work around the world. The world has yet to see such an organization operated wholly by atheists.
6. The list of great atheists...Thomas Edison, Richard Dawkins, E.Hemingway, Katherine Hepburn. But why don't you add a list of Christian scientists...Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, Michael Faraday, Galileo(he had problems with the church, yet he was not an atheist), George Cuvier, Einstein(Einstein was not a Christian, but definitely he was not an atheist. He always acknowledged a superior being in the universe, say for example his quote, 'Good Lord does not play dice' to rule out the existence of change. Why didn't you put the list of other atheists like Mao who killed 30 million Chinese, Stalin who killed 15 million Russians and Pol Pot who killed 20 million Cambodians.
7. Why don't we believe Jupiter- we don't worship stars and planets. We are told to worship the God who made all of them.
8. Why do children get cancer? The atheist discussing the same old problem of evil. You are just shooting at your feet. Who told you that there is evil in this world. After all, the mutations are hitting at various places in our bodies and philadelphia chromosome is causing cancer in a little child. What's wrong with it? it is natural selection. Where do you get this moral terminology. The moment you say something is evil you are obviously playing into the hands of a transcendent moral philosophy which comes only from God. We do not get it from our gorilla ancestors in Tanzania.
You are the same guy who raises the play card,'it is her body, let her have freedom to decide what to do with her body'. Is it wrong for God to show us a playcard with words written on it, 'it's my universe. Let me do with it as I like'.
9. God in Bible is misogynistic. You are wrong.
Gods of India promoted wife burnings. God of Iran and Iraq promoted burqua over the women. Only God of Bible promoted the equality of women. At a time when women were prohibited from public meetings, Apostle Paul allowed them to attend public meetings and learn the Word of God.
10. Carl Sagan's words - Extraordinary Claims require extraordinary evidence. Good, have you ever thought that those words apply to you as well. When you rule out existence of an invisible, omnipresent God in this universe, which we were able to see only through a few billion light years from the Earth, aren't you making an extraordinary claim that God does not exist even though you haven't seen enough into the universe?
11. There are 1000 different gods in this world, whom shall we believe. When there are 1000 quack doctors in the town you search for the one real doctor. Jesus is the Great Physician in the midst of 1000 false gods. Let us trust Him alone.
12. Your argument against Pascal's Wager is also shallow. There is no way you can rule out the existence of a true religion.
13. We believe in human dignity? Why should we? Our gorilla grandfathers rape and plunder each other almost on a daily basis? Why shouldn't we live just like them? Whey should we behave in a different way than our parents?
14. Atheist philanthropist Warren Buffet. But you forgot to tell about Church attending, world's largest philanthropist, Bill Gates, who is a Christian.
15. The Ten Commandments of atheists:
1. Thou shalt not believe all you are told- good, Bible tells us to do the same, search all things.
2. Seek knowledge and truth. Jesus said the same-Ye shall know the truth and truth shall make you free.
3. Educate people in the laws of science; good, the first 100 of 110 science colleges in this country were started by Christians.
4. Don't forget atrocities committed in the name of god; Let us not forget atrocities committed by atheists like Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot etc.
5. Leave valuable contributions to the future. why should we do it? Let the future generations give way to a superman species.
6.Let us live in peace with fellow men. Why should we? Why don't we just live like monkeys raping each other?
7. Live life to fullest; good; Jesus told us to do the same in John 10.
8. Get a personal code of Ethics? from whom? Osama Bin Laden? or Mother Teresa or Hitler?
9. Maintain a strict separation of church and state; Let us also maintain a strict separation of atheists and state.
10. Though shall support the commandments. The same old atheist absolutism on others.
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Who Created God?
The question is meaningless. God by definition is Self-Existing. There is no beginning and end to Him.
Difference between science and religion is how they arrive at answers. A serious misunderstanding of Christian view of Science. Christianity answers us the big questions of the universe. God created the human beings. It does not answer what mechanisms God put i
Hi guys, I watched only the first two parts today and I would like to share my views on them. The author's arguments for the atheism are the same age-old shallow arguments but now presented in digitalized form.
The author started with the contention that religions were started with very ignorant people. But this is only partially correct. Moses at the beginning of Judaism and Apostle Paul at the beginning of Christianity were highly educated and the intellectual giants of their day.
2. It is true that religions were misused for wealth and political control. Every system of thought and practice in this world was and is used for wealth and political control, at least at some part of their existence because they were and are populated by both good and bad people. This applies even to atheism. China and North Korea are suppressing their people and denying them many rights of expression with a stated policy of atheism. Now, can I say atheism in those countries is being used just for political control?
3. Religions practices human sacrifices. You are right. Human sacrifices are the hallmark of false religions. Mayans and Aztecs in Americas, Celtics in the Europe, Hindus in India, and diverse religions in Africa practiced human sacrifices. Christianity put a period to such practices. In India for example Christians put a termination on wife burnings practiced by Hindus through presentation of a memorandum to WIlliam Bentick, governer General of then British India.
4. Religion promotes mysticism. You are right again, that is characteritic of eastern religions. They promoted mysticism that looks inward. But Christianity promoted revelation and logic and looking outside at the world. Have you ever wondered why modern science developed in Christian Europe rather than in China or India? Just one reason. Christianity promoted a worldview of a real world and benevolent and intelligent God behind things around us rather than a world of illusions and mysticism.
5. Religion is waste - billion of dollars are being wasted. There will be always wastage of things in this world. But we shall also remember organizations like Red Cross, Salvation Army, World Vision, Nirmal Hruday - all started by Christians - are doing tremendous social and philanthropic work around the world. The world has yet to see such an organization operated wholly by atheists.
6. The list of great atheists...Thomas Edison, Richard Dawkins, E.Hemingway, Katherine Hepburn. But why don't you add a list of Christian scientists...Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, Michael Faraday, Galileo(he had problems with the church, yet he was not an atheist), George Cuvier, Einstein(Einstein was not a Christian, but definitely he was not an atheist. He always acknowledged a superior being in the universe, say for example his quote, 'Good Lord does not play dice' to rule out the existence of change. Why didn't you put the list of other atheists like Mao who killed 30 million Chinese, Stalin who killed 15 million Russians and Pol Pot who killed 20 million Cambodians.
7. Why don't we believe Jupiter- we don't worship stars and planets. We are told to worship the God who made all of them.
8. Why do children get cancer? The atheist discussing the same old problem of evil. You are just shooting at your feet. Who told you that there is evil in this world. After all, the mutations are hitting at various places in our bodies and philadelphia chromosome is causing cancer in a little child. What's wrong with it? it is natural selection. Where do you get this moral terminology. The moment you say something is evil you are obviously playing into the hands of a transcendent moral philosophy which comes only from God. We do not get it from our gorilla ancestors in Tanzania.
You are the same guy who raises the play card,'it is her body, let her have freedom to decide what to do with her body'. Is it wrong for God to show us a playcard with words written on it, 'it's my universe. Let me do with it as I like'.
9. God in Bible is misogynistic. You are wrong.
Gods of India promoted wife burnings. God of Iran and Iraq promoted burqua over the women. Only God of Bible promoted the equality of women. At a time when women were prohibited from public meetings, Apostle Paul allowed them to attend public meetings and learn the Word of God.
10. Carl Sagan's words - Extraordinary Claims require extraordinary evidence. Good, have you ever thought that those words apply to you as well. When you rule out existence of an invisible, omnipresent God in this universe, which we were able to see only through a few billion light years from the Earth, aren't you making an extraordinary claim that God does not exist even though you haven't seen enough into the universe?
11. There are 1000 different gods in this world, whom shall we believe. When there are 1000 quack doctors in the town you search for the one real doctor. Jesus is the Great Physician in the midst of 1000 false gods. Let us trust Him alone.
12. Your argument against Pascal's Wager is also shallow. There is no way you can rule out the existence of a true religion.
13. We believe in human dignity? Why should we? Our gorilla grandfathers rape and plunder each other almost on a daily basis? Why shouldn't we live just like them? Whey should we behave in a different way than our parents?
14. Atheist philanthropist Warren Buffet. But you forgot to tell about Church attending, world's largest philanthropist, Bill Gates, who is a Christian.
15. The Ten Commandments of atheists:
1. Thou shalt not believe all you are told- good, Bible tells us to do the same, search all things.
2. Seek knowledge and truth. Jesus said the same-Ye shall know the truth and truth shall make you free.
3. Educate people in the laws of science; good, the first 100 of 110 science colleges in this country were started by Christians.
4. Don't forget atrocities committed in the name of god; Let us not forget atrocities committed by atheists like Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot etc.
5. Leave valuable contributions to the future. why should we do it? Let the future generations give way to a superman species.
6.Let us live in peace with fellow men. Why should we? Why don't we just live like monkeys raping each other?
7. Live life to fullest; good; Jesus told us to do the same in John 10.
8. Get a personal code of Ethics? from whom? Osama Bin Laden? or Mother Teresa or Hitler?
9. Maintain a strict separation of church and state; Let us also maintain a strict separation of atheists and state.
10. Though shall support the commandments. The same old atheist absolutism on others.
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Who Created God?
The question is meaningless. God by definition is Self-Existing. There is no beginning and end to Him.
Difference between science and religion is how they arrive at answers. A serious misunderstanding of Christian view of Science. Christianity answers us the big questions of the universe. God created the human beings. It does not answer what mechanisms God put in human body. We need scientific methods like observation and study to learn those things like human anatomy. Just for the record, Francis Bacon who formulated the modern scientific method was a staunch Christian. Scientist should be like, to borrow words from Johannes Kepler, 'A priest of God in the temple of nature'.
--Spanish Inquisition: A philosophy is not justified by its abuse.
--Examine the world around you. Good, see the nature it will show you the handy work of a God. Let me close with a few words, "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one"(Charles Darwin from the last page of Origin of Species).
It is tragic that today's atheists are failing to see the Creator who was seen by Darwin in the nature around him, the father of modern evolution.
1/13/2007 11:01 AM
n human body. We need scientific methods like observation and study to learn those things like human anatomy. Just for the record, Francis Bacon who formulated the modern scientific method was a staunch Christian. Scientist should be like, to borrow words from Johannes Kepler, 'A priest of God in the temple of nature'.
--Spanish Inquisition: A philosophy is not justified by its abuse.
--Examine the world around you. Good, see the nature it will show you the handy work of a God. Let me close with a few words, "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one"(Charles Darwin from the last page of Origin of Species).
It is tragic that today's atheists are failing to see the Creator who was seen by Darwin in the nature around him, the father of modern evolution.

Re: Baptist Preacher Vs. Atheist - By Brett Keane - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:26:00 -0000

Good stuff from Brett Keane:
Adam and Eve: They didn't understand the concept of death. How could a threat like that bother them? --Brett, God clearly warned about the consequences of disobeying Him- Genesis 2:17:But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
It is more important that we should honor the Word of God rather than molded by the fear of the consequences of not obeying Him. Likewise, now we do not have a concept of hell. Yet, God is warning us about it through His Bible. We should heed His word more than trying to comprehend the exact nature of hell. Before death was a reality Satan deceived Adam and Eve into death inspite of God's forewarning about it. In the same way, before hell is a reality Satan has been deceiving us into hell inspite of God's forewarnings in His Word about the reality of hell.
God knew who would be saved before the foundation of the world...You are right. That is the doctrine of election. God chose select human beings for His kingdom. We shall understand that the whole humanity is condemned due to Adam's sin. God offered salvation to all in Christ. Yet, not all people are going to become Christians. God in fact knew the people who would become Christians. It is like the President offering clemency to certain prisoners on the row to their execution. The President is not unfair in choosing certain individuals for the clemency. It is the will of the President to pardon whomever He chooses. The remaining prisoners die to pay their own crimes. They have nobody to blame but themselves. Yet we should not ignore human responsibility in this matter. The divine sovereignty and human responsibility are like two rails on the same track. They go parellel to each other. In other words the world is moving on both rails: Divine Sovereignty and Human responsibility. For example, as an experienced teacher I knew John is a poor student and will fail the forthcoming test. Yet, John cannot blame me for his failure if he fails the test. Passing or failing is on his shoulders. Jesus said, 'He that cometh to me I shall in nowise cast him out', 'For God so love the world', Jesus died for the sins of the world. Salvation is prepared for all human beings.
JOB: Satan accussed that Job is following God just for the sake of things he got from God. So, God wanted to prove to Satan that Job loved Him without any interest in material gains. At the end, God glorified humanity by showing that there are certain people who love Him just for the sake of loving God. The tests also proved to Job that no matter what happens to him his faith is real and his Redeemer is alive to lead him in all trials.
The big lesson of the Book of Job is in chapter 38. God showed up in a whirlwind and shot a flurry of questions at Job. Job could not answer even one question out of some 50 questions God directed at him. The lesson is there are no answers for everything in life, yet we can trust God just for who God is. God is perfectly good and righteous in all his actions. You know the origin of Engligh word, God. They took it from the word, 'good'. Therefore God is synonymous with goodness.
CHANGE IN MY LIFE: Change is a subjective phenomenon. Many Christians give subjective proofs to objective questions. Our experiences may supplement our answers but they are not substitutes to our answers. You do not need to be a Christian in order to quit drugs and pornography. AA or NA can help in that matter. The biggest evidence to Christianity is the historicity of the resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ. Mohammed did not raise from the dead, nor Buddha, or Rama or Krishna. Jesus proved to us through His resurrection that He is who He claimed He was.

Re: Angry Freewill Baptist Preacher - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:45:00 -0000

Good Questions from Brett Keanes:
When we refer to Leviticus we shall remember that God gave these laws to Israel when it was under the regime known as theocracy, which means that God exclusively reigning His people.
There were treated as a special nation by God and given laws that are specially intended for them.
Therefore, the legal nature of those laws do not apply to others. However, the moral nature of those laws apply to all nations in the world.
That means,
We do not kill a disobedient teenager in our society. But the cursing of one’s parents is still condemnable.
We do not kill a homosexual in our society. But the practice of homosexuality is still an abomination in the sight of Holy God.
We do not kill adulterers in our society. But the practice of adultery is detestable in the sight of God even today.
Therefore, we should concentrate only on the moral nature of Old Testament laws. Not their legal nature because they were given to a special nation when they were given.

The Coffee Table analogy is a good shot by the preacher at Brett Keanes.
The person who owns the coffee table has the perfect right to destroy it.
Similarly, God being the owner of the universe has the perfect right to destroy whatever He chooses to destroy.
We should be thankful to the Lord that He is good and gracious and providing all the resources for the survival of the humanity on this planet.

Re: Angry Freewill Baptist Preacher - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:09:00 -0000

JV, there is a difference between relative ownership and absolute ownership.

China owning a satelline in the orbit is a relative ownership, which must be exercised with a sensivity for others in the world.

But God, exercising absolute ownership on the universe has perfect right to do whatever He chooses.

Re: Angry Freewill Baptist Preacher - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:11:00 -0000

George,

don't blame God for the ills of the world.

The first man sinned against God and we are reaping the consequences.

Why don't you think sometimes about the goodness of God who sent His Son to die in our stead and to prepare a way to escape the hell?

Re: Why is sex a sin? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:00:00 -0000

The arguments of the producer of this video are shallow and feeble.
Sex is sin?
The Bible never tells us that sex is sin. In fact, it was God who invented sex for the pleasure and procreation of human beings.

Sin is defined as using legitimate things in illegitimate ways.

Sex, a legitimate act becomes illegitimate when you use it in ways that God did not prescribe, e.g. sex before marriage, sex outside the marriage, homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality etc.

We shall remember that legitimate sex is a gift of God.

The author contended that religionists brainwashed sex into a sin. But it is not religionists but the Bible itself.

When you doubt it....dont' ask, but pray--The Bible never asks us to suppress our doubts.

God invites the people of Israel in the book of Isaiah, 'Come, let us REASON' (Isaiah 1:18). God values our rational capacities in evaluating things around us.

How could a good god allow evil?....The atheist has been shooting his feet since ages unknown with this question.

Who told you that there is evil in this world?

After all, we all came out of Big Bang and acting according to our instincts.

Who knows where we end up in this unceasing ocean of change and chance?

Hunger and Sex......the analogy is good.

Hunger is good, but unrestricted hunger brings heart disease, cancer and hypertension.

Similarly, sex is good, but unrestricted sex brings STDs, HIV, and ultimately judgment of God.

God says in Hebrews chapter 13, 'Marriage is honorable of all, but whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge'.

Re: Wiping our asses in heaven? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:54:00 -0000

Dear Simmons,
in heaven the believers possess spiritual bodies, not physical bodies. Jesus' bodily resurrection does not mean that he has the same flesh and blood body he had when he was in this world. In heaven there are a lot of better things to do than the mundane things you are concerned about.
We used to have a thing called 'propriety', i.e.we don't talk about them socially even though they are very common. One thing atheism does is to take away our propriety. The shamelessness it brought into your life is a classic example of what atheism brings into our lives.

Re: Wiping our asses in heaven? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:09:00 -0000

Hi, in hell the unsaved will not have the same physical bodies they have now.
The bodies we now have do not tolerate even 100 degree centigrade.
Hell is an eternal fire. God designs bodies for these unsaved souls at the time they enter into hell.
These bodies will not vanish with heat and withstand the torment for an endless age. Because the heaven is only for people who accept God, the alternative is only hell.

Regarding Christians killing people. Christians did a lot of mistakes whenever they did not follow Christ.

Unfortunately they followed Peter who used his sword on the soldier at the time of Jesus' arrest. Whenever Christians abandon the way of Christ they commit horrible sins.

Nature of spiritual body...we don't know. We don't know is not illogical. There are many things we don't know.

Certainly atheism is stupid. With so much complexity and design around us it is foolhardy to believe that God doesnot exist.

That is why Einstein believed in GOd. He ridiculed the atheists for their beliefs. I agree with Einstein.

Re: Ali G vs. Kent Hovind - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:15:00 -0000

It is simply foolish to believe Darwinism these days. Recently, Dr.Stephen Meyer, a Cambridge educated scientist wrote an article in the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

Dr. Meyer said that biological information is so complex that only the Intelligent Design is the plausible solution for the explanation of its origin. The pillars of Darwinism is already shaking.

Dr. Hovind is in prison. But the Creation Museum of worth 27 million dollars is going to open soon in Kentucky with an estimated 2000 visitors a day.

So, we are going to see thousands of Dr.Hovinds around us. They are going to pillage every weed of Darwinism from the fields of America.

Re: Evolution is of the devil - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:40:00 -0000

Thanks for the video, it is impossible for natural selection to produce a complex molecule like DNA just like it is impossible to produce a masterpiece like Mona Lisa from the mixture of colors without the Artist.

Ken Ham, featured in this video is also going to open a 27 million dollar creation museum in Kentucky. Wake up america!

Re: Biological Basis of Morality - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:09:00 -0000

Dear Zachary, your article shows the weakness of atheism. If a region in our brain is all there is to determine our morality, we owe our moral values, let us say not killing others, to evolution. But, suppose, evolution has developed 'kill your neighbor'network in the prefrontal cortex of our brain we would be legitimate to kill our neighbors. In other words, to borrow from Richard Dawkins, we dance to our DNA. There is no objective basis for morality in biology. Why should we eat our infants like our grandparents, gorillas do in Tanzania? After all we came from them.
SO, your ploy to bring biological basis for morality only shows that morality in atheism is a fool's errand who tries to find a water source which is independent of rain.

Re: The Jews are God's chosen people - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:47:00 -0000

Khasaba, Chosenness does not mean the Jews are superior to others. The teacher in the class often chooses one student to lead the rest of the class.
That does not mean the teacher is treating others inferiorly. It is only for the sake of instructing. Similarly God chosen Jews to give His Word and the Plan of Salvation to us.
You said that Hebrew God is a wrathful GOd. But look at the cross, where GOd offered His begotten Son for your sins and my sins.
When you don't care what God provided for you through the cross, God is saying,'as you like, and face the consequences'.
Only after walking on the cross will we enter into hell. So, don't blame God for punishing sinners. Sinners who blatantly violate the laws of God, what about them?
I answered this question more deeply in my video: Is God cruel? at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvIrV52v4uM

Re: What caused the shooting? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:18:00 -0000

There is nothing wrong in what Ken said. Yes, sin is the reason for all suffering in this world. Evolution taught us that life is cheap, human beings are just animals. This thinking has pervaded all cultures today. That is why the killing spree.
Your guy, Stalin killed 20 million people How could he do that? For him human life is nothing. There is no God to accountable to.
I am not saying that the guy who killed students at VT was an atheist. But had he been taught that every life is in the image of God and God puts murderers in hell forever he would not have dared to kill the students. That is why, not taking God's commandments is as deadly as atheism.

Re: Not My Fault - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Fri, 18 May 2007 08:09:00 -0000

Good one Dagoods.

I was just recently having this conversation with my Christian son. Take Romans 7 out of the bible, disguise the language a bit and any reasonable person will see that it promotes victim mentality.
I think this may be key to why people created God in the first place, to overcome their own humanity sans the hard work. Religion that touts a God, like the "personal" god of fundamental or evangelical Christianity sooner or later evicts the sincere "follower," leaving mostly wolves, sheep, and sincere people in transition. The sincere person really believes there is a God who will "rescue [them] from the body of death" spoken of in Romans 7, and when this doesn't acutally happen, that person realizes that we are, apparently, on our own.

Re: Boggles the Mind - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:52:00 -0000

As I am sure you guys find - there is so much posted here and you can't comment on all that you'd like to.

Just a few comments from various posts for you to flame :) (seriously tho thanks for the mostly reasonable comments to me)

webmaster: I'll be ignorant on some things forever - and so you will you. I'm not embarrassed about this. This doesn't mean that I won't try to use my God given intellect to become less ignorant. And yes, the very definition of faith means that we'll trust that which we can't absolutely prove also (although I hope we'd look what evidence there is if not proof).

Dagoods - when you comment on my 'typical' lack of knowledge - do you know how long I've been a Christian? Do you know of my capacity to learn? What stage of my journey am I on? We've all got to start somewhere mate. If we waited until we had seen all the "proof" (which doesn't exist) and had time to consider it we would never get out of bed. Based on the flawed intellect and wisdom I have right now - I believe in the God of the Bible and I believe I always will. You also haven't seen every item of evidence.

An in regards to 'truly asking' - maybe you have? People on this site are saying prayer is never answered - perhaps it is when people like me take the time to post on this site? There's no tricks to 'truly asking' I believe. If you truly seek you'll find it. Just remember however you are human and you do have biases etc just like us Christians do. None of us can look at something completely objectively I believe - but God has the power and the will to show you in the way you need to see if you listen. He might not have shown you in the timeline or way you deemed necessary but he'll do it in His perfect timing. Why all the heart-ache? There's a reason don't worry. For example, if you do decide to be on God's side - just imagine how all this heart-ache, research etc would empower you to help others in their faith?

Nvrgoingbk:
Even if the story of Gilgamesh is older - the actual alleged event is still older.. obviously we can't prove anything as we weren't around then but I believe that these stories all give evidence for Noah's flood.

I will read the link you posted thanks.

Dano:
Who is my God you ask? I believe He is the loving all powerful creator of the Universe in the Bible. Yep He made everything I reckon.

Yes I believe God is in control of everything - yep he can do anything including eliminating evil.

Nope I'm not afraid to decribe Him - yep I believe He's all those omni this and omni thats.

He hasn't disappeared into this black nothingness you mentioned for me yet - is there a trick to this? :)

Don't give up reason mate. Your reason and your mind is given to you by God - so of course he wants you to use it. And if you do use it asking for God's guidance - I believe you'll come to the place where you place your faith in God. I will never tell you not to use reason and good old logic. I will not ever tell you not to try and understand things.

Thank God He made us all different - what a boring place it would be. We see things different. He also didn't make us robots - he gave us a free will - and although its hard to understand I agree, He does allow evil to occur - he allows us to make our own decisions good or bad. If (when?) you get to heaven, ask God why. I don't mind admitting that I'm pretty uncomfortable with many things in the Bible (eg wiping out cities including children etc) but when I consider that God is perfect, just, holy, far more intelligent than I, etc, can I expect to understand all that God does?

And no this doesn't mean that I go along with a blind faith - you should still try to understand, but accept that your flawed intelligence/wisdom whatever will mean that you're not going to understand all.

Re: Stepping Over Madalyn and Moving On - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:27:00 -0000

seo mentioned meetup.com and I'd like to second that motion. I live near Orlando and we have a local group that uses meetup.com to help us communicate and plan get togethers. Check it out on line and if there is no local atheist organization, it can be fairly easy to start one. You should also definitely join larger organizations such as FFRF or American Atheists but you won't get the personal social interaction with them. I wouldn't worry too much about harassment from local Xtians. I've never seen any at our meetings or social affairs but you might want to hide your real name, etc. The organizer we have here goes by the handle "Orlando Jack".

Re: Atheist Life vs Religious Life - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:24:00 -0000

I occasionally debate Christians and the experience opens up a mindset I'd almost completely forgotten. Your post raises many of the traps of that way of thinking that the debates didn't remind me of.

Points 4 and 6 are MIA :-D My suggestions:

No tithing (which is popular amongst fundies and megachurchies despite being contrary to the Biblical command of "sell all your possessions" and "holding all things in common").

No wack jobs on power trips claiming they are a direct conduit from God. We get to decide for ourselves what is right and wrong and have to live with that as we see fit.

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2008/11/oil-painting-update.html

Paul — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:22:00 -0000

wow this is frickin amazingg!!!!

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2009/02/blue-eyed-girl.html

Paul — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:42:00 -0000

this is perfection!

Re: Zlatan får toppbetyg av spansk press

Paul — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:01:38 -0000

såhär va , om man jämför hur engelska lagen spelar och hur spanska lagen spelar så är det mer tempo i spanien tycker jag , och han är mest stillaståände spelare som bara gör överstegsfinter. Alla har ju typ analyserat C Ronaldo så de vet nog hans spelsätt .

Re: Zlatan får toppbetyg av spansk press

Paul — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:51:48 -0000

Så här tycker jag , han är lätt den bästa anfallaren där tar det stopp. Varför klaga på honom redan nu när det är hans andra liga-match med FC Barcelona , låt han få den tiden och som n i ser nu så verkar han platsa och styra spelet med Messi och alla andra i laget. Han behöver bara tid.

Re: Apple’s ‘iPod nano’. A Movie Player with a Touch S…

Paul — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:19:00 -0000

it's too small. it could get lost.

Re: Hidden <Run />

Paul — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:16:58 -0000

"TextBlock.Text, which is a DynamicProperty"

You mean dependency property, don't you?

Re: Bid On Your Pownce Invites Here - For Free

Paul — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:29:00 -0000

if you still have some still available, yes please :)

cheers,

Paul

pleroopsot@kriocoudek.mailexpire.com

Re: Bid On Your Pownce Invites Here - For Free

Paul — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:28:00 -0000

thanks

Re: GOOG-411 Is the Ultimate in Ulterior Motives; It’s Really About Getting Voice Samples From You

Paul — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:52:00 -0000

For those of you who'd rather not play into Google's hands, I'd just like to point out that there are other free 411 services out there, such as 1-800-Free411. We're ad-supported, so there's no ulterior motive to providing the service. And we offer residential, business, and government listings (Google just offers business).

Re: Apple’s Multi-touch Mini Tablet/UMPC Details?

Paul — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:01:00 -0000

Of course this would be a natural progression from the iPod Touch / iPhone. I know plenty of people that are using their iPT and iP's as psuedo-PDA's, myself included!

Re: Chelsea Fan’s Opinion of Blues v Villa Match

Paul — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:41:00 -0000

So Villa are "a truly abysmal team"??

What a pile of shit. Villa more than matched Chelsea, and were unlucky not to nick it at the end.

Were you at the same game as me yesterday?

Re: New Lettering and Numbering Style for EPL Shirts

Paul — Sat, 26 May 2007 07:40:00 -0000

I saw it at Spurs v Man City, even close up I found it tricky to read, and that was the dark blue on white.

I guess it'll look clearer on TV, which is pretty much all the League care about, though if you're at the game, chances are you're more likely to recognise the players anyway.

Re: Average Attendances in Premier League

Paul — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:36:00 -0000

juoicnYet another peice of lazy journalism.
Check out Wigan Rugbys average attendance figures (13,000 last season) before you next spout such utter drivel as they would rather have RL in Wigan.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to look at our history, longevity of being in the League, location and where we were 10 years ago either. IDIOT.

Re: Average Attendances in Premier League

Paul — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:58:00 -0000

I am sorry if my tone offended you but if the author had bothered to do a little research, and look at some other facts like the ones that I have since pointed out, instead of using the same old boring Rugby rubbish, I may not have had to reply in such a tone.

Whether their average attendance is 13,000 or 16,000 (give or take 3,000 or so freebies every week) doesn't really matter as WAFC are still the best supported club in Town anyway.

To average around 20,000 spectators season on season in the PL from a town population of around 90,000 isn't too bad whichever way you look at it.

Re: Memo to Fox Soccer Channel: 5 Ways to Improve FSC

Paul — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:24:00 -0000

In all the other Football Countries, they all have a pre-Match show just like America does for the other Five (Advertisement) sports.
Remember In England/Germany/Spain/Italy The football comes First, It's about football not the Advertisers.

One example is Pay Per view, you pay $24.99 for a England International game, the game starts at 3.00 pm the coverage starts at 3.00 pm, some times it's even started when it comes on??? where's the build up, the stats, The Players, you cannot tell us this during a game, we don't stop for commercials.

If you intend to show Spanish/Italian or German Football The commentator needs to be there Not in a Studio in Hollywood.

I used to love to watch the Italian & Spanish Football In England with either a English Commentator there or even a foreign commentator as long as he is there, can you imagine watching American football with the commentators In a studio?

The problem is with the American Commentators is the don't now enough about the Passion of the game in Europe, they make loads of mistakes & sound like there reading from a board.

Commentating is about ad lib It's live for heaven sake.

You need to broadcast football like they do in Europe which have been doing this for 50 years, this is not An American Sport & if you want it to be an American sport then show it how it needs to be showed

Regards Paul

Re: Full Credit to Arsenal

Paul — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:10:01 -0000

What exactly were ur reasons to criticize Wenger. If based on the past couple of weeks it is no mare than joining in the ant arsenal band wagon to me.

Anyway Arsenal were resilient and it is so sweet after everyone was saying that we were self detsructing! even Arsenal fans were talking rubbish and did not realize that the cup defeats were somewhat by design. Less the own goal and bogus penalty we would not even be saying this silly stuff.

I knew it and the players proved it. History was made and believe this is the team to go all the way.

God Bless!

Re: Full Credit to Arsenal

Paul — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:03:19 -0000

Dimi Berbatov "STOP HATING" . The two matches we drew were the result of an own goal and a wrong penalty call! so get it straight son. Anyway i betu were u thought we would not win and now u r here saying this, WHATEVER DUDE! regardless of what u say we made history and u shold know that because a team isnt great in their league it does not mean that they cant be good in a cup competition, ie - liverpool! We were great and beat a team of wonderful experience team - w/o two first team strikers a midfielder and first class defender mind u!

GUNNAZ ALL THE WAY!

Be Blessed!

Re: PFA Premier League Team of the Year

Paul — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:24:06 -0000

go through the stats.. fabregas is currently sitting on 19 score assists, more than any other premier league player. and how can adebayor not be consistent? he was the most consistent scorer other than torres and ronaldo who are also in the team so no arguments from me. great team selection

Re: New 08/09 Spurs Home Shirt: Leaked Photo

Paul — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:54:50 -0000

it is not real i have seen a pic of the new kit already

Re: New 08/09 Spurs Home Shirt: Leaked Photo

Paul — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:13:56 -0000

it is not real...the new 1 is white with a lighter shade of blue on the sleeves

baby blue is our 2nd strip
and the 3rd is the same uefa cup kit the brown 1!

Re: New 08/09 Spurs Home Shirt: Leaked Photo

Paul — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:24:22 -0000

garry your a fag ! tool worst shout!
i no as i already have the home shirt as im good pals with one of our players i am not naming names but yeah...so good banter! not

Re: Most Famous Soccer Players on Facebook

Paul — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:26:19 -0000

seb hines
robert earnshaw
giles barnes
gareth bale
dickson etuhu
lionel ainsworth
joe ledley

all have facebook

Re: Manchester United–The Champions of Europe | EPL Talk

Paul — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:41:29 -0000

what a awesome game.
well done united.
my heart goes out to chelsea lsthough im a united for.
frnk your mum would be proud.
dont ever give up.

Re: Manchester United–The Champions of Europe | EPL Talk

Paul — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:43:00 -0000

yeah we was lucky and i dont mind admitting it.

Re: Liverpool Wants Gareth Barry–Why?

Paul — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:05:06 -0000

Steven Hunt anyone =p

Re: New 08/09 Blackburn Rovers Home Shirt Revealed | EPL Talk

Paul — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:04:10 -0000

Not as nice as last seasons kit

Re: Firstline Security Cost Comparison

Paul — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:56:52 -0000

First off, I never said we were previously on the INC. 500 list. I said we would be on the 2007 list on August 28th, 2007. If you are at all familiar with the INC. 500 you should know that it takes a company five years to become eligible. You not only have to have strong growth, but you have to MAINTAIN that growth. This is the first year we were eligible, seeing as this is our fifth year in business. Anyways, I do not even know where to start with you. You take isolated incidents, with select reps and blow them out of proportion. We have over 100,000 customers. You would think if all 2000 of us were running around being "deceptive" there would be a hellstorm of complaints and lawsuits. Yet, a blog that highlights isolated incidents and complains about how their kid got tricked into working hard is the only thing that shows up. Let me ask you something. Do you complain to a store manager when you find out that the "buy one get one free" special was not as "advertised"? That it was really an inflated price to cover the cost of both products, and the only reason you were inclined to consider it was because the promotion. This is called marketing. Every security company, cell phone company, grocery store, retail store and restaurant use it. They even offer it as a major at many of the universities across the United States. Bottom line, the consumer is responsible for himself/herself. An offer is presented to them, and they make an informed decision. Does not matter if I say their bill will be 5 bucks a month forever. The confirmation call is completely up front, if not plain blunt. "You are aware that this is a 36-month agreement" "You understand that you will be paying a monitoring rate of $44.99" "you ARE the homeowner, right?". And the last question on the confirmation call: "Has (rep name) promised anything to you that is not written or listed in the agreement?". Unless you do not understand the english language, I find it hard to see your argument that our company is being unethical or deceptive. Also, in regards to installation. Our office in vancouver has set-up over 950 homes. You are welcome to inspect each one of the installations done and see how they were completed. Our technicians are all extremely sharp and trained well. As is true in every profession, when someone does not do their job as trained they are fired.

Re: Firstline Security Cost Comparison

Paul — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:00:20 -0000

My statement was true even back then. We, as a company, got notification that we were on the 2007 list in mid-july. The list will be released on newstands August 28th, 2007 as my original statement said. We are on the 2007 list. Quite frankly, I find it ridiculous you took that much time to argue whether or not I was speaking in the present tense. Even reading the comments on your blog posts...there are no more than 20 negative posts. And the links that you are speaking about. They are similar to yours. Either disgruntled employees who got fired, or pictures from, again, isolated incidents where a install was not done properly. Those people were obviously fired. I still stand by my previous statement. Search any other major company and see how many complaints arise. For the volume that Firstline handles, I believe that if all these unethical incidents were company-wide there would be a whole lot more complaints beyond a series of blogs.

Re: Firstline Security Cost Comparison

Paul — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:11:05 -0000

Your livewatch monitoring does not include the Simon XT, web-access(alarm.com) or capability for two-way cellular.

Re: GoFirstline.com: Evil, Deceptive Marketing to College Students

Paul — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:32:40 -0000

http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile...

Re: GoFirstline.com: Evil, Deceptive Marketing to College Students

Paul — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:34:23 -0000

Also, your price comparison does not include our Simon XT. The prices quoted on the getfirstline site are for a honeywell system. The system that is being offered now is the simon XT.

Re: Undiscovered Opportunities of the C-Suite

Paul — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:38:19 -0000

How many more hits do you get from blogging??does it really work??

This comment was originally posted on Successful Blog

Re: UpsideTrader

Paul — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:43:00 -0000

There was a triple bottom in the S&P from July 2002 to March 2003 around 800.

Re: Meet the ‘RandomCritter’ Logo Mascot

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » POWER TOUR Electric Guitar - For Those About To Learn To Rock We Salute You

Paul — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:13:23 -0000

Now that is cool, I will be getting one to give my son to practise on
Thanks for the heads up

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Senslip, Artificial Foreskin (Yeah, That Foreskin)

Paul — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:24:57 -0000

Thank you, Rev. Cunningham, for telling it like it is. Circumcision is mutilation and infant abuse. The antiquated practice must cease. I will probably never stop being angry about being cut as a baby.

Re: Nokia 6630

Paul — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 01:57:05 -0000

Hi Darla

What kinds of problems have you been experiencing and what has resolved those problems? I haven't had any real problems with my phone so I am curious about your experiences.

Thanks for commenting on this post.

Re: Nokia 6630

Paul — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 01:57:05 -0000

Re: Exclusive Support for Internet Explorer

Paul — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 10:53:51 -0000

Not really. Developers who develop for the IE platform sometimes incorporate elements that don't display as well in Firefox. In any event, why not simply make sure the site runs on any browser instead of preferring one browser over another?

Re: Exclusive Support for Internet Explorer

Paul — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:53:51 -0000

Re: Exclusive Support for Internet Explorer

Paul — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:53:51 -0000

Re: Firefox Growth Slowing

Paul — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:54:55 -0000

Hi Roy

Thanks for your comment. Which news sources are you referring to?

Re: Firefox Growth Slowing

Re: Email and the Mac

Paul — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:59:41 -0000

Thanks Tim and Rich!! I followed the suggested process at http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050706181449478 which worked out quite well. While Entourage has its benefits, I am using Mail as my primary email app for the time being. It just seems to give me fewer hassles.

Paul — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:40:12 -0000

Re: Nokia 6630 experience

Paul — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:43:26 -0000

Hi Kenny

Thanks for playing but I am not selling my phone. I am sure you could get a good deal at a Nokia dealer near you.

Re: Nokia 6630 experience

Paul — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:43:26 -0000

Hi Kenny

Thanks for playing but I am not selling my phone. I am sure you could get a good deal at a Nokia dealer near you.

Re: Open Office for Mac? It turns out …

Paul — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:50:35 -0000

Thanks Vaughn. I will take a look at NeoOffice. I use MS Office 2004 at the moment (I sold out!).

Re: Open Office for Mac? It turns out …

Paul — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:50:35 -0000

Thanks Vaughn. I will take a look at NeoOffice. I use MS Office 2004 at the moment (I sold out!).

Re: Love podcasts

Paul — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:32:26 -0000

Rich, without your input I'd be relegated to techno obscurity half the time!

Re: Love podcasts

Paul — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:32:26 -0000

Rich, without your input I'd be relegated to techno obscurity half the time!

Re: iPod in the car

Paul — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:41:44 -0000

Thanks for the input Rich and Armand. I have a Mazda Sting so the BMW option won't work. I'll take a look at the RoadTrip. Does the unit plug into the car charger?

Re: iPod in the car

Paul — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:41:44 -0000

Thanks for the input Rich and Armand. I have a Mazda Sting so the BMW option won't work. I'll take a look at the RoadTrip. Does the unit plug into the car charger?

Re: A personality split

Paul — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:15:44 -0000

I think the main motivation for me is that there are times when I want to blog about something in my private life that really isn't appropriate for this blog.

We all know that we really have very little privacy on the web unless we don't participate at all but there is still a lot to be said for not publishing every single detail on public blogs like this one. People are sometimes stalked by readers of their blogs and while this might not be a real risk in SA just yet, I tend to be a tad circumspect about revealing too much to an unknown audience.

Re: A personality split

Paul — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:15:44 -0000

Re: ecto bah!

Paul — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:27:18 -0000

Hi Stephen, thanks for the tip. Performancing only seems to work with blogs hosted at Blogger, Typepad, WordPress etc. Most of my blogs are hosted on my own servers so that doesn't really work for me. Nice extension though!

Hi Adriaan, thanks for your comment. I have been to the supports forum and the solution for the WordPress issue seems to be that it is a WordPress thing since the upgrade to version 2 (I tried replacing some of the problem files with older versions but that didn't work). As for the MovableType problem (it is a similar issue relating to uploading at least images), I ran a series of searches and didn't find anything meaningful on the support forum.

Re: ecto bah!

Paul — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:27:18 -0000

Re: Local initiative to ‘introduce’ blogging to South Africa

Paul — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 01:29:34 -0000

I think they will enjoy a measure of success only because the market is relatively uninformed. When I look at iBlog I see an inferior version of WordPress.com but when the average social blogger-to-be sees iBlog they see something that hasn't really featured locally. Perhaps all the South Africans using Blogger, TypePad and WordPress (thinking now of the hosted solutions) are in the minority.

To make things worse, I think the media plays into this sense of novelty by treating this service as something new and 'wow' when it really isn't.

Re: Local initiative to ‘introduce’ blogging to South Africa

Paul — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 01:29:34 -0000

Re: Mobile feed readers

Paul — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:19:42 -0000

Can't believe you are suggesting I buy a Windows mobile device? What will my PowerBook say?

Re: Mobile feed readers

Paul — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:19:42 -0000

Can't believe you are suggesting I buy a Windows mobile device? What will my PowerBook say?

Re: Mouse for my Apple PowerBook G4

Paul — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:47:03 -0000

Thanks Kwayuppie, I wound up buying a Logitech wireless laptop mouse that seems to be working pretty well.

Re: Mouse for my Apple PowerBook G4

Paul — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:47:03 -0000

Thanks Kwayuppie, I wound up buying a Logitech wireless laptop mouse that seems to be working pretty well.

Re: Is Digg.com evil?

Paul — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:37:09 -0000

Stranger things have happened, I think.

Re: Is Digg.com evil?

Paul — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:37:09 -0000

Stranger things have happened, I think.

Re: Swarming to resolve customer’s queries

Paul — Tue, 02 May 2006 11:16:37 -0000

Thanks for your comment Christopher!

Re: Swarming to resolve customer’s queries

Paul — Tue, 02 May 2006 11:16:37 -0000

Thanks for your comment Christopher!

Re: White consciousness movement needed?

Paul — Wed, 03 May 2006 01:35:39 -0000

Hey angel

Thanks for your comments. Haven't come across this tagging "meme" thing before. What is it? A kind of linking chain?

Re: White consciousness movement needed?

Paul — Wed, 03 May 2006 01:35:39 -0000

Hey angel

Thanks for your comments. Haven't come across this tagging "meme" thing before. What is it? A kind of linking chain?

Re: $10 000 a day from AdSense

Paul — Thu, 04 May 2006 14:39:19 -0000

I don't think so Zaid. I listened to the 2web Crew interview and it seems plausible (if not depressingly spectacular). The site apparently gets "tens of millions" of hits a day and even with AdSense's low pay rates it works out to a chunk of change. Seems plausible to me.

Re: $10 000 a day from AdSense

Paul — Thu, 04 May 2006 14:39:19 -0000

Re: $10 000 a day from AdSense

Paul — Thu, 04 May 2006 14:39:19 -0000

Re: Be a Business Warrior!

Paul — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:12:17 -0000

Hi

BW is probably most beneficial if you are in South Africa or looking to do business in South Africa. If not, the value may be somewhat limited.

Re: Be a Business Warrior!

Paul — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:12:17 -0000

Hi

BW is probably most beneficial if you are in South Africa or looking to do business in South Africa. If not, the value may be somewhat limited.

Re: Escape the Cubicle Nation podcast

Paul — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:04:01 -0000

Hi Pamela

Thanks for your comment. Actually Leo Archer is the name of one of my companies. I didn't realise it would be so confusing (quite a few people think my name is Leo). The Leo part is because my former partner is a Leo (star sign, not name) and the Archer is because my star sign is Sagittarius.

Re: Escape the Cubicle Nation podcast

Paul — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:04:01 -0000

Re: What do you do about criticism?

Paul — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:47:51 -0000

It looks like they are trying. Ed must spend most of his day responding to and dealing with comments. It seems to be a case of one part of the company having the right idea to create a blog and to open up for comments and another part of the company not sharing the more helpful mindset (there were some crazy responses from the Accounts department to users' queries).

Re: What do you do about criticism?

Paul — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:47:51 -0000

Re: Check your traffic fines online

Paul — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:21:39 -0000

Hi jmangold

As far as I know, they do accept credit cards and a couple other methods. I suggest you contact them (as frustrating as that may be) and find out how you can pay.

Re: Check your traffic fines online

Paul — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:21:39 -0000

Hi jmangold

As far as I know, they do accept credit cards and a couple other methods. I suggest you contact them (as frustrating as that may be) and find out how you can pay.

Re: http://thegreatplainsobserver.blogspot.com/2009/09/another-birther-smackdown.html

Paul — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:01:24 -0000

Re: http://thegreatplainsobserver.blogspot.com/2009/09/you-know-that-spelling-thing.html

Paul — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:46:46 -0000

We are all adults here, and as adults we know there are consequences for are actions, so if you do not agree with his policies, you can a) do nothing, b) support him, c) not support him, d) protest and picket, its your choice, live the dream! As for Orly Taitz, to this point she has not been successful because she does not have any proof, documentation supporting her claims except her wild rants. I would not bet the farm on this one. She has a mail-order-degree get someone with real credentials (Harvard, Yale Law School) not a Russian immigrant with dual US/ Israel citizenship (where are her allegiances?). Have you even thought of who is paying for all these filings her travel, her wigs? Sorry she has no juice because she does not have any proof, documentation supporting her claims except her wild rants. I heard they are now playing the victim card as well. Please, feel sorry for us the “Birth Certificate” that we built our entire case around and that we have been dancing around turn out to be a big “Fake”. Her material might work on “Fake News” but not in a Court of the United States.

Re: http://thegreatplainsobserver.blogspot.com/2009/09/you-know-that-spelling-thing.html

Paul — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:41:03 -0000

The birthers, the tea baggers, the screamers, and the deathers continued extreme minority presence will become tiresome to mainstream America, if it has not already done so. To all the birthers in La, La Land, it is on you to prove to all of us that your assertion is true, if there are people who were there and support your position then show us the video (everyone has a price), either put up or frankly shut-up. I heard Orly Taitz, is selling a tape (I think it’s called “Money, Lies and Video tape”). She is from Orange County, CA, now I know what the mean when they say “behind the Orange Curtain”, when they talk about Orange County, the captial of Conspiracy Theories. You know Obama has a passport, he travel abroad before he was a Senator, but I guess they were in on it. In my opinion the Republican Party has been taken over the most extreme religious right (people who love to push their beliefs on others while trying to take away the rights of those they just hate) and that’s who they need to extract from their party if they real want to win. Good Luck, because as they said in WACO, “We Ain’t Coming Out”. I heard that she now wants to investigate the “Republican 2009 Summer of Love” list: Assemblyman, Michael D. Duvall (CA), Senator John Ensign (NV), Senator Paul Stanley (TN), Governor Mark Stanford (SC), Board of Ed Chair, and Kristin Maguire AKA Bridget Keeney (SC).

Re: Poor Orly

Paul — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:16:35 -0000

Was the $20K fine enough? Maybe when Taitz becomes a real lawyer she will appreciate what just happened. I wonder if she is a mail order bride, just like her law degree? She is perfect reporter material for “Fake News”, where unfounded rumors and innuendo reign supreme , unlike a our US courts of law, where you need to present documented facts, not half baked lies (prepare for more failures). When flies get too close to the lights they get burned, Taitz just got burned, thing is, like a fly she will continue, no end in sight. Poor little Birthers they are haters not debaters.

A lawyer, dentist, realtor and black belt, wow I must say a Jack of all trades master of none.

Re: From Fissure to the Abyss - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:43:00 -0000

For me, it was like I had walked a tightrope all my life beliving that there was a net, and discovering one day that there was no net and never had been.

Eventually I worked out that most people make their way through life one way or another, and that the "tightrope" analogy was taking it all a bit to far.

Re: We are not monsters now - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:19:00 -0000

Joey Hackl is the representative of millions of Christians who despearately want a subjective experience. When they realize it does not happen they leave Christianity. I blame this on contemporary preachers who put emphasis on emotions and touchy feelings rather than on the Word of God. We shall ask ourselves, 'does the Bible ever promise that you will be personally touched by God in a conversion process'. Nowhere in the Bible did Jesus promise such emotional or psychological feelings. Notice his other words-
I started to feel like a child, who wanted nothing more than to just be in his dad's arms, but the dad wanted nothing to do with me. Always at the office.
Joef you are just a neglected kid. You haven't left Christianity due to rational reasons but for bruised expectations. That is true for most of the ex-Christians in this world. Now you said you found loopholes in the Bible. Could you please post some of them for us to read here? Any other contradictions or discrepancies you found, please let me know. On the whole, you are a neglected kid, not an enlighted atheist.

Re: One of the lucky ones - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Paul — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:39:00 -0000

Keith you represent many Christians who look at the present Church and get disillusioned with it.

You should have looked at the beautiful person of the Lord Jesus Christ, who never uttered a word of hate but commanded His followers to love even their enemies.

1. transfer to the much more relaxed and intellectually open environment of the local public high school....you are wrong here.

Several independent surveys have shown that public schools are saturated with drugs, teen pregnancy and metal detectors than Christian schools.

2.I began to notice the mediocre personalities fundamentalism attracted..........As Abe Lincoln told once that God made more common people in this world.

Most of them love God except a few intellectuals like you.

3. freethinkers like Bertrand Russell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, H.L. Mencken, Thomas Paine and Ludwig von Feurbach.......please read Paul Johnson's book 'Intellectuals' to learn how pervert their lives were and to what exent they were free thinkers.

3.How happy can one be, going through life with an all-seeing Big Brother looking over one's shoulder, ready to punish this or that infraction? .......unfortunately this is the negative image of God the world is getting.

The present church is responsible for this.

Please take a moment to read John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life".

God of the Bible offered His begotten Son for the salvation of people like you and me.

Re: Christians putting on the kink - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Paul — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:39:00 -0000

Wow,
This may be a reason to re-convert.

but seriously folks. I have been wondering about this in general. It does seem that more Christians are being exposed to questions about their beliefs. With the advent of cyber world and ExChristians.net. It's harder for Christiandom to remain blissfully ignorant or ignore some of those "old time" practices when there are folks like us saying: "oh yeah, what about long hair on men, or adorned women, or wife beating." I guess it's forcing a percentage of the 'faithful' to put up or shut up.

I wish they would prophesy or heal the sick instead, but then, spanking doesn't necessitate magic. As usual, atheists are still one step ahead. At least with an atheist the spanking can be mutual.

Re: Mail & Guardian’s News in Photos

Paul — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:05:08 -0000

Good question Carly. I see it as a citizen media project, myself. As for the brand and newsworthiness, I guess that is something Vincent may want to answer ...

Re: Mail & Guardian’s News in Photos

Paul — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:05:08 -0000

Good question Carly. I see it as a citizen media project, myself. As for the brand and newsworthiness, I guess that is something Vincent may want to answer ...

Re: And Tertia is shortlisted for the Blooker Awards!

Paul — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:34:07 -0000

I am using an equivalent of Sociable for Drupal. If anyone kows how to add the Muti button to the module I will implement it immediately! The module is called Service Links and is at http://drupal.org/project/service_links

We are running Drupal 5.1 on this site.

Re: And Tertia is shortlisted for the Blooker Awards!

Paul — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:34:07 -0000

Re: MyStrands: Music sharing on your Series 60 mobile device

Paul — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:53:46 -0000

Thanks for your feedback Brett, it is always better to have some feedback from someone who uses the stuff we talk about.

Re: MyStrands: Music sharing on your Series 60 mobile device

Paul — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:53:46 -0000

Thanks for your feedback Brett, it is always better to have some feedback from someone who uses the stuff we talk about.

Re: ipodcast competition is not for me

Paul — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:29:21 -0000

Sorry, I must just point out that I highlighted some of the text in bold font.

Re: ipodcast competition is not for me

Paul — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:29:21 -0000

Sorry, I must just point out that I highlighted some of the text in bold font.

Re: Blogging the good fight

Paul — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:06:31 -0000

Hi Mark

Thanks for commenting. It is all likely to come down to drawing lines in the sand all over the place. There is going to be a tension between more restrictions as blogs and other forms of social media start to impact more widely and retaining the freedom to express that authentic voice.

Re: Blogging the good fight

Paul — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:06:31 -0000

Re: Episode 4 of chilipod: The Semantic Web

Paul — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:13:47 -0000

Hey Peter

Thank you for your input. I find this whole thing fascinating and would love to hear more of your rants so feel free!!

Re: Episode 4 of chilipod: The Semantic Web

Paul — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:13:47 -0000

Hey Peter

Thank you for your input. I find this whole thing fascinating and would love to hear more of your rants so feel free!!

Re: Episode 4 of chilipod: The Semantic Web

Paul — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:13:47 -0000

Hey Peter

Thank you for your input. I find this whole thing fascinating and would love to hear more of your rants so feel free!!

Re: Google Personalised home page with colour

Paul — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:31:31 -0000

Hey Dave

Take a look at www.google.com/ig for the personalised site. I am not sure about the My Yahoo! thing except to suggest a gander at my.yahoo.com or something like that.

Re: Google Personalised home page with colour

Paul — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:31:31 -0000

Hey Dave

Take a look at www.google.com/ig for the personalised site. I am not sure about the My Yahoo! thing except to suggest a gander at my.yahoo.com or something like that.

Re: ClaimID goes a little social

Paul — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:52:14 -0000

Thanks Stii!

There is a great discussion about OpenID on net@nite (http://www.twit.tv/natn16) which has really gotten me more interested in OpenID.

Re: ClaimID goes a little social

Paul — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:52:14 -0000

Thanks Stii!

There is a great discussion about OpenID on net@nite (http://www.twit.tv/natn16) which has really gotten me more interested in OpenID.

Re: Mail & Guardian’s new daily podcast

Paul — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:03:02 -0000

Hey Vincent

Good move. You also mentioned to me earlier that you switched to mono so the file size should be back down (unless I am missing something). This is quite cool man!

Re: Mail & Guardian’s new daily podcast

Paul — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:03:02 -0000

Hey Vincent

Good move. You also mentioned to me earlier that you switched to mono so the file size should be back down (unless I am missing something). This is quite cool man!

Re: BT does Enterprise 2.0

Paul — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:35:21 -0000

Hi Oscar

Firstly, oops! The absence of a link was a mistake. I have added a link to the first mention.

As for multiple sites ... on one hand multiple presences linking to each other can help people find you in one place or another either through improved rankings or just because you are everywhere. On the other hand setting up a dozen sites with all the same content distracts people from any one site so my suggestion is to have a primary site and if you have a presence on other services, link them to your primary site and perhaps include a feed from the primary site into the satellite services.

My sense is it is better to focus attention on your main site to build up traffic on that site and awareness of the site itself. Satellite sites can help with certain things and they could spread the brand but they will distract attention away from your main site if loads of people link to one of them. On the other hand, if you handle the content right, they could become a great channel for new visitors.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Re: BT does Enterprise 2.0

Paul — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:35:21 -0000

Re: 27-3

Paul — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:59:02 -0000

Thanks Matt. I have seen some awesome photos taken by other people there, including yourself!!

Re: 27-3

Paul — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:59:02 -0000

Thanks Matt. I have seen some awesome photos taken by other people there, including yourself!!

Re: 2007 SA Blog Awards

Paul — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:31:35 -0000

Thanks Rich...!

Re: 2007 SA Blog Awards

Paul — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:31:35 -0000

Thanks Rich...!

Re: How to avoid a bad breakup

Paul — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:20:46 -0000

Thanks Bob

Not quite what I was writing about but thanks for the imput.

Re: How to avoid a bad breakup

Paul — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:20:46 -0000

Thanks Bob

Not quite what I was writing about but thanks for the imput.

Re: How to avoid a bad breakup

Paul — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:20:46 -0000

Thanks Bob

Not quite what I was writing about but thanks for the imput.

Re: Nokia N95 is breathtaking

Paul — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:41:36 -0000

Hi Anon

I have heard a similar thing from my service provider. I actually have 3 orders at three shops for the phone which is expected next week. I believe the cost on a ProCall 300 is R1 000 or so.

Re: Nokia N95 is breathtaking

Paul — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:41:36 -0000

Hi Anon

I have heard a similar thing from my service provider. I actually have 3 orders at three shops for the phone which is expected next week. I believe the cost on a ProCall 300 is R1 000 or so.

Re: Google Calendar is the new rising star

Paul — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:21:36 -0000

Hi Chris

Thanks for the feedback. That is pretty disappointing. Does anyone else know about a decent solution for Windows users?

Re: Google Calendar is the new rising star

Paul — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:21:36 -0000

Hi Chris

Thanks for the feedback. That is pretty disappointing. Does anyone else know about a decent solution for Windows users?

Re: Microblogging: fast, simple ways to get your thoughts out there

Paul — Thu, 03 May 2007 10:21:07 -0000

Sometimes it actually saves a little time if you can just throw up a quick thought without writing a full blown post with a beginning, middle and end. At least that is one theory at any rate.

Re: Microblogging: fast, simple ways to get your thoughts out there

Paul — Thu, 03 May 2007 10:21:07 -0000

Sometimes it actually saves a little time if you can just throw up a quick thought without writing a full blown post with a beginning, middle and end. At least that is one theory at any rate.

Re: Microblogging: fast, simple ways to get your thoughts out there

Paul — Thu, 03 May 2007 10:21:07 -0000

Sometimes it actually saves a little time if you can just throw up a quick thought without writing a full blown post with a beginning, middle and end. At least that is one theory at any rate.

Re: Nokia N95 is breathtaking

Paul — Sun, 06 May 2007 11:18:27 -0000

Hi there

I am not too sure where you could pick one up. It seems that these phones are a little hard to come by at the moment.

Re: Nokia N95 is breathtaking

Paul — Sun, 06 May 2007 11:18:27 -0000

Hi there

I am not too sure where you could pick one up. It seems that these phones are a little hard to come by at the moment.

Re: Freebase and the Semantic Web (aka Web 3.0)

Paul — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:41:07 -0000

Is support for OpenID a necessity for a semantic site then?

Re: Freebase and the Semantic Web (aka Web 3.0)

Paul — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:41:07 -0000

Is support for OpenID a necessity for a semantic site then?

Re: Bizcommunity says “thanks”

Paul — Wed, 23 May 2007 01:59:27 -0000

That would be fantastic, thanks Gee!

Re: Bizcommunity says “thanks”

Paul — Wed, 23 May 2007 01:59:27 -0000

That would be fantastic, thanks Gee!

Re: 27-5

Paul — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:44:35 -0000

Hey Jason

The file seemed to upload and then nothing happened. There was no button to click or message confirming a successful upload. There was also no page to add information about the video clip.

Re: 27-5

Paul — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:44:35 -0000

Hey Jason

The file seemed to upload and then nothing happened. There was no button to click or message confirming a successful upload. There was also no page to add information about the video clip.

Re: 27-5

Paul — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:45:38 -0000

Thanks for your feedback Henk!

Re: 27-5

Paul — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:45:38 -0000

Thanks for your feedback Henk!

Re: Facebook as the platform

Paul — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:30:11 -0000

Hey Uno

It makes a lot of sense to build on an existing success story. That being said, there are limitations that go with that so it becomes a matter of timing, I think.

Re: Facebook as the platform

Paul — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:30:11 -0000

Hey Uno

It makes a lot of sense to build on an existing success story. That being said, there are limitations that go with that so it becomes a matter of timing, I think.

Re: Social media innovation curve flattening?

Paul — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:01:47 -0000

Hi Andrew

Thanks for that comment! Perhaps it is more a case that there is a paradigm shift away from an application-centric Web to a content- and context-centric Web for the time being. I think you make a good point when you talk about the importance of context because my growing sense is that context is very important. It is almost as if we have a broader context of the global village popularised in the late 1990s and yet people prefer to be in smaller communities, whether those communities be social networking sites or content sharing sites.

The larger context just makes it that much easier to participate in the conversations going on in a broader variety of communities but we ultimately communicate within these smaller communities rather that trying to maintain a conversation in the much larger context.

Re: Social media innovation curve flattening?

Paul — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:01:47 -0000

Re: A quick look at Amagama

Paul — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:47:55 -0000

Thanks Matt

The Alexa stats should include blogspace.mweb.co.za (I checked the parameters of the graph) but it seems to have cut off "blogspace" there.

I know Alexa may not be the best metric tool ever. I just thought it would be interesting to see the comparative page views.

Re: A quick look at Amagama

Paul — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:47:55 -0000

Re: Thought Leaders … almost all of them!

Paul — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:42:06 -0000

That is great news Vincent, thanks.

Re: Thought Leaders … almost all of them!

Paul — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:42:06 -0000

That is great news Vincent, thanks.

Re: Where can I find honest work at home companies?

Paul — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:36:55 -0000

Here is a fantastic company that will allow you to work from home. They pay a bonus of $100 to $1000 each week. Their services are marketed in 180 countries this is an exciting company to join free. visit http://www.exlr8.ws watch the flash movie
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Re: Are You a Short Sale Victim? | ShortSaleBlogger

Paul — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:29:15 -0000

I'm all for people taking responsibility, but allow me to play devil's advocate for just a second here- when the government pumps money into a market via all manner of programs, inducements, incentives, etc. it creates an automatic moral hazard.

The same government that is supposed to be watching, governing, and regulating the housing market was neck deep in the stupidity and outright fraud that was going on.

Much like the dot-com bust, the government is as big a culprit in this mess as anyone-- and now these geniuses are going to turn to the same people they always turn to when they screw up: responsible, law abiding, tax payers.

Re: Ron Paul’s Relaxing Iowa Vacation?

Paul — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:32:32 -0000

Their GOAL was 10000 At the des moines event the iowa coordinator said the goal was 10000 I know this number was at the time and still is likely unatainable. That said i expect 3000+ votes (how many over who knows) for paul that should get him in the top 4. I honestly have no idea how it will turn out all I know is the troops on the ground have been promoting it like mad and to date everything has far exceeded my expectations so hopefully that continues on saturday.

Re: The Evolution of the Mammoth: Will Rudy Cause GOP Crackup, Realignment?

Paul — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:01:29 -0000

Ron Paul It appears Ron Paul is the only one able to beat Hillary.

Even without Mainstream Media help... And Ron Paul is actually more conservative than any other republican candidate. He isn;t popular with the powers that be because he can potentially upset some corrupt power bases in D.C.

Re: Thompson Woos Conservatives, but Huckabee, Romney Remain Favorites

Paul — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:28:27 -0000

The Perfect Candidate Sorry, the 'perfect' candidate doesn't exist. I'm really leary of anyone that promises utopia and there's plenty of candidates that think American's have become stupid enough to buy that false hope. Gov. Huckabee gives those with a conscious someone that they can support. In reality there are some major issues to be dealt with, including a congress that has done nothing. But even more importantly is a new approach on problems from the bottom up...like keeping the traditional'family' a family. I am vigorously supporting Mike as Whoever 'wins' this impossible job is going to need Heaven's Help. Go Huck!

Re: Akane Fashion Massage

Paul — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:11:42 -0000

I never knew there's such a thing as balls massage! Definitely got to go give it a try. So...do they accept Thai's?

Re: He Deserves To Be Impeached

Paul — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:07:00 -0000

Judge Cashman did the right thing!
1.The parents need to learn some and take notes on responsibility.
Thats not what the courts are for.
I would never let someone sleep with my daughter. Dumb Ass!
2.He will be able to get help, for he is like 12-14 yrs. old his self.
3.Why should we the taxpayers pay for 20 yrs?
4.He would never get help in prison.
5.The republicians never get it right, and this Judge is on key.
Mark my words

Re: Pastor Ted Fired

Paul — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:16:27 -0000

A comedy show What a bunch of clowns.

Re: Come To Jesus, Then File A Lawsuit

Paul — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:41:45 -0000

Where's her case? Nearly a year ago, my son Matthew LaClair (Google name for his story) became involved in a widely reported case involving religious freedom in public school. Because of my deep commitment to religious freedom under the First Amendment, I have steadfastly supported my son in seeking and finally obtaining a remedy from our local Board of Education. Although Matthew suffered compensable damages, apparently unlike Ms. Corder, our settlement is non-monetary.

I have been practicing law for thirty years, and have a deep commitment to students' religious freedom. In fact, when I first read about this case I was outraged that the school district had shut down the students' expression. Reading further, however, I saw that was not the case. It might have been under other circumstances, but in fact it was not.

Both the student and the school district can be faulted to a point: the student for lying about her intentions and delivering her remarks by stealth and dishonesty, and the school district for withholding her diploma. However, the school's principal was correct in observing that Ms. Corder's remarks were immature. They were also arrogant and presumptuous.

Under the law, what might have happened had Ms. Corder approached the situation honestly no longer matters. She delivered her remarks, and therefore has no ground to complain that her right to speak was squelched. It was not.

The only "damage" done to her has been fully remedied by all accounts. She has her diploma and is apparently attending the college of her choice. The so-called Liberty Counsel's news release makes it quite clear that the only remedy she is seeking is prospective and does not pertain to any rights she presently holds. I predict that her case will quickly be dismissed because she lacks standing; the same reason that Michael Newdow's action was dismissed, only Ms. Corder's case is far clearer because she no longer attends that school. (Mr. Newdow's son did, but because he was not the custodial parent he was denied standing.) It will also be dismissed because it requests a prospective remedy without a present plaintiff who has standing.

There is no case without a legally cognizable remedy. Where is Ms. Corder's case?

My son opened a topic on our local web site to discuss this case. Feel free to visit us at http://forums.kearny.... I post as Paul, which is my first name. He posts under his full name, which is Matthew LaClair.

Re: A meandering tale about houseboats, autonomy, and Minnesota Monitor

Paul — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:39:58 -0000

Safe, mostly. The first piece only appeared in print, so there's no internet ghost to haunt me. I'm more worried about whether my second piece, a tasty number for the Wausau (Wis.) Daily Herald on pre-winter furnace upkeep--will rear its sooty head.

Re: Golf Simulator? Reports on Ridder’s Mansion Suggest Strib’s Austerity Plan Isn’t for Him

Paul — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:40:23 -0000

Bellyaching? Sarcasm? If I'm distorting facts, please let me know where. But I think I wrote a fairly straight piece here. Sure, I'm pointing out an irony, but I figure executive pay, especially when major staff cuts are called for and embarrassing lawsuits are in the news, is far from irrelevant.

Re: SurveyUSA: Coleman Approval at 43%

Paul — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:03:38 -0000

Compare Coleman's numbers to Klobuchar's Also compare Coleman's numbers to Klobuchar's:

Her approval rating is 61% - UP 6 points from 55% last month - while Coleman's 43% approval is DOWN 5 points from 48% last month.

http://www.surveyusa...

Re: A meandering tale about houseboats, autonomy, and Minnesota Monitor

Paul — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:39:58 -0000

Re: Golf Simulator? Reports on Ridder’s Mansion Suggest Strib’s Austerity Plan Isn’t for Him

Paul — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:40:23 -0000

Re: SurveyUSA: Coleman Approval at 43%

Paul — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:03:38 -0000

Compare Coleman's numbers to Klobuchar's Also compare Coleman's numbers to Klobuchar's:

Her approval rating is 61% - UP 6 points from 55% last month - while Coleman's 43% approval is DOWN 5 points from 48% last month.

http://www.surveyusa...

Re: FOX ATTACKS! The Environment

Paul — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:59:26 -0000

What the hell is move on doing, spewing lies and misleading people. I think it's time to move on. Why don't you show the whole video, instead of small clips that help make your point. It's real easy cut and paste. I could cut and paste to make it look like Fox is a bunch of tree huggers.

Re: Dealing with Spammers

Paul — Sat, 23 Dec 2000 22:09:00 -0000

to be honest, i've never had a problem with spammers, i got messaged once, but that's it, nothing to bug me, really. i heard that leaving a link to your e-mail on your front page makes it retrievable for the evil spamming demons of the night. not sure if it's true.

Re: Rose Marie Berger: Poetry and the Language of War

Paul — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:11:04 -0000

"The Malice of the wicked is reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous." - Churchill

Re: Rose Marie Berger: Poetry and the Language of War

Paul — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:59:12 -0000

FYI http://newsbusters.org/node/10626 cheers, Paul

Re: Rose Marie Berger: Poetry and the Language of War

Paul — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:58:42 -0000

from: http://newsbusters.org/node/10626 ajacksonian Says: February 7, 2007 - 21:44 For all of the harping on what 'should' have been done and why didn't the US follow other post-war concepts. the main problem is that Iraq is unlike most post-war regions in its inherent diversity. That is a primary concern for anyone trying to do analysis for the region and not recognizing the problems that the regimes in power cause by their use of tribalism, religion, and ethnicity to play off parts of society against each other puts a huge blind-spot in front of one's face. Further, those that look at post-war conditions have tended to limit themselves to 20th century analysis and not do a further view of other post-war situations and try to derive the successes and failures of each. It is disturbing that this has not been done as the only similar case to Iraq is one of long-term Western failure, although in a smaller region. The actual strategic outlook of the post-war conditions are driven by the size of the US Armed Forces first, last and always. Congress, by not fully backing the conflict and scoping out what *it* thought the needs would , did not properly assess what needed to be put forward in the way of manpower or industrial capacity. Trying to blame the CinC for those shortfalls belies the fact that it is Congress that sets the Nation to War and it must properly understand just what it is committing the Nation to do. It did not. Saying that the President 'painted a rosey picture' does not absolve Congress of its duty to insure the Nation has properly put forward its commitment to War as only Congress can do that. Congress is very much used to giving the President more than is asked for in other areas of the Federal Budget, and it can very well put forth more than is necessary for warfare. The CinC may not utilize all of those resources, but they are there in case of need. Congress abdicated its responsibilities in the checks and balances of the system. That said the forces on the ground *dealt* with the various problems, shortfalls and small force necessities so that a sustainable force for a multi-year commitment could be obtained. They purposely avoided strategies that sound wonderful, but have proven to be of little long-term utility in other conflicts around the globe throughout history. They sound good because they are fast, but they can become disasters if a long and thorough commitment is not made to them. By working in another direction, the forces on the ground have done something no other counter-insurgency force has tried to do: remove the rural areas as refuges for the insurgency. By quieting the quietest and remote areas *first* and working hard to break up the supply lines of the insurgency and its lines of communication, the insurgents found themselves more and more limited in movement to a few cities. Violence became concentrated and telegenic while the Nation of Iraq had breathing space to get its act together. That is something known as 'strategy'. It enables new tactical capabilities as Iraqis learn to stand up without the overhead of a despotic regime. Their society is badly broken and giving them space to learn how to fix it is paramount. The US can do as it has always done: lend the hand of a friend who has removed the boot of tyranny from your face so that you can learn to stand and walk on your own. It may take the Iraqis a bit to figure this stuff out as they have no experience with it. The US took 7 long years to fight the Revolution to a conclusion and then *failed* for 5 years thereafter and multiple insurgencies nearly brought the entire Confederation down. It took the US between 5 and 12 years to stand up a decent NCO Corps after going to an all-volunteer force and we were experienced on how to do that because of the war colleges made in 1901-15. Why we expect *better* from the Iraqis than we do from ourselves is beyond me. ajacksonian

Re: Jeff Carr: What Would You Ask Iran’s President?

Paul — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:51:25 -0000

Ask him about this: http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009674 cheers, Paul

Re: Jeff Carr: How Do You Know Someone Until You Talk?

Paul — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:46:15 -0000

Regarding translations of the Qur'an. Many Muslims have believed that the Qur'an can only be properly understood in Arabic. For a good discussion of some of the issues, and commentary on various translations see: http://www.meforum.org/article/717
cheers, Paul

Re: Jeff Carr: How Do You Know Someone Until You Talk?

Paul — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:52:40 -0000

Some might find this discussion of some of the issues helpful. http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Criticism_of_Islam cheers, Paul

Re: Jeff Carr: Two Different Histories

Paul — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:31:24 -0000

Some might find these interesting reading: http://www.iranian.com/Tabari/2006/September/Constitutionalism/index.html http://www.rugreview.com/11-5-57a.htm cheers, Paul

Re: Jeff Carr: How Do You Know Someone Until You Talk?

Paul — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:05:23 -0000

neuro_nurse Yes, I did notice, that is one of the reasons I included it. cheers, Paul

Re: Jeff Carr: Two Different Histories

Paul — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:57:50 -0000

Joseph T, Talk about going off the deep end. Any contingency planner worthy of the name is going to have contingency plans for any possible scenario they can think of. To blame the pentagon for having a plan for such a possibility is really absurd.
Yes, do pray that it never becomes necessary, but don't waste energy by critiquing people for doing what they should. It has been truely said "noone hates war more than the soldier, because only the soldier knows the true horrors of war." (MacArthur) cheers, Paul

Re: Jeff Carr: Two Different Histories

Paul — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:53:16 -0000

Some might find this discussion, of some of the difficulties in negotiating with Iran, helpful. http://www.opinionjournal.com/jer/?id=110009713 cheers, Paul

Re: Jeff Carr: How Do You Know Someone Until You Talk?

Paul — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:41:39 -0000

neuro_nurse, No worries, I took no offense. Thanks for the kind, and gracious interaction. cheers, Paul

Re: Tony Jones: Three Choices in Pluralism

Paul — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:19:07 -0000

Here, the options for engagement with the world around us (borrowed from Tim Keller) are listed as: un-culture, sub-culture, anti-culture, para-culture and counter-culture. At risk of imposing an interpretation at odds with the author's intent (not being post-modern, I would regard that as unacceptable!), I suggest the author talks about and rejects sub-culture (where we simply fit in with the world around us, and don't make waves) and anti-culture (where we become ghettoized). The danger with what the writer recommends is that it is really a post-modern "un-culture" - where in our keenness not to impose culturally or isolate ourselves or alienate the ... er, alien, we end up with no distinctives. How do you decide what is Christian, and what isn't? If it doesn't matter, then why bother with holiness? How do you decide what is holy, if it isn't based on what God has revealed? How do you decide what God has revealed, if not on the basis of what he has said? I'd recommend the counter-culture approach. What does this mean in terms of our relationships with other faiths, for example? It means we respect them, and accept that people have the right to hold and practice them, and inherent dignity as human beings, even though we believe in the absolute truth of our faith.

Re: Brian McLaren: Anti-Anti-Global-Warming Group’s Silver Lining

Paul — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:20:45 -0000

Wolverine I can not answer all of your question, but a couple of data points.
It took a long time before the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) would allow Fox news to be broadcast in Canada. This may give you some insight into the political issues regarding freedom of the airways here in Canada.

Also, the notion that the CBC is unbiased is an absolute joke! cheers, Paul

Re: Video: Iran Delegation on PBS’s NOW

Paul — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:24:45 -0000

History does keep repeating itself. For why terrorists love Sojourners see: http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/?id=110009862 cheers, Paul

Re: Brian McLaren: Sorrow Can Make Us Better, Not Bitter

Paul — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:38:09 -0000

I find the supply side criminology of the gun control advocates interesting, because often these same people advocate making drugs legal, because in their view the prohabition hasn't worked. If the drug ban hasn't really worked, then why should we expect a gun ban to work? cheers, Paul

Re: Brian McLaren: Sorrow Can Make Us Better, Not Bitter

Paul — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:47:46 -0000

Some interesting thoughts: http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009956 cheers, Paul

Re: Brian McLaren: Sorrow Can Make Us Better, Not Bitter

Paul — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:19:21 -0000

kevin s,
I thought that my use of the term "often" made clear that I was talking about "some" and not "all". I wasn't making an unqualified catagorical statement equating the two groups. Guess I wasn't clear enough. I was not saying that ALL those who would ban guns were for legalization of drugs, just as I was not saying that all those who are against banning guns are against legalizing drugs, or some of them. Hope that clears things up. cheers, Paul

Re: Brian McLaren: Sorrow Can Make Us Better, Not Bitter

Paul — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:03:39 -0000

Carl, "BUT only guns are designed for the explicit purpose of harming or killing a living thing. To ignore that distinction is specious and lapses into sophistry." Are knives only designed for harming and killing? Also, when something is used millions of times and does not achieve the purpose you claim is it's "sole" one, it seems reasonable to wonder if the purpose that some people put an inanimate object to is it's "sole" purpose. One also has to account for the thousands of lives that have been saved through the proper use of firearms. Like any weapon, a gun can be used for proper or improper reasons. I would suggest that to deny that is sophistry. cheers, Paul

Re: Brian McLaren: Sorrow Can Make Us Better, Not Bitter

Paul — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:32:32 -0000

neuro_nurse, Many wise points, thank you. I am the father of a 20 year old daughter.
As to interventions.

I would want the university setting to be one that emphasised that we each have responsibilities, not just rights. There was a recent documentary on the Druze in Isreal, and there was a 19-20 year old talking about how he had rights, and responsibilities. I was amazed. Would that more his age had his wisdom. I want universities to be places that teach that public safety is everyones responsibility, and that self sacrifice for the sake of saving others is not foolish, but something that we should all have the right to expect from each other. I want a society that has courage rather than cowardice and self interest as one of it's primary virtues. I want a society where all adults her age are taught how to tactically respond to situations like this. From what little I have heard, there were a number of moments where someone with the right skills and courage to confront this person.

I want a culture where people like this are not such rare exceptions. http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid;=12360 Some other issues are better explained here: http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/CalThomas/2007/04/19/bad_day_in_blacksburg

Do I want my daughter to be safe, certainly, but in a world such as God has given us, more than safety, I want her to have courage and the skills to express that courage effectively. What bothers me so much about many of the SOJO "values" is that they lead to things like 250 people being able to be cowed by a few men with box cutters. One oft neglected phrase in the bible is "be strong and of good courage."

Yes, I know I am whistling in the wind, but that is what I hope and pray for. cheers, Paul

Re: Brian McLaren: Sorrow Can Make Us Better, Not Bitter

Paul — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:34:24 -0000

Re: the Milgram study You might want to have a look at Eric Fromm's critique in "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness", Where he also deals with the Zimbardo fiasco. cheers, Paul

Re: Brian McLaren: Sorrow Can Make Us Better, Not Bitter

Paul — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:04:06 -0000

FYI http://www.angelfire.com/or/sociologyshop/frozim.html cheers, Paul

Re: Brian McLaren: Sorrow Can Make Us Better, Not Bitter

Paul — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:29:54 -0000

neuro_nurse, Actually, having been in similar situations, I do know how I and others I know, would react. The way that "nonviolent" resistance is lauded here seems to me more than adequate proof of the sort of inaction that would result in those circumstances. The way that the SOJO crowd attack those who are not their enemies, and make excuses for those who really are, is also a good indication of the moral confusion that would occur during such a circumstance. That I have been unable to articulate the issues in a way that you appreciate, I readily conceed. I've had too much positive feedback from other quarters to these notions, to know that "absurd" does not apply. Have a good day. cheers, Paul

Re: Brian McLaren: Sorrow Can Make Us Better, Not Bitter

Paul — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:30:35 -0000

FYI: http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=1c55ec82-41f6-4da2-a9c0-e76169a2ed99 Given the fact that alcohol is a significant factor in more homicides per year than guns,(to say nothing of the fact that it is, probably, the single most common factor in all crime,) should we ban alcohol? Also given the fact that the prospect of "privacy" litigation kept the mental health record of Cho Seung-hui from being reported so the the background check would have prevented him buying the weapons. What does that say to us? From what the Attorney General said sunday, fortunately that problem will be fixed soon. I really appreciate that emotions are running high, but it seems to me that our response should take into consideration Churchill's comment "The Malice of the wicked is reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous." I would also suggest that the tactic of simple name calling i.e "gun lobby" is not particularly helpful. It could be as easily retorted that those in favor of more gun control are "criminal enablers", and while there would be some truth to it, would probably not be particularly helpful. The goal for both is a safer, more responsible society, our differences are on how best to achieve that. Must confess that I really don't like having to engage this conversation now. Want to get back to praying for, and comforting those effected by this. cheers, Paul

Re: Brian McLaren: Sorrow Can Make Us Better, Not Bitter

Paul — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:49:30 -0000

FYI: http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009977 cheers, Paul

Re: Brian McLaren: Sorrow Can Make Us Better, Not Bitter

Paul — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:13:42 -0000

Re: a question of courage http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=8ec3415c-4269-4d5a-ba87-b94cc1dacd3e cheers, Paul

Re: Senator Tim Mathern: Red State Passes Peace Resolution

Paul — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:13:25 -0000

FYI: http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=5faf14da-fa25-4154-8de1-3776d0417d2b cheers, Paul

Re: Senator Tim Mathern: Red State Passes Peace Resolution

Paul — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:05:53 -0000

An interesting history lesson: http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/ChristopherHitchens/2007/04/26/jefferson_versus_the_muslim_pirates cheers, Paul

Re: The first TV station, sort of

Paul — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:06:01 -0000

There were four local TV shows that I remember from the 60's; the three that you mentioned and also Rex Trailer's Boomtown. I watched Boomtown the most, with the corny Davey and Goliath claymation cartoons. Major Mudd with his I'll Be Blasting You song and the Feep character was pretty good, Uncle Gus was OK, and Bozo was terrible.

Uncle Gus died not too long ago in Hawaii. He was a legend at WMUR for years.

Re: UNH climate leader moves on

Paul — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:53:49 -0000

What is a methematician, and why do you like them? Is that someone that uses a crackberry to do calculations?

Re: Download speeds in N.H.

Paul — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:29:23 -0000

721 kbps / 134 kbps via DSL in Milford

Re: Are we engaged, or not? Anyone headed to the GEOINT Maritime Communityof Practice Conference?

Paul — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:26:00 -0000

I know of a few of us that will be attending for all of the same reasons you laid out. Depending on what system was used, you might not see all of the registrations. NGA's MCoP has a wiki page on all three systems. I have passed this information to MIFC LANT and ICC. I can't think of any CG mission areas that could not benefit from imagery.

Re: A Sueldo de Moscú: BoiCOPE

Paul — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:56:21 -0000

Un consejo: pásale a un mono tus artículos antes de publicarlos para que te los corrija. Seguro que tiene mejor ortografía (y mejores ideas) que tú.

Re: The Turning Point ? | Israel's News Blog Magazine: Daily Stories Video and Photos

Paul — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:02:21 -0000

Ray: I don’t recall the international community crying over dead Jews. Not once in the 58 year history of the conflict has the world wailed at dead Jews

Nor, in the years 1939-1945, did you hear much lamentation among the world community for dead Germans.

Nothing else need be said.

But since you seem extremely dense I'll say it anyway - perhaps the world community objects to racist genocide no matter who commits it.

Re: Clout – Kills! | Israel's News Blog Magazine: Daily Stories Video and Photos

Paul — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:36:40 -0000

Nice subjective story..sheesh, get over it. "behind the wheel of a high-power “status machine”" Oh please....you're an idiot, and i'm glad that I only came across this site by pure accident, as I'll never have to do myself the mispleasure of returning.

Re: BJR: Intuition

Paul — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:10:00 -0000

For the record (not that it matters in the least) I'm glad your posts are also showing up in the MM forums. :-)

Re: Make that 0-5

Paul — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:23:05 -0000

Where's the offense?? Where's Tex?? People are blaming the bullpin (and somewhat deservedly so... cough cough -Blaine Boyer- cough cough) but this offense HAS to help the starters out.

Re: Make that 0-5

Paul — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:23:05 -0000

Where's the offense?? Where's Tex?? People are blaming the bullpin (and somewhat deservedly so... cough cough -Blaine Boyer- cough cough) but this offense HAS to help the starters out.

Re: It Gets Late Early Out There

Paul — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:54:50 -0000

Despite the bad start, I still take refuge in the fact that Andrew Jones is batting .129, 0HR, & 1RBI. Hey Brian... Enjoy the new addition to Dodger Blue!

Re: It Gets Late Early Out There

Paul — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:54:50 -0000

Despite the bad start, I still take refuge in the fact that Andrew Jones is batting .129, 0HR, & 1RBI. Hey Brian... Enjoy the new addition to Dodger Blue!

Re: The Attack of the Elements

Paul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:31:25 -0000

I just hope John doesn't push it too much.

Re: The Attack of the Elements

Paul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:31:25 -0000

I just hope John doesn't push it too much.

Re: The Attack of the Elements

Paul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:42:48 -0000

I dig the blue jerseys.

Re: The Attack of the Elements

Paul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:42:48 -0000

I dig the blue jerseys.

Re: The Attack of the Elements

Paul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:44:17 -0000

Dang! Did Frenchy's ball ever come down!?!?!

Re: The Attack of the Elements

Paul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:44:17 -0000

Dang! Did Frenchy's ball ever come down!?!?!

Re: The Attack of the Elements

Paul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:46:24 -0000

I am lovin's Lannan right now... except for the fact that he is one of those morons who doesn't bend the bill of his cap at all. Keep him in Natties!!

Re: The Attack of the Elements

Paul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:46:24 -0000

I am lovin's Lannan right now... except for the fact that he is one of those morons who doesn't bend the bill of his cap at all. Keep him in Natties!!

Re: The Attack of the Elements

Paul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:49:55 -0000

What a fun 1/2 inning!

Re: The Attack of the Elements

Paul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:49:55 -0000

What a fun 1/2 inning!

Re: The Attack of the Elements

Paul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:50:56 -0000

I wonder if Lannan still has the sticker inside the bill and the tag hanging off the back of his hat?! haha

Re: The Attack of the Elements

Paul — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:50:56 -0000

I wonder if Lannan still has the sticker inside the bill and the tag hanging off the back of his hat?! haha

Re: Broom Time/Game 7

Paul — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:08:46 -0000

Ditto to your comments on the Hawks.

Re: Broom Time/Game 7

Paul — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:08:46 -0000

Ditto to your comments on the Hawks.

Re: Sweep, Sweep, Sweep, Sweep!

Paul — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:27:20 -0000

Bravos looked great during the streak. They looked horrific last night... but you had to feel good for Davis.

Re: Sweep, Sweep, Sweep, Sweep!

Paul — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:27:20 -0000

Bravos looked great during the streak. They looked horrific last night... but you had to feel good for Davis.

Re: Remember the Greatness