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  1. JohnDB

    Right Faith vs Wrong Faith

    Each denomination has their own translation of the scriptures.... That in itself should tell you that translations are not the most straightforward. You can use synonymous words to highlight/promote or to de-emphasise something. Then provide chapter and verse numbers to really confuse people...
  2. JohnDB

    It's getting dark out here

    Sufferings are suffering no matter who you are or "who has it worse"....they are for you, aimed at you, and make you miserable no matter who you are. They aren't minimal if real. Misery is misery.... Humiliation is humiliation.... Pain is pain. Loss is loss. The minimalizing of your own...
  3. JohnDB

    You know time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years.

    Seems like I just finished celebrating my last birthday and my next one is here already.... I can still taste the cake from my last party too.... But I'm needing to bake another.... I'm getting tired of cake. Can't I have a donut instead? I'm still a newlywed though....and I don't want to...
  4. JohnDB

    It's getting dark out here

    Yeah.... Unplug from social media platforms for a bit. Things aren't that bad yet.... Social media algorithms are designed specifically to catch and hold your attention with the most emotion arousing posts possible....kinda like politics always has the most slanderous things to say about the...
  5. JohnDB

    Will the Jews build a Third Temple?

    As far as a new Temple.... It would be a very slow process. First off the "underground" on the Temole Mount is made with Timbers King David provided....then there's the tons of archeological data to be had from the fill dirt. The whole site is geologically unstable and the fill is as well...
  6. JohnDB

    Right Faith vs Wrong Faith

    The Scriptures are a unique collection of writings...that either a madman genius or a God wrote over a period of 35000 years by 40+ authors. Now the interpretation of the scriptures are often very flawed due to poor hermeneutics. But the writings are written on an extremely complex level...
  7. JohnDB

    If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can move the mountain. Really?

    I disagree with Ellicott. It was truth disguised as hyperbole. (Jesus loved doing things backwards or in ways we think of as wrong...this is a good example of this) Jesus was telling his Apostles that they would be able to do impossible things one day. The "Helper"/Holy Spirit was going to...
  8. JohnDB

    Beautiful Cakes.

    Love the cake and especially the topper...really inspired to make her dress cover half the cake. The style these days seems to be tiers without any gap between them.... I guess so they don't have to assemble the cake on site or decorate the top of each layer. It can travel to the site of the...
  9. JohnDB

    God made evil ( proof)

    You're not right.
  10. JohnDB

    Right Faith vs Wrong Faith

    You're just wrong.
  11. JohnDB

    Beautiful Cakes.

    They ate it all....even though there was a chocolate grooms cake made by my wife's aunt....it looked great with frosted fruits and rich chocolate frosting....but the grooms cake went largely untouched. We barely got away with the top for our anniversary. (Probably shouldn't have...it tasted...
  12. JohnDB

    Beautiful Cakes.

    I piped the shells, vines and flowers straight onto the layers. And you get good at it by having an Austrian Pastry Chef yelling and screaming at you of how badly you suck at this and pointing out every flaw as if you were drawing pornography in a cathedral. You get pretty good fairly...
  13. JohnDB

    Beautiful Cakes.

    I'm wondering what the filling was....the butter for the buttercream must have been from some odd sort of cow, hand milked at midnight by virgins or something. Then the fillings all equally "special". The eggs laid by chickens eating gluten free non-GMO feed and stalked constantly for eggs...
  14. JohnDB

    Beautiful Cakes.

    Here it is....
  15. JohnDB

    Beautiful Cakes.

    Wedding cakes usually cost somewhere around $3- $6 per person usually. Customarily about $2,000 per averaged sized Wedding. Meaning that if it's a large wedding the cake costs even more. I made the Bride's cake for my wedding as a present for my In-laws....saving them roughly $1,200 at...
  16. JohnDB

    Beautiful Cakes.

    I think that often the cakes are made from mixes in large batches or bought pre-baked, frozen and packaged. Labor is the chief expense in a bakery. Packaging and food are usually tied with food winning by a narrow margin usually. The labor in making cakes from scratch is high with the...
  17. JohnDB

    Sex Trafficking

    The question becomes: "How do we stop it?" Stiff penalties and fines have not stopped the practice. Illegal immigration has fueled it sure... But products don't sell unless there are consumers. So....how do we stop this?
  18. JohnDB

    Beautiful Cakes.

    I've never had the issue of the cake flavor being disappointing. White is usually rich and full flavored. Chocolate is good but difficult because the recipe I've misplaced at the moment holds so much moisture (in order not to be dry) the cake wants to fall apart quite easily....even when...
  19. JohnDB

    Beautiful Cakes.

    There are those who have this sculpture talent. I never could even though i tried many times but I was always envious of those who could do this. My sculptures always looked rather childish and juvenile attempts at best. My cake flavors and scroll work was good though. Just couldn't make...
  20. JohnDB

    Tree of Life: A Soup Nazi Commentary on Revelation 22:14 KJV

    This is a SIN... You have Blasphemed the Soup Nazi! How dare you sir! :jest: