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Yeah, okay. I'm prone to hyperbole now and then. Did I mention that? ;)

Yes, remaining Israelites intermarried with the Babylonians who settled in the land, and so they became a mixed people both in race and in religion. Neither was pure, and for that reason they were outcasts to the Jews. The Samaritans were the most despised people in the Jewish mind as they...

Where the money will come from? It is borrowed. From China. It's like this. Let's say you don't have two nickels to rub together, but your neighbor (who is better off than 85% of the entire world's population) says he is struggling. Actually, he hasn't said he is struggling but you kind of...

The Samaritans were considered heretical by the Jews. They were descended from the remnant of Israel (not Judah) who remained in the land after the exile to Babylon. Jews very much looked down their noses at the Samaritans. That's why the parable of the Good Samaritan was so powerful. I...

You find the weirdest crap BA... but you'll never win this thread.

I listen to others because I do not fancy myself to be superior to everyone else. I have much to learn from those God has blessed with the gift of teaching. When I think I have no use for other people, I will know I've gone far away from what Christ wants for me. What I know of Christ certainly...

Who says they don't have enough resources to feed themselves? They have cell phones with texting plans, live in air conditioning, and drive cars. They have cable TV bills. But they can't feed themselves? When you've eliminated all the other nonessential things and still can't feed yourself...

When 1/7 of Americans are on food stamps and half get some kind of benefits from the govenrment what is that called? Compassionate liberalism? Is it compassionate to heap $51,000 in debt on the heads of every newly born baby? We just passed $16 trillion in debt today. That's not including the...

I did??? ;) I'll try not to make any more erorrs... :lol:

The New York Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/cardinal_sin_bam_blew_off_blessing_aLYqq7VnyqG8maCqZaui2K) was where it was reported that Cardinal Dolan was ready to go to the DNC but that it was the president who nixed it. Perhaps their story was false. It was reported on 8/24/12. I've...

You set the rules yourself when you said that the only sins you would recognize are those explicitly stated in the Bible. What I have pointed out is how you are being inconsistent. No, I am not kidding you, and yes, I am serious. You have no scripture that says it is a sin to rip a baby from...

I have given numerous examples of things we consider sin but which are not explicitly taught as sin in the Bible. But let me focus on just one of them, abortion. That is because you expressed a belief that abortion is obviously murder and therefore sin. However, nowhere in the bible does it...

The Mormons do not practice polygamy. Their church outlawed it in the 1800's. There are break-away splinter groups that do practice polygamy, but they are considered heretical by the official Mormon church. I don't understand saying "I don't believe polygamy was God's original idea" and "there...

As they say in Chicago, vote early, vote often! The way dead voters fall off the rolls in most places is that after a certain amount of time passes without them voting, they simply fall off through that process. There is no coordination between the issuing of death certificates and searching...

The Bible does not classify abortion as murder. We derive that position from the things the Bible does say. Surely if aborting a baby was "murder" the Bible would say so, wouldn't it? There are countless acts that are sin that are not specifically mentioned in the Bible. Pride is a sin. When...

Is abortion a sin? It is not mentioned in the Bible explicitly. Is gambling a sin? What about masturbation, is that a sin? Many people teach that it is, but there's no mention of it in the Bible. What about watching violent slasher movies? Is it a sin to hold another person as a slave against...

This is the song that never ends, it just goes on and on my friends. Some people started singing it not knowing what was, And they'll continue singing it forever just because This is the song that never ends, ...repeat

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Hot dogs and pasta salad tonight, but ribeye steaks on the grill for Labor Day tomorrow! Woo hoo! BA, I need to start drinking meal replacement shakes very soon. It's getting quite out of hand. Pointers?

The Westminster Shorter Catechism says that, "Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever." That seems sufficient to give life meaning for me. I hope never to get to that point. I have yet to meet a person I was convinced had 100% perfect understanding of all of God's truths...