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2009-04-03T22:05:00.000+13:00

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why no unicorn!

2009-04-03T19:47:00.000+13:00

"Illogical and ridiculous" is what the Christian r...

2009-04-03T18:41:00.000+13:00

"Illogical and ridiculous" is what the Christian religion is. It will remain so until some evidence of it's truth is presented and none ever has been.

I heard about a herd of unicorns for sale, any buyers?

nothing new under the sun

2009-04-03T15:26:00.000+13:00

nothing new under the sun

Who could possibly be revulsed by the thought of J...

2009-04-03T09:06:00.000+13:00

Who could possibly be revulsed by the thought of Jesus returning to earth and straightening everything out? I don't believe that is the predominant problem most ex-COGlodytes have with the apocalypse.

The problem we do have is with the group of people who leveraged us to their horrible agenda using end-time scenarios, and even made it appear as if they were actually the group on earth who controlled it! We honestly believed that Jesus, when He returned, would be implimenting the world view, government, and philosophies of Herbert W. Armstrong! Gag!!!! Imagining such to be true has turned many off towards any possible relationship with God.

Rehabilitation is a long, laborious process. Part of that, for me, has been the realization that the apocalypse has nothing to do with WCG, the splinters, Petra, or whether or not some psycho megalomaniac has disfellowshipped a person. The "end" is something which may or may not happen in our lifetimes, and whenever it happens, it will be the beginning of the restitution of all things. Whether protection comes in the form of a rapture, an other place of safety, or simply our needs being taken care of wherever we happen to be, it's all in the hands of a loving God, and there is no need for anxiety over it.

Man uses anxiety for exploitative purposes. It's not God's will for us to be always on edge with anxious thought, but at the same time there is balance. We are also to be good stewards of the earth and all that is subject to our individual actions. People who love God do not just throw their hands in the air, give up, and leave a bigger mess for God to clean up. That is a fable, created by non-believers, to make our position appear to be illogical and ridiculous.

BB

[I missed some typos in my original post. Here is...

2009-04-03T08:12:00.000+13:00

[I missed some typos in my original post. Here is another try]

Well said Gavin.

It is amazing that people who have probably never read a peer-reviewed science journal article in their life somehow think they know more than hundreds of climate change scientists who have spent their lifetime studying the subject. And they think that wacky websites like junkscience.com actually have something to do with science.

And they perpetuate myths like the one that science talked about "coming ice age" in the 70s without even bothering to check if there is any truth to this story.

It is also ironic that people who believe in religious apocalypse don't accept human-induced ecological collapse. After all, the prediction of religious apocalypse has a 100% failure rate. However, history is replete with examples of human caused ecological collapse (Easter Island, Mayan Peninsula, Sumerian, North Africa, etc).

"It is amazing that people who have probably never...

2009-04-03T03:23:00.000+13:00

"It is amazing that people who have probably never read a peer-reviewed science journal article in their life somehow think they know more than hundreds of climate change scientists who have spent their lifetime studying the subject."

Or the thousands of scientists who study evolution. Well, as people who believe in imaginary beings (and this belief is dependent upon a rejection of reason, logic, and evidence) they really aren't interested in evidence that refutes their viewpoint.

The Apostate Paul

Well said Gavin.It is amazing that people who have...

2009-04-02T07:15:00.000+13:00

Well said Gavin.

It is amazing that people who have probably never read a peer-reviewed science journal article in their life somehow think they know more than hundreds of climate change scientists who have spent their lifetime studying the subject. And they think that wacky websites like junkscience.com actually have something to do with science.

And the perpetuate myths like the one that science talk a "coming ice age" in the 70s without even bothering to check if there is any truth to this story.

It is also ironic that people who believe in religious apocalypse don't accept human-induced ecological collapse. After all, the prediction of religious apocalypse has a 100% failure rate. However, history is replete with examples of human caused ecological collapse (Easter Island, Mayan Peninsula, Sumerian, North Africa, etc).

In the Northwest we were told the spotted owl was ...

2009-04-02T06:08:00.000+13:00

In the Northwest we were told the spotted owl was becoming extinct and we had to set aside a lot of forest (never mind during this time of controversy they found a young female spotted owl thriving in downtown Everett...they had to capture the delusional bird and transport her to her "real" habitat.) I still have the newspaper clipping. This of course put many loggers and other forest workers out of work and devastated many rural communities. Then years later in a small article in the back of the newspaper I happened to catch the real reason for the declining spotted owl population...the barn owl was taking over the spotted owls habitat and displacing the spotted owl.
Then we were warned about the Chinook salmon and how our dams were destroying the salmon population. Never mind the native Indians could virtually block the rivers with nets...they had their rights!! The home builders came up with a video from an Elk hunter showing Fish and Game biologist (dedicated environmentalist) clubbing the salmon before they could spawn. The environmentalist and so called "scientist" almost had the government convinced to tear out many of the dams but an unfortunate thing happened...they had the biggest run of Chinook salmon in 50 years. The following year they experienced the 2nd biggest run of Chinook salmon in the 50 year time frame. No apologies, no explanations, no "sorry we lied" to you again!! Just deafening silence from the environmentalist and "scientist." Never mind the hardship these "elites" imposed on hard working citizens. These "scientist and elites" mostly have government jobs...paid for by the very people they tried to devastate with their propaganda. Even some died because of their fanaticism. In the late 90's three fire fighters died in a forest fire because the tanker planes could not get water from a near by source without permission, which came to late. The reason? it might harm the bull trout population. This was reported initially then suddenly it was buried and not mentioned again. Apparently some did not want this "inconvenient truth" to get out.
So now we hear of the devastation we are about to experience with global warming. Remember the 70" when we were told to "prepare for the coming ice age." It is about power and money. Be careful of the cool aid in your glass.

Gavin,We are not allowed to raise our horn on high...

2009-04-01T11:46:00.000+13:00

Gavin,

We are not allowed to raise our horn on high of which El Papa cannot conceive.

Instead,brazen strumpets peddle their wares a-broad.

Cheers,

Jorgheinz

Mr. Lax,I think the Incredible Hulk would prefer t...

2009-04-01T05:59:00.000+13:00

Mr. Lax,

I think the Incredible Hulk would prefer the tofu and bofu, colored green for Saint Patty's Day(or even purple for Saint Teddy's day), over seitan.

I ate some turkey-shaped seitan one Thanksgiving day, and I'd have rather had tofu, no matter the color.

~Mr. Mel

"Global warming is: JunkScience.com"Hmmm...the res...

2009-04-01T05:10:00.000+13:00

"Global warming is:
JunkScience.com"

Hmmm...the respectable libertarian think tank, the Cato Institute, when really looking into Steve Milloy and the junkscience website, removed the junkscience.com link from their website, and stopped any association with junkscience.com. I'm just saying...

Environmentalist radicals are:1. Deceptive. The Gr...

2009-03-31T16:40:00.000+13:00

Environmentalist radicals are:

1. Deceptive. The Greens present one face in public which states that the Green agenda would not effect the prosperity of the country and the world. In their small true believer journals the Greens speak differently. There the green agenda means great changes in the society and reduced living standards.

2. Against all energy production. The Greens are not only opposed to the use of hydrocarbon fuels because of the global warming hoax. The Greens also fight nuclear power and hydroelectric dams. And the Greens often times oppose renewable energy. Thus the Greens are against energy production, the engine of prosperity and well being.

3. Anti-Science. The Greens work to ignore and silence scientific facts that refute their arguments. They consistently try to label opposing scientists as energy company stooges whose arguments should be ignored. Moreover the Greens often propound false science such as th hockey stick graph of the temperture of the earth.

4. Rerpressive. The Greens want to reduce the mobility and living standards of Americans. Moreover many Greens oppose political freedom and try to replace freedom of speech with censurship.

5. Hypocritical. The Greens often preach consumer frugality. However Green leaders such as Al Gore live in luxury and try to make millions of dollars from carbon rationing schemes.

6. Lust for power. Greens want to control the life of everyone in America and on the planet.

7. Work for a state religion. Greens want to make their misanthropic earth worship (sometimes called Gaia worship) the official religion of the state. They propound their dementoid faith in public schools and other public places. Thus Greens violate the separation between church and state.

Global warming is:
JunkScience.com

Mark, as a fellow connoiseur of the curd, you prob...

2009-03-31T01:35:00.000+13:00

Mark, as a fellow connoiseur of the curd, you probably understood the carbon tax reference.

For the uninitiated, a byproduct of the digestion of tofu is a popular greenhouse gas. Amongst the in-depth analyses that pepper the online Trumpet was a story about a proposed belch tax for burping sheep.

Gavin,The Pope bans the use of condoms but he has ...

2009-03-30T18:17:00.000+13:00

Gavin,

The Pope bans the use of condoms but he has overlooked one natural method of contraception.

Psa 75:5 (first part),is, I believe,the relevant reference.

Cheers,

Jorgheinz

Only 88 countries dimmed non essential lights. Big...

2009-03-30T16:42:00.000+13:00

Only 88 countries dimmed non essential lights.

Big deal.

I do that all the time.

So all you out there who participated full by turning all were in the dark.

Anonymous said... I wonder if crime increased duri...

2009-03-30T16:34:00.000+13:00

Anonymous said...
I wonder if crime increased during this lights out event. Crime usually does when we have the occassional blackout or brownout in the major US cities. But really, who on the left really cares about that anyway?

I thought you said the criminals were the left. There are no criminals on the right . . . right?

What a strange and comical thing to say Jim Bob, or John Dale or whoever you are. Maybe we should call you Tommy Dale?

Anyway, Tommy Dale, don't you get it? the lights out thing is only symbolic of persons who actually "care" about the Earth, which is nothing for you to worry about.

"I'm about to eat a re-heated dish of tofu cubes, ...

2009-03-30T16:33:00.000+13:00

"I'm about to eat a re-heated dish of tofu cubes, so I hope the carbon tax collector isn't around."

I knew there was tofu involved!

I love tofu. *Sigh*

As it should turn out, there was no crime wave in Chicago or anywhere as a result of the Earth Hour. I attribute this to two factors:

1. Criminals do not read. They don't read newspapers. They don't read the internet. They do not visit coffee houses where or any other place (bookstores) where Earth Hour posters could be found. Moreover...

2. If they did chance to invade the home of someone out celebrating Earth Day, chances are all they would have found is Tofu.

Mark Lax

I wonder if crime increased during this lights out...

2009-03-30T12:04:00.000+13:00

I wonder if crime increased during this lights out event. Crime usually does when we have the occassional blackout or brownout in the major US cities. But really, who on the left really cares about that anyway?

"Earth Hour in Chicago saved enough power to plant...

2009-03-30T12:01:00.000+13:00

"Earth Hour in Chicago saved enough power to plant 64 acres of trees. I’m not sure exactly how that conversion works or what the real equivalent is, but that’s what the radio said."

So why not just plant 4 acres of trees with the money saved for one hour?

Neo said "Irresponsibility towards the environment...

2009-03-30T11:58:00.000+13:00

Neo said "Irresponsibility towards the environment and towards ones fellow man was an attribute of Armsrongism. But it extends beyond Armstrongism and into Evangelicalism. I was apalled to learn that George W. Bush's evangelical advisors told him to he could abuse the environment as much as he wanted because Christ would return and fix everything.
"

Neo, your comments above although accurate seem to leave out that much of the third world who are other than evanjellyheads are someo of the worst polluters and least held accountable in the world.

I'm convinced that we're created beings. That's a...

2009-03-30T11:51:00.000+13:00

I'm convinced that we're created beings. That's a big pill to swallow -- but if the Creator is to be trusted as a guide, then we have to be free to make our own choices. He makes His own decisions based on wisdom, and if we're to be in His image, we must learn to do the same.

If we choose to let others push us around "in God's name," we're running a serious risk of rejecting the Creator's intent. The force of everyday life should prove that God intends to stay in the background, at least for now, being absolutely committed to His own prime directive. We must be free to choose because that freedom is necessary to this stage of creation.

When men of misguided intent create their own authoritarian paradigms in God's name, and created beings accept the ruse, then they have abandoned their responsibility to use Creation as a resource for plotting their own courses. This kind of thing happens in both Christian and Jewish authoritarian cults, perhaps others too, and might be seriously detrimental to the development of our autonomy. It happened in the Garden of Eden too. How can a child of God grow when another created being is making his or her choices, or carefully persuading his followers away from wisdom?

Doesn't abandoning personal responsibility frustrate the Creator's intent? The whole of Torah exists to guide, strengthen and protect individuals under God. Israel's kings, priests and judges existed for the same reasons. When they got bigger than their britches, the whole nation foundered.

Statements like "three to five years, and maybe even fifteen," have been RCM's swan song for at least the past 50 years. But at this point they are true, not because Meredith is a prophet, but because his effective life-expectancy more than likely falls within his projection. He's been wrong about "the end" in the past, but that won't go on forever. Like all of us, his days are numbered.

Perhaps it is necessary for some to experience the usurpation of God's place by holy rogues, in order to learn that individuals in God's image must learn to accept more responsibility themselves.

Corky,Anonymous, better known as Tom Mahon, doesn'...

2009-03-30T11:08:00.000+13:00

Corky,
Anonymous, better known as Tom Mahon, doesn't know how to spell. that is why you couldn't find umbridge. The correct spelling is umbrage and here is the definition:
3. The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as
standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury
or wrong; offense; resentment.
[1913 Webster]

Now that you know what Anon was talking about, doesn't that sound like something TM would say? :-)

Note to Larry:Good suggestion, but I don't think t...

2009-03-30T07:05:00.000+13:00

Note to Larry:

Good suggestion, but I don't think the program has that ability; I'll check it out.

Note to Tom Mahon:

Go away!

Anon 3:58:I wish I could take you to church with m...

2009-03-30T06:36:00.000+13:00

Anon 3:58:

I wish I could take you to church with me this morning, so you could hear the awesome rock n roll praise music played to get us all in the proper mood of worship just prior to the pastor's message!

Beats the Purple Joy Killer any day of the week!

BB