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Jan 26, 2010 - 2:18 PM
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Hard to believe that 7 years ago today, we were just taking little baby TWeb home from the hospital. They grow up far too quickly!
Thanks to everyone that has made TWeb such a resounding success. Unfortunately, the last six months have been a very tumultuous time for the personal lives of many of us on staff, and we had many great plans for a great celebration for today that just could not be completed in time.
So, today is going to be a little simpler. I for one... [Read More]
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Feb 08, 2010 - 12:20 AM
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This was my final presentation for English 1 at Ventura Community College. We were asked to pick a topic that we were passionate about. I picked something that I was unfamiliar with; but which is something that was nagging at my subconscious at the time (2008.) The most disturbing thing about my oral presentation is that as impassioned as I had become about it, speaking with conviction, scarcely an eye batted at the content. Have we become comfortably numb?
"Godless"
The United States is going to Hades in a handbasket. Moral subjectivism is the vile and malignant cancer that is corrupting this generation, or more aptly degeneration. The idea is akin to the theory of relativity, in that people who subscribe to it believe that people should decide what is right or wrong for themselves. People think that they can do whatever they want, whenever they want, to whomever they want and nothing will happen to them. They are convinced that they are immune to consequences, but they are sorely mistaken. The consequences are inflicted upon them as well as everyone they encounter. Moral subjectivism is a viral contagion that is spreading throughout America like influenza, threatening the well-being of every citizen.
To make an analogy, the problem can be likened to a game played by teams from all over the world. The game is football, only in the United States is it called soccer. In this instance the match is played by ten different teams on one field, but each team observes a different set of rules. Some of the teams' play is punctuated by the use of excessive force and they don't recognize the fouls that other of the teams allege; as a matter of fact they don't even understand the languages of their disgruntled opponents. Team members get badly hurt, one or two sustain injuries that cripple them for a lifetime. All the while the game is officiated by a deaf mute referee who doesn't have arms nor a whistle; the linesmen are drunk in the bleachers and flirting with soccer moms. As long as every player gets paid, "Who cares?" describes the mentality. This is a definitive picture of a world without moral standards.
Men in the United States have become despicably perverted. Most men in the United States wouldn't hesitate to rape a woman if they knew that there would be no chance of getting caught. In one study of 2,972 men it was found that,... [Read More]
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Posted: Yesterday
10:43 AM
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I get tired of hearing the terminology about a personal relationship also and I love the way Princesa put it. We need to elevate the way we relate to God to a higher level than our current relationships. We don't need to bring him down to that level. Well said Princesa. Your mother was very wise.
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Posted: Yesterday
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I really like this analogy. Thanks!
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Posted: February 5th 2010
02:39 PM
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And first hint: not because they are untrue.
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Posted: February 1st 2010
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:hehe:
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Posted: February 5th 2010
07:58 PM
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The old lady's got a point.
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I am starting this thread to counter the old out-card that is taught in Apologetics 101 wherein the number one argument against Biblical contradictions is to say that it was quoted "out of context." The pointing out of a few preposterous and unbelievable passages from the so-called "Revealed Word of God" will eleminate such inane assertions! However, i am sure that there will still be some who will continue to use such feckless "refutations.":pray:
Now, let us begin with the absurd notion...
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Posted: Today
11:20 AM
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If you truly believe you have a personal relationship with Jesus that makes meaningful use of verbal communication (such as when you pray), then why don't you talk to Jesus while you also have a conversation with other physical people, say, at work? Or at the supermarket?
Example: you are in line at the supermarket, your friend is behind you.
Friend: "Hey Bill, thirsty, i see?"
You: "yeah, we all like bottled water pretty much, and we were running low, so..."
You: (looking away) "Lord...
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Posted: Today
11:16 AM
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Posted: Today
11:15 AM
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An article in the latest (FEB 2010) Scientific American suggested this thread to me.
First, a quick background for those of you that don't know the history behind this ...
A number of years ago I expressed my position regarding the natural formation of stars.
Since then my position has been ridiculed countless times primarily via distortions and
misrepresentations of what I actually stated and believe.
In a condensed nutshell, my position is summarized in the following five statements...
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Posted: Today
11:14 AM
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Now everyone who has studied their Bibles, knows that the idea of The Devil and Jesus playing chess for our souls is silly. (Remember Chris De Burgh's song) Also we are pretty sure that though the Devil has POWER, it is not EQUAL to that of God's POWER, but the Devil is certainly not a push over, and has a well structured army. For it is St Paul in the book of Ephesians who instructs about ARMOUR, and weapons to war. But does the DEVIL have enough POWER to keep an unbeliever blinded ? Is...
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Posted: Today
11:10 AM
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Skeptics: Which aspects of the Gospels do you consider to be historically established?
Christians: Which aspects of the Gospels do you think are established by secular history?
Let's find out if we can define a solid overlap zone. I'm excluding Jesus Mythers by threadstarter fiat. I'll start:
* Apocalyptic preaching career
* Executed by the local Roman government
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Posted: Today
11:09 AM
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What do you all think about abortion? What right do people have to prevent a woman from killing her unborn child? Does an unborn child have a right not to be killed?
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Posted: Today
11:09 AM
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I figured I would just keep one thread for sewing. I bought some new patterns - and cut out all the tissue tonight - ugh -
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Posted: Today
11:06 AM
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I don't think we can do the topic justice by focusing narrowly on one single definition that satisfies all aspects of "What is Faith."
Here is ONE to start with from the LDS perspective:
The Apostle Paul taught that "faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1). Alma made a similar statement: "If ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true" (Alma 32:21). Faith is a principle of action and power. Whenever we work toward a...
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Posted: Today
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I promised to start a threat about the Early Church Fathers, and I thought I would start with this interesting thing that I found just today.
It is a book review of "Clement of Alexandria and a Secret Gospel of Mark. By Morton Smith. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1973"
The review is copywrited material. But here is the link.
According to this letter from Clement (most scholars seem to agree as to the validity of this fragment, that it is not a forgery), there is evidence that there...
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