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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1445 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined:
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So, in your opinion, is there never any point at which a person could say yes, this is it, this is the truth and I'm staking my life on it?
Curiously, I actually wondered if you would respond to this. Not terribly curious, really. I figured you had me in mind with your "arrogant flatulence" line.
Yes, I am absolutely sure that you cannot ever be absolutely sure . I think I would probably have agreed with you back before I was saved. I don't think I could have imagined any kind of knowledge I'd stake my life on back then.
In Buddhist belief ALL is illusion. The demons they contact in meditation tell them that. Keeps people away from Christ. Edited by Faith, : No reason given. Edited by Faith, : No reason given. Edited by Faith, : Provide reason for edit here.
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ringo Member (Idle past 412 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
RAZD writes:
Chocolate-covered strawberries come after plain strawberries but before cashews.
But you can question further: what about chocolate covered strawberries?
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Phat Member Posts: 18262 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
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Saying, "I don't know," is the same as saying, "Maybe."~ZombieRingo One of the major purposes of debate is to help you hone your arguments. Yours are pretty bad. They can use all the honing they can get.~Ringo
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Jon Inactive Member |
And what is that supposed to show?
Edited by Jon, : No reason given.Love your enemies!
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Phat Member Posts: 18262 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
i just thought is was a good video to share, seeing as how Ringo brought up the hypothetical homeless man that I step over.
Saying, "I don't know," is the same as saying, "Maybe."~ZombieRingo One of the major purposes of debate is to help you hone your arguments. Yours are pretty bad. They can use all the honing they can get.~Ringo
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
... I figured you had me in mind with your "arrogant flatulence" line. If the shoe fits wear it ... but there are others Faith.
The demons they contact in meditation tell them that. Keeps people away from Christ. Are you absolutely sure of that? Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
RAZD writes:
Chocolate-covered strawberries come after plain strawberries but before cashews. But you can question further: what about chocolate covered strawberries? Are we talking chocolate dipped strawberries or fully coated? Are the cashews dipped in chocolate or sprinkled on top of the chocolate coated strawberries? And where does vanilla ice cream fit in all of this ... Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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Jon Inactive Member |
But that wasn't you in the video.
You really do step over homeless men, don't you?Love your enemies!
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NoNukes Inactive Member
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You really do step over homeless men, don't you? It's easy to judge, but quite an endeavor to do much better... Have you ever walked the streets of downtown Washington DC in the pre-dawn hours? If you stopped for every homeless person you encountered on a short walk to those tall buildings on 19th Street from say 10th and L, you'd never get to your destination. You can avoid those homeless people by taking a different route, but that doesn't exactly result in housing a homeless person or feeding a hungry person. I cannot remember ever literally stepping over a homeless man, but I have to admit to falling far short of the instructions in Matthew 25:31-46. Small wonder that dispensationalists simply blow off the whole thing as being strictly for Jews. Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. Galileo Galilei If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass
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ringo Member (Idle past 412 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
I'm not going to watch a video either to try to discern your point.
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ringo Member (Idle past 412 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined:
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RAZD writes:
The higher the chocolate-to strawberry ratio the better (though there may be a practical upper limit).
Are we talking chocolate dipped strawberries or fully coated? Are the cashews dipped in chocolate or sprinkled on top of the chocolate coated strawberries?
I don't like cashews so they're pretty close to the bottom of the list. Chocolate is necessary to my spiritual well-being and strawberries are an enhancement if not an actual necessity. Cashews are neither. However, a complete absence of cashews would not necessarily make the world a better place since my spiritual well-bing is also linked to the well-being of other people, who may like cashews.
And where does vanilla ice cream fit in all of this ...
I considered saying vanilla instead of cashews. It's above cashews but below strawberries.
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Phat Member Posts: 18262 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
Jon writes: I don't just hand money out to every person I encounter who asks for some. You really do step over homeless men, don't you? Perhaps I could be more generous, however.
Everyone can always do more.Saying, "I don't know," is the same as saying, "Maybe."~ZombieRingo One of the major purposes of debate is to help you hone your arguments. Yours are pretty bad. They can use all the honing they can get.~Ringo
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Jon Inactive Member |
So the question, then, is:
What was the purpose of the video?Love your enemies!
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Jon Inactive Member |
I think you missed my point.
Ringo accused Phat of stepping over homeless people. Phat posted a video of some other guy who doesn't step over homeless people. I was challenging Phat to show how someone else's treatment of homeless people has anything to do with his own treatment of them. I know for a fact that Phat actually volunteers his time for others; which is probably more than can be said of a lot of folks on this forum. So I'm not judging Phat based on the amount of help he offers or doesn't offer homeless people. I'm judging him based on his typical irrelevant responses.Love your enemies!
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
The higher the chocolate-to strawberry ratio the better (though there may be a practical upper limit). For me the strawberry content would be best at homeopathic concentrations. I have developed an aversion due to having too much artificial strawberry flavoring forced on me as a child. This also has affected me in the way I see pink.
I don't like cashews so they're pretty close to the bottom of the list. ... Nicely roasted they can enhance a number of dishes (one is an 8-jewel duck where they are one of the jewels), but I don't care much for them raw.
Chocolate is necessary to my spiritual well-being ... Must have vitamin chocolate. But are we talking real chocolate and not the milked down version? Have you gone to the dark side? A small piece resting on your tongue is bliss.
I considered saying vanilla instead of cashews. It's above cashews but below strawberries. Of course it has to be real vanilla bean vanilla ... Enjoy Edited by RAZD, : unicornsby our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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