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Chiroptera
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Message 20 of 45 (356699)
10-15-2006 3:06 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by nyenye
10-14-2006 7:31 PM

You'll probably gloat.
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According to Jesus, there is a balcony in Heaven overlooking Hell where the saved get to point at and mock the roasting sinners.
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"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." -- George Bernard Shaw
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Chiroptera
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Message 22 of 45 (356710)
10-15-2006 3:31 PM 		Reply to: Message 21 by iano
10-15-2006 3:19 PM

Start at verse 19.
I understand, iano; many people find lengthy Biblical passages boring.
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"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." -- George Bernard Shaw
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Message 24 of 45 (356713)
10-15-2006 3:44 PM 		Reply to: Message 23 by iano
10-15-2006 3:42 PM

Re: Start at verse 19.
If you have to explain a joke, then it probably wasn't funny to begin with.
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"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." -- George Bernard Shaw
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Message 26 of 45 (356719)
10-15-2006 4:03 PM 		Reply to: Message 25 by iano
10-15-2006 3:50 PM

Re: Start at verse 19.
That may be true. But when you read the bumber stickers on the cars around here, you certainly get the impression that what some Christians feel is a sense of smug superiority, and a satisfaction that those losers who don't see the light are finally gonna get theirs.
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"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." -- George Bernard Shaw
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