Cassi,
PLEASE tell the story is 100% true. WOOOHOOOO!
Not for nothing, but if you hand a sardine from a hook inside a light switch on the wall...it takes ages to find the source of the smell....never mind.
Yerusalyim
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?Sweet Revenge?
by Cassiline injust out of the jws i had a town house i rented.
i was moving into another home and the landlord was scum.
when i moved he charged me for every little thing which was already broken or malfunctioning when i moved in and also charged me for hairline cracks in a 50 year old porcine bathtubs and sinks ( which already existed prior to my move in) the list goes on and on.
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What's the closest you've ever been to death? ever think "this is it?"
by doodle-v inhave you had any close calls?
what's the closest you've ever been to kissing it good-bye?
did your outlook on life change because of it?
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Yerusalyim
I wasn't even awake for the two closest, once in surgery...once at 17 from alcohol poisoning (quit breathing both times).
I've had guns pointed at me...wrecks...bombs blowing up over head...unprotected sex with strangers
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Would you run with the Bulls in Pampalona...
by Confucious inthey are doing it again in spain.
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one day i will.
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Yerusalyim
Nope, I don't forsee myself doing any such thing...notice in the article's picture, even though they're in Spain, the large print is in English...I hate it when the crowd plays to the press like that...It's an issue of the Spanish Government...leave the US and UK out of it.
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Was Jesus the first creation of God ?
by enquirer ini am discussing this subject with a friend who believes this and who uses the passage in col 1 vs.15-17 as 'proof'.
he also uses john 8 v 58. it is of course a question of greek interpretation.
is there anyone out there who is a reliable greek scholar who could verify what these verses really say?
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Yerusalyim
This article sums up what I've been taught...not there is a BIG difference between FIRST CREATED and FIRST BORN of creation. Had Jesus been the first created thing the greek would more properly read protoktizo not prototokos.
The First-Born of Creation
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; because by means of him all [other] things were created in the heavens and upon the earth, the things visible and the things invisible, no matter whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All [other] things have been created through him and for him. Also, he is before all [other] things and by means of him all [other] things were made to exists." (Col. 1:15-17, The New World Translation).
Please note that this passage does not say Jesus was the "first created," but that He was the "first-born." The Bible doesn't use the Greek word for "first created (protoktizo), but firstborn (prototokos) of all creation.
The word "firstborn" refers to a position of pre-eminence rather than a time of birth. Rights and privileges were usually bestowed upon the child who was born first, but those rights did not always go to him. Manasseh was the first one born, but Jacob (Israel) blessed Ephraim instead of Manasseh and gave him the position of first-born (Gen. 48:13-22). In Jeremiah 31:9, God declares Ephraim to be His first-born, even though Manasseh was born first.
The same is true with Jacob and Esau. Although Esau was the first one born, Jacob (whose name was change to Israel) received his brother's birthright and his father's blessing and became the first-born. The nation of Israel was named after him, and the Lord calls Israel His first-born (Ex. 4:22). Here again, first-born refers to rank and privilege. It means first in importance, not first in time. The nation of Israel was not the first-born of a woman and not even the first nation to exist. But God called it the first-born among all the nations. In the same way, Jesus is the first-born of all creation.
The "first-born of the poor" (Isa. 14:30) means "the poorest of the poor." The "first-born of death" (Job 18:13) means Job's disease was the most terrible of diseases. The "first-born" of the kings means the highest of the kings of the earth (Ps. 89:27). David (v.20) was the last one born in his family, but was called the firstborn. The "first-born of the dead" (Col. 1:18, Rev. 1:5) means that Jesus is pre-eminent over death.
The New World Translation adds the word "other" four times, which is not in the Greek. They add to Scripture to make it look like Jesus was the first-created thing among God's creation. According to Jehovah's Witnesses, God created Jesus and then Jesus created all other things. This mistranslation of Col. 1:16-17 presents a problem for the Jehovah's Witnesses. Isaiah 44:24 says, "Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, 'I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, stretching out the heavens by Myself, and spreading out the earth all alone'". How is it possible for the LORD (Jehovah) to stretch out the heavens alone and yet Jesus, "the first created thing," be the one who did it? They can't both be true. Jesus is not the created, but the Creator (John 1:3,10, Heb. 1:10, Col. 1:16).
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Help - she's turning him into a 4yr old Borg!
by Ray Skyhorse inmy ex and i share joint custody of our 4 year old boy.
we share physical custody of him every other day.
lately, he has been regurgitating jw doctrine to me about about death, paradise and jehovah.
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Yerusalyim
If ya don't have something to offer...another point of view...and offer it...he'll go the way of the borg.
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Double Death
by Yerusalyim insome of you will recall i posted about my step son's grand father dying over the weekend...and barry coming up here anyhow...barry went home tuesday morning...only to find out his grandmother had died tuesday.
the memorial service for both grandparents is tomorrow, the internment (no funeral) is saturday.
that no funeral thing is wierd.
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Yerusalyim
Thanks all...I'm not a bit suprised they died so close together...her only function in life was taking care of him...romantic in some ways I guess...but if you got to know the guy...really just sad.
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Double Death
by Yerusalyim insome of you will recall i posted about my step son's grand father dying over the weekend...and barry coming up here anyhow...barry went home tuesday morning...only to find out his grandmother had died tuesday.
the memorial service for both grandparents is tomorrow, the internment (no funeral) is saturday.
that no funeral thing is wierd.
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Yerusalyim
Thanks Valis, not my parents though, they are the wife's ex husbands parents. I'd met them both...liked her, but not him...seems EVERYONE feels that way. My step son Sean was close to both...when he found out...he went back to video games...didn't even ask about going home for the funeral...his choice.
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Oops, is that WMD we just Found in Iraq????????
by Leolaia inhttp://www.reuters.com/newsarticle.jhtml?type=topnews&storyid=5166415
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Yerusalyim
I left a WMD in the bathroom this morning.
To answer your question...no...I don't.
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Double Death
by Yerusalyim insome of you will recall i posted about my step son's grand father dying over the weekend...and barry coming up here anyhow...barry went home tuesday morning...only to find out his grandmother had died tuesday.
the memorial service for both grandparents is tomorrow, the internment (no funeral) is saturday.
that no funeral thing is wierd.
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Yerusalyim
Some of you will recall I posted about my step son's grand father dying over the weekend...and Barry coming up here anyhow...Barry went home Tuesday morning...only to find out his grandmother had died Tuesday. The memorial service for both grandparents is Tomorrow, the internment (no funeral) is Saturday. That no funeral thing is wierd.
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Spider-Man 2 Conspires to Silence Michael Moore
by Elsewhere inall i have to say is: rotflmao... the man is insane
http://www.scrappleface.com/mt/archives/001747.html
spider-man 2 conspires to silence michael moore .
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Yerusalyim
Good for you Elsewhere.