Tag: wisdom
member name: John Knight
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August 12, 2006 11:02 PM EDT --
(A note on the use of the masculine pronoun in reference to God; I fully concede that God is not exclusively male, nor exclusively singular. But take "poetic" licence.)
It is . . .
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March 09, 2007 10:28 PM EST --
When the "war" began, I was not really against it, not really for it. I was mostly concerned for our "guys", and for the people that would become what is euphemistically called . . .
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September 25, 2006 11:42 AM EDT --
Success on Gather may seem like a daunting challenge to many "newbies". Perhaps your writing skills are not all that strong yet, and maybe your reasoning isn't exactly Einsteinian. . . .
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December 27, 2006 04:47 PM EST --
Infinite is a difficult concept to grasp, and one which leads to much generally good natured contention in discussions of a theological nature. Sometimes people take it almost as a sign . . .
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September 30, 2006 08:30 AM EDT --
There is this "group" see, and they are pretty smart folks. But they are doing something dumb. If I try to tell them this, they will want to hurt me (with words of course). And they are . . .
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October 10, 2006 07:51 PM EDT --
It's quite easy to be a jerk. And it's pretty easy for a jerk to think they aren't. These two things kinda go hand in hand, a match made in hell, you might say. There's a little rhythm . . .
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October 17, 2006 10:17 AM EDT --
There is a phrase folks use a lot that is rather misleading; 'People of faith'.
You see, there is no other kind. Though many like to think their view of reality is based on something solid, that . . .
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October 27, 2006 08:34 AM EDT --
The mind is an investigator. That is why we have a mind.
The mind is for figuring things out. It is extremely good at this, and if we don't misuse it for other purposes, it makes us very intelligent . . .
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January 08, 2007 11:14 PM EST --
There seems to be a bit of confusion about what a person is. Well, actually the problem is better described as confusion about what a person is not . . . I guess.
I often hear persons speak of . . .
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July 24, 2007 09:29 PM EDT --
Ah yes, that silly, but well meaning man . . . so incompetent, so dogmatic, so unintelligent . . . why, he could never become the dictator of America. He’s obviously too stupid, . . .
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October 02, 2006 10:47 PM EDT --
I hate to get mean about politics. It usually isn't necessary or productive, but things have gone too far in this country. We are drifting perilously close to the abyss of fascism, and it's time . . .
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October 23, 2006 12:33 AM EDT --
If God exists he's hiding.
People that can't find God are not looking in the right places.
You won't find God in your imagination, too obvious.
You won't find God in collective consciousness, . . .
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November 19, 2006 08:18 PM EST --
There's a lot of trouble created by having various beliefs being held by various people as "Truth". If we could get rid of all these variations, we could surely act . . .
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November 25, 2006 09:50 PM EST --
It has become clear to me that many people do not grasp the notion of "God". The general concept this notion revolves around is that such a "Being" would have capabilities . . .
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June 18, 2007 08:07 AM EDT --
Money is: Human labor.
It is something people will accept in exchange for their effort, on the assumption that such a something can later be exchanged for the work of other people. If people . . .
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September 03, 2006 08:33 AM EDT --
You are alive. You will die. This much is clear to all. What God is offering in Christ is an alternative in the form of an amendment; to be saved from death, and live forever.
This is . . .
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January 29, 2007 07:54 PM EST --
I think we’re going down. I think we’ve crossed a line, reached a "tipping point", entered a death spiral from which we cannot pull out. Like the cartoon character . . .
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January 31, 2007 09:29 PM EST --
That’s right folks, we’re in a very complex universe. This can be quite frustrating, and it can lead to much mischief, and many difficult decisions, but . . . would you really . . .
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February 09, 2007 08:39 PM EST --
It is clear that a human being cannot be absolutely certain of anything. Regardless of what one may think is true at any given moment, it is conceivable that one is dreaming, drugged, mentally . . .
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February 16, 2007 10:00 AM EST --
If I think of someone doing something cruel or destructive, something happens inside me. I can feel it happening, and I don’t like that feeling. If I think of someone doing something . . .
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