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  1. beenherebeforeagain

    The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

    Okay...ready to destroy...ummmm...how about a nice bite to eat first...and then a trip to the litterbox...OHHHH! catnip mouse!!!!....snooze....
  2. beenherebeforeagain

    The last post is the WINNER!

    We're finding out tonight if the new roof and gutters can handle a bunch of rain...
  3. beenherebeforeagain

    The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

    Although....now to think about it....it does sound like a lot of effort...maybe I'll just go on a tear chasing my catnip mouse...hummmm....or maybe take a nice nap....
  4. beenherebeforeagain

    Was there ever even the slightest chance of failure?

    My point is that, according to the story, HE COULD NOT HAVE FAILED. Oh, yes, it's so wonderful that he sacrificed himself for us...even though all he gave up was a few days, and he didn't even really lose them...because he was able to go preach to the dead and was back in time to be raised by...
  5. beenherebeforeagain

    Was there ever even the slightest chance of failure?

    Certainly it's a story. That's my point. As a story, it involves a sacrifice by a perfect being who stood absolutely no chance of failing to endure the torture and arise refreshed from the grave. Not much of a sacrifice... TO ME: the sacrifice only makes any kind of sense if there was a real...
  6. beenherebeforeagain

    Was there ever even the slightest chance of failure?

    So, HE COULDN'T HAVE FAILED BY DYING AND NOT RISING AGAIN, could he? There was absolutely NO CHANCE that he would have failed...and whether that's literal or metaphorical, the story is of The Son of God (Trinitarians certainly seem to think he was divine, as do many others) was a sacrifice that...
  7. beenherebeforeagain

    The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

    Singglefirt!
  8. beenherebeforeagain

    Was there ever even the slightest chance of failure?

    Okay, so it wasn't a literal sacrifice... So, even metaphorically, there was no chance of failure, right? It's all about US HUMANS FAILING and a deity that was not really offering themselves up (even in a figurative manner) in a situation where HE COULD CONCEIVABLY HAVE FAILED ON HIS PART. And...
  9. beenherebeforeagain

    Was there ever even the slightest chance of failure?

    I suppose if he had made any of those other choices, he wouldn't have succeeded, and there wouldn't be a religion established around him...God would have had to try with someone else...
  10. beenherebeforeagain

    Was there ever even the slightest chance of failure?

    But as we read through the versions in Mark, Matthew, Luke and finally John, he appears to be less and less troubled, and in John he's in full control through the entire process, as if he can't fail...
  11. beenherebeforeagain

    Was there ever even the slightest chance of failure?

    How so?
  12. beenherebeforeagain

    Was there ever even the slightest chance of failure?

    The recent thread on how much you disbelieve in God thread touched off a line of thought in me... It's interesting to me that this line of thought was actually one of the first things I realized after my born-again experience, which occurred while I was 12. It has been present in my thinking...
  13. beenherebeforeagain

    Going to meet more family for the first time...

    Glad your ancestry explorations are positive and bringing you joy! I've been working on our (immediate family and associated significant others and spouses) genealogy. Finding where the roots go back to, and where the other branches have shot off to, is simply amazing to me. It's also amazing...
  14. beenherebeforeagain

    What's For Dinner?

    Did they minimize the number of visits? They may have been intended to do so...
  15. beenherebeforeagain

    The last post is the WINNER!

    Say it ain't so!:eek: :eek::eek:
  16. beenherebeforeagain

    The last post is the WINNER!

    pretty sure it's lack of imagination and/or budget on the part of those creating the images...
  17. beenherebeforeagain

    The last post is the WINNER!

    "starting to"?????
  18. beenherebeforeagain

    The last post is the WINNER!

    Unlike Steven Wright, when I turn the key it doesn't start...and I certainly can't take it for a drive around the block...
  19. beenherebeforeagain

    The last post is the WINNER!

    The house doesn't drive very well...
  20. beenherebeforeagain

    The last post is the WINNER!

    I've been drinking all afternoon (after and ice tea with lunch, it's been water straight out of a glass...)
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