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More proof that Islam is NOT monolithic. — DFM, Sun May 19 11:07am

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A Very Positive Story About a Teenager. — DFM, Sun May 19 7:29am

update on MOTU — trish, Sun May 19 5:18am

Walla there it is; Pat Robertson: If a Man Cheats It’s Not — Διός , Sat May 18 9:24pm

Well Zeus, that's like — Robert, Sun May 19 12:33pm

Bush policy seen only dangerous under Obama? — Christopher Blackwell , Sat May 18 4:07pm

The President Is Commander-In-Chief of Armed Forces. (nm) — DFM, Sun May 19 11:09am
Chris don't you remember that the people in the congress — Διός , Sat May 18 10:31pm

Ken, what happened to my post? (nm) — Quantafyre, Sat May 18 1:03pm

Try clicking reload, or the "view by date" button. — Ken C., Sat May 18 3:01pm
- Got it. Thanks. (nm) — Quantafyre, Sat May 18 4:14pm

Topless Women in Public Not Breaking the Law — Christopher Blackwell , Sat May 18 9:51am

Heheh! — Truthteller, Sat May 18 12:17pm
Then logic tells us that men should be allowed to run around — Paul, Sat May 18 11:49am
- Your response demonstrates a lack of understanding — Quantafyre, Sat May 18 12:57pm
- - Sorry Paul, this isn't supposed to be here. Please ignore. (nm) — Quantafyre, Sat May 18 1:04pm

With the current (and seemingly endless) interest — Quantafyre, Fri May 17 11:51pm

Very well done. — wondering, Sat May 18 6:58am

Curious case at Fort Knox — Christopher Blackwell , Fri May 17 4:54pm

Going on to Defense Department bases without permission — DFM, Sun May 19 11:11am
Good stuff Sherlock Holmes the Nun and the Two wise old men. — Διός , Fri May 17 6:46pm
- "...with itself." — Paul, Fri May 17 6:52pm

Israel’s manhandling of worshipers at Holy Sepulche — Christopher Blackwell , Thu May 16 3:52pm

I'm not stressing out over it.... — Sprout, Fri May 17 10:12am
- It is not the security, — Anonymous, Fri May 17 5:00pm
- - Anonymous is me. (nm) — Christopher Blackwell , Fri May 17 5:02pm
Yep they're buzy making living hard for non jews. — Διός , Fri May 17 1:03am

Can good exist without bad? — Ken C., Thu May 16 1:12am

Darwin figured it all out in 1859. — DFM, Sun May 19 7:46am
It depends on point of view (POV) — Paul, Thu May 16 11:37pm
Most observations have mirror images... — Jackson, Thu May 16 7:15pm
The ”good”... — Gthestranger, Thu May 16 6:19pm
No....IMO the two only exist in relation to the other... — Sprout, Thu May 16 5:43am
- One of my children... — wondering, Sat May 18 9:06am
Yes. And the result would be... — A.J., Thu May 16 5:01am

How do liberals & conservatives feel about balanced budgets? — Ken C., Thu May 16 12:45am

Neither Party Gives a Damn. — DFM, Sun May 19 7:47am
If Congress is any example ... — OldCM, Fri May 17 2:33pm
- Both sides are full of malarkey. — DFM, Sun May 19 11:20am
The states have Constitutional requirements... — Jackson, Thu May 16 7:27pm
The decision to use credit... — Gthestranger, Thu May 16 7:17pm
Just about every State has a Balanced Budget provision. — SES, Thu May 16 5:50am
- There really is no reason that the federal gov't — Sprout, Thu May 16 8:30am
- - Every State has them, and most enforce them, and yet... — SES, Thu May 16 8:38am
  - - The challenge on enforcement boils down to the — Sprout, Thu May 16 8:53am
- Oh, I think California does have a Balanced Budget Act. — Ken C., Thu May 16 8:14am
- - Especially in a state where — Sprout, Thu May 16 8:27am
  - - That goes DOUBLE for the current idiot governor, Brown. (nm) — DFM, Sun May 19 9:31am
How about #4.... — Sprout, Thu May 16 5:45am
A aim to balance the budget when times are good — Διός, Thu May 16 1:04am
- And I prefer to keep the budget balanced in — Sprout, Thu May 16 5:48am
- - Some stimulus plans also seemed like vote buying schemes — Ken C., Thu May 16 8:55am
  - - Arguably all of them are.... — Sprout, Thu May 16 9:13am
    - - The lie was and is... — Robert, Sat May 18 5:02pm

I tested myself with God a while back now and simply asked — Διός, Wed May 15 11:21pm

So, you pray to God, yet deny it's existence... — Jackson, Thu May 16 7:36pm
- Pray are you out of you mind, no I told him! — Διός, Thu May 16 8:48pm
- - Re: Pray are you out of you mind, no I told him! — yome, Fri May 17 11:07am
  - - Your version of god seems a version of a bad tempered — Διός, Fri May 17 6:10pm
  - You neglected the time factor — Paul, Fri May 17 8:32am
  - - I should have known that I’m faster than God. — Διός, Fri May 17 6:04pm

You just have to give it to Ariel Castro he is persistent — Διός, Wed May 15 4:17pm

SES - None that you can think of — BK, Wed May 15 6:59am

My issue is with people who claim that... — SES, Wed May 15 11:27am
- Where is the inconsistency? — BK, Wed May 15 2:43pm
- - Here's the inconsitency. — SES, Thu May 16 5:59am
  - - Next time — BK, Thu May 16 6:45am
    - - Which brings us full circle. — SES, Thu May 16 7:04am
      - Yup - big circle — BK, Thu May 16 6:41pm
        
        When it takes a decade, and the intervention of — Sprout, Fri May 17 7:19am
        
        And there's ANOTHER thing I hate. — SES, Fri May 17 11:12am
        
        The one that the most blatantly hypocritical is — Sprout, Fri May 17 12:33pm
        
        Again, "miracles" aren't as impressive as they once were. — SES, Fri May 17 1:34pm
        
        Amazing. — SES, Fri May 17 5:54am
        
        And once again, God gets — Moishe, Fri May 17 7:46am
        
        Miracles are pretty pathetic these days... — Sprout, Thu May 16 7:41am
- Indeed.... it is internally inconsistant to — Sprout, Wed May 15 11:59am
- - Who said — BK, Wed May 15 2:43pm
  - - Because if they DID hold him responsible for both... — Sprout, Thu May 16 5:50am
    - - How do you know that? — BK, Thu May 16 6:40am
      - I grasp the "Christian" point of view... — Sprout, Thu May 16 7:38am
        
        Looking from the outside — BK, Thu May 16 7:00pm
        
        I grasp the concepts presented... — Sprout, Fri May 17 7:18am
      - There was nothing miraculous in the girls' escape. — SES, Thu May 16 6:06am
  - I had another thought. — SES, Wed May 15 12:36pm
  - - It's the theology of "God can't lose" — Moishe, Thu May 16 8:33am
    - Over the years BK has been involved — Gateway, Wed May 15 1:13pm
    - I grasp the idea... — Sprout, Wed May 15 12:41pm
    - - I recall a drowning case here many years ago. — SES, Wed May 15 1:15pm
      - We see it over, and over, and over, and over.... — Sprout, Wed May 15 1:34pm
This argument is off on the wrong track.... — A.J., Wed May 15 7:50am
- So Deism, then? — BK, Wed May 15 7:52am
- - What reason do I have not to?.... — A.J., Thu May 16 4:59am
  - - I'm specifically asking — BK, Thu May 16 6:12am
    - - Let's take a look at the definitions.... — A.J., Thu May 16 12:05pm
      - I realize the definitions — BK, Thu May 16 6:43pm
        
        I see no evidence of an engaged Supreme Being.... — A.J., Fri May 17 4:51am
        
        And now that I've said that.... — A.J., Sun May 19 4:56am
    - And yes, I see myself as more diestic. (nm) — A.J., Thu May 16 5:02am
  - The exact same reason you have to believe — Sprout, Wed May 15 8:05am
  - - You must be a prophet or mind-reader — BK, Wed May 15 8:07am
    - - The process by which individual human beings — Sprout, Wed May 15 8:27am
      - Wow — BK, Wed May 15 8:48am
        
        If you study it from the outside it becomes — Sprout, Wed May 15 8:54am
        
        Tell me more — BK, Wed May 15 8:55am
        
        Via pre-supposition? — Moishe, Wed May 15 9:31am
        
        Nope — BK, Wed May 15 9:44am
        
        His T-shirt reads: — shadow, Wed May 15 10:00am
        
        Whatever helps you feel special Shadow... (nm) — Sprout, Wed May 15 11:59am
        
        Emotional need followed by leap of faith... — Sprout, Wed May 15 9:13am
        
        Nope — BK, Wed May 15 9:20am
        
        It is unavoidable... — Sprout, Wed May 15 11:10am
        
        This is what's known as — BK, Wed May 15 2:46pm
Yet there are all too many who DO presume to — Sprout, Wed May 15 7:10am
- Presume? — BK, Wed May 15 7:16am
- - Yes, presume.... they do things like read — Sprout, Wed May 15 8:04am
  - - And as I have already stated — BK, Wed May 15 8:09am
    - - No.... It does not presume that god is not able to — Sprout, Wed May 15 8:12am
      - So which is it? — BK, Wed May 15 9:23am
        
        I would presume that... — SES, Wed May 15 12:45pm
        
        I presume that there is no divine responsiblity — Sprout, Wed May 15 12:38pm

10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America — Christopher Blackwell , Tue May 14 8:03pm

Some fair points made — SVE, Thu May 16 4:34pm
Someone should suggest to him to quit wasting time with — et, Wed May 15 11:08pm
- Yep they sure stink the worse if you're in to such stink — Διός, Wed May 15 11:30pm
- - Smokin' that dried roo doo be effecting your judgement.. — et, Thu May 16 9:43am
Exellent and a very good home truth serum! — Διός, Wed May 15 8:55pm
Green-eyed jealosy.. — Tinfoil, Wed May 15 3:19pm
- Ah but this is a born American — Christopher Blackwell , Wed May 15 9:51pm
I stopped after #2. What an ignorant boob. — SES, Wed May 15 12:02pm
- Hmm not your to taste hey yep it can sourer very quickly. — Διός, Wed May 15 10:27pm
- We haven't been the center of the world for a very long time — Christopher Blackwell , Wed May 15 10:01pm
- - I haven't traveled much yet, but... — SES, Thu May 16 6:28am
  - You missed SES' point.... — Sprout, Thu May 16 5:54am
  - Then, there are those pesky FACTS — Robert, Thu May 16 5:44am
Loving description or ignorant? — Robert, Wed May 15 10:26am
He must have some official role — Paul, Wed May 15 6:52am
- Plausible that is good thinking. — Διός, Wed May 15 10:21pm
A good read... — wondering, Wed May 15 5:37am
- As a alleged world leader — Christopher Blackwell , Wed May 15 8:37am

How would you feel if your 12 year old daughter fell — Διός, Tue May 14 7:51pm

"...fell pregnant"? lol — SES, Wed May 15 12:32pm
- Well Mary was about 12 when the great God made her pregnant — Διός, Wed May 15 2:08pm
Of course, I would assume... — Paul, Wed May 15 6:56am
- Grin — Διός, Wed May 15 1:54pm
Concerned... (nm) — Sprout, Wed May 15 5:44am
- Who wouldn't be. (nm) — Διός, Wed May 15 2:09pm
I don't have any kids, do you? — Ken C., Tue May 14 11:54pm
- Six grandchildren Ken which is hard if I didn't have — Διός, Wed May 15 1:52pm

wondering - about questions — BK, Tue May 14 5:34pm

No one has pressed you — wondering, Tue May 14 6:13pm
- Then press me — BK, Wed May 15 6:47am
- - I don't expect — wondering, Wed May 15 7:58am
  - - So don't press me — BK, Wed May 15 8:05am
    - - What I believe — wondering, Wed May 15 8:47am
      - So "no", then — BK, Wed May 15 8:57am
        
        So... — wondering, Thu May 16 5:15am
        
        What I wanted you to say — BK, Thu May 16 6:33am
        
        What you said... — wondering, Thu May 16 6:58am
        
        You are limited, however... — wondering, Wed May 15 9:23am
        
        Thankfully God is not limited — BK, Wed May 15 2:53pm
        
        Thankfully? — wondering, Thu May 16 5:40am
        
        Yes, thankfully — BK, Thu May 16 6:20am
        
        Not left to your own devices? — wondering, Thu May 16 6:32am
        
        That's what I said — BK, Thu May 16 6:38am
        
        Let me get this straight... — wondering, Thu May 16 7:17am
        
        Why must you — BK, Thu May 16 6:44pm
        
        If God chose... — wondering, Fri May 17 2:44am

More about VA approval of Thor's Hammer — Anonymous, Tue May 14 5:06pm

Anonymous is me. (nm) — Christopher Blackwell , Tue May 14 5:52pm
- Yep guilty as sin. grin (nm) — Διός , Tue May 14 7:41pm

Christian Clergy mistreated by Israeli police — Christopher Blackwell , Tue May 14 9:24am

Well the aim is a Jewish Jerusalem only and they mean it. — Διός, Tue May 14 5:09pm

Thinking about those three girls today, how many more are — Διός, Tue May 14 6:21am

Traficking is a world wide tragedy — Paul, Wed May 15 7:06am
Even one more — ItBme, Tue May 14 9:25am

This morning I felt the urge to kneel down — Διός, Mon May 13 7:38pm

Re: This morning I felt the urge to kneel down — yome, Tue May 14 12:35am

TEPCO says 280,000 tons of contaminated water to dump — Christopher Blackwell , Mon May 13 6:32pm

Actually filtration should be fairly straight forward... — Sprout, Fri May 17 10:58am
And they will dump it! — Διός, Mon May 13 7:42pm
- So sorry lack of responsibility — Christopher Blackwell , Tue May 14 8:02am

Walla, wise words from a potential future dictator? — Διός, Mon May 13 4:37pm

Fight world hunger and eat more.. — Gateway, Mon May 13 8:33am

Hmmm. "Ruth's Chris Insect House" just doesn't... — SES, Tue May 14 8:30am
- Hmm and that has nothing to do with the man created climate — Διός, Tue May 14 5:41pm
Hmm I be generous you can have all my insects too. — Διός, Mon May 13 5:03pm
- Re: Hmm I be generous you can have all my insects too. — yome, Tue May 14 1:02am
- - Get you own Roos, those are mine, yummy! — Διός, Tue May 14 5:46pm
Soylent Green.. — Tinfoil, Mon May 13 4:22pm
Urrgh... um, well... — wondering, Mon May 13 10:09am
- The term I have seen used is — Gateway, Tue May 14 8:30am
- Aparently they are in fact edible with — Sprout, Mon May 13 11:07am
Sounds a lot better than eating cows. — Ken C., Mon May 13 9:16am
One of our local pest control companies... — Sprout, Mon May 13 8:37am
- I'm with you but I do like pickles. (nm) — Gateway, Mon May 13 9:02am

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