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Post by livia on Feb 12, 2008 13:09:16 GMT -7
Mike, I have only passed through Indiana, but have always taken the use of "Podun" or "Podunk, Indiana" to simply mean "Everyplace, USA"., much as "John Q. Public" stands for "Everyman". I believe the Germans use "Normal Consumer" as their JQ Public; it would be interesting to learn what the Poles in Poland say for their "Average Citizen" or "Normal ho-hum Lacation" in Poland. That would be Jan Kowalski living in Pcim Dolny or in Pińczów ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Pawian on Feb 12, 2008 13:26:39 GMT -7
Mike, I have only passed through Indiana, but have always taken the use of "Podun" or "Podunk, Indiana" to simply mean "Everyplace, USA"., much as "John Q. Public" stands for "Everyman". I believe the Germans use "Normal Consumer" as their JQ Public; it would be interesting to learn what the Poles in Poland say for their "Average Citizen" or "Normal ho-hum Lacation" in Poland. That would be Jan Kowalski living in Pcim Dolny or in Pińczów ;D ;D ;D Explanation to non Polish members of the forum: Jan Kowalski means the same as John Smith. Like Smith in English, Kowalski is the most popular name in Poland.
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Post by nathanael on Feb 20, 2008 14:48:17 GMT -7
With all the talk about Antichrist coming soon, and about Barack Obama's "extended Moslem family," Christians should be very thoughtful about which candidate they choose! Although personally I have nothing against either of the candidates, I am somewhat concerned about the too-good-to-be-true Barack Obama. Of course this is strictly my opinion and I may be wrong. But I would caution the Christians in America to at least verify if Obama spoke the truth when he said that "he was baptized." The voters must verify why Mr. Obama has so far been unable to produce a baptism certificate! It is not too much to ask, just a common sense precaution! I am also concerned about the drugs that the candidates may be using. Drugs distort a person's image, and in consequence the people may not be getting what they think they are voting for!
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Post by rdywenur on Feb 20, 2008 14:58:20 GMT -7
Nathaniel...does every religion have baptismal certificates or just Catholics. I f I am not mistaken even RC can be baptized at any time and any where and maybe no ceerticate is written unless you are associated with a church and it is recorded.
It is amazing the ground he is picking up and how fast. But that doesn't mean anything. To me it ain't over till the fat lady sings as the saying goes. I heard some people talk about it on a talk show last night and they compared it to a Hanna Monatana Rock concert frenzy. Amazing how everyone just feels they have to do what the next person does rather than think for themselves.
Mrs. Obama isn't gaining any brownie points with her comments either. No on eseems to like her most recent statement about "Feeling American until now" comment.
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Post by Jaga on Feb 20, 2008 22:26:55 GMT -7
With all the talk about Antichrist coming soon, and about Barack Obama's "extended Moslem family," Christians should be very thoughtful about which candidate they choose! Although personally I have nothing against either of the candidates, I am somewhat concerned about the too-good-to-be-true Barack Obama. I do not believe in this talk about antichrist. Do you know that... Charles, son of queen Elizabeth was considered an antichrist somewhere 5-10 years ago? He definitively has baptismal certificate
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Post by hollister on Feb 21, 2008 3:00:24 GMT -7
According to these guys the Antichrist is going to be John Paul II! No, really. The reasoning is VERY convoluted, but you can read all about it here : www.worldslastchance.com/BTW on the baptism certificate thing, Being raised in a semi-Mennonite church, we did NOT receive a certificate of baptism.
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Post by nathanael on Mar 1, 2008 14:34:14 GMT -7
I passionately hate politics, I never tire of saying this. But I keep having misgivings about Sen. Obama. Sen. Obama may lose the presidential election if he does not come clean on many disturbing questions, like for instance his former association with an anti-semitic Church, his connections to the racist, anti-white Louis Farrakhan, his unconcerned flirting with the "New Age" queen, Ophrah, and above all his being the only U.S. Senator who had the gall to vote in favor of partial birth abortions! How can a Christian, which he claims to be, do these things? America has drifted into troubled waters and, as the things are at the present juncture, I would never vote for someone who fails to convince me that he [or she] loves Jesus Christ, someone religiously neutral and morally inconsistent, someone ready to sacrifice a partially born, living child for a meteoric political ascent and success! For this is the last thing that Jesus wants!
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Post by uncltim on Mar 1, 2008 15:45:34 GMT -7
nathanael, I agree that Obama has some issues that must be resolved. Obama has rejected Farakhan. I wonder what Bill Cosbys opinion of him is. Oprah is more humanist than new age, But I share your concern. I think that the best we can hope for as Americans is a religiously tolerant president. One need only to recite the lords prayer to understand who is in power on the earth! As someone who voted for G.W. twice, I do not believe him to be a man of Christ. One needs only to look at the fruit to know the tree.
Hillary is a non-starter as far as Im concerned. Her and her Ilk did some important work for women in the past, But they took it too far and made men irrelevant both at home and in society. I would like to ask her why men have no "reproductive rights"?
McCain is a career politician and was bought and paid for by corporations. He is however a hero and survivor, But that does not make him presidential material.
Our salvation rests squarely on our Lords grace, not our president.
I will leave you with this invocation from Joe Wright from the central christian church in Kansas
Heavenly father, We come to you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance, We know your word says,"Woe to those who call evil good" but that is exactly what we have done.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded sloth and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have killed abortionists and called it justifiable
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics
We have coveted our neighbors possessions and called it ambition
We have polluted the world with pornography and called it freedom of expression
We have ridiculed our ancestors and called it enlightenment
Search us o lord and know our hearts today, cleanse us from every sin and set us free!
amen.
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Post by Jaga on Mar 3, 2008 10:25:48 GMT -7
According to these guys the Antichrist is going to be John Paul II! No, really. The reasoning is VERY convoluted, but you can read all about it here : www.worldslastchance.com/BTW on the baptism certificate thing, Being raised in a semi-Mennonite church, we did NOT receive a certificate of baptism. Holly, when I came to the US I met some Christians who told me that according to some predictions there will be only two more popes following John Paul II. These people have a respect to JP II. But I had to clue that.... this will be some devil-thing going on. ... are you worried already? just joking. Why people have to believe such a nonsense?
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Post by nathanael on Mar 5, 2008 4:08:24 GMT -7
My congratulations for Sen. McCain. He got it right that "family security" is what matters most to the American people. But family security has two wings: freedom from violence and economic freedom! With one of these wings missing, the security can't fly. I have been noticing in my recent posts elsewhere, that Sen. McCain has been neglecting the second wing in his campaign rhetoric. I noted in Huffington Post forum two days ago that Sen. McCain must redouble his efforts to study economy and to surround himself with the best economists. What good will it do if we defeat all the terrorists in the world, but allow that a few globalists destroy us? By the way, by "economy" I do not mean economy of Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, or George W. Bush! Those are thriving! Economy that concerns me is the economy of millions of Americans who lost their homes, and jobs, and healthcare ... to the U.S. wing of globalism and its unwillingness to reinvest its huge profits in America! This economy is the one we must fix!
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Post by freetobe on Mar 5, 2008 18:40:05 GMT -7
Hey Nat,Jaga and all you pol watchers. Check this out nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/2008/02/barack-obama-and-matt-santos.htmlFYI latest political issue polls indicate Americans more concerned with the Economy then Iraq war. Hmm, does this mean they are more concerned about their ability to afford their current standard of living and less about their fellow Americans losing their lives in an illegal war? Don't mind me, I'm just a silly old cynic, who doesn't believe what comes out of the mouths of our leaders or their followers.
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Post by jimpres on Mar 8, 2008 8:56:47 GMT -7
Father/Daughter Talk
A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.
She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.
One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.
Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.
Her father listened and then asked, 'How is your friend Audrey doing?' She replied, 'Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over.'
Her wise father asked his dau ghter,
'Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.'
The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, 'That's a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!'
The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, 'Welcome to the Republican party.'
If anyone has a better explanation of the difference between Republican and Democrat I'm all ears.
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Post by uncltim on Mar 8, 2008 10:35:39 GMT -7
I think its more an explantion of conservatism v. liberalism.
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Post by nathanael on Mar 13, 2008 17:04:07 GMT -7
I never thought that Charles was Antichrist. But the argument that "he has baptismal certificate" does not hold water: Hitler and Stalin also had! Rather, for the sake of humanity, we should give our best to evaluate the candidates in their totality, their moral side first and foremost. Otherwise, we will keep electing Hitlers and Stalins and ... Spitzers! From what I know about Sen. Obama, through the media, he thrives in "moral compromises"! In the Western world of today, too many people vote for those who resemble them most and, if the society is moral-relativist, so will be its leaders ... for the people deserve what they get! In other words, immoral people bring immorality upon themselves, and viceversa!
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Post by kaima on Mar 13, 2008 17:29:17 GMT -7
I never thought that Charles was Antichrist. But the argument that "he has baptismal certificate" does not hold water: Hitler and Stalin also had! Rather, for the sake of humanity, we should give our best to evaluate the candidates in their totality, their moral side first and foremost. Otherwise, we will keep electing Hitlers and Stalins and ... Spitzers! From what I know about Sen. Obama, through the media, he thrives in "moral compromises"! In the Western world of today, too many people vote for those who resemble them most and, if the society is moral-relativist, so will be its leaders ... for the people deserve what they get! In other words, immoral people bring immorality upon themselves, and viceversa! Nathan, How about Bush as the anti-Christ? He fulfills most or all of the requirements, no? Kai
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