sox4lifeinPA

Economic Left/Right: 0.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.46 see, I like the poor man... all this poll needs now is a VOTE JOHN KERRY button in the middle of the graph.

my credit union is the dollar store of financial institutions...

but of course it's me...not the hyper-sensitive hormonal 21 year old pregnant girl that is my supervisor. damn you sox4life....you bastard

I am SO uber pissed that my thread was hijacked... but leave it to the ambigously gay duo to take the prize.

honestly, I was looking for a revolution....

oh good lord...make him stop...my sides hurt. I loved what John stewart said about this....soooooooo good.

yeah...the beatles wrote a whole lot of crap

crap... damn beatles reference. now I'm leaving

actually I'm a psuedo-baptist evangelical, so f lent... friggin' church of nicea.

shhhhhhhhh! I couldn't pass up the opportunity. and I'm gettin antsy. I need a fix

This is probably wayyyyy old, but I just stumbled onto this possible gaff. The 72 virgins promised to the suicide bombers might actually be a tragic translation error which will leave some 100 plus "victims" virginless and grape plentiful. apparently the words for 72 white grapes is AWFULLY similar to the words for 72 Virgins. ouch.

I didn't pop the question yet...but it's gonna happen in the spring or so. can't wait.

we talked alot about it this past week. I'm just waiting to hear from school to see when I'll finish. Moving back to PA in july and then sometime in the spring/summer '05.... it's just a matter of time now:)

my friend AJ and his wife Dunia are on the left.... miss sox4life, aka miss soon to be mrs sox4life, on the right...with fatso.

hey y'all....this is from a wedding miss sox4life and I were at this weekend. (we're on the right.) hope everyone is doing well. best wishes, sox4life

Soxtalk went on the shelf on ash wednesday...technically I'm breaking it right now, but texsox won't stop stalking me:) I miss everyone and have LOADS to talk about (go figure)...I'll see you in a couple weeks... miss sox4life is flying in on SATURDAY!!! if you want, you can email me at sox4lifeintx@yahoo.com alex

well, to spare you the redundancies, I'll stop responding now. This discussion can't continue if common ground isn't laid. People inheirently are sinful and men are power hungry. Put them in unchecked positions of leadership in the church, and yes, they'll fail every time....sometimes resulting in personal destruction, sometimes resulting in mass human destruction. that's an old arguement with little meaning. "Be careful out there. I've lost three good friends to rabid Christianity in the last 15 years" I'm sure they're quite satisfied in their unoriginal, critically-devoid lives. I know I am. now back to my scare tactics headquarters....

well said...I just think you're looking for what you want to see, and I'm looking for what I want to see. once again if you want to hear some preaching...that's it.

who knows, there may be hope for you yet.

first of all, it's silly for anyone to not believe in a higher power of some sort. One cannot assemble their code of laws, morals, and ability to discern from right and wrong by chance. In fact, if there's not ultimate authority/good, than there's no ultimate negative and killing another person is no more a wrong than eating a bag of dorritos. It's all relative...which is crap. so clearly something greater must exist. Most rational, intelligent human beings get THAT far into the argument. to your question: The mere idea that I or anyone could fully comprehend the complexities of the ultimate authority, creator, and summation of all good, isn't arrogant? you're a smart guy, Brando, but no single person can fully comprehend every detail of natural HUMAN capacity, so how then, could a single person fully comprehend the supernatural and metaphysical?

by His Grace alone....

and the funny thing is.... your statement is 20x as arrogant as mine is.

I'm voting Nader, I think. I'd like to see them get funding from the US gov't Anyone but KERRY OR BUSH

sure, if you ignore what I just posted. The problem is that we stand from our own perspective. There is no way we can understand and unveil the mysteries of God. He alone stands outside of time and space, but inside of it at all times. If He knows the beginning and the ending, our freedom in the interim still works within His plan. My choice to eat a burrito vs. a taco still works inside of His plan. My choice to kill someone with a burrito or a taco stills works within that plan, because He has a way to lead me back to Him. Or maybe I was so unbelieveably pompous and self-righteous that I needed an experience such as jail/death row, to lead me too him. What does an upper-middle class, white guy from PA with the world at my fingertips need with an All-Powerful, incredibly myseterious and confusing God? Not a lot.... it's not a coincidence that Jesus' stories and experiences heavily revolved around those with money.... A close friend of mine and a recovering alcoholic once said..."if Jesus came back today...he'd be at an AA meeting". A-freakin'-men.

I'll respond to bj and jim in one message.... the words "free will" were never in any of your examples...however, "choice" and derivitivies there of, were. are you serious about the word "predestined?" here: one two three I don't think I need to do much more than that. this is my favorite scripture as of late.... I believe the word "felicitous" would fit. 1 Corinthians