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QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 07:41 AM) That is a huge generalization that is absolutely wrong. The GOP doesn't believe in making people starve. They also don't believe that people should depend on the government. The difference being that they believe that the private structure should help to take care of people. Charities are meant to be run by private people, not the federal government. The GOP believes the churches should be feeding people, not government cheese. There obviously needs to be a safety net for people who are unable to take care of themselves, but there are many people who do not fall into that group. The fundamental difference is Democrats believe the Government is WE; Republicans seem to believe the government is THEY, and citizens are somehow not responsible through our government. We manage our affairs as a society. We combine resources via a system of taxes to pay for services like fire, police, military protection, and we pay for services and items for our common good. We elect people to manage those shared resources. In the end what is accomplished is WE. We have freedom of religion is this country and by extension, freedom from religion. I don't think it is good social policy to ask people to head down to the local Mosque for their daily bread. Quarters spent on our social programs are dollars saved in our criminal justice system.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 11:18 PM) I'd like to restate your thesis, which is that THIS is what Jesus' message was far more than other issues. However, we cannot just look past those other things. I think there's a need to do a major "spring cleaning" of the american church. I totally agree with you about the abercrombie, Benz, etc stuff. I need sleep however. After you get a good nights sleep, think about this statement: There is no "American Church". Nor should there be. Is there room on this planet for a society where every lawful belief system is allowed? And along a parallel line, is there room on this planet for a mono-belief country?

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 11:16 PM) Ewwww, I hope that isn't why kids come to my office hours. Although, honestly, I've only ever had one girl show up. I always just thought the boys were more motivated.... Hell with so many teachers looking for love in all the wrong places, a guy cannot close any avenue . . .

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 11:09 PM) Wow, now we're talking. I'd much rather talk about this to be honest. 1 John 3:16 "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. " PA, how do you reconcile this with the GOP view that we should only feed someone for two years than let the lazy bum starve?

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 11:05 PM) Lol, I actually don't mind my non-traditional students (although, lecturing/grading/tutoring them is intimidating to say the least). They tend not to think that they're owed good grades, which a lot of the younger crowd seems to believe. LOL. I know I approach classes much differently than I did before. I look for any help I can find, not to get better grades, but to get the work done quicker. I also am quicker to debate a professor and know my beliefs have been tested over time. Oooh tutor me, make me do it again

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 11:03 PM) Not to totally hijack this thread, but.... I think it's interesting that the biggest debate in religion seems to be the debate on gay marriage. While, it appears, a myriad of things Jesus was much more fervent about seem to fall to the wayside because they affect more people. One of the things Jesus went on about most in the Gospels was the evils of possessions--how they end up owning you, you can't serve 2 masters, harder for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than a rich man enter heaven, sending away the young man because he wouldn't give it all up, the widow's offering and the poor man's offering, Zacchieus, Judas selling Christ for silver (and those are the few examples I can think of off the top of my head--I know there's more). Yet we live in a country that is the wealthiest in the world--and prides itself on its overwhelmingly Christian majority. I think there's a disconnect there. Why, oh, why isn't this one of the MOST talked about issues facing Christianity? I am honestly, honestly baffled by this. Good post and greater hijack Sadly I believe this is partly blamed on the religion for profit movement. Once the Communist scare was gone, they needed a rallying point and gays seem to be the new enemy. Like posty 9/11 America, nothing brings an organization together quicker and stronger than a common enemy.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 10:49 PM) yeah, I'm sure the families of the 16 Polish Soldiers killed in Iraq think that's hilarious, you "bleeding heart it's all about the love" f***ers..... You don't think they are waving little American flags and thanking George Bush?

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 10:31 PM) Shoot, I'm a grad student! It doesn't take much, I'll like the one with Andrew Jackson clipped to it! As a returning student and more a peer of my professors than the GA, I really don't like some snot nosed kid grading my stuff. I know I will not have the same smooze factor I get with the Professor, especially when our kids are in the same school . . .

WH: "And never touch a black man's stereo. "

I'm scared, very scared. I KNOW these guys cannot have a gig in Texas. Well at least not in the real Texas, maybe where Kap lives

So you like the first one with the $100 attached correct?

QUOTE(winodj @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 06:39 PM) Jesus never uttered a word about gay people. Some very intelligent Bible scholars would disagree with that statement. Some very intelligent Bible scholars would agree with that statement. I've read articles by both and believe somewhere in the middle, there is truth. WDJ, I hate to direct this at you, but you are here and answering. You mentioned you tried to live a straight lifestyle. Why? What factors caused you to battle this? Could it be as simple as society makes life easier for a heterosexual breeder with 2.3 children? Or could it be some inner compass at work? The Bible is a great self help book, perhaps guiding people to a straight lifestyle does make people happier. I've seen stats regarding suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, and other self destructive lifestyles and it would seem that gays are as a group less happy than straights. If God loves us and wants us to be happy, wouldn't he encourage a straight lifestyle? I've never really explored that avenue of thought before, what does everyone think? Somewhere earlier it was mentioned about the Bible having gray areas and it not be 100% clear. While that may be true, I also believe that God has made it easy enough for each of us to find our path. Can that path include a long term monogamous relationship with a member of the same sex? My heart tells me yes. The same heart that fuels everything else I am and hope to be. It's faith.

QUOTE(knightni @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 06:54 PM) Steff isn't a woman? :banghead I rewrote that a few times. Oops. I edited the original, thank you.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 10:01 PM) That's one of the most annoying things in the world. You're stuck in traffic for what seems like hours and you finally come to the cause and its some fender bender in the opposite lanes. But who hasn't gotten to that spot and thought damn, I waited this long so I'm going to slow down and take a look too? me neither.

QUOTE(winodj @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 02:33 PM) I just hope the drapes match the sound protection walls along I-94. Too easy, way too easy B)

I just heard that a jury of Michael Jackson peers have been selected. Peers? Where the hell did they find 12 f*cked up in the head, bleached skin, holding kids over a railing, morons? My God, there cannot be 12 people like Wacko Jacko on this planet just saying

It is also easier to write "meaningful" important songs when a huge shift in society is happening all around you. Woodstock? Haight & Ashbury? Sgt Peppers? The Pill? Acid? What will generate better music? Free sex, a war against pseudo USSR communism in far away southeast Asia, new psychedelic drugs that expand the mind and are safe or STD, Aids, 9/11, Crystal Meth, Crack, and expanding democracy?

Another good reason to use a glow in the dark condom, makes your severed penis easier to find and keeps all the parts together . . .

When I'm at an independent league game I am shocked by how quickly they play without cameras, commercials, etc. When I am at a game it just seems wrong when I can get up, go to the bathroom, grab a beer, two hotdogs, and miss 2 pitches.

Gooch just seems to fit.

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QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 05:13 PM) Check it out... It's DARTH 'TATER!! I left mine in a drawer too long, and now he has eyes in the back of his head. That has got to be the worse joke I ever bothered to type :headshake

QUOTE(winodj @ Feb 23, 2005 -> 01:59 PM) The truth simply is that equal people deserve equal rights under the auspices of responsible government. I do not believe this necessarily supports your argument. It could also be said that a responsible government establishes laws that responsible citizens follow until the laws are changed, if ever. By extension, equal rights do not extend to someone who is violating a law, for example. Also we have different laws for different people, and we accept those without hesitation. Cannot drink until 18 or 21. Cannot drive a car until you are 16. Cannot become President unless you are native born American. You can walk topless down Main street, but ChiSoxyGirl and Steff cannot. Men and women with different rights.