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Sorry Im really upset by this and I want to ask if as a group we could not
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Re: I have really, really missed you in the forums, ladyoflight.
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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Thank you, Guinneth. That's very sweet of you.
How is your father-in-law doing? I've been keeping him in my prayers.
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Sorry Im really upset by this and I want to ask if as a group we could not
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Re: Dear me, LadyofLight & FancyHorse. That quote is from a post
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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I read your thread. You come up with the most provocative thread titles. Who could resist, hin? The post where I quoted you is not meant to be an attack on you, and you are certainly entitled to your opinion. I was s…
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Whoa! Mary Doria Russell has a new book out!
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Re: You might give A Thread of Grace a look --- no priests or interplantary
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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> I don't think The Sparrow is for me though
> as I'm not keen on Sci Fi.
Russell is a biological anthropologist, so there's a science-y aspect, but if you work up the interest, you might want to give The Sparrow a …
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Whoa! Mary Doria Russell has a new book out!
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Re: Whoa! Mary Doria Russell has a new book out!
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
Thanks for letting us know. This is exciting!
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy (halfway through)
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Re: The Road by Cormac McCarthy (halfway through)
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
Wow, I just finished this book earlier today. I was so engrossed that I read it in less than 24 hours, and then flipped back to the front to read it again, but the task was too emotionally draining for me to contemplate…
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I Don't Beleive in Atheists - book by Chris Hedges
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Re: Although I think he has a point about Dawkins et al. I think the name of his
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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> But what one could do is perhaps to give
> children no religious instruction, but
> instead let them find their own way. If it
> is so unquestionably right to be Christian
> or Muslim or whatever, and that is t…
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Sorry Im really upset by this and I want to ask if as a group we could not
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Re: that's funny!
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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> What I was asking Ant (admittedly in a
> rather clumsy way, but hey it's late) was
> whether she felt she herself had been
> under attack purely for being a Christian,
> or whether the Christian faith was being…
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Sorry Im really upset by this and I want to ask if as a group we could not
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Re: that's funny!
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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> Sorry Ant, do you mean your own personal
> faith or you yourself, have been mocked?
> How has it been mocked? Or are you talking
> about the Christian faith as an entity?
I've been away from BC for a while, bu…
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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I Don't Beleive in Atheists - book by Chris Hedges
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Re: Although I think he has a point about Dawkins et al. I think the name of his
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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> I have seen those that argue that all
> babies are born atheists; that they are
> taught to believe in God as they grow up
I have seen these arguments also, and they have merit insofar as they are true (though n…
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I Don't Beleive in Atheists - book by Chris Hedges
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Re: Although I think he has a point about Dawkins et al. I think the name of his
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
> So he is simply saying he doesn't think
> those atheists he is criticizing have
> deserved his faith in them and their
> ideas. Sounds fair to me
This is a good explanation, and it echoes Locke's ideas about a…
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I Don't Beleive in Atheists - book by Chris Hedges
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Re: Suggestions for proofs of the non-existence of God
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
Thanks for the link. I am familiar with Prometheus books and the strange variety of work they publish.
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I Don't Beleive in Atheists - book by Chris Hedges
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Re: Although I think he has a point about Dawkins et al. I think the name of his
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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> Many very serious efforts at disproving
> God's existence have been undertaken.
First, thanks for the original post, Joseki. I look forward to reading the book. I appreciate Hedges's honesty and willingness to …
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The food thread, Whats your favourite? Have you a simple recipe you could share
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Re: Gooey Butter Cake
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
> How heavy or what size is a stick of
> butter please? Is it like a 250g pack?
> (that's what we have here.)
A stick of butter is about 113 grams, I think.
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The food thread, Whats your favourite? Have you a simple recipe you could share
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Gooey Butter Cake
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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I'm sort of embarrased by how much I love this very simple and very unhealthy recipe, but apparently not embarrassed enough to avoid this thread. People will tell you it is so rich that you will only be able to have a v…
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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Probably with our collective tail between our legs.
Honestly, it isn't a question of how anymore. We are going to leave that country with as little grace as we entered it. We don't have a very good track record of c…
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Do all of you get along with your adult brothers and sisters?
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Re: I utterly adore my siblings!
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
> Sure, we have arguments now and then but
> just like any normal people do. No-one
> holds grudges or *doesn't speak*- we
> couldn't stand that sort of behaviour. Our
> parents were really family orientated and …
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Do all of you get along with your adult brothers and sisters?
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Re: Do all of you get along with your adult brothers and sisters?
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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Generally yes, but that doesn't mean we haven't had our spats, though I consider each and every spat a learning experience. Some pearls of wisdom I've gathered along the way:
1. Siblings should limit how much they wh…
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Matt lost his battle about 4:20AM EST.
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Just had a chance to catch up on BC and am so sorry to hear this news
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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I looked through all your old messages, SH, and had to admit that I was clinging to hope. I'm so sorry to hear of Matt's death and will hold your family in my prayers.
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
There's a scene where the home guard is trying to track down two deserters and they strap the mother to a post. One of the men breaks her fingers by stepping on them, and though we don't see it, we hear her screams, whi…
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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> I'll give A Game of Thrones a chance when
> I have the time.
Well, it appears that I'm late to the party, but hooray! Just keep in mind that there is a handy appendix in the back with all the characters. It real…
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NPR: Gary Wills: Meditating on the Church-State Divide
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Re: NPR: Gary Wills: Meditating on the Church-State Divide
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
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Thanks for the link, jiani. I'm going to go read it now- looks interesting!
By the way, I meant to tell you that Jim Wallis, whom I know you and I both admire, is teaching a course at my university this term. Sadly,…
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An Instance of the Fingerpost - opinions sought
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Re: An Instance of the Fingerpost - opinions sought
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
I really enjoyed it too. There was something strange and unearthly about it for me (I think this has to do with the revelations of part 4), but in a good way.
I've never really had the problem of falling asleep fro…
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
> If you won't accept that they're
> mercenaries, fine, I agree. They are not
> mercenaries, they are enemy combatants.
> They are not in uniform, they belong to no
> army and they are fighting on foreign
> ter…
ladyoflight
16 yrs ago
> They aren't mercenaries.
Oh, Moses smell the roses. Slapping the term PMC on a group whose de facto mission is to kill your enemies in exchange for payment in the form of taxes collected from your people doesn't ma…
