03 Sep 09
Originally posted by FreakyKBH
The plan that God had from before any of it ever began is available: it's called faith alone in Christ alone. That's His plan.
"Personally, I hate evasion.
You know, when a person purposely refrains from responding to the question clearly being asked in attempt to steer the conversation away from the point clearly being made.
Power struggler..."
03 Sep 09
The post that was quoted here has been removedYou make your own path in life. Ultimately, we all make choices, good and bad. Evil is difficult to define, but, we know it when we see it. Bad habits, prejudices and other human failings can be shaped by experience, but, we make our own choices.
There are other guides to life, but, I've always been fond of Rudyard Kiplings summation of what it takes to live a good life:
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream -- and not make dreams your master;
If you can think -- and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings -- nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And -- which is more -- you'll be a Man, my son!
Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
03 Sep 09
I watched a programme about adoption and two boys who were adopted at I think 3 and 2, brothers, their new parents loved them, gave them all they had etc, but both boys at the time of the programme, were in prison for hte same things their natural parents had served time for. Interesting init. It was robbery. One of the boys loved writtign poems and when he reached 18 he was given a letter from his mum and it had a similar poem in it from her.
03 Sep 09
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The self-restraint advocated in Kipling's "If" is responsible for mainstream oversimplification of what being a man means, besides constituting a justification for generations and generations of emotionally crippled men.
It has the same value as What color is your parachute?, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The 7 Habits of the Highly Excellent Excellence (sic!), or any other "manual" for life. It just happens to be in verse.
Utter crap.
03 Sep 09
Originally posted by SeitseHear hear!
The self-restraint advocated in Kipling's "If" is responsible for mainstream oversimplification of what being a man means, besides constituting a justification for generations and generations of emotionally crippled men.
It has the same value as What color is your parachute?, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The 7 Habits of the Highly Exc ...[text shortened]... (sic!), or any other "manual" for life. It just happens to be in verse.
Utter crap.
03 Sep 09
Originally posted by SeitseBlow me. You two Mexican mooks don't know shizit. Neither you nor your little bum fiend friend Palynka would know anything about being a man.
The self-restraint advocated in Kipling's "If" is responsible for mainstream oversimplification of what being a man means, besides constituting a justification for generations and generations of emotionally crippled men.
It has the same value as What color is your parachute?, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The 7 Habits of the Highly Exc ...[text shortened]... (sic!), or any other "manual" for life. It just happens to be in verse.
Utter crap.
The idea of being your own person and trying to live your life to a set of ethical and moral ideals is not a bad one. Your parents obviously influence your life, but, they don't govern it. Be your own person, take valuable advice where you find it, keep an open mind and, for better or worse, walk your own path in life.
03 Sep 09
The post that was quoted here has been removedJehovah's long-haired, teenage son.
Well, for one, God’s name ain’t Jehovah.
Another, what leads you to believe His hair was long? Sounds like you’ve been drinking from the wrong batch of Kool-Aid.
His more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger philosophy has some common sense rules…
Why the distinction of sorrow versus anger? Moreover, what specifically are you referring to with respect to “some common sense rules?”
… but The Church took it, branded it and sold it on.
Again, it sounds as though you are confusing the wheat with the chaff. Anyone making a claim to be a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ can be easily measured against the standard: what does the Bible say? According to the Bible, the organized churches--- i.e., religions declaring themselves Christian--- of this world (without exception) are clearly not following the Lord Jesus Christ.
Excellent. So Trocaire and Christian Aid have been leading us on for all these years? What do they use the money for?
Don’t get me wrong: there’s nothing wrong with trying to alleviate the suffering of others whenever and however we can. This clearly wasn’t the main focus of the Lord Jesus Christ while on the planet, nor is to be the focus for those who follow His mandates. The overarching concern for man is salvation--- not pain relief.
Years of advancements in medicine, education and technology certainly haven't provided for a better quality of life for some people?
No one is saying these are bad things. However, for every step forward, we see multiple leaps backwards, in the form of new ways of subjugating the masses. Think of all the glorious scientific methods which were employed on the undesirables of Hitler’s Germany, for instance.
You're right. It was written by hoardes of different men, all who happily contradict each other and yet all claim to have the ear of God. Please don't tell me you think God personally dictated it all, word for word?
Well, I guess 40 could be considered a horde.
But contradictions? Give it a rest. That tripe has been bandied about since the late 1800’s… and soundly beat like the paper-thin piñata it is repeatedly. No serious or objective student gives such subjective sleight-of-hand any more weight than any other baseless complaint against the Bible.
03 Sep 09
Originally posted by Hand of HecateBe your own person, take valuable advice where you find it, keep an open mind and, for better or worse, walk your own path in life.
Blow me. You two Mexican mooks don't know shizit. Neither you nor your little bum fiend friend Palynka would know anything about being a man.
The idea of being your own person and trying to live your life to a set of ethical and moral ideals is not a bad one. Your parents obviously influence your life, but, they don't govern it. Be your own pe ...[text shortened]... ice where you find it, keep an open mind and, for better or worse, walk your own path in life.
Yeah: what he said!
03 Sep 09
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Originally posted by Hand of HecateIt's not about being a bad idea, but about the commonplaceness of it.
The idea of being your own person and trying to live your life to a set of ethical and moral ideals is not a bad one. Your parents obviously influence your life, but, they don't govern it. Be your own person, take valuable advice where you find it, keep an open mind and, for better or worse, walk your own path in life.
The post that was quoted here has been removedTim, your emotional hostility toward me and premeditated antagonism toward any words of valuable information indicate
that both your mind and your ears are temporarily closed to the truth. Perhaps you will give it a fair hearing in the future.
Meanwhile, make no mistake. I am not here to debate you, coerce your will or to sell you anything. Absolute truth is free.
-Bob