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| Posted: 06 Nov 2008 09:14 |
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Please God! I guess He doesn't care.
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| Posted: 06 Nov 2008 20:16 |
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I guess you'll never know.
__________________Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
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| Posted: 06 Nov 2008 20:40 |
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He could have allowed it for many reasons. Perhaps it was punishment, or to let the people have what they want, and see where it takes them, to teach them a lesson maybe. Only He knows. God is on a level beyond human understanding.
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| Posted: 07 Nov 2008 00:36 |
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Wait...Obama got elected as punishment?
For who exactly?
McCain supporters?
If something or someone is beyond comprehension, then it makes no sense to me to ascribe an action to them.
Out of curiosity, if Obama actually solves some problems, quelches hostilities with foreign countries and helps our economy actually improve-will that still be punishment of some sort? I know you want to say he won't, but the question is what if he does?
__________________But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
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| Posted: 07 Nov 2008 02:48 |
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For who exactly?
The country.
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Out of curiosity, if Obama actually solves some problems, quelches hostilities with foreign countries and helps our economy actually improve-will that still be punishment of some sort?
No, it wouldn't.
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but the question is what if he does?
Then I suppose its not punishment.
__________________"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
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| Posted: 31 Dec 2008 00:17 |
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We have a busted system that offers a phony 'choice' in picking representatives and McCain never really stood a chance if you look at the entire campaign.
Our getting the government we deserve has some merit to it though. People are willfully ignorant and willingly complacent as a general rule of thumb here. How would you suggest we fix this aside from trying to lay blame on one group or another?
__________________But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
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| Posted: 31 Dec 2008 19:03 |
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Well I have to say I hope the next conservative we get to run is not only a good candidate politically, but is actually conservative through and through. They have to believe in the conservative values in their heart or it's just politics as usual. I'll even go as far to say that I think even an honest liberal candidate is better than a candidate that fakes their beliefs to get elected. Not saying McCain didn't believe in conservatism necessarily. He was as conservative as say Reagan. Bush obviously hasn't stayed completely true to conservative ideology.
Need a conservative that is also a great leader, and a great administrator. Somebody that can juggle all the many many tasks that come before a President. Someone that can articulate the conservative value system in a way that doesn't compromise or scare people off that are on the fence.
Got to be somebody that doesn't have a single skeleton in the closet that liberals can flaunt because they will.
__________________Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
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| Posted: 31 Dec 2008 19:38 |
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Good luck with all that.
__________________But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
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| Posted: 01 Jan 2009 16:05 |
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I just want another Ronald Reagan. Is that too much to ask for?
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| Posted: 01 Jan 2009 22:50 |
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Some would say the first one was too much.
You guys don't support cloning either.
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| Posted: 02 Jan 2009 19:07 |
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Gee, seriously I don't know about cloning because I'm a sci-fi kind of guy too you know. I'm not for cloning a whole human and taking their body parts that I know, but if you could just clone individual human parts that would just be smart.
I wouldn't mind cloning my wife. That would be awesome. I'd like another me too to do all my work, but then the other me might want my cloned copy of my wife. Gee I can't win.
__________________Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
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| Posted: 02 Jan 2009 21:44 |
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So, end result, not for cloning?
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And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
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| Posted: 03 Jan 2009 17:31 |
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Seriously, I'm ok with cloning as long as they don't clone a whole human being brain and all and then start taking body parts.
Cloning an arm by itself or something like that is great for medical purposes. I don't care if they clone people as a whole as long as they still get treated like people with their rights intact.
__________________Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
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| Posted: 03 Jan 2009 22:59 |
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That's a very grey area right there.
The idea of 'manufacturing' a person is somewhat repellant to begin with, even to me. If they get their act together with stem cells, we wouldn't have to farm parts from clones at all. Considering the burden population plays on this planet, the only reason I can think to make a clone would be to literally raise an army. 'Born to die' takes a terrible spin right there as it becomes factual instead of just a battle cry or bumper sticker.
For someone of faith who believes in the soul such as yourself, I have to wonder how you would think them equal to other humans with souls and why in your opinion they would deserve equal treatment. I am working under the assumptions that you don't think a soul can be manufactured as well and that a person isn't human without one. I am honestly curious about your take on all that.
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| Posted: 04 Jan 2009 00:20 |
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I think a clone would have a soul. If they didn't you probably could tell in a hurry. They probably wouldn't show remorse for wrong doing. I'm thinking an emotionless drone of some sort.
But in my opinion if we could create a thinking human clone using scientific methods it would still be a human being soul and all. Just done in a test tube instead of a woman's womb.
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