You mean this one?
Nooooo!! I like my icon!
Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Maybe he visited Tolkien-Town on his way back to Rivendell.
I agree. That is one way Satan divides Christians. If we are too busy bickering amongst ourselves, we won't be able to do God's work..
I do believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father and that the other "isms" have missed the boat. But within the framework of recognizing Christ as Lord and Savior I believe there are many valid interpretations, none of which are exclusively right or exclusively wrong.
I believe that you can interpret theologies many different ways, but the most important thing is that Christ is God's son, sent to earth, died on the cross for all our sins, rose again on the third day, is now in heaven with the Father, and will come again to take his children home. All other issues such as how you worship, exactly when Christ will come again etc. etc. are just not important in the overall picture. We need to live our lives in such a way that others can see Him in our lives.
LOL! During my Freshman year in college (Spring of 72), my Daddy traded in his truck and bought a used phone company van for himself and a 1964 Chevy Nova for my sister and me. When we went to get it, it had a "Beaumont High Bulldogs" vanity plate on the front. At first we were so grossed out because Beaumont was considered a hick school; it's in the woods in South Central MS. After a while, thought, the name grew on us, so we started calling the car 'BEAUMONT'. We drive that car for about 6 yrs. and that sucker was a TANK!
I had an AMC Hornet when I was in college. My friends called her "Mabel."
Mabel she will run. Mabel she won't run. (it was mostly won't)
Could you send it to me please? I can get the info to our local homeschoolers group!
LOL! That is something that never would have occurred to me to send! I guess those MREs need some 'fixing' huh? BTW, what the heck is CARMEX? I understand about the sharpening stones and honing steels, but why the powdered graphite and q-tips? Do you use them to keep your rifles clean?
Since a lot of these folks are in the desert, would lip balm be a good thing to send? We have an 'Ocean State Job Lots' store close by. You can get all kinds of neat, inexpensive stuff ! The kids and I can have a fun 'field trip' to the store to get goodies for the Marines.
Regarding Elijah's comments about Christianity:
Too many people today espouse the philosophy that God is just great and wonderful, as long as He doesn’t require too much of me (i.e. make me be “religious”). Just so long as he doesn’t interfere with my “lifestyle” choices. Just so He doesn’t “get in my way”. Just so He doesn’t make me do anything I don’t want to do, that wouldn’t be right “for me”, etc. etc.
But this way of looking at it has it all backwards. God created us, and loves us, and knows what best fulfills us. He paid a sacrificial price for us in order to restore us to what our full potential could be. He does not ever want us to operate out of guilt, anxiety, fear, or compulsion. He wants us to respond to Him with love and faith and a clear conscience, knowing that He will redeem all our mis-steps and mistakes. Jesus said: Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden, and learn of me. My yoke is easy, my burden is light….
Just some of my thoughts….
Uh...OK htur... we won't bash elves any more if you won't allow it.... cancel the elf bashing everybody....lose the icon OT.....
*snicker* *snicker* *splutter* *hack*
Did the door handles keep falling off? After 'Beaumont', I bought a 68 AMC Rebel, which I named, of course, 'REBEL'! Sir SuziQ always tells everyone he married me for my car. I tell him him he must have been pretty hard up for a car if he married me for 'Rebel'! He cut his car repair teeth on that car. He even got some galvanized metal and replaced the rear left floor board!!
You mean this one?
Nooooo!! I like my icon!
I have been wondering about that since I first saw the movie. I had just assumed that he made a new one in Rivendell since there was no explanation for it in the movie.
I understand your reluctance to get into a heavy religious discussion here. After all, why take a chance and ruin what we have going here?
Although ruin may be too strong a word....
I don't remember. I just remember it wasn't the car I wanted. I bought it after my dad died, and my brother and my mother had promised a local dealer (a long-time family friend and former employer of my dad) that any new car we bought, we'd buy from them. I didn't promise anyone that and I got stuck with a lemon.
Soon as I could after college, I traded it for a truck.
Nope, I have the battle scars to prove that ruin is exactly the right word...
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