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The Neverending Story
Free Republic | 3/24/01 | The NES Crew

Posted on 01/11/2005 6:18:33 PM PST by malakhi

The Neverending Story

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

After a nine month hiatus, The Neverending Story, the granddaddy of daily threads, has returned to Free Republic. Originally begun on March 24, 2001, as a religious discussion thread, the NES evolved over time into a daily thread spanning a wide variety of topics. The new and improved Neverending Story will feature conversation on religion, politics, culture, current events, business, sports, family, hobbies, general fellowship and more. We welcome you to hang your hat in our little corner of FR. We ask you to abide by the FR posting rules and, even in the midst of serious debate, to keep the discussion friendly and respectful. Those who wish to "duke it out" are asked to take it over to the Smoky Backroom. I placed this thread in "General/Chat" for a reason, so play nice and have fun! :o)


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To: SoothingDave

I don't know what an "Oobi" is. Must be a newer show.


1,561 posted on 02/15/2005 9:23:03 AM PST by malakhi
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To: malakhi; OLD REGGIE
Reggie, if you were spending your days watching Teletubbies.... well, I'd be a little worried. ;o)

Actually... that used to be my working explanation for his debating tactics.

Now I need to start all over... sigh. :-)

1,562 posted on 02/15/2005 9:36:50 AM PST by IMRight
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To: malakhi
I don't know what an "Oobi" is. Must be a newer show.


1,563 posted on 02/15/2005 9:38:28 AM PST by IMRight
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To: IMRight; SoothingDave

1,564 posted on 02/15/2005 10:06:51 AM PST by malakhi
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To: malakhi
No taco-flavored kisses for you.

SD

1,565 posted on 02/15/2005 10:31:40 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: malakhi; SoothingDave; IMRight

Geez the NES debate has reached a new high here?

BigMack


1,566 posted on 02/15/2005 10:39:59 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (aka: Horselifter, Mackdaddy:)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Geez the NES debate has reached a new high here?

And we might have hockey soon, too! The sides have moved off their philosophical positions and may be able to meet in the middle.

SD

1,567 posted on 02/15/2005 10:57:35 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

I liked it better when we were talking about you coming to OK for a bonfire. :)

BigMack


1,568 posted on 02/15/2005 11:02:50 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (aka: Horselifter, Mackdaddy:)
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To: SoothingDave

Heheheh... ;o)


1,569 posted on 02/15/2005 12:09:08 PM PST by malakhi
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Hi Mack. I'm home with a nasty sinus infection, so discussion of children's television programming is about all my brain can handle right now.


1,570 posted on 02/15/2005 12:10:50 PM PST by malakhi
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To: malakhi
You need to have Noggin in order to watch Oobi. It's Nickelodeon's commercial-free children's channel. I think whoever came up with Oobi was pretty stoned at the time. One time they had a strange visitor who was a foot with googly-eyeballs stuck on him, instead of being a hand. But they all got along.

SD

1,571 posted on 02/15/2005 12:18:30 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave
Nickelodeon's commercial-free children's channel.

This is a BIG deal! Every time we watch a program with commercials the boys call out "No! We don't want commercials!"

It... makes... me (sob)... So... PROUD!"

1,572 posted on 02/15/2005 12:30:08 PM PST by IMRight
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To: SoothingDave
One time they had a strange visitor who was a foot with googly-eyeballs stuck on him, instead of being a hand. But they all got along.

Wait until Dr. Dobson finds out about that.

1,573 posted on 02/15/2005 12:30:13 PM PST by malakhi
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To: SoothingDave
Is your brand of whatever devoid of mystery?

I dunno. What I do know my brand of "whatever" doesn't preach a mystery as dogmatic proof.
1,574 posted on 02/15/2005 12:49:37 PM PST by OLD REGGIE (I am most likely a Biblical Unitarian? Let me be perfectly clear. I know nothing.)
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To: IMRight
Perhaps not... but by the description you gave above.... I'd say you ARE "lucky".

And my grandchildren may say "the old geezer is just not with it".
1,575 posted on 02/15/2005 12:53:19 PM PST by OLD REGGIE (I am most likely a Biblical Unitarian? Let me be perfectly clear. I know nothing.)
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To: OLD REGGIE; malakhi
I dunno. What I do know my brand of "whatever" doesn't preach a mystery as dogmatic proof.

You should have stopped with "I dunno." Sometimes in your zeal to prove me wrong, you overreach.

It's a simple question, really. Is there no "mystery" to anything you believe? Is it all cut-and-dried, compoletely understandable?

What say you, mal? Would you say Judaism is devoid of mystery?

SD

1,576 posted on 02/15/2005 1:00:06 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: Invincibly Ignorant

Yet the trinity itself is considered and defined by orthodoxy as a mystery.




What do you expect from the 'mystery religion'?

· The Mystery of the Annunciation
· The Mystery of the Visitation
· The Mystery of the Birth of the Lord
· The Mystery of the Presentation in the Temple
· The Mystery of Finding Jesus in the Temple
· The Mystery of the Agony in the Garden
· The Mystery of the Scourging at the Pillar
· The Mystery of the Crowning with Thorns
· The Mystery of Jesus carrying his cross
· The Mystery of the Crucifixion
· The Mystery of the Resurrection
· The Mystery of the Ascension of Our Lord
· The Mystery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit
· The Mystery of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
· The Mystery of the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin as Queen of Heaven


1,577 posted on 02/15/2005 1:15:47 PM PST by ET(end tyranny) (Isa:59:20-And a redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob....)
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To: ET(end tyranny)
Yet the trinity itself is considered and defined by orthodoxy as a mystery.

Maybe you'll answer this as-yet-unanswered query: Is your belief system devoid of mystery?

SD

1,578 posted on 02/15/2005 1:19:24 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave
YHWH tells people in Deuteronomy that they are given a 'choice' between LIFE or DEATH. YHWH then tells how to attain LIFE and how to save one's soul alive in Ezekiel. No mystery there.

Anything else is superfluous.

That mystery crap is used by the upper echelon to make themselves feel superior.

1,579 posted on 02/15/2005 1:29:14 PM PST by ET(end tyranny) (Isa:59:20-And a redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob....)
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To: SoothingDave
Maybe you'll answer this as-yet-unanswered query: Is your belief system devoid of mystery?

The original intent of my comment wasn't to inquire about whether or not religions possess mysteries. The point was to ask how one defines a certain doctrine as a mystery and then chastises another for not using logic and reason to understand it.

1,580 posted on 02/15/2005 1:37:17 PM PST by Invincibly Ignorant
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