The Neverending Story

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

[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)

[OLD REGGIE]

Y'know, I don't think I'm going to discuss scripture anymore. Why bother? Never mind that we Jews might have reasons for believing as we do, that we might have reasons for disagreeing with Christian interpretations of our own scripture. It's all just "spin". My choice seems to be A) to be regarded as spiritually blind, or B) to be regarded as perfidious.

Oh come now, you are sounding like someone else (guess who) on this forum.

Why you have already dragged II, kicking and screaming, to your side and you have me 1/4 of the way there. Keep up the good work. :-)

[OLD REGGIE]

I said what I said. "it [is] possible to cede that it doesn't technically say "virgin" without affecting the reality of Jesus' [virgin] birth."

Both our answers were confusing. Thanks for the clarification.

[OLD REGGIE]

This can't be Catholic teaching because Bishops don't teach.

[SoothingDave]

Sit back and watch the action. This won't stand.

SD

[OLD REGGIE]

No. They have alot right, salvation, but they have enough wrong too that I do not want to be considered part of them.

We stopped going to church and are more or less a home church.

BigMack

You are well on the way to becoming an IFBU, Iindependent Fundamentalist Biblical Unitarian. (I am simply an IBU) :-)

[OLD REGGIE]

Sit back and watch the action. This won't stand.

Oficially maybe, but in practice?

[OLD REGGIE]

Sit back and watch the action. This won't stand.

Oficially maybe but in practice?

[OLD REGGIE]

Sneaky FR double post.

[SoothingDave]

Oficially maybe but in practice?

In practice, who listens to a bunch of old religious men anyway? Especially in Europe.

SD

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Sure. You get to have an excuse.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

who listens to a bunch of old religious men anyway?

You're speaking about this thread right:)?

Becky

[SoothingDave]

You're speaking about this thread right:)?

LOL. What is the deal with getting old, anyway? I've got these hairs suddenly growing out of my ears and my eyebrows have just gone crazy. I've never even heard of most of the musical guests on SNL.

SD

[Invincibly Ignorant]

You've never heard of Ashley Simpson?

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Facts of life Dave, and believe me, you're not old, not even close. It's going to do nothing but get worse.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

You can tell you're old when you take a bath your balls float:)

BigMack

[OLD REGGIE]

In practice, who listens to a bunch of old religious men anyway? Especially in Europe.

Care to tell me where, including the Vatican, the RCC is listened to?

[OLD REGGIE]

WASHINGTON (Jan. 19) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Wednesday to confirm Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state after two days of hearings in which she faced strenuous Democratic assaults on the Bush administration's handling of Iraq.

Pending approval by the full Senate, Rice would be the first black woman to hold the job. She was confirmed by a 16-2 vote with Democrats John Kerry and Barbara Boxer voting no.

It figures.

[SoothingDave]

You've never heard of Ashley Simpson?

That one I had. The new-New Wave type of band they had on last week was a mystery.

SD

[malakhi]

Pending approval by the full Senate, Rice would be the first black woman to hold the job. She was confirmed by a 16-2 vote with Democrats John Kerry and Barbara Boxer voting no.

Of course no one would think of accusing Kerry or Boxer of racism.

[Invincibly Ignorant]

You can tell you're old when you take a bath your balls float:)

I thought it was when your wife sits on the commode while you're shaving. :-)