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The Neverending Story (The Christian Chronicles)
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Posted on 08/14/2003 9:50:43 PM PDT by malakhi

The Neverending Story
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To: SirEdward; CindyDawg; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; All

19,321 posted on 03/06/2004 9:01:56 PM PST by malakhi
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To: SirEdward; CindyDawg; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; All

19,322 posted on 03/06/2004 9:02:03 PM PST by malakhi
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To: SirEdward; CindyDawg; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; All

19,323 posted on 03/06/2004 9:02:23 PM PST by malakhi
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To: CindyDawg
Those are great pictures, he looks good, so do you riding him.

Becky
19,324 posted on 03/06/2004 9:06:06 PM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Proud member of the Lunatic Fringe, we love Spam, Uzi's and Jesus.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; malakhi
Thanks. (thanks Mal) You see the two guarding the gate and wouldn't let him pass? They are huge. You asked me what they were once and I said I thought quarters. They leave the pony alone for some reason though.
19,325 posted on 03/06/2004 9:09:22 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg
Well, I have to go to bed, church tomorrow. You look like you're doing good. Hang in there, it gets easier:)

Becky
19,326 posted on 03/06/2004 9:12:49 PM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Proud member of the Lunatic Fringe, we love Spam, Uzi's and Jesus.)
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To: CindyDawg
You're welcome!
19,327 posted on 03/06/2004 9:57:09 PM PST by malakhi
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To: SoothingDave; Invincibly Ignorant; al_c
My college alma mater has made it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA D-III tournament!

For Vikings, it's sweet to be 16

19,328 posted on 03/07/2004 7:41:11 AM PST by malakhi
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To: IMRight
More a consequence than a prerequisite.
You're not so far off base here.
19,329 posted on 03/07/2004 8:38:58 AM PST by OLD REGGIE ((I am a cult of one! UNITARJEWMIAN) Maybe a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; CindyDawg; malakhi
Finally I get to see what has been in those empty boxes.

Nice pictures. Okie is a pretty horse.
19,330 posted on 03/07/2004 8:48:03 AM PST by OLD REGGIE ((I am a cult of one! UNITARJEWMIAN) Maybe a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: OLD REGGIE; CindyDawg
Yes he is a pretty horse. If Cindy had not bought him, I would have kept him a bit longer just because he is fun to ride. But...all things work for good. Cindy has a good one now, and I found another:)

I took Harley out yesterday on trails, and he was amazing, I swear the horse has a 4 mile an hour walk, and it is a smooth as glass. He will make a hell of a competition horse.

Becky
19,331 posted on 03/07/2004 11:58:44 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Proud member of the Lunatic Fringe, we love Spam, Uzi's and Jesus.)
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To: Invincibly Ignorant
Yo Momma wears combat boots. :)

Dust off your argument for the 4th, I want to look at it again.

BigMack
19,332 posted on 03/07/2004 1:28:43 PM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Proud member of the Lunatic Fringe, we love Spam, Uzi's and Jesus.)
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To: OLD REGGIE; CindyDawg; SoothingDave; malakhi; All
Something that was shown to me today that was interesting:

You may have been shown this already:

http://www.glennbeck.com/news/05172002.shtml

Is what I want to know is who sits around and figures this stuff out:)?

Becky
19,333 posted on 03/07/2004 2:46:00 PM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Proud member of the Lunatic Fringe, we love Spam, Uzi's and Jesus.)
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To: SoothingDave
In other words you reserve the right to think we're all a bunch of liars. That's mighty big of you.

Why do you bother? If, when pushed, you admit that you don't think we tell the truth? What is the point?


Let's put down the crying towel for a while and examine what caused this "poor me" wail.

(SD) I don't think I've ever come close to suggesting otherwise. We covered this two or three days ago. Actions toward a religious item do not terminate there, but move on towards the person being signified.

Maybe that was part of the Catechism you just didn't bother to read.


To which I replied: "And maybe I did and decided it belonged to the "plausibility of denial" category."

There is no Catholic Catechism teaching which has a certain enough meaning that it cannot be denied or re-interpreted as needed.

I admit this was a hasty response. It would be more accurate as follows" There is no Catholic teaching which has a certain enough meaning that it cannot be denied or re-interpreted as needed."

There. That's better. It should be noted there was nothing personal in my answer. It was directed to the institution, not an individual. Of course it is obvious you sometimes believe you are the Catholic Church, and speak authoritatively for the institution. Be assured when I speak of the Catholic Church I think of you as one, and only one, member and don't associate you and the Catholic Church as one and the same. Truth be known, I even think the Pope is more important than you.

I imagine you have no problem with some poor person praying to a statue and actually believing the statue will help them. After all, the prayer will automatically be directed to the right place. Right?

Maybe I owe you an explaination of what I mean by "plausibility of denial".

The Catholic Church is a massive burearocracy and, with all the man made additions of "tradition" over the centuries, has been forced to write millions of words to "explain" the various and sometimes conflicting teachings of the Popes and "magisterium". This, of course, can lead to confusion.

Some poor silly fool may actually think the Church teaches Peter was the rock of the Church. Another may think Peter is the Rock upon which the Church is built. Another may think it is Peter's confession of faith which is the rock. The sad thing is, they may get different answers from different "teachers". Oh well. Just ask Dave. He knows.

Another example which I recall is the confusion over Canon Law. To refresh your memory (I'm sure you remember Cardinal Law) there was confusion over the actual control the Cardinal had over the real estate in the Diocese. Did he have the authority? Did he not? What limited his authority to buy or sell assets? Oh! We have Canon Law which covers the situation.

Allow me to quote from an article in the Boston Pilot. (Official newspaper for the Ardiocese of Boston):

When asked if Cardinal Bernard Law could possibly sell properties and land owned by the archdiocese, Father Coyne said, “If he were to do so, according to Canon Law, if that would happen, it would have to be done in consultation with the parish community.”

Under civil law the cardinal, as a corporation sole, is considered the owner of the property, however, under Canon Law there are different rules and laws the cardinal must abide by. The spokesman said that under Canon Law “the cardinal cannot just come in and decide to take possession of properties and sell it. The property is part of the parish. It is constructed and funded specifically for and by the community of the faithful, and for that purpose.”


Archdiocese of Boston from the August 30, 2002 Edition of The Pilot

For the record, there were varying opinions from "Canon Law Experts" and the question was never answered.

What do you suppose happened here? Is the confusion contained in the Catechism and the Code of Canon Law a deliberate thing or simply the result of bureaucratic confusion?

19,334 posted on 03/07/2004 3:57:30 PM PST by OLD REGGIE ((I am a cult of one! UNITARJEWMIAN) Maybe a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Is what I want to know is who sits around and figures this stuff out:)?

A writer just laid off by the Catholic Catechism.
19,335 posted on 03/07/2004 4:08:54 PM PST by OLD REGGIE ((I am a cult of one! UNITARJEWMIAN) Maybe a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Dust off your argument for the 4th, I want to look at it again.

Ok. I'll do the best I can with the limited amount of time I've had lately. I could start by saying we'll all start observing it sooner or later.

Isaiah 66

22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.

23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall ALL FLESH come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

19,336 posted on 03/07/2004 4:43:14 PM PST by Invincibly Ignorant
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Yo mama so ugly it looks like she's been hit in the face with a bag of nickels. :-)
19,337 posted on 03/07/2004 4:46:05 PM PST by Invincibly Ignorant
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To: malakhi; SoothingDave
Wow. That's great.

We gonna do that tourney pick em contest again?

19,338 posted on 03/07/2004 4:49:02 PM PST by Invincibly Ignorant
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; Invincibly Ignorant
Ezekiel 20 (JPS)
(12) Moreover also I gave them My sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am YHWH that sanctify them.

Ezekiel 20 (JPS)
(20) and hallow My sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am YHWH your God.


Exodus 31 (JPS)
(13) 'Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying: Verily ye shall keep My sabbaths, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am YHWH who sanctify you.

Exo 31 (JPS)
(16) Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
(17) It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever; for in six days YHWH made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He ceased from work and rested.'

Exodus 20
(8) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
(9) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;
(10) but the seventh day is a sabbath unto YHWH thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;
(11) for in six days YHWH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore YHWH blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.


Pope Declares the Sabbath Should Not Be Observed:

"If every Sunday is to be observed joyfully by the Christians on account of the resurrection, then every Sabbath on account of the burial is to be regarded in execration of the Jews (exsecratione Judaeorum). In fact all the disciples of the Lord had a lamentation on the Sabbath, bewailing the buried Lord, and gladness prevailed for the exulting Jews. But sadness reigned for the fasting apostles. In like manner we are sad with the saddened by the burial of the Lord, if we want to rejoice with them in the day of the Lord’s resurrection. In fact, it is not proper to observe [the sabbath], because of Jewish customs, the consumption of food (destructiones ciborum) and the ceremonies of the Jews"85 - Pope Sylvester (A.D. 314-335).

  From Sabbath to Sunday, by Samuele Bacchiocchi, Ph. D., Andrews University, Chapter 6, page 194, copyright 1977,  published by the The Pontifical Gregorian University Press, Rome, 1977.

Catechism of the catholic church -- Sunday- fulfillment of the sabbath

2175 Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the sabbath

The Sunday Eucharist

2177 The Sunday celebration of the Lord's Day and his Eucharist is at the heart of the Church's life.
"Sunday is the day on which the paschal mystery is celebrated in light of the apostolic tradition and is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church."[110]


Looks like man made tradition has replaced a Law of YHWH.

The Church, on the other hand, after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath, or seventh day of the week, to the first, made the Third Commandment refer to Sunday as the day to be kept holy as the Lord's Day.

Rev 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Rev 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Rev 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Note that there are two groups of people mentioned in the third angel's message, those that have the mark of the beast and will receive the full wrath of YHWH, and those who keep the commandments of YHWH and have the faith of Yehoshua. So those who keep the commandments of YHWH will NOT receive the mark of the beast! Now notice who the dragon (SATAN) is angry with in the following verse:

Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Satan is angry with those who KEEP the Ten Commandments including keeping the seventh-day sabbath.

It looks like the mark of the beast will be on those who follow the commandments of men (the Pope) and worship on a counterfeit man made day of rest, Sunday, the first day of the week.
19,339 posted on 03/07/2004 4:49:03 PM PST by ET(end tyranny) (Isaiah 47:4 - Our Redeemer, YHWH of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel.)
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I apologize for not keeping everyone up to date on Ginny’s condition, but it’s been a roller coaster ride for the last two months.

I’ve started several letters, but they were so long and personal I had to stop, and now I’ll see if I can explain what’s taken place in as few words as possible.

I had explained that Ginny was having medication problems, but on Feb the 17th, Monday, Ginny checked herself back into the hospital Geriatrics ward because her doctor and another Neurologist believed she was in the early stages of Altzhimers.

We had stopped her medication for over 5 days and there was no improvement what so ever, so we started her back on them again so she wouldn’t be suffering with Wegener’s along with the Alzheimers..

After she was back in the hospital 5 days and hadn’t been lucid for more then a few minutes at a time, I asked the duty social worker, why their had been no change since she had been in there?

She said, I’ve been around these people a long time and to be honest I see all the signs of Alzheimers in your wife.

I said but there was no warning. How could she go from not having it, to suddenly be in the midst of it? President Reagan, and Charlton Heston, saw it coming, and were able to make long term plans before it disabled them. We’ve had no warning.

She explained that her two months of sickness before they were able to identify the Wegnere’s possibly brought it on in full.

I went home to the worse night and worse 3 days of my life.

It was three days later when I was talking to the head nurse, and I asked her that since there is no treatment for Alzheimers, why waste time keeping her there, why not release her and let us get on with what we have to do?

She said. I’m not so sure it is Alzheimers. I still think it’s the medication.

I explained how we had completely taken her off all medication for 5 days, and there was no change in her what so ever.

She said. I was on Prednsone for 7 days, and I thought I was going crazy. I had to go off of it, and it took me over a month before it left my system and I got back to normal, so her not having it for only 5 days proved nothing.

Ginny had been on 60mg’s of Prednsone a day. They had cut back to 20mg’s, and the nurse talked to the doctor and convinced him that it takes time for the effects to wear off, so within a few more days they had her cut down to 5mg’s a day.

Prednsone is a Steroid, and even though I had searched over 30 sites under “Prednsone Side Effects,” I had been unable to find one single site that warned about the possible mental problems that could come from it’s use.

All they cautioned about were physical side effects, and I am really upset about that, and am going to make sure others know what can happen.

Any way, two days later she had improved over 40%, and in a couple more days, they were wondering why she was still in the hospital, but since it was the weekend, they had to wait until Monday so her doctor could release her.

I brought her home Monday, March the 1st, a week ago tomorrow, and she has been improving every day.

She’s still weak and needs to get her body built up again, but I’ve got my honey back finally, and I’m so thankful to God and all the many prayers that were brought to God for her.

He is surly a wonderful loving Father, and has complete control over every facet of our lives.

Thanks again for all your prayers, and please continue to thank Him for being in our lives.

Jim and Ginny

19,340 posted on 03/07/2004 7:54:11 PM PST by JHavard
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