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Matthew 3:7-10
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.
And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
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There was only one civilian casualty during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg
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| 15 September, 2006 |
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A couple of questions:
1. what does "h/t" mean?
2. You have several quotes here but hardly any footnotes, so where did they come from?
3. Are we to assume that after asking Benedict to apologize, the Turkish cleric should have been justified in his "accusations against Chrsitianity"?
My point in my post was not to say that the pope should have said what he said. Perhaps he shouldn't have, I don't know the context of the statement (a favortie ploy of the media) and perhaps if I did and/or if you did and/or if we did the statement wouldn't have drawn such ire from the world. Or maybe it would have. But anyway, my point was that it's strange that countries like Pakistan can, with a straight face, try and condemn the morality of a statement made in an academic statement and yet in none of the quotes given here do we see these top Islamic officials saying things like "we are doing everything in our power to stop these 'extremists' from destroying our peaceful religion."
Finally, the Pope made an historical statement. In other words he simply made a quote from an historical figure. Now, I wonder why this religion of submission couldn't instead argue against the historical accuracy of the statement, and instead has decided to burn things and scream and yell about the Crusades and how bad Christians are.
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By the way, after reading this story I wonder how many evangelicals we'll see going completely insane and burning things in the street. We'll see.
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1. "hat tip"
2. different places. i could list the article from which i grabbed them, but i'm too lazy and for the most part they reference a quote from someone else, so the source really isn't too terribly important.
3. i don't think this one is directed solely to me, but i shall offer my personal opinion: No.
As to the Jesus Camp film... my concern with this project is, and always has been, not that it will fuel Christian Extremists to wage their own Jihad, but rather that it seeks to further something in the name of Truth that does not appear (since I have not seen the project in full) to be so, and in so doing, provide a - or, yet another - stumbling block for those who wish to spread that Truth.
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ON THE NICKEL
by Tom Waits
("I'd like to do a new song here. This is eh, it's about downtown Los Angeles on 5th Street. And eh all the winos affectionately refer to it as The Nickel. So this is kind of a hobo's lullaby.")
sticks and stones will break my bones,
but i always will be true, and when
your mama is dead and gone,
i'll sing this lullabye just for you,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never comb their hair,
well they're lined up all around the block,
on the nickel over there.
so you better bring a bucket,
there is a hole in the pail,
and if you don't get my letter,
then you'll know that i'm in jail,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never say their prayers,
well they're sleepin' like a baby,
on the nickel over there.
and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star,
well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
just like punchlines between the cars,
and i know a place where a royal flush,
can never beat a pair, and even thomas jefferson,
is on the nickel over there.
so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain,
and you're always late for supper,
and man you let me down again,
i thought i heard a mockingbird, roosevelt knows where,
you can skip the light, with grady tuck,
on the nickel over there.
so what becomes of all the little boys,
who run away from home,
well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
once you get out on your own,
so here's to all the little boys,
the sandman takes you where,
you'll be sleepin' with a pillowman,
on the nickel over there.
so let's climb up through that button hole,
and we'll fall right up the stairs,
and i'll show you where the short dogs grow,
on the nickel over there.
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A couple of questions:
1. what does "h/t" mean?
2. You have several quotes here but hardly any footnotes, so where did they come from?
3. Are we to assume that after asking Benedict to apologize, the Turkish cleric should have been justified in his "accusations against Chrsitianity"?
My point in my post was not to say that the pope should have said what he said. Perhaps he shouldn't have, I don't know the context of the statement (a favortie ploy of the media) and perhaps if I did and/or if you did and/or if we did the statement wouldn't have drawn such ire from the world. Or maybe it would have. But anyway, my point was that it's strange that countries like Pakistan can, with a straight face, try and condemn the morality of a statement made in an academic statement and yet in none of the quotes given here do we see these top Islamic officials saying things like "we are doing everything in our power to stop these 'extremists' from destroying our peaceful religion."
Finally, the Pope made an historical statement. In other words he simply made a quote from an historical figure. Now, I wonder why this religion of submission couldn't instead argue against the historical accuracy of the statement, and instead has decided to burn things and scream and yell about the Crusades and how bad Christians are.