Considering we are on Kevin's Watch...it will be barely in Hile Troy's eyeless sockets favor.

Madmartigan vs Aragorn

Now Lovecraft...we could open a couple of threads on Lovecraftian philosophy. How about some elder geometry? He was speculating about multiple dimensions before the Superstringers were born...One crazy mofo him. I see oblivion much like the color black, not evil or death, but rather absence. I'm abs...

a bumper sticker I have seen:

"If Jesus died for our sins we better get our money's worth."

This is not on my automobile.

Wait are you a member of the zilch party? A card carrying zilchy? I thought we black-balled zilchies?

Tom, I think you are right when we talk specifically about ourselves. Most of the argument arises when we determine whether or not others have sinned.

I generally only buy from people I know and trust. I buy mostly local and when I can physically put my hands on someone if there is a problem. I think the only thing the couple in question did wrong was actually state their plans. American subcultures have been buying from their own albeit not exclu...

But was the purchase of said mulch politically motivated?

I was once told by a former boss many years ago, and I quote, "A man is only as good as the amount of supervision that he needs."

My previous post was for others interested in this thread as you haven't read such material and clearly won't read such material. It's fruitless in having this debate when only one party is makes the effort to read what the other one presents. kins, did you read the links from rus about the early c...

Hey, weez, Why don't you jump in with something other than snide comments? Where did I say I wasn't biased?
Do you know someone who isn't?

rus, I think you greatly underestimate the integrity of most historians. If one person doesn't give all the facts then there will be five others that gladly will. Also, contrary to your belief, they aren't just a bunch of Jesus/Christian haters. I'm sure at least a few of them are Christians but the...

I don't think I have the time or the energy to even begin to explain how scholars work and how they cite primary and secondary sources....There work isn't based on their own opinion but in every book I mention massive research in primary sources. The bibliographies of these books and others are fill...

For those interested in learning about the events in and around the Council of Nicea and how they determined which books to chose, the trinity, and other vital issues of Christianity I'll provide a short bibliography.... When Jesus Became God by Richard E. Rubenstein (Professor of Public Affairs and...

I will freely admit that I could be wrong or at least somewhat inaccurate in my assessment as I have personally not read everything the Lewis wrote and I am aware that as he aged and married his thoughts on various subjects changed and evolved. The links are mostly recent issues as the older literar...

Yes, Orlion has the particular quote I was thinking of but there are several others like the Four Loves as well. I feel confident on my reliance of modern critics. Or that I'm arguing with a person whose avatar is Aslan. litthe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/22/3/324?rss=1 users.etown.edu/d/DO...

From what I've seen and the folks I've spoken to state money generally goes to meet the immediate needs of flood victims which is limited to the most basic biological requirements. I don't believe that a "state of emergency" had been declared the last time and I think its relatively rare s...

Happy Birthday

You probably shouldn't spend too much time reading these posts...you've got a good deal of writing to do.

I'm not suggesting he's an evil man by any means. Rather I'm obviously failing to illustrate that he doesn't somehow represent the final arbitration of truth about Chrisitianity in the world. He had his failings both intellectually and personally. For better or worse, he isn't the final word on mora...

This is the great problem with the Council of Nicea. They chose what form of Jesus they found most beneficial to themselves and to Constantine. Does the Gospel of Phillip make him sound too human? We can't have that. What about James (possibly James his brother who is mentioned several times in-cano...

Chapter 6 Soaring Woodhelven I was still a little shaken after Triock's attack. It had been a while since someone tried to kill me or at least seriously injure me. Sure, I'd been shot at in the past and beaten up on a few occasions but no one had ever tried to stab me much less with a well-made obsi...

Here is a perfect example of proper debate etiquette...notice that HLT used the spoiler system and the classier $%* when using ettiquette-questionable language. Take note Closers.