For the parents of 20 little ones who will have Christmas presents under your trees this year unopened, and unused.....
My heart weeps with you.
in rememberance
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_SteelHead
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in rememberance
It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener at war.
Some of us, on the other hand, actually prefer a religion that includes some type of correlation with reality.
~Bill Hamblin
Some of us, on the other hand, actually prefer a religion that includes some type of correlation with reality.
~Bill Hamblin
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_Res Ipsa
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Re: in rememberance
Amen.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
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_LittleNipper
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Re: in rememberance
Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.
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_Philo Sofee
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Re: in rememberance
It is a very sad weekend. Watching the news about it just causes one to cry. At this point there is little else we can do. I'm sorry for the entire community. They all had very beautiful children.
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"Dr. Peterson and his Callithumpian cabal of BYU idiots have been marginalized by their own inevitable irrelevancy defending a fraud."
"Dr. Peterson and his Callithumpian cabal of BYU idiots have been marginalized by their own inevitable irrelevancy defending a fraud."
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_Fence Sitter
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Re: in rememberance
Truly a tragedy.
Hopefully those directly involved will be able to draw strength and comfort from their beliefs. The public discussion of God's involvement or lack thereof, during this time of sadness, is one best left alone for now.
Hopefully those directly involved will be able to draw strength and comfort from their beliefs. The public discussion of God's involvement or lack thereof, during this time of sadness, is one best left alone for now.
"Any over-ritualized religion since the dawn of time can make its priests say yes, we know, it is rotten, and hard luck, but just do as we say, keep at the ritual, stick it out, give us your money and you'll end up with the angels in heaven for evermore."
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_SteelHead
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Re: in rememberance
LittleNipper wrote:Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.
Nipper just went on my "is a crass bastard" list.
It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener at war.
Some of us, on the other hand, actually prefer a religion that includes some type of correlation with reality.
~Bill Hamblin
Some of us, on the other hand, actually prefer a religion that includes some type of correlation with reality.
~Bill Hamblin
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_LittleNipper
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Re: in rememberance
SteelHead wrote:LittleNipper wrote:Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.
Nipper just went on my "is a crass bastard" list.
So you don't care if it happens again? I firmly believe that if opening exercises and Bible readings were reintroduced into the Public (Community) School System, this sort of thing would end. But you wouldn't want that, it might make one think in terms of eternity instead of just the material.
Mark 9:42
(Jesus said) Whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Please see the following: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12 ... -arms?lite
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_just me
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Re: in rememberance
LittleNipper wrote:
So you don't care if it happens again? I firmly believe that if opening exercises and Bible readings were reintroduced into the Public (Community) School System, this sort of thing would end.
Based on what evidence? Shootings have happened at churches and religious gatherings...
~Those who benefit from the status quo always attribute inequities to the choices of the underdog.~Ann Crittenden
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~The Goddess is not separate from the world-She is the world and all things in it.~
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Re: in rememberance
It's a shame some feel the need to preach their version of God using this tragedy. This lack of understanding leads to people like the Westboro Baptist church.
"Any over-ritualized religion since the dawn of time can make its priests say yes, we know, it is rotten, and hard luck, but just do as we say, keep at the ritual, stick it out, give us your money and you'll end up with the angels in heaven for evermore."