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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:09 am    Post subject: Re: Belief in God Reply with quote
I don't see where Niall made a mistake...

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:48 am    Post subject: Re: Belief in God Reply with quote
:lol

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You realize thats "wwwcounselorpublishingcom", ay?

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:28 am    Post subject: Re: Belief in God Reply with quote
Yeah, if he's trying to assume a new online personality, it's not that effective of a disguise.

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We once got two flashlights, moved the beams together until the cat was JUST about to pounce. Then we moved the two beams apart in opposite directions. The cat ran. Didn't find it for two hours.

The cat was still under the bed after the weekend, and never played flashlight games ever again.

The fact that i considered it a 'victory' pissed off my girlfriend more than that i'd broken her cat.






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Yes, I'm aware too. My finger is on the ban button as we speak.

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Counsel seems to have found more fertile ground at Religious Debate






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PostPosted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Belief in God Reply with quote
Wow...so much conversation I have caused here!! I see that the debate is still not resolved. Ah well..keep trying my little cretins...I mean CREATIONS! Sorry.


OOOH! The Architect shall be sore with me for bringing this old thread back yet again!


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I just read a book on www.athenaminerva.com, it was the most interesting book I have read in a very long time. Its about this girl born with a caul over her face, she had psychic abilities that she did not know how to control, that caused the death of several people - she actually killed one man and was convicted of murder, she made the warden fall in love with her and get her out of prison, it is a true story. I could not believe some of the things that happened to her. I AM NOT DOING IT JUSTICE HERE - YOU HAVE TO READ IT. I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO READ IT SO THAT WE COULD DISCUSS IT.

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Sounds like Orson Scott Cards character Alvin Maker. Born with a Caul and special powers...I have not read the series, but did read a short story, but this sounds like it.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Belief in God Reply with quote
Wow after listening to you brianiac's (I mean that as a compliment) views and discussions on whether God exists, my comments are going to probably sound insignificant. I read a book: Emergence Angel or Demon on a web site - www.athenaminerva.com. It is a true story of a woman who was born with a caul and because of all the strange things that kept happening, with her, at the center of it all, she slowly became aware that she was not a "normal" person. How her belief in god or gods interred into some of the things she did or didn't do. The book is not the best written book in the world, but it was the story that kept me going. It made me rethink what I felt about god all my life. My best friend knows the woman who wrote it and, yes, I am helping promote it, but only because it was extremely interesting.

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