A radio station, using footage from the recent Mt. St.Helens eruptions, reported that "Great Blue Hill" (635ft), 8 miles south of Boston, had blown its top in volcanic fury. Swarms of people fled their homes. A woman with a stable of horses released her steeds to give them a chance to escape. They were running on and around a nearby highway (Rte. 128); happily, they were later rounded u
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Also known as "4x4 Day," when Jeepsters, Bronco owners, Roving Land Rovers, lifted "Tacos" and other off-road enthusiasts put their brand loyalty differences aside and prepare for a summer of wheeling the trails and back roads.
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This was thoughtfully answered a few years ago, so please indulge me for bringing up, again, the matter of "Maundy Thursday." It's been a while, and something that piques my interest. "Maundy Thursday" is the Thursday night preceding the Crucifixion (Good Friday), when Christ conducted the Last Supper, his time of prayer in Gethsemane, His betrayal, arrest, trial, and sente
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No telling what she'll pull in lawsuits.
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"When one door closes, another one opens." --Boeing
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You seem to have trouble with people exchanging their religious beliefs. I could have asked them to leave. I chose to engage them. If you're annoyed by people's religious views, you ask them to leave. I'm annoyed by (usually young and very ignorant) people on my porch who want to sell me a "sustainable" "green energy" utility plan. They claim that I will "save the envi
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It was an adult father-son pair, nicely dressed and very polite. I was in pajamas and robe. We had a nice chat of about 10 minutes or so. I mentioned at the outset that I had left Christian Science, which I consider a cult, and was now a born-again Baptist. No argument from them: they were quite respectful. I shared a litany of problems with CS, (special language, belief in exclusivity of trut
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...and thought of LW and ElderOlderDog. It started with a meme, which I can't reproduce here, but went, Poster A: "Personally, bad English is such a turn-off for me." Poster B: "You don't need to put 'for me' after writing 'personally.'" Then, the following comments (cut & paste, cleaned up a little): Deplorable_Ed Bulk Hogan 8 hours ago Personally, I saw no
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Meme: "We live in a time when intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people aren't offended."
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"...a queen and a god (sic) in His kingdom..." "...for becoming a god yourself..." A god? or a goddess? to "create new worlds...?" Interesting mix--or confusion--of gender offices there.
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The kind of person who says, "I don't fit in because I know/see/understand things that ordinary people don't." What may be psychological issues or just social awkwardness gets explained away, or worse: exalted, as something superior. Take this on a collective basis, and you have things like spiritual elitism: "We have the truth. They hate us because we have it, and they don't."
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...called "the Adam Dream." They interpret the Eden story as the fall of Mankind's collective (or individual? Mary Baker Eddy was vague here) spirit, "And a mist arose..." That is, "mist" is allegorical for the false consciousness of a dream world. And yes, it is Eastern, via Emerson and the Transcendentalists, in spite of a gloss Christian-Biblical nomenclature
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Villager: Moving from Cache Valley to California? That's a switch! BTW, which village is yours? I couldn't resist visiting Martin Harris' grave when visiting Logan a few years ago. I also visited JS' birthplace in Vermont last year. Bookend experiences, sort of.
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Vegetarianism, and veganism more so, is the exception to the rule. The issue is where, when, and whether meat and fish avoidance is based on some belief system or some idiosyncratic local situation. Edit: getting back to the original thread, there is nothing about vegetarianism and veganism that contradicts or conflicts with Christian Scriptures, teachings and common practice: it's something p
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...Order yours now and avoid the rush! (First 500 customers get matching Wuhan-brand N95 face masks!)
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This is another example of the violence women suffer in classical music. Something must be done!
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"They" didn't say who the "they" are. I think "they" went thataway.
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Per the Wall Street Journal, more and more people are opting to be long- and even life-long renters. There are many factors, notably current interest rates and the sucky economy + an increase in property values caused by (among other factors) Very Big Money paying cash. Just a complex interplay of economic, cultural, lifestyle and psychological factors. Hardly a week goes by and I don't get so
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summer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm not buying it. I don't care what Coach Reid > says. It's not okay. "Victory covers a multitude of sins." They won, so all is forgiven. Had KC lost, there would be a plethora of discussion and analysis: "Was Reid hurt or traumatized? "Did it upset KC momentum?" "Should Kelce ha
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