what do canadians have to be proud of!
1. smarties .
2. crispy crunch, coffee crisp .
I am proud to be canadian and can easily discount most of NOdenial's points under the idea of 'cuckoo' LOL
Seriously, there is so much I love about canada that it would take pages to list...other countries including the states have their own supporters (SHAME NOdenial SHAME LOL) and similar reasons they love their own land.
I hope I never leave this great land....
"i'll be honest about it.
it is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics.
doubt is useful for a while.
"I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation."
'But we must move on.' is an assumption. Assumptions are the basis of 'believing' something. 'To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation' Thus, doubt = immobility? And there's a problem with that? Indeed, the assumption <again> by this writer is that immobility is not a long term viable option because 'mobility' is much better. The tone of my response is a result of my current 'assumption' which is immobility lol. And damn, I'm enjoying it! boa....
and how much have you spent in your lifetime on booze?.
http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/drinkometer.html.
i'm rated as ozzy osbourne.
Ozzy Osbourne - Yikes!
16.35 Bath tubs and .85 Ferraris!
oh boy...
all this talkin 'bout drinkin makes me wanna go have one....scuze for a sec!
boa
i was reading ecclesiastes 1 -3 today(excerpt is from chapter 2)..... and i'm not a bible scholar and dont claim any wisdom... but these scriptures seem to just say you live and you die regardless of who or what you do in life.
its all vanity...... is this the true wisdom of the bible?
that we exsist not by or for any reason.. we just exsist then we die..... end of story?
Of course it matters how we live. But unfortunately a lot of people dont care about others which is pretty much what that passage says. Someone who does nothing but good all their lives making people happy and helping people gets the exact same end as a pedophile or suicide bomber. Whats the point? This really gets to me. Surely this isnt all there is to it, there has to be something that makes all the suffering worth while.
It does matter how we live, but only because to do to others as you would have done to you makes your life happier, yet even if you do live this way, 'bad' things can happen in spades - real fair eh? Life isn't about it being fair, that is a myopic dream that armchair warriors sit back and fantasize about. The end is the same for all and its dreaming that it would be any different that leads to a real let down for people. Indeed, DO good for others, sacrifice your youth and life in the service of your fellowman but DON'T do it because you think you'll somehow get blessed or given the 'Prize'. Its saying and thinking that this 'can't be all there is to life' that leads to depression and dissappointment since there is no proof that anything else happens. Give me proof that there is something 'beyond' this life worth sacrificing time, energy, and money for, and I'll consider putting my signboard back on warning the world of impending doom. After hours I'll work in the soup kitchen too! boa....feeling a little nasty today...
http://www.trailerparkboys.com/main.html
ah, our american compatriots have no idea what they are missing... one of the finest shows on television.
the trailer park boys.
orbison11....Bob and Doug, those gods, were on SCTV and they are from the 'GREAT WHITE NORTH!' lol
boa...
i was reading ecclesiastes 1 -3 today(excerpt is from chapter 2)..... and i'm not a bible scholar and dont claim any wisdom... but these scriptures seem to just say you live and you die regardless of who or what you do in life.
its all vanity...... is this the true wisdom of the bible?
that we exsist not by or for any reason.. we just exsist then we die..... end of story?
candidly...I concur with you totally....It was this book, which is my favourite from da bible actually, that, while reading at bethel, really was the beginning of the end of my sick love affair with the wts, and in the end, with gawd...
If we are here by chance or an impersonal gawd, then all else is moot....and just a 'nice to do' for other people...its all about continuation of the species and if that fails, then who cares?????? The universe sure as hell doesn't! Anything else is pure emotionalism which is unreliable at best and plain ol' foolhardy at worst.
I relish this belief for its rawness, realism, and feel that ol' king Sol knew it as well...good on 'im for showing it to me...the horny ol' bastard!
boa...
http://www.trailerparkboys.com/main.html
ah, our american compatriots have no idea what they are missing... one of the finest shows on television.
the trailer park boys.
Shamus, this is without a doubt one of my favourite canuck shows!
We have season one and two on DVD and watch it over and over
Don't forget J-ROC!
The sideline info on the DVD is just great!
boa
the bridge
a metaphor
there was a man who had given much thought to what he wanted from life.
(((((bem)))))
i got your pm, bet you didn't get mine back .
my pmer don't work.
it is better but it is still wait and see .
Well it could take pages to describe how great see is!
Since we don't have pages, I'd like to say that see is likely one of those people who was nice as a dub and as an ex-dub.
She supports gawd knows how many of us behind the scenes and has been here from the start of when I got to JWD.
Here's a toast to you gal!
Thanks for being a great friend!
boa....
do you believe the bible is the inspired word of god?
have you somehow attempted to prove this to yourself or have you just accepted it?
I do not. I have yet to read the volumes of information out there supporting its lack of inspiration (still finishing up all the Franz, Jonsson, Penton books lol), however, what I have read on this site and a few others contains the 'ring of troof' to me....Perhaps this is because its what I want to believe to justify my lifestyle (very NON-religious) or perhaps it is that I apparently am not capable of FAITH. One's assumptions reveal so much about what one believes (thank garybuss for teaching me that!).
I reject the emotionalism and 'leap' it takes to have faith. It is an unreliable, unquantifiable and indescribeable idea IMO. To believe the bible is the inspired word of God, or parts of it even, requires the elusive idea of faith and as stated I have none in anything that is not somehow explainable by science and reason whether existant now or to be discovered in the future.
JC....that has got to be your shortest post ever! Good one! Kudos!
bebu...I just love Steven Wright's material - he rawks!
boa.....
