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Posts by bigboi
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17The Law (Old) Testament & The True Christian (New) Covenant - Part I(a)
by AGuest into the household of god that is .
his love and faith in god, however, were very different from what most us understand: he loved god and he had faith in god because he knew god.
here it is, the man's beloved son, and god was asking for a sacrifice of that son.
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A Very Strange HipHop Act!
by metatron inok, this sounds like a joke, but i'm not making this up.. there is a new artist getting critical attention named matisyahu.
he is an ultra orthodox hassidic jew - who is singing reggae, hip hop style.
he can't stage dive into a crowd because that might.
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bigboi
His shows get hype! Not my cup of tea but some cats really feel this dude.
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The Second Amendment
by Englishman ini like guns.
i like the feel of them.
i like the fine engineering too.
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bigboi
After reading some of James Madison's thoughts, I have to say that he was of the opinion that the citizens should be allowed to arm themselves with whatever kind of weapon they chose. Now, it would be hard to argue that was the intent of all the framers of the Constitution and the version of the Bill of Rights added on later to amend it in order to guarantee certain civil liberties. What he envisioned was the entire citizenry being part of a national militia that held the government in check from abusing civil liberties through the force of arms. He also used what has become the tired rhetoric of arms somehow being a deterrant to crime. This is in line with what many people on the "pro-gun" side of the debate have to say about the issue.
These are of course different times and the matter of gun ownership and the kinds of weapons people are allowed to have should be held to some sort of scrutiny. Well maybe not gun ownership, because it states in the Bill of Rights that government cannot infringe upon the peoples right to arm themselves. However the types of weapons that are sold should be considered. First, the capability of the military is such nowadays that no militia of ordinary citizens can hope to resist it. When there have been uprisings and attacks of government agencies, it's been mostly the glare of the public that's stopped outright butchering of resisters. If the government wanted to put down any uprising it could do with minimal effort on it's part no matter what types of weapons we had at our disposal. Therefore i don't see the need for people to be allowed to buy 50 caliber rifles that can shoot and put holes through lead plates a mile away. Assault weapons can be easily converterted to automatics and are rally unneccessary. These are weapons used by nefarious people to kill cops, each other and the all too occasional innocent bystander. Simply put times have changed, guns aren't gonna stop any government agency from taking your rights away. The civilian side lost that capability sometime after the war of 1812 when guys got really serious about blowing a motherfucker to pieces.
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Fifty Per Cent Of Personal Bankruptcy Claims in US Due To Medical Costs
by hillary_step ini was stunned by this dismal piece that i read in forbes magazine recently.
coming from the uk it is astonishing to me that an affluent nation as is the us, cannot provide better protection for the health and welfare of its citizens.
i was especially astonished by the fact that insurance companies withdraw their coverage while a person is sick and in need of help.
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bigboi
It is actually worse when you DO have money.
Sadly, this is a true statement. Sometimes it's pretty bad when you have insurance too. To get fair treatment it's almost like you have to be really poor or really rich.
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Hip Hop Hot or Country Cool?
by prophecor inthere's a growing trend for white folks to listen to r&b, hip hop & even "gansta' " rap music, and its generally accepted in the black community.
will there ever come a time when black folks can reasonably get away with listening to country & western music and not be affraid of being clowned upon and derided for listening to it?
come on, where my homies in 'da hood who secretly listen to c&w at?
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bigboi
FTR, this a stupid assed thread.
This thread = not piff.
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Hip Hop Hot or Country Cool?
by prophecor inthere's a growing trend for white folks to listen to r&b, hip hop & even "gansta' " rap music, and its generally accepted in the black community.
will there ever come a time when black folks can reasonably get away with listening to country & western music and not be affraid of being clowned upon and derided for listening to it?
come on, where my homies in 'da hood who secretly listen to c&w at?
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bigboi
Country Music = piff!
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So I'm Dancing, and This Bitch Is Just WATCHING Me
by SixofNine indo you think dogs are critical of the way we dance?
are dogs from black families less embarrassed by their owner's dancing?
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bigboi
ps... did I really craft a sentence with the words "black families" and "their owners" in it??
I missed this one! Not funny.......ROTFL!
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So I'm Dancing, and This Bitch Is Just WATCHING Me
by SixofNine indo you think dogs are critical of the way we dance?
are dogs from black families less embarrassed by their owner's dancing?
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bigboi
Are dogs from Black families less embarrassed by their owner's dancing?
Just hadda play that race card didn't cha?
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bigboi
I wouldn't be surprised if the death toll eventually reaches the hundreds of thousands. It's a heartbreaking turn of events. I read in this morning's paper that before the wall of water reached the shores of Sri Lanka the people there, many children included among them, were drawn to the beaches because of the unusually high waves. Then, just like that, the wall of water was upon them. God have mercy on their souls.
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Is Islam a religion of Peace?
by Perry inhttp://answering-islam.org.uk/quran/themes/jihad_passages.html
the above link shows 164 verses in the koran that instructs the faithful to kill infidels.
in light of this, how can some still spout the mantra that this is a religion of peace and that it's only the "radical fringe" that are causing problems?
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bigboi
Why do you think that nations where Christianity took root prospered materially and nations where Islam took root seemed to not progress commercially?
Although the question was not directed towards me, I'd like to offer a possible reason for this outcome. Imo, the West's prosperity is a direct consequence of the Christian belief drawn from the old testament of the right of Christian rulers to subdue the earth. This doctrine was responsible for an almost 500 year long period of colonization and almost uninterrupted conflict between the western powers. This also fueled numerous technological advances that left the most of the world and it's resources in the hands of just a few Western nations. This world domination was accomplished through the old-fashioned and very un-Christlike use of violent, brutal force to subdue the populations of the world. IMO, the deeds of Islamic terrorist organizations horrible as they are pale in comparison to what was unleahed on the world by the Chrsitian powers.