The best french fries are at Cockney King's Fish and Chips in Vancouver. Nothing like the batter they use to fry these pieces of potato in :).
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Do you think their fries are really that good?
by Bumble Bee inman goes berserk at pennsylvania burger king that ran out of french fries
dubois, pa. (ap) - a burger king customer berated the employees and nearly hit one of them with his truck after the clerk at the drive-thru window told him they were out of french fries, police said.. .
gregg luttman, 22, made an obscene gesture at the drive-thru clerk on new year's day, then walked into the restaurant and cursed at the staff, said sgt.
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What is your personal "Top Story" of 2004
by confusedjw inmine is the red sox winning the world series.
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the_classicist
I got into a prestigious university and I learned that I can slide by on natural ability there too (it just doesn't produce scholarships) .
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Canada wins....
by morty in.
well, we pulled it off tonight..... we won our gold!!!!!!.
our jr boys beat the russians 6-1....
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the_classicist
We won the World Junior Hockey Championship :)
In days of yore, from Britain's shore
Wolfe the dauntless hero came and planted firm Brittannia's flag on Canada's fair domain
Here may it wave; our boast, our pride, in happiness forever
The thisle, shamrock, rose entwined: the Maple Leaf Forever.
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What gives any being the right to be worshipped?
by dh in.
i'm not sure if i've phrased the question correctly, but what is it that you think gives god or whoever else the right to ask (or demand) the worship of us humans.
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the_classicist
Satanus,
I said that was what I thinking. For me, thinking does not always equal belief and my personal beliefs are very flexible.
PS: I brought up "the Omen" because the conductor for that movie wrote an entire score for a black mass. It had "Ave Satani," which was meant to be a play on "Ave Maria."
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What gives any being the right to be worshipped?
by dh in.
i'm not sure if i've phrased the question correctly, but what is it that you think gives god or whoever else the right to ask (or demand) the worship of us humans.
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the_classicist
Ave Satane (have you seen the Omen?),
The first question that needs to be asked is "what makes you think that God is behind everything." This is just me thinking, but some people think that God is behind every single thing. I don't. I think that sometimes stuff just happens. Scientifically, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused the tsunami. The deaths were so high because there is no tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean as there is for the Pacific Ocean.
I do not know why God allowed this to happen. Humanity does not have answers for everything and we never will. However, it does not follow that "ignorance is bliss" as I'm sure that this would be brought up. One should always try to strive for new ways of thinking and doing things.
If you don't understand why God allowed this to happend why don't you ask Him? Maybe he will tell you what he has not told someone else. Personally, on the issue of worship, I aspire to take and heed this song from the Liturgy of St. James (5th Century):
Let all mortal flesh keep silence / And with fear and trembling stand / Ponder nothing earthly-minded / for with blessings in his hand / Christ our God to earth decendeth / Our full homage to demand.
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Dell Computers
by unbeliever in.
i am leaning toward buying a dell notebook.
who uses dell, and if so are you happy with them?.
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the_classicist
I haven't used it in a few years, but when I did use the Dell Technical Support, it took about a minimum of an hour of waiting on hold listening to elevator music before you could get on with someone. And they try to do all they can, no matter how lengthy or remote to prevent a technician from being sent out (that's fair, i know, but annoying). Right now I just use a Compaq laptop that I got for school. I had a small problem, called up technical support. Some computer asked you a few questions and after about five minutes I was able to get throught to an actual person and had the problem efficiently resolved. So I would recommend HP or the cheaper Compaq
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Dell Computers
by unbeliever in.
i am leaning toward buying a dell notebook.
who uses dell, and if so are you happy with them?.
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Dell Computers
by unbeliever in.
i am leaning toward buying a dell notebook.
who uses dell, and if so are you happy with them?.
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the_classicist
I haven't used it in a few years, but when I did use the Dell Technical Support, it took about a minimum of an hour of waiting on hold listening to elevator music before you could get on with someone. And they try to do all they can, no matter how lengthy or remote to prevent a technician from being sent out (that's fair, i know, but annoying). Right now I just use a Compaq laptop that I got for school. I had a small problem, called up technical support. Some computer asked you a few questions and after about five minutes I was able to get throught to an actual person and had the problem efficiently resolved. So I would recommend HP or the cheaper Compaq.
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What gives any being the right to be worshipped?
by dh in.
i'm not sure if i've phrased the question correctly, but what is it that you think gives god or whoever else the right to ask (or demand) the worship of us humans.
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the_classicist
This is what Ven. Louis of Grenada wrote in The Sinner's Guide:
"If we treat a king, even out of his own dominion, with respect and honor purely because of the dignity of his person, though we owe him nothing, with how much more justice should we render honor and service to this King and Lord, who, as St. John tells us, bears written "on his garment, and on his thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS"! (Apoc. 19:16). This is He who hath "poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth." (Is. 40:12).
All beings are in His power; He disposes of them as He wills. It is He who propels the heavenly bodies, commands the winds, changes the seasons, guides the elements, distributes the waters, controls the stars, creates all things; it is He, in fine, who, as King and Lord of the universe, maintains and nourishes all creatures.
Nor is His kingdom acquired or inherited. By His very nature it is for Him an inherent right. Just as man is above, the ant, for example, so is the Divine. Substance in an eminent degree above all created things, and the whole universe is no more than one of these little insects compared to Him. If this truth were so manifest to the Epicureans, otherwise unworthy of the name of philosophers, how much clearer ought it not be to us, who have been illumined by the light of true Christian philosophy! For this latter teaches us, in fact, that among the innumerable reasons which oblige us to serve God, this is the greatest; and though men were endowed with a thousand hearts and a thousand bodies, this reason alone should be sufficient to cause them to devote them all to His love and service."
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Best Bible Translation?
by mywifeisaJW inmy wife has been a jw for about 10 years (we have been married 15 years).
over the years i have tried various strategies to deal with this, which i won't go into here...except that i have agreed to "read the bible" with my wife...and i get to pick the translation.. what translation would be best recommended to help highlight the errors of the nwt and jw thinking in general?
i have seen here that today's english version has been recommended...anything else?
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There are a few schools of thought when it comes to translating the bible. Some translations try to be as literal to the "original" (though no real originals exist) as possible, whilst others try to be more dynamic, capturing the meaning and phrasing it approximately in English. I find that some translations try to be too dogmatic in being literal, which is the reason I stay away from such translations as the New American Standard Version.
Another factor to consider is whether or not you want an inclusive version, such as the NRSV. Now inclusive bibles usually replace masculine pronouns that appear in the Greek or Hebrew manuscripts with gender inclusive ones. Personally I am not a fan of this as it can have theological implications especially in areas such as the Psalms, but I recognize that the NRSV is a translation of high quality.
Some translations are better than others, but none of them are considered as having the universal quality of "best." Personally, I recommend the Revised Standard Version (RSV, hard to get but worth it; more on the literal side) and the Revised English Bible (more dynamic). Whatever translation you get, and this is my bias talking, you should make sure that it contains the deutercanons or "the apocrypha" (which would bring the total number of books from 66 to ~73). This is because these books, known as the "apocrypha", have been a part of the bible as we know it until the Protestants decided to take it out (though, Martin Luther, traditional Luterans, and Anglicans leave it in along with the Orthodox).
Hope this helps.