my undisputed hero of the bible is known by several names, depending on who you talk to...devil, satan, lucifer, etc.. read it, and you'll find that he was the only one who really stood up for you.. he asserted that you could make decisions for yourself...and told you the very real truth that, just because the piece of meat in your chest stops thumping, you positively do not 'die'.. he was your hero.
he stood up to a daddy-maniac and said, 'just because you made us doesnt mean you have the right to tell us what to do.
i thought we were free?'.
Furthermore, if this allmighty, all-knowing, omnipotent god of yours was out-smarted by a snake, he's maybe not so smart after all?
I can't stop laughing about the whole "serpent being the most cunning animal" horse shit. Are we to believe that snakes are the used car salesmen of the animal kingdom. "Pssst! C'mere! I've got some oceanfront property in Arizona that I think you'd be interested in". Snakes are "cunning"! Priceless!
my undisputed hero of the bible is known by several names, depending on who you talk to...devil, satan, lucifer, etc.. read it, and you'll find that he was the only one who really stood up for you.. he asserted that you could make decisions for yourself...and told you the very real truth that, just because the piece of meat in your chest stops thumping, you positively do not 'die'.. he was your hero.
he stood up to a daddy-maniac and said, 'just because you made us doesnt mean you have the right to tell us what to do.
i thought we were free?'.
He is right that both good and evil come from God though....since God created everything. This thread consists mostly of spiritual babies who have no idea what is what and are desperately grasping the air for the answers they will never take hold of. Satan is evil incarnate and evil was not created by God. Evil is a philosophy, not a thing. God creates things and those things choose what they want to do. In the beginning there was the God, the Word and the Holy Spirit. There was no evil since not enough things had been created yet for evil to come to be and God surely is not evil and good luck if you hold that stupid argument between your spiritually deaf ears. Genesis 1-2 speak of the creation of existence and then chapter three starts out with this: Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’? ” An incredible expanse of time is alluded to between the end of Genesis 2 and the start of Genesis 3. Genesis 3 starts out with the introduction of the Devil which he is described as cunning or crafty. So, cunning was used against God and his creation in order to take His throne. This is the beginning of EVIL. To say that the Devil is merely against the "tryant God" is something a spiritual baby would say and is actually just being strung along their life as opposed to actually living it themselves. There there stupid ones, maybe one day y'all realize that evil is bad and God is good. Carry on. -Sab |
What an incredibly snide, short-sighted, and abusive post. Nice job, Sab. Your ignorance speaks volumes.
to the citizens of the united states of america from her sovereign majesty queen elizabeth ii.
in light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for president of the usa and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give ...notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.. .
(you should look up 'revocation' in the oxford english dictionary.).
I'd be all for it if it would mean that the US dollar would have the same value as the English pound.....Oh yeah, you're NOT taking my microbrews, guns, or football. And let's face it. Roundabouts just plain suck ass.
as some of you know, i am employed as master of whisky for seattle (pac nw).
i represent diageo n america's whisk(e)y portfolio.. this includes: johnnie walker, the classic malts of scotland, bushmills irish whiskey, crown royal, bulleit bourbon and rye whiskey, george dickel tennessee whisky, and bucchanan's blended scotch whisky.. my job basically involves speaking publicly about the whiskies, hosting and presenting whisk(e)y tastings and dinners, and educating bar & restaurant staff about whisk(e)y. tough gig, i know.. my mow bio & pic can be found on crown royal's website here: http://www.crownroyal.com/west-masters/breck-taylor.
i was thinking about putting a featured whisky of the week up here every friday.
Yup. Atheism to N.drew's ME ME ME to gay marriage. What's next?
as some of you know, i am employed as master of whisky for seattle (pac nw).
i represent diageo n america's whisk(e)y portfolio.. this includes: johnnie walker, the classic malts of scotland, bushmills irish whiskey, crown royal, bulleit bourbon and rye whiskey, george dickel tennessee whisky, and bucchanan's blended scotch whisky.. my job basically involves speaking publicly about the whiskies, hosting and presenting whisk(e)y tastings and dinners, and educating bar & restaurant staff about whisk(e)y. tough gig, i know.. my mow bio & pic can be found on crown royal's website here: http://www.crownroyal.com/west-masters/breck-taylor.
i was thinking about putting a featured whisky of the week up here every friday.
The Japanese stuff tends to be fairly pricey, Tal. I spent well over $100 US for the Yamazaki 18yr. The 12yr is a little less, like $80. They do bottle them in minis, too. Maybe you could find a mini bottle? 50ml?
as some of you know, i am employed as master of whisky for seattle (pac nw).
i represent diageo n america's whisk(e)y portfolio.. this includes: johnnie walker, the classic malts of scotland, bushmills irish whiskey, crown royal, bulleit bourbon and rye whiskey, george dickel tennessee whisky, and bucchanan's blended scotch whisky.. my job basically involves speaking publicly about the whiskies, hosting and presenting whisk(e)y tastings and dinners, and educating bar & restaurant staff about whisk(e)y. tough gig, i know.. my mow bio & pic can be found on crown royal's website here: http://www.crownroyal.com/west-masters/breck-taylor.
i was thinking about putting a featured whisky of the week up here every friday.
Do you mean a whisky distilled from honey? Or a whisky that has been flavored with honey? There are examples of both.
as some of you know, i am employed as master of whisky for seattle (pac nw).
i represent diageo n america's whisk(e)y portfolio.. this includes: johnnie walker, the classic malts of scotland, bushmills irish whiskey, crown royal, bulleit bourbon and rye whiskey, george dickel tennessee whisky, and bucchanan's blended scotch whisky.. my job basically involves speaking publicly about the whiskies, hosting and presenting whisk(e)y tastings and dinners, and educating bar & restaurant staff about whisk(e)y. tough gig, i know.. my mow bio & pic can be found on crown royal's website here: http://www.crownroyal.com/west-masters/breck-taylor.
i was thinking about putting a featured whisky of the week up here every friday.
I'm going for a nice Japanese single malt tonight. Japan's Suntory distillery produces a few diferent labels when it comes to whisky. Yamazaki, Hibiki, and Hakushu are their main expressions. While the Japanese single malts are produced very much in the same manner as the Scottish SM whiskies, they cannot be called Scotch. Scotch can only be produced in Scotland. The Japanese tend to rely less on the peaty side of things, however, there is a Hakushu Peated SM that is very reminscient of a smoky Islay malt.
Both Suntory YAMAZAKI 12- and 18- year old single malts are aged in casks of three different kinds of oaks: American, Spanish and Japanese. This gives Suntory Whisky its unique quality. Each drink has a distinct taste.
Tonight, I'm going with the YAMAZAKI Single Malt 18-Year Old Whisky
This is a full-bodied whisky with spicy cherry-like tones. The toffee aromatics of this copper-gold colored whisky offer a pleasant, long, dry finish. A gentle, complex, savory dram.
I'm going to wash my hands of this issue.
I'm just going to take a small bit of comfort in the fact that N.drew is gone and deservedly so. No injustice there.
I walk away disappointed and confused in that N.drew's abhorrent behavior is still being excused away. The most offensive point is that, again, it belittles all of the other people that were her targets. Again, not fair. Not right.
I'm going to take the privately given advice of another wise poster. I will pity N.drew. Maybe she was so deep in her mental illness that she just couldn't help being a nasty old crone. Fine. That just cements my opinion that she had no business participating in a public discussion forum.
Maybe I was a little too aggressive in my attempts to make her defenders admit that she acted in the wrong. I was snide and snarky. My aim is not to make enemies. I fear I have done so, with much regret.
My biggest regret is that I let something so trivial and insignificant affect my life. A lot of emotion spent over an internet disussion board. I shouldn't let myself get worked up over petty shit like this.
I think my "Friday Whisk(e)y" thread needs some attention. On to more light-hearted things.
I will apologize to james_woods for the "breastfeeding" comments. They border on name-calling and were over the top. I'm sorry.
i'll admit it.
it kinda gets my goat when folks disregard spelling and grammar.
i really get miffed at misuse of there/their/they're and your/you're, then/than, etc.. i very rarely ever go so far as to correct anyone on it, but it would seem that maybe karma caught up with me today on another thread when i typed that i had "said my peace".
Whoa!! Easy there 00DAD! When it comes to the whole "say your piece/peace" thing, both make sense, right?
No need to get all aggro about it.
