silentwatcher:
Since the Bible is a book of fairytales it should be no surprise that fiction should replace it.
ok so the bible is a work of the early roman church - if you could add any books to a new canon of 'scripture' what would you add - would you take anything out?
my starter for ten: .
i think i'd take out song of soloman.
silentwatcher:
Since the Bible is a book of fairytales it should be no surprise that fiction should replace it.
ok so the bible is a work of the early roman church - if you could add any books to a new canon of 'scripture' what would you add - would you take anything out?
my starter for ten: .
i think i'd take out song of soloman.
I would throw out all Christian and Jewish scriptures replacing them with four novels by Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged, The Foutainhead, We the Living and Anthem.
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http://democrats.senate.gov/ss/calc.html
i found that i would lose 4% of my benefits the new proposed way.. blondie
jula71:
When people start receiving Social Security checks they get back every penny they have paid in with interest in about three years. Every check after that is welfare. Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. If a private citizen tried to set up a similar system he would be sent to prison for fraud. The Democrats and Republicans have been defrauding the American people since 1935.
i knew a man named jesus, and i am not talking about jesus christ, this man was a jw from spain, and he was named jesus, apparently jesus is very common in the spanish language, but when i first meet him and he told me his name i freaked out and i had such a laugh, i couldn?t help but think of the funny situations that can come with it.
so i saw him once at the district convention, and i walked up to him and said in a load voice ... ".jesus!
fancy meeting you here!
Lone Ranger:
Not only is Jesus a very popular name among Spanish speaking people, but an entire country has named itself after Jesus.
El Salvador is Spanish for, the Saviour.
i like ayn rand's simple variation on the usual philosophy breakdown of:.
1.metaphysics (objective reality).
3.ethics (enlightened self-interest).
frankiespeakin:
You do have a personal philosophy, but like most people you do not recognize it as such.
If you have a sense of your place in the world, an understanding that somethings are right and other things are wrong then you are living according to your personal philosophy.
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http://democrats.senate.gov/ss/calc.html
i found that i would lose 4% of my benefits the new proposed way.. blondie
DaCheech:
To hell with the poor, the middle class and the rich who think they are entitled to checks from the government.
The only proper function of government is to protect citizens from force or fraud. Outside of the military for national protection and a police and court system for internal protection the government should butt out of everything, especially education, healthcare and retirement.
If people do not provide for themselves, tough sh....
i like ayn rand's simple variation on the usual philosophy breakdown of:.
1.metaphysics (objective reality).
3.ethics (enlightened self-interest).
Terry:
I have been an Objectivist since 1993 when I first read Atlas Shrugged. The scales fell from my eyes and I have never lived my life for another human being since.
When did you start reading Rand?
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http://democrats.senate.gov/ss/calc.html
i found that i would lose 4% of my benefits the new proposed way.. blondie
Eyebrow2:
That is why it is important to end Social Security as soon as possible. Get the hard part over and the future will be incredibly bright for those in their 20's and 30's.
i hope this has not been a topic lately.... it was christmas day...and i had went to visit some non-jw relatives i was 15 yrs old...and a group of other kids from the neighborhood had all got together on the block, it was snowing and the snow was so fluffy and pretty, so we all started walking down the street singing x-mas songs (we had sipped some spiked egg nog) everyone exchanged little gifts.
we went to different houses visiting and eating.
toward the end of the night we went to my sister's friend house and danced till around 2:00 in the morning..." for the first time in my life i felt free and happy.
Canadian comedians the Kids in the Hall made a movie called "Brain Candy." Each person who took the pill relived his favorite memory over and and over again until he became incapable of functioning.
My favorite scene was a power mad boss who's favorite memory was the perfect cup of coffee served by his assistant. The assistant's favorite memory was peeing in the boss's coffee before sevring it to the boss.
Nonsense.
Get over your inferiority complex.
Men and women are equals. No pedestals, no false chivalry.
Unless you are gay, men and women deserve each other with no apologies.