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Arnolds Body Building Tips!
by ASchwarzenegger inhello all you noodle kegs,.
this shall be my thread of revealing my secret training tips, because as i'm getting old and senile i may not recall everyting precisely.. .
here is some tips on how to work out when your not around a gym.
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Giant galaxies in early universe
by zagor inspitzer and hubble team up to find "big baby" galaxies in the newborn universe .
two of nasa's great observatories, the spitzer and hubble space telescopes, have teamed up to "weigh" the stars in several very distant galaxies.
one of these galaxies, among the most distant ever seen, appears to be unusually massive and mature for its place in the young universe.
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Big Dog
I am watching "Contact" as I read this, the whole scale of the thing is just beyond comprehension. I just keep thinking about that line about if we are the only life what a huge waste of space.
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My Surgery is coming up soon........
by whyamihere inwell my doctor doesn't want to wait any longer.
on friday sept 30th i have my angiogram.
my step mother is so wonderful.
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Big Dog
Brooke, hope all goes well, I'll be thinking of you.
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Marriage and Age
by pratt1 in.
would you marry someone more than 15 years older or younger than yourself?.
it seems to be somewhat common for men to marry women significantly younger than them selves, but when a woman marries a man much younger, it seems to generate a lot of attention.. what are your thoughts?
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Big Dog
FHN, I agree, its a decision each person has to make for themselves weighing the possible benefits against the possible problems. I guess I just come from the school of thought of there are enough problems that crop up in life even with the best planning that I am not going to add anything to that mix, but then when possible "true love" comes into play, that can change everything. So many unknowns when trying to make decisions in life.
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Marriage and Age
by pratt1 in.
would you marry someone more than 15 years older or younger than yourself?.
it seems to be somewhat common for men to marry women significantly younger than them selves, but when a woman marries a man much younger, it seems to generate a lot of attention.. what are your thoughts?
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Big Dog
FHN, she still loves him, there is no question about that, but the realities of the situation are not pleasant either. She has become a nuresmaid to him and he despises that much more than she does. They can no longer enjoy each other as they used to or do things together like they used to, true that can happen to any couple due to an accident etc. but statistically its not as likely as old age to come into play.
I think there is a lot to be said for growing old together rather than one after the other.
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Marriage and Age
by pratt1 in.
would you marry someone more than 15 years older or younger than yourself?.
it seems to be somewhat common for men to marry women significantly younger than them selves, but when a woman marries a man much younger, it seems to generate a lot of attention.. what are your thoughts?
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Big Dog
Speaking just from what I have seen, I agree that when both are relatively young and healthy its not such a big deal, but at the far end it becomes a huge issue I think. My mother in law is 60, her husband is 80, and not a healthy 80 where as she is a vigourous 60. It is very difficult for them now, she is raring to go and he is nearly wheelchair bound and not very healthy or energetic at all.
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What would you have done?
by defd inwhat would you have done back in the 1st century when jesus came on the earthly stage and started christianity.
would you have became his follower?
how about after he left the earth and christianity began to spread by means of the apostles, would you have been involved in the many congregations that were started throughout the area?
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Big Dog
Derrick,
Don't want to ignore your questions, asked the wife about the kissing of statues, she doesn't do it, and most don't do it (I personally have never seen it done in over 10 years of attending) but explained at length that for those that do is it not idolitry as they are not worshiping the statue, it is merely an act of respect and reverence for what the statue reperesents, a fine distinction, but to my JW roots plausible as the JW's were excellent in legalistic distinctions (ie. blood fractions vs. whole blood).
As for the scriptures, most protestant faiths subscribe to sola scriptura, my understaning is that means that everything is contained in the bible, therefore church from the bible. The wife says the Catholic church believes the Bible was a product of the church and that there were traditions and teachings passed down by Jesus and the apostles that are not contained in the bible. Since the bible was not put together until around the 3rd century it makes sense to me that what the christian congregations were doing prior to the bible being assembled had to come from somewhere, so I understand the tradition arguement.
Where the heck is Jeff Schwelm, he can explain this stuff so much better than I can second hand.
I'm not advocating any position (Catholic, JW, etc.), just that once I got passed my JW bred thinking that the Catholic church was completely insane and actually looked at some of their teachings with an open mind, I have to admit they are not as silly as I was raised to believe, certainly no more so than the JW's.
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What would you have done?
by defd inwhat would you have done back in the 1st century when jesus came on the earthly stage and started christianity.
would you have became his follower?
how about after he left the earth and christianity began to spread by means of the apostles, would you have been involved in the many congregations that were started throughout the area?
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Big Dog
Derrick,
I'm not upset at all, I was just correcting what I thought was an erroneous statement. My wife gets really upset with a lot of the stuff people misunderstand about the Catholic church, even those that are members (I recall many JW's that really didn't understand the faith they professed to follow).
From what I can see most christian faiths obviously share a great deal in the way of beliefs and practices, which according to my wife makes sense since all are off shoots of the original christian church. Having been raised a JW and attending the Catholic church for quite a while with my wife and being married to a Catholic I see many paralells between the religions and many differences.
From a practical standpoint it seems to me that Catholics have a much more healthy outlook on living in this world and seem to be better adjusted as a whole than JW's. Just my observation, no empirical evidence is suggested.
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What would you have done?
by defd inwhat would you have done back in the 1st century when jesus came on the earthly stage and started christianity.
would you have became his follower?
how about after he left the earth and christianity began to spread by means of the apostles, would you have been involved in the many congregations that were started throughout the area?
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Big Dog
You are right Hibie, according to the Catholic church, saint with a capital S is only for those that have passed in death.
In the Roman Catholic church, the title of Saint - with a capital 'S' - refers to a person who has been formally canonized (officially recognized) by the Church. This takes place sometime after the person’s death and by this definition, never refers to a living person. Formal Canonization is a lengthy process often taking many years, even centuries. The individual is thoroughly investigated by the church and often a number of visions, miracles, or of the holiness and good deeds the person done while on earth in order to be declared a Saint. Also, by this definition there are many people in heaven who are not Saints simply because their lives were not exemplary (though they still went to heaven) and the church does not wish to uphold the individual as an example to be emulated. They are called saints (lowercase 's').
Contrary to popular belief, Saints are not worshiped - this would violate the Commandments - but they are asked for help or to pray for a person. Saints are usually considered to be specific intercessors for specific problems as well. The term Patron Saint usually defines this purpose. Once a person has been declared a Saint, the body of the Saint is considered to be holy. In past centuries, the bones of saints were distributed as holy artifacts. The ring on the finger of Catholic bishops contains the relic of a Saint. In modern times, however, there is a growing trend to show respect for the body of a Saint by leaving it alone and buried.
For Derrick, please note the first sentence in the second paragraph, this info is from the Wikpedia site.
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What would you have done?
by defd inwhat would you have done back in the 1st century when jesus came on the earthly stage and started christianity.
would you have became his follower?
how about after he left the earth and christianity began to spread by means of the apostles, would you have been involved in the many congregations that were started throughout the area?
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Big Dog
Hibie,
This is more or less the definition of a saint that I was given:
In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. It can be applied to both the living and the dead and is an acceptable term in most of the world's popular religions. The Saint is held up by the community as an example of how we all should act, and his or her life story is usually recorded for the edification of future generations.
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