"That's SICK! But funny!" -Pat Merit, wife of Nate
Nate Merit
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Brilliant! The 11-Year Quest to Create Disappearing Colored Bubbles
by daystar inchemical burns, ruined clothes, 11 years, half a million dollarsit's not easy to improve the world's most popular toy.
yet the success of one inventor's quest to dye a simple soap bubble may change the way the world uses color
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/0a03b5108e097010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
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Nate Merit
VERY cool! I love it when people are able to make some cash making me smile.
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Chapter Eighteen of my latest book (This is NATE by the way)
by Jebediah Thunder in" i walked out onto the porch with ernest, who was wearing his suit and tie.
"im your friend nate.
"well have to tell elder barry about how you stood there watching us the whole time, bleeping off and bleeping in your pants.
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Hi Forsharry
Thanks for the compliments! Hopefully I'm more than halfway finished.
Your cat icon reminds me strongly of my wife's late cat Algeronon. He weighed in at forty-two pounds. A true Gourmand.
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Why did Jesus have to die?
by ghostbuster ini disassociated myself from jws about 20 years ago so i'm a bit rusty on christian teaching.
the intersting thing though is i hadn't completely disassociated my mind from their teachings and it's only been recently that i've had true independent thought.
it's scary if you think about it.
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Hi Leoleia!
Hmmm. How DARE you force me to face Reality! I want it MY way! Reality is EXACTLY what I say it is, nothing more and nothing less!
True true, a rough outline is far more accurate. I do have a pronounced habit of overstatement. Unlike the ancients I cannot blame this affliction on Fate.
However, I can blame it on genetics and environment...which is really quite similar when I think about it.
ENOUGH THINKING! I have better things to do! Well, there I go again.
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Why did Jesus have to die?
by ghostbuster ini disassociated myself from jws about 20 years ago so i'm a bit rusty on christian teaching.
the intersting thing though is i hadn't completely disassociated my mind from their teachings and it's only been recently that i've had true independent thought.
it's scary if you think about it.
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Nate Merit
Hey Narkissos
I always wondered who the "ransom" was paid to. The obvious answer is Satan, but I cannot recall if that is the JW teaching.
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Was Jesus the first creation.
by ajie inas i mentioned in my last post that im studying the book what the bible really teaches,anyway im now on the bit about who is jesus,now it uses the scripture col1:15 does this prove he was created where it says hes the firstborn.
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Nate Merit
Hi AJIE
If you're going to stick to the Bible alone, you'll find you can make a good case for and against the Deity of Christ. This fact is what led to the Council of Nicea in 325 AD.
I can take either side in the debate and win. So, when I was a mainstream Bible-believing Christian, this led me to look outside the NT to the church that had produced and canonized the NT for the answer. The Orthodox/Catholic church. It was this study of the major theological and Christological controversies in the early Church Catholic that led me to become a Trinitarian.
Now however I view the Bible as one of many sacred books, the sacred book of my beloved European/American culture.
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Why did Jesus have to die?
by ghostbuster ini disassociated myself from jws about 20 years ago so i'm a bit rusty on christian teaching.
the intersting thing though is i hadn't completely disassociated my mind from their teachings and it's only been recently that i've had true independent thought.
it's scary if you think about it.
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Nate Merit
Welcome aboard! Its' good to 'meet' you.
Looking forward to more intelligent observations and questions.
I too simply don't get the "dying for my sins" gabble. Jesus Christ is in actuality the (Oh no! Nate's at it AGAIN! AAAAAAHHHHH!) perennial Myth of the dying and rising Godman. Every event in his "life" can be found in these Myths, including his teaching, all the way back to Osiris in Egypt. -Nate
To be sung to "Those Daring Young Men In Their Flying Machines":
He died for our sins
and he rose from the tomb
The flew thru the sky
like a hot-air ballon
His movements so jerky
his words so bizarre
Let's name this dead dude
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Why did Jesus have to die?
by ghostbuster ini disassociated myself from jws about 20 years ago so i'm a bit rusty on christian teaching.
the intersting thing though is i hadn't completely disassociated my mind from their teachings and it's only been recently that i've had true independent thought.
it's scary if you think about it.
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Chapter Twelve, Section Eight, Subsection Twelve, Page Seven, Paragraph Six Six Six of the Unified Penal Code and Big Book of Uncle Nero's Safety Tips mandates that:
"All demigods in the Roman Provinces, whether imaginary or real, must be put to death in a manner befitting their station in life. To wit, stoning, flogging, flossing and crossing. In the event said execution results in a resurrection, all Rules, Regulations and Stuff become null and void, and all Roman plebes are hereby ordered to capitulate to said demigod and pass legislation making worship of said demigod the only legal religion in the Empire and all it's provinces, including and especially Byzantium. Make it so!"
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Chapter Eighteen of my latest book (This is NATE by the way)
by Jebediah Thunder in" i walked out onto the porch with ernest, who was wearing his suit and tie.
"im your friend nate.
"well have to tell elder barry about how you stood there watching us the whole time, bleeping off and bleeping in your pants.
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Nate Merit
Hey CoolHandLuke
Aw shucks, ya'll sure I can't mess witcha no mo?
Just kidding. Now I go back and add layers to the story.
Nate