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  The After Humans Shows

  by Satanus in

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  2. friends

  do any of you watch those?

  i don't, cuz i disagree w the concept.

  also, at present, i suspect that they may be being put there as a softening up measure on the general public.. what do you think?.

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  Tiger, tiger, burning bright

  In the forests of the night,

  What immortal hand or eye?

  Could frame thy fearsome symmetry?

  

  London Bridge is falling down

  London Bridge is broken down,

  Falling down, falling down.

  London Bridge is falling down,

  My fair lady.

  Build it up with wood and clay,

  Wood and clay, wood and clay,

  Build it up with wood and clay,

  My fair lady.

  Wood and clay will wash away,

  Wash away, wash away,

  Wood and clay will wash away,

  My fair lady.

  Build it up with bricks and mortar,

  Bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar,

  Build it up with bricks and mortar,

  My fair lady.

  Bricks and mortar will not stay,

  Will not stay, will not stay,

  Bricks and mortar will not stay,

  My fair lady.

  Build it up with iron and steel,

  Iron and steel, iron and steel,

  Build it up with iron and steel,

  My fair lady.

  Iron and steel will bend and bow,

  Bend and bow, bend and bow,

  Iron and steel will bend and bow,

  My fair lady.

  

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  The After Humans Shows

  by Satanus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do any of you watch those?

  i don't, cuz i disagree w the concept.

  also, at present, i suspect that they may be being put there as a softening up measure on the general public.. what do you think?.

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  Yes, I'm familiar with the idea. Only read the book though.

  I love the idea of civilization's infrastructure crumbling into nothing. A fitting end for an arrogant and destructive way of living. You can already see it in parts of Detroit. I think more of that will happen as people migrate away from many cities and depopulation, to one degree or another, sets in.

  The following poem, by Percy Shelley, speaks to the future.

  OZYMANDIAS

  I met a traveller from an antique land
  Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
  Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
  Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
  And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
  Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
  Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
  The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
  And on the pedestal these words appear:
  "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
  Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
  Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
  Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
  The lone and level sands stretch far away

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  The After Humans Shows

  by Satanus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do any of you watch those?

  i don't, cuz i disagree w the concept.

  also, at present, i suspect that they may be being put there as a softening up measure on the general public.. what do you think?.

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  villabolo

  I'm sure I know what you're referring to. I've read a book about it. However, if you could be a little more specific in order to avoid any misunderstandings.

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  EarthQuake Japan

  by watson in

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  wopper.

  tsunami aftermath.

  witness fervor reaches new heights!.

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  V665: "Golly... the last thing we need is another Chernobyl. "

  Western style nuclear reactors are much safer than Chernobyl, although not disaster proof. A complete meltdown will be nasty for the local area but it should not spread out and into the wind like Chernobyl.

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  About the Adam and Eve time gap....

  by Lozhasleft in

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  what's got me a bit befuddled is this.... when eve was created she was physically perfect right?

  and apparently god blessed them which counted as a marriage.

  so....that means that satan's deception of eve must have been almost immediate?....because being perfect she would have conceived virtually straight away, surely?

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  Notice Adam's position carefully. There's no insertion here, but it is suggested. I am surprised, however, that the artist did not cover Eve's butt crack with that long hair of her's.

  And by the way, what kind of animal is that by Eve's side?

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  The real Big A - the writing on the wall

  by Nickolas in

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  what's happening geologically recently seems to be bringing out the sandwich boards and doomsday proclaimers.

  signs of the end of the world?

  not likely, at least not in the scriptural sense.

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  InterestedOne: "Is there anything similar in the past to compare this to?"

  Expect a variety of problems other than the monetary ones. That means that, no, there is nothing in the past that will remotely resemble the multiple problems that we will go through in the next 10-20 years.

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  The real Big A - the writing on the wall

  by Nickolas in

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  2. current

  what's happening geologically recently seems to be bringing out the sandwich boards and doomsday proclaimers.

  signs of the end of the world?

  not likely, at least not in the scriptural sense.

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  "I've prepared myself a bit by . . . a little gold and silver."

  I hope you have physical possession of the gold and silver, otherwise it can be easily confiscated.

  "I really don't know what else I can do to prepare for something like you describe."

  I strongly recomend a two month supply of regular canned foods and at least a six month supply of long term storage foods. Grains packaged in Nitrogen will last 20-30 years at room temperatures. Stock up on basic daily use items-at least a years worth. That should be a hege against hyperinflation or other severe social problems.

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  EarthQuake Japan

  by watson in

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  2. friends

  wopper.

  tsunami aftermath.

  witness fervor reaches new heights!.

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  Leolaia, I've heard that you have a Japanese (?) boyfriend. If so, I hope he's OK.

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  Some very poor countries aided US after Katrina. Why we should help Japan.

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  some think we should not aid japan.

  here is something my niece posted on facebook about it.

  then there is my response.

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  Shhhhhh! Sam Whiskied and Neck Noose might have something evil to say.

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  Jehovah Bled For YOU - To Receive YOUR Punishment (the wages of sin)

  by Perry in

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  zech 12: 9,10 (jehovah is speaking).

  kjv - and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son.

  nasb - so that they will look on me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for him, as one mourns for an only son.

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  Perry:

  Christians have first hand, primary source testimony that Jesus is alive, and lives within them.

  Egocentric, "ours is the only experience that counts" arrogance. Members of other religions experience epiphanies just like "born again" Christians.

  You have evidence that God doesn't exist?

  As I said on a previous post, we don't have a burden of proof. Proving that God exists is as absurd as proving that fairies exist. Your response to that, I recall was tht there were more blievers in your God than in fairies. That's "fleshly thining. They type of thinking that says, "How can millions be wrong?"

  Well Perry, I've got news for you. Umpteen billion people or 100% of the populaion do not have the power to make the unreal real.

  What about your own violations of character that you have agreed to try to live by?

  Nobody said that we were perfect. Maybe some neurotics with OCPD may come close. In any case, we do the best we can to overcome such faults. No one, God or otherwise is going to do the job for us. So we acknowledge our imperfection but without the magical thinking or arrogance of believing that we are redeemed merely by an act of submission to any God.

  would you agree to allow an all-knowing God judge you according to your own standards instead of his?

  As an atheist, I have followed many Biblical commands more thoroughly than many Christians. But that doesn't mean anything to "born again" Christians who, despite their claims of superior morality, don't give and Eden's fig leaf for non-Christian's morality. Even when it's equivalent or superior to theirs.

  In your minds, so long as you perform the right ritual, anything will be forgiven. "Born again" Christians are precisely like the Pharisees, except that their rituals are non physical. Just mental (Or "spiritual" as you would prefer to call it.).

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