Posts by IronGland

10 - you vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.. .

9 - you feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the biblical claim that we were created from dirt.. .

8 - you laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a triune god.. .

10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.

9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.

8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.

7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!

6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.

5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.

4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."

3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.

2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.

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The Holocaust - do we need to know?

by eyeslice in

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this week in uk, there starts a new 6 week series to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=tuesday&service_id=4224&filename=20050111/20050111_2100_4224_37699_50.

personally, i do not like cinema films about the holocaust and, therefore, have never watched things like shindler's list or the pianist.

IronGland

French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen was quoted as saying that the Nazi Occupation of France during World War II was not particularly brutal

It wasn't. 'France' collaborated. A small minority were involves in the resistance. Of course once the war was over it was convenient for everyone to claim they were in the resistance. lol

Why exactly was France given an occupation zone in postwar Germany? Oh yeah, 'France' was living in London.

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Feelings

by IronGland in

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feelings,.

nothing more than feelings.

trying to forget my feelings of love.

IronGland

If you can remember it you weren't really drinking.

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Feelings

by IronGland in

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feelings,.

nothing more than feelings.

trying to forget my feelings of love.

IronGland

For all the paint that's on the wall
For all the asphalt on the street
For all the skin cells on my tongue
For all the bark that's on the tree
For all the freckles on the dork
For all the mold that's on the cheese
For all the clothing in the wash
Cayenne pepper makes me sneeze!

This poem is dedicated to the nation of Japan.

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Feelings

by IronGland in

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feelings,.

nothing more than feelings.

trying to forget my feelings of love.

IronGland

Feelings,
Nothing more than feelings
Trying to forget my feelings of love
Teardrops roling down on my face
Trying to forget my feeling of love

Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it
I wish I've never met you, girl
You'll never come again

CHORUS:
Feelings,
Wo-oh-oh, feelings
Wo-oh-oh, feelings
Feel you in my arms again

Feelings, lke I've never lost you
And feelings like I've never have you again in my heart

Feelings, for all my life, I'll feel it
I wish I've never met you girl
You'll never come again

Feelings, feelings like I've lost you
And feelings like I've never have you in again in my life

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Would You Run For President/Prime Minister/Etc. If You Could???

by minimus in

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and not just everyone "could" run for office.

you need money, exposure, the media, influence, etc.

but if you could, if it was even a longshot possibility, would you ever consider running for office?

IronGland

No way. I know what the outcome would be. We live in a republic and I want it to stay that way. I couldn't trust myself. If I were ever President, I would manipulate things and would be granted power for life. I would do whatever was necessary to achieve this. This is why I will never run for office. I know that destiny handed me that option but I had to say, "no thanks".

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The decade is now half over....

by Leolaia in

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for those of you who are not stunned thinking "where has all the time gone?

", what would you say about the decade we've now in?

do you think world conditions are worse than in the '90s?

IronGland

I tend to think that by the end of G-W-Moron's present term, the US will be so fucked up that people who voted for him will vote against him

I doubt it. I predict the 22nd amendment will bring his downfall.

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Not Many Brits Know That America Declared War On Us..

by Englishman in

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according to this article, the end of this particular war was the start of a strong bond, now known as a special relationship between our 2 countries.

http://www.napoleonguide.com/campaign_1812.htm.

and, ever since that date, the special relationship between britain and the usa has been totally fair and balanced with both countries giving and receiving in exactly equal amounts.. .

IronGland

Er,ever heard of operation sealion?
Thought not.

Yes I have. I know all about operation sealion. It never got past the preliminary planning stages because 1)Hitler didn't have much interest in invading Britain, he just wanted them to acknowledge Germany controlled the continent and drop out of the war so he could concentrate on the USSR. 2)Even if he wanted to, Sealion would have been a spectacular failure. The idea was to use river barges w/ tugs to move the Army across the channel.The basic unit was a tug towing two barges, and travelling at 2-3 knots, in the Channel, which has tides of 5 knots.Even if Germany had total air supremacy the RN would have blown them out of the water. Given that the distance that the far left of the invasion had to cross, a minimum of 85 miles, the poor soldiers would be wallowing for a minimum of 30 hours in an open boat, and expected to carry out an opposed amphibious landing at the end of it.

Next you've got to resupply the ones that actually make it ashore. It was recognised that it was essential to capture an intact port. Dover was the port chosen. The Kriegsmarine were told to put the Wehrmacht ashore in Dover, but nothing in the Wehrmacht plans indicates that they were required to capture Dover. It was planned to drop all the paratroopers on the heights north of Dover. The doverdrop zone was about the worst possible for human ingenuity to select. It was intended to drop the paratroopers 10-15 miles from the target in a landing zone that was a mixture of hills and hop fields. No resupply was planned.

You would have had maybe one division with no armor support barely holding on to a beachhead with no hope of resupply. As soon they ran out of the ammo they were carrying the British police could have simply arrested them.