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01-13-2014, 09:27 AM
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I will not go into what I think the nature and doings of mankind imply about even a designer, much less about an omnipotent personality who watches and knows everything....
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AFAIK we were granted free will because we thought we knew everything so He said have at it kiddies.
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01-13-2014, 09:58 AM
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'Have at it kiddies' is a bit too cute methinks, considering the results.
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01-13-2014, 10:33 AM
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'Have at it kiddies' is a bit too cute methinks, considering the results.
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So I was being facetious, but if this 'experiment' is running a tad sour do you not imagine that there are others on other planets? Even as much a pessimist as me would not quit after one shot at it.
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01-13-2014, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by merrylander
I have always figured that He has a sense of humour, why else would He allow this experiment called Mankind to continue?
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That's his sado masochist side.....
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01-13-2014, 12:04 PM
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I've heard it said that the Vikings, in their communal decision-making, didn't consider a thing 'passed' until they'd debated and voted twice, once sober, and once drunk.
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I've tried to make it a policy to never commit on a major decision until I sleep on it and see how I feel about it the next morning, but this Viking method sound better. I might adopt it.
Of course I'll have to sleep on it first.
Maybe I ought to get drunk too, before I decide.
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01-13-2014, 02:33 PM
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Watching The Civil War on PBS again. Eli S. Parker, a Seneca, penned the articles of surrender at Appomattox.
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01-13-2014, 02:45 PM
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That's his sado masochist side.....
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A good old Leopold and Venus in Furs.
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01-13-2014, 02:46 PM
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Zeke has not returned.
Probably still under the influence.
Anyhow it is impossible to see into, read this complexity.
Last edited by Dondilion; 01-13-2014 at 02:50 PM.
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01-13-2014, 03:58 PM
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Ugh, my head hurts.
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01-13-2014, 05:46 PM
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Ugh, my head hurts.
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Heh, heh, heh. You need some hair of the dog Zeke.
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