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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2021 6:11:09 GMT
from the "stuff I ran up on while looking for something else" department. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Buddhacopy and paste from the wiki: The Oakland Buddha is a statue of a Buddha placed in a traffic median in Oakland, California in 2009. The statue was placed by neighborhood resident Dan Stevenson who was upset about the frequent use of the median for illegal dumping. Stevenson attached the statue to the median using epoxy and rebar to deter theft of the figure. The city's Public Works Department initially stated that it would remove the statue after receiving a complaint about it, but backed off its plans to do so after receiving substantial opposition. After its installation, local Vietnamese residents made the statue into a Buddhist shrine for daily worship services. Following the installation of the statue and its conversion into a shrine, Oakland police stated that criminal activity in the area, including dumping, graffiti, drug dealing, and prostitution, had dropped by 82% as of 2014. The Oakland Police Department stated that since the statue was made into a shrine and daily worship began in 2012, crime had fallen in the neighborhood by 82% by 2014, though Oakland PD noted that they could not definitively state that the shrine is the cause. Stevenson stated that he receives visits both from worshippers at the shrine, who sometimes offer him gifts, and by tourists curious about it. Certainly there would be more general presence around it which would deter would-be criminals. Or encourage terrorists, who typically attack crowded places. |
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Post by bama beau on Nov 27, 2021 8:32:10 GMT
Best title I could think of. First post: an excellent book I read several years ago. My Jesus Year by Benyamin Cohen. I put it in my church library after I read it (what I frequently do with books I think are appropriate for such). www.myjesusyear.com/Don't want to spoil it. His wife is a convert to Judaism, which is not an easy thing to do. Primarily because rabbis generally tell people asking to do it to go away and don't come back. If they keep coming back, sometimes the rabbis will relent. His wife kept coming back. (She was single at the time.) Benyamin's family lived on the site of the synagogue where the father was a rabbi. If I remember correctly, the father started the synagogue in his personal residence. I think it was across the street from the church where the little girl that would one day marry Ben attended. The book is very well written and, IMO, funny without being irreverent. I have some good Will D. Campbell stuff I'll put here from time to time, too. For one thing there are several types of judaism, some are easier to convert to than others, but being an imbecile you wouldn't know that, would you? The best thing about you is how nice you are to people. |
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Post by elmerfudd on Nov 27, 2021 15:41:25 GMT
For one thing there are several types of judaism, some are easier to convert to than others, but being an imbecile you wouldn't know that, would you? The best thing about you is how nice you are to people. Imbeciles are people, too! Long live the imbeciles! Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2021 17:39:50 GMT
For one thing there are several types of judaism, some are easier to convert to than others, but being an imbecile you wouldn't know that, would you? The best thing about you is how nice you are to people. Nobody's perfect. |
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Post by elmerfudd on Jan 9, 2022 18:01:26 GMT
what about TULIP? or, as I prefer, TULEP?
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Post by Mercy for All on Jan 11, 2022 0:21:32 GMT
what about TULIP? or, as I prefer, TULEP? What's TULEP? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2022 20:21:02 GMT
what about TULIP? or, as I prefer, TULEP? What's TULEP? The Ultimate Lame-Elmer Prophecies... |
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Post by Odysseus on Jan 13, 2022 10:10:59 GMT
what about TULIP? or, as I prefer, TULEP? What's TULEP?
TULEP The Ultimate List of Education Pages
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Post by Odysseus on Jan 13, 2022 10:16:36 GMT
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Post by Mercy for All on Jan 13, 2022 17:11:41 GMT
Well, TULIP is:
T - Total Depravity
U - Unconditional Election
L - Limited Atonement
I - Irresistible Grace
P - Preservation of the Saints (?)
Not sure what the "E" would be in place of the "I."
I used to disagree with U, L, I, and P. Now I would even contest T as it is defined by the TULIP crowd.
There is some good conversation to be had here.
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Post by Odysseus on Jan 13, 2022 18:33:32 GMT
Take your pick.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2022 18:51:32 GMT
By a strange coincidence tulip spelled backward is pilut.
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Post by Odysseus on Jan 17, 2022 9:23:13 GMT
Here's a little something I found on-line the other day...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2022 21:59:20 GMT
Here's a little something I found on-line the other day...
How about the man who got lung cancer and died in agony? How does he fit in that story?
Btw, isn't god supposed to be omniscient?
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Post by Odysseus on Jan 19, 2022 5:43:49 GMT
Here's a little something I found on-line the other day...
How about the man who got lung cancer and died in agony? How does he fit in that story?
Btw, isn't god supposed to be omniscient?
1) If you are replying to a post, it's generally better to place your response text outside the box of the original post to which you are replying.
2) What man who got lung cancer and died in agony? How about a link?
3) Some people think so. I have no opinion on that.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2022 17:02:26 GMT
1) If you are replying to a post, it's generally better to place your response text outside the box of the original post to which you are replying.
2) What man who got lung cancer and died in agony? How about a link?
3) Some people think so. I have no opinion on that.
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Post by Odysseus on Jan 20, 2022 9:27:21 GMT
1) If you are replying to a post, it's generally better to place your response text outside the box of the original post to which you are replying.
2) What man who got lung cancer and died in agony? How about a link?
3) Some people think so. I have no opinion on that.
I am saying that your "god" is a fickle bitch.
Some people think so. I have no opinion on that.
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Post by elmerfudd on Feb 2, 2022 5:02:41 GMT
Well, TULIP is: T - Total Depravity U - Unconditional Election L - Limited Atonement I - Irresistible Grace P - Preservation of the Saints (?) Not sure what the "E" would be in place of the "I." I used to disagree with U, L, I, and P. Now I would even contest T as it is defined by the TULIP crowd. There is some good conversation to be had here. sorry I just now saw this. E is Effectual calling, a better way to phrase this point according to some. |
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Post by Mercy for All on Feb 2, 2022 22:51:41 GMT
Well, TULIP is: T - Total Depravity U - Unconditional Election L - Limited Atonement I - Irresistible Grace P - Preservation of the Saints (?) Not sure what the "E" would be in place of the "I." I used to disagree with U, L, I, and P. Now I would even contest T as it is defined by the TULIP crowd. There is some good conversation to be had here. sorry I just now saw this. E is Effectual calling, a better way to phrase this point according to some. Seems to me that might eliminate "choice" in the matter. It's important to read Romans 8-9 in the context of Romans 11. |
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Post by elmerfudd on Feb 2, 2022 23:01:55 GMT
sorry I just now saw this. E is Effectual calling, a better way to phrase this point according to some. Seems to me that might eliminate "choice" in the matter. It's important to read Romans 8-9 in the context of Romans 11. it does not eliminate choice. it explains why some choose and others don't. |
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