18 months lost at sea?
Damn....http://tinyurl.com/gyfw3 |
Shortwave
Aug 16
2006
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| Whatever...you are not worth taking this any further. |
Aug 17
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| "No one is knocking your athiestic views, so... why
are you knocking any ones faith?" ummm...lets see...one reason would be religous folks
have vowed to destroy our country and kill all "non
believers" |
~^
Aug 17
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| That's a broad brush stroke that you paint for those you claim to be
'religious who are destroying your country'.....I took a trip to the
Carolinas not too long ago and I saw some pretty expensive-looking
"churches" built to help the "religious right" of the good ol' USA
praise the Lord, and deposit their hard-earned money. Just as many
religious fanatics in the USA , buddy boy. Go Canada |
WangoZtango
Aug 17
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| Agreed. But having a Christian faith does not now relate to being a fanatic
as the extremist Muslims are. Heck, the Catholic Church has had millions extorted from it by it's staff
and has paid millions to settle child abuse lawsuits stemming from
inappropriate sexual behavior by their priests. A turn off and black eye for the Catholic religion? Without a doubt. Do those actions then make their members 'religious fanatics'? Hardly.
;-) I do not personally believe in the riches of the Catholic Church including
the Vatican fine arts collection or the building of high dollar churches.
But that has nothing to do with my belief in the Catholic religion nor does
that make my belief in the religion 'fanatical'. I do accept the fact that the Christian Crusades of the 1100's and 1200's
were carried on by extremists and fanatics. But that was close to 1,000
years ago. Muslim extremists acting on false religious pretences and killing innocent
people who do not believe in *their* religion are certainly our modern day
religious fanatics. You certainly cannot deny that. And to relate any
person of religious belief as being equally fanatic is absurd. ;-) |
Aug 17
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| I see your point, but I think we have 2 different definitions of
'fanatics'. IMO, someone who would mindlessly give most of their
income (tithing) to a church (Catholics included) in order to buy their
way into heaven, or those who would be convinced that their religion is
'right' and someone else's is 'wrong', or actually believes they are
God's 'chosen one' based on their religion is a fanatic. They have an
unrational enthusiasm that clouds normal thinking and judgement. The
kiddy-diddling priests are not fanatics, they are simply criminal,
perverted bastards.
JimH wrote:
> "WangoZtango" <trelbrierley@sympatico.ca> wrote in message |
WangoZtango
Aug 17
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| religion is nothing more than a "mind game" to control folks
who otherwise would need it...due to lack of self control...i guess... i think it is funny folks need to "look it up" in their little black
book
to fig out what to do in certain situations.....its pretty funny, i
think... |
~^
Aug 17
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| Duh!
Tithing means giving 10% to a church...not "mindlessly give most of
their income " |
Don
Aug 18
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| >who otherwise would need it...due to lack of self control...i guess... Wow - how original... You should write a book. |
Shortwave
Aug 18
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| Somebody already did that states pretty well the same thing. It's
called "The Communist Manifesto" By Karl Marx.. |
tschnautz
Aug 18
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| Poor Karl. So misunderstood. And then there's Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo,
Chico, and Gummo. All misunderstood. And Louis. Not many know of Louis,
the toycoon. |
Harry
Aug 18
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| I heard something about this on CNN this morning.
They lived by catching fish and rainwater.
That is totally amazing and nothing short of miraculous, some might say
divine intervention.
God must truly be with them.\ Fredo
"Shortwave Sportfishing" <onetwothree@four.com> wrote in message |
FREDO
Aug 17
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| Perhaps, but I'm curious. Do you suppose it was divine intervention and God
was truly with them when both engines quit running? Or is it simply a case
of God arriving late to the scene and therefore getting a free pass in
regards to the "genesis" of the problem? I'm thinking it was simply a
matter of them being much better fishermen than they were mechanics. |
RG
Aug 17
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| yea, "god" explains it quickly, so a small constricted
mind can go back to sleep..what a kook.... |
~^
Aug 17
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| Test of faith, man. Test of faith.. |
tschnautz
Aug 17
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| is that what your little black book tells ya?
"Test of faith, man. Test of faith.." |
~^
Aug 17
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| Who are you to question anyone's religious belief? |
Aug 17
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| Or perhaps, the two missing guys who "jumped overboard" drew the "short"
straws. Seems I saw that in a movie once. Tom G. |
Tom
Aug 17
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| "Who are you to question anyone's religious belief?" i can question anything i want....esp. if religious kooks
are at war w/our country . do they talk about
that in the little black book...?? |
~^
Aug 17
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| No one is knocking your athiestic views, so... why are you knocking any
ones faith? |
tschnautz
Aug 17
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| Maybe they actuall died and the survivors ate 'em ???? I saw that in an airplane crash movie once, too! |
tschnautz
Aug 17
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| Interesting. They removed a paragraph that read yesterday - "maybe as much as 18
months". Hey, no harm, no foul. |
Shortwave
Aug 17
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| Bureaucratic job justification at its best. |
Bert
Aug 17
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| I think you need to clean your glasses. The news report says 11 in big
bold type in the header of the article. |
Bert
Aug 16
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| "Muller said Marshall Islands government officials had contacted the
Mexican Embassy in New Zealand, which handles relations between the
Marshalls and Mexico, to arrange for the repatriation of the fishermen. The Mexican embassy in Wellington said the matter was being handled by
the Mexican foreign ministry in Mexico City and gave no further
details...." Now THAT sounds like a real Cluster..... Before this gets over with, those poor guy's might wish they were back
on the boat. |
tschnautz
Aug 16
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