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phykell wrote: If God is really an omnipotent being, he will already know my answer before I give it. He knew before I was born, what answer I would give. He's already made his judgement about me. My fate is sealed and I'm hardly master of my own destiny am I? I have an 18 month old son and sometimes I know exactly what he is going to do ahead of time. Even if I tell him not to do something, he will still do it if he chooses to. He is still free to decide his own destiny. Just because God may know what you will ultimately do with your life, that doesn't mean he controls you. phykell wrote: I understand it well enough. Even if your God does exist, Christianity is almost certainly a poor representation of what your God would want. The best thing your God ever did for us was giving us the ten commandments and those rules are enough to live by. What a shame no-one, especially the religious, follow such sensible rules Why is Christianity a poor representation of what God would want? The Ten Commandments still apply today. Christ's teachings are the same thing. phykell wrote: And all he would have to do is make himself known to us. That would sort everything out. But no, he'd rather tell us all that the challenge is to have faith and to do his will despite our short lives and tenuous grip on life. That would make it easy wouldn't it. Unfortunately, that would not prepare us for what lies beyond this life. phykell wrote: I have never rejected God, he has rejected me, because he didn't give me the ability to *have* faith. You have the ability to believe and have faith. If God rejected you then what would be the point of trying to reach out to you with his Son? You must be receptive to what he is offering you before you can receive it. phykell wrote: I will live my life as I see fit, deciding for myself what is good and what is evil and I will challenge him as to why, seeing the terrible suffering going on in the World, did he allow it to continue as some sort of "test" simply to satisfy his own curiosity. I doubt that you will challenge him, but that's what you believe... Anyway, I can understand your scepticism and I realize why its hard to believe. I felt the exact same way a few years ago. But, whether you believe it or not, my thinking has been transformed since the day I became a Christian. It took time, like everything else, but

Shaun Wilde wrote: My wife thinks it is funny and possibly that I am sad. Same situation here. My wife has learned now that if she wants to talk to me she IM's me from the other room. Regardz Colin J Davies Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

Megan Forbes wrote: in any field, not just programming - you are a professional once you start getting paid for the particular skill. Agreed, I'd modify it to "A professional is one who pays tax, based on reciepts from programming work". Most programmers are employed programmers, rather than professionals. Regardz Colin J Davies Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

Megan Forbes wrote: I think CPians should have rights higher than others. I'll second the motion! Chairman, call for the question! And record my vote as "Aye" - I've got to run an errand, but I'll be back... "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)

benjymous wrote: Hitler was a vegitarian :~ Ahhh, that explains a lot. Damned vegetarians! Seriously though... I was not saying Hitler told people to eat furry animals, or that he did himself. I just used the order to eat furry animals as an example of a Bad Thing To Do Just Because Some Dictator Says So. Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Shog9 wrote: Everybody just wants to be naked and famous, Paul.

Christian Graus wrote: Great - a plastic vagina. That's just as good. Any idea WTF the fruit had to do with the plastic life like vaginas? Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002

Paul Watson wrote: Many a Christian organisation will not team up with an actively non-Christian organisation no matter how many lives the teaming up can save. If a Christian by definition is one who lives by the teachings of Christ, than these people are not Christians. Jesus helped thousands who could not have otherwise cared less about his spiritual message. God does so everyday, feeding, clothing, and loving even his worst enemies. These Christian organizations you refer to are Christian in name only. Those who call themselves Christians and do not live up to the standard of Christ will be judged more harshly in the end than the most deplorable sinner on earth who at least admitted he was bad. Paul Watson wrote: Hell, I remember prominent Christians telling their congregation not to associate with non-Christians unless it was to convert them! How screwed up is that? Once again, not really a Christian, though they may be prominent in their religion. See the parable of the Sheep and Goats. Of course, just because there are hypocritical Christians all over the place, does not mean that the unbeliever is any better. Nobody is good. We all take our next breath in God's good grace. Let's not use hypocrites in church as an excuse to dismiss him altogether. "My brother says 'Hello'... So hurray for speech therapy!" -Emo Phillips

The plot is revealed... :) --- Shog9 Atheists are boring. They only talk about god. - peterchen, “Atheists are idiots”

Almost there...... :-D I prefer to wear gloves when using it, but that's merely a matter of personal hygiene [Roger Wright on VB] Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. [Rich Cook]

Yeah. That was posted in the Lounge earlier. But yeah, pretty sick huh?:suss: I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past. -Chris Maunder Microsoft has reinvented the wheel, this time they made it round. -Peterchen on VS.NET

Quick, reply with your helpfull suggestion that he give you his membership information so you can try and see what's wrong. :rolleyes: David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Live for today and die tomorrow.

Megan Forbes wrote: That's so gross! Oh, it was really funny, don't you think? ;P Nick Parker Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein

LOL Regardz Colin J Davies Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

Simon Walton wrote: Scroll down to : Internet service provision market: complaints per 1,000 customers Now that makes me very happy indeed. :-D I really hope the media reports on this (i.e. national television) to really kick shit into their teeth. David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Live for today and die tomorrow.

Well seeing as you've had far more experience at being a women that I have, I'll take your word for it and retreat tail up front. :-O :) David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Live for today and die tomorrow.

Michael P Butler wrote: Dodgy flat buying/selling with a convicted con-artist and some dodgy friendship with a hippy woman. So there's an anti-hippy law in UK ? :cool: ! (;)) I hurt so bad inside I wish you could see the world through my eyes It stays the same I just wanna laugh again

Paul Watson wrote: was just ribbing you. We all know you are really a sewing type... LOL!! I know, but you should see my mountain man getup - I'm quite proud of it. I've been accused of doing it on a sewing machine, but it was all hand made, right down to the sliced antler buttons. And if you've never sewn deerskin, you can't imagine how tedious it is!:) "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)

Lancashire Cheese and Tomato sauce sandwiches were always my favourite. Michael Fat bottomed girls You make the rockin' world go round -- Queen

This is very hard to refute as a possibility.:omg: "I will find a new sig someday."

I can relate to the depression caused by the holidays, the overcrowded shoppiing malls full of psychotic parents all trying to get the same item for their kids. Fortunately, neither myself nor my roommates have made much mention of Christmas this year and we watch very little television (South Park mostly [Lemmiwinks the hamster king!]) and don't listen to the radio in the house so we don't have to listen to the N'Sync featuring Rob Zombie and Yanni Christmas songs. We have ignored all signs of Christmas besides the decorated houses (ours is the only house on the block not decorated) and continued to do school work, play video games, listen to loud music, and party like crazy. Ahh, the advantages of being single:beer: Brad Jennings