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  • R Red Stateler

    Diego Moita wrote:

    You are defending paganism! You heathen!

    The Statue of Liberty is a more wondrous construction than Christ the Redeemer, but that doesn't mean I'm defending the French.

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    Lost User
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    http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r315/ReRac/retarded.jpg

    The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. - John Adams

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    • D Diego Moita

      Red Stateler wrote:

      The Statue of Liberty is a more wondrous construction than Christ the Redeemer

      Now you're defending secularism/atheism.:mad: SOMEONE BRING THE TORCHES!


      Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.

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      Red Stateler
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      Diego Moita wrote:

      Now you're defending secularism/atheism.

      America's Museum of Natural History[^] is a more wondrous contruction that Christ the Redeemer, but that doesn't mean I'm defending atheism.

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      • M Matthew Faithfull

        The accuracy and incitefullness of your posts is remarkably improved of late. ;)

        Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.

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        Red Stateler
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        I'm sure you would find any one of Alcoa's aluminum factories to be a more wondrous construction than Christ the Redeemer.

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        • R Red Stateler

          I'm sure you would find any one of Alcoa's aluminum factories to be a more wondrous construction than Christ the Redeemer.

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          Yes i am sure, because Christ the Redeemer is just a dead corpse laying somewhere in the middle east.

          The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. - John Adams

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          • R Red Stateler

            Diego Moita wrote:

            Now you're defending secularism/atheism.

            America's Museum of Natural History[^] is a more wondrous contruction that Christ the Redeemer, but that doesn't mean I'm defending atheism.

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            Diego Moita
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            Red Stateler wrote:

            America's Museum of Natural History[^] is a more wondrous contruction that Christ the Redeemer, but that doesn't mean I'm defending atheism.

            Yeah, I know: moral relativism... The typical answer of you atheist/pagan heathens without moral principles! I don't do nuances, leftie!


            Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.

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              Red Stateler wrote:

              America's Museum of Natural History[^] is a more wondrous contruction that Christ the Redeemer, but that doesn't mean I'm defending atheism.

              Yeah, I know: moral relativism... The typical answer of you atheist/pagan heathens without moral principles! I don't do nuances, leftie!


              Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.

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              Red Stateler
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              Diego Moita wrote:

              Yeah, I know: moral relativism... The typical answer of you atheist/pagan heathens without moral principles! I don't do nuances, leftie!

              San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge is a more wondrous contruction than Christ the Redeemer, but I'm not advocating moral relativism.

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                Yes i am sure, because Christ the Redeemer is just a dead corpse laying somewhere in the middle east.

                The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. - John Adams

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                Matthew Faithfull
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                Ahh. You were doing so well and now you've blown it.:sigh: Read a bit further in your Bible and you'll come accross something called the resurection. Only the greatest moment in history so far. Not sure how you managed to miss it actaully. If it's a little tricky to understand you could get an excellent relatively modern book about it called "Who moved the stone?" by C.S. Lewis.

                Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.

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                • M Matthew Faithfull

                  Ahh. You were doing so well and now you've blown it.:sigh: Read a bit further in your Bible and you'll come accross something called the resurection. Only the greatest moment in history so far. Not sure how you managed to miss it actaully. If it's a little tricky to understand you could get an excellent relatively modern book about it called "Who moved the stone?" by C.S. Lewis.

                  Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.

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                  Lost User
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                  Gandalf was also resurrected after the balrog killed him, but that was in another fairy tale.

                  The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. - John Adams

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                  • R Red Stateler

                    I'm sure you would find any one of Alcoa's aluminum factories to be a more wondrous construction than Christ the Redeemer.

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                    Matthew Faithfull
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                    Quite possibly. I was merely congratualting Kyle on an excellent post. I have no more time for the new list than you do.:)

                    Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.

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                    • L Lost User

                      Gandalf was also resurrected after the balrog killed him, but that was in another fairy tale.

                      The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. - John Adams

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                      Matthew Faithfull
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                      I think the word you're looking for is faery. That particular story which conatains no fairies was written by someone who understood the truth of the resurrection. He specifically avoided allegory and that is one reason why he did not write that Gandalf was resurrected, merely that he was sent back, which you have conveniently interpreted.

                      Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.

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                      • R Red Stateler

                        link[^]

                        Voters chose the Great Wall of China; India's Taj Mahal; the centuries-old pink
                        ruins of Petra in Jordan; the Colosseum in Rome; the statue of Christ overlooking Rio
                        de Janeiro; the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru; and the ancient Mayan city of
                        Chichen Itza in Mexico.

                        Apparently a 105-foot, 100-year-old concrete statue is a greater wonder than the 455-foot, 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza. How absolutely absurd.

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                        Red Stateler wrote:

                        Apparently a 105-foot, 100-year-old concrete statue is a greater wonder than the 455-foot, 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza.

                        Actually, no. Plan A was to include the pyramids on the list to be voted on. The pyramid fans loudly protested at the indignity of being forced to compete in such a way. Thus they switched to plan B. The pyramids were withdrawn from the list and they were granted automatic status as an honorary wonder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Seven_Wonders_of_the_World[^]

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                          Red Stateler wrote:

                          Apparently a 105-foot, 100-year-old concrete statue is a greater wonder than the 455-foot, 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza.

                          Actually, no. Plan A was to include the pyramids on the list to be voted on. The pyramid fans loudly protested at the indignity of being forced to compete in such a way. Thus they switched to plan B. The pyramids were withdrawn from the list and they were granted automatic status as an honorary wonder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Seven_Wonders_of_the_World[^]

                          John Carson

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                          Red Stateler
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                          John Carson wrote:

                          Actually, no

                          No? How do you figure. Christ the Redeemer is a wonder. The Great Pyramid of Giza is not. Who cares about their methodology? And why would a poured concrete statue or be a greater wonder than something like the Eiffel Tower. It's just plain old stupid. Even that orange peel doohicky you have in Australia is more impressive.

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                            Yes i am sure, because Christ the Redeemer is just a dead corpse laying somewhere in the middle east.

                            The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. - John Adams

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                            lost in transition
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                            Oddly enough, they have found the body of pharaoh and the bodies of other important people of past. But they have yet to uncover the body of Christ.


                            God Bless, Jason

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                            Chuck Norris keeps the hamsters going whenever Chris is gone on vacation. Just stares them down and they keep the servers going

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                              link[^]

                              Voters chose the Great Wall of China; India's Taj Mahal; the centuries-old pink
                              ruins of Petra in Jordan; the Colosseum in Rome; the statue of Christ overlooking Rio
                              de Janeiro; the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru; and the ancient Mayan city of
                              Chichen Itza in Mexico.

                              Apparently a 105-foot, 100-year-old concrete statue is a greater wonder than the 455-foot, 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza. How absolutely absurd.

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                              brianwelsch
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                              I'm amazed The World's Largest Prairie Dog[^] didn't make the list. It's a marvel beyond anything else I have seen. :rolleyes:

                              BW


                              Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
                              Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
                              -- Neil Peart

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                              • B brianwelsch

                                I'm amazed The World's Largest Prairie Dog[^] didn't make the list. It's a marvel beyond anything else I have seen. :rolleyes:

                                BW


                                Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
                                Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
                                -- Neil Peart

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                                Gary Kirkham
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                                Bah![^] Interesting site.[^]

                                Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read

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                                  Bah![^] Interesting site.[^]

                                  Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read

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                                  brianwelsch
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                                  Good to see the World's Largest Peach(water tower actually) is listed. :) It's about 20 min. from my house. Some locals refer to it as the Big Butt or Peachoid. Peach/Butt[^]

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                                  Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
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                                    link[^]

                                    Voters chose the Great Wall of China; India's Taj Mahal; the centuries-old pink
                                    ruins of Petra in Jordan; the Colosseum in Rome; the statue of Christ overlooking Rio
                                    de Janeiro; the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru; and the ancient Mayan city of
                                    Chichen Itza in Mexico.

                                    Apparently a 105-foot, 100-year-old concrete statue is a greater wonder than the 455-foot, 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza. How absolutely absurd.

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                                    Chris Kaiser
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                                    Welcome to democracy. When you let the people decide.... By the way, since you seem to care about it, did you vote?

                                    This statement was never false.

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                                      Welcome to democracy. When you let the people decide.... By the way, since you seem to care about it, did you vote?

                                      This statement was never false.

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                                      Red Stateler
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                                      Chris-Kaiser wrote:

                                      Welcome to democracy. When you let the people decide....

                                      People reliably vote in their own interests. That's what this little demonstration proves.

                                      Chris-Kaiser wrote:

                                      By the way, since you seem to care about it, did you vote?

                                      No. I agree with the Egyptians. This was meaningless.

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                                      • B brianwelsch

                                        Good to see the World's Largest Peach(water tower actually) is listed. :) It's about 20 min. from my house. Some locals refer to it as the Big Butt or Peachoid. Peach/Butt[^]

                                        BW


                                        Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
                                        Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
                                        -- Neil Peart

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                                        Gary Kirkham
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                                        Looks like it has hemorroids :) We have a peach[^] as well about 200 mile south of where I live. We pass by it every time we go to the beach.

                                        Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read

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                                          Looks like it has hemorroids :) We have a peach[^] as well about 200 mile south of where I live. We pass by it every time we go to the beach.

                                          Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read

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                                          brianwelsch
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                                          Interesting, I didn't know there was another one. That site mentions they were built by the same company.

                                          Gary Kirkham wrote:

                                          Looks like it has hemorroids

                                          :laugh:

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                                          Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
                                          Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
                                          -- Neil Peart

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