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As for Jesus ... Why would God want his son to be sacrificed? Why would he require the sacrifice of animals? Evangelicals believe that animal sacrifice will re-emerge in Israel in the last days. Where did this practice originate? Well it occurs in many ancient cultures. Blood is required to appease a violent god. With limited knowledge of the weather, disease, geography, astronomy, etc. it was believe that sacrifice was the only way to prevent his wrath. ------------------------------------------------------- Issue #1-God didn't WANT his son sacrificed, it was necessary for the souls of sinful human kind; Adam gave up a perfect life. To redeem human kind for his disgrace, an equally perfect human had to be sacrificed. Only Jesus was perfect. Before then, the animal sacrifices were for the same reason; to atone for sinfulness. Not because God is a violent God. And it was not the blood he required; it was the burning of the animal. Big difference. ------------------------------------------------------- If you read the old testament you will see that God speaks to man through his heart. Other organs are referred to as the seat of different emotions, such as courage, even thought. There is no mention of the brain because the ancients had no knowledge of the brain. ------------------------------------------------------ What??? You've lost me there... ------------------------------------------------------ If you think it through, it is apparent that the biblical notion of God's relationship to man, the concepts of sacrifice and salvation, etc. are just the beliefs of primitive man. There is little else in the body of ancient knowledge that is still held to be true, but for some reason people think that 3000 year old religious beliefs are still valid. --------------------------------------------------------- Explain how little of ancient knowledge from the bible can be held true when the bible mentions such things as the world being round and hanging upon nothing before that was a proven fact or even an accepted theory. It is because you do not believe in God that you don't feel the information is valid, not vice versa. There is plenty of information available to prove the exact opposite of your point. ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

I totally agree with you; what you don't know won't hurt you (unless someone is stupid enough to get bombed or wasted and decide to jump like that). ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

And a bad "B" movie is EXACTLY what the DZ is like... A. I don't know what DZ you've been to, but I think you're getting the wrong impression somehow. Of course, everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I totally disagree... ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

Actually, that is the ONLY time I have ever felt sexually harassed, and I haven't worked in the most "nicey nice" places, either. We women need to remember that it's not harassment if someone thinks we're special, or have on a nice dress. Sexual harassment is when someone says you will sleep with me or lose your job (or, as described above, DON'T sleep with someone or you'll lose your job)...it's about abuse of power, abuse of authority...not if someone looks at me a little too long. Ciels- Michele I agree with you 100%. It's the same thing I would expect a man to do, if he didn't like something he heard. And as for the situation in that office, that's total bullshit. That went way beyond sexual harassment, that was STALKING! And I totally agree that it was a situation which deserved to be brought up to the proper authorities. Notice the "rarely" part of my statement. In extreme circumstances, such as you described, I think it is totally appropriate to claim sexual harassment. I, too, would consider myself a person that was not easily offended. And I know some women are. But compliments on how you look (even catcalls) should not be seen as sexual harassment...it is the type of abuse of power that you mentioned that is harassment, and that's the reason that I feel that SH lawsuits have become a joke, and claims have been taken too far. How can you take a claim like yours seriously when there are so many women that say "he looked at me the wrong way" causing the authorities to think that all women are "crying wolf"? ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

Yours rocks, too!!! Wish I'd had skydiving as a passion when I got my tattoo; then maybe mine would at least have a purpose! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

LOL! That's a good idea!!! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

Perhaps the best way to cure this is a little "peer-pressure," woman to woman, where the women tell that high-decibel ultra-minority who are responsible for these rules that they are ruining everything for everyone. We guys can't do it. That's harrassment. Oh yeah. A woman cannot do that either. It would be harassment, too. See, the funny thing is, a woman will rarely cry SH on another woman; I can tell offensive jokes until hell freezes over, and no one will care, but the minute a man opens his mouth, OMG! If you ask me, that is just as much sexual harassment as anything! Anyway, I've tried passing the word along, and most of the women I've worked with (at least the few that I've gotten along with-I don't work well with women mostly because of these issues) tend to agree with me. So, we're blasting through, one female at a time, guys! Give me a few hundred years, and I might make some REAL progress! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

Unfortunately, the rules are set up to "protect" the losers and the hypersensitive. The best point is - know the people you BS with. Oh, I completely understand why the rules are in place. But the fact is, if women didn't walk around yelling "oh my gosh, he just glanced at me, that's sexual harassment", then there wouldn't be so damn many rules! As a female, yes, some things can be offensive. But about 50% of the time, even the few things that do offend probably weren't meant to be offensive and were taken the wrong way. I just think that the system has gotten carried away, but only because so many women have gotten carried away. On a side note, if women really want equal rights in the workplace, they need to stop bitching so much and take it as it comes... ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

I personally think that sexual harassment bullshit has been blown out of perportion--see, if some guy that I worked with tried to grab my ass, THAT would be sexual harassment. If he repeatedly asked me out after I told him I'm seeing someone and not interested, THAT might constitute as SH. But if a guy tells me I look nice or comments on a new haircut or even says (by some strange chance) that I look really hot, that's a compliment, NOT sexual harassment. Just like telling dirty jokes I wouldn't feel was harassment. If I found it offensive, I would ignore it. Things like a "6 second rule" are outrageous. Something needs to be done about this to get it back under control! It seems like a lot of women are using it to suit their purposes, and that's making other women look bad! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

if i ever got one, i would like something similar:) I agree; it's a very creative design!!! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

That's really cool. Great place for a tattoo! I have one there too (no pics, though--I'll have to work on that!). ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

People do that? LOL! Only under dire circumstances!!! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

LMAO! ROTF! That's the best one I've heard all week...I love it! Thanks for brightening up my day... ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

Happy b-day! Have a great day!!! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

Haha! That's a classic. Just glad it wasn't me!!! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

Silver Surfer is da bomb The Ghost Rider was pretty cool too Silver Surfer's awesome...my father introduced me to him and still has a few of his old comic books around--probably worth something, but he'll never give them up! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

My work PC has a TOTAL blocker; I can't even open the damn thing--says "blocked subject ADULT CONTENT". Sucks!!! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

I say stay. If you want to see your family, or they want to see you, they can bring themselves to you. There's too many reasons to stay and not enough reasons by far to leave. I've never been "down under" but I'd love to go; I'm told there's nowhere on earth as beautiful. Enjoy it, two years isn't a long time, really. And family? Like I said, that's what AIRPLANES are for (besides jumping out of them!) ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

Same here... Tonight, I fully expect to get a wake up call at two in the morning from some drunken skydivers! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

That's so sweet! Congrats, you two. Jaime, I'll have to give you a call later, girl, tell you in person!!! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

Congrats... Nice job postwhoring. I am so proud of you! [A tear of pride falls from TX's eye and she gently wipes it with a handkerchief embroidered with her initials] Now, I want to follow in Blue's footsteps... ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

I don't know if things like that are totally curable or not! I'm terrified of people holding knives...not of knives themselves, although I hate using butcher knives of any kind, but of people using them, chopping things in the kitchen. I've repeated tried to get past it, but any time someone is in the kitchen with a knife (even if it's a small one) and started talking, waving and "talking with their hands", it doesn't matter if they are 5 inches or 5 yards from me, I freak out! I don't see it as a problem most of the time, but some of my family members get a kick out of holding a knife in my face when I'm in the kitchen. How did I resolve it? I started threatening lives. Other than that, I don't know what to tell you. The fear may never go away...but there is hope. When in doubt, RAID!!!!!! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

18 minutes left Sad-I'm counting down the time Till we will shut down Worked real hard all day Didn't hardly post at all Boss should be so proud! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

Lucky bastard you! I don't get to go this year... Next year I'll be there! ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!

30 minutes left for me...but I don't get to jump till tomorrow morning... That's okay...drinking tonight!!!!! You know what that means. ***************************************** Blondes do have more fun!