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You'd really lick a flagpole instead?

Shaz, are you saying that mindsets can't be changed? You mean to tell me that those fixed and relentlessly committed mindsets on the sins of twi and the bot are incurable? That's scary.

David, hiOsilver has their own website HERE. Looks like they don't have retail locations in New York or Ohio. Are you anywhere near Chicago?

David, I don't know if hiOsilver is available here...but I'll call them up later and see... Can you test the oxygen level of different waters easily? If so, let's do some tests sometime with Penta and hiOsilver to see if what they say is right about plastic... :)-->

Some family members visited last year, and they loved it. Never been there, but it's a worthy destination some day. :)-->

Happy Weekend, one and all!

Mike, go and see Passion of the Christ. Your homework assignment for this weekend. :)-->

Mike, I don't believe you're committing idolatry by believing that PFAL is God-breathed, but I still think you're wrong. Dr. said there is no word lama in aramaic. Saying there is no word "like" lama is the same darn thing, cause then he says there is a word lmana. Dr. wasn't so unequivocal as to what you believe he said. He usually said it with force and boldness. So he said there is no word like, or as, lama. Since there is, PFAL has an error. So the PFAL class both video and written said there is no word "like" lama. Dr. wrote in the Word's Way in "Cry of Triumph" chapter "there is no such Aramaic word as lama". So what does that mean? The addition of the word "as" gives you doubt? I suppose he just should have said that lmana fits and lama doesn't -- that would have settled the matter, rather than saying there is no word as lama. But he said something else in PFAL that the words Taatani or Nashantani ARE in Psalms 22:1 translated to forsake, which if true, disproves the idea that Jesus was quoting Psalms 22:1. Matthew 27:46 forsake is sabachthani, and unless its sabachthani in Psalms 22:1 as well, I don't see how one can connect them. Does anyone have an Aramaic interlinear to check this?

I currently have Road Runner cable with Time Warner. They have a special going on now for $29.95 a month, for 6 months. Recently however, they bumped me back up to $44.95, so I called them to complain that Verizon DSL costs only $29.95, and "I was thinking of switching." They transferred me to their customer satisfaction department, and extended the $29.95 for another 3 months. :)--> My office has T3, whatever that is, which is supposed to be the fastest connection to the net there is...

Received my IRS tax refund on Feb. 18. Took them 11 days to get it into my checking acct. Oh Glow-ray :)-->

UncleHairy, here you disparage folks in twi by your false accusations of what you think went on in people's hearts.I'm so glad I don't think like you. Skyrider, that's true only if you analyze and conceptualize ALL OF THE FACTS, not just the ones you predetermine are worthy of consideration and throw out other facts that you don't care about including.

David, I never realized that Dasani and Aquafina water are oxygenated also. Do you know how much oxygen they have as opposed to Penta? Also, what do you make of the claim by hiOsilver water that glass bottled water retains the oxygen better than plastic bottles?

Wordwolf, You may have a point, if the Apostle Paul mentioned Alexander the Coppersmith's sins almost every day, for 20 years. Now maybe some folks would consider endlessly mentioning Alexander's evil works "the introduction of light" oh glow-ray -- but I would call condemnation of that frequency more like mega-preoccupation with evil things of the past, and the endless perpetuation of victim mentality -- as if nothing else matters other than Paul mentioning for decades how he was abused by Alexander. JB has it right ... there's no need for another website to talk about how evil twi was and is, ad nauseam. We have one up and running that's doing just fine. :)-->

What's wrong with talking about eternity in a thread about reality checks? Hmmm?

I'm with JB on the aforementioned point. Forgetting, or refuting, or killing the past, and reaching forth to the future, is a Christian concept, and those who practice those things shouldn't be condemned for it. Why don't you condemn the Apostle Paul for writing it, and God for authoring it? What makes you so right, those of you who endlessly focus on past sins of others?

I've thought about this some. Why is twi reality different from ours? Because TWI folks live in a reality that includes what happens in all eternity. i.e. spiritual realities. It has a big consideration. What happens in eternity, from a biblical perspective, is far different than what we experience here in the U.S., i.e. what we need to do for retirement, what we need to do with family, etc. etc. Think about it ... in eternity we will be in subjection to one God, one Lord, we will be taking orders, or put mildly, gladly following precepts from one source. Sound familiar? When we became Christians, we bought into this concept didn't we? Some of us hung around twi for 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 years. We liked it. So why do some think it so bad, or cultish, that folks think this way? Jesus Christ is reality. For all I know, there may be some folks in twi that live in a greater reality than I, where God and Christ in concerned. I'm not in their shoes.

Mr. Hammeroni, 45 times? Ya sure got your moneys worth! I wish each PFAL segment was on the net -- That way we may scrutinize and debate more accurately. :)-->

Mike, how do you reconcile VPW's apparent error in PFAL, when he said there was no word "lama" in aramaic? Would you state for the record now that there is a word lama in aramaic? if so, how does that fit with VPW's teaching? personally, I don't and can't believe that Jesus asked God "why has thou forsaken me"? Doesn't make sense with the rest of scripture, and VPW's teaching makes a great point when he asked, "would YOU abandon YOUR DYING SON?" who would? So I tend to agree with Lamsa anyway because his translation agrees more with scripture and logic. But, there is a word lama in aramaic, isn't there?

Some of you folks are just something. You complain about everything, now the Family Tables? Is there anything you don't complain about? Ha ha. Ummm, how come you folks who are so concerned about Free Thought, never uttered a syllable about the Juedes Website, which NEVER has allowed difference of opinions? Hmmmm? You Holier Than Thou Freedom Lovers of Diverse Thoughts, I shant call you hypocrites, that's be wrong. Oh Glow-ray!

Thanks for the explanations David. Been riding the bikes all winter...just went out yesterday in fact. Riding in frozen weather is brutal.:)-->

Do any of you 6 corps folks remember the poor soul who got thrown into that cold filthy dirty swamp on their birthday? Some people actually thought that was funny. ugh...

All those cups are mighty fine. oh glow-ray :D-->

Vickles I read your story and don't have anything useful to contribute except that what I have found working in offices for over 20 years is that I believe one gets the best results when one keeps their mouth shut and does their work. I don't go to work to socialize and make friends. If I want to socialize, I do it on my own time, during lunch hour or before or after work, not on the bosses time. Perhaps this person was annoyed because of that? You being all friendly and all and it looks like you're not giving an honest day's work? Don't know, I'm only guessing. That person shot themselves in the foot by giving that ultimatum. However, if I were you, I'd just watch my back, and look busy. :)-->

I own shares in a cooperative, and have an adjustable rate mortgage with Charter One. No problems here. Rate goes up and down depending upon how the market goes. But the rate cannot go more than 2% higher in a single year, which is a good safety. Doesn't pay to refinance.