waysider

Just in one of those moods, ya know? " Sliding mystifiedOn the wine of the tideStared pale-eyedAs his veil fell aside.Sad paper courtesanThey found him just a man."

I got my copy in the mail this afternoon. And, so, the journey begins.

Do I pay them or do they pay me? Happy New Year!

Have a cup on the house. HERE

This is a bit off on a tangent, not really parallel, but it will illustrate the significance of isolation. The Family

Merry Christmas, Roy.

Waysider: "The canon does not reflect the chronology of when the various books were written." teachmevp: "But they do indeed." uhhmmm.......No, the Gospels were written quite some time after the life of Jesus and after the writing of the Epistles.

Rather than continue on a discourse about dispensations, let it at least be noted that the Gospels were written AFTER the Epistles.

HERE (Might be NSFW)

The whole "to you/for you" thing is contrived. The cannon does not reflect the chronology of when the various books were written.

Some of the people on this thread or mentioned on this thread have passed away.

Cremation is less expensive if that makes a difference

Nope. Not an effort to be PC on my part. Anyone who knows me in real life knows I don't give a rat's azz about being PC.(Nor did I reference any connection to genetics.) Through the years I have had many friends and coworkers that are either homosexual or transgender. I can assure you they did not all live the same "lifestyle". Ask yourself the question, "What is the heterosexual lifestyle?" There is no answer. Some live a sports centered lifestyle. Some live a music centered lifestyle. Some live a technology centered lifestyle and on and on and on. If someone is heterosexual, it simply means that their sexual attraction is directed at the opposite sex. If they are homosexual, their sexual attraction is directed toward the same sex. People aren't cured of their attraction. They just learn how to repress and deny it. (Think celibacy.) Don't even throw the old devil possession schtick in the mix. We'll be here forever with that one.

Just a side note: The reason some people might find it offensive is because it's not a "lifestyle" any more than being heterosexual is a lifestyle. It's just one element of the individual's whole makeup. If we said a person lives a heterosexual lifestyle, what would that even really mean? Not all heterosexuals live the same lifestyle nor do all homosexuals live the same lifestyle. This is not directed at any one person. I'm only pointing it out because using it in this manner can cause the listener to disengage. Well, at least that's been my experience.

Well, Rainbow Bridge is for animals, soooo.....Yep. Rainbow Bridge it is.

I don't think Sky ever implied that the problems at HQ were limited to these three categories alone.

Yeah, mid '70's, FellowLaborers. We had to use the pretense of going to the corner truck stop (Wayside Truck Stop) for junk food so we could have a few minutes to talk privately and try to figure out what the hell was going on. You couldn't let anyone know what you were discussing or even thinking, for that matter. And remember, information was awfully hard to come by back then. Plus, you could be mistaken. Then what?

I thought "Keep the change" is what you were supposed to say as they handed you a scrum-diddly-ishous WOW Burger.

I think when some of us caught glimpses of what we thought might be going on, we were subsequently gas-lighted. ("You must be possessed to even entertain such possibilities. Renew your mind.")

Thank you so much. This is fantastic!

I feel I must say that I never meant to disparage Mike (the person) in any way. He always took a civil approach when discussing matters with me. His ideas and beliefs were an entirely different story. Like so many of us, he, too, was an unfortunate product of the system.

aaaaaaaand....we seem to have drifted into doctrinal waters.

TLC said: "Maybe they were just trying to rattle some cages... yank a chain or two here or there. Trolling, I think they call it." Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, would ever put as much effort into trolling as Mike did into posting. He was firmly committed to the idea that the PFAL class came by revelation and was meant to replace the Bible. He said that when Christ returns he'll be holding a copy of the PFAL book in his right hand. (He didn't specify whether it would be hardbound or paperback.)

Eat enough familia and you'll quckly understand the meaning of "a powerful series of purges".