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Does this mean they'll have to unsubscibe to Second Life?

Maybe it was just some bad chicken salad.

The "nostalgia for research" article/thread prompted me to contemplate the significance of "inerrancy". The Way Ministry focused primarily on study of The Pauline Epistles. This was a precedent that was established early in the PFAL class via the introduction of Biblical administrations (Dispensationalism), the concept of observing "To Whom It Is Written" and the idea behind all people belonging to three specific categories. ("Jew, Gentile or Church of God") In addition, it was established early in the PFAL class that what "Holy Men of God" spoke or wrote was tantamount to words directly from God, himself. Thus, we were to consider the contents of The Church Epistles to be equivalent to words from God (Holy Men Of God Spoke.), directly to us (To The Church of God), At one point during the course of the Fellow Laborer program, we were to read Ephesians a minimum of once a day. Then, we were to rehash it at our night twigs every night. Given the rigidness of the schedule we observed, this didn't last long nor were people very consistent in their diligence. That, however, is probably fodder for another topic. Here is were it gets sticky. Using the aforementioned criteria, it became an accepted "given" that whatever Paul said in Ephesians, Corinthians, etc was the same thing as God saying it directly to us. Suppose for a moment, though, that Paul was, perhaps, the VPW of his day. (So often, people would put forth the inverse idea that VPW was the Apostle Paul of our day and time.) Even now, years after his death, with the advent of the internet and the plethora of information it puts at our fingertips, some people still aren't able to see that VPW was really a con-man. People in the first century did not have access to resources that could prove or disprove Paul's legitimacy. We have heard people say that it's God's will we all speak in tongues (one example) because God said so in "His Word". Did He? Or, was it Paul who made that statement? Question five, of "listening with a purpose", in session eleven, poses the question, "Is it God's will that we all speak in tongues?" According to the answer key, the correct answer is "Yes". But think about it. Who really said "I would that ye all speak in tongues."? Wasn't it, in fact, Paul? Did he really say that "to us" or to a specific group of people two thousand years ago? There are many, many more examples of places where you could insert "Thus Saith Paul." What if Paul was really a forerunner of what we now call "con men"? What if Paul was the VPWFHDAT? (VPW for his day and time) It certainly shines a very different light on the importance and "inerrancy" of The Epistles.

"Music is a gift-------you give it away and you get to keep it forever." HERE (For enhanced appreciation, be sure to watch the video clip, as well.)

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Off Topic Alert!! Speaking of misunderstood lines: How about this one from Groovin' by The Young Rascals. Life will be ecstasy, you and me and Lesley. (Life will be ecstasy, you and me endlessly)

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I'm sittin' in a railway station, got ticket for my destination....

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"Other cults have survived over a hundred years without the original leader. The Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Seventh Day Adventists to name a few. I don't understand why they keep propagating while others flash out in less than 20 years." Maybe they just have better marketing techniques.

I was just kiddin' around when I made the musician comment. A "gig", in musician-speak, is a job. ex: "I have a gig this weekend at Louie's Bar and Grill." (Or maybe the gig is at Dooj's House of Rum & Pasta.)

Have you ever noticed that, when a dog chases its tail, the result is zero?

"zero is the key that unlocks all numbers and value." From the standpoint of mathematical history, that is simply not accurate.

Yep!

Source please?

Come. And talk of all the things we did today.

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When division is explained at the elementary arithmetic level, it is often considered as a description of dividing a set of objects into equal parts. As an example, consider having ten apples, and these apples are to be distributed equally to five people at a table. Each person would receive 10/5 = 2 apples. Similarly, if there are 10 apples, and only one person at the table, that person would receive 10/1 = 10 apples. So for dividing by zero – what is the number of apples that each person receives when 10 apples are fairly distributed amongst 0 people? Certain words can be pinpointed in the question to highlight the problem. The problem with this question is the "when". There is no way to distribute 10 apples amongst 0 people. In mathematical jargon, a set of 10 items cannot be partitioned into 0 subsets. So 10/0, at least in elementary arithmetic, is said to be meaningless, or undefined. Similar problems occur if we have 0 apples and 0 people, but this time the problem is in the phrase "the number". A partition is possible (of a set with 0 elements into 0 parts), but since the partition has 0 parts, vacuously every set in our partition has a given number of elements, be it 0, 2, 5, or 1000. If there are, say, 5 apples and 2 people, the problem is in the word "fairly". In any partition of a 5-set into 2 parts, one of the parts of the partition will have more elements than the other. In all of the above three cases, 10/0, 0/0, and 5/2, one is asked to consider an impossible situation before deciding what the answer will be, and that is why the operations are undefined in these cases. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero

The History of Zero Our name "zero" derives ultimately from the Arabic sifr which also gives us the word "cipher". ... the mathematical conception of zero ... was also present in the spiritual form from 17 000 years back in India.

You have a gig? Gee. I didn't even know you were musicians, :P

Hmmmm? "Special knowledge that no one else really understands." Now where is it I've heard that before?

Extract has a more intense flavor and doesn't adversely change the viscosity of the batter. edit oops. Just realized you said "with", not "in".

I asked for a reference, not a deduction.

Ok I know what your reference is for "God is love." What is your reference for "Love is zero."?