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Though you may think the following should belong in the humor section, I think it's appropriate to post here also. THE PEARLY GATES A man dies and goes to heaven. Of course, St. Peter meets him at the pearly gates. St. Peter says, "Here's how it works. You need 100 points to make it into heaven. You tell me all the good things you've done, and I give you a certain number of points for each item, depending on how good it was. When you reach 100 points, you get in." "Okay," the man says, "I was married to the same woman for 50 years and never cheated on her, even in my heart." "That's wonderful," says St. Peter, "that's worth three points!" "Three points?" he says. "Well, I attended church all my life and supported its ministry with my tithe and service." "Terrific!" says St. Peter, "that's certainly worth a point." "Huh - is that all?. Let's try this; I prophesied, drove out demon, healed the sick, and I only followed accurate doctrine. " "Brilliant!" says St. Peter, "that's certainly worth half a point." "Half a point? Golly. How about this: I started a soup kitchen in my city and worked in a shelter for homeless veterans." "Fantastic, that's good for two more points," he says. "TWO POINTS!!" the man cries, "At this rate the only way I get into heaven is by the grace of God!" "Come on in!" says St. Peter.

Happy Birtday Daryl! And many more :)-->

Nevermind, I found the "GO" button, it's at the top of THIS page.

What "GO" button? All I see is a "connect" button but it only takes us to the GS chatroom if its available.

Dan, I'm assuming you were trying to contact me. Contact me via private topics if you are.

Happy Birthday you wino you. Do you approve of "Thunderbird"? :D-->

Nothing wrong with a little humor. Therefore Hills, YOU can drink the bottle of Pepto and eat all the doggie doo you want. :)--> As for me, forget it.

I'm sure there was humor intended, but still, I wouldn't eat dog crap for a million dollars.

It is possible that Peter may have denied Jesus 6 times. Heck, he could have denied him 100 times before the cock crowed for that matter. When Jesus told Peter he was going to deny him 3 times, it was not necessarily an absolute figure. It was more in the essence of "you will have denied me at least 3 times". If you want to go by the PFAL principle of 3 times confirmed, then Jesus was simply telling Peter that he wasn't going to keep his promise of fidelity. The same with the number of people crucified with Christ. There could have been 10 crucifed with him for that matter. The point being made was that he would be numbered amongst criminals. Two others crucified would suffice to make that point. I agree that the numbers are irrelevant, but rather what was accomplished was what was important.

My dignity is NOT for sale. I cannot stomach the idea of eating dog excrement, and furthermore I have a pretty weak stomach.

I voted that they are misguided. While that would not be my exact answer, it comes close enough. I would say there are truths in everything, but not every road leads to Chicago. Also you cannot find life in what single grain of truth you can find in one faction. You have to have many grains, and you have to go to other sources to get them. You just simply cannot make bread out of one strand of wheat. You need thousands upon thousands of strands, and the the grain from each strand, grind them into dough to make the bread.

Onion, if I were you, I make sure I had a shotgun ready and blow their !!@#$%^!!@#$ing brains out. I know the feeling, I have been burglarized twice in my life.

Oh yes, and I DO have a hobby already, it's my computer and the internet :D--> :D--> :D-->

Roy, that wasn't my quote, that was dmiller's. BTW read my response above to it :D-->

Says who? :D--> BTW why do the space probes that we send up to inspect Mars, Jupiter, and other planets never come down? :D-->

I personally don't worry about the end times anymore. There are a lot of "doomsday" prophets who all told failed prophecies throughout history. The coming of Christ here on Earth 2000 years ago didn't quite meet up to the expectations of the Jews. Somehow, likewise, I think the end times will also be anything but what we have expected it to be. I personally no longer believe in the "Return of Christ". I do believe the warning about the anti-christ however and feel many Christians are in danger of being fooled by this character. However if Jesus does return, he WILL NOT force anyone to pledge allegiance to him under the penalty of torture and/or death. I'd be very very careful of anyone who demands such at such a consequence. It seems to me that this is the Jesus that is being popularly promoted (you know, you either accept Jesus as your PERSONAL Lord and Saviour, or you're going to suffer for all eternity in the fires of hell!) A true saviour doesn't demand that kind of devotion and surely would never subject you to torture for non-compliance. My thoughts on the matter.

Gosh Steve, that's a pretty unique statement for your game. :D--> I can't think of anything, honest I tried.

Roy, It's not necessarily true that making a mistake sullys the fact that Jesus always did his father's will. If that is true, then perfect fellowship is not available since we are not infallable. Do you care to offer an arguement to the contrawise? :)-->

Wishing you a speedy recovery on your leg injury, Danny. I left TWI before the POP myself, and more or less faded into the sunset until the advent of the internet. But it was a long healing process from the filth that we had shoved down our throats. I think the next person who tries to preach to me might get a good whiff of mace :D-->

Well, I believe that Jesus did make simple everyday mistakes like most of us sincere humans do, and he still remained sinless. One verse of scripture that I'd like to point out is Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God". That verse IMHO is a bad translation. The Greek word translated "sin" in that verse is hamartano, and should correctly be translated "erred". Hamartano has nothing to do with evil, rebellion or willful transgression against God, which is implied by the word "sin", but rather literally means "missing the mark". The context of that verse is simply showing that man is not infallable, and God did in fact create man with a fallable nature.

It is taught that Jesus NEVER sinned. But did Jesus ever make a mistake?

I'll give you $1,000,000.00 * * * * * * * * * * * * In CONFEDERATE money :D-->

Well, I'm sure I've said this before, but I'll say it again here. At least CES has never told me I would be a "greasespot by midnight" if I didn't join up with them and give them some sort of fidelity or allegiance. Sure, I don't agree on everything John Lynn says and teaches, and I don't try to browbeat him to subscribe to what I think the truth ought to be. But I'll take John over the mainstream preachers (especially those hateful HFBD preachers) anyday.

Hi John, Welcome :)-->

Well now Sudo, that isn't so bad, I do strange things with veggies sometimes. Ever put peanut butter on a celery stick? :D-->