Raf

I guess my deal is that there's no evidence either way to state with certainty either way whether Paul was speaking of himself or someone else. If "that's what it says, that's what it means" is a standard, then we have to say it was someone else. If there's some figure of speech at work here, it doesn't translate well into English. I declined earlier to include this in the "actual errors" list, but I lean toward Paul meant what he said and said what he meant: he knew someone, not speaking of himself. If he was speaking of himself, my faith structure doesn't fall to pieces (perhaps because it was not as fragile as Wierwille's, whose faith fell apart at the mere thought of a preposition being out of place).

What game is being played in the first pic? Not "what game is being won?" That may be a winning hand, or it may not. Most likely it is. What game is being played? Combine it with the word you may or may not already have, and you may or may not have the one-word answer.

Oh, all right. Both books are on their way to my house.

Is it getting warm in here?

The word that IS a clue is NOT "Accord"

Sigh. ACCORD is the wrong word. Try again.

Tithing is a common belief. "Law of prosperity" is also fairly common. He probably got it from Cliffe, it would seem, but it's not something I would spend time on (except maybe to see if Cliffe was plagiarized as flagrantly as Stiles).

Gee, ya think? I'm interested in seeing if there is plagiarism involved there, too.

Not sure either way. If it is a Bob Dole type of third-person self-reference, there's no evidence to back that up, whether VPW, Tertullian, or anyone else says so.

I changed my avatar to something that looks a little less like Jon Lovitz, but a little more, shall I say, BROWN than my last avatar. By the way, there is now a Rafael Olmeda web site. No religious content or links.

What happened to my avatar? It worked for about a day.

I do not understand your question. If you're saying that I'm deliberately misrepresenting Mike to make a funny, I wish I were joking. If you're saying those items do not constitute misrepresenting God or Christ and idolizing VPW, then I respectfully disagree. If you're saying that it's ridiculous to suggest you pore over tons and tons of doctrinal discussions, I feel your pain. :)

Allan, I can only advise you to check out tons and tons of doctrinal discussions, but to summarize: God authorized VPW to plagiarize; (misrepresenting God) Jesus will return reading from a PFAL book; (misrepresenting Christ) The earth shook when Wierwille walked, partly due to his overdose of brains and brawn. (idolizing VPW).

Your guesses total 13 words. One of them is helpful. :) Hint: the movie is just one word.

Well, since Tom clearly has no interest in posting pics... :)

I was going to post this, but I... missed it, by that much!

I was sure it would be easy. :) Dead Poets Society.

Is there a time limit on editing old posts? I tried to remove my logo from an old post and couldn't.

Your choices: Talk about what you're going to do to return the thread to its topic, thus making sure the attention stays on you, or... Just go back to the topic already. I know you're capable.

You have demonstrated quite adequately that your reading comprehension skills are not quite up to par, which has led you to your idolatrous and ridiculous conclusions. However, I do not have the time or the patience to instruct you on elementary things you should have learned before high school. Let's leave it at, "I did not say what you claimed I said, so please stop misrepresenting me. Again."

I'm sorry you didn't bring your glasses with you, Mike, but please re-read what I wrote before you deliberately and falsely misrepresent me as readily as you deliberately and falsely misrepresent God and Christ. I said you do this to every other thread YOU'RE ON. I didn't say you did it to every thread. On to Mordor!

Why not? You do it to every other thread you're on. How about: "Rehashing the Crap Mike's Been Trying to Pitch Even Though It's Been Debunked More Times Than We Can Count."

Excellent work, guys.

Enjoy the day, Garth! 30 again!

"But to you that hear I say, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you..." Hmm, whom to heed? Oldiesman or Christ? Tough call.