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It's called "partnership" because they want donors to feel that they're part of what CES is doing. The importance on their end is that they can have a much easier time making budgets if they have an idea of how much income will be coming in. Since they do NOT teach tithing and don't feel they can coerce donations, they came up with something whereby donors call the shots of when and how much they'll contribute. (These explanations of mine look at the non-profit organization as a business). I should note that my contributions to CES, while regular, don't amount to a whole heckuva lot of money. I would have to give the same amount monthly for 15 years to match ONE of my biweekly paychecks.

Steve, For heaven's sake, CES partnership is not entering into a legal relationship. Chill out. What I can do as a "partner" if they continue to teach something I think is hurtful to the body is stop giving. I have no illusions that I am a "partner" of CES in the sense that you describe. "Cash cows" is a pretty bitter way of saying "free-will regular donors." As a member of a non-profit board, I can tell you that the partnership program is an innovative way of ensuring cash flow, and there's nothing inherently wrong with that. The United Way takes money out of my paycheck every two weeks. It's the exact same principle. I don't review every decision they make, and the extent of my involvement with them is I can choose to stop giving any time I want to. They don't call it a Partnership Plan, but it's the exact same thing: a regularly scheduled contribution that the non-profit board can rely upon during budgeting. WordWolf: best as I can tell, Wierwille's antitrinitarianism falls under the definition of Socinianism, which is, oddly, not on the list.

Spoken like someone who's never been mugged. :)--> Money. Moneymoneymoneymoney.

Anyone free for a late lunch or early dinner Sunday in Dallas? My flight leaves from DFW at 6:49 p.m., so I'm figuring a 3 p.m. meet? And I'm in New York the following weekend.

I have a bad peeling about this.

Enemies? What is this? Enemies? You are taking yourself WAY too seriously, Penta Man.

Forrest Gump Gary Sinise Ransom

Thanks for the gender correction. I fixed it.

Argh! I can't tell if Steve did his edit first or if outandabout filed her entry first. We're going to have to take this to the Florida Supreme Court, which rules in favor of outandabout, but Steve challenges and it goes before the US Supreme Court. In a 5-4 decision, the court rules that the available evidence is in Steve's favor and the Florida Supreme Court can go bite it. Steve wins (although some will always question the legitimacy of his victory). Last valid entry: Raiders of the Lost Ark Karen Allen Animal House

tonto was faster we leave off at Harrison Ford

Something's Gotta Give Jack Nicholson As Good As It Gets

Bonnie Bedelia Presumed Innocent Raoul(sp?) Julia

The warden in Shawshank Redemption. I'm a minor fan, as he originated the role of Juan Peron in Evita (hence the lyric at the bottom of my post).

Bob Gunton The Perfect Storm Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio there is no one no one at all, never has been and never will be a lover, mail or female, who hasn't an eye on, in fact they rely on, tricks they can try on their partner: they're hoping their lover will help them or keep them, support them, promote them. Don't blame them. You're the same.

Billy Bob Thornton Sling Blade John Ritter Go ahead. I dare ya.

Picky picky...

Now that the Pats have won, can we take down the Red Sox logo yet? Not only does it KILL me to see it (as a Yankee fan), but it makes the forum choices impossible to see (seriously, no joke).

We left off at the Cider House Rules Tobey Maguire Wonder Boys Robert Downey Jr.

Wierwille based the "father" translation on the Aramaic. "Husband" in the Aramaic could have been translated either way, and because the number of generations in the Matthew geneology doesn't work out if Joseph is Mary's husband, father is the more logical translation. Scholars don't think, as Wierwille did, that the entire New Testament was written in Aramaic, but if any book was, it was Matthew. I haven't delved completely into this, but I thought (and still think) Wierwille's explanation of the geneology makes more sense.

Okay, here's a great one: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Brian Blessed Flash Gordon Brian Blessed (no relation to TWI) played Robin's father in Robin Hood, some royal guy in Flash Gordon.

Jon Cryer was in my high school, exactly four years ahead of me. We took the same seat in probability and statistics class.

When you put milk in coffee, it is no longer black. Just like when you put pineapple on a pizza, it's no longer a pizza. :)-->

good one!

Why should I trust you? :)-->

Jon Cryer Superman IV Gene Hackman How's that for a link?