Bumper sticker. . .(shudder)

[Canadian Malcontent]

Originally Posted by The Atheist
Huntster, you realise this guy's technically on your team?
Yup. No worries (does that term work in NZ like Down Under?)

What's wrong with a few beers and a good fistfight every now and then?

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And no, we do NOT want to trade him. Tag-team wrestling and all!
I don't want to trade him. He sounds like he'd kick some serious ass if you aimed him in the right direction.



I'm on the side of life. I'm on the side of human dignity. I'm on the side of service to everyone who can be served by me or another. I was not created for battle. I was created for love. The most notable part of love is service. You, I and everyone are designed to serve each other, we are herd animals, like horses. We NEED each other. I do not condemn any for their belief. I'm just here to serve, try to make things better, day by day, for everyone. I do this by giving to charity, by helping people when I get the chance, and any other way I can find as I go through my daily struggle to survive.

I thank you all for your sentiments, and remind you only God's aiming is acceptable to me.

Your friend,
Canadian Malcontent

 

[The Atheist]

I'm on the side of life. I'm on the side of human dignity. I'm on the side of service to everyone who can be served by me or another. I was not created for battle. I was created for love. The most notable part of love is service. You, I and everyone are designed to serve each other, we are herd animals, like horses. We NEED each other. I do not condemn any for their belief. I'm just here to serve, try to make things better, day by day, for everyone. I do this by giving to charity, by helping people when I get the chance, and any other way I can find as I go through my daily struggle to survive.

Your friend,
Canadian Malcontent

I'd find it hard to argue with much of that sentiment.

 

[Canadian Malcontent]

Wow. I bowed out here simply because there were others saying what I felt so much more succinctly and accurately than I could. Then I log in today, and CM does a Three Mile Island/Chernobyl on us. If it weren't for previous posts, I would have sworn this was some sort of joke.

Wow! Three Mile Island, Chernobyl? Do you say that for every expression of feeling? Are you offended that a man feels strongly about life? Be it an eight week old foetus with arms and legs, recognised 8 weeks earlier by the United States Constitution as an American?

What is it? What do you find so surprising by the first normal person to come to your site? Are you part of some subgroup, overjoyed by recognizance from the 'normals'? You attack the foundation of your country, of your society, without regard for life or the feelings of the people. You, as a group, would rule if you could. Did you see The Simpsons episode where the Mensa members rule Springfield?

The way people feel and their expression of their feelings is valid in our society, we're all just trying to get along together. To endure each other. I love you as I love Christ because that's the nature of my heart and I'm reminded to do so by The New Testament. Your freedom to be who you are and express yourself is sacred to me. We have laws and I am a loyal subject of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II, Defender of the Faith.

In Canada we respect people for what they are; as long as you don't break the law, you're okay. I ask you to respect me for what I am.

I, like the United States government and the United States Constitution, respect the rights of the individual human being from the moment of conception.

This has been a response.

I will never again bring politics into the discussion group I know as JREF Forums. I will not respond. I do not believe it is appropriate to bring political or religious differences into this forum. If there are technicalities to be argued, they can be argued without reference to values held sacred by others. Thank you very much, I'm very grateful for the opportunity and freedom to express myself here.

Your friend,
Canadian Malcontent

 

[Liken]

What's the official language of England? What does the Queen speak?

Answer: French.

Why? Because of our Norman forebears, Who spoke French, even though they were Norwegian.

I slept it off. Aside from the profanity, the physical challenges and the overall discontinuity with the thread, I stand by everything I said.

Really? Everything? Do you even stand by the statement you just made in that post, because in England French isn't...[sigh] nevermind...ain't worth it.

Liken

 

[Canadian Malcontent]

Really? Everything? Do you even stand by the statement you just made in that post, because in England French isn't...[sigh] nevermind...ain't worth it.

Liken

No, tell me about it... Did you check it? Ever hear of the Norman conquest? What language did they speak? Why don't you do some research? You might find out why the Queen calls herself 'we'.

Your friend,
Canadian Malcontent, (in bitumenosity)

 

[Liken]

Why don't you do some research?

If you insist, I will. (Even though I already know you're wrong.) Here's a very brief summary of the language in England after the Norman Conquest.

From the site,

Modern scholars estimate that the initial migration of Normans into England after the Conquest was no more than 20,000 people including the army, a number that was roughly 1.3% of England’s population

Despite this small number, French did became something like an official language in England for almost three centuries. As everybody knows, French had a tremendous influence on the English language especially in the context of the nobility.. Despite that prominence, however, French was on the way out by the 14th century or so. Amazingly, French remained an "official" language of England courts until 1731--something I wasn't aware of until today. Stubborn French!

Practically, however, certainly by the late 1480s and the first of the Tudors:

Parliamentary statutes are written down in English in their final form; effective disappearance of most of the last lingering uses of French in the internal domestic administration of England

Currently, from
Wikipdia here's a list of countries where French is an official language:
* Belgium
* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Republic of the Congo
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Djibouti
* Equatorial Guinea
* France
* Gabon
* Guinea
* Haiti
* Luxembourg
* Madagascar
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Monaco
* Niger
* Rwanda
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Switzerland
* Togo
* Vanuatu

Notice anything missing from that list?

As far as I could find, the de facto "official language" of England is currently English, meaning it doesn't really have an official language. If there's a statute that says otherwise in terms of de jure usage it's news to me. Not that it would mean much. Do you have any evidence that the official language of England is French? And if so, as always: what's your point?

Liken

 

[Huntster]

....I thank you all for your sentiments, and remind you only God's aiming is acceptable to me.

I like that.

 

[Huntster]

.....Are you part of some subgroup, overjoyed by recognizance from the 'normals'?....

Actually, yes, he is.

 

[Canadian Malcontent]

The Queen's French

If you insist, I will. (Even though I already know you're wrong.)

As far as I could find, the de facto "official language" of England is currently English, meaning it doesn't really have an official language. If there's a statute that says otherwise in terms of de jure usage it's news to me. Not that it would mean much. Do you have any evidence that the official language of England is French? And if so, as always: what's your point?

Liken

I, having made some enquiries, will now mail the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle in the hope that they can provide documentation with respect to my assertion of french being the Monarchy's and thereby England's 'official' language. I will share their response with you.
Thank you for humouring me.

Yf,
CM

P.S. my point is that things are not always as they seem to be

 

[Ossai]

Huntster

News flash, it’s not our god. You’ve got to explain a tri-omni god and reconcile freewill.

Sorry; I don't have to do squat.

After the sound thrashing you received from Tricky, I can understand you being reluctant, possibly even unable, to step forward and defend the faith and idea that you claim to hold.

Because it's BS. Just like all the other "interpretations" you try to use to define God.

Tis not my interpretation, but your own.

My version (RCC):

Ahem oh yea of the aged eye. What I posted was your version (check the original link).

What I'm reading about is altruism, not socialism.

Apparently in your world the basic meaning of words is interchangeable depending on what you feel like at any given moment. However, what we call that in the real world is dishonesty of the highest caliber.

Canadian Malcontent

I don't mean to get into a political argument but look at the pictures, look at American law, Constitutional rights beginning at conception.

I think you misspelled it. What you describe certainly isn’t the USA, but more like AmeriKa.

Ossai

 

[Huntster]

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News flash, it’s not our god. You’ve got to explain a tri-omni god and reconcile freewill.

Sorry; I don't have to do squat.

After the sound thrashing you received from Tricky, I can understand you being reluctant, possibly even unable, to step forward and defend the faith and idea that you claim to hold.

I don't feel thrashed at all.

And I don't need to defend my faith from anyone. I still have it, and it's as strong as ever. Perhaps stronger.

It is not threatened.

And I don't have to address you whatsoever. In fact, I wonder why I do.

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What I'm reading about is altruism, not socialism.

Apparently in your world the basic meaning of words is interchangeable depending on what you feel like at any given moment. However, what we call that in the real world is dishonesty of the highest caliber.

When one wishes Scripture, one reads the Bible.

When one wishes the definition of words, one refers to a dictionary, not the Book of Ossai, or the Book of Huntster.

Altruism:

–noun
1. the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others (opposed to egoism).
2. Animal Behavior. behavior by an animal that may be to its disadvantage but that benefits others of its kind, as a warning cry that reveals the location of the caller to a predator.

Socialism:

–noun
1. a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
2. procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.
3. (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.

Sorry. Christ was altruistic, not socialistic. It comes from the heart and soul, not social law.

 

[Ossai]

Huntster

And I don't have to address you whatsoever. In fact, I wonder why I do.

Because you have been taught that having a martyr complex is a good thing, that those you disagree with will go to hell and justification of why you don’t actually follow the bible or what you’ve been taught about it. Yet what you really fear is being wrong about the whole religious thing because that would invalidate your whole life as you see it. From your posts, you’ve got quiet a few regrets that you’ve pawned off on religion.

Sorry. Christ was altruistic, not socialistic. It comes from the heart and soul, not social law.

Apparently you didn’t even bother to read what was written in your bible. Did you not notice the means of production was given to the group (collective ownership).

Ossai

 

[Huntster]

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Sorry. Christ was altruistic, not socialistic. It comes from the heart and soul, not social law.

Apparently you didn’t even bother to read what was written in your bible. Did you not notice the means of production was given to the group (collective ownership).

Once again, show me.

 

[Paulhoff]

Once again, show me.

Show us this so-called god of yours.

Paul

 

[Huntster]

Show us this so-called god of yours.

Here He is:

 

[Tricky]

Here He is:

Yeah, I've seen Him. In fact I've seen many of Him (and I thought you were a monotheist). Looks like a graven image to me.

 

[Paulhoff]

Doesn’t look to all-powerful and all-knowing to me. He should have seen that coming when he made man.

Paul



So much for being a so-called god.

 

[kurious_kathy]

Show us this so-called god of yours.

Paul

If your heart is so jaded that you can't believe then I feel sorry for you Paul. God is a God of love but people on this forum have tried to make Him something else. It's just a shame there are so many people choosing to believe Satans lies.

 

[Tricky]

If your heart is so jaded that you can't believe then I feel sorry for you Paul. God is a God of love but people on this forum have tried to make Him something else. It's just a shame there are so many people choosing to believe Satans lies.

Few on this forum besides the religious people are trying to make God anything. The atheists here don't belive in Him.

However, religious people make him out to be all sorts of magical and supernatural things. We simply choose not to believe in this fantasy creature you've created.

Also, we don't believe in any of the things you've made Satan out to be either.

If you could grasp this simple fact and stop making up stories about "what we believe", then our conversations could be a bit more cordial.

 

[Paulhoff]

What a sweet and loving god.

Paul