I thought those Canucks might have something to do with it. ><

Why they are actually 'processed' chicken. Duh.

Speaking of which, I miss this magnet I had as a kid. It was one of those circular ones - you know, that look like a litte, black donut? But anyway, one winter I was playing with it and it had just snowed outside so I had the day off of school... but it was near supper time and when my mom called me inside to eat, I forgot about my magnet and left it outside on a pipe. It snowed overnight and by the time I remembered my little magnet, it was buried under a few feet of snow and I couldn't find it. =/

If anyone finds my magnet, let me know?

I think a short 'not my type' reply is polite enough. Better than not getting any response in my opinion.

Here's a few:

Sister Christian by Night Ranger

Photograph by Def Leppard

Hold Me now - Thompson Twins

No One Like You - Scorpions

Drive - The Cars

Anything by Foreigner or Journey...

Thought this was interesting as well...

Not only has God commanded war in the past according to the bible - God will bring war upon us in the future according to the bible:

Revelation 19:11-21 proclaims, “I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter." He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, "Come, gather together for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and mighty men, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great." Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and his army. But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. The rest of them were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.”

What topic are you on? Where is 'over there'? I thought for one, the topic was about terrorism; and two, that it was mainly about terrorists killing US civilians.

But in any case...

Many people make the mistake of believing the Bible says, “You shall not kill,” and seek to apply this command to war. However, the Bible actually says, “You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13). The Hebrew word literally means “the intentional, premeditated killing of another person with malice.” God often ordered the Israelites to go to war with other nations (1 Samuel 15:3; Joshua 4:13). God ordered the death penalty for numerous crimes (Exodus 21:12; 21:15; 22:19; Leviticus 20:11). So, God is not against killing in all circumstances, but rather only murder. In a world filled with sinful people (Romans 3:10-18), war is inevitable. Sometimes the only way to keep sinful people from doing great harm is by going to war with them.

What Bible do you read?

Checked it out - looks good to me. Your profile is really not that long. Although most guys are probably only going to look at the pictures (guys being guys), just pay attention for the guys who write you about something you wrote in the profile. Then you'll know they took the interest and time to learn more about you and looked at something more than how hot you are.

In my opinion, you could even add more and that would fine - it's not too long.

Reminds me of this, I apologize for the length but worth reading:


On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs - Dave Grossman
By LTC (RET) Dave Grossman, author of "On Killing."

Honor never grows old, and honor rejoices the heart of age. It does so because honor is, finally, about defending those noble and worthy things that deserve defending, even if it comes at a high cost. In our time, that may mean social disapproval, public scorn, hardship, persecution, or as always,even death itself. The question remains: What is worth defending? What is worth dying for? What is worth living for? - William J. Bennett - in a lecture to the United States Naval Academy November 24, 1997


One Vietnam veteran, an old retired colonel, once said this to me:

"Most of the people in our society are sheep. They are kind, gentle, productive creatures who can only hurt one another by accident." This is true. Remember, the murder rate is six per 100,000 per year, and the aggravated assault rate is four per 1,000 per year. What this means is that the vast majority of Americans are not inclined to hurt one another. Some estimates say that two million Americans are victims of violent crimes every year, a tragic, staggering number, perhaps an all-time record rate of violent crime. But there are almost 300 million Americans, which means that the odds of being a victim of violent crime is considerably less than one in a hundred on any given year. Furthermore, since many violent crimes are committed by repeat offenders, the actual number of violent citizens is considerably less than two million.

Thus there is a paradox, and we must grasp both ends of the situation: We may well be in the most violent times in history, but violence is still remarkably rare. This is because most citizens are kind, decent people who are not capable of hurting each other, except by accident or under extreme provocation. They are sheep.

I mean nothing negative by calling them sheep. To me it is like the pretty, blue robin's egg. Inside it is soft and gooey but someday it will grow into something wonderful. But the egg cannot survive without its hard blue shell. Police officers, soldiers, and other warriors are like that shell, and someday the civilization they protect will grow into something wonderful. For now, though, they need warriors to protect them from the predators.

"Then there are the wolves," the old war veteran said, "and the wolves feed on the sheep without mercy." Do you believe there are wolves out there who will feed on the flock without mercy? You better believe it. There are evil men in this world and they are capable of evil deeds. The moment you forget that or pretend it is not so, you become a sheep. There is no safety in denial.

"Then there are sheepdogs," he went on, "and I'm a sheepdog. I live to protect the flock and confront the wolf."

If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen, a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath, a wolf. But what if you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens? What do you have then? A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero's path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness, into the universal human phobia, and walk out unscathed

Let me expand on this old soldier's excellent model of the sheep, wolves, and sheepdogs. We know that the sheep live in denial, that is what makes them sheep. They do not want to believe that there is evil in the world. They can accept the fact that fires can happen, which is why they want fire extinguishers, fire sprinklers, fire alarms and fire exits throughout their kids' schools.

But many of them are outraged at the idea of putting an armed police officer in their kid's school. Our children are thousands of times more likely to be killed or seriously injured by school violence than fire, but the sheep's only response to the possibility of violence is denial. The idea of someone coming to kill or harm their child is just too hard, and so they chose the path of denial.

The sheep generally do not like the sheepdog. He looks a lot like the wolf. He has fangs and the capacity for violence. The difference, though, is that the sheepdog must not, can not and will not ever harm the sheep. Any sheep dog who intentionally harms the lowliest little lamb will be punished and removed. The world cannot work any other way, at least not in a representative democracy or a republic such as ours.

Still, the sheepdog disturbs the sheep. He is a constant reminder that there are wolves in the land. They would prefer that he didn't tell them where to go, or give them traffic tickets, or stand at the ready in our airports in camouflage fatigues holding an M-16. The sheep would much rather have the sheepdog cash in his fangs, spray paint himself white, and go, "Baa."

Until the wolf shows up. Then the entire flock tries desperately to hide behind one lonely sheepdog.

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Gavin de Becker puts it like this in Fear Less, his superb post-9/11 book, which should be required reading for anyone trying to come to terms with our current world situation: "...denial can be seductive, but it has an insidious side effect. For all the peace of mind deniers think they get by saying it isn't so, the fall they take when faced with new violence is all the more unsettling."

Denial is a save-now-pay-later scheme, a contract written entirely in small print, for in the long run, the denying person knows the truth on some level.

And so the warrior must strive to confront denial in all aspects of his life, and prepare himself for the day when evil comes. If you are warrior who is legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that the bad man will not come today. No one can be "on" 24/7, for a lifetime. Everyone needs down time. But if you are authorized to carry a weapon, and you walk outside without it, just take a deep breath, and say this to yourself...

"Baa."

This business of being a sheep or a sheep dog is not a yes-no dichotomy. It is not an all-or-nothing, either-or choice. It is a matter of degrees, a continuum. On one end is an abject, head-in-the-sand-sheep and on the other end is the ultimate warrior. Few people exist completely on one end or the other. Most of us live somewhere in between. Since 9-11 almost everyone in America took a step up that continuum, away from denial. The sheep took a few steps toward accepting and appreciating their warriors, and the warriors started taking their job more seriously. The degree to which you move up that continuum, away from sheephood and denial, is the degree to which you and your loved ones will survive, physically and psychologically at your moment of truth.


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Again I just think it's over simplistic to say things like 'war is not the way to peace.' Fine to say, but that's not the point - the point of fighting for most of us is to protect the ones we love from being visited by a small minority that would murder the defenseless.

Eh - your opinion. But reality is that there hasn't been another day since 9/11 where mujaheddin have killed thousands more innocent men, women and children in any other attacks on US soil. Even though there have been ongoing attempts... Which makes the statement that America is no safer overly simplistic (if not just wrong).

A lot of people have given their lives to prevent repeat attacks like we've suffered prior. It's a 'war' for a lot of people, even if not for you personally. As much as some people want to believe otherwise, pretend no danger exists, or think it's a government conspiracy - real people are fighting and dying in this 'so called' war on terror.

Appreciate it or not - it's real and it's on-going every day all around the world for a lot of people. Again, maybe not for you personally, as long as other people are willing to fight to keep that war away from you...

But the people that have died, who are fighting in it now, and the ones who will die wouldn't want it any other way. And I pray that they never lose any more battles in that war so we never have to suffer another day like 9/11.


Peace

Nice post - keep fighting the good fight. ^.^

I don't see the point in posts like this. Not all Christians are bad, and not all atheists are good. Neither can claim a moral high-ground... yet posts like this make it seem like atheists are better somehow. I don't get it?

Ok let's take the concept of 'there could have always been a something'. Sounds reasonable on the surface. But infinity doesn't work like that. Having 'always existed' would mean that an infinite amount of time had passed before we came into consciousness to sit here and philosophize. Which is impossible - an infinite amount of time passing would also mean we never began to exist at any certain point (or else it wouldn't have been an infinite amount of time). That original infinity without us would still be continuing. Infinity is unchanging and constant... forever. Which isn't the current state of the universe. The universe as we know it came into existence at some point in time and we came into consciousness at a specific point in time. That's just the way our reality is. And that's paradoxical to infinity.

...unless there is another power that operates outside the physical rules of our universe and especially the time aspect of existence. Some claim that 'God' fits that bill perfectly. Others might claim that power is something else occult. Different folks, different opinions (I'm not taking a side here).

All I'm trying to point out is that even according to scientific theory that an ultimate creating power that transcends this physical world and isn't bound by time - is the only explanation for how we could exist at a specific point in an infinity.

It's just my *opinion* (I'm agnostic), but an ultimate creating power that transcends the physical universe and time fits my definition of what God is perfectly.

Oh and according to quantum mechanics, everything does exist in all places at once (infinite realities) and only has a *probability* at being at any one point at any time. And believe it or not - there is an observable/testable basis for the theory (using light). Quantum mechanics gets crazy. lol

Don't know - that's the root of the paradox. Was there a beginning to the universe? Will it end? Observation of the universe tends to show that it is expanding away from a central point of creation... and that possibly the universe will re-fall back together again on itself. Who knows?

Relativity again - it's all relative to my perspective. Except from your perspective - then it's all relative to yours. But both our perspectives (or realities) are correct. lol

All we know is that before a tree can bend it has to exist. Or without something in existence, there is no property of time either. Which is the paradox. No time means no beginning - but there was a beginning obviously...

It's interesting that both Einstein and Hawking came to the same conclusion: that there had to be a higher power that operates outside our physical rules of existence or there would have been no creation.

Actually you nailed it - time is a property or manifestation of mass, energy and speed. If you alter speed, you alter the energy it takes, the mass of whatever is moving, AND the relative passing of time (relativity). Time is not an individual thing, just a property of mass (or anything that exists).

double post

Read 'A Brief History of Time' by Steven Hawking if you like to ponder questions like this. He directly addresses it and it's a good read.

Read 'A Brief History of Time' by Steven Hawking if you like to ponder questions like this. He directly addresses it and it's a good read.