RE: legalizing prostitution to stimulate economy.

Perhaps? But I was offering an alternative that may sit better with Christian/Catholic/Jewish and other religious tolerances.
Non-penetrative sex supervised by certified nurses in medical clinics who have medical boards or nursing boards to report to and be regulated by may be safer way to stop STD and abortion/pregnancy, and regulate industry wide pricing.

Let me clarify. So no misunderstandings.

Rush says America is dieing, can't support itself economically.

I am the one offering a suggestion for change
Sexual Assistant Nursing Profession.
Neighborhood Sexual Assitant Clinics.

A place for nurse supervised non-penetrative sex for couples
of all ages, young and old alike, perhaps even in nursing homes.

Sex Education of our youth demands it.

Unwanted Pregnancy, Abortion, STD transmission
are all effects of non-supervision of our youth
and the absence of sexual training options (besides
oral, anal, vaginal sex).

Stimulate the economy.
Solve social issues of abortion, unwanted pregnancy, welfare,
school dropout, youth violence, etc.

Rush Limbaugh says are Country is Dieing.

Why not create Neigborhood Sexual Assistant Clinics
to spur the economy? Neigborhoods all across America.

Sex was the only industry to cross enemy lines during the
American Civil War. SEX WORKS !!

Millions of jobs created:
Construction, Nursing, Security, Medical Supply Manufacturing,
Medical Administration,etc.

Managed by the Professional Medical Community.
Certified nurses in the sexual assistant profession.
Supervising adults and minors in
NON-PENETRATIVE, SAFER SEX TECHNIQUES.
BENEFITS: Prevent the spread of STDs, Prevent unwanted
pregnancies, greatly reduce abortions.

Set a 30 min. appointment like a doctor or dentist appointment.
No walk ins.
Mandatory 1/2 day introductory class prior to participation.
Parent or guardian approval for minor participation.
Integrate into Public/Private School Sex Education.
We teach Drivers Education with simulator and in the car driving
but we currently only teach sex education out of a book and film.

"Migratory Chalk"
at 4 o'clock
"Declaration Steel"
Intentions rock
Gerald with his words
Railroad stops
a Bottle smashes
The muscatel walks!

What are some great Singles bars in North Dallas/Addison?

TORA TORA TORA!

Film on the attack of Pearl Harbor
told from both the Japanese and American sides.

How could an attack on Pearl Harbor have happened?
How did the Japanese race 4000 miles across the Pacific
undetected?

There has been talk in the air that the British
may be planning such attack on America's Eastern seaboard
within our lifetimes.

How might that play out in your mind?
What events could lead to such an air attack?
Perhaps a joint ally wargames gone bad?

What would the British code words be signaling the attack
instead of Tora Tora Tora?

How would the Eastern seaboard be attacked? Perhaps:
"Not 1 if by land or 2 if by sea, but by massive airborne invasion."

Went to Dunkin Donuts this morning 6am
and ordered a breakfast wrap/coffee combo.
And I asked for a second wrap on the side
which I was told would be addtl 99c.
Combo was $2.69.
Before tax my ticket was rung in it at over $4.
When I tried to explain that I was overcharged
the response was that:
2 wraps cost bla bla bla
coffee cost bla bla bla.
I asked that the clerk not do the math that way.
I ordered a combo at $2.69, and a side wrap.
But they continued to explain that 2 wraps cost bla bla bla.
A second clerk comes over and same thing.
A manager comes over and same thing.
I gave up and asked for a credit on my card.

Anybody else have this kind of experience?

Come taste the taste of apples
And your sure to walk away
With memories of a simpler
And more carefree time and day

Come taste the taste of apples
In three colors tried and true
There's red, and green, and yellow
And by this time next year there's blue

Come taste the taste of apples
'Cus they're great so many ways
In pies, in cookies, in caramel
They're even great without the goo.

So at your home or office party
Serve some apples on the side
Sliced apples, cheese, and crackers
There's no better snack in mind.

by Siamese_Charlie age 53, Dallas, TX
to be sung by Randy Travis, age 53, Dallas, TX
I HOPE!
for National Apple Growers Association

In the middle of the Isle of Nam
Sat a conspicuous plate
with a ladle and jam

Now, the jam looked delicious
Not the least bit malicious
What harm could tasting it have?

But then along came a spider
Who was drunk off hard cider
Who went straight with a gait to the jam

What joy he did exhibit
Upon sampling this rare tidbit
But soon fell over dead having said,

"Oh why did I taste this?
I'm now feeling weightless
Goodbye cruel world
I'll be see'n' ya

Then after a brief intermission
I made the unwise decision
To sample this rare tidbit myself

Then to no one's surprise
I made my own demise
And fell over twice as though dead

So you may ask,
"What moral is there to this story?
Which has no guts and no glory
Just a drunk spider, a foolish lad, and some jam."

BEWARE of hard liquor and unlabeled jam
For now you've seen what indiscriminate living can do.

by Siamese_Charlie, age 53, Dallas, Texas

Although what was said about Davy Crockett and Jesus Christ
may have been myth or stretching the truth, to some, both
men however were real, and their lives no less heroic.
PEOPLE NEED JESUS. If not Jesus, they immortalize someone
else to attempt to fill that need. But as you'll see below,
even Davy Crockett's life didn't quite stack up to that of
Jesus'

Davy Crockett - King of the Wild Frontier.
Jesus Christ - King of Kings.

Davy Crockett - The Lion of the West.
Jesus Christ - The Lion of the Tribe of Judah.

Davy Crockett preferred the name David.
Jesus Christ descended from King David.

Davy Crockett bled the 5000 (Mexican troops at the Alamo).
Jesus Christ fed the 5000.

Davy Crockett could tote a steamboat on his back.
Jesus Christ toted the sins of the world upon his back.

Davy Crockett could whip his weight in wildcats.
Jesus Christ could whip his weight in demons.

Davy Crockett could jump the Mississippi River in a single bound.
Jesus Christ walked on water.

Davy Crockett killed over 100 bear in a single season.
Jesus Christ killed 2000 swine in minutes.

Davy Crockett could out grin a panther.
Jesus Christ could out grin an adulteress (John 8:10,11).

Davy Crockett could ride on a lightning bolt.
Jesus Christ will come riding on the clouds of heaven.

Davy Crockett opposed "Santana" (Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna).
Jesus Christ opposed Satan.

Davy Crockett spent a lot of time in the wilderness.
Jesus Christ prayed and fasted in the wilderness.

Davy Crockett died at a mission (The Alamo).
Jesus Christ died to complete his earthly/divine mission.

Davy Crockett could shoot the fly off a burro's swishing tail at 180 meters.
Jesus Christ road a young donkey into Jerusalem amongst a crowd swishing
palm branches in his honor.

Davy Crockett, after an Indian battle, once ate potatoes fried in burnt Indian
grease 'til he nearly burst.
Jesus Christ taught the people that if they didn't eat his flesh and drink his
blood, that they would not have life within them.

Davy Crockett died at the place of the skull
(St Francis statue prominently held a skull and cross
at the Alamo at the time of the historic battle).
Jesus Christ died on a cross at the place of the skull (Golgatha).

Davy Crockett nailed Mexican soldiers from behind a bunch of sticks
(i.e. a palisade).
Jesus Christ was nailed to some sticks by Roman soldiers.

Davy Crockett had his clothes divided up amongst the Mexican soldiers.
Jesus Christ had his clothes divided up amongst the Roman soldiers.

Davy Crockett was ordered to defend the seemingly indefensible palisade by Lt. Colonel William Travis:

Crockett "You mean that little bunch of sticks over there?"
Travis "You looking for a different assignment?"
Crockett "No (short pause). That's the one I was gonna put in for."

Jesus Christ was told by God to allow himself to be handed over to the Jewish authorities for execution. Jesus prayed,

"Abba, Father, take this cup from me.
Yet, not what I will, but what you will."

Davy Crockett plucked his fiddle with his thumb to stay awake through the night
until the early morn when the Alamo was attacked, while the other
defenders slept.
Jesus Christ stayed awake praying through the night before he was handed
over, while his disciples slept.

Davy Crockett was seen only pierced at his execution
(at the Alamo by bayonet after the battle had ended).
Jesus Christ was seen only pierced at his execution
(hands, feet, and side. Jesus said, "It is finished").

Davy Crockett existed before Abraham Lincoln was born.
Davy Crockett died in March of 1836 at age 49.
Jesus Christ claimed that before Abraham was born, "I am".
They scoffed, "You're not even 50 years old!"

Davy Crockett was numbered with the transgressors
(William Travis was a debtor, James Bowie a land swindler).
Jesus Christ (a "lamb without spot") was numbered with the transgressors
(one crucified on either side of Jesus).

Davy Crockett, William Travis, and James Bowie are considered the Holy Trinity
of the Alamo.
Jesus Christ, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit are the Holy Trinity of Heaven.

Davy Crockett told the folks back home in Tennessee,
"You all can go to Hell! I'm going to Texas!"
Jesus Christ told the Pharisees,
"I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin.
Where I go, you cannot come." (John 8:21)

Davy Crockett was made sport of by the members of Congress because of his
backwoods talk and dress.
Jesus Christ was mocked by the Pharisees because of what he said and was
made to wear: "He says that we cannot go where he is going. Does this mean he will kill himself?" The Roman soldiers mocked Jesus by placing a crown of thorns upon his head.

Davy Crockett played his fiddle atop the Alamo stunning the Mexican army,
stopping cannon fire for a night.
Jesus Christ held back his arrest for a night by verbally stunning the Temple
guards saying, "I shall be with you a little while longer. You will look for me,
but you cannot go where I will be."

Davy Crockett said to Jim Bowie while pent up at the Alamo:

"If it were just me, simple David from Tennessee,
I might drop over these walls one night and take my chances.
But that 'Davy Crockett' feller, they're all watching him.
He's been on these walls every day of his life."

Jesus Christ may have thought to himself at his crucifixion:

"If it were just me, simple Jesus the carpenter from Galilee,
I might drop down from this cross and take my chances.
But that 'Son of God' feller, they're all watching him.
He's been on this cross every day of his life."

AMEN

What, no spanking!

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Just finished reading your profile Charlie ....At the risk of sounding condescending,it's not your place to worry or concern yourself with HOW others interpret the bible or HOW and IN WHAT they choose to believe...

Also, as a middle aged divorced man, how can you questions God's will as to remarriage being considered adulterous ten years after the fact and not question His will or position concerning intimate encounters with teenagers?...In you profile, you excuse this by saying "Who am I to question God's will"

Good luck man, you're going to need it....


Thanks MOM !!

Surely you are not just now realizing the bible (and the Church) is peppered with contradictions, time line errors, and information that cannot be proven....You either believe or you don't....Your are not the first and you definitely will not be the last to question the "Word".....


Correct. I am not just now realzing that.
And no, It has nothing to do whether I believe, it has more for me personally do with how I live. But for others it could mean whether they believe or not in Jesus Christ as the Son of God.

Example for me personally is that I am divorced.
And like many Christians divorced, I wonder if it is God's will
for me to remarry. Is that Adultery while the ex-spouse is alive.

I posed a topic today:
Whatever happended to Joseph, husband of Mary (mother of Jesus)?

Someone posted that he died when Jesus was 10, yet that is not recorded in the compiled New Testament books.
They also provided the info that Joseph was married and divorced before he married Mary.
If I had known that years ago I may have allowed myself to remarry.

Just because the early Christian Church Fathers did not think it important to put that tidbit of information in the Bible does not mean it is not of immense importance to someone.

God is Dead to many folks because the Church acts as if we can't amend the Bible. They think that the closer to the time the Church reviewed which books/text should be in the Bible the better. As if the Holy Spirit could help us less now than then. GOD IS DEAD
should be the motto of the Christian Church, because that is what they are silently proclaiming for all the world to hear.

Thanks for the post. However, I do think the timeline of the crucifixion, death, and resurrection of Jesus is very much the point.
Jesus said he would give no sign that he was the Son of God other than the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah was 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the fish, so the Son of Man will be 3 days and 3 nights in the heart of the Earth. You can't get 3 days and 3 nights from Friday afternoon to sometime between sunset Saturday and sunrise Sunday. The Math does not add up.

For the Church to deny Jesus' words and the Bible prophecy is a great error. And if he Church can make that great an error, what else have they done? Perhaps the Bible itself is full of errors or full of wrong books or omitting many important books. The Church put the Bible Together, not Jesus.

But how does your reply deal with the question I originally posed?

Why do sexy female bartenders insist on asking gentleman drinkers
(who are without a credit card for starting a tab)

"Well....Do you have ANYTHING I can hold?"

Can't say I am offended.
More like flattered.

Jesus was cruxcified on Wednesday and buried that evening before the start of the special sabbath Passover Wednesday Night/Thursday Day.

Spent Wednesday day/night, Thursday day/night, and Friday day/night in the tomb and was raised before sunrise early Saturday morning.

Jesus told everyone that he would spend 3 days and 3 nights in the heart of the Earth just as Jonah had spent 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the fish.

There once was a young woman
Who lived in a shoe
And the shoe grew
And it grew
And it grew
Until one day
The young woman could no longer "keep shoe"
So the shoe stopped growing
On account of the woman
What a nice shoe.

Now the young woman had
Much more room than she needed
So she rented out rooms
To some young folks who'd pleaded.

Then one day
The shoe overhead them complaining
About the lack of room in the shoe
And the problems created
So again the shoe grew
And it grew
And it grew
What a nice shoe.

Then it came about that the roommates
Up and moved away
To another province and country
Totally abandoning their stay.

So the young woman opened a daycare
To fill up the shoe
And hired some workers
To help with the crew
But as fate would soon have it
The shoe daycare was shut down
And the children removed
By an edict from town.

So the shoe began to shrink
And it shrank
And it shrank
And it shrank.

Now the young woman became angry
And wanted to die
"Why is all this happening!" she cried
"I'd like to know why"
Then God asked her this question
Without hesitation
"Do you have any right to be angry about this shoe?"
"Please explain your fixation"
"I do have a right to be angry" she chided
"Angry enough to die!"
Then God gave her this much needed reply
"Enough with the rhymes, and enough with your reasons!"
"Now listen closely my dear, for your comments are treasons"
"You have been angry about this shoe, though you did not make it grow"
"It grew for a short time, and then shrank,"
"So all your efforts were at best, short lived"
"But this town has 100s of people in spiritual darkness"
"Who don't know their right hands from their left"
"Their lives are but a breath on Earth"
"And their souls are in eternal jeopardy"
"So shouldn't I have a right to be concerned for these I have created?"

Little ones, do not let the circumstances of this life distract you
from their intended purpose, which is to lead you and others to Christ,
The Hope Of Our Salvation

There is no remission/foregiveness of sin without the shedding of blood the Bible teaches. And, the wages of sin is death.
Animal sacrifice was done every year by the priests, but this was only a gesture of what was to come (Jesus) and could not permanantly pay for sin and redeem mankind. Jesus was a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrafice for this sins of the whole world, the Bible tells us. You can not get to heaven on your owm merits. All your righteous acts are like filthy rags to God (JEHOVAH). Only through belief/trust in Jesus, and his righteous life and sacraficial death, can a person gain entrance to heaven. It is not your own merits. Grace is the free gift of eternal life through God's Son Jesus.

God is not God's name, so saying "?od damn it" sounds offensive, but it is not taking God's name in vain. God definitely does have a name. JEHOVAH is a pretty good transliteration if I am using that term correctly? And Jesus (again a transliteration) is the name of the Son. Distinct individuals, but both God. Just like snow, ice, water, steam are still H20 but just different forms. But that is a poor analogy and perhaps their isn't one that comes close.