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On 24/07/2014 11:09, James Holsenback wrote:
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> LOL ... maybe that's where I'm living! My next door neighbor has a large
> "God Delivers" sign in his front yard.
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 23/07/2014 12:37, James Holsenback wrote:
> Sad state of affairs ... don't you think?
I am sorry to hear about your troubles, brother.
Maybe if we took some time together to reflect on this and pray to the
Lord it would smooth your troubled life. If you were willing to accept
the LORD Leviathan into your life... :-)
Seriously, if you can't move away and don't want to join the throng of
"I'll say anything for a bit of peace" brigade. Then learn the gentle
art of prevaricating.
A few years ago when I was working in Nigeria. (A country that builds
more churches than hospitals.) A group of us from work were on a tour of
Port Harcourt one Sunday. When the guide came on the bus she looked
around and fixed her eyes on me and said.
"I hope you have all been to church today."
I replied, slapping my chest.
"This is my Church. I carry GOD in my heart."
Which flummoxed her and she did not mention religion gain.
If she had only known what I really thought. I would have ended up with
a Soweto necklace.
As the song says:
FTA. FTA. The long and the short and the tall.
;-)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 25/07/14 21:53, Stephen wrote:
> A few years ago when I was working in Nigeria. (A country that builds
> more churches than hospitals.) A group of us from work were on a tour of
> Port Harcourt one Sunday. When the guide came on the bus she looked
> around and fixed her eyes on me and said.
> "I hope you have all been to church today."
> I replied, slapping my chest.
> "This is my Church. I carry GOD in my heart."
> Which flummoxed her and she did not mention religion gain
...now why does that not surprise me?
John (still grinning at the mental image)
--
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children
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On 25/07/2014 22:21, Doctor John wrote:
>> Which flummoxed her and she did not mention religion gain
> ...now why does that not surprise me?
>
> John (still grinning at the mental image)
It came out when I was trying to suppress the impulse to punch her in
the throat. ;-)
(Not true. I'm just a smart arse and my tongue will get me hung. Or so
my Grandmother said.)
Round about that time. The project secretary sent me an email with a
religious strip cartoon. Which said that I was going to HELL if I did
not mend my ways.
But strangely enough when I let it be known that I was Obeah (Juju).
Life got simpler and I became Uncle Stephen. o_O
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 25/07/14 22:52, Stephen wrote:
> But strangely enough when I let it be known that I was Obeah (Juju).
> Life got simpler and I became Uncle Stephen. o_O
>
>
John (sacrifices a black cockerel to Uncle Stephen)
--
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children
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On 25/07/2014 22:55, Doctor John wrote:
> On 25/07/14 22:52, Stephen wrote:
>> But strangely enough when I let it be known that I was Obeah (Juju).
>> Life got simpler and I became Uncle Stephen. o_O
>>
>>
>
> John (sacrifices a black cockerel to Uncle Stephen)
>
Goats! I prefer goats.
(There is more meat on them and I like goat curry.)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:27:43 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 24/07/2014 11:09, James Holsenback wrote:
>>
>> LOL ... maybe that's where I'm living! My next door neighbor has a
>> large "God Delivers" sign in his front yard.
>
> "25¢ a slice." in the next yard? ;-)
LOL
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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Am 25.07.2014 18:47, schrieb Jim Henderson:
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 07:00:22 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:
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>> On 7/25/2014 12:10 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> Well, there are a lot of things that didn't become an issue for the
>>> general public, partly because Romney wouldn't really talk about what
>>> he believes or what his church practices. I may not have liked him as
>>> a candidate or as a person, but I can respect him for saying "that's
>>> not what this election is about" and refusing to talk about his faith.
>>> If he had been elected, I actually think he would have not had his
>>> faith be front and center, because he didn't want it in the spotlight.
>>> He considered it to be a very personal thing, and not relevant to his
>>> policy choices.
>>>
>> On that note - what the hell where his policies exactly, I never noted
>> him actually pinning any down, really, unless, "I picked a Tea Party nut
>> to replace me, should my brain melt down while trying to figure out what
>> I actually believe this week, and the VP has to take over."? lol
>
> Yeah, that was also a big problem with him - his stated policies and past
> policy decisions didn't line up very well, and he was all over the board
> on what he was for. Most of his campaigning was based on "I'm against
> what Obama's doing".
>
> Pretty glad the electorate didn't fall for *that*, even though I'm not
> very happy with Obama's stand on intellectual property and privacy
> issues. Right now, neither party is making me very happy.
I never got the hang of parties anyway... all the loud music and alcohol...
(strolls out the garden door with a soft drink)
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:53:54 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> (A country that builds more churches than hospitals.)
Arguably, that's the case in the US as well.
And the UK.
Go to Google maps and put in (for example) "Hospitals in London, United
Kingdom", and "Churches in London, United Kingdom".
Compare the number of dots on the map.
Jim
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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Am 26.07.2014 00:45, schrieb Jim Henderson:
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:53:54 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>> (A country that builds more churches than hospitals.)
>
> Arguably, that's the case in the US as well.
>
> And the UK.
Germany, too. (*)
Does this make sense? Let's see:
In 2011, Baden-Wuerttemberg had a population of about 10.5 million, and
285 hospitals with a total of 56910 beds and an average utilization of
76.8%; thus, it can be concluded that on average about 1 in 240 people
were in hospital at any given day. We can also conclude that an average
hospital had 200 beds.
If we presume that a pious person would attend church services regularly
at least on major holidays, such as Easter Sunday or Christmas, then it
would take just 0.4% of the population to be pious in order to require
about as many church seats as hospital beds.
(*) Actually, reading Stephen's posting more carefully: Maybe no.
Germany /has/ more churches than hospitals, but whether more /new/
churches are being built than hospitals is difficult to tell.
Statistical data from Baden-Wuerttemberg indicates that the number of
hospitals is actually declining (as people remain hospitalized for ever
shorter times), but I'll wager that the same goes for churches. Just
noticed a New Apostolic Church building having been torn down a few
weeks ago near where I live.
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