Recent content by Lazarus Short

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    What is Missouri like?

    Missouri has the Ozarks, shared with Arkansas, Oklahoma and a tiny bit in Kansas. You need to experience it during your lifetime: caves, springs, cold streams and forests. I spent eight years in the Ozarks, and I wish I were there now.
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    Dumbest Jokes of All Time

    A Canadian, a Swiss, a German, a Mexican, a American, a Korean, a Austrian, a Brazilian, a Estonian, a Filipino, a British, a Egyptian, a Icelander, a Jamaican, a South African, a Puerto Rican, a Chinese, a Latvian, a Moroccan, a Taiwanese, a Spaniard, and a Romanian walk into a fancy...
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    Dumbest Jokes of All Time

    Latvia, IMHO, has the world's worst jokes: Tried translating a joke from Latvian. John, a rural farmer, decided to visit the zoo in the capital with his family. He has a lot of fun, and comes back ecstatic. His neighbor Tolya asks him what he saw there. "Well, I saw a giraffe."...
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    There was a mistake when I asked for Vinyl siding

    The current term is "Polymer Siding."
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    There is no Hell (Moved)

    Tell us, where is the torment in being dead forever?
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    Neglected British History

    I should mention that I recently finished reading "The Drama of the Lost Disciples," by George F. Jowett. It has a fair number of typos, and needed an editor, but the information is just amazing - the early history of Christianity in Britain. It would seem that Britain was the nation spoken of...
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    Neglected British History

    Excellent! Thank you.
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    3 hours

    Jesus the Christ suffered and died on His cross. One of the two thieves crucified with Him came to his senses, and was promised to be with Jesus in Paradise. The other thief did not come around, and his fate is not given. My expectation is that he will suffer corrective punishment after his...
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    The Republican Party: Lesser of Two Evils

    The lesser of two evils? Perhaps it's more like the evil of two lessers.
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    Coffee Drinking

    My coffee recipe, after many years of practice: ground real coffee - prefer grinding my own beans cocoa cardamon cinnamon a little salt the above into a french press then a bit of butter minimal sugar. There - human again.
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    Does God operate at a lower standard of morality/ethics than he requires of us?

    Your simple question demolishes massive mountains of theo-illogical thought.
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    Are there varying degrees of punishment in hell?

    Punishments vary, but they are for a purpose - the same sort of purpose your parents had when they spanked you, grounded you or sent you to your room. What is depicted in Dante, Milton and Mary K. Baxter is NOT in the Bible. Ask yourself where in the languages of Latin, Greek, Aramaic or...
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    Popes new 10 commandments about climate change

    The environment/gaia is the new idol of those who continue to get rich and fly to meetings in jets and helicopters, while telling us that we "vill eat zee bugs" and be happy and own nothing. God has far better plans for us than that.
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    The world has only nine years left!!!

    There is no global warming - the planet warms and cools around a mean. The climate is always changing as well. What is happening is Birth Pangs, and they will continue until Jesus Christ the Lord returns and the new heavens/earth are brought forth.
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    The "If it's true it doesn't matter." claim about UR.

    You "kant" quote it as Biblical. ;)