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    Politics: Joel Osteen vs. the UMC

    I'm personally not interested in engaging in a discussion of Osteen's theology here. I'm fully aware that this forum will be hostile toward him. I only wanted to share that I am sick of partisan politics being discussed in church and at least on this one issue Osteen's church did it right, and...
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    Politics: Joel Osteen vs. the UMC

    This doesn't generally go over well in UMC circles, but I am a fan of Joel Osteen. This week, I listened to the Saturday night service, the Sunday morning service and am now listening to the Sunday evening service. There has not been ONE WORD about the previous week's election, and in two of...
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    Halloween and Shamhain

    Our church has a pumpkin painting party every year the Saturday before Halloween. We show some kid-friendly Halloween movies and paint pumpkins--painting is safer for the kids than carving.--on the night itself, I'll be watching college football, as I do every Saturday, and handing out candy to...
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    Suggestions for husband and wife hobbies

    How about board/card games? There is a coffee shop down the street from us that has many many different board games to try out and buy if you want to. Of course they have the regular stuff, like chess and checkers and whatnot, but there are also a lot of different games that are newer and fun...
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    Do you wear your wedding ring/band?

    I'm not happy with my marriage, so I quit wearing mine about a decade ago. My wife wears hers all the time.
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    Artists who "rub you the wrong way"

    Some would even say he's....vain ;)
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    Discussion of Submission- Trial Thread

    My advice to young husbands would be to skip reading vs. 22-24 of Ephesians 5 when reading your Bible. That part is addressed to wives. You're not a wife. Don't worry about that part. You need to focus on vs. 25 and following. That's more than enough for you to be able to handle. Don't accuse...
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    Fighting the urge to adopt 28 Bengal cats; what to do?

    I wouldn't adopt them all at once. If you're really that hungry, buy some Mounds or Almond Joy bars. As far as anointing the frying pan, I'd go all out. Use lard. Don't live long. Live well. :)
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    Should the whales be saved?

    "Don't kill the whale...Don't hunt the whale" - Jon Anderson
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    Rush Limbaugh

    I haven't listened to any conservative talk radio in a couple of years, but when I did, I found Dennis Prager to be significantly more insightful and credible than Limbaugh, and since they were both on at the same time, Limbaugh became irrelevant to me.
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    Attn: One full year since Discrimination

    While it is my personal opinion that Zimmerman is a racist and murdered Trayvon Martin, I also believe Zimmerman's acquittal was accurate because the burden of proof was not met. We can have our opinions, but they don't mean anything legally unless they can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt...
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    ALL READ: Please Vote in this Poll

    The correct answer to the poll question is "no". Those who do not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
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    Do you believe in horoscopes?

    The Horoscope is in the Comics and Games section of my newspaper. Dilbert is also in the Comics and Games section of my newspaper. I read Dilbert and the Horoscope almost every day and have found that Dilbert is much more accurate.
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    Favorite One-Hit Wonder(s)

    Hmmm. Some of my favorites are: Twilight Zone: Golden Earring Clint Eastwood: Gorillaz Pray: MC Hammer
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    What brought you to CF?

    I initially came here after being kicked out of a conservative church. I tried to be agnostic, but I couldn't reject my belief in God, so I was looking for a large place with a lot of different denominations so I could get a view on how others worshipped and saw God and the Bible, so I could...
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    Last movie you watched (12)

    Super 8
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    It's Up to the Women!

    Of course not. If it fails, it will be the fault of men, just like everything else.
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    It's Up to the Women!

    Other than the 'pay is not equal' (it IS equal for equal work) nonsense, the article is pretty much correct. Corporate America, the Academy and the government have bent over backwards to ensure that women have every educational and economic advantage for the past fifty years, so it's no surprise...
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    Do women want sex as much as men?

    He is spot on once again. Just because two people couldn't relate to it doesn't mean that it isn't applicable to the majority of Christian women. It is and it is good advice. For many Christian men it takes years to educate and train their wives about the woman's responsibility and role in...
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    What is the most expensive thing you had on your wedding registry?

    A China set. Someone gave us a teacup from it and that was it. We wouldn't really have even registered for it but we read a book that said we should register for two sets of table settings: formal and casual. We didn't really want the formal stuff anyway. Thankfully we did get all of our more...