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That's right. That's what i said. Now pick yer jaw off the floor, get past those defenses, and step outta that box fer a minute.
While it's true that God DID send His only begotten Son, Jesus the Christ, to be born of a virgin, here to earth, and yes, it IS good news, and certainly to be celebrated FOR the good news this brings to weary men, that's not where we stop and STAY. No, while we can adore the Christ child because He was literally "God with us", we ADORE the RISEN Christ, for HE is what the birth was all about from the gitgo. Christmas is a celebration of WHO came and died for us and rose and is now at the right hand of God. WE celebrate that the promise has COME among us, and is to crush the serpents head. We celebrate that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not die, but have eternal life, as it was before the fall. Christmas is not a sentimentalization of a forever-baby. Jesus Christ did not come here to BE and STAY a baby. He came to grow, and bear a cross, and die, and be raised again in triumph, and thus we share in HIs triumph. Now THAT'S something to celebrate, amen?
While it's true that God DID send His only begotten Son, Jesus the Christ, to be born of a virgin, here to earth, and yes, it IS good news, and certainly to be celebrated FOR the good news this brings to weary men, that's not where we stop and STAY. No, while we can adore the Christ child because He was literally "God with us", we ADORE the RISEN Christ, for HE is what the birth was all about from the gitgo. Christmas is a celebration of WHO came and died for us and rose and is now at the right hand of God. WE celebrate that the promise has COME among us, and is to crush the serpents head. We celebrate that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not die, but have eternal life, as it was before the fall. Christmas is not a sentimentalization of a forever-baby. Jesus Christ did not come here to BE and STAY a baby. He came to grow, and bear a cross, and die, and be raised again in triumph, and thus we share in HIs triumph. Now THAT'S something to celebrate, amen?
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("...um, does the bible state that mary was a virgin..." asked the despicable goblin knowing that if it had been a birth by a virgin then why was the term young woman used in its place, adding "...just thought I'd make myself as popular as ever...")
Mary - a young woman, not a virgin
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"..still making me think xxxxx..." said the goblin loving it, adding "...but what if there were a slippery slope here, where it simply starts off as something innocent and acceptable enough and then descends as something more sinister...", of course the goblin was now thinking about the swiss in their recent "no" vote, thus banning minarets from being built in switzerland, "...for example, an analogy then, what if some forum were to first throw out all the trolls, then to move to those who use bad language, from there to those who posted nudity in any form, on to the those whose opinion are too radical, etc., until only the admin and his clones remained, in short what a "narrow minded" forum it would then become in the end, albeit one that might well have reached those aims though a consensus or by democratic means even at in this case...", simply the goblin was thinking back now, to how correct and enticing same type n*zi message must have sounded to mr average during the pre war depression years who, when faced with the twin burdens of a hyper inflation on the one hand, and political impotence on the other, wanted something done, so the goblin merely concluded "...lets pray then that this minaret vote here was just a "one off" then, or conversely let's worry about who might be next then on their list now..."
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Mary - a young woman, not a virgin
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"..still making me think xxxxx..." said the goblin loving it, adding "...but what if there were a slippery slope here, where it simply starts off as something innocent and acceptable enough and then descends as something more sinister...", of course the goblin was now thinking about the swiss in their recent "no" vote, thus banning minarets from being built in switzerland, "...for example, an analogy then, what if some forum were to first throw out all the trolls, then to move to those who use bad language, from there to those who posted nudity in any form, on to the those whose opinion are too radical, etc., until only the admin and his clones remained, in short what a "narrow minded" forum it would then become in the end, albeit one that might well have reached those aims though a consensus or by democratic means even at in this case...", simply the goblin was thinking back now, to how correct and enticing same type n*zi message must have sounded to mr average during the pre war depression years who, when faced with the twin burdens of a hyper inflation on the one hand, and political impotence on the other, wanted something done, so the goblin merely concluded "...lets pray then that this minaret vote here was just a "one off" then, or conversely let's worry about who might be next then on their list now..."
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("...um, does the bible state that mary was a virgin..." asked the despicable goblin knowing that if it had been a birth by a virgin then why was the term young woman used in its place, adding "...just thought I'd make myself as popular as ever...")
Mary - a young woman, not a virgin
https://www.google.fr/search?client...oe=utf-8&redir_esc=&ei=AjPLUMzSNY6o0AXok4HYCQ
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"..still making me think xxxxx..." said the goblin loving it, adding "...but what if there were a slippery slope here, where it simply starts off as something innocent and acceptable enough and then descends as something more sinister...", of course the goblin was now thinking about the swiss in their recent "no" vote, thus banning minarets from being built in switzerland, "...for example, an analogy then, what if some forum were to first throw out all the trolls, then to move to those who use bad language, from there to those who posted nudity in any form, on to the those whose opinion are too radical, etc., until only the admin and his clones remained, in short what a "narrow minded" forum it would then become in the end, albeit one that might well have reached those aims though a consensus or by democratic means even at in this case...", simply the goblin was thinking back now, to how correct and enticing same type n*zi message must have sounded to mr average during the pre war depression years who, when faced with the twin burdens of a hyper inflation on the one hand, and political impotence on the other, wanted something done, so the goblin merely concluded "...lets pray then that this minaret vote here was just a "one off" then, or conversely let's worry about who might be next then on their list now..."
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LOL no torches out to get ya here, flea.....however, Mary was a virgin in that she had not known a man. A man had not touched her, and it is also assumed that she was chaste or undefiled in order to be engaged to Joseph, in the culture where they resided, and where she testifies to her virginity here:
"Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?" ~Luke 1:34
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("...not quite the same thing brinny, today I don't know any women, but I suspect I'm not a virgin by it..." replied the goblin)
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the goblin liked the picture, adding "...actually, more what I like about the picture is the fact that one was allowed post it...", his mind was now thinking upon those other forums where, being family sites per say, one was not allowed to post pictures like that at all, adding "...same problem for the media in general then, it's not that I particularly like nudity violence or bad language in the media, it's just the moment I know that there is none, I know too, that storyline is compromised and censored by its absence, for what I really like is not knowing the confines of the content, nor the outcome neither, of whatever it is I am actually viewing..." and yet the goblin also hated it when something was just there to shock or titillate one, something as there to pull in the punters, adding "...no, for me it has to be exactly what the work needs, or else it doesn't work for me, where certainly it's not an easy balance then to get right, and where I tend to veer on the side of modesty until it is right not to..." but by now everyone knew that goblins were not to be trusted but then again whoever wanted to be trusted for what they wrote, the goblin didn't want to be trusted now
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repost from else, a "last post" thread where a n*de picture had been posted
the goblin liked the picture, adding "...actually, more what I like about the picture is the fact that one was allowed post it...", his mind was now thinking upon those other forums where, being family sites per say, one was not allowed to post pictures like that at all, adding "...same problem for the media in general then, it's not that I particularly like nudity violence or bad language in the media, it's just the moment I know that there is none, I know too, that storyline is compromised and censored by its absence, for what I really like is not knowing the confines of the content, nor the outcome neither, of whatever it is I am actually viewing..." and yet the goblin also hated it when something was just there to shock or titillate one, something as there to pull in the punters, adding "...no, for me it has to be exactly what the work needs, or else it doesn't work for me, where certainly it's not an easy balance then to get right, and where I tend to veer on the side of modesty until it is right not to..." but by now everyone knew that goblins were not to be trusted but then again whoever wanted to be trusted for what they wrote, the goblin didn't want to be trusted now
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("...a typo then, kill for me as in it would be the death of me or as my death by it..." replied the goblin seeking his alter ego, one's other self then, thinking it would be a pity to go though life and not know who one really is, adding "...perhaps one's actions reflect one's judgement, one's words reflect one's wit, one's possessions reflect one's greed, but my posts reflect a me I hardly know because I have never felt it important to go there, where my anonymity proves my sincerity, and where my posts become mere footprints along the way...")
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"...so the passion just comes to its climax each time, and then I'm stuck back in my reality once more..." ventured the goblin to the muse over the coffee table in his usual bistro now done up in christmas style now, continuing "...so I am no longer sure what really gives me the most pleasure here, oh yes, I have those needs, like everyone else has, which can be relieved by indulging myself, yet they only seem to return me back to myself afterwards and always at a price too...", somehow to the goblin it was the same for drink, as it was for food, and for those computer games too, in fact for whatever then just everything returned one, but the muse just looked back at the goblin till, after a while, she opened up her empty hands to him saying "...well now, that does rather betray your age here goblin, I mean, if you really do understand at this point that "everything returns you to yourself afterwards", then simply you've swapped your previous delusions for your present day disillusions, which admittedly is progress all the same...", and, although the goblin could follow her logic clearly, he could never quite tell if she wasn't actually laughing at him too
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"...so the passion just comes to its climax each time, and then I'm stuck back in my reality once more..." ventured the goblin to the muse over the coffee table in his usual bistro now done up in christmas style now, continuing "...so I am no longer sure what really gives me the most pleasure here, oh yes, I have those needs, like everyone else has, which can be relieved by indulging myself, yet they only seem to return me back to myself afterwards and always at a price too...", somehow to the goblin it was the same for drink, as it was for food, and for those computer games too, in fact for whatever then just everything returned one, but the muse just looked back at the goblin till, after a while, she opened up her empty hands to him saying "...well now, that does rather betray your age here goblin, I mean, if you really do understand at this point that "everything returns you to yourself afterwards", then simply you've swapped your previous delusions for your present day disillusions, which admittedly is progress all the same...", and, although the goblin could follow her logic clearly, he could never quite tell if she wasn't actually laughing at him too
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flea, Mary had "known" many men, including Joseph, her betrothed. Apparently she was using "known" in a different context.
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("...or she's saying she has no one available..." replied the goblin, adding "...but it's the weekend, so I will spare you mortals unless you live in america where I will just cross my fingers that you don't get shot in walmats, which would be a bad indeed, because then I'd be without your posts I imagine...")
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the goblin enjoyed xxxxx's post then, but wondered why anyone needs a relationship, if and where that price is just too high, saying "...surely if it is just someone to relate oneself to, then our internet is quite adequate in its way...", in fact, the goblin accepted his own situation as married with children for what it was then, but he also knew deep down that he could probably get by if it was otherwise, saying "...well, I guess I could live both in a relationship just as could get by by alone too, where neither are ideal, where both are simply compromises with compensations..."
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repost from elsewhere, someone talking her past bad relationships
the goblin enjoyed xxxxx's post then, but wondered why anyone needs a relationship, if and where that price is just too high, saying "...surely if it is just someone to relate oneself to, then our internet is quite adequate in its way...", in fact, the goblin accepted his own situation as married with children for what it was then, but he also knew deep down that he could probably get by if it was otherwise, saying "...well, I guess I could live both in a relationship just as could get by by alone too, where neither are ideal, where both are simply compromises with compensations..."
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interesting take on it, flea, since Mary was betrothed to Joseph. Available? LOL! Whatever do you mean? C'mon, you gotta admit, that was a little weak.
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"...nah, still don't think so..." went the goblin
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"...a typo sorry, kill for me as in it would be the death of me or as my death by it..." replied the goblin ever seeking his alter ego, one's other self then, thinking it would be a pity to go though life and not know who one really was, adding "...perhapsthen one's actions reflect one's judgment, one's words reflect one's wit, one's possessions reflect one's greed, but my posts reflect a me I hardly know because I have never felt it important to go in there, where my anonymity proves my sincerity, and where my posts become as mere footprints along the way..."
xxxx
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Please elaborate flea....the question still remains if Mary was not a virgin, she was defiled, was she not? Would she have not been put to death, stoned in fact? In another light, an only begotten Son of the living God could not have been conceived then, because God could not use a defiled vessel (Mary). The whole point being that this "son of man" must be "sin-less" and not have fallen man's seed in Him. Otherwise it defeats the entire purpose of a Savior being born to die as a sinless sacrifice for us, does it not?
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"...nah, still don't think so..." went the goblin
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"...a typo sorry, kill for me as in it would be the death of me or as my death by it..." replied the goblin ever seeking his alter ego, one's other self then, thinking it would be a pity to go though life and not know who one really was, adding "...perhapsthen one's actions reflect one's judgment, one's words reflect one's wit, one's possessions reflect one's greed, but my posts reflect a me I hardly know because I have never felt it important to go in there, where my anonymity proves my sincerity, and where my posts become as mere footprints along the way..."
xxxx
...stops in tracks to ponder "it would be the death of me", sensing a gravity in the words, and pauses before going back to brewing green tea, as a tightrope walker comes to mind....as the world slows, waiting with bated breath, his next step....
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("...I'll leave it open because I'm not convinced, any more than the muslim interpretation that it was the angel gabriell who took her virginity..." replied the goblin)
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the goblin loved his wife and children then, but at times reminded himself of something, that there were no certainties beyond one's eventual decline here and inevitable exit, saying "...any one of us could be next, to die or to suffer something that is...", in fact the goblin's workmate, the one who was so looking forward to his retirement this year had just had a cerebral hemorrhage, so the goblin simply counted his blessings once more, repeating "...say what you will, to me at least to live is to win, and yet, to be able to post too, well that kind of doubles that winning in my view, where neither one's dailylife, nor this internet for that matter, owes one anything now, and perhaps contemplating this simple fact then somehow makes our short duration together all the more greater for it..."
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the goblin loved his wife and children then, but at times reminded himself of something, that there were no certainties beyond one's eventual decline here and inevitable exit, saying "...any one of us could be next, to die or to suffer something that is...", in fact the goblin's workmate, the one who was so looking forward to his retirement this year had just had a cerebral hemorrhage, so the goblin simply counted his blessings once more, repeating "...say what you will, to me at least to live is to win, and yet, to be able to post too, well that kind of doubles that winning in my view, where neither one's dailylife, nor this internet for that matter, owes one anything now, and perhaps contemplating this simple fact then somehow makes our short duration together all the more greater for it..."
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...haven't investigated too meticulously or gazed too very deeply into it, eh? Of course it's your choice, it's just that your response was a little like "nuh-uh."
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I see a river slowly flowing in the night, as if washing the moon on its surface, and the bushes at its edge. The wind is still as if waiting for something. A crow flies overhead, black and silvery wings under the clear sky. The subtle sound of its flapping wings pierces the silent night. I await in the hush for the rising of the sun in all its beauty, to grace everything it touches.
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Lest i be misunderstood, as i ponder on the Alpha and the Omega, God Almighty, Ancient of Days, the Most High God, coming as a baby, here, in our midst, brings me to my knees. For Him to do what none other could, would, or dared do renders me speechless, for it is an inexplicable thing to do. But then, so is His grace.
Mary Did You Know Video - The Passion - YouTube
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No. Just exploring imagery in my mind.
Will watch later. Watching paycheck now. And I too ponder what He has done and why He came into the world as we approach Christmas day
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This is what Christmas is about, the coming and adventus entry of a Savior into the trenches, here, with us, in our darkness, blindness, and our oblivion to how utterly lost and hopeless is our lot, as we slowly but surely, deteriorate, dying little by little each day until in utter defeat we expire, breathe our last, and return to the dust from whence we came.
And in our oblivion we chose to despise the very One Who came to wrench us from the grips of a yawning pit of bottomless proportions, amidst eternal echoes of hopelessness and despair in a darkness that is as a black hole, where silently we swirl in regret after regret and hauntings of sorries that never got said....and there we are. Forever. Perhaps the Alpha and the Omega knows and sees what we cannot. Perhaps that is why He sent His only begotten Son. Perhaps the end of us is so inexplicably dire that He was compelled to take do something extreme to stop it in its tracks. Perhaps we do not see the big picture because we are finite, while He has no such limitations.
"Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted" by Fernando Ortega - YouTube
And in our oblivion we chose to despise the very One Who came to wrench us from the grips of a yawning pit of bottomless proportions, amidst eternal echoes of hopelessness and despair in a darkness that is as a black hole, where silently we swirl in regret after regret and hauntings of sorries that never got said....and there we are. Forever. Perhaps the Alpha and the Omega knows and sees what we cannot. Perhaps that is why He sent His only begotten Son. Perhaps the end of us is so inexplicably dire that He was compelled to take do something extreme to stop it in its tracks. Perhaps we do not see the big picture because we are finite, while He has no such limitations.
"Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted" by Fernando Ortega - YouTube
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