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Asteroid to Make Closest Recorded Pass to Earth
unassimilatible writes "A 100-ft diameter asteroid will make the closest (26,500 miles, or about 3.4 Earth diameters) pass of earth ever detected in advance today, NASA reports. Asteroid 2004 FH's point of closest approach with the Earth will be over the South Atlantic Ocean. Using a good pair of binoculars, the object will be bright enough to be seen during this close approach from areas of Europe, Asia and most of the Southern Hemisphere. While we are in no danger this time, it is good to know NASA's LINEAR guys are on the job, for when that Death Star-sized object pays us a visit."
you suck.
ever heard of a thing called shock?
even a non-fatal hit totally messes up your senses e.g. when Agent Smith shoots Neo the phone ringing goes quiet.
btw, most bullets travel much faster than sound.
"Put a warning shot across the bow!"
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
Don't forget your towel.
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The Bible does not claim to be an instruction manual. It claims to be the very Word of God. On the same token, Jesus is not just a good teacher. He claimed repeatedly to be the Son of God. This was the real reason why the Pharisees crucified him, because he was being blasphemous. If he is not correct -- if he is not the Son of God -- then he is a lunatic or a devil. Would you listen to a man who claimed to be a poached egg?
The reason why Christians "hide" behind the Bible is because they believe it to be the inerrant Word of God. It is not so we can tell others how to live their lives, but so we can understand why God made us and how we were intended to work. It is also not a vehicle for vengence and wrath, but rather a warning from a holy, loving God who would rather of us change our ways and follow Him than have us suffer our just and proper punishment. Just as a parent warns their child of the impending spanking in the hopes of avoiding it altogether, so God tries to warn us.
As for thinking for yourself, is it better to just blindly follow the world's pattern of greed, selfishness, anger, and lust or to seek obedience to God's command in that we love the Lord our God with all of heart, soul, mind, and strength and love our neighbors as ourselves?
I believe in de-evolution. God made the world perfect, man fell, and its been going downhill ever since!
Not to start a hard core religious debate here, but could you point me to the passages where jesus repeatedly refers to himself as the son of god? He does refer to god as his father, but that was not unusual for jews of the day to do; they were all god's children. He also refers to himself as the 'son of man', but again in the arameic context that was more akin to use a pronoun for yourself. I think during the trial in Mark, Jesus might actually refer to himself as the messiah. And even if you accept the fact that it is word for word accurate, the messiah being a literal sun of god is a later christian idea and not a jewish one.
Jack Valenti and Orrin Hatch will be first up against the wall when the revolution comes.
In John 8:58, Jesus said "Before Abraham was born, I AM." The usage of "I AM" is a direct reference to what God said His name was to Moses in Exodus ("I AM that I AM"). Throughout that entire chapter, he continually takes a position of equality with God. In Matthew 26:62-64, the priests ask Him point blank if He is the "Son of God" to which He replies, "You have said it yourself" and that He would sit at the "right hand of power". In Luke 20:70, they ask him the same question, and he replies, "Yes, I am" afterwhich they make their decision that He should be crucified.
In addition, he makes statements through the gospels that could only be made by God Himself. For example, he forgives the sins of a lame man (Matthew 9:6), a thing that all Jews knew could only be done by God. He also claimed to be "Lord of the Sabbath" (Matthew 12:8). There are many more passages like these. In fact, the book of John is filled with claims of deity and equality with God.
In regards to the Messiah being a Christian idea, I would have to do more research to find the passages in the Old Testament that speak to His deity. I recall on passage in the Psalms where David refers to Jesus (who is his descendant) as his Lord. David could never refer to his offspring as a lord unless He was God. If you are interested, I can get to you with more.
I believe in de-evolution. God made the world perfect, man fell, and its been going downhill ever since!
But none of those things are actually statements that he is the son of god.
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Jesus doesn't explicitly say he is forgiving sins, what he does could quite possibly be interpetted as him saying god forgives your sins. Jesus also said the sabbath was made for man and not man for the sabbath. That would imply he believed everyone was lord of the sabbath.
My bad. It was Luke and not Mark. I always get them confused. If the gospels were consistent maybe it wouldn't be so tough
Jack Valenti and Orrin Hatch will be first up against the wall when the revolution comes.
Where does this black-and-white world view come from?
I, for one, am perfectly capable of forming my own pattern of greed, selfishness and anger, and lust, and pride of it (NB: all in moderation). I don't need to follow anyone else's pattern, thank you. And as far as your obedience, love, heart, soul, mind, strength and other nice qualities stop one inch short of my personal space, I'll love^H^H^H^Hrespect you too as myself.