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"L. Raymond" |
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08 Feb 2007 04:06:08 PM |
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Amusing church sign |
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
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L. Raymond
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| User: "The Chief Instigator" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 12:50:10 AM |
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"L. Raymond" <badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> writes:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Where was it? (I don't think Sharpstown quite qualifies as west Houston.) I
wouldn't mind a chance to get a shot of that.
--
Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas
chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2006-07 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
LAST GAME: Omaha 4, Houston 3 (February 8)
NEXT GAME: Saturday, February 10 at Peoria, 7:05
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 02:03:22 AM |
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On 09 Feb 2007 00:50:10 -0600, The Chief Instigator
<patrick@eris.io.com> wrote:
- Refer: <szkodo325b1.fsf@eris.io.com>
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> writes:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Where was it? (I don't think Sharpstown quite qualifies as west Houston.) I
wouldn't mind a chance to get a shot of that.
A .22, or a 12 guage?
--
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| User: "The Chief Instigator" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 12:49:23 PM |
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Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> writes:
On 09 Feb 2007 00:50:10 -0600, The Chief Instigator
<patrick@eris.io.com> wrote:
- Refer: <szkodo325b1.fsf@eris.io.com>
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> writes:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Where was it? (I don't think Sharpstown quite qualifies as west Houston.) I
wouldn't mind a chance to get a shot of that.
A .22, or a 12 guage?
That depends on where it is in the area. ;-)
--
Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas
chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2006-07 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
LAST GAME: Omaha 4, Houston 3 (February 8)
NEXT GAME: Saturday, February 10 at Peoria, 7:05
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| User: "Lucifer" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 07:09:39 AM |
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On Feb 9, 8:03 am, Michael Gray <mikeg...@newsguy.com> wrote:
On 09 Feb 2007 00:50:10 -0600, The Chief Instigator<patr...@eris.io.com> wrote:
- Refer: <szkodo325b1....@eris.io.com>
"L. Raymond" <badaddr...@mylinuxisp.com> writes:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Where was it? (I don't think Sharpstown quite qualifies as west Houston.) I
wouldn't mind a chance to get a shot of that.
A .22, or a 12 guage?
--
155mm Howitzer?
--
Lucifer the Unsubtle, EAC Librarian of Dark Tomes of Excessive Evil
and General Purpose Igor
The Anti-Theist, BAAWA Lowly Evilmeister and tamer of the Demon Duck
of Doom
Convicted by Earthquack
"Don't worry, I won't bite.......hard"
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 05:22:52 PM |
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On 9 Feb 2007 05:09:39 -0800, "Lucifer" <wyrdology@hotmail.com> wrote:
- Refer: <1171026579.575058.32370@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 9, 8:03 am, Michael Gray <mikeg...@newsguy.com> wrote:
On 09 Feb 2007 00:50:10 -0600, The Chief Instigator<patr...@eris.io.com> wrote:
- Refer: <szkodo325b1....@eris.io.com>
"L. Raymond" <badaddr...@mylinuxisp.com> writes:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Where was it? (I don't think Sharpstown quite qualifies as west Houston.) I
wouldn't mind a chance to get a shot of that.
A .22, or a 12 guage?
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155mm Howitzer?
Much better!
We have 7 in the EAC store.
Ammo needs to be purchased from operational funds, though.
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| User: "L. Raymond" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 09:39:22 AM |
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The Chief Instigator wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Where was it? (I don't think Sharpstown quite qualifies as west Houston.) I
wouldn't mind a chance to get a shot of that.
It was on the north side of Richmond just a few yards west of Hwy 6.
I didn't see what denomination church it was, so I think it was just
generic Christian.
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L. Raymond
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| User: "The Chief Instigator" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 12:51:48 PM |
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"L. Raymond" <badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> writes:
The Chief Instigator wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Where was it? (I don't think Sharpstown quite qualifies as west Houston.) I
wouldn't mind a chance to get a shot of that.
It was on the north side of Richmond just a few yards west of Hwy 6.
I didn't see what denomination church it was, so I think it was just
generic Christian.
It's obviously been too long since I've been out around West Oaks Mall. (It
could be generic - those all-in-one churches have been sprouting regularly,
over the past decade and change.)
--
Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas
chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2006-07 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
LAST GAME: Omaha 4, Houston 3 (February 8)
NEXT GAME: Saturday, February 10 at Peoria, 7:05
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| User: "Christopher A.Lee" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 01:17:48 PM |
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On 09 Feb 2007 12:51:48 -0600, The Chief Instigator
<patrick@eris.io.com> wrote:
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> writes:
The Chief Instigator wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Where was it? (I don't think Sharpstown quite qualifies as west Houston.) I
wouldn't mind a chance to get a shot of that.
It was on the north side of Richmond just a few yards west of Hwy 6.
I didn't see what denomination church it was, so I think it was just
generic Christian.
It's obviously been too long since I've been out around West Oaks Mall. (It
could be generic - those all-in-one churches have been sprouting regularly,
over the past decade and change.)
Generic Christian, non-denominational Christian etc tend to be code
words for fundamentalist. In fact anything outside the major
denominations and even some of them as well.
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| User: "The Chief Instigator" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 01:59:07 PM |
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Christopher A.Lee <calee@optonline.net> writes:
On 09 Feb 2007 12:51:48 -0600, The Chief Instigator
<patrick@eris.io.com> wrote:
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> writes:
The Chief Instigator wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Where was it? (I don't think Sharpstown quite qualifies as west Houston.)
I wouldn't mind a chance to get a shot of that.
It was on the north side of Richmond just a few yards west of Hwy 6.
I didn't see what denomination church it was, so I think it was just
generic Christian.
It's obviously been too long since I've been out around West Oaks Mall. (It
could be generic - those all-in-one churches have been sprouting regularly,
over the past decade and change.)
Generic Christian, non-denominational Christian etc tend to be code
words for fundamentalist. In fact anything outside the major
denominations and even some of them as well.
Maybe so, but for some reason, Lakewood Church (which now occupies a remodeled
former city arena - The Summit/Compaq Center) isn't pushing that...yet.
--
Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas
chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2006-07 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
LAST GAME: Omaha 4, Houston 3 (February 8)
NEXT GAME: Saturday, February 10 at Peoria, 7:05
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| User: "L. Raymond" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 04:13:15 PM |
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Christopher A.Lee wrote:
Generic Christian, non-denominational Christian etc tend to be code
words for fundamentalist. In fact anything outside the major
denominations and even some of them as well.
A neat thing about Houston that will probably take the next decade to
filter past our redneck stereotype is that we've had a massive influx of
Indians, Pakistanis and east Asians since the early 90s. There are
areas of town where the street signs all have Chinese translations and
they've got entire shopping malls devoted to Indian and Pakistani food
and clothing. They're concentrating in the west & SW part of town and
seem to having a liberalizing effect on the evangelicals there. The
rabid fundies still have a foothold in the suburbs, like Delay's
hometown of Sugarland, but I really hope that won't last much longer.
Exposure to other cultures is always the death blow to
closed-mindedness.
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L. Raymond
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| User: "Thurisaz, Germanic barbarian" |
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08 Feb 2007 09:20:14 PM |
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L. Raymond:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
It's easy to forget that not all christians (and muslims for that matter)
are brainfucked idiots, with so many of them morontheists floating around
here...
....the sad thing is that they either don't want their voices of opposition
(to the fundie cults) to be heard or they do a very very bad job at it.
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"To his friend a man a friend shall prove, and gifts with gifts requite;
But men shall mocking with mockery answer, and fraud with falsehood meet."
(The Poetic Edda)
Must have been written with fundies in mind...
My personal judgment of monotheism:
http://www.carcosa.de/nojebus
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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08 Feb 2007 07:00:13 PM |
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On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:06:08 -0600 there was an Ancient "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> who stoppeth one in alt.atheism
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
One along my route that I like.
"Preach Jesus. Use Words When Necessary."
Subtle.
--
Douglas Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
Jason Gastrich is praying for me on 8 January 2011
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the
source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a
stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as
good as dead: his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 09:56:19 AM |
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On Feb 8, 8:00 pm, Douglas Berry <penguin_...@mindOBVIOUSspring.com>
wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:06:08 -0600 there was an Ancient "L. Raymond"
<badaddr...@mylinuxisp.com> who stoppeth one in alt.atheism
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
One along my route that I like.
"Preach Jesus. Use Words When Necessary."
Subtle.
A country church near my place had that same message
a month or so ago (upstate NY). Maybe the parsons
read the same newsletter.
--
Walt Smith
Firelock on DALNet
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| User: "Hatter" |
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08 Feb 2007 04:07:17 PM |
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On Feb 8, 5:06 pm, "L. Raymond" <badaddr...@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
--
L. Raymond
Was it near a Church with a lot of rainbows used in the decore? : )
Hatter
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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09 Feb 2007 07:02:40 AM |
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On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:06:08 -0600, L. Raymond wrote:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
And yet they're anti-gay...
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
- Seneca the Younger
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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09 Feb 2007 12:52:50 PM |
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Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:06:08 -0600, L. Raymond wrote:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
And yet they're anti-gay...
Probably most are but we have a church one town over that makes a point of
letting everybody know that the GLTBQ crowd is welcome. We even hosted Judy
Fjell there once.
She talked about coming out in her small home town in Wisconsin and after
all teh worry finding out that she was still "Just Judy" to them.
She also sings of havint teen age emotions in a middle aged body, something
I'm experiencing now as someone from 30 years ago has just entered my life
again.
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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09 Feb 2007 01:52:31 PM |
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"Mike Painter" <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:6q3zh.74603$qO4.11962@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net...
Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:06:08 -0600, L. Raymond wrote:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
And yet they're anti-gay...
Probably most are but we have a church one town over that makes a point of
letting everybody know that the GLTBQ crowd is welcome. We even hosted
Judy Fjell there once.
She talked about coming out in her small home town in Wisconsin and after
all teh worry finding out that she was still "Just Judy" to them.
She also sings of havint teen age emotions in a middle aged body,
something I'm experiencing now as someone from 30 years ago has just
entered my life again.
Oh my. Have fun :)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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08 Feb 2007 08:29:29 PM |
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On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:06:08 -0600, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
- Refer: <1q8fb4nzj4ngb.1dakx8hlodgch.dlg@40tude.net>
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Whoever wrote that has plainly never read the Old Testament!
--
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 12:19:53 AM |
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In article <e3nns25kgjutm3lm7s4sflb2l13envv05p@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:06:08 -0600, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
- Refer: <1q8fb4nzj4ngb.1dakx8hlodgch.dlg@40tude.net>
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Whoever wrote that has plainly never read the Old Testament!
That wasn't Haggard's church by any chance?
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "Tink" |
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09 Feb 2007 07:52:42 AM |
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On 2007-02-09 01:19:53 -0500, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com> said:
In article <e3nns25kgjutm3lm7s4sflb2l13envv05p@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:06:08 -0600, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
- Refer: <1q8fb4nzj4ngb.1dakx8hlodgch.dlg@40tude.net>
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Whoever wrote that has plainly never read the Old Testament!
That wasn't Haggard's church by any chance?
If it was Haggard's church, that would give a new meaning to the term "nuts".
--
Skydivers don't knock on death's door; they ring the bell and run
away... It really pisses him off.
The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!)
AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS# 8808
EAC Chairman, Division of Skydiving and Sushi consumption.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
10 Feb 2007 01:10:11 AM |
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In article <2007020908524216807-kjgrish@comcastnet>,
Tink <kjgrish@comcast.net> wrote:
On 2007-02-09 01:19:53 -0500, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com> said:
In article <e3nns25kgjutm3lm7s4sflb2l13envv05p@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:06:08 -0600, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
- Refer: <1q8fb4nzj4ngb.1dakx8hlodgch.dlg@40tude.net>
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Whoever wrote that has plainly never read the Old Testament!
That wasn't Haggard's church by any chance?
If it was Haggard's church, that would give a new meaning to the term "nuts".
LOL!
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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09 Feb 2007 02:02:49 AM |
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On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:19:53 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
- Refer: <jhachmann-BDD076.22195308022007@news.giganews.com>
In article <e3nns25kgjutm3lm7s4sflb2l13envv05p@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:06:08 -0600, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
- Refer: <1q8fb4nzj4ngb.1dakx8hlodgch.dlg@40tude.net>
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Whoever wrote that has plainly never read the Old Testament!
That wasn't Haggard's church by any chance?
The sign would have been more like:
"God wants low hanging fruit, ducky.
And he'll grab your nuts, too."
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
10 Feb 2007 01:11:01 AM |
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In article <kjaos2dipoqbf9sh768666b6buv7am79np@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:19:53 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
- Refer: <jhachmann-BDD076.22195308022007@news.giganews.com>
In article <e3nns25kgjutm3lm7s4sflb2l13envv05p@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:06:08 -0600, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
- Refer: <1q8fb4nzj4ngb.1dakx8hlodgch.dlg@40tude.net>
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Whoever wrote that has plainly never read the Old Testament!
That wasn't Haggard's church by any chance?
The sign would have been more like:
"God wants low hanging fruit, ducky.
And he'll grab your nuts, too."
LOL! That's good!
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "L. Raymond" |
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09 Feb 2007 09:51:31 AM |
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The Chief Instigator wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Where was it? (I don't think Sharpstown quite qualifies as west Houston.) I
wouldn't mind a chance to get a shot of that.
Oops, I meant on the north side of Richmond a few yards EAST of Hwy 6.
--
L. Raymond
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| User: "The Chief Instigator" |
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| Title: Re: Amusing church sign |
09 Feb 2007 12:53:53 PM |
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"L. Raymond" <badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> writes:
The Chief Instigator wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote:
A refreshing message has been put up in west Houston:
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
Where was it? (I don't think Sharpstown quite qualifies as west Houston.) I
wouldn't mind a chance to get a shot of that.
Oops, I meant on the north side of Richmond a few yards EAST of Hwy 6.
No problem. (I was wondering where they'd have put it if it was west of 6,
but between 6 and Westhollow, there's more than a little space to be taken
along Richmond. I'll have the camera ready for the next time we're out that
way.)
--
Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas
chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2006-07 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
LAST GAME: Omaha 4, Houston 3 (February 8)
NEXT GAME: Saturday, February 10 at Peoria, 7:05
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