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Religions > Atheism |
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"Jim Hutton" |
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16 Nov 2005 09:06:01 AM |
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Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
For some time now, when I check into a hotel room, I find the bible and
put it out on the floor outside the room -- something akin to leaving
the dirty dishes on the floor after room service.
I wonder how any of you handle this situation? Perhaps nailing it to the
wall and encircling it with what looks like demonic symbols would be
more in line with what "they" expect. :)
jh aa#1696
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| User: "Neil Kelsey" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 12:14:30 PM |
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The mature ship sailed a long time ago.
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| User: "Bear" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 12:23:20 PM |
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"Neil Kelsey" wrote
: The mature ship sailed a long time ago.
I would say the exact same thing about Duke. Birds of a feather...
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Bear
There but for circumstances go I.
Being an atheist isn't a choice or act of will - like theism; it's a
consequence of what one knows and how one reasons.
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| User: "Neil Kelsey" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 01:02:16 PM |
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Are you equating me with duke?
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| User: "Bear" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 01:14:45 PM |
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"Neil Kelsey" wrote
: Are you equating me with duke?
Not you; your immaturity.
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Bear
There but for circumstances go I.
Being an atheist isn't a choice or act of will - like theism; it's a
consequence of what one knows and how one reasons.
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| User: "Neil Kelsey" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 01:23:26 PM |
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Because I wrote on a Gideon Bible?
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| User: "Bear" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 01:50:20 PM |
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"Neil Kelsey" wrote
: Because I wrote on a Gideon Bible?
I think we need to also consider "what" you wrote on the Gideon Bible. I am
just of the opinion that it shows immaturity just as Duke's ridiculous
comments do.
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Bear
There but for circumstances go I.
Being an atheist isn't a choice or act of will - like theism; it's a
consequence of what one knows and how one reasons.
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| User: "Neil Kelsey" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 03:00:15 PM |
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I thought the ironic use of the phrase "witty remarks life '*****'"
might have tipped you off. That's not all I wrote on the Gideon Bilble.
I also wrote some long and thought provoking passages and questions,
about the existence of a deity and other atheist related issues in a
very mature manner. I just didn't want to bore anyone with those
details, which I can't remember now anyway.
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| User: "Bear" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 03:13:49 PM |
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"Neil Kelsey" wrote
:I thought the ironic use of the phrase "witty remarks life '*****'"
: might have tipped you off. That's not all I wrote on the Gideon Bilble.
: I also wrote some long and thought provoking passages and questions,
: about the existence of a deity and other atheist related issues in a
: very mature manner. I just didn't want to bore anyone with those
: details, which I can't remember now anyway.
I'm all for constructive thought provoking activity.
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Bear
There but for circumstances go I.
Being an atheist isn't a choice or act of will - like theism; it's a
consequence of what one knows and how one reasons.
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| User: "towelie" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 01:56:43 PM |
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TV's Bear wrote:
"Neil Kelsey" wrote
: Because I wrote on a Gideon Bible?
I think we need to also consider "what" you wrote on the Gideon Bible. I
am just of the opinion that it shows immaturity just as Duke's ridiculous
comments do.
Trolling isn't exactly a "mature" activity either, Bear.
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aa #2133
ap #19
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| User: "Bear" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 02:18:49 PM |
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"towelie" wrote
: TV's Bear wrote:
: > "Neil Kelsey" wrote
: > : Because I wrote on a Gideon Bible?
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: > I think we need to also consider "what" you wrote on the Gideon Bible. I
: > am just of the opinion that it shows immaturity just as Duke's
ridiculous
: > comments do.
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: Trolling isn't exactly a "mature" activity either, Bear.
Demonstrate how you conclude my activities to be "trolling".
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Bear
There but for circumstances go I.
Being an atheist isn’t a choice or act of will — like theism; it’s a
consequence of what one knows and how one reasons.
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| User: "David Jensen" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 01:18:18 PM |
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On 16 Nov 2005 11:02:16 -0800, in alt.atheism
"Neil Kelsey" <neil_kelsey@hotmail.com> wrote in
<1132167736.669225.159020@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>:
Are you equating me with duke?
Is your behavior?
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| User: "chibiabos" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 10:50:26 AM |
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In article <dlfhsb$dfa$2@nntp.msstate.edu>, Jim Hutton
<nogods@lestrade.c-o-m> wrote:
For some time now, when I check into a hotel room, I find the bible and
put it out on the floor outside the room -- something akin to leaving
the dirty dishes on the floor after room service.
I wonder how any of you handle this situation? Perhaps nailing it to the
wall and encircling it with what looks like demonic symbols would be
more in line with what "they" expect. :)
jh aa#1696
I tear pages from the phone book listing escort services and adult book
stores and insert them in strategic places in the Gideon Bible. That
way, all the porn is in one volume.
-chib
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Member of SMASH
Sarcastic Middla Aged Atheists with a Sense of Humor
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| User: "Yournameheres personal Cthulhu" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 10:16:33 AM |
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Jim Hutton <nogods@lestrade.c-o-m> suddenly spluttered:
For some time now, when I check into a hotel room, I find the bible and
put it out on the floor outside the room -- something akin to leaving
the dirty dishes on the floor after room service.
I wonder how any of you handle this situation? Perhaps nailing it to the
wall and encircling it with what looks like demonic symbols would be
more in line with what "they" expect. :)
jh aa#1696
http://www.heathens.org.uk/IBABD.htm
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Conflict over the exact will/purpose/nature of God cannot ever be
resolved, since there are no facts to go on.
D Silverman FLAHN, SMLAHN
AA #2208
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| User: "Draco Volatilis" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 07:17:52 PM |
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Jim Hutton wrote:
For some time now, when I check into a hotel room, I find the bible and
put it out on the floor outside the room -- something akin to leaving
the dirty dishes on the floor after room service.
I wonder how any of you handle this situation? Perhaps nailing it to the
wall and encircling it with what looks like demonic symbols would be
more in line with what "they" expect. :)
jh aa#1696
If you want to be productive you can leave a warning label in, on, or
around the bible such as one of these:
http://www.ffrf.org/shop/products/images/ed_stickers/gideon.jpg
and/or
http://www.ffrf.org/shop/products/images/ed_stickers/biblewarning.jpg
Since they like to label books they should not mind.
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| User: "JPG" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 03:20:45 PM |
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:06:01 -0600, Jim Hutton <nogods@lestrade.c-o-m>
wrote:
For some time now, when I check into a hotel room, I find the bible and
put it out on the floor outside the room -- something akin to leaving
the dirty dishes on the floor after room service.
I wonder how any of you handle this situation? Perhaps nailing it to the
wall and encircling it with what looks like demonic symbols would be
more in line with what "they" expect. :)
jh aa#1696
Funnily enough I have actually read the thing, though most of the time
I ignore it, and treat it the same way as all the other ***** you find
in hotel rooms. In fact I am reading the buybull quite a lot
recently. It gives me a sort of warm feeling that if I meet a
proselitysing xian, I will be, to an extent, forearmed. It is
excruciatingly boring on the whole and is best read with a good guide
like Asimov's "Guide to the Bible".
JPG
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 08:20:39 PM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet JPG (me@privacy.net) made
the light shine upon us with this:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:06:01 -0600, Jim Hutton <nogods@lestrade.c-o-m>
wrote:
For some time now, when I check into a hotel room, I find the bible
and put it out on the floor outside the room -- something akin to
leaving the dirty dishes on the floor after room service.
I wonder how any of you handle this situation? Perhaps nailing it to
the wall and encircling it with what looks like demonic symbols would
be more in line with what "they" expect. :)
jh aa#1696
Funnily enough I have actually read the thing, though most of the time
I ignore it, and treat it the same way as all the other ***** you find
in hotel rooms. In fact I am reading the buybull quite a lot
recently. It gives me a sort of warm feeling that if I meet a
proselitysing xian, I will be, to an extent, forearmed. It is
excruciatingly boring on the whole and is best read with a good guide
like Asimov's "Guide to the Bible".
And, at least, a dimebag...
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Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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"GARGOYLES, PSYCHICS, EVERYTHING UNGODLY, GET THE HELL OUT OF MY
HOUSE, IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. THE DARK SIDE, SHE's NOT A CHRISTIAN,
SHE'S DARK-SIDED, SHE'S DARK-SIDED, THIS IS MY HOUSE, I WANT MY GOD
AND I WANT MY FAMILY. I AM A GOD WARRIOR SHE'S A SPIRITUAL WARRIOR,
SHE WAS THROWN IN THE PITS, OH NO THE HORRORS"
Ain't Christianity great?
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| User: "Kate " |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 07:43:10 PM |
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:06:01 -0600, Jim Hutton <nogods@lestrade.c-o-m>
wrote:
For some time now, when I check into a hotel room, I find the bible and
put it out on the floor outside the room -- something akin to leaving
the dirty dishes on the floor after room service.
I wonder how any of you handle this situation? Perhaps nailing it to the
wall and encircling it with what looks like demonic symbols would be
more in line with what "they" expect. :)
jh aa#1696
I've been planning for a while now to sell stickers in my atheist
t-shirt shop that you can put on bibles you find in hotel rooms - kind
of akin to the ones they already sell to plaster on gas pumps. I was
wanting to start a thread asking for suggestions.
What would you want a sticker to say that you would helpfully put on
bibles for the public?
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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16 Nov 2005 08:25:28 PM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Kate (cobalt@newscene.com)
made the light shine upon us with this:
I've been planning for a while now to sell stickers in my atheist
t-shirt shop that you can put on bibles you find in hotel rooms - kind
of akin to the ones they already sell to plaster on gas pumps. I was
wanting to start a thread asking for suggestions.
What would you want a sticker to say that you would helpfully put on
bibles for the public?
How 'bout:
"Caution - literal interpretaion of this book could lead to atheism. And
anything else is lying to yourself."
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Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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"GARGOYLES, PSYCHICS, EVERYTHING UNGODLY, GET THE HELL OUT OF MY
HOUSE, IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. THE DARK SIDE, SHE's NOT A CHRISTIAN,
SHE'S DARK-SIDED, SHE'S DARK-SIDED, THIS IS MY HOUSE, I WANT MY GOD
AND I WANT MY FAMILY. I AM A GOD WARRIOR SHE'S A SPIRITUAL WARRIOR,
SHE WAS THROWN IN THE PITS, OH NO THE HORRORS"
Ain't Christianity great?
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 05:53:16 PM |
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:06:01 -0600, Jim Hutton <nogods@lestrade.c-o-m>
wrote:
For some time now, when I check into a hotel room, I find the bible and
put it out on the floor outside the room -- something akin to leaving
the dirty dishes on the floor after room service.
I wonder how any of you handle this situation? Perhaps nailing it to the
wall and encircling it with what looks like demonic symbols would be
more in line with what "they" expect. :)
jh aa#1696
fold up some girly mag pictures and place bookmarks with them and
leave the bible (with bookmatks) where you found it.
Or just leave the magazine there, with the bible.
I dunno.... :)
TheRain
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| User: "Steve Knight" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 08:40:43 PM |
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:06:01 -0600, Jim Hutton <nogods@lestrade.c-o-m>
wrote:
For some time now, when I check into a hotel room, I find the bible and
put it out on the floor outside the room -- something akin to leaving
the dirty dishes on the floor after room service.
I wonder how any of you handle this situation? Perhaps nailing it to the
wall and encircling it with what looks like demonic symbols would be
more in line with what "they" expect. :)
It only takes a second to open the door and fling it into the
parking lot. Hopefully some christian will drive over it and freak
out.
Warlord Steve
BAAWA
www.sonic.net/~wooly
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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16 Nov 2005 09:56:11 AM |
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:06:01 -0600, Jim Hutton <nogods@lestrade.c-o-m>
wrote:
For some time now, when I check into a hotel room, I find the bible and
put it out on the floor outside the room -- something akin to leaving
the dirty dishes on the floor after room service.
I wonder how any of you handle this situation? Perhaps nailing it to the
wall and encircling it with what looks like demonic symbols would be
more in line with what "they" expect. :)
I've been known to hang it in the bathroom where the bog roll is, with
pages torn out.
jh aa#1696
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| User: "Jim Hutton" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 10:47:17 AM |
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Christopher A. Lee wrote:
I've been known to hang it in the bathroom where the bog roll is, with
pages torn out.
....I *knew* I'd get some good ideas! :-)
thanks!
jh #1696
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| User: "Hamish McNugget" |
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| Title: Re: Giddy-up Gideon in Hotel rooms |
16 Nov 2005 02:07:37 PM |
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Recently, Jim Hutton shared the following :
For some time now, when I check into a hotel room, I find the bible and
put it out on the floor outside the room -- something akin to leaving
the dirty dishes on the floor after room service.
I wonder how any of you handle this situation? Perhaps nailing it to the
wall and encircling it with what looks like demonic symbols would be
more in line with what "they" expect. :)
It is a great place to store used condoms.
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'Hamish'
aa #2134 a-vet #20
Mercenary Chef
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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16 Nov 2005 11:57:46 AM |
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on 16 Nov 2005 in alt.atheism, dear sweet Jim Hutton
(nogods@lestrade.c-o-m) made the light shine upon us with this:
For some time now, when I check into a hotel room, I find the bible
and put it out on the floor outside the room -- something akin to
leaving the dirty dishes on the floor after room service.
I wonder how any of you handle this situation? Perhaps nailing it to
the wall and encircling it with what looks like demonic symbols would
be more in line with what "they" expect. :)
jh aa#1696
When I feel like it, I adorn it with stickers (God-less America(n)) or
grab a highlighter and go to work on some of my favorite passages. Most
of the time I don't even open the drawer.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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"The world is only 5-6 thousand years old does not mean the planet
earth is only 5-6 thousand years old. There have been many worlds
created and destroyed on this planet. The creation of the planet is
described in Genesis 1. The creation of the world is described in
Genesis 2. Two different kind of creations." --Eric Brze
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