tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post6702863295572816500..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Let Me Get This StraightDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14017941113009219252011-10-25T15:20:55.115-04:002011-10-25T15:20:55.115-04:00The following webpage is the internet's BEST r...The following webpage is the internet's BEST resource for information about Charles Taze Russell, the WatchTower Society, and Jehovah's Witnesses. This webpage contains the internet's BEST History Summary of the WatchTower Society and JWs, PLUS the internet's FIRST and ONLY "FINANCIAL BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES TAZE RUSSELL". Both histories contain new info not found elsewhere on the internet:<br /><br />http://jwdivorces.bravehost.com/jwinfo.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87045151880381082762011-10-08T00:42:54.040-04:002011-10-08T00:42:54.040-04:00Did I mention that 874,000 People have gone Part T...Did I mention that <b>874,000</b> People have gone <b>Part Time for Economic reasons</b> in the last two months?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf" rel="nofollow">BLS Data</a><br /><br /><br />That's the biggest number in the whole report. How many more months of that before the economy just rolls over and dies?Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57908962031531882732011-10-07T23:22:50.795-04:002011-10-07T23:22:50.795-04:00How's them protests going? I shoulda bookmark...How's them protests going? I shoulda bookmarked Mel's link.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26030291950680147142011-10-07T22:53:10.868-04:002011-10-07T22:53:10.868-04:00Doug: Nancy called T-Partiers Nazis...
If I had a...<b>Doug:</b> <i>Nancy called T-Partiers Nazis...</i><br /><br />If I had a dollar every time Capitalism was blamed for the problems caused by the government, I'd be a fat filmmaker with a baseball cap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79153960395199468472011-10-07T22:49:34.526-04:002011-10-07T22:49:34.526-04:00Ayn Randroids are a cult, but Atlas Shrugged is on...Ayn Randroids are a cult, but Atlas Shrugged is one accurate slab of prophesy, you have to admit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28600000058925535342011-10-07T22:09:43.078-04:002011-10-07T22:09:43.078-04:00.
“The only difference between a cult and a relig....<br /><br /><i>“The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own”</i><br /><br />Feank Zappa<br /><br /><br /><br />Always, liked that guy.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70959947406947514342011-10-07T22:01:34.285-04:002011-10-07T22:01:34.285-04:00Nancy called T-Partiers Nazis,
but these folks are...Nancy called T-Partiers Nazis,<br />but these folks are just warm and cuddly.<br />In her "mind"Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42767476142287374192011-10-07T22:01:20.066-04:002011-10-07T22:01:20.066-04:00desert rat said... If Muslims constitute a cult, w...<b>desert rat said...</b> <i>If Muslims constitute a cult, which many here have claimed, the Mormons certainly qualify as one.</i><br /><br />When people get together to talk about new religious movements like Mormonism, too often the word "cult" is tossed around as a pejorative to mean any religious movement they don't like. Never mind that Catholicism has been around for 2,000 years and has over 1 billion adherents, it's called a cult by people whose own particular religion was started in 1984 and might claim a total of 75 adherents. What is sorely lacking is an objective standard by which we can identify something as a cult.<br /><br /><b>The crucial moment for any new religious movement is the death of its founder.</b> If the movement was centered around one strong figure merely to allow him to exercise power over the men and get sexual favors from the women, then it most likely will shatter upon that leader's death. If there is at least a core of truth in the movement, it will survive the death of its leader, such as the lynching of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, and perhaps rally around another one, such as Brigham Young, who led an LDS remnant from Missouri to Utah.<br /><br />So we can define a cult as any new religious movement whose founder has not died. And by death, we're not talking about those close calls in the operating room where the heart stops for a few moments, we're talking about someone who is whipped to within an inch of His life, nailed to a cross all day, then buried in the ground over the weekend. So right away, Christianity is not a cult because Christ has died.<br /><br />Overcomer Ministries in South Carolina, however, is a cult because founder R.G. Stair has not died (going to jail doesn't count). Jehovah Witnesses are not a cult because Charles Taze Russell, who founded the movement in 1877, died long ago. Calvary Chapel is a cult because Pope Chuck Smith has not died, but the Worldwide Church of God is not a cult because Herbert W. Armstrong has died.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6249296611300046392011-10-07T21:45:37.529-04:002011-10-07T21:45:37.529-04:00.
Everyone has an Opinion
Here’s a little Occupy....<br /><br />Everyone has an Opinion<br /><br /><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/the-occupy-wall-street-quiz/?hp" rel="nofollow">Here’s a little Occupy Wall Street quiz</a><br /><br /><br /><i>If you look at the results, you’ll see a sort of historically familiar pattern: Democrats sympathizing with the protestors, Republicans railing against them and Michael Bloomberg worrying about his city’s tax base.</i><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5629177316244059712011-10-07T21:37:19.523-04:002011-10-07T21:37:19.523-04:00Is Jeffs in Jail where he belongs?Is Jeffs in Jail where he belongs?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2653052884416047862011-10-07T21:36:01.776-04:002011-10-07T21:36:01.776-04:00Crowd explodes as Georgia businessman takes Values...Crowd explodes as Georgia businessman takes Values Voter Summit stage, erupts again as he says "the problem is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."<br /><br />Cain: "We've got some altering and abolishing to do."<br /><br />Gets best reception so far of all speakers -- and touts top-tier status.<br /><br />Watch it live here.<br />Read more: <a href="http://thepage.time.com/#ixzz1a9M265eT" rel="nofollow">http://thepage.time.com/#ixzz1a9M265eT</a>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3822260595854181082011-10-07T21:30:32.566-04:002011-10-07T21:30:32.566-04:00Warren Jeffs.Warren Jeffs.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64278355102140611252011-10-07T21:28:16.508-04:002011-10-07T21:28:16.508-04:00I wish they'd set GM free, they have a great l...I wish they'd set GM free, they have a great lineup.<br />Anchored down by the Union Legacy.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47362579220481386372011-10-07T21:26:42.332-04:002011-10-07T21:26:42.332-04:00They got it on a Ford, too Rufus.
...I wonder why...They got it on a Ford, too Rufus.<br /><br />...I wonder why they didn't use a Government Motors Product?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74202719775548165402011-10-07T21:23:46.713-04:002011-10-07T21:23:46.713-04:00And please don't call me "Dougo"
Re...And please don't call me "Dougo"<br /><br />Reminds me of that Quirk fellow.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23904562463012602872011-10-07T21:22:35.490-04:002011-10-07T21:22:35.490-04:00WTF does Perrier have to do with it T?
That's ...WTF does Perrier have to do with it T?<br />That's just Gay.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65083405789504948792011-10-07T21:20:02.875-04:002011-10-07T21:20:02.875-04:00I don't make the rules of etiquette, I just gl...I don't make the rules of etiquette, I just gloat when it turns the cards I like.<br /><br />If Mormonism is a cult,<br />in it's PRESENT INCARNATION the followers of said cult cannot be compared to the Black Haters of America Cult headed by Wright, Farahkan, and the rest of that African American KKK outfit.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70180627460717350652011-10-07T21:19:08.887-04:002011-10-07T21:19:08.887-04:00If Muslims constitute a cult, which many here have...If Muslims constitute a cult, which many here have claimed, the Mormons certainly qualify as one.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72226841334877048942011-10-07T21:18:03.561-04:002011-10-07T21:18:03.561-04:00Mr Perry is playing from your deck, doug.
You sho...Mr Perry is playing from your deck, doug.<br /><br />You should be celebrating.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53798625930135946562011-10-07T21:14:08.904-04:002011-10-07T21:14:08.904-04:00To call a cultist a cultist, doug, disqualifies th...To call a cultist a cultist, doug, disqualifies the candidate speaking the truth, for the Presidency?<br /><br />It is the tactic you recommended Mr McCain use, against Obama and his Reverend Wright.<br /><br />You bemoaned it was not employed, then. Why take issue, now that Mr Perry has trotted out the religion card?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53212604237960908662011-10-07T20:47:43.047-04:002011-10-07T20:47:43.047-04:00The Obama campaign is at a loss for new slogansThe Obama campaign is <a href="http://store.barackobama.com/stickers.html" rel="nofollow">at a loss for new slogans</a>Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86048884790902099562011-10-07T20:39:52.649-04:002011-10-07T20:39:52.649-04:00CNN says that it was a "Perry aide" that...CNN says that it was a "Perry aide" that said it, Dougo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85827010186334421302011-10-07T20:38:19.565-04:002011-10-07T20:38:19.565-04:00Cain vs Obama
Will be
Cain vs UnableCain vs Obama<br /><br />Will be<br /><br />Cain vs UnableDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3702560604284142502011-10-07T20:35:41.219-04:002011-10-07T20:35:41.219-04:00Perry says Mitt's Mormon Faith makes him a cul...Perry says Mitt's Mormon Faith makes him a cult member.<br /><br />Tex "The Mouth" is TOAST.<br /><br />Whada Shame.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15983098756964143962011-10-07T20:29:28.376-04:002011-10-07T20:29:28.376-04:00Deuce: If Lincoln believed there was no right to s...<b>Deuce:</b> <i>If Lincoln believed there was no right to secede, then all the residents south of the Mason-Dixon line were legal US citizens, combatants and non-combatants alike, entitled to the same rights and protection as those north of the same border. </i><br /><br />Lincoln, first inaugural speech:<br /><br />The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION."<br /><br />But if the destruction of the Union by one or by a part only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is LESS perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity.<br /><br />It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that Resolves and Ordinances to that effect are legally void; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com