Jimmy Buffett discussion
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Lightning Bolt wrote:You're both welcomeSMLCHNG wrote:I couldn't agree more.alphabits wrote:Thanks Brad! As always, your insight and perspective are spot on.
...unless, of course, you were referring to the other Brad here
Elrod wrote:Brad, your insight and perspective are spot on.Lightning Bolt wrote:...unless, of course, you were referring to the other Brad here
Elrod wrote:Brad, your insight and perspective are spot on.Lightning Bolt wrote:...unless, of course, you were referring to the other Brad here
What about tour dates?chippewa wrote:Elrod wrote:Brad, your insight and perspective are spot on.Lightning Bolt wrote:...unless, of course, you were referring to the other Brad here
Brads, some of your posts make me think, some make me laugh. And that's all I ask out of BN. Keep on keepin' on.
UAHparrothead wrote:I don't know if it crosses the church and state line, but I really don't think it honors God in anyway especially the way Americans use the money it's printed on. People freak out when someone threatens to take "In God We Trust" off the currency or "under God" from the Pledge. I think, what is your faith based on, a phrase on a dollar bill, a phrase in a pledge to the flag. If your looking for God in money or in the American flag your looking in the wrong place. If they were to take any mention of God off any US currency or building or anything, it would not phase me at all. I don't think anyone has come to Christ by staring at a dollar bill or a quarter, although I know too many Christians who spend too much time starting at it. The Religious Right have created an Americanized Jesus and Christianity that really has become an idol that is worshiped. If your faith is so weak that it is threatened by someone saying "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas" then you've got some major problems and it ain't the "liberals" taking over the country.
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Very well said. GPHMTA!!!!TropicalTroubador wrote:Change it to, "In God we trust; everyone else needs cash."
Well, yeah, that too. And bbq recipes.alphabits wrote:What about tour dates?chippewa wrote:Elrod wrote:Brad, your insight and perspective are spot on.Lightning Bolt wrote:...unless, of course, you were referring to the other Brad here
Brads, some of your posts make me think, some make me laugh. And that's all I ask out of BN. Keep on keepin' on.
Don't forget the most important Drink Recipes!!chippewa wrote:Well, yeah, that too. And bbq recipes.alphabits wrote:What about tour dates?chippewa wrote:Elrod wrote:Brad, your insight and perspective are spot on.Lightning Bolt wrote:...unless, of course, you were referring to the other Brad here
Brads, some of your posts make me think, some make me laugh. And that's all I ask out of BN. Keep on keepin' on.
I'll be your Tour Date if you'll be minealphabits wrote:What about tour dates?chippewa wrote:Elrod wrote:Brad, your insight and perspective are spot on.Lightning Bolt wrote:...unless, of course, you were referring to the other Brad here
Brads, some of your posts make me think, some make me laugh. And that's all I ask out of BN. Keep on keepin' on.
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Brad, I mean this in the nicest way possible. Do not tell my Mother and Brother (both Methodist ministers) that I'd love to hear one of your sermons. Rarely do they get me to sit through theirs. (Granted, I've been listening to them a lot longer, but still....)UAHparrothead wrote:I don't know if it crosses the church and state line, but I really don't think it honors God in anyway especially the way Americans use the money it's printed on. People freak out when someone threatens to take "In God We Trust" off the currency or "under God" from the Pledge. I think, what is your faith based on, a phrase on a dollar bill, a phrase in a pledge to the flag. If your looking for God in money or in the American flag your looking in the wrong place. If they were to take any mention of God off any US currency or building or anything, it would not phase me at all. I don't think anyone has come to Christ by staring at a dollar bill or a quarter, although I know too many Christians who spend too much time starting at it. The Religious Right have created an Americanized Jesus and Christianity that really has become an idol that is worshiped. If your faith is so weak that it is threatened by someone saying "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas" then you've got some major problems and it ain't the "liberals" taking over the country.
Well said.UAHparrothead wrote:I don't know if it crosses the church and state line, but I really don't think it honors God in anyway especially the way Americans use the money it's printed on. People freak out when someone threatens to take "In God We Trust" off the currency or "under God" from the Pledge. I think, what is your faith based on, a phrase on a dollar bill, a phrase in a pledge to the flag. If your looking for God in money or in the American flag your looking in the wrong place. If they were to take any mention of God off any US currency or building or anything, it would not phase me at all. I don't think anyone has come to Christ by staring at a dollar bill or a quarter, although I know too many Christians who spend too much time starting at it. The Religious Right have created an Americanized Jesus and Christianity that really has become an idol that is worshiped. If your faith is so weak that it is threatened by someone saying "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas" then you've got some major problems and it ain't the "liberals" taking over the country.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02073.html. . . Approximately 75 percent of adults, according to polls cited by Prothero, mistakenly believe the Bible teaches that "God helps those who help themselves." More than 10 percent think that Noah's wife was Joan of Arc. Only half can name even one of the four Gospels, and -- a finding that will surprise many -- evangelical Christians are only slightly more knowledgeable than their non-evangelical counterparts.
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The book's main concern, though, is ignorance about the role of religion in American history. Prothero dates the beginning of the long decline in our religious literacy to the Second Great Awakening of the early 1800s. The fervor of America's periodic cycles of revivalism, rooted in a personal relationship with God rather than in theology handed down by learned clergy, has always had a strong anti-intellectual as well as spiritual component.
- as we all know from current events, folks who like the trappings of religiosity and are convinced that only THEY happen to be talking to God, but who, in their ignorance and fervor, miss the important message, can cause a lot of trouble for the rest of us here in the world).SharkOnLand wrote:Honestly, who uses cash anymore? Or takes the time to read it? They could change it to "In Goose We Trust" and it would take the average American 12 years before they noticed the change.
unless they were a BNer. someone here would point it out in a thread.SharkOnLand wrote:Honestly, who uses cash anymore? Or takes the time to read it? They could change it to "In Goose We Trust" and it would take the average American 12 years before they noticed the change.
in a perfect world - YES!!!
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