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Hehe, I opened this thread wondering if you were a history buff writing something about the Crusades. :P

Yeah it's sounding like there are a lot of differences between scout troops. My troop was led by an ex Special Forces Vietnam Vet that was very much by the book in terms of following the Scouting rules and being properly led and organized. To balance that out we got to do a lot of dangerous and fun stuff. He expected a lot from us but as long as we showed we were worthy of the responsibility he would give us some awesome opportunities.

I guess anyone that thought a big controlling central government was the key to unlocking and freeing a country would agree with that comment. I personally believe and I am making the assumption that Duke Freedom believes that a huge all powerful central government actually limits a country in the long run due to poor efficient use of money. Money is going to be spent either way. If the government takes more of it in taxes to help with economic growth and the greater good vs people getting to keep it and spending it for their own economic growth and greater good which way do you think it will be used more efficiently? So I guess my point is if you mean by it limits America in terms of how big the government can get I agree but if you say it limits America by limiting it's individual citizens then I would have to disagree.

...thrifty clean brave and reverent

Have you been exercising lately? I notice that when I don't work out on a regular basis I start feeling really blah for no reason.

What is the link to this article?

lol as to the broken wrist http://www.webmd.com Awesome sight whenever you have medical questions.

Or the third option which they are doing which is to print off money creating it out of thin air thus inflating everyone else's money so we all have less. It's like a ninja stealth tax that most people don't pick up on.

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I have gotten my days messed up many times. The best way for me to fix it is just to pick one day that is gonna hurt and wake up at a normal time even if you only got 2-4 hours sleep. Then make sure you stay up until at least 9 pm with no naps. It's not fun but you will go to sleep for sure. Another big thing that helps is to make sure you are getting regular exercise.

So Reb and Nadril did my last post clear up my position for you better? The argument you made was: If God didn't want us to do things Then he would make them impossible for us to do. You know that isn't true. So I guess the Egyptians discovery of Pi or geometry or the Greeks discovering trigonometry is outdated since they are 2000 years old? I mean times are changing man... Black and white rules don't change. People change. Does that mean the people are always right in the way that they change? No.

Yep... You cannot scientifically directly prove or disprove anything because none of it can reproduced right now. All you can do is look at indirect things and use them to try to see the bigger picture. Like Rebdragon said, basically it all comes down to which position you place your faith in.

hehe, I'm not Catholic. This is just my own opinion. I'm not taking anyone's official position. According to that I guess murdering someone is ok since it is possible for someone to commit that act. That is a weak argument.

For people that don't believe in such things as sin and stuff just skip this. I'm not trying to dictate to anyone, just expressing my perspective from my belief system. Hmm... I wonder if we really do disagree or whether you think I'm trying to say something I'm not and it's just a misunderstanding. It seems like there is this idea out there that if someone feels they are gay then for some reason they feel like they are obligated to act on it. Like there is this attitude of like "Oh, I can't help it, I'm gay." Is my view wrong on that? I'm not saying I'm right on that, I'm just saying it's my perception at the moment so feel free to enlighten me if I'm wrong. Bottom line is sexual acts and lusting outside of marriage for anyone regardless of orientation is sinning according to the Bible. How is that a double standard? I'm saying your hormones don't rule your actions. The only way they can rule you is if you let them. I don't think there is a gay gene but I do think each person out there has their own sins they are more inclined to struggle with. It could be lying, anger, homosexuality, looking at naked women , whatever...

I believe people can be more inclined to be gay but that doesn't make it ok to act on it from a Christian perspective. It is still a sin. The logic of saying "Oh I'm gay" as an excuse to go out and have sex with people doesn't work. If it was some blanket excuse for doing what you wanted then "Oh I'm straight, I can't control going out and having sex with girls before marriage" would be legitimate as well. I'm straight and my natural desires are to have sex with lots of hot girls. That doesn't mean I have the right to act on it from a moral viewpoint. A gay person's struggles with sin are the same as my own. I struggle with lust, they struggle with lust. I want to get a piece of someone I find attractive, they want a piece of someone they find attractive. No one is perfect and everyone slips up at times but that doesn't make it ok. Our hormones don't rule our bodies.

There are a few denominations like the Presbyterians that do infant baptism. It has something to do with the pact God made with Abraham and his son Isaac. I grew up Presbyterian and the infant baptism thing doesn't really make sense to me. I've never seen any Biblical basis for it. I don't know the answer to this because to my knowledge the Bible doesn't specifically answer it. All we really have to go on is the nature of God and a few verses that relate. I thought these two links were interesting when I was trying to find you a better answer than my own. My own opinion is I don't know at this moment to give you an answer. http://www.kencollins.com/question-26.htm http://www.rationalchristianity.net/unreached.html

My take on it according to my understanding of the Bible is different: Born Realizing Right from Wrong (when you've matured and realized what sin is) Hearing the word of God Believing the word of God Repent of all your sins Confess that you believe Jesus is the Son of God and give your life to him. Follow him and love him as your Lord and Savior. Being Baptized- the guy on the cross next to Jesus wasn't baptized and he went to heaven because he trusted in Christ as his savior. Baptism doesn't save you, it's just something we do because we were told to as well as it being a public acknowledgment of faith. Saved Live faithfully and strictly to the Bible - This is kinda getting into legalism right here. Our acts don't guarantee if we are saved or not. We can't rely on anything we have done or how well we follow the Bible exactly through life. What God wants from us is our love. If we love him we will behave a certain way because we know it disappoints God if we don't. The focus needs to be on the loving God above all else and repenting of our sin because our sin separates us from God. If your heart is truly following God then the loving others and obeying his commandments will follow naturally because those things please God. Die Heaven

So if Michigan hadn't lost any other games after their Appalachian State loss(1st or 2nd game of the season) you would say they had a right to play in the national championship game?

That's what happened with me in Boy Scouts. I made it to Star but sports became too big a time commitment for me to continue. We did some awesome trips. We went to Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, was in a raft race down a river where we built our own rafts, did a camping trip once a month, stayed at a US military base camping on the beach and got to tour some hangers where they were working on helicopters, saw the Blue Angels, rock climbed, shot bows and arrows, etc etc. Scouts was awesome. We had so many near death experiences as well hehe. Mothers would freak out if they realized.

I would have dumped her. Life is too short to be dating people you can't trust. Too many people out there to be wasting time with the wrong person.

You lost to South Carolina who didn't even make a bowl... Auburn is my team but I think LSU and Georgia are pretty evenly matched. It would all depend on which team was healthier and which team showed up to play that particular day between the two of them. I think we can all agree that both those teams could beat the crud out of any Big 10 team. I don't want to hear about unfair after what happened with Auburn in '04. Instead of attacking LSU you should be attacking the screwed up system we have that lets an undefeated SEC champion get left out of the National Championship game.

I thought this was a cool story. That took some guts grabbing a knife with your bare hand. I have some massive respect for that Boy Scout. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080108/ap_ ... on_attempt

I would have loved to have seen Georgia and LSU play.

So once again the SEC dominates the bowls. The SEC destroyed two opponents in the BCS bowls this year and went 7-2 overall in the bowls. Woot!

I am the proud recipient of a Boy Scout first aid merit badge. :P