<t>Ok my mistake, I didn't clarify. in my oppinion there are fundimentalists and devout believers.<br/>
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the fundo's are the nut jobs.<br/>
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however there are people of every faith who believe deeply in their religion and who do NOT cause harm to others, even if their faith is not open ...

<t>I hve just read through most of these posts in this thread and everyone seems to have gotten off the topic and into name calling and "Jesus" bashing<br/>
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So i don't have aproblem in putting my 6 cents worth in.<br/>
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In my origional post, i wasn't being totally serious but the points ...

<t>I have to agree, too much is attributed to god and it is stupid to do so.<br/>
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I was rebuilding a gearbox with my father when one of his friends turned up for lunch. He said grace and in his prayr he said, "And thankyou god that the gearbox went to gether allright" My father (a baptist ...

<t>There is always more and more technology going into the security of money. In Australia we apparently have a "Very safe" currency. Has anybody thought that this could actually cause more problems.<br/>
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If it is widely known that the currency it very difficult to counterfit then noone will ...

<t>I think 7 has just been in the centre of a few well publicised cooncidences.<br/>
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It makes it easy to explain something away using some sort of cosmic equation.<br/>
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rather than just face the fact that that stuff happens with no point or meaning.<br/>
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like alot of things, if ...

<t>My favourite line in the bible is simply, let those without guilt throw the first stone.<br/>
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Ok first off, I know this rules me out from ever even picking up a stone.<br/>
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As to the fundimentalism question, i think all fundimentalists are dangerous. these are the people who will ...

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PROUD and BLONDE of it<br/>
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as for the Stevie wonder/ ray charles thingo.....<br/>
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Why does Stevie rock back and forth when he is singing?<br/>
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He is trying to find the microphone.<br/>
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Ray Charles walked into a department store, grabbed ...

is the joke over and was it really on me?

<t>what an entirely novel Idea<br/>
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I suppose there is an easy way to fing out, I will tell you when I die because I am going to hell, I have it on Good authority, A minister told me so. My henious crime was the type of music I listen to.... Apparently Heavy metal is satanic...<br/>
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But ...

thanks for the warm welcome, I hope to see you all arround as I learn the protocol of the forum and discover the hidden treasures within

Ronin

<t>Hi all, I am Ronin<br/>
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I am into just about everything with an ing at the end of it,<br/>
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CampING<br/>
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fishING<br/>
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drivING<br/>
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eatING<br/>
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ETC <br/>
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MY main hobbies are cars and motorbkes, cycling, rock climbing Cooking and camping.<br/>
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<t>Hi I am a new member here but couldn't pass up this thread.<br/>
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A bit about myself, I have done the whale rescue thing, I have freed stranded/ tangled dolphins, birds even seagulls. I am the person who stops on a busy road to pick up a sick crow and nurse it back to health.<br/>
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I ...