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« on: March 25, 2025, 03:25:16 PM »
We've been the thankful victim of divine intervention!
We've been installing a new door between our entryway and (attached) garage so that we don't have to go outside whenever we want to access the garage. Well, as "luck" would have it, while the frame was being cut out of the wall we discovered signs of a water leak. £90 later it's fixed, but it would have been so much worse had we not found it at all.
"Luck", huh.
Something similar recently for us. Noticed a bit of water around the tub and got it pulled out. Cost a bit more, but better than a lot more water in the area. We were planning a reno there anyway. Just moved up the timeline.
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« on: March 13, 2025, 03:43:08 PM »
OP sounds more like a parable.
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« on: March 13, 2025, 03:40:25 PM »
My wife is serving as principal for the local Catholic elementary school, so she is getting introduced to all the Catholic things including Ash Wednesday, coming home with some ash on her forehead. Yesterday, they did a pilgrimage around town with the priest, stopping at several locations to pray such as fallen soldiers and vets at the cenotaph, or for the homeless by the local homeless camp. Mass is every Friday, although she (and most others) cannot partake.
Interesting, thanks for sharing. Yes, I was explaining to someone the other day the major differences between Catholicism and Protestantism and was explaining how Mass is participated in only by those in good standing with the church. Catholics very much manage their faith through the church and not directly with God as we Protestants do, Jesus being our intercessor as opposed to the church.
Catholics, particularly those who are actively involved and faithful, would disagree with the last sentence. Protestants, mostly evangelicals, rarely interact with Catholicism in good-faith. I have much respect for RCC (and EO). While some beliefs seem odd or wrong, its not like the belief or doctrine just sprung from one person's head and became the doctrine - these were debated and discussed and then adopted. The Protestant church is the one that forms new denominations over almost anything. Also, the RCC dedication to education, science and robust scholarship is very good. It certainly beats the anti-intellectualism especially present in the present Evangelical world.
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« on: March 12, 2025, 11:38:10 AM »
My wife is serving as principal for the local Catholic elementary school, so she is getting introduced to all the Catholic things including Ash Wednesday, coming home with some ash on her forehead. Yesterday, they did a pilgrimage around town with the priest, stopping at several locations to pray such as fallen soldiers and vets at the cenotaph, or for the homeless by the local homeless camp. Mass is every Friday, although she (and most others) cannot partake.
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« on: May 01, 2024, 02:13:41 PM »
Having been spending some time around Twitter, it is just amazing the need for some to post stuff that no reasonable person would/should feel the need to post about.
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« on: February 14, 2024, 11:26:47 AM »
I wonder why we are so specifically concerned about animals. If someone is described as begin "as thin as a rake", why do we get to use a rake as a comparison without repercussions
Maybe it's not that thing you gather leaves with? The Rake is a monster in the online horror fiction genre, creepypasta. It is depicted as an unusually tall, hairless, pale, humanoid creature who generally crouches or crawls on all fours. 
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« on: February 12, 2024, 03:10:51 PM »
I've seen this person(s) post exactly the same type of stuff on another forum. There are rarely any respondents to the posts. They just appear and then slowly work off the main page.
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« on: November 13, 2023, 08:07:00 PM »
When going to investigate the mysterious bump in the night, don't go exploring wearing your skimpiest nightwear.
I though men were required to go in ugly flannel pajamas carrying an old baseball bat
I thought it was "whitey-tighties".
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« on: November 06, 2023, 01:16:51 PM »
Do we need a home renovation sub-forum?
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« on: November 06, 2023, 01:13:15 PM »
In answer to Sojourner's question, I was under the impression that the really fringe stuff is the sort of thing that both Christians and non-Christians jointly find entertaining, usually for the same reasons. It's like Bibleman or the tracts that the late Jack T. Chick came up with.
Knowing many of these members for many, many, years now, it's just not something many have spent time on, nor any particular interest.
I keep up on the YEC world. I would not dismiss them as fringe, as they are not an insignificant element within the US evangelical world. Outside of the US though, they are far less relevant.
Of course, AiG is pretty much all culture war now, with barely any research being undertaken. They are starting to eat their own now as well, accusing other creationists of being "Young Earth Evolutionists" because those people are trying to engage with the facts of evolution or old earth, like Todd Wood or Kurt Wise.
I attended a Creation Ministries International talk about a year ago and it was a face-palming event. It was pretty shocking sitting there listening to a man so ignorant of the subjects he was criticizing.
Even those of us who did spend a lot of time with the subject and had an interest, it's just like, not a priority anymore.
True enough, though I don't really recall you getting into the weeds so much.
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« on: November 01, 2023, 12:06:21 PM »
In answer to Sojourner's question, I was under the impression that the really fringe stuff is the sort of thing that both Christians and non-Christians jointly find entertaining, usually for the same reasons. It's like Bibleman or the tracts that the late Jack T. Chick came up with.
Knowing many of these members for many, many, years now, it's just not something many have spent time on, nor any particular interest. I keep up on the YEC world. I would not dismiss them as fringe, as they are not an insignificant element within the US evangelical world. Outside of the US though, they are far less relevant. Of course, AiG is pretty much all culture war now, with barely any research being undertaken. They are starting to eat their own now as well, accusing other creationists of being "Young Earth Evolutionists" because those people are trying to engage with the facts of evolution or old earth, like Todd Wood or Kurt Wise. I attended a Creation Ministries International talk about a year ago and it was a face-palming event. It was pretty shocking sitting there listening to a man so ignorant of the subjects he was criticizing.
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« on: October 31, 2023, 12:59:38 PM »
Any thoughts on this year's award?
I really thought it should have been Behe.
As someone who does pay attention to the crevo stuff, James Tour probably should have got it.
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« on: October 31, 2023, 12:45:17 PM »
It just seems to be a reactionary thing.
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« on: October 12, 2023, 06:04:58 PM »
“The story so far: in the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
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« on: September 05, 2023, 04:07:01 PM »
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