Posted on 11/28/2012 6:00:38 PM PST by Colofornian
‘Tis strange,-but true; for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction: if it could be told,
How much would novels gain by the exchange!
How differently the world would men behold!
In 1858 Josiah Henson (1789-1883), a Maryland-born slave, wrote an autobiography titled Truth Stranger than Fiction. Henson was supposedly the real-life Uncle Tom in Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians
Chapter 2
2:1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: 2:2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: 2:6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
2:7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: 2:8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
2:10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: 2:11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 2:15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 2:16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
2:17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
2:18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 2:20 For ye are our glory and joy.
I was fortunate enough to attended an event where Cat Cora was head chef, got to meet her and thought R would sure like to be here
I heard she had a baby earlier this year.
I think her partner did
oh, I only of know her from QVC.
That was wonderful. It was so fantastic that people not part of the flash mob even started singing!
Thanks
The Awakening is taking place all over the states in some place in other nations...
Even in Calgary Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXY8JIO21fY
Joy to the World Christmas Food Court Flash Mob! - Must See! Burnsville Center in Burnsville Minnesota
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9865b-K9s2w
Flash Mob - “proud to be an american
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FATQ0ayQXsA
Christmas Flashmob @ Rotterdam Centraal/ Blaak - 24-12-09
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e737TWhQNw8
Christian flash mob JESUS LOVES YOU the best - YouTube TITL.mp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KOevkUjRTU
Does this happen with other denominations caucus threads as well?
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Resty, Im sure your fLDS demonination of Mormonism is treated just as fairly...
I am not Paragon Defender
But Im Spartacus...
If you claim to have supporting evidence available online, but instead of linking to it you say “Look it up yourself,” you lose.
Similarly to the banning thing, “look it up yourself” clearly means “please please please don’t look it up yourself.” It’s an admission of failure.
If you invoke the name of a logical fallacy without explaining its relevance, you lose. Logical fallacies are not Harry Potter spells. You don’t just get to shout them out and wiggle your wand to make magic happen. Plus, there’s a logical meta-fallacy: Just because someone’s making an error in reasoning doesn’t mean they’re wrong.
If you claim to be winning, you lose. This should be self-evident: If you’re so desperate that you have to tell someone you’re winning, you’re obviously not. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/alt-text-internet-arguments
I just HhhhhhhhhhhhhhATE when that happens!!
President Hugh B. Brown, counselor in the First Presidency said:
“I admire men and women who have developed the questing spirit, who are unafraid of new ideas as stepping stones to progress. We should, of course, respect the opinions of others, but we should also be unafraid to dissent – if we are informed. Thoughts and expressions compete in the marketplace of thought, and in that competition truth emerges triumphant. Only error fears freedom of expression. . .
This free exchange of ideas is not to be deplored as long as men and women remain humble and teachable. Neither fear of consequence or any kind of coercion should ever be used to secure uniformity of thought in the church. People should express their problems and opinions and be unafraid to think without fear of ill consequences. . . .
We must preserve the freedom of the mind in the church and resist all efforts to suppress it.â€
(Hugh B. Brown, The Abundant Life: The Memoirs of Hugh B. Brown, ed. Edwin B. Firmage (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1988), 137-39;
Hugh B. Brown, “An Eternal Quest—Freedom of the Mind,†a speech delivered at Brigham Young University, 13 May 1969, in Speeches of the Year (Provo, UT): Brigham Young University Press, 1969); rpt.
In Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 17 (Spring 1984): 77-83)
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