Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter
is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
leo
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter
is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter
is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating.
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter
is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
leo
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter.
However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating. I don't mind the Easter meal things.
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter
is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
leo
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter
is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
leo
That is cute, but no, I don't have an Easter tree. But I occasionally
see small trees in yards with different colored eggs hanging from the branches.
~
On 4/1/2026 3:58 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
leo
Leo, you're the only person I know who does Easter decorations.
Although this time of year is about when I usually see a small rabbit
eating plants in my back yard. Maybe it will show up again this
year. ;)
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:58:54 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Approved by House of Orange?
On 4/1/2026 5:13 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter
is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
leo
That is cute, but no, I don't have an Easter tree. But I occasionally
see small trees in yards with different colored eggs hanging from the
branches.
~
I don't celebrate Easter but I do have some lamb shanks in the freezer. Might be a nice coincidental dinner this coming weekend.
On 2026-04-01 4:25 p.m., jmquown wrote:
On 4/1/2026 5:13 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:I cooked 4 thick lamb chops last Sunday evening. One hot on Sunday and
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter >>>> is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
leo
That is cute, but no, I don't have an Easter tree. But I occasionally
see small trees in yards with different colored eggs hanging from the
branches.
~
I don't celebrate Easter but I do have some lamb shanks in the
freezer. Might be a nice coincidental dinner this coming weekend.
cold ones for the next 3 days. They were delicious.
On 4/1/2026 7:42 PM, Graham wrote:
I don't celebrate Easter but I do have some lamb shanks in theI cooked 4 thick lamb chops last Sunday evening. One hot on Sunday and
freezer. Might be a nice coincidental dinner this coming weekend.
cold ones for the next 3 days. They were delicious.
You ate the remaining lamb chops cold? Or am I misreading that?
Jill <--- not a fan of cold lamb
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter
is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter
is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating. I don't mind the Easter meal things. For many years we stuck
to my wife's family tradition of leg of lamb. These days it is more likely to be turkey or a glazed peameal.
On 4/1/2026 5:58 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite common. Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants. Pharmacies often had reduced hours.
Across the bridge to NJ, it was much looser and most stores open. Bridge traffic was quite busy on Sunday. In the 60's, it started to loosen a bit.
On 4/1/2026 5:58 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter >>>> is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite common. >Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants. Pharmacies often had >reduced hours.
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite common. Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants. Pharmacies often had reduced hours.
Across the bridge to NJ, it was much looser and most stores open. Bridge traffic was quite busy on Sunday. In the 60's, it started to loosen a bit.
On 4/2/2026 3:17 AM, Ed P wrote:
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite common.
Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants. Pharmacies often had
reduced hours.
Across the bridge to NJ, it was much looser and most stores open.
Bridge traffic was quite busy on Sunday. In the 60's, it started to
loosen a bit.
Up in the northern part of NJ, we had blue laws, too, with sections of
the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen County is still
mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way, but I haven't been
there in years.
On 4/2/2026 3:17 AM, Ed P wrote:
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite common.
Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants. Pharmacies often had
reduced hours.
Across the bridge to NJ, it was much looser and most stores open.
Bridge traffic was quite busy on Sunday. In the 60's, it started to
loosen a bit.
Up in the northern part of NJ, we had blue laws, too, with sections of
the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen County is still
mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way, but I haven't been
there in years.
In Shelby County, TN there were similar blue laws. When I was 18 (in
1978) I worked at JCPenney in a shopping mall. The stores in the mall
were not allowed to open before 1PM on Sunday (after people had gone to church) and couldn't stay open past 6PM (again, all about attending church). No liquor or beer sales on Sunday. IIRC liquor stores were
not allowed to be within 500 feet of any church.
On 2026-04-02 9:49 a.m., jmquown wrote:
In Shelby County, TN there were similar blue laws. When I was 18 (in
1978) I worked at JCPenney in a shopping mall. The stores in the mall
were not allowed to open before 1PM on Sunday (after people had gone
to church) and couldn't stay open past 6PM (again, all about attending
church). No liquor or beer sales on Sunday. IIRC liquor stores were
not allowed to be within 500 feet of any church.
The difference between religions:
Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the head of the church.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
On 2026-04-02 9:49 a.m., jmquown wrote:
In Shelby County, TN there were similar blue laws. When I was 18 (in
1978) I worked at JCPenney in a shopping mall. The stores in the mall
were not allowed to open before 1PM on Sunday (after people had gone
to church) and couldn't stay open past 6PM (again, all about attending
church). No liquor or beer sales on Sunday. IIRC liquor stores were
not allowed to be within 500 feet of any church.
The difference between religions:
Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the head of the church.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 16:16:29 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:58:54 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Approved by House of Orange?
They're from a slightly less conservative branch of Protestantism. And
they accept Catholics now too because Queen Máxima didn't have to
become a Protestant. What a circus.
There are a lot of Dutch immigrants around here and a lot of them are
some variation of Reform.
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 22:17:22 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 4/1/2026 5:58 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite
common. Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants. Pharmacies
often had reduced hours.
Here's the former leader of the Dutch political party for the
strictest form of Protestantism throwing a wild Christmas party with
his wife and daughter:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1USyoHjQu9g&list=RD1USyoHjQu9g&start_radio=1>
On 4/2/2026 10:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-02 9:49 a.m., jmquown wrote:That's an old joke, but true. ;)
In Shelby County, TN there were similar blue laws. When I was 18 (in
1978) I worked at JCPenney in a shopping mall. The stores in the mall >>> were not allowed to open before 1PM on Sunday (after people had gone
to church) and couldn't stay open past 6PM (again, all about attending
church). No liquor or beer sales on Sunday. IIRC liquor stores were >>> not allowed to be within 500 feet of any church.
The difference between religions:
Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the head of the church.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
I had a friend who was raised Catholic but did not adhere to it. She
had a teaching degree in Home Economics. She was recently divorced, no kids. She was 21 years old. She got a job teaching at a small private Baptist school. In order to get the job she had to sign a pledge stating
she didn't drink, didn't dance. That was a laugh because of course she
did those things. Out of sight, out of mind.
On 4/2/2026 9:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-02 9:49 a.m., jmquown wrote:Everyone here has heard than dozens of times. Do you have anything
In Shelby County, TN there were similar blue laws. When I was 18 (in
1978) I worked at JCPenney in a shopping mall. The stores in the
mall were not allowed to open before 1PM on Sunday (after people had
gone to church) and couldn't stay open past 6PM (again, all about
attending church). No liquor or beer sales on Sunday. IIRC liquor
stores were not allowed to be within 500 feet of any church.
The difference between religions:
Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the head of the church.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
original. You've been almost worthless since the disappearance of the
Big Niece tales.
On 4/2/2026 3:17 AM, Ed P wrote:
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite common. Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants. Pharmacies often had reduced hours.
Across the bridge to NJ, it was much looser and most stores open. Bridge traffic was quite busy on Sunday. In the 60's, it started to loosen a bit.
Up in the northern part of NJ, we had blue laws, too, with sections of
the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen County is still
mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way, but I haven't been
there in years.
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:36:41 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 16:16:29 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:58:54 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Approved by House of Orange?
They're from a slightly less conservative branch of Protestantism. And
they accept Catholics now too because Queen Máxima didn't have to
become a Protestant. What a circus.
Not my circus, not my monkeys...
On 4/2/2026 9:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-02 9:49 a.m., jmquown wrote:Everyone here has heard than dozens of times. Do you have anything
In Shelby County, TN there were similar blue laws. When I was 18 (in
1978) I worked at JCPenney in a shopping mall. The stores in the mall >>> were not allowed to open before 1PM on Sunday (after people had gone
to church) and couldn't stay open past 6PM (again, all about attending
church). No liquor or beer sales on Sunday. IIRC liquor stores were >>> not allowed to be within 500 feet of any church.
The difference between religions:
Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the head of the church.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
original. You've been almost worthless since the disappearance of the
Big Niece tales.
On 2026-04-02, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/2/2026 10:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-02 9:49 a.m., jmquown wrote:That's an old joke, but true. ;)
In Shelby County, TN there were similar blue laws. When I was 18 (in >>>> 1978) I worked at JCPenney in a shopping mall. The stores in the mall >>>> were not allowed to open before 1PM on Sunday (after people had gone
to church) and couldn't stay open past 6PM (again, all about attending >>>> church). No liquor or beer sales on Sunday. IIRC liquor stores were >>>> not allowed to be within 500 feet of any church.
The difference between religions:
Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the head of the church.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
I had a friend who was raised Catholic but did not adhere to it. She
had a teaching degree in Home Economics. She was recently divorced, no
kids. She was 21 years old. She got a job teaching at a small private
Baptist school. In order to get the job she had to sign a pledge stating
she didn't drink, didn't dance. That was a laugh because of course she
did those things. Out of sight, out of mind.
Why don't Baptists have sex standing up?
Because someone might see them and think they're dancing.
Bryan Simmons wrote on 4/2/2026 10:12 AM:
On 4/2/2026 9:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-02 9:49 a.m., jmquown wrote:Everyone here has heard than dozens of times. Do you have anything
In Shelby County, TN there were similar blue laws. When I was 18 (in >>>> 1978) I worked at JCPenney in a shopping mall. The stores in the
mall were not allowed to open before 1PM on Sunday (after people had
gone to church) and couldn't stay open past 6PM (again, all about
attending church). No liquor or beer sales on Sunday. IIRC liquor >>>> stores were not allowed to be within 500 feet of any church.
The difference between religions:
Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the head of the church.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
original. You've been almost worthless since the disappearance of the
Big Niece tales.
Did you really mean "almost" Chef?
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 16:49:39 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton ><chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2026-04-02, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/2/2026 10:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-02 9:49 a.m., jmquown wrote:That's an old joke, but true. ;)
In Shelby County, TN there were similar blue laws. When I was 18 (in >>>>> 1978) I worked at JCPenney in a shopping mall. The stores in the mall >>>>> were not allowed to open before 1PM on Sunday (after people had gone >>>>> to church) and couldn't stay open past 6PM (again, all about attending >>>>> church). No liquor or beer sales on Sunday. IIRC liquor stores were >>>>> not allowed to be within 500 feet of any church.
The difference between religions:
Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the head of the church.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
I had a friend who was raised Catholic but did not adhere to it. She
had a teaching degree in Home Economics. She was recently divorced, no >>> kids. She was 21 years old. She got a job teaching at a small private >>> Baptist school. In order to get the job she had to sign a pledge stating >>> she didn't drink, didn't dance. That was a laugh because of course she >>> did those things. Out of sight, out of mind.
Why don't Baptists have sex standing up?
Because someone might see them and think they're dancing.
Can we also turn it around?
Why don't Baptists dance?
Because someone might see them and think they're having sex.
On 2026-04-02, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
I had a friend who was raised Catholic but did not adhere to it. She
had a teaching degree in Home Economics. She was recently divorced, no
kids. She was 21 years old. She got a job teaching at a small private
Baptist school. In order to get the job she had to sign a pledge stating
she didn't drink, didn't dance. That was a laugh because of course she
did those things. Out of sight, out of mind.
Why don't Baptists have sex standing up?
Because someone might see them and think they're dancing.
the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen County is still
mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way, but I haven't been
there in years.
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery stores, NO
retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc. were open. NO
liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for today as well), were
ever open. I don't remember drugstores being open for business either.
On 2026-04-02 1:37 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
in the northern part of NJ, we had blue laws, too, with sections of
the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen County is still
mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way, but I haven't been
there in years.
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery stores, NO
retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc. were open. NO
liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for today as well), were
ever open. I don't remember drugstores being open for business either.
It's a shame. It was nice to have a common day off every weekend. Nobody
has more money to shop than they had back then.The merchants now have to
man their stores and pay for heating/cooling and lighting. It's more expenses for the same return. It had only been profitable for a short
time when they opened on Sundays to attract shoppers from other jurisdictions. I guess the only plus is the reduced number of parking
spaces needed.
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 22:17:22 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 4/1/2026 5:58 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter >>>> is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite common. >Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants. Pharmacies often had >reduced hours.
Here's the former leader of the Dutch political party for the
strictest form of Protestantism throwing a wild Christmas party with
his wife and daughter:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1USyoHjQu9g&list=RD1USyoHjQu9g&start_radio=1>
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 22:17:22 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 4/1/2026 5:58 PM, Bruce wrote:
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite common.
Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants. Pharmacies often had
reduced hours.
Here's the former leader of the Dutch political party for the
strictest form of Protestantism throwing a wild Christmas party with
his wife and daughter:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1USyoHjQu9g&list=RD1USyoHjQu9g&start_radio=1>
That stuff just makes my flesh crawl.
S Viemeister <firstname@lastname.oc.ku> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:17 AM, Ed P wrote:
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite common.
Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants. Pharmacies often had
reduced hours.
Across the bridge to NJ, it was much looser and most stores open. Bridge >>> traffic was quite busy on Sunday. In the 60's, it started to loosen a bit.
Up in the northern part of NJ, we had blue laws, too, with sections of
the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen County is still
mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way, but I haven't been
there in years.
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery stores, NO
retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc. were open. NO
liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for today as well), were
ever open. I don't remember drugstores being open for business either.
Music to make lamps by.
On 2026-04-02 1:37 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery stores, NO
retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc. were open. NO
liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for today as well), were
ever open. I don't remember drugstores being open for business either. >>
I avoid the supermarket on Sunday. It is usually one of the most
crowded days now.
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making alcohol
for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude, Jesus, who
brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the piece of shit "Christians" who are against parties where people drink and are merry.
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
On 2026-04-02 1:37 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:I avoid the supermarket on Sunday. It is usually one of the most
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery stores, NO
retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc. were open. NO
liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for today as well), were
ever open. I don't remember drugstores being open for business either. >>
crowded days now.
I avoid the supermarket on Saturday /and/ Sunday as well as Target,
Walmart, Gabe's, Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.
All those folks that work a 5-day week are shopping, leaving carts everywhere, >phones stuck to their faces and not paying attention. It doesn't help they >are trying to restock shelves because of the influx of shoppers.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making alcohol
for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude, Jesus, who
brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the piece of shit
"Christians" who are against parties where people drink and are merry.
Actually, it was closer to 120-180 gallons of wine.
ALDI here sell alcohol, but not on Sundays before 10 AM. I wonder
which pre historical brain fart is responsible for that. Sunday before
10AM is church time? In 2026?
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
On 2026-04-02 1:37 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery stores, NO >>>> retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc. were open. NO
liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for today as well), were >>>> ever open. I don't remember drugstores being open for business either. >>>>
I avoid the supermarket on Sunday. It is usually one of the most
crowded days now.
I avoid the supermarket on Saturday /and/ Sunday as well as Target,
Walmart, Gabe's, Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.
All those folks that work a 5-day week are shopping, leaving carts everywhere,There are never crowds at Lowes or HD here, because those two stores,
phones stuck to their faces and not paying attention. It doesn't help they are trying to restock shelves because of the influx of shoppers.
On 4/2/2026 3:43 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Sunday used to be a family day. Dinner at grand-moms or a BBQ with
uncle Jim, kind of thing. Religion aside, it made it easier for
gatherings and the like.
I avoid the supermarket on Sunday. It is usually one of the mostOne of the nice things about being retired is that I can do serious
crowded days now.
Sunday used to be a family day. Dinner at grand-moms or a BBQ with
uncle Jim, kind of thing. Religion aside, it made it easier for
gatherings and the like.
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 10:12:18 -0500, Bryan Simmons
<bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/2/2026 9:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-02 9:49 a.m., jmquown wrote:Everyone here has heard than dozens of times. Do you have anything
In Shelby County, TN there were similar blue laws. When I was 18 (in >>>> 1978) I worked at JCPenney in a shopping mall. The stores in the mall >>>> were not allowed to open before 1PM on Sunday (after people had gone
to church) and couldn't stay open past 6PM (again, all about attending >>>> church). No liquor or beer sales on Sunday. IIRC liquor stores were >>>> not allowed to be within 500 feet of any church.
The difference between religions:
Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the head of the church.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
original. You've been almost worthless since the disappearance of the
Big Niece tales.
I want to read the Bigot Uncle tales from Dave's niece.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
ALDI here sell alcohol, but not on Sundays before 10 AM. I wonder
which pre historical brain fart is responsible for that. Sunday before
10AM is church time? In 2026?
Aldi here sells wine, no liquor, in their stores as do the other grocery stores. Liquor is sold *only* in liquor stores here, and until 4 or 5
years ago, only wine was sold in those stores, too. Liquor stores squalled about wine being able to be purchased along with milk, pork chops, and
toilet paper. I haven't heard of a single liquor store shuttering their business because wine can be purchased elsewhere.
On 2026-04-02, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
Sunday used to be a family day. Dinner at grand-moms or a BBQ with
uncle Jim, kind of thing. Religion aside, it made it easier for
gatherings and the like.
Which I always dreaded. My cousins were complete morons.
On 2026-04-02 1:37 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
in the northern part of NJ, we had blue laws, too, with sections of
the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen County is still
mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way, but I haven't been
there in years.
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery stores, NO
retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc. were open. NO
liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for today as well), were
ever open. I don't remember drugstores being open for business either.
It's a shame. It was nice to have a common day off every weekend. Nobody
has more money to shop than they had back then.The merchants now have to
man their stores and pay for heating/cooling and lighting. It's more expenses for the same return. It had only been profitable for a short
time when they opened on Sundays to attract shoppers from other jurisdictions. I guess the only plus is the reduced number of parking
spaces needed.
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:48:30 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
On 2026-04-02 1:37 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:I avoid the supermarket on Sunday. It is usually one of the most
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery stores, NO >>>>> retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc. were open. NO >>>>> liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for today as well), were >>>>> ever open. I don't remember drugstores being open for business either. >>>
crowded days now.
I avoid the supermarket on Saturday /and/ Sunday as well as Target,
Walmart, Gabe's, Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.
All those folks that work a 5-day week are shopping, leaving carts everywhere,
phones stuck to their faces and not paying attention. It doesn't help they >> are trying to restock shelves because of the influx of shoppers.
ALDI here sell alcohol, but not on Sundays before 10 AM. I wonder
which pre historical brain fart is responsible for that. Sunday before
10AM is church time? In 2026?
We're lucky that the main supermarket chain here, Schnucks, has a store nearby that is almost never crowded.
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:07:21 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 22:17:22 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 4/1/2026 5:58 PM, Bruce wrote:
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite common. >>>> Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants. Pharmacies often had
reduced hours.
Here's the former leader of the Dutch political party for the
strictest form of Protestantism throwing a wild Christmas party with
his wife and daughter:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1USyoHjQu9g&list=RD1USyoHjQu9g&start_radio=1>
That stuff just makes my flesh crawl.
Same here. I think this is mental illness, passed on to their
children.
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 16:16:29 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:58:54 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Approved by House of Orange?
They're from a slightly less conservative branch of Protestantism. And
they accept Catholics now too because Queen Máxima didn't have to
become a Protestant. What a circus.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making alcohol
for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude, Jesus, who
brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the piece of shit
"Christians" who are against parties where people drink and are merry.
Actually, it was closer to 120-180 gallons of wine.
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against people drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get drunk, puke
and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a disgusting nuisance of themselves.
~
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
ALDI here sell alcohol, but not on Sundays before 10 AM. I wonder
which pre historical brain fart is responsible for that. Sunday before
10AM is church time? In 2026?
Aldi here sells wine, no liquor, in their stores as do the other grocery >stores. Liquor is sold *only* in liquor stores here, and until 4 or 5
years ago, only wine was sold in those stores, too. Liquor stores squalled >about wine being able to be purchased along with milk, pork chops, and >toilet paper. I haven't heard of a single liquor store shuttering their >business because wine can be purchased elsewhere.
Bruce wrote on 4/2/2026 12:59 PM:
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 10:12:18 -0500, Bryan Simmons
<bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/2/2026 9:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-02 9:49 a.m., jmquown wrote:Everyone here has heard than dozens of times. Do you have anything
In Shelby County, TN there were similar blue laws. When I was 18 (in >>>>> 1978) I worked at JCPenney in a shopping mall. The stores in the mall >>>>> were not allowed to open before 1PM on Sunday (after people had gone >>>>> to church) and couldn't stay open past 6PM (again, all about attending >>>>> church). No liquor or beer sales on Sunday. IIRC liquor stores were >>>>> not allowed to be within 500 feet of any church.
The difference between religions:
Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the head of the church.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
original. You've been almost worthless since the disappearance of the
Big Niece tales.
I want to read the Bigot Uncle tales from Dave's niece.
How about asshole husband tales from Betsy Simmons?
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:09:51 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
ALDI here sell alcohol, but not on Sundays before 10 AM. I wonder
which pre historical brain fart is responsible for that. Sunday before
10AM is church time? In 2026?
Aldi here sells wine, no liquor, in their stores as do the other grocery
stores. Liquor is sold *only* in liquor stores here, and until 4 or 5
years ago, only wine was sold in those stores, too. Liquor stores squalled >> about wine being able to be purchased along with milk, pork chops, and
toilet paper. I haven't heard of a single liquor store shuttering their
business because wine can be purchased elsewhere.
Here, liquor is only sold in liquor stores plus some ALDIs. I don't
know how ALDI achieved that. They must have drugged some pastors and
priests when this decision was voted on.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making alcohol
for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude, Jesus, who
brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the piece of shit
"Christians" who are against parties where people drink and are merry.
Actually, it was closer to 120-180 gallons of wine.
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against people drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get drunk, puke
and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a disgusting nuisance of themselves.
On 4/2/2026 3:48 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
I avoid the supermarket on Saturday /and/ Sunday as well as Target, Walmart, Gabe's, Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.
We're lucky that the main supermarket chain here, Schnucks, has a store nearby that is almost never crowded.
There are never crowds at Lowes or HD here, because those two stores,
and a Menards are all within spitting distance. The closest Menards to Nashville is Bowling Green, but they should build a store there within a
few years. I seldom shop Lowes, and very seldom HD. Menards has almost identical prices, then gives an 11% rebate on everything from early Feb through Thanksgiving. Plus, they're well staffed.
On 4/2/2026 3:54 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making alcohol
for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude, Jesus, who
brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the piece of shit
"Christians" who are against parties where people drink and are merry.
Actually, it was closer to 120-180 gallons of wine.
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against people
drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get drunk, puke
and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a disgusting nuisance of
themselves.
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
On 4/2/2026 3:54 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against people drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get drunk, puke and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a disgusting nuisance of themselves.
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:48 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
>
I avoid the supermarket on Saturday /and/ Sunday as well as Target,
Walmart, Gabe's, Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.
We're lucky that the main supermarket chain here, Schnucks, has a store
nearby that is almost never crowded.
There is a Kroger and an Aldi one mile from my house. The only thing separating these two stores is a street running between them. Both are usually crowded.
There are never crowds at Lowes or HD here, because those two stores,
and a Menards are all within spitting distance. The closest Menards to
Nashville is Bowling Green, but they should build a store there within a
few years. I seldom shop Lowes, and very seldom HD. Menards has almost
identical prices, then gives an 11% rebate on everything from early Feb
through Thanksgiving. Plus, they're well staffed.
Both HD and Lowe's are generally crowded, but I doubt Menard's will come further south than the Kentucky state line. However, HD and Lowe's both
give 10% military discounts throughout the year. We've had Winn-Dixie, Albertson's, and Piggly Wiggly. Piggly Wiggly is barely holding on as is Safeway, but PW does stock some things you won't generally find at Kroger
or Walmart grocery. (Pig tails, snouts, feet, ears, Rocky Mountain oysters, brains, etc.)
~
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:54 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against people
drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get drunk, puke >>> and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a disgusting nuisance of >>> themselves.
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday
prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
I'll have to search out the writers of that ancient law, pin down the cemeteries they're buried in, and you can come dig them up and make
your displeasure known to them.
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are open 6-days a
week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then you've got bigger
problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
~
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote on 4/2/2026 7:11 PM:
We've had Winn-Dixie,
Albertson's, and Piggly Wiggly. Piggly Wiggly is barely holding on as is Safeway, but PW does stock some things you won't generally find at Kroger or Walmart grocery. (Pig tails, snouts, feet, ears, Rocky Mountain oysters,
brains, etc.)
You forgot chicken feet.
I used to drive 25 miles to piggly wiggly to get pig brains to cook up
and use with scrambled eggs. Now, I think most of that sort of stuff
gets shipped to china.
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> posted:
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote on 4/2/2026 7:11 PM:
We've had Winn-Dixie,
Albertson's, and Piggly Wiggly. Piggly Wiggly is barely holding on as is >>> Safeway, but PW does stock some things you won't generally find at Kroger >>> or Walmart grocery. (Pig tails, snouts, feet, ears, Rocky Mountain oysters,
brains, etc.)
You forgot chicken feet.
It's been many months since I've been in the local Piggly Wiggly, but
the super Walmart that I hit about every two weeks stocks chicken feet. Strange looking in that plastic wrapped Styrofoam container.
I used to drive 25 miles to piggly wiggly to get pig brains to cook up
and use with scrambled eggs. Now, I think most of that sort of stuff
gets shipped to china.
Kroger used to stock brains, feet, tails, ears, etc. but I guess they've gotten too 'uptown' to give up refrigerated meat case space to those parts.
~
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:54 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against people
drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get drunk, puke >> > and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a disgusting nuisance of >> > themselves.
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday
prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
I'll have to search out the writers of that ancient law, pin down the >cemeteries they're buried in, and you can come dig them up and make
your displeasure known to them.
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are open 6-days a
week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then you've got bigger
problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
Bruce wrote on 4/2/2026 6:10 PM:
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:09:51 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
ALDI here sell alcohol, but not on Sundays before 10 AM. I wonder
which pre historical brain fart is responsible for that. Sunday before >>>> 10AM is church time? In 2026?
Aldi here sells wine, no liquor, in their stores as do the other grocery >>> stores. Liquor is sold *only* in liquor stores here, and until 4 or 5
years ago, only wine was sold in those stores, too. Liquor stores squalled >>> about wine being able to be purchased along with milk, pork chops, and
toilet paper. I haven't heard of a single liquor store shuttering their >>> business because wine can be purchased elsewhere.
Here, liquor is only sold in liquor stores plus some ALDIs. I don't
know how ALDI achieved that. They must have drugged some pastors and
priests when this decision was voted on.
Or perhaps an executive order from the trump regime?
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 16:16:29 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:Religious adherence should be included in the DSM.
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:58:54 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Approved by House of Orange?
They're from a slightly less conservative branch of Protestantism. And
they accept Catholics now too because Queen Máxima didn't have to
become a Protestant. What a circus.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:54 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against people
drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get drunk, puke >>> and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a disgusting nuisance of >>> themselves.
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday
prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
I'll have to search out the writers of that ancient law, pin down the cemeteries they're buried in, and you can come dig them up and make
your displeasure known to them.
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are open 6-days a
week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then you've got bigger
problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
~
Sunday used to be a family day. Dinner at grand-moms or a BBQ with
uncle Jim, kind of thing. Religion aside, it made it easier for
gatherings and the like.
On 4/2/2026 3:58 PM, Ed P wrote:
Sunday used to be a family day. Dinner at grand-moms or a BBQ with
uncle Jim, kind of thing. Religion aside, it made it easier for
gatherings and the like.
That was probably the ideal for people who grew up in small towns with family nearby. Growing up with a father in the military, we didn't live near other family. We certainly didn't live close enough to get
together for holiday dinners. Oh well.
On 4/2/2026 8:25 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
(keywords: "rational people". Doesn't seem to apply to this rant.)
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:54 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against people
drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get drunk, puke >>>> and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a disgusting nuisance of >>>> themselves.
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday
prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
I'll have to search out the writers of that ancient law, pin down theSeriously! Stock up ahead of time and if you drink yourself dry before
cemeteries they're buried in, and you can come dig them up and make
your displeasure known to them.
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are open 6-days a
week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then you've got bigger
problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
the stores open again you have bigger problems.
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 21:09:55 -0400, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:
On 4/2/2026 8:25 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
(keywords: "rational people". Doesn't seem to apply to this rant.)
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:54 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against people >>>>> drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get drunk, puke >>>>> and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a disgusting nuisance of >>>>> themselves.
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday
prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
I'll have to search out the writers of that ancient law, pin down theSeriously! Stock up ahead of time and if you drink yourself dry before
cemeteries they're buried in, and you can come dig them up and make
your displeasure known to them.
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are open 6-days a
week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then you've got bigger
problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
the stores open again you have bigger problems.
Why should I be affected by other people's religions? Do your Ramadan,
wave at your pope, don't ride your bicycle on Sundays, but leave sane
people out of it.
For years and years beer was sold onlyA at the Brewer's Retail, which
was run by a consortium of breweries. It was later renamed The Beer
Store. Then the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) started selling 6 packs and individual cans. Then a couple years ago they started allowing beer and wine to be sold in groceries and corner stores and that was
later expanded to allow the convenience stores to sell hard liquor too.
The Beer Store took a big hit on that. Their sales plummeted. Beer
Store sales dropped so much that they ended up having to close some of
them. That caused another problem. We have to pay deposit on all alcohol containers. Beer and cider cans and bottles, wine bottles and bladders
and liquor bottles all involve deposits and only the Beer Store accepts returns. There had been a condition that after a while the private
stores that were selling alcohol would have to pay the refunds. When
time came for them to start doing that they protested and got their say.
Now the Beer Store is struggling with beer sales but has to pay out all the refund money. They can't sustain their business soley on handing out refunds.
Bruce wrote on 4/2/2026 8:35 PM:
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 21:09:55 -0400, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:
Seriously! Stock up ahead of time and if you drink yourself dry before
the stores open again you have bigger problems.
Why should I be affected by other people's religions? Do your Ramadan,
wave at your pope, don't ride your bicycle on Sundays, but leave sane
people out of it.
Every religion tries to force their rules upon all people. They must do
so to thrive. Once you realize this, you will be a little closer to >understanding the behavior of these cults.
Try to avoid them, without being obvious. Some are dangerous, so keep
your opinions to yourself.
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating. I don't mind the Easter meal things. For many years we stuck
to my wife's family tradition of leg of lamb. These days it is more
likely to be turkey or a glazed peameal.
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:25:17 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday
prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
If you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are open 6-days a
week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then you've got bigger
problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
What if you couldn't get your meat fix on Sundays? I mean, of course
you can work around it, but why does the law exist at all?
It will be roast ham and potato salad for us. I bought the ham today,
when it dawned on me that Easter is three plus days away. I "think" I
have all five or six of the other ingredients.
I carve the ham-bone so there is plenty of meat left. Later, I make ham
and beans. Meaty ham-bones are way better than smoked ham shanks for
that meal, at least to us.
In the US, the number of self-proclaimed Christians is 62%. In the Netherlands it's 30%. The number of Muslims in the Netherlands is 6%
and in the US it's approx. 1.2%.
Pastafarians, believers in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, are
negligible in both countries but:
-In the US, some states, like Massachusetts and Utah, have allowed
residents to wear colanders on their heads for driver's license photos
on the basis of religious expression.
AND
-In 2016, the Dutch Chamber of Commerce officially registered the
"Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster" as a church. This made the Netherlands one of the first countries to grant it a form of official
status.
Leo, you're the only person I know who does Easter decorations.
Although this time of year is about when I usually see a small rabbit
eating plants in my back yard. Maybe it will show up again this year. ;)
On 2026-04-02 8:05 p.m., Bruce wrote:
I looked into Pastafarian sects and considered joining the Raviolians
In the US, the number of self-proclaimed Christians is 62%. In the
Netherlands it's 30%. The number of Muslims in the Netherlands is 6%
and in the US it's approx. 1.2%.
Pastafarians, believers in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, are
negligible in both countries but:
-In the US, some states, like Massachusetts and Utah, have allowed
residents to wear colanders on their heads for driver's license photos
on the basis of religious expression.
AND
-In 2016, the Dutch Chamber of Commerce officially registered the
"Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster" as a church. This made the
Netherlands one of the first countries to grant it a form of official
status.
until I found out it is an enclosed order.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:54 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against people
drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get drunk, puke >>> and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a disgusting nuisance of >>> themselves.
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday
prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
I'll have to search out the writers of that ancient law, pin down the cemeteries they're buried in, and you can come dig them up and make
your displeasure known to them.
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are open 6-days a
week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then you've got bigger
problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 20:44:51 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 4/2/2026 8:35 PM:
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 21:09:55 -0400, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:
Seriously! Stock up ahead of time and if you drink yourself dry before >>>> the stores open again you have bigger problems.
Why should I be affected by other people's religions? Do your Ramadan,
wave at your pope, don't ride your bicycle on Sundays, but leave sane
people out of it.
Every religion tries to force their rules upon all people. They must do
so to thrive. Once you realize this, you will be a little closer to
understanding the behavior of these cults.
Try to avoid them, without being obvious. Some are dangerous, so keep
your opinions to yourself.
In the US, the number of self-proclaimed Christians is 62%. In the Netherlands it's 30%. The number of Muslims in the Netherlands is 6%
and in the US it's approx. 1.2%.
Pastafarians, believers in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, are
negligible in both countries but:
-In the US, some states, like Massachusetts and Utah, have allowed
residents to wear colanders on their heads for driver's license photos
on the basis of religious expression.
AND
-In 2016, the Dutch Chamber of Commerce officially registered the
"Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster" as a church. This made the Netherlands one of the first countries to grant it a form of official
status.
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. Easter
is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
leo
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:25:17 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday
prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
If you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are open 6-days a
week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then you've got bigger
problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
What if you couldn't get your meat fix on Sundays? I mean, of course
you can work around it, but why does the law exist at all?
The same rules apply for your lack of meat on Sunday. You had 6 days
to prepare for Sunday's dinner plus the meals in the upcoming week if
you planned and shopped wisely. Procrastinators, like the poor, will
be with us always.
On 2026-04-02 8:05 p.m., Bruce wrote:
In the US, the number of self-proclaimed Christians is 62%. In theI looked into Pastafarian sects and considered joining the Raviolians
Netherlands it's 30%. The number of Muslims in the Netherlands is 6%
and in the US it's approx. 1.2%.
Pastafarians, believers in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, are
negligible in both countries but:
-In the US, some states, like Massachusetts and Utah, have allowed
residents to wear colanders on their heads for driver's license photos
on the basis of religious expression.
AND
-In 2016, the Dutch Chamber of Commerce officially registered the
"Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster" as a church. This made the
Netherlands one of the first countries to grant it a form of official
status.
until I found out it is an enclosed order.
On 4/2/2026 8:22 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
On 4/2/2026 3:17 AM, Ed P wrote:
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite common.
Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants. Pharmacies often had
reduced hours.
Across the bridge to NJ, it was much looser and most stores open.
Bridge traffic was quite busy on Sunday. In the 60's, it started to
loosen a bit.
Up in the northern part of NJ, we had blue laws, too, with sections of
the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen County is still
mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way, but I haven't been
there in years.
The big attraction from the Philadelphia area was the Pennsauken Mart,
just a couple of miles from the bridge over the Delaware River. (Toll,
5 cents)
The mart had quite a variety of foods and goods, something for everyone.
On Sunday, most of the cars had PA plates.
https://www.courierpostonline.com/picture-gallery/news/local/south-jersey/sj-history/2017/06/28/a-look-back-the-pennsauken-mart/103251308/
Nearby was a liquor store and NJ was cheaper than PA.
NJ is the only
state left that pumps gas for you too.
I expect to be back in Ocean City NJ to spend a week or so with my
friend. Her place is on the beach.
On 2026-04-01, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating. I don't mind the Easter meal things. For many years we stuck
to my wife's family tradition of leg of lamb. These days it is more
likely to be turkey or a glazed peameal.
It will be roast ham and potato salad for us. I bought the ham today,
when it dawned on me that Easter is three plus days away. I "think" I
have all five or six of the other ingredients.
I carve the ham-bone so there is plenty of meat left. Later, I make ham
and beans. Meaty ham-bones are way better than smoked ham shanks for
that meal, at least to us.
On 2026-04-01, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
Leo, you're the only person I know who does Easter decorations.
Although this time of year is about when I usually see a small rabbit
eating plants in my back yard. Maybe it will show up again this year. ;)
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved in
everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day,
Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
On 2026-04-01, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
Leo, you're the only person I know who does Easter decorations.
Although this time of year is about when I usually see a small rabbit
eating plants in my back yard. Maybe it will show up again this year. ;)
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved in
everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day,
Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
leo
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved in
everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day,
Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved in
everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day,
Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
On 4/2/2026 7:25 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
It's the extant voters who through the virtues of modernity manage to
not stink like the goatherds they venerate that I express my displeasure to.
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are open 6-days a
week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then you've got bigger
problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
If you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the crutch of
some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor of a thinker as
you are a cook.
AND, it's not about me. It's about a bunch of people who believe utter nonsense dictating what other people can do on their stupid, arbitrary
"day of worship" of an entity that was purely fabricated. Decent,
rational persons shouldn't have to have their choices restricted by
folks who follow a mythology that is genocidal and rapist.
I worked for a United Methodist church for 20 years, and while I knew
that their beliefs were absurd, their superstition was expressed in ways that were benign. I have loved ones who are still members of that
church. I just can't stand when folks push their nonsense on others
outside their belief system. A religion that is afraid to compete with a
six pack of beer is pathetic.
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved in
everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day,
Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
On 2026-04-03 6:55 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:TACO is more appropriate for this group.
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved in
everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day,
Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
If you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the crutch of
some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor of a thinker as
you are a cook.
What does liquor stores not selling hootch on Sunday have to do with mortality? Nothing. You just like to think you sound intelligent.
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 16:16:29 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:58:54 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On Sundays,
all our attention goes to the Lord!
Approved by House of Orange?
They're from a slightly less conservative branch of Protestantism. And
they accept Catholics now too because Queen Máxima didn't have to
become a Protestant. What a circus.
Religious adherence should be included in the DSM.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:48 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
I avoid the supermarket on Saturday /and/ Sunday as well as Target, Walmart, Gabe's, Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.
We're lucky that the main supermarket chain here, Schnucks, has a store nearby that is almost never crowded.
There is a Kroger and an Aldi one mile from my house. The only thing separating these two stores is a street running between them. Both are usually crowded.
There are never crowds at Lowes or HD here, because those two stores,
and a Menards are all within spitting distance. The closest Menards to Nashville is Bowling Green, but they should build a store there within a few years. I seldom shop Lowes, and very seldom HD. Menards has almost identical prices, then gives an 11% rebate on everything from early Feb through Thanksgiving. Plus, they're well staffed.
Both HD and Lowe's are generally crowded, but I doubt Menard's will come further south than the Kentucky state line. However, HD and Lowe's both
give 10% military discounts throughout the year. We've had Winn-Dixie, Albertson's, and Piggly Wiggly. Piggly Wiggly is barely holding on as is Safeway, but PW does stock some things you won't generally find at Kroger
or Walmart grocery. (Pig tails, snouts, feet, ears, Rocky Mountain oysters, brains, etc.)
~
Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
They're from a slightly less conservative branch of Protestantism. AndReligious adherence should be included in the DSM.
they accept Catholics now too because Queen Máxima didn't have to
become a Protestant. What a circus.
Perhaps, according to our secretary of war, we're fighting a war most holy. Things,
as they say, are getting out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCBdE8pHBpo
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
On 2026-04-03 11:36 a.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
If you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the crutch of
some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor of a thinker as
you are a cook.
What does liquor stores not selling hootch on Sunday have to do with
mortality? Nothing. You just like to think you sound intelligent.
As I was reading the idiocy you quoted I had to wonder if English was
the summer course that he and Kuthe had to attend because they had
failed but ended up showing the teacher how to teach it. "you are as
poor of a thinker..."?? WTF?
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:48:30 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
On 2026-04-02 1:37 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery
stores, NO retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc.
were open. NO liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true
for today as well), were ever open. I don't remember
drugstores being open for business either.
I avoid the supermarket on Sunday. It is usually one of the most
crowded days now.
I avoid the supermarket on Saturday /and/ Sunday as well as Target, >Walmart, Gabe's, Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.
All those folks that work a 5-day week are shopping, leaving carts >everywhere, phones stuck to their faces and not paying attention.
It doesn't help they are trying to restock shelves because of the
influx of shoppers.
ALDI here sell alcohol, but not on Sundays before 10 AM. I wonder
which pre historical brain fart is responsible for that. Sunday before
10AM is church time? In 2026?
On 4/2/2026 10:54 AM, chefly wrote:
Music to make lamps by.There a lamp store near here. The owner used to run ads in the little
local papers, declaring himself "The King of the Lampshades." http://brodylamp.com/
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 16:20:21 -0600, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 16:16:29 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:Religious adherence should be included in the DSM.
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:58:54 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate
for Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does
Easter decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On
Sundays, all our attention goes to the Lord!
Approved by House of Orange?
They're from a slightly less conservative branch of Protestantism.
And they accept Catholics now too because Queen Máxima didn't have
to become a Protestant. What a circus.
I've been watching a lot of stuff about cults lately, such as the Bhagwan/Orange people cult. Fascinating how it always leads to sexual
abuse. I think I'm immune. To cults, that is.
In ancient history, jeasus got super drunk and did crazier shit than
even Noah did much earlier.
On 4/2/2026 3:54 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making
alcohol for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude,
Jesus, who brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the
piece of shit "Christians" who are against parties where people
drink and are merry.
Actually, it was closer to 120-180 gallons of wine.
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not againstThen why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
people drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get
drunk, puke and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a
disgusting nuisance of themselves.
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
On 4/2/2026 12:37 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
S Viemeister <firstname@lastname.oc.ku> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:17 AM, Ed P wrote:
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite
common. Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants.
Pharmacies often had reduced hours.
Across the bridge to NJ, it was much looser and most stores open.
Bridge traffic was quite busy on Sunday. In the 60's, it started
to loosen a bit.
Up in the northern part of NJ, we had blue laws, too, with
sections of the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen
County is still mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way,
but I haven't been there in years.
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery stores,What did the mythical Jesus do at the "Wedding at Cana"? Made wine
NO retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc. were open.
NO liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for today as
well), were ever open. I don't remember drugstores being open for
business either.
from plain water *after the wine had run out*. These apes who use
their religion to dictate to their betters don't even understand
their own mythology.
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making
alcohol for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude,
Jesus, who brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the piece
of shit "Christians" who are against parties where people drink and
are merry.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making
alcohol for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude,
Jesus, who brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the
piece of shit "Christians" who are against parties where people
drink and are merry.
Actually, it was closer to 120-180 gallons of wine.
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against people drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get drunk,
puke and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a disgusting
nuisance of themselves.
~
On 4/3/2026 8:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved in
everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day,
Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.Dave, please don't turn this into yet another political discussion.
I'm sick and tired of hearing about the asshole in chief.
We're lucky that the main supermarket chain here, Schnucks, has aThereby saving you from becoming a grocery desert, not bad...
store nearby that is almost never crowded. Schnucks bought all of the
stores of a chain that went out of business. Rumor has it that they
didn't want to keep open the small Maplewood store, as there were 2
other nearby stores, but the city of Maplewood pressured them by
suggesting that they'd only give a business license to a grocery
store, so
Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:"Those who show no mercy:"
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 16:16:29 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:58:54 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on
it. Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate
for Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does
Easter decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On
Sundays, all our attention goes to the Lord!
Approved by House of Orange?
They're from a slightly less conservative branch ofReligious adherence should be included in the DSM.
Protestantism. And they accept Catholics now too because Queen
Máxima didn't have to become a Protestant. What a circus.
Perhaps, according to our secretary of war, we're fighting a war most
holy. Things, as they say, are getting out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCBdE8pHBpo
Piggly Wiggly is barely holding on as is
Safeway, but PW does stock some things you won't generally find at
Kroger or Walmart grocery. (Pig tails, snouts, feet, ears, Rocky
Mountain oysters, brains, etc.)
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:59:42 GMT, dsi1Based on what?
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
They're from a slightly less conservative branch ofReligious adherence should be included in the DSM.
Protestantism. And they accept Catholics now too because Queen
Máxima didn't have to become a Protestant. What a circus.
Perhaps, according to our secretary of war, we're fighting a war
most holy. Things, as they say, are getting out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCBdE8pHBpo
Hegseth is a creep.
On another note, why can't the US force thoseDecentralized deployment of small boats.
mediaeval hate beards to open the Street of Hormuz?
Why is TrumpBecause the scurvy bastids get their oil from there (like you Oztards
crying for help from NATO, who say this war is against international
law,
were not consulted and understandably don't want to help?Hypocrites using blood oil?
Can Trump stop making the US look like idiots? It's embarrassing.Does 50 years of appeasement really smell good to you?
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 15:35:03 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/2/2026 12:37 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
What did the mythical Jesus do at the "Wedding at Cana"? Made wine
S Viemeister <firstname@lastname.oc.ku> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:17 AM, Ed P wrote:
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite
common. Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants.
Pharmacies often had reduced hours.
Across the bridge to NJ, it was much looser and most stores open.
Bridge traffic was quite busy on Sunday. In the 60's, it started
to loosen a bit.
Up in the northern part of NJ, we had blue laws, too, with
sections of the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen
County is still mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way,
but I haven't been there in years.
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery stores,
NO retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc. were open.
NO liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for today as
well), were ever open. I don't remember drugstores being open for
business either.
from plain water *after the wine had run out*. These apes who use
their religion to dictate to their betters don't even understand
their own mythology.
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making
alcohol for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude,
Jesus, who brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the piece
of shit "Christians" who are against parties where people drink and
are merry.
Jesus was no friend of institutionalized religion (the Pharisees) and
taught that God's kingdom lies within.
Luke 17:20-21
King James Version
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the
kingdom of God is within you.
I mean c'mon his own "tribe" had him butchered on a cross and prior to
that almost threw him off a mountainside.
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:00:27 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/2/2026 3:54 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making
alcohol for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude,
Jesus, who brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the
piece of shit "Christians" who are against parties where people
drink and are merry.
Actually, it was closer to 120-180 gallons of wine.
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against
people drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get
drunk, puke and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a
disgusting nuisance of themselves.
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday
prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
Why are they closed on election day - could we do WORSE voting drunk?
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:11:54 GMT
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Piggly Wiggly is barely holding on as is
Safeway, but PW does stock some things you won't generally find at
Kroger or Walmart grocery. (Pig tails, snouts, feet, ears, Rocky
Mountain oysters, brains, etc.)
Nice.
I miss A&P.
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:59:42 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
They're from a slightly less conservative branch of Protestantism. And >>>> they accept Catholics now too because Queen Máxima didn't have toReligious adherence should be included in the DSM.
become a Protestant. What a circus.
Perhaps, according to our secretary of war, we're fighting a war most holy. Things,
as they say, are getting out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCBdE8pHBpo
Hegseth is a creep. On another note, why can't the US force those
mediaeval hate beards to open the Street of Hormuz? Why is Trump
crying for help from NATO, who say this war is against international
law, were not consulted and understandably don't want to help? Can
Trump stop making the US look like idiots? It's embarrassing.
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:20:29 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
In ancient history, jeasus got super drunk and did crazier shit than
even Noah did much earlier.
I'm sure you have a citation.
Have you read of His childhood?
http://www.gnosis.org/library/inftoma.htm
I. I, Thomas the Israelite, tell unto you, even all the brethren that are of the Gentiles, to make known unto you the works of the childhood of our Lord Jesus Christ and his mighty deeds, even all that he did when he was born in our land: whereof the beginning is thus:
II. 1 This little child Jesus when he was five years old was playing at the ford of a brook: and he gathered together the waters that flowed there into pools, and made them straightway clean, and commanded them by his word alone. 2 And having made soft clay, he fashioned thereof twelve sparrows. And it was the Sabbath when he did these things (or made them). And there were also many other little children playing with him.
3 And a certain Jew when he saw what Jesus did, playing upon the Sabbath day, departed straightway and told his father Joseph: Lo, thy child is at the brook, and he hath taken clay and fashioned twelve little birds, and hath polluted the Sabbath day. 4 And Joseph came to the place and saw: and cried out to him, saying: Wherefore doest thou these things on the Sabbath, which it is not lawful to do? But Jesus clapped his hands together and cried out to the sparrows and said to them: Go! and the sparrows took their flight and went away chirping. 5 And when the Jews saw it they were amazed, and departed and told their chief men that which they had seen Jesus do.
III. 1 But the son of Annas the scribe was standing there with Joseph; and he took a branch of a willow and dispersed the waters which Jesus had gathered together. 2 And when Jesus saw what was done, he was wroth and said unto him: O evil, ungodly, and foolish one, what hurt did the pools and the waters do thee? behold, now also thou shalt be withered like a tree, and shalt not bear leaves, neither root, nor fruit. 3 And straightway that lad withered up wholly, but Jesus departed and went unto Joseph's house. But the parents of him that was withered took him up, bewailing his youth, and brought him to Joseph, and accused him 'for that thou hast such a child which doeth such deeds.'
IV. 1 After that again he went through the village, and a child ran and dashed against his shoulder. And Jesus was provoked and said unto him: Thou shalt not finish thy course (lit. go all thy way). And immediately he fell down and died. But certain when they saw what was done said: Whence was this young child born, for that every word of his is an accomplished work? And the parents of him that was dead came unto Joseph, and blamed him, saying: Thou that hast such a child canst not dwell with us in the village: or do thou teach him to bless and not to curse: for he slayeth our children.
V. 1 And Joseph called the young child apart and admonished him, saying: Wherefore doest thou such things, that these suffer and hate us and persecute us? But Jesus said: I know that these thy words are not thine: nevertheless for thy sake I will hold my peace: but they shall bear their punishment. And straightway they that accused him were smitten with blindness. 2 And they that saw it were sore afraid and perplexed, and said concerning him that every word which he spake whether it were good or bad, was a deed, and became a marvel. And when they (he ?) saw that Jesus had so done, Joseph arose and took hold upon his ear and wrung it sore. 3 And the young child was wroth and said unto him: It sufficeth thee (or them) to seek and not to find, and verily thou hast done unwisely: knowest thou not that I am thine? vex me not.
VI. 1 Now a certain teacher, Zacchaeus by name, stood there and he
heard in part when Jesus said these things to his father and he
marvelled greatly that being a young child he spake such matters. 2 And
after a few days he came near unto Joseph and said unto him: Thou hast
a wise child, and he hath understanding. Come, deliver him to me that
he may learn letters.
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:07:14 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 16:20:21 -0600, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:Says the RFC trolling addict, yeah right...
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 16:16:29 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:Religious adherence should be included in the DSM.
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:58:54 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it. >>>>>>>> Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate
for Easter. However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does
Easter decorating.
Many Dutch emigrants or their offspring are Dutch Reformed
Protestants. No ice creams or bicycle rides on Sundays! On
Sundays, all our attention goes to the Lord!
Approved by House of Orange?
They're from a slightly less conservative branch of Protestantism.
And they accept Catholics now too because Queen Máxima didn't have
to become a Protestant. What a circus.
I've been watching a lot of stuff about cults lately, such as the
Bhagwan/Orange people cult. Fascinating how it always leads to sexual
abuse. I think I'm immune. To cults, that is.
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:58:07 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 8:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:Dave, please don't turn this into yet another political discussion.
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved in
everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day,
Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
I'm sick and tired of hearing about the asshole in chief.
Missing BiDumb and his endless caravans of rapists from Venezuela are
you?
Dolt.
On 4/3/2026 12:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 11:36 a.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
If you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the crutch of
some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor of a thinker as
you are a cook.
What does liquor stores not selling hootch on Sunday have to do with
mortality? Nothing. You just like to think you sound intelligent.
As I was reading the idiocy you quoted I had to wonder if English was
the summer course that he and Kuthe had to attend because they had
failed but ended up showing the teacher how to teach it. "you are as
poor of a thinker..."?? WTF?
His sense of superiority never fails to astonish.
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:28:03 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:59:42 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
They're from a slightly less conservative branch ofReligious adherence should be included in the DSM.
Protestantism. And they accept Catholics now too because Queen
Máxima didn't have to become a Protestant. What a circus.
Perhaps, according to our secretary of war, we're fighting a war
most holy. Things, as they say, are getting out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCBdE8pHBpo
Hegseth is a creep.
Based on what?
On another note, why can't the US force those
mediaeval hate beards to open the Street of Hormuz?
Decentralized deployment of small boats.
Why is Trump
crying for help from NATO, who say this war is against international
law,
Because the scurvy bastids get their oil from there (like you Oztards
do) and yet refuse to end their interdictions of shipping, duh.
were not consulted and understandably don't want to help?
Hypocrites using blood oil?
Can Trump stop making the US look like idiots? It's embarrassing.
Does 50 years of appeasement really smell good to you?
Did Obammy sending them 1.7 BILLION US DOLLARS in actual folding green
make their arms purchases even easier?
Bruce wrote on 4/3/2026 3:28 PM:Just as Colin Powell was a Bush baby, so?
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:59:42 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
They're from a slightly less conservative branch ofReligious adherence should be included in the DSM.
Protestantism. And they accept Catholics now too because Queen
Máxima didn't have to become a Protestant. What a circus.
Perhaps, according to our secretary of war, we're fighting a war
most holy. Things, as they say, are getting out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCBdE8pHBpo
Hegseth is a creep. On another note, why can't the US force those
mediaeval hate beards to open the Street of Hormuz? Why is Trump
crying for help from NATO, who say this war is against international
law, were not consulted and understandably don't want to help? Can
Trump stop making the US look like idiots? It's embarrassing.
Hogseth is just an Orange mouthpiece.
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:31 PM:
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:20:29 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
In ancient history, jeasus got super drunk and did crazier shit
than even Noah did much earlier.
I'm sure you have a citation.
Have you read of His childhood?
http://www.gnosis.org/library/inftoma.htm
I. I, Thomas the Israelite, tell unto you, even all the brethren
that are of the Gentiles, to make known unto you the works of the
childhood of our Lord Jesus Christ and his mighty deeds, even all
that he did when he was born in our land: whereof the beginning is
thus:
II. 1 This little child Jesus when he was five years old was
playing at the ford of a brook: and he gathered together the waters
that flowed there into pools, and made them straightway clean, and commanded them by his word alone. 2 And having made soft clay, he
fashioned thereof twelve sparrows. And it was the Sabbath when he
did these things (or made them). And there were also many other
little children playing with him.
3 And a certain Jew when he saw what Jesus did, playing upon the
Sabbath day, departed straightway and told his father Joseph: Lo,
thy child is at the brook, and he hath taken clay and fashioned
twelve little birds, and hath polluted the Sabbath day. 4 And
Joseph came to the place and saw: and cried out to him, saying:
Wherefore doest thou these things on the Sabbath, which it is not
lawful to do? But Jesus clapped his hands together and cried out to
the sparrows and said to them: Go! and the sparrows took their
flight and went away chirping. 5 And when the Jews saw it they were
amazed, and departed and told their chief men that which they had
seen Jesus do.
III. 1 But the son of Annas the scribe was standing there with
Joseph; and he took a branch of a willow and dispersed the waters
which Jesus had gathered together. 2 And when Jesus saw what was
done, he was wroth and said unto him: O evil, ungodly, and foolish
one, what hurt did the pools and the waters do thee? behold, now
also thou shalt be withered like a tree, and shalt not bear leaves,
neither root, nor fruit. 3 And straightway that lad withered up
wholly, but Jesus departed and went unto Joseph's house. But the
parents of him that was withered took him up, bewailing his youth,
and brought him to Joseph, and accused him 'for that thou hast such
a child which doeth such deeds.'
IV. 1 After that again he went through the village, and a child ran
and dashed against his shoulder. And Jesus was provoked and said
unto him: Thou shalt not finish thy course (lit. go all thy way).
And immediately he fell down and died. But certain when they saw
what was done said: Whence was this young child born, for that
every word of his is an accomplished work? And the parents of him
that was dead came unto Joseph, and blamed him, saying: Thou that
hast such a child canst not dwell with us in the village: or do
thou teach him to bless and not to curse: for he slayeth our
children.
V. 1 And Joseph called the young child apart and admonished him,
saying: Wherefore doest thou such things, that these suffer and
hate us and persecute us? But Jesus said: I know that these thy
words are not thine: nevertheless for thy sake I will hold my
peace: but they shall bear their punishment. And straightway they
that accused him were smitten with blindness. 2 And they that saw
it were sore afraid and perplexed, and said concerning him that
every word which he spake whether it were good or bad, was a deed,
and became a marvel. And when they (he ?) saw that Jesus had so
done, Joseph arose and took hold upon his ear and wrung it sore. 3
And the young child was wroth and said unto him: It sufficeth thee
(or them) to seek and not to find, and verily thou hast done
unwisely: knowest thou not that I am thine? vex me not.
VI. 1 Now a certain teacher, Zacchaeus by name, stood there and he
heard in part when Jesus said these things to his father and he
marvelled greatly that being a young child he spake such matters. 2
And after a few days he came near unto Joseph and said unto him:
Thou hast a wise child, and he hath understanding. Come, deliver
him to me that he may learn letters.
Praise Jebus!!!
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:50 PM:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:58:07 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 8:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:Dave, please don't turn this into yet another political discussion.
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved
in everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's
Day, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
I'm sick and tired of hearing about the asshole in chief.
Missing BiDumb and his endless caravans of rapists from Venezuela
are you?
Dolt.
WWJD?
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:23:26 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:50 PM:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:58:07 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 8:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:Dave, please don't turn this into yet another political discussion.
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved
in everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's
Day, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
I'm sick and tired of hearing about the asshole in chief.
Missing BiDumb and his endless caravans of rapists from Venezuela
are you?
Dolt.
WWJD?
Walk.
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
The first time I went to a Kmart in Washington State, I was amazed. The parking
lot was vast and nearly empty. Since then, I have seen the same thing in other
places on the mainland. You see that happening in places where land isn't all that expensive.
Kmart also had the blue light special thing. That was pretty goofy. Of course, it
wasn't anything that I was interested in. They did have points and condenser kits
for VWs that you could pick straight off the racks. That was also goofy as hell
but then again, all places should be like that.
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are open 6-days aIf you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the crutch of
week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then you've got bigger
problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor of a thinker as
you are a cook.
What does liquor stores not selling hootch on Sunday have to do with mortality? Nothing. You just like to think you sound intelligent.
On 2026-04-03 11:36 a.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
If you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the crutch of
some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor of a thinker as
you are a cook.
What does liquor stores not selling hootch on Sunday have to do with
mortality? Nothing. You just like to think you sound intelligent.
As I was reading the idiocy you quoted I had to wonder if English was
the summer course that he and Kuthe had to attend because they had
failed but ended up showing the teacher how to teach it. "you are as
poor of a thinker..."?? WTF?
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter.
That would hold for a very secular X-mas too then, right officer dave???
No presents or egg nog, right?
However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating. I don't mind the Easter meal things.
Secular hypocrites alwasy allow for the food and goodies.
The Christ be damned, eh?
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:00:27 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/2/2026 3:54 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making
alcohol for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude,
Jesus, who brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the
piece of shit "Christians" who are against parties where people
drink and are merry.
Actually, it was closer to 120-180 gallons of wine.
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against
people drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get
drunk, puke and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a
disgusting nuisance of themselves.
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday
prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
Why are they closed on election day - could we do WORSE voting drunk?
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 10:41 AM:
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 15:35:03 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/2/2026 12:37 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
What did the mythical Jesus do at the "Wedding at Cana"? Made wine
S Viemeister <firstname@lastname.oc.ku> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:17 AM, Ed P wrote:
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite
common. Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants.
Pharmacies often had reduced hours.
Across the bridge to NJ, it was much looser and most stores open.
Bridge traffic was quite busy on Sunday. In the 60's, it started >>>>>> to loosen a bit.
Up in the northern part of NJ, we had blue laws, too, with
sections of the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen
County is still mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way,
but I haven't been there in years.
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery stores,
NO retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc. were open.
NO liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for today as
well), were ever open. I don't remember drugstores being open for
business either.
from plain water *after the wine had run out*. These apes who use
their religion to dictate to their betters don't even understand
their own mythology.
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making
alcohol for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude,
Jesus, who brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the piece
of shit "Christians" who are against parties where people drink and
are merry.
Jesus was no friend of institutionalized religion (the Pharisees) and
taught that God's kingdom lies within.
Luke 17:20-21
King James Version
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God
should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not
with observation:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the
kingdom of God is within you.
I mean c'mon his own "tribe" had him butchered on a cross and prior to
that almost threw him off a mountainside.
Those are just stories written by ancient priests who lorded over tribes
of illiterate goat herders.
Little to no supporting evidence. Plenty of magic shit and outrageous
lies though.
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 18:21:21 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/1/2026 3:58 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
leo
Leo, you're the only person I know who does Easter decorations.
Although this time of year is about when I usually see a small rabbit
eating plants in my back yard. Maybe it will show up again this
year. ;)
You should name him Bryan, and make sure he does tops and buds only...
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:59:42 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
They're from a slightly less conservative branch of Protestantism. And >> > they accept Catholics now too because Queen Máxima didn't have toReligious adherence should be included in the DSM.
become a Protestant. What a circus.
Perhaps, according to our secretary of war, we're fighting a war most holy. Things,
as they say, are getting out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCBdE8pHBpo
Hegseth is a creep. On another note, why can't the US force those
mediaeval hate beards to open the Street of Hormuz? Why is Trump
crying for help from NATO, who say this war is against international
law, were not consulted and understandably don't want to help? Can
Trump stop making the US look like idiots? It's embarrassing.
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:50 PM:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:58:07 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 8:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:Dave, please don't turn this into yet another political discussion.
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved in
everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day,
Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
I'm sick and tired of hearing about the asshole in chief.
Missing BiDumb and his endless caravans of rapists from Venezuela are
you?
Dolt.
WWJD?
On 2026-04-03 4:24 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
The first time I went to a Kmart in Washington State, I was amazed. The parking
lot was vast and nearly empty. Since then, I have seen the same thing in other
places on the mainland. You see that happening in places where land isn't all
that expensive.
Kmart also had the blue light special thing. That was pretty goofy. Of course, it
wasn't anything that I was interested in. They did have points and condenser kits
for VWs that you could pick straight off the racks. That was also goofy as hell
but then again, all places should be like that.
Malls are not doing well across the country. I first saw evidence of
that in Colorado almost 25 years ago. Most of the flagship stores were
major draws for customers have folded. Up here it was Eatons, Simpsons,
The Bay and a few others.... all gone now. One fairly new mall in
Niagara Falls was torn down a few years ago. Most of the remaining
malls have a lot of vacancies and stores are having a hard time.
Downtown shopping areas had lost their stores to malls and resurrected
as entertainment districts lines with bars and restaurants.
Meanwhile, box stores like Costco, Walmart, Canadian Tire and Home Depot
are growing.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2026-04-03 4:24 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
Malls are not doing well across the country. I first saw evidence of
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
The first time I went to a Kmart in Washington State, I was amazed. The parking
lot was vast and nearly empty. Since then, I have seen the same thing in other
places on the mainland. You see that happening in places where land isn't all
that expensive.
Kmart also had the blue light special thing. That was pretty goofy. Of course, it
wasn't anything that I was interested in. They did have points and condenser kits
for VWs that you could pick straight off the racks. That was also goofy as hell
but then again, all places should be like that.
that in Colorado almost 25 years ago. Most of the flagship stores were
major draws for customers have folded. Up here it was Eatons, Simpsons,
The Bay and a few others.... all gone now. One fairly new mall in
Niagara Falls was torn down a few years ago. Most of the remaining
malls have a lot of vacancies and stores are having a hard time.
Downtown shopping areas had lost their stores to malls and resurrected
as entertainment districts lines with bars and restaurants.
Meanwhile, box stores like Costco, Walmart, Canadian Tire and Home Depot
are growing.
I agree with your assessment/observation.
On 4/3/2026 4:12 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 10:41 AM:Talking donkey.
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 15:35:03 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/2/2026 12:37 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
What did the mythical Jesus do at the "Wedding at Cana"? Made wine
S Viemeister <firstname@lastname.oc.ku> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:17 AM, Ed P wrote:
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite
common. Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants.
Pharmacies often had reduced hours.
Across the bridge to NJ, it was much looser and most stores open. >>>>>>> Bridge traffic was quite busy on Sunday. In the 60's, it started >>>>>>> to loosen a bit.
Up in the northern part of NJ, we had blue laws, too, with
sections of the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen
County is still mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way,
but I haven't been there in years.
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery stores,
NO retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc. were open.
NO liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for today as
well), were ever open. I don't remember drugstores being open for
business either.
from plain water *after the wine had run out*. These apes who use
their religion to dictate to their betters don't even understand
their own mythology.
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making
alcohol for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude,
Jesus, who brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the piece
of shit "Christians" who are against parties where people drink and
are merry.
Jesus was no friend of institutionalized religion (the Pharisees) and
taught that God's kingdom lies within.
Luke 17:20-21
King James Version
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God
should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not
with observation:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the
kingdom of God is within you.
I mean c'mon his own "tribe" had him butchered on a cross and prior to
that almost threw him off a mountainside.
Those are just stories written by ancient priests who lorded over
tribes of illiterate goat herders.
Little to no supporting evidence. Plenty of magic shit and outrageous
lies though.
Numbers 22
28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam,
What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would
there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou
hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do
so unto thee? and he said, Nay.
"the Lord opened the mouth of the ass."
On 4/3/2026 4:23 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:50 PM:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:58:07 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 8:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:Dave, please don't turn this into yet another political discussion.
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved in >>>>>>> everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, >>>>>>> Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
I'm sick and tired of hearing about the asshole in chief.
Missing BiDumb and his endless caravans of rapists from Venezuela are
you?
Trump was jealous because he didn't get to rape as many women.
WWID. What Would Iggy Do? (Iggy Pop)
Dolt.
WWJD?
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:59:42 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
They're from a slightly less conservative branch of Protestantism. And >>>>> they accept Catholics now too because Queen Máxima didn't have toReligious adherence should be included in the DSM.
become a Protestant. What a circus.
Perhaps, according to our secretary of war, we're fighting a war most holy. Things,
as they say, are getting out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCBdE8pHBpo
Hegseth is a creep. On another note, why can't the US force those
mediaeval hate beards to open the Street of Hormuz? Why is Trump
crying for help from NATO, who say this war is against international
law, were not consulted and understandably don't want to help? Can
Trump stop making the US look like idiots? It's embarrassing.
The people involved in this "war" will be on trial as war criminals and a lot of
them will spent the rest of their lives in prison. That's the
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:28:03 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:59:42 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Perhaps, according to our secretary of war, we're fighting a war
most holy. Things, as they say, are getting out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCBdE8pHBpo
Hegseth is a creep.
Based on what?
On another note, why can't the US force those
mediaeval hate beards to open the Street of Hormuz?
Decentralized deployment of small boats.
Why is Trump
crying for help from NATO, who say this war is against international
law,
Because the scurvy bastids get their oil from there (like you Oztards
do) and yet refuse to end their interdictions of shipping, duh.
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are under
the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they can avoid
death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
"The only states that still cling to statewide Election Day sales bans
of alcohol at restaurants, bars and package stores are Kentucky, Indiana
and South Carolina. Utah and West Virginia still ban the sale of alcohol
at package stores on Election Day. Alaska and Massachusetts also ban Election Day alcohol sales, except that local governments are authorized
to provide an exemption from the ban."
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are under
the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they can avoid
death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
It has been often said that wisdom comes with age, thanks for clearing
up that lie. I've never read once or heard a Christian or non-Christian
say death can be avoided, it cannot.
It's hard to believe you get more stupid with every passing day.
I don't know why she'd name him after me, but that's the parts that
rabbits eat, not the orange root. They only munch on the carrots in cartoons.
Eternal life is a core tenet of the Christian faith. It is considered
a gift from God, made possible through the life, death, and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Lucky bastards!
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
I don't know why she'd name him after me, but that's the parts that
rabbits eat, not the orange root. They only munch on the carrots in
cartoons.
Actually, rabbits will eat carrots, the orange part, but it should beIt's not that they can't, it's that they don't dig up carrots. They eat
fed to them sparingly of about once a week. It's high in sugar and
can lead to digestive issues.
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 4:39 PM:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:23:26 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:50 PM:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:58:07 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 8:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:Dave, please don't turn this into yet another political
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved >>>>>>> in everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St.
Patrick's Day, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and
Christmas. Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
discussion. I'm sick and tired of hearing about the asshole in
chief.
Missing BiDumb and his endless caravans of rapists from Venezuela
are you?
Dolt.
WWJD?
Walk.
You didn't.
On 4/3/2026 10:36 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are openIf you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the crutch
6-days a week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then you've
got bigger problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
of some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor of a
thinker as you are a cook.
What does liquor stores not selling hootch on Sunday have to do with mortality? Nothing. You just like to think you sound intelligent.Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are under
the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they can avoid
death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
you know that Joan is a shitty
cook, but you like her too much to not lie.
On 4/1/2026 5:15 PM, chefly wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter.
That would hold for a very secular X-mas too then, right officer
dave???
No presents or egg nog, right?
However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating. I don't mind the Easter meal things.
Secular hypocrites alwasy allow for the food and goodies.
The Christ be damned, eh?Food is real. Jesus is a figure of mythology, as are Moses, Noah,
Adam, Eve, etc.
On 4/3/2026 4:12 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 10:41 AM:
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 15:35:03 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/2/2026 12:37 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
What did the mythical Jesus do at the "Wedding at Cana"? Made wine
S Viemeister <firstname@lastname.oc.ku> posted:
On 4/2/2026 3:17 AM, Ed P wrote:
Growing up in PA in the 1950s, Blue Laws for Sunday were quite
common. Stores closed, no alcohol, even in restaurants.
Pharmacies often had reduced hours.
Across the bridge to NJ, it was much looser and most stores
open. Bridge traffic was quite busy on Sunday. In the 60's,
it started to loosen a bit.
Up in the northern part of NJ, we had blue laws, too, with
sections of the supermarkets blocked off on Sundays. IIRC Bergen
County is still mostly closed on Sunday - may still be that way,
but I haven't been there in years.
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery
stores, NO retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc.
were open. NO liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true for
today as well), were ever open. I don't remember drugstores
being open for business either.
from plain water *after the wine had run out*. These apes who use
their religion to dictate to their betters don't even understand
their own mythology.
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making
alcohol for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude,
Jesus, who brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the
piece of shit "Christians" who are against parties where people
drink and are merry.
Jesus was no friend of institutionalized religion (the Pharisees)
and taught that God's kingdom lies within.
Luke 17:20-21
King James Version
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of
God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God
cometh not with observation:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the
kingdom of God is within you.
I mean c'mon his own "tribe" had him butchered on a cross and
prior to that almost threw him off a mountainside.
Those are just stories written by ancient priests who lorded over
tribes of illiterate goat herders.
Little to no supporting evidence. Plenty of magic shit andTalking donkey.
outrageous lies though.
Numbers 22
28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto
Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these
three times?
29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would
there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou
hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to
do so unto thee? and he said, Nay.
"the Lord opened the mouth of the ass."
On 4/1/2026 5:25 PM, chefly wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 18:21:21 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/1/2026 3:58 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
leo
Leo, you're the only person I know who does Easter decorations.
Although this time of year is about when I usually see a small
rabbit eating plants in my back yard. Maybe it will show up again
this year. ;)
You should name him Bryan, and make sure he does tops and budsI don't know why she'd name him after me, but that's the parts that
only...
rabbits eat, not the orange root. They only munch on the carrots in cartoons.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:I THINK MOST OF THE IRANIANS ARE DEAD.
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:59:42 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
They're from a slightly less conservative branch ofReligious adherence should be included in the DSM.
Protestantism. And they accept Catholics now too because Queen
Máxima didn't have to become a Protestant. What a circus.
Perhaps, according to our secretary of war, we're fighting a war
most holy. Things, as they say, are getting out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCBdE8pHBpo
Hegseth is a creep. On another note, why can't the US force those
mediaeval hate beards to open the Street of Hormuz? Why is Trump
crying for help from NATO, who say this war is against international
law, were not consulted and understandably don't want to help? Can
Trump stop making the US look like idiots? It's embarrassing.
The people involved in this "war" will be on trial as war criminals
and a lot of them will spent the rest of their lives in prison.
That's the breaks.
On 4/3/2026 4:23 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:50 PM:Trump was jealous because he didn't get to rape as many women.
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:58:07 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 8:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:Dave, please don't turn this into yet another political
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved
in everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St.
Patrick's Day, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
discussion. I'm sick and tired of hearing about the asshole in
chief.
Missing BiDumb and his endless caravans of rapists from Venezuela
are you?
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
Eternal life is a core tenet of the Christian faith. It is considered
a gift from God, made possible through the life, death, and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Lucky bastards!
And it's FREE, doesn't cost you a dime. The price has been paid.
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:49:06 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 10:36 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:Death is the container, not the contents, this is well known.
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are under
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are openIf you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the crutch
6-days a week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then you've
got bigger problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
of some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor of a
thinker as you are a cook.
What does liquor stores not selling hootch on Sunday have to do with
mortality? Nothing. You just like to think you sound intelligent.
the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they can avoid
death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
Trump starts a war that every legal expert says is a violation of international law.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
Eternal life is a core tenet of the Christian faith. It is
considered a gift from God, made possible through the life, death,
and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Lucky bastards!
And it's FREE, doesn't cost you a dime. The price has been paid.
~
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
I don't know why she'd name him after me, but that's the parts that
rabbits eat, not the orange root. They only munch on the carrots in
cartoons.
Actually, rabbits will eat carrots, the orange part, but it should be
fed to them sparingly of about once a week. It's high in sugar and
can lead to digestive issues.
On 2026-04-03 7:35 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
I don't know why she'd name him after me, but that's the parts that
rabbits eat, not the orange root. They only munch on the carrots in
cartoons.
Actually, rabbits will eat carrots, the orange part, but it should be
fed to them sparingly of about once a week. It's high in sugar and
can lead to digestive issues.
I had a pet rabbit and he loved carrots. My father used to give me
carrots for the rabbit and, having grown up on a rabbit ranch, he knew a >thing or two about rabbits.
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:54:56 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Trump starts a war that every legal expert says is a violation of
international law.
"every expert"?
Prove that, ya dutch dimwit.
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:39:31 GMT
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
Eternal life is a core tenet of the Christian faith. It is
considered a gift from God, made possible through the life, death,
and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Lucky bastards!
And it's FREE, doesn't cost you a dime. The price has been paid.
~
+1
:-)
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:50:44 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
you know that Joan is a shitty
cook, but you like her too much to not lie.
How would we know that?
what proofs have you?
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:52:12 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/1/2026 5:15 PM, chefly wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400Food is real. Jesus is a figure of mythology, as are Moses, Noah,
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter.
That would hold for a very secular X-mas too then, right officer
dave???
No presents or egg nog, right?
However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating. I don't mind the Easter meal things.
Secular hypocrites alwasy allow for the food and goodies.
The Christ be damned, eh?
Adam, Eve, etc.
That is provably false.
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:06:01 GMT
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:59:42 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
They're from a slightly less conservative branch ofReligious adherence should be included in the DSM.
Protestantism. And they accept Catholics now too because Queen
Máxima didn't have to become a Protestant. What a circus.
Perhaps, according to our secretary of war, we're fighting a war
most holy. Things, as they say, are getting out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCBdE8pHBpo
Hegseth is a creep. On another note, why can't the US force those
mediaeval hate beards to open the Street of Hormuz? Why is Trump
crying for help from NATO, who say this war is against international
law, were not consulted and understandably don't want to help? Can
Trump stop making the US look like idiots? It's embarrassing.
The people involved in this "war" will be on trial as war criminals
and a lot of them will spent the rest of their lives in prison.
That's the breaks.
I THINK MOST OF THE IRANIANS ARE DEAD.
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:08:55 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 4:23 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:50 PM:>
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:58:07 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 8:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:Dave, please don't turn this into yet another political
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved >>>>>>>> in everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St.
Patrick's Day, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas. >>>>>>>> Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
discussion. I'm sick and tired of hearing about the asshole in
chief.
Missing BiDumb and his endless caravans of rapists from Venezuela
are you?
Trump was jealous because he didn't get to rape as many women.
He certainly didn't murder his wife to shack up with his babysitter.
I had a pet rabbit and he loved carrots. My father used to give me
carrots for the rabbit and, having grown up on a rabbit ranch, he knew a thing or two about rabbits.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I had a pet rabbit and he loved carrots. My father used to give me
carrots for the rabbit and, having grown up on a rabbit ranch, he knew a
thing or two about rabbits.
A rabbit ranch sounds like a funny place. Did they make rabbit feet and funny furry hats? I used to have rabbit feet. As I recall, one was green and the other
white. Now that I think about it, a product like that would be considered horrifying today - or would it?
On 2026-04-03 9:36 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I had a pet rabbit and he loved carrots. My father used to give me
carrots for the rabbit and, having grown up on a rabbit ranch, he knew a >>> thing or two about rabbits.
A rabbit ranch sounds like a funny place. Did they make rabbit feet
and funny
furry hats? I used to have rabbit feet. As I recall, one was green and
the other
white. Now that I think about it, a product like that would be considered
horrifying today - or would it?
They were Angora rabbits and they were sheared for their wool. When I
was a kid just about everyone had a lucky rabbit's foot key chain. I always wondered why we would think they were lucky. The rabbits had four
of them and they still died.
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 6:52 PM:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:52:12 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/1/2026 5:15 PM, chefly wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400Food is real. Jesus is a figure of mythology, as are Moses, Noah,
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter.
That would hold for a very secular X-mas too then, right officer
dave???
No presents or egg nog, right?
However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating. I don't mind the Easter meal things.
Secular hypocrites alwasy allow for the food and goodies.
The Christ be damned, eh?
Adam, Eve, etc.
That is provably false.
Then provide that proof.
Dave Smith wrote on 4/3/2026 9:24 PM:
On 2026-04-03 9:36 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I had a pet rabbit and he loved carrots. My father used to give me
carrots for the rabbit and, having grown up on a rabbit ranch, he knew a >>>> thing or two about rabbits.
A rabbit ranch sounds like a funny place. Did they make rabbit feet
and funny
furry hats? I used to have rabbit feet. As I recall, one was green and
the other
white. Now that I think about it, a product like that would be considered >>> horrifying today - or would it?
They were Angora rabbits and they were sheared for their wool. When I
was a kid just about everyone had a lucky rabbit's foot key chain. I
always wondered why we would think they were lucky. The rabbits had four
of them and they still died.
Shearing killed them? Don't tell Master Bruce. He'd shit if he knew
you killed rabbits and didn't even eat them.
Trump starts a war that every legal expert says is a violation of international law. Now Trump wants countries that do respect
international law, to help him? And when they say No, he starts to
cry? Is he deluded?
On 2026-04-03, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Trump starts a war that every legal expert says is a violation of
international law. Now Trump wants countries that do respect
international law, to help him? And when they say No, he starts to
cry? Is he deluded?
Yes, he is deluded. His briefings contain a two-minute montage
of stuff blowing up in Iran, and precious little fact.
"Overall, the official said, the information Trump gets about the war
tends to emphasize U.S. successes, with comparatively little detail
about Iranian actions." >https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-gets-daily-video-montage-briefing-iran-war-rcna263912
And then there are the voices in his head.
On 2026-04-01, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
Leo, you're the only person I know who does Easter decorations.
Although this time of year is about when I usually see a small rabbit
eating plants in my back yard. Maybe it will show up again this year. ;)
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved in
everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day,
Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Who am I to argue with art?
leo--
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:08:55 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 4:23 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:50 PM:>
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:58:07 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 8:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:Dave, please don't turn this into yet another political
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't involved >>>>>>>> in everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day, St.
Patrick's Day, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas. >>>>>>>> Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon for
every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of a
Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
discussion. I'm sick and tired of hearing about the asshole in
chief.
Missing BiDumb and his endless caravans of rapists from Venezuela
are you?
Trump was jealous because he didn't get to rape as many women.
He certainly didn't murder his wife to shack up with his babysitter.
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 15:43:50 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/2/2026 10:54 AM, chefly wrote:
There a lamp store near here. The owner used to run ads in the little
Music to make lamps by.
local papers, declaring himself "The King of the Lampshades."
http://brodylamp.com/
+1
http://brodylamp.com/wp1/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1023-068.jpg
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
I don't know why she'd name him after me, but that's the parts that
rabbits eat, not the orange root. They only munch on the carrots in
cartoons.
Actually, rabbits will eat carrots, the orange part, but it should be
fed to them sparingly of about once a week. It's high in sugar and
can lead to digestive issues.
~
On 4/3/2026 7:35 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
I don't know why she'd name him after me, but that's the parts that
rabbits eat, not the orange root. They only munch on the carrots in
cartoons.
Actually, rabbits will eat carrots, the orange part, but it should be
fed to them sparingly of about once a week. It's high in sugar and
can lead to digestive issues.
~
Wild rabbits tend to prefer tender leafy greens.
On 4/3/2026 7:35 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
I don't know why she'd name him after me, but that's the parts that
rabbits eat, not the orange root. They only munch on the carrots in
cartoons.
Actually, rabbits will eat carrots, the orange part, but it should be
fed to them sparingly of about once a week. It's high in sugar and
can lead to digestive issues.
~
Wild rabbits tend to prefer tender leafy greens.
On 4/4/2026 3:51 PM, jmquown wrote:
The rabbits in my garden really enjoy destroying my lupines.Actually, rabbits will eat carrots, the orange part, but it should be
fed to them sparingly of about once a week. It's high in sugar and
can lead to digestive issues.
~
Wild rabbits tend to prefer tender leafy greens.
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:31 PM:
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:20:29 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
In ancient history, jeasus got super drunk and did crazier shit than
even Noah did much earlier.
I'm sure you have a citation.
Have you read of His childhood?
http://www.gnosis.org/library/inftoma.htm
I. I, Thomas the Israelite, tell unto you, even all the brethren that
are of the Gentiles, to make known unto you the works of the childhood
of our Lord Jesus Christ and his mighty deeds, even all that he did
when he was born in our land: whereof the beginning is thus:
II. 1 This little child Jesus when he was five years old was playing
at the ford of a brook: and he gathered together the waters that
flowed there into pools, and made them straightway clean, and
commanded them by his word alone. 2 And having made soft clay, he
fashioned thereof twelve sparrows. And it was the Sabbath when he did
these things (or made them). And there were also many other little
children playing with him.
3 And a certain Jew when he saw what Jesus did, playing upon the
Sabbath day, departed straightway and told his father Joseph: Lo, thy
child is at the brook, and he hath taken clay and fashioned twelve
little birds, and hath polluted the Sabbath day. 4 And Joseph came to
the place and saw: and cried out to him, saying: Wherefore doest thou
these things on the Sabbath, which it is not lawful to do? But Jesus
clapped his hands together and cried out to the sparrows and said to
them: Go! and the sparrows took their flight and went away chirping. 5
And when the Jews saw it they were amazed, and departed and told their
chief men that which they had seen Jesus do.
III. 1 But the son of Annas the scribe was standing there with Joseph;
and he took a branch of a willow and dispersed the waters which Jesus
had gathered together. 2 And when Jesus saw what was done, he was
wroth and said unto him: O evil, ungodly, and foolish one, what hurt
did the pools and the waters do thee? behold, now also thou shalt be
withered like a tree, and shalt not bear leaves, neither root, nor
fruit. 3 And straightway that lad withered up wholly, but Jesus
departed and went unto Joseph's house. But the parents of him that was
withered took him up, bewailing his youth, and brought him to Joseph,
and accused him 'for that thou hast such a child which doeth such deeds.'
IV. 1 After that again he went through the village, and a child ran
and dashed against his shoulder. And Jesus was provoked and said unto
him: Thou shalt not finish thy course (lit. go all thy way). And
immediately he fell down and died. But certain when they saw what was
done said: Whence was this young child born, for that every word of
his is an accomplished work? And the parents of him that was dead came
unto Joseph, and blamed him, saying: Thou that hast such a child canst
not dwell with us in the village: or do thou teach him to bless and
not to curse: for he slayeth our children.
V. 1 And Joseph called the young child apart and admonished him,
saying: Wherefore doest thou such things, that these suffer and hate
us and persecute us? But Jesus said: I know that these thy words are
not thine: nevertheless for thy sake I will hold my peace: but they
shall bear their punishment. And straightway they that accused him
were smitten with blindness. 2 And they that saw it were sore afraid
and perplexed, and said concerning him that every word which he spake
whether it were good or bad, was a deed, and became a marvel. And when
they (he ?) saw that Jesus had so done, Joseph arose and took hold
upon his ear and wrung it sore. 3 And the young child was wroth and
said unto him: It sufficeth thee (or them) to seek and not to find,
and verily thou hast done unwisely: knowest thou not that I am thine?
vex me not.
VI. 1 Now a certain teacher, Zacchaeus by name, stood there and he
heard in part when Jesus said these things to his father and he
marvelled greatly that being a young child he spake such matters. 2 And
after a few days he came near unto Joseph and said unto him: Thou hast
a wise child, and he hath understanding. Come, deliver him to me that
he may learn letters.
Praise Jebus!!!
On 2026-04-04 10:51 a.m., jmquown wrote:
On 4/3/2026 7:35 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
They only munch on the carrots in
cartoons.
Actually, rabbits will eat carrots, the orange part, but it should be
fed to them sparingly of about once a week. It's high in sugar and
can lead to digestive issues.
Wild rabbits tend to prefer tender leafy greens.
Wild rabbits are more likely to eat the tops of carrots than the roots.
They love any type of greens. They like grass and hay. I often see
rabbits grazing on my lawn. The biggest problem with rabbits eating too
many carrots is that there is a lot of sugar in them and they can get fat.
On 4/3/2026 7:35 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
I don't know why she'd name him after me, but that's the parts that
rabbits eat, not the orange root. They only munch on the carrots in
cartoons.
Actually, rabbits will eat carrots, the orange part, but it should be
fed to them sparingly of about once a week. It's high in sugar and
can lead to digestive issues.
~
Wild rabbits tend to prefer tender leafy greens.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I would say rabbits, like most wild animals, are opportunistic eaters.
If grass, hay, clover, etc. is available they'll munch on that. If
Sheila's lupines or your mother's begonias are available, they'd scarf
them down and probably think, "What a treat!"
I see a wild rabbit in mine and my neighbor's yard occasionally. Another neighbor has a ground hog, and I've seen it on two occasions. Another herbivore enjoying mostly grass.
jmquown wrote on 4/3/2026 3:53 PM:
On 4/3/2026 12:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 11:36 a.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
If you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the crutch of >>>>> some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor of a thinker as >>>>> you are a cook.
What does liquor stores not selling hootch on Sunday have to do with
mortality? Nothing. You just like to think you sound intelligent.
As I was reading the idiocy you quoted I had to wonder if English was
the summer course that he and Kuthe had to attend because they had
failed but ended up showing the teacher how to teach it. "you are as
poor of a thinker..."?? WTF?
His sense of superiority never fails to astonish.
Your Majesty is easily entertained though.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2026-04-04 10:51 a.m., jmquown wrote:
On 4/3/2026 7:35 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
They only munch on the carrots in
cartoons.
Actually, rabbits will eat carrots, the orange part, but it should be
fed to them sparingly of about once a week. It's high in sugar and
can lead to digestive issues.
Wild rabbits tend to prefer tender leafy greens.
Wild rabbits are more likely to eat the tops of carrots than the roots.
They love any type of greens. They like grass and hay. I often see
rabbits grazing on my lawn. The biggest problem with rabbits eating too
many carrots is that there is a lot of sugar in them and they can get fat.
I would say rabbits, like most wild animals, are opportunistic eaters.
If grass, hay, clover, etc. is available they'll munch on that. If
Sheila's lupines or your mother's begonias are available, they'd scarf
them down and probably think, "What a treat!"
I see a wild rabbit in mine and my neighbor's yard occasionally. Another neighbor has a ground hog, and I've seen it on two occasions. Another herbivore enjoying mostly grass.
On 2026-04-04, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
Wild rabbits tend to prefer tender leafy greens.
They're pretty fond of cracked corn as well.
One time I put a bit of banana bread out and they barely
let me get to the door before they were on it.
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:50:44 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
you know that Joan is a shitty
cook, but you like her too much to not lie.
How would we know that?
what proofs have you?
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 6:50 PM:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:50:44 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
you know that Joan is a shitty
cook, but you like her too much to not lie.
How would we know that?
what proofs have you?
What proofs of Jebus do you have? Surely you didn't pull that stuff out
of your ass.
On 2026-04-04 1:54 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2026-04-04, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
Wild rabbits tend to prefer tender leafy greens.
They're pretty fond of cracked corn as well.
One time I put a bit of banana bread out and they barely
let me get to the door before they were on it.
If only our feral cat would be so responsive. Our neighbour was leaving
food in the barn for it. Then my wife started leaving meat scraps in a
bowl by the front porch. A couple weeks ago the cat left a headless
mouse on the porch for us. I thought that meant it had adopted us but I
have not seen it since.
On 4/3/2026 6:50 PM, chefly wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:50:44 -0500Her posts. She either a shitty cook or a liar. My money's on shitty cook.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
you know that Joan is a shitty
cook, but you like her too much to not lie.
How would we know that?
what proofs have you?
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are under
the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they can avoid
death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
It has been often said that wisdom comes with age, thanks for clearingThe death of the soul, moron. That eternal life in Heaven nonsense.
up that lie. I've never read once or heard a Christian or non-Christian
say death can be avoided, it cannot.
It's hard to believe you get more stupid with every passing day.
On 4/3/2026 6:25 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are under
the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they can avoid
death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
It has been often said that wisdom comes with age, thanks for clearing
up that lie. I've never read once or heard a Christian or non-Christian say death can be avoided, it cannot.
It's hard to believe you get more stupid with every passing day.The death of the soul, moron. That eternal life in Heaven nonsense.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
If only our feral cat would be so responsive. Our neighbour was leaving
food in the barn for it. Then my wife started leaving meat scraps in a
bowl by the front porch. A couple weeks ago the cat left a headless
mouse on the porch for us. I thought that meant it had adopted us but I
have not seen it since.
That feral cat was just saying, "Thank you" for the meal. Cats I've had
in the past would leave me thank you gifts on occasion. 😒
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/3/2026 6:25 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
The death of the soul, moron. That eternal life in Heaven nonsense.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are under
the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they can avoid
death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
It has been often said that wisdom comes with age, thanks for clearing
up that lie. I've never read once or heard a Christian or non-Christian >>> say death can be avoided, it cannot.
It's hard to believe you get more stupid with every passing day.
Can you give me proof that the soul dies when we die? Can you prove with 100% certainty it dies and there's no eternal life?? I don't want to read something you've copied off the internet by another brainless twit; I want
to see your actual proof. Proof, not something you've imagined or twisted
to fit your narrative.
~
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/3/2026 6:25 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
The death of the soul, moron. That eternal life in Heaven nonsense.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are under
the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they can avoid
death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
It has been often said that wisdom comes with age, thanks for clearing
up that lie. I've never read once or heard a Christian or non-Christian >>> say death can be avoided, it cannot.
It's hard to believe you get more stupid with every passing day.
Can you give me proof that the soul dies when we die? Can you prove with 100% certainty it dies and there's no eternal life?? I don't want to read something you've copied off the internet by another brainless twit; I wantChurchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to prove a negative. They have to believe in God because they think that no one can
to see your actual proof. Proof, not something you've imagined or twisted
to fit your narrative.
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is a soul.
We have had enough outdoor cats in the past that I am used to the corpse sharing.
On 2026-04-04 2:44 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Churchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to prove a >negative. They have to believe in God because they think that no one can >prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let them prove it does.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/3/2026 6:25 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
The death of the soul, moron. That eternal life in Heaven nonsense.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are under >>>>> the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they can avoid >>>>> death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
It has been often said that wisdom comes with age, thanks for clearing >>>> up that lie. I've never read once or heard a Christian or non-Christian >>>> say death can be avoided, it cannot.
It's hard to believe you get more stupid with every passing day.
Can you give me proof that the soul dies when we die? Can you prove with
100% certainty it dies and there's no eternal life?? I don't want to read >> something you've copied off the internet by another brainless twit; I want >> to see your actual proof. Proof, not something you've imagined or twisted >> to fit your narrative.
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is a soul.
On 4/4/2026 3:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
We have had enough outdoor cats in the past that I am used to the corpse
sharing.
If it was respectful, it would have brought you tofu.
On 4/4/2026 3:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
We have had enough outdoor cats in the past that I am used to the
corpse sharing.
If it was respectful, it would have brought you tofu.
On 2026-04-04 3:56 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 4/4/2026 3:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
We have had enough outdoor cats in the past that I am used to the
corpse sharing.
If it was respectful, it would have brought you tofu.
I have to say that a headless mouse in March seems a lot more respectful >than a mole and it's pet green bottle flies in June.
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote on 4/4/2026 1:44 PM:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
The death of the soul, moron. That eternal life in Heaven nonsense.
Can you give me proof that the soul dies when we die? Can you prove with 100% certainty it dies and there's no eternal life?? I don't want to read something you've copied off the internet by another brainless twit; I want to see your actual proof. Proof, not something you've imagined or twisted to fit your narrative.
You, nor anyone else, can prove a negative.
Only positive assertions can be proven.
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is a soul.Churchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to prove a negative. They have to believe in God because they think that no one can prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let them prove it does.
Prove He doesn't exist.
On 4/3/2026 6:50 PM, chefly wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:50:44 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
you know that Joan is a shitty
cook, but you like her too much to not lie.
How would we know that?
what proofs have you?Her posts. She either a shitty cook or a liar. My money's on shitty
cook.
Churchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to prove
a negative. They have to believe in God because they think that no
one can prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let them prove it
does.
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 6:52 PM:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:52:12 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/1/2026 5:15 PM, chefly wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400Food is real. Jesus is a figure of mythology, as are Moses, Noah,
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate for
Easter.
That would hold for a very secular X-mas too then, right officer
dave???
No presents or egg nog, right?
However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating. I don't mind the Easter meal things.
Secular hypocrites alwasy allow for the food and goodies.
The Christ be damned, eh?
Adam, Eve, etc.
That is provably false.
Then provide that proof.
And then there are the voices in his head.
On 4/3/2026 6:25 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are
under the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they
can avoid death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
It has been often said that wisdom comes with age, thanks for
clearing up that lie. I've never read once or heard a Christian or non-Christian say death can be avoided, it cannot.
It's hard to believe you get more stupid with every passing day.The death of the soul, moron.
That eternal life in Heaven nonsense.
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 7:01 PM:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:54:56 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Trump starts a war that every legal expert says is a violation of
international law.
"every expert"?
Prove that, ya dutch dimwit.
He doesn't have to. Trumps head got stuck after it was inserted up
pootin's ass.
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 6:55 PM:
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:06:01 GMT
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:59:42 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:
On 2026-04-01 4:36 p.m., Bruce wrote:
They're from a slightly less conservative branch ofReligious adherence should be included in the DSM.
Protestantism. And they accept Catholics now too because Queen
Máxima didn't have to become a Protestant. What a circus.
Perhaps, according to our secretary of war, we're fighting a war
most holy. Things, as they say, are getting out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCBdE8pHBpo
Hegseth is a creep. On another note, why can't the US force those
mediaeval hate beards to open the Street of Hormuz? Why is Trump
crying for help from NATO, who say this war is against
international law, were not consulted and understandably don't
want to help? Can Trump stop making the US look like idiots? It's
embarrassing.
The people involved in this "war" will be on trial as war criminals
and a lot of them will spent the rest of their lives in prison.
That's the breaks.
I THINK MOST OF THE IRANIANS ARE DEAD.
Yah. So why is trump still offering them deals? I guess he must do
a lot of deals with dead people.
On 4/3/2026 8:11 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 6:52 PM:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:52:12 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/1/2026 5:15 PM, chefly wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:49:45 -0400Food is real. Jesus is a figure of mythology, as are Moses, Noah,
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-04-01 3:58 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Do you all have your Easter trees decorated? If not, get on it.
Easter is right around the corner!
<https://postimg.cc/hJw1GWz1>
Not being at all religious I never saw any reason to decorate
for Easter.
That would hold for a very secular X-mas too then, right officer
dave???
No presents or egg nog, right?
However, my wife is a churchgoer and she does Easter
decorating. I don't mind the Easter meal things.
Secular hypocrites alwasy allow for the food and goodies.
The Christ be damned, eh?
Adam, Eve, etc.
That is provably false.
Then provide that proof.He can't. There is no historical record in Egypt, which kept
meticulous records, of the silliness in Exodus. There is no
historical record in Rome, which kept meticulous records, of the
trial and execution, or even the existence of Jesus. The Bible is
cobbled together, and most of the shit never happened.
And he fires
people who do know.
On 4/3/2026 4:20 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:31 PM:Stuff that didn't get put into the Bible.
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:20:29 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
In ancient history, jeasus got super drunk and did crazier shit
than even Noah did much earlier.
I'm sure you have a citation.
Have you read of His childhood?
More fiction. Jesus was a
fictional character.
http://www.gnosis.org/library/inftoma.htm
I. I, Thomas the Israelite, tell unto you, even all the brethren
that are of the Gentiles, to make known unto you the works of the
childhood of our Lord Jesus Christ and his mighty deeds, even all
that he did when he was born in our land: whereof the beginning is
thus:
II. 1 This little child Jesus when he was five years old was
playing at the ford of a brook: and he gathered together the
waters that flowed there into pools, and made them straightway
clean, and commanded them by his word alone. 2 And having made
soft clay, he fashioned thereof twelve sparrows. And it was the
Sabbath when he did these things (or made them). And there were
also many other little children playing with him.
3 And a certain Jew when he saw what Jesus did, playing upon the
Sabbath day, departed straightway and told his father Joseph: Lo,
thy child is at the brook, and he hath taken clay and fashioned
twelve little birds, and hath polluted the Sabbath day. 4 And
Joseph came to the place and saw: and cried out to him, saying:
Wherefore doest thou these things on the Sabbath, which it is not
lawful to do? But Jesus clapped his hands together and cried out
to the sparrows and said to them: Go! and the sparrows took their
flight and went away chirping. 5 And when the Jews saw it they
were amazed, and departed and told their chief men that which they
had seen Jesus do.
III. 1 But the son of Annas the scribe was standing there with
Joseph; and he took a branch of a willow and dispersed the waters
which Jesus had gathered together. 2 And when Jesus saw what was
done, he was wroth and said unto him: O evil, ungodly, and foolish
one, what hurt did the pools and the waters do thee? behold, now
also thou shalt be withered like a tree, and shalt not bear
leaves, neither root, nor fruit. 3 And straightway that lad
withered up wholly, but Jesus departed and went unto Joseph's
house. But the parents of him that was withered took him up,
bewailing his youth, and brought him to Joseph, and accused him
'for that thou hast such a child which doeth such deeds.'
IV. 1 After that again he went through the village, and a child
ran and dashed against his shoulder. And Jesus was provoked and
said unto him: Thou shalt not finish thy course (lit. go all thy
way). And immediately he fell down and died. But certain when they
saw what was done said: Whence was this young child born, for that
every word of his is an accomplished work? And the parents of him
that was dead came unto Joseph, and blamed him, saying: Thou that
hast such a child canst not dwell with us in the village: or do
thou teach him to bless and not to curse: for he slayeth our
children.
V. 1 And Joseph called the young child apart and admonished him,
saying: Wherefore doest thou such things, that these suffer and
hate us and persecute us? But Jesus said: I know that these thy
words are not thine: nevertheless for thy sake I will hold my
peace: but they shall bear their punishment. And straightway they
that accused him were smitten with blindness. 2 And they that saw
it were sore afraid and perplexed, and said concerning him that
every word which he spake whether it were good or bad, was a deed,
and became a marvel. And when they (he ?) saw that Jesus had so
done, Joseph arose and took hold upon his ear and wrung it sore. 3
And the young child was wroth and said unto him: It sufficeth thee
(or them) to seek and not to find, and verily thou hast done
unwisely: knowest thou not that I am thine? vex me not.
VI. 1 Now a certain teacher, Zacchaeus by name, stood there and he
heard in part when Jesus said these things to his father and he
marvelled greatly that being a young child he spake such matters.
2 And after a few days he came near unto Joseph and said unto him:
Thou hast a wise child, and he hath understanding. Come, deliver
him to me that he may learn letters.
Praise Jebus!!!I write fiction too!
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:39:31 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
Eternal life is a core tenet of the Christian faith. It is
considered a gift from God, made possible through the life, death,
and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Lucky bastards!
And it's FREE, doesn't cost you a dime. The price has been paid.
Bizarre logic :)
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:50:22 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:49:06 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 10:36 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:Death is the container, not the contents, this is well known.
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are openIf you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the
6-days a week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then
you've got bigger problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
crutch of some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor
of a thinker as you are a cook.
What does liquor stores not selling hootch on Sunday have to do
with mortality? Nothing. You just like to think you sound
intelligent.
under the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they
can avoid death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
Among a shrinking number of believers.
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 6:50 PM:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:50:44 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
you know that Joan is a shitty
cook, but you like her too much to not lie.
How would we know that?
what proofs have you?
What proofs of Jebus do you have?
Surely you didn't pull that stuff
out of your ass.
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote on 4/4/2026 1:44 PM:
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/3/2026 6:25 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
The death of the soul, moron. That eternal life in Heaven
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are
under the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they
can avoid death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
It has been often said that wisdom comes with age, thanks for
clearing up that lie. I've never read once or heard a Christian
or non-Christian say death can be avoided, it cannot.
It's hard to believe you get more stupid with every passing day.
nonsense.
Can you give me proof that the soul dies when we die? Can you
prove with 100% certainty it dies and there's no eternal life?? I
don't want to read something you've copied off the internet by
another brainless twit; I want to see your actual proof. Proof,
not something you've imagined or twisted to fit your narrative.
~
You, nor anyone else, can prove a negative.
Only positive assertions can be proven.
On 4/3/2026 6:56 PM, chefly wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:08:55 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 4:23 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:50 PM:>
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:58:07 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 8:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:Dave, please don't turn this into yet another political
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't
involved in everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day,
St. Patrick's Day, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and
Christmas. Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon
for every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of
a Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for
that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
discussion. I'm sick and tired of hearing about the asshole in
chief.
Missing BiDumb and his endless caravans of rapists from Venezuela
are you?
Trump was jealous because he didn't get to rape as many women.
He certainly didn't murder his wife to shack up with his babysitter.We don't know exactly why he murdered his wife, but he had her buried
on one of his golf courses so he could cheat on taxes by claiming it
was a cemetery. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/did-trump-bury-ex-wife-ivana-on-his-golf-course-to-save-taxes-explained-9045577
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 6:56 PM:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:08:55 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 4:23 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:50 PM:>
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:58:07 -0400
jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 8:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-03 6:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:Dave, please don't turn this into yet another political
On 2026-04-03, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
No! No! No! It's all my wife! Although the tree isn't
involved in everything, she decorates for Valentine's Day,
St. Patrick's Day, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and
Christmas. Who am I to argue with art?
My late brother-in-law, whose wife decorated her nail salon
for every conceivable holiday, once mooted the possibility of
a Butthole Day and speculated on how she would decorate for
that.
I am thinking MAGA motif.
discussion. I'm sick and tired of hearing about the asshole in
chief.
Missing BiDumb and his endless caravans of rapists from Venezuela
are you?
Trump was jealous because he didn't get to rape as many women.
He certainly didn't murder his wife to shack up with his babysitter.
That was Obama, right?
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is a soul.Churchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to prove a
negative. They have to believe in God because they think that no one can
prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let them prove it does.
Prove He doesn't exist.
On 2026-04-04, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net wrote:
Prove He doesn't exist.
Instant transmission of data is prohibited by general relativity.
Thus omniscience is prohibited by general relativity.
Thus it's up to you to disprove general relativity.
I won't even get into quantum physics because that triggers Hank.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 4/3/2026 6:25 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
The death of the soul, moron. That eternal life in Heaven nonsense.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are under
the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they can avoid
death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
It has been often said that wisdom comes with age, thanks for clearing
up that lie. I've never read once or heard a Christian or non-Christian >> > say death can be avoided, it cannot.
It's hard to believe you get more stupid with every passing day.
Can you give me proof that the soul dies when we die? Can you prove with 100% certainty it dies and there's no eternal life??
But Dave, if it could be proven, it wouldn't be called "faith".
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is a soul.Churchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to prove a
negative. They have to believe in God because they think that no one can
prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let them prove it does.
Prove He doesn't exist.
When I was a kid just about everyone had
a lucky rabbit's foot key chain. I always
wondered why we would think they were lucky.
The rabbits had four of them and they still died.
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:00:17 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:39:31 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.netGod's gift to us all, as if we deserved one...
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
Eternal life is a core tenet of the Christian faith. It is
considered a gift from God, made possible through the life, death,
and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Lucky bastards!
And it's FREE, doesn't cost you a dime. The price has been paid.
Bizarre logic :)
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:01:14 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:50:22 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:Could not care less for consensus followers or non-followers.
Death is the container, not the contents, this is well known.
Among a shrinking number of believers.
The kingdom of God resides within.
All others must pay cash.
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:12:25 -0000 (UTC)
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
And then there are the voices in his head.
Says the America-hating leftard who obsesses with TDS...
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:56:45 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
And he fires
people who do know.
Like Jay Powell?
Who knows how to enrich Euro banksters...
On 2026-04-04, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
But Dave, if it could be proven, it wouldn't be called "faith".
"Faith" seems to be some sort of "self hypnosis".
On 2026-04-04, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net wrote:
Prove He doesn't exist.
Instant transmission of data is prohibited by general relativity.
Thus omniscience is prohibited by general relativity.
Thus it's up to you to disprove general relativity.
I won't even get into quantum physics because that triggers Hank.
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:00:17 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:39:31 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.netGod's gift to us all, as if we deserved one...
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
Eternal life is a core tenet of the Christian faith. It is
considered a gift from God, made possible through the life, death,
and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Lucky bastards!
And it's FREE, doesn't cost you a dime. The price has been paid.
Bizarre logic :)
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:50:50 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:01:14 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:50:22 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:Could not care less for consensus followers or non-followers.
Death is the container, not the contents, this is well known.
Among a shrinking number of believers.
The kingdom of God resides within.
All others must pay cash.
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to
avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Bruce wrote on 4/4/2026 4:57 PM:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:50:50 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:01:14 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:50:22 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:Could not care less for consensus followers or non-followers.
Death is the container, not the contents, this is well known.
Among a shrinking number of believers.
The kingdom of God resides within.
All others must pay cash.
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to
avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Jews have never wavered from their status as CHOSEN people.
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 20:03:30 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 7:01 PM:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:54:56 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Trump starts a war that every legal expert says is a violation of
international law.
"every expert"?
Prove that, ya dutch dimwit.
He doesn't have to. Trumps head got stuck after it was inserted up
pootin's ass.
Your TDS is childish and boring.
Can you make some armpit farts for a soundtrack?
Bruce wrote on 4/2/2026 12:59 PM:
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 10:12:18 -0500, Bryan Simmons
<bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/2/2026 9:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-04-02 9:49 a.m., jmquown wrote:Everyone here has heard than dozens of times. Do you have anything
In Shelby County, TN there were similar blue laws. When I was 18 (in >>>>> 1978) I worked at JCPenney in a shopping mall. The stores in the mall >>>>> were not allowed to open before 1PM on Sunday (after people had gone >>>>> to church) and couldn't stay open past 6PM (again, all about attending >>>>> church). No liquor or beer sales on Sunday. IIRC liquor stores were >>>>> not allowed to be within 500 feet of any church.
The difference between religions:
Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the head of the church.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
original. You've been almost worthless since the disappearance of the
Big Niece tales.
I want to read the Bigot Uncle tales from Dave's niece.
How about asshole husband tales from Betsy Simmons?
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
ALDI here sell alcohol, but not on Sundays before 10 AM. I wonder
which pre historical brain fart is responsible for that. Sunday before
10AM is church time? In 2026?
Aldi here sells wine, no liquor, in their stores as do the other grocery stores. Liquor is sold *only* in liquor stores here, and until 4 or 5
years ago, only wine was sold in those stores, too. Liquor stores squalled about wine being able to be purchased along with milk, pork chops, and
toilet paper. I haven't heard of a single liquor store shuttering their business because wine can be purchased elsewhere.
Nope. That's the shit YOU started, then you had to back off.
Stick to physics you actually understand
and have mastered.
Or else drop it permanently, and never bring it up again.
On 04 Apr 2026 21:04:18 GMT
Mike Duffy<mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
On 2026-04-04, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net wrote:Thought need not adhere to the principles of light.
Prove He doesn't exist.Instant transmission of data is prohibited by general relativity.
Thus omniscience is prohibited by general relativity."...within the context of physics as defined by General Relativity, instantaneous, total knowledge of the entire universe is physically impossible...."
But the audacity to consider an earthly law, one cobbled together by time-stamped scholars is somehow it's own omniscience is human-centric arrogance, and little more.
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:49:36 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:00:17 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:39:31 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.netGod's gift to us all, as if we deserved one...
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
Eternal life is a core tenet of the Christian faith. It is
considered a gift from God, made possible through the life, death,
and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Lucky bastards!
And it's FREE, doesn't cost you a dime. The price has been paid.
Bizarre logic :)
Because Jesus was crucified 2000 years ago, we all go to heaven
without paying an entrance fee. Is that the idea?
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:01:14 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:50:22 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:Could not care less for consensus followers or non-followers.
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:49:06 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 10:36 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:Death is the container, not the contents, this is well known.
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are openIf you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the
6-days a week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then
you've got bigger problems than griping about no Sunday sales.
crutch of some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor
of a thinker as you are a cook.
What does liquor stores not selling hootch on Sunday have to do
with mortality? Nothing. You just like to think you sound
intelligent.
under the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they
can avoid death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
Among a shrinking number of believers.
The kingdom of God resides within.
Bryan Simmons wrote on 4/2/2026 7:00 PM:
On 4/2/2026 3:54 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Then why do they have stupid laws that prohibit rational people from
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
The FIRST miracle that the mythical Jesus performed was making alcohol >>>> for a party. The very first one. You got the cool dude, Jesus, who
brings 120-150 gallons of wine to the party, and the piece of shit
"Christians" who are against parties where people drink and are merry.
Actually, it was closer to 120-180 gallons of wine.
Except for the diehard teetotalers, Christians are not against people
drinking per se. They're against the slobs who drink to get drunk, puke >>> and piss everywhere, fight, and just plain make a disgusting nuisance of >>> themselves.
buying alcohol whenever they want? How do they justify the Sunday
prohibitions? Are they afraid that their stupid superstitions can't
compete with beer?
In ancient history, jeasus got super drunk and did crazier shit than
even Noah did much earlier. This why christians have such draconian alcohol laws.
They think it will make you as irresponsible as they are.
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:55:34 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:48:30 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
On 2026-04-02 1:37 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
We had blue laws until perhaps the early 70's. NO grocery
stores, NO retail stores such as K Mart, Sears, JC Penney, etc.
were open. NO liquor stores open on Sunday (that holds true
for today as well), were ever open. I don't remember
drugstores being open for business either.
I avoid the supermarket on Sunday. It is usually one of the most
crowded days now.
I avoid the supermarket on Saturday /and/ Sunday as well as Target,
Walmart, Gabe's, Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.
All those folks that work a 5-day week are shopping, leaving carts
everywhere, phones stuck to their faces and not paying attention.
It doesn't help they are trying to restock shelves because of the
influx of shoppers.
ALDI here sell alcohol, but not on Sundays before 10 AM. I wonder
which pre historical brain fart is responsible for that. Sunday before
10AM is church time? In 2026?
...cricket and pub licenses anyone...
Ahses ashes, all fall down!
On 4/4/2026 3:51 PM, jmquown wrote:
On 4/3/2026 7:35 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:The rabbits in my garden really enjoy destroying my lupines.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
I don't know why she'd name him after me, but that's the parts that
rabbits eat, not the orange root. They only munch on the carrots in
cartoons.
Actually, rabbits will eat carrots, the orange part, but it should be
fed to them sparingly of about once a week. It's high in sugar and
can lead to digestive issues.
~
Wild rabbits tend to prefer tender leafy greens.
I have to say that a headless mouse in March seems a lot more respectful than a mole and it's pet green bottle flies in June.
S Viemeister <firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
On 4/4/2026 3:51 PM, jmquown wrote:
On 4/3/2026 7:35 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:The rabbits in my garden really enjoy destroying my lupines.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
I don't know why she'd name him after me, but that's the parts that
rabbits eat, not the orange root. They only munch on the carrots in
cartoons.
Actually, rabbits will eat carrots, the orange part, but it should be
fed to them sparingly of about once a week. It's high in sugar and
can lead to digestive issues.
Wild rabbits tend to prefer tender leafy greens.
My parents’ property had lots of rabbits and lupines. Very colorful.
I always made that connection, lapins and lupines. Goes together, right?
My mom was an incredible gardener. Worked wonders for her mental health.
The parents left the carrots for the groundhogs. They were so cute
nibbling on them.
chefly wrote on 4/4/2026 4:37 PM:
On 04 Apr 2026 21:04:18 GMT
Mike Duffy<mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
On 2026-04-04, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net wrote:Thought need not adhere to the principles of light.
Prove He doesn't exist.Instant transmission of data is prohibited by general relativity.
Thus omniscience is prohibited by general relativity."...within the context of physics as defined by General Relativity, instantaneous, total knowledge of the entire universe is physically impossible...."
But the audacity to consider an earthly law, one cobbled together by time-stamped scholars is somehow it's own omniscience is
human-centric arrogance, and little more.
I agree with you there. I much prefer laws cobbled together by
ancient jewish priests in the middle east several thousand years ago.
(But not that goddamn mohammed bastard).
On 4/4/2026 3:52 PM, chefly wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 20:03:30 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 7:01 PM:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:54:56 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Trump starts a war that every legal expert says is a violation of
international law.
"every expert"?
Prove that, ya dutch dimwit.
He doesn't have to. Trumps head got stuck after it was inserted up
pootin's ass.
Your TDS is childish and boring.
Can you make some armpit farts for a soundtrack?Trump had/has Obama Derangement Syndrome, and even Biden Derangement Syndrome.
Your defense of Trump is childish and boring.
We know that
you are evil and a liar, rather than stupid, like many of his
devotees.
Can you prove there is eternal life?
You cannot rely on subjective reports of near-death experiences.
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:50:50 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:01:14 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:50:22 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:Could not care less for consensus followers or non-followers.
Death is the container, not the contents, this is well known.
Among a shrinking number of believers.
The kingdom of God resides within.
All others must pay cash.
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan.
Do you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
On 2026-04-04, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
But Dave, if it could be proven, it wouldn't be called "faith".
"Faith" seems to be some sort of "self hypnosis".
chefly wrote on 4/4/2026 3:50 PM:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:01:14 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:50:22 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:Could not care less for consensus followers or non-followers.
On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:49:06 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 10:36 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:Death is the container, not the contents, this is well known.
Christians only believe that implausible hooey because they are
But if you can't get your liquor fix when the stores are openIf you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the
6-days a week from 8:00 a.m. and close at 11:00 p.m. then
you've got bigger problems than griping about no Sunday sales. >>>>>>>
crutch of some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor
of a thinker as you are a cook.
What does liquor stores not selling hootch on Sunday have to do
with mortality? Nothing. You just like to think you sound
intelligent.
under the delusion that there is an immortal soul, and that they
can avoid death. That's what it has to do with mortality.
Among a shrinking number of believers.
The kingdom of God resides within.
Nonsense.
The kingdom of god resides in maralago
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:49:36 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:00:17 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:39:31 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.netGod's gift to us all, as if we deserved one...
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
Eternal life is a core tenet of the Christian faith. It is
considered a gift from God, made possible through the life,
death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Lucky bastards!
And it's FREE, doesn't cost you a dime. The price has been paid.
Bizarre logic :)
Because Jesus was crucified 2000 years ago, we all go to heaven
without paying an entrance fee. Is that the idea?
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 15:10:55 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:12:25 -0000 (UTC)
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
And then there are the voices in his head.
Says the America-hating leftard who obsesses with TDS...
Trump only has a approval rating of 38%. There are a LOT of Americans
who don't agree with his shenanigans.
On 2026-04-04 4:48 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is a soul.Churchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to
prove a negative. They have to believe in God because they think
that no one can prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let them
prove it does.
Prove He doesn't exist.I don't need to.
I don't believe it
and I don't care.
I will let off the religious people who have been indoctrinated into
their local god stories go through the motions of going through the
rituals that let their neighbours know they are one of their cult and
they can leave us alone.
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 15:11:40 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:56:45 +1100
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
And he fires
people who do know.
Like Jay Powell?
Who knows how to enrich Euro banksters...
He's firing one general after another, but keeping TV host Hegseth.
Wake up.
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:48:43 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is a soul.Churchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to
prove a negative. They have to believe in God because they think
that no one can prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let them
prove it does.
Prove He doesn't exist.
You can't prove we're not controlled by reptilian aliens, yet you
don't believe that. Because it can't be proven?
On Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:58:43 +1000
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 15:10:55 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:12:25 -0000 (UTC)
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
And then there are the voices in his head.
Says the America-hating leftard who obsesses with TDS...
Trump only has a approval rating of 38%. There are a LOT of Americans
who don't agree with his shenanigans.
Most modern "Americans" (and a plurality of other developed nations) are
NPC mind slaves of a corrupted and monolithically programmed media,
so...
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to
avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to
avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
No where else in the Bible are angels mentioned having wings. No where. Angels depicted as having wings appeared after the 4th century when Christianity became the Roman state religion.
All this sympathy for the Palestinians, why? They started it by digging tunnels and then used them to attack and murder and the fact many Palestinians
were employed by the Israelis. Why all this sympathy for those 'poor Palestinians'
who were killed for their own evil treachery, all these pictures of these poor
dead idiots, but no sympathy for the 1200 killed in their homes and defending themselves?
You conveniently forget about who attacked who and who had stockpiled weapons.
~
On Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:33:40 +1000
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:48:43 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is a soul.Churchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to
prove a negative. They have to believe in God because they think
that no one can prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let them
prove it does.
Prove He doesn't exist.
You can't prove we're not controlled by reptilian aliens, yet you
don't believe that. Because it can't be proven?
Species with access to higher vibration dimensions gain the ability to
come in and out of ours in a fashion and manner we are not constructed
to join them in. This holds for all spirits/angels/ghosts as well as
other races.
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 11:15:56 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:33:40 +1000
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:48:43 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is a soul.Churchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to
prove a negative. They have to believe in God because they think
that no one can prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let them
prove it does.
Prove He doesn't exist.
You can't prove we're not controlled by reptilian aliens, yet you
don't believe that. Because it can't be proven?
Species with access to higher vibration dimensions gain the ability to
come in and out of ours in a fashion and manner we are not constructed
to join them in. This holds for all spirits/angels/ghosts as well as
other races.
Tom Cruise's alien lizards too?
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to
avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
No where else in the Bible are angels mentioned having wings. No where. >Angels depicted as having wings appeared after the 4th century when >Christianity became the Roman state religion.
All this sympathy for the Palestinians, why? They started it by digging >tunnels and then used them to attack and murder and the fact many Palestinians
were employed by the Israelis. Why all this sympathy for those 'poor Palestinians'
who were killed for their own evil treachery, all these pictures of these poor
dead idiots, but no sympathy for the 1200 killed in their homes and defending >themselves?
You conveniently forget about who attacked who and who had stockpiled weapons.
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote on 4/5/2026 3:08 PM:
I despise BOTH sides. They have always tried to kill each other, from
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to
avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
No where else in the Bible are angels mentioned having wings. No where.
Angels depicted as having wings appeared after the 4th century when
Christianity became the Roman state religion.
All this sympathy for the Palestinians, why? They started it by digging
tunnels and then used them to attack and murder and the fact many Palestinians
were employed by the Israelis. Why all this sympathy for those 'poor Palestinians'
who were killed for their own evil treachery, all these pictures of these poor
dead idiots, but no sympathy for the 1200 killed in their homes and defending
themselves?
You conveniently forget about who attacked who and who had stockpiled weapons.
the earliest recordings of history. They will continue, as long as any
of the bastards exist.
Bruce wrote on 4/5/2026 3:27 PM:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 11:15:56 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:33:40 +1000
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:48:43 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is a soul. >>>>>>>Churchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to
prove a negative. They have to believe in God because they think
that no one can prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let them >>>>>> prove it does.
Prove He doesn't exist.
You can't prove we're not controlled by reptilian aliens, yet you
don't believe that. Because it can't be proven?
Species with access to higher vibration dimensions gain the ability to
come in and out of ours in a fashion and manner we are not constructed
to join them in. This holds for all spirits/angels/ghosts as well as
other races.
Tom Cruise's alien lizards too?
Did the alien lizards originate from L. Ron Hubbard?
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 15:34:31 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 4/5/2026 3:27 PM:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 11:15:56 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:33:40 +1000
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:48:43 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is a soul. >>>>>>>>Churchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to
prove a negative. They have to believe in God because they think >>>>>>> that no one can prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let them >>>>>>> prove it does.
Prove He doesn't exist.
You can't prove we're not controlled by reptilian aliens, yet you
don't believe that. Because it can't be proven?
Species with access to higher vibration dimensions gain the ability to >>>> come in and out of ours in a fashion and manner we are not constructed >>>> to join them in. This holds for all spirits/angels/ghosts as well as
other races.
Tom Cruise's alien lizards too?
Did the alien lizards originate from L. Ron Hubbard?
Yes, I think so.
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 15:25:24 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote on 4/5/2026 3:08 PM:
I despise BOTH sides. They have always tried to kill each other, from
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to >>>> avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
No where else in the Bible are angels mentioned having wings. No where. >>> Angels depicted as having wings appeared after the 4th century when
Christianity became the Roman state religion.
All this sympathy for the Palestinians, why? They started it by digging >>> tunnels and then used them to attack and murder and the fact many Palestinians
were employed by the Israelis. Why all this sympathy for those 'poor Palestinians'
who were killed for their own evil treachery, all these pictures of these poor
dead idiots, but no sympathy for the 1200 killed in their homes and defending
themselves?
You conveniently forget about who attacked who and who had stockpiled weapons.
the earliest recordings of history. They will continue, as long as any
of the bastards exist.
Yes, as long as there are the likes of Hamas, Hezbollah, Netanyahu and
the fascist ministers in his government.
Bruce wrote on 4/5/2026 3:44 PM:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 15:34:31 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 4/5/2026 3:27 PM:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 11:15:56 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
You can't prove we're not controlled by reptilian aliens, yet you
don't believe that. Because it can't be proven?
Species with access to higher vibration dimensions gain the ability to >>>>> come in and out of ours in a fashion and manner we are not constructed >>>>> to join them in. This holds for all spirits/angels/ghosts as well as >>>>> other races.
Tom Cruise's alien lizards too?
Did the alien lizards originate from L. Ron Hubbard?
Yes, I think so.
Time to get out our trusty E-meters!
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 15:34:31 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 4/5/2026 3:27 PM:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 11:15:56 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:33:40 +1000
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:48:43 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is a soul. >>>>>>>>Churchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to
prove a negative. They have to believe in God because they think >>>>>>> that no one can prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let them >>>>>>> prove it does.
Prove He doesn't exist.
You can't prove we're not controlled by reptilian aliens, yet you
don't believe that. Because it can't be proven?
Species with access to higher vibration dimensions gain the ability to >>>> come in and out of ours in a fashion and manner we are not constructed >>>> to join them in. This holds for all spirits/angels/ghosts as well as
other races.
Tom Cruise's alien lizards too?
Did the alien lizards originate from L. Ron Hubbard?
Yes, I think so.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to
avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
chefly wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:58:43 +1000
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 15:10:55 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:12:25 -0000 (UTC)
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
And then there are the voices in his head.
Says the America-hating leftard who obsesses with TDS...
Trump only has a approval rating of 38%. There are a LOT of
Americans who don't agree with his shenanigans.
Most modern "Americans" (and a plurality of other developed
nations) are NPC mind slaves of a corrupted and monolithically
programmed media, so...
I've eaten 14 booze filled chocolate bunnies.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan.
Do you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their
wings to avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000
Palestinians because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
No where else in the Bible are angels mentioned having wings. No
where. Angels depicted as having wings appeared after the 4th century
when Christianity became the Roman state religion.
All this sympathy for the Palestinians, why? They started it by
digging tunnels and then used them to attack and murder and the fact
many Palestinians were employed by the Israelis. Why all this
sympathy for those 'poor Palestinians' who were killed for their own
evil treachery, all these pictures of these poor dead idiots, but no
sympathy for the 1200 killed in their homes and defending themselves?
You conveniently forget about who attacked who and who had stockpiled weapons.
~
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote on 4/5/2026 3:08 PM:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan.
Do you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their
wings to avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000
Palestinians because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having
wings. No where else in the Bible are angels mentioned having
wings. No where. Angels depicted as having wings appeared after
the 4th century when Christianity became the Roman state religion.
All this sympathy for the Palestinians, why? They started it by
digging tunnels and then used them to attack and murder and the
fact many Palestinians were employed by the Israelis. Why all this sympathy for those 'poor Palestinians' who were killed for their
own evil treachery, all these pictures of these poor dead idiots,
but no sympathy for the 1200 killed in their homes and defending themselves?
You conveniently forget about who attacked who and who had
stockpiled weapons.
~
I despise BOTH sides. They have always tried to kill each other,
from the earliest recordings of history. They will continue, as long
as any of the bastards exist.
Bruce wrote on 4/5/2026 3:27 PM:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 11:15:56 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:33:40 +1000
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:48:43 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is aChurchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to
soul.
prove a negative. They have to believe in God because they think
that no one can prove it does not exist. Nuts to that. Let
them prove it does.
Prove He doesn't exist.
You can't prove we're not controlled by reptilian aliens, yet you
don't believe that. Because it can't be proven?
Species with access to higher vibration dimensions gain the
ability to come in and out of ours in a fashion and manner we are
not constructed to join them in. This holds for all
spirits/angels/ghosts as well as other races.
Tom Cruise's alien lizards too?
Did the alien lizards originate from L. Ron Hubbard?
What does religion do to people's brains?
On 2026-04-05 2:44 p.m., Bruce wrote:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 15:34:31 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 4/5/2026 3:27 PM:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 11:15:56 -0600, chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:33:40 +1000
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:48:43 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
I would be more interested in seeing proof that there is aChurchy types are hung up on the thing about not being able to >>>>>>> prove a negative. They have to believe in God because they
soul.
think that no one can prove it does not exist. Nuts to
that. Let them prove it does.
Prove He doesn't exist.
You can't prove we're not controlled by reptilian aliens, yet
you don't believe that. Because it can't be proven?
Species with access to higher vibration dimensions gain the
ability to come in and out of ours in a fashion and manner we
are not constructed to join them in. This holds for all
spirits/angels/ghosts as well as other races.
Tom Cruise's alien lizards too?
Did the alien lizards originate from L. Ron Hubbard?
Yes, I think so.And now they run Fox News!
On 2026-04-05, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan.
Do you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their
wings to avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000
Palestinians because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having
wings.
Isaiah 6:1-2
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain
he did fly.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to
avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
No where else in the Bible are angels mentioned having wings. No where. Angels depicted as having wings appeared after the 4th century when Christianity became the Roman state religion.
All this sympathy for the Palestinians, why? They started it by digging tunnels and then used them to attack and murder and the fact many Palestinians
were employed by the Israelis. Why all this sympathy for those 'poor Palestinians'
who were killed for their own evil treachery, all these pictures of these poor
dead idiots, but no sympathy for the 1200 killed in their homes and defending themselves?
You conveniently forget about who attacked who and who had stockpiled weapons.
On Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:08:31 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
All this sympathy for the Palestinians, why? They started it by digging >tunnels and then used them to attack and murder and the fact many Palestinians
were employed by the Israelis. Why all this sympathy for those 'poor Palestinians'
who were killed for their own evil treachery, all these pictures of these poor
dead idiots, but no sympathy for the 1200 killed in their homes and defending
themselves?
You conveniently forget about who attacked who and who had stockpiled weapons.
I was always on the side of Israel. Imagine being a woman or gay.
Where would you rather live? In Palestine or Tel Aviv? Easy choice.
And Hamas committed a barbaric act that killed 1200 Israelis. Of
course Israel hit back. That's completely understandable. But they
killed 70,000 Gazans. 70,000 Palestinians. And that's ok with you?
Because you have some biblical connection with Jews?
On 2026-04-05, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
Isaiah 6:1-2
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he
did fly.
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:40:02 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 4:20 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:31 PM:Stuff that didn't get put into the Bible.
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:20:29 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
In ancient history, jeasus got super drunk and did crazier shit
than even Noah did much earlier.
I'm sure you have a citation.
Have you read of His childhood?
By dint of the council at Nicea and Roman emperor Constantine...
More fiction. Jesus was a
fictional character.
Too many accounts in too many different languages and cultures and
locations to hold on to that belief.
Try again, mr. negativity.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
I was always on the side of Israel. Imagine being a woman or gay.
Where would you rather live? In Palestine or Tel Aviv? Easy choice.
And Hamas committed a barbaric act that killed 1200 Israelis. Of
course Israel hit back. That's completely understandable. But they
killed 70,000 Gazans. 70,000 Palestinians. And that's ok with you?
Because you have some biblical connection with Jews?
We have a saying here in the USA, maybe y'all have the same one there
in Australia, *payback is hell. *
Let me add: Karma has no menu; you're served what you deserve.
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he
did fly.
Yes, they are angelic beings with six wings, but they are not angels as you see in paintings and statues.
On 2026-04-05 9:51 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he
did fly.
Yes, they are angelic beings with six wings, but they are not angels as you >> see in paintings and statues.
There has been a lot of artistic license taken with bible stores and >imagery. There have been discussions about the fruit that Adam and Eve
ate that got them evicted from the Garden of Eden. Some say it was an
apple and others think it was a pomegranate. It was neither. It was the >fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:40:02 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 4:20 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:31 PM:>
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:20:29 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
In ancient history, jeasus got super drunk and did crazier shit
than even Noah did much earlier.
I'm sure you have a citation.
Have you read of His childhood?
Stuff that didn't get put into the Bible.
By dint of the council at Nicea and Roman emperor Constantine...
More fiction. Jesus was a
fictional character.
Too many accounts in too many different languages and cultures and
locations to hold on to that belief.
Try again, mr. negativity.
Many Christians have asserted extra-biblical evidence for Jesus, but on
close examination it comes apart.
There are no known eyewitness accounts of Jesus. The entire Bible was written anonymously, except for some (not all) of Paul's epistles.
IMHO the biblical Jesus was almost certainly based on a real person, but
he had little in common with the guy in the bible.
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:40:02 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 4:20 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:31 PM:>
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:20:29 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
In ancient history, jeasus got super drunk and did crazier shit
than even Noah did much earlier.
I'm sure you have a citation.
Have you read of His childhood?
Stuff that didn't get put into the Bible.
By dint of the council at Nicea and Roman emperor Constantine...
More fiction. Jesus was a
fictional character.
Too many accounts in too many different languages and cultures and
locations to hold on to that belief.
Try again, mr. negativity.
Many Christians have asserted extra-biblical evidence for Jesus, but on
close examination it comes apart.
There are no known eyewitness accounts of Jesus. The entire Bible was written anonymously, except for some (not all) of Paul's epistles.
IMHO the biblical Jesus was almost certainly based on a real person, but
he had little in common with the guy in the bible. The gospels were
written around the OT prophecies to make their fulfillment sound
convincing.
Please do present your case anyway.
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
On 2026-04-05, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
Isaiah 6:1-2
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he
did fly.
Yes, they are angelic beings with six wings, but they are not angels as you see in paintings and statues.
~
Samuel Spade wrote on 4/5/2026 9:04 PM:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:40:02 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 4:20 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:31 PM:>
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:20:29 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
In ancient history, jeasus got super drunk and did crazier shit
than even Noah did much earlier.
I'm sure you have a citation.
Have you read of His childhood?
Stuff that didn't get put into the Bible.
By dint of the council at Nicea and Roman emperor Constantine...
More fiction. Jesus was a
fictional character.
Too many accounts in too many different languages and cultures and
locations to hold on to that belief.
Try again, mr. negativity.
Many Christians have asserted extra-biblical evidence for Jesus, but on
close examination it comes apart.
There are no known eyewitness accounts of Jesus. The entire Bible was
written anonymously, except for some (not all) of Paul's epistles.
IMHO the biblical Jesus was almost certainly based on a real person, but
he had little in common with the guy in the bible.
Bible god may have been a composite of two or more real people. The ancients had a habit of combining their magical gods. This way it
appealed to more than one group, allowing more people to accept it.
And even if a document is attributed to a person, there were some who claimed authorship of another person's work. This was considered
perfectly acceptable, even honorable.
On 4/5/2026 9:04 PM, Samuel Spade wrote:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:40:02 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
More fiction. Jesus was a
fictional character.
Too many accounts in too many different languages and cultures and
locations to hold on to that belief.
Try again, mr. negativity.
Many Christians have asserted extra-biblical evidence for Jesus, but on close examination it comes apart.
There are no known eyewitness accounts of Jesus. The entire Bible was written anonymously, except for some (not all) of Paul's epistles.
IMHO the biblical Jesus was almost certainly based on a real person, but
he had little in common with the guy in the bible. The gospels were written around the OT prophecies to make their fulfillment sound convincing.
Please do present your case anyway.
Chefly is also both anonymous and a liar. They are fairly intelligent. I say, "they," because they have not even identified their birth gender, though I assume that it's male. They are a coward, like many of their political persuasion. All of the Abrahamic stuff is hooey. It's no more
true than Paul Bunyan and his blue ox. I doubt that the real person
behind Chefly believes it. If Chefly is not being paid by Moscow, then Chefly is a chump, because Chefly serves Putin well.
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
On 2026-04-05, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
Isaiah 6:1-2
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he
did fly.
Yes, they are angelic beings with six wings, but they are not angels as you see in paintings and statues.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:08:31 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
All this sympathy for the Palestinians, why? They started it by digging
tunnels and then used them to attack and murder and the fact many Palestinians
were employed by the Israelis. Why all this sympathy for those 'poor Palestinians'
who were killed for their own evil treachery, all these pictures of these poor
dead idiots, but no sympathy for the 1200 killed in their homes and defending
themselves?
You conveniently forget about who attacked who and who had stockpiled weapons.
I was always on the side of Israel. Imagine being a woman or gay.
Where would you rather live? In Palestine or Tel Aviv? Easy choice.
And Hamas committed a barbaric act that killed 1200 Israelis. Of
course Israel hit back. That's completely understandable. But they
killed 70,000 Gazans. 70,000 Palestinians. And that's ok with you?
Because you have some biblical connection with Jews?
We have a saying here in the USA, maybe y'all have the same one there
in Australia, *payback is hell. *
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:08:31 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
All this sympathy for the Palestinians, why? They started it by
digging tunnels and then used them to attack and murder and the
fact many Palestinians were employed by the Israelis. Why all
this sympathy for those 'poor Palestinians' who were killed for
their own evil treachery, all these pictures of these poor dead
idiots, but no sympathy for the 1200 killed in their homes and
defending themselves?
You conveniently forget about who attacked who and who had
stockpiled weapons.
I was always on the side of Israel. Imagine being a woman or gay.
Where would you rather live? In Palestine or Tel Aviv? Easy choice.
And Hamas committed a barbaric act that killed 1200 Israelis. Of
course Israel hit back. That's completely understandable. But they
killed 70,000 Gazans. 70,000 Palestinians. And that's ok with you?
Because you have some biblical connection with Jews?
We have a saying here in the USA, maybe y'all have the same one there
in Australia, *payback is hell. *
Let me add: Karma has no menu; you're served what you deserve.
~
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
On 2026-04-05, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having
wings.
Isaiah 6:1-2
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting
upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain
he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with
twain he did fly.
Yes, they are angelic beings with six wings, but they are not angels
as you see in paintings and statues.
~
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:40:02 -0500
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/3/2026 4:20 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
chefly wrote on 4/3/2026 3:31 PM:Stuff that didn't get put into the Bible.
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:20:29 -0500
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
In ancient history, jeasus got super drunk and did crazier
shit than even Noah did much earlier.
I'm sure you have a citation.
Have you read of His childhood?
By dint of the council at Nicea and Roman emperor Constantine...
More fiction. Jesus was a
fictional character.
Too many accounts in too many different languages and cultures and locations to hold on to that belief.
Try again, mr. negativity.
Many Christians have asserted extra-biblical evidence for Jesus, butUntrue:
on close examination it comes apart.
There are no known eyewitness accounts of Jesus.
The entire Bible wasThe Bible was edited down - hence the Apocrypha.
written anonymously, except for some (not all) of Paul's epistles.
IMHO the biblical Jesus was almost certainly based on a real person,Yet you just denied his history, and on specious terms.
but he had little in common with the guy in the bible.
The gospelsPlease don't beg into a beliefs war, unless that's your regular
were written around the OT prophecies to make their fulfillment sound convincing.
Please do present your case anyway.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
If you can't deal with the reality of mortality without the crutch of
some poorly assembled mythology, then you are as poor of a thinker as
you are a cook.
What does liquor stores not selling hootch on Sunday have to do with mortality? Nothing. You just like to think you sound intelligent.
AND, it's not about me.
But it sure gets your hackles up for it not to be about you. Riled up
over something that does not affect you in any way. You can buy liquor
and beer and wine on Sunday in Missouri. Beat your chest some more.
Once again, it doesn't affect you in any way. Just like to appear as a keyboard warrior.He's an angry man who pitches hissy fits, then brags about cooking
~
Joan and Adolf
Please do present your case anyway.Chefly is also both anonymous and a liar.
Jesus was so insignificant
Some say it was an
apple and others think it was a pomegranate. It was neither. It was
the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Many Christians have asserted extra-biblical evidence for Jesus, but
on close examination it comes apart.
There are no known eyewitness accounts of Jesus.
Untrue:
http://www.gnosis.org/library/inftoma.htm
From "The Apocryphal New Testament"
M.R. James-Translation and Notes
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924
Introduction
The older testimonies about this book have been given already. I now present the three principal forms of it, as given by Tischendorf: two Greek texts, A and B, and one Latin.
The few Greek manuscripts are all late. The earliest authorities are a much abbreviated Syriac version of which the manuscript is of the sixth century, and a Latin palimpsest at Vienna of the fifth or sixth century, which has never been deciphered in full.
The entire Bible was
written anonymously, except for some (not all) of Paul's epistles.
The Bible was edited down - hence the Apocrypha.
IMHO the biblical Jesus was almost certainly based on a real person,
but he had little in common with the guy in the bible.
Yet you just denied his history, and on specious terms.
The gospels
were written around the OT prophecies to make their fulfillment sound convincing.
Please do present your case anyway.
Please don't beg into a beliefs war, unless that's your regular
activity in which case...
*plonk*
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
In article <1775419711-4742@newsgrouper.org>, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to
avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of the
book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
In article <1775419711-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as
Joan. Do you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of
their wings to avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill
70,000 Palestinians because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having
wings.
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of the
book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
On 2026-04-06 3:12 p.m., Janet wrote:
In article <1775419711-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as
Joan. Do you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of
their wings to avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill
70,000 Palestinians because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having
wings.
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of
the book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Are they angels?
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Many Christians have asserted extra-biblical evidence for Jesus, but
on close examination it comes apart.
There are no known eyewitness accounts of Jesus.
Untrue:
http://www.gnosis.org/library/inftoma.htm
From "The Apocryphal New Testament"
M.R. James-Translation and Notes
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924
Introduction
The older testimonies about this book have been given already. I now present the three principal forms of it, as given by Tischendorf: two Greek texts, A and B, and one Latin.
The few Greek manuscripts are all late. The earliest authorities are a much abbreviated Syriac version of which the manuscript is of the sixth century, and a Latin palimpsest at Vienna of the fifth or sixth century, which has never been deciphered in full.
The copies are all later than the canonical gospels, so we have even
less reason to believe the infancy gospels were written by Thomas or
James.
Again, it's not known that any eyewitnesses to Jesus have ever written anything, let alone anything that still survives.
(snip for focus)
The entire Bible was
written anonymously, except for some (not all) of Paul's epistles.
The Bible was edited down - hence the Apocrypha.
Non-sequitur.
IMHO the biblical Jesus was almost certainly based on a real person,
but he had little in common with the guy in the bible.
Yet you just denied his history, and on specious terms.
I denied the biblical version of history.
You are free to make up your own.
The gospels
were written around the OT prophecies to make their fulfillment sound
convincing.
Please do present your case anyway.
Please don't beg into a beliefs war, unless that's your regular
activity in which case...
You're talking beliefs. I'm talking factual context, which you don't
have any of. That's why it's called faith.
*plonk*
Another defender of the faith folds.
On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 20:12:16 +0100
Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1775419711-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as
Joan. Do you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of
their wings to avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill
70,000 Palestinians because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having
wings.
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of the
book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
And no more St. George cross or Union Jack flags for you serfs to
Islime:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/raise-colours-given-legal-notice-161258797.html
Raise the Colours have been slapped with a legal notice banning them from putting up flags across Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire County Council acted a week after the group livestreamed themselves attaching England flags in Oxford with locals subjected to "abuse and threatening behaviour" when they challenged them.
If Raise the Colours flouts the order, Oxfordshire County Council "will consider all available options" which include civil and criminal proceedings.
Your nation is TRASHED!
chefly wrote on 4/6/2026 2:45 PM:
On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 20:12:16 +0100
Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1775419711-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as
Joan. Do you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of
their wings to avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill
70,000 Palestinians because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having
wings.
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of
the book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
And no more St. George cross or Union Jack flags for you serfs to
Islime:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/raise-colours-given-legal-notice-161258797.html
Raise the Colours have been slapped with a legal notice banning
them from putting up flags across Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire County Council acted a week after the group
livestreamed themselves attaching England flags in Oxford with
locals subjected to "abuse and threatening behaviour" when they
challenged them.
If Raise the Colours flouts the order, Oxfordshire County Council
"will consider all available options" which include civil and
criminal proceedings.
Your nation is TRASHED!
Why not.
Ours has been too. Thoroughly.
On 2026-04-06 3:12 p.m., Janet wrote:
In article <1775419711-4742@newsgrouper.org>, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
says...
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to >>>> avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians
because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of the
book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Are they angels?
In article <1775419711-4742@newsgrouper.org>, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do
you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of the
book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Are they angels?
Depends. What is an angel?
Samuel Spade wrote on 4/6/2026 12:51 PM:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Please do present your case anyway.
Please don't beg into a beliefs war, unless that's your regular
activity in which case...
You're talking beliefs. I'm talking factual context, which you don't
have any of. That's why it's called faith.
*plonk*
Another defender of the faith folds.
Don't worry. He'll be back.
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
In article <1775419711-4742@newsgrouper.org>, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as Joan. Do you also think that angels have yearly safety checks of their wings to avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to kill 70,000 Palestinians because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having wings.
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of the
book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
They are not angels in the traditional sense.
Cherubim are often depicted as guardians of the Garden of Eden with
four faces and four wings.
Seraphim have six wings and continually worship God.
Winged lions and leopards are not mentioned and are not supported in
Biblical text. I do believe the Assyrians had statues of these beings.
In article <1775512280-4742@newsgrouper.org>, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of the book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
They are not angels in the traditional sense.
Cherubim are often depicted as guardians of the Garden of Eden with
four faces and four wings.
Seraphim have six wings and continually worship God.
Winged lions and leopards are not mentioned and are not supported in Biblical text. I do believe the Assyrians had statues of these beings.
Daniel 7:4 KJV
KJV "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till
the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it."
Daniel 7.6 KJV
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the
back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and
dominion was given to it.
Janet UK
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
In article <1775512280-4742@newsgrouper.org>, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
says...
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of the
book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
They are not angels in the traditional sense.
Cherubim are often depicted as guardians of the Garden of Eden with
four faces and four wings.
Seraphim have six wings and continually worship God.
Winged lions and leopards are not mentioned and are not supported in
Biblical text. I do believe the Assyrians had statues of these beings.
Daniel 7:4 KJV
KJV "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till
the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and
made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it."
My mistake for misspeaking. However, these are not heavenly creatures they were representative of Babylon and its' power.
Daniel 7.6 KJV
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the
back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and
dominion was given to it.
Janet UK
Once again, this beast is not representative of Heaven, this is the
Greek empire under the reign of Alexander the Great.
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
In article <1775512280-4742@newsgrouper.org>, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of the book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
They are not angels in the traditional sense.
Cherubim are often depicted as guardians of the Garden of Eden with
four faces and four wings.
Seraphim have six wings and continually worship God.
Winged lions and leopards are not mentioned and are not supported in Biblical text. I do believe the Assyrians had statues of these beings.
Daniel 7:4 KJV
KJV "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till
the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it."
My mistake for misspeaking. However, these are not heavenly creatures they were representative of Babylon and its' power.
Daniel 7.6 KJV
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
Janet UK
Once again, this beast is not representative of Heaven, this is the
Greek empire under the reign of Alexander the Great.
~
Once again, this beast is not representative of Heaven, this is the
Greek empire under the reign of Alexander the Great.
Is that what it says, or is that someone's interpretation?
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
In article <1775419711-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You probably follow the same 1950s Sunday School religion as
Joan. Do you also think that angels have yearly safety checks
of their wings to avoid crash landings? And that it's ok to
kill 70,000 Palestinians because Jews are God's Chosen People?
Only one, just one, being in the Bible was described as having
wings.
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of
the book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
They are not angels in the traditional sense.
Cherubim are often depicted as guardians of the Garden of Eden with
four faces and four wings.
Seraphim have six wings and continually worship God.
Winged lions and leopards are not mentioned and are not supported in
Biblical text. I do believe the Assyrians had statues of these
beings.
~
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Samuel Spade wrote on 4/6/2026 12:51 PM:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Please do present your case anyway.
Please don't beg into a beliefs war, unless that's your regular
activity in which case...
You're talking beliefs. I'm talking factual context, which you
don't have any of. That's why it's called faith.
*plonk*
Another defender of the faith folds.
Don't worry. He'll be back.
I have a warm fuzzy feeling that he's right here with us as we type.
"Hey, that's great, but who is the chefly?" -- Andy Reid on a snickers
On 2026-04-07, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
In article <1775512280-4742@newsgrouper.org>, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net >> says...
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of the >> > > book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
They are not angels in the traditional sense.
Cherubim are often depicted as guardians of the Garden of Eden with
four faces and four wings.
Seraphim have six wings and continually worship God.
Winged lions and leopards are not mentioned and are not supported in
Biblical text. I do believe the Assyrians had statues of these beings. >>
Daniel 7:4 KJV
KJV "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till
the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and >> made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it."
My mistake for misspeaking. However, these are not heavenly creatures they
were representative of Babylon and its' power.
Daniel 7.6 KJV
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the >> back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and
dominion was given to it.
Janet UK
Once again, this beast is not representative of Heaven, this is the
Greek empire under the reign of Alexander the Great.
Is that what it says, or is that someone's interpretation?
In article <1775575658-4742@newsgrouper.org>, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
Daniel 7:4 KJV
KJV "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it."
My mistake for misspeaking. However, these are not heavenly creatures they
were representative of Babylon and its' power.
Daniel 7.6 KJV
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
Janet UK
Once again, this beast is not representative of Heaven, this is the
Greek empire under the reign of Alexander the Great.
So what?
There are more than one winged beings in the bible. Q.E.D
Janet UK
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
On 2026-04-07, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
In article <1775512280-4742@newsgrouper.org>, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net >> >> says...
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of the >> >> > > book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
They are not angels in the traditional sense.
Cherubim are often depicted as guardians of the Garden of Eden with
four faces and four wings.
Seraphim have six wings and continually worship God.
Winged lions and leopards are not mentioned and are not supported in
Biblical text. I do believe the Assyrians had statues of these beings. >> >>
Daniel 7:4 KJV
KJV "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till
the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and >> >> made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it."
My mistake for misspeaking. However, these are not heavenly creatures they
were representative of Babylon and its' power.
Daniel 7.6 KJV
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the >> >> back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and
dominion was given to it.
Janet UK
Once again, this beast is not representative of Heaven, this is the
Greek empire under the reign of Alexander the Great.
Is that what it says, or is that someone's interpretation?
Figure it out yourself. You have access to search engines.
I will share this tidbit with you; Daniel and Alex lived in the same
period of time.
On 2026-04-07, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
On 2026-04-07, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
In article <1775512280-4742@newsgrouper.org>, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net >>>>> says...My mistake for misspeaking. However, these are not heavenly creatures they
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the end of the >>>>>>> book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
They are not angels in the traditional sense.
Cherubim are often depicted as guardians of the Garden of Eden with >>>>>> four faces and four wings.
Seraphim have six wings and continually worship God.
Winged lions and leopards are not mentioned and are not supported in >>>>>> Biblical text. I do believe the Assyrians had statues of these beings. >>>>>
Daniel 7:4 KJV
KJV "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till >>>>> the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and >>>>> made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it." >>>>
were representative of Babylon and its' power.
Daniel 7.6 KJV
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the >>>>> back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and
dominion was given to it.
Janet UK
Once again, this beast is not representative of Heaven, this is the
Greek empire under the reign of Alexander the Great.
Is that what it says, or is that someone's interpretation?
Figure it out yourself. You have access to search engines.
I will share this tidbit with you; Daniel and Alex lived in the same
period of time.
Or, we could argue about what orcs should look like.
On 2026-04-07 3:41 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2026-04-07, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:Or how many angels on the head of a pin.
Figure it out yourself. You have access to search engines.
I will share this tidbit with you; Daniel and Alex lived in the same
period of time.
Or, we could argue about what orcs should look like.
On 2026-04-07, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
On 2026-04-07, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
In article <1775512280-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
Selective reading, or did you just never make it to the
end of the book?
Cherubim, seraphim, and a winged lion and winged leopard
Janet
They are not angels in the traditional sense.
Cherubim are often depicted as guardians of the Garden of
Eden with four faces and four wings.
Seraphim have six wings and continually worship God.
Winged lions and leopards are not mentioned and are not
supported in Biblical text. I do believe the Assyrians had
statues of these beings.
Daniel 7:4 KJV
KJV "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I
beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted
up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a
man's heart was given to it."
My mistake for misspeaking. However, these are not heavenly
creatures they were representative of Babylon and its' power.
Daniel 7.6 KJV
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had
upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also
four heads; and dominion was given to it.
Janet UK
Once again, this beast is not representative of Heaven, this is
the Greek empire under the reign of Alexander the Great.
Is that what it says, or is that someone's interpretation?
Figure it out yourself. You have access to search engines.
I will share this tidbit with you; Daniel and Alex lived in the
same period of time.
Or, we could argue about what orcs should look like.
Or, we could argue about what orcs should look like.Or how many angels on the head of a pin.
A very divisive topic in the Dutch Protestant world indeed!
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
In article <1775575658-4742@newsgrouper.org>, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
says...
Daniel 7:4 KJV
KJV "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till
the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and >>>> made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it."
My mistake for misspeaking. However, these are not heavenly creatures they >>> were representative of Babylon and its' power.
Daniel 7.6 KJV
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the >>>> back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and
dominion was given to it.
Janet UK
Once again, this beast is not representative of Heaven, this is the
Greek empire under the reign of Alexander the Great.
So what?
There are more than one winged beings in the bible. Q.E.D
Janet UK
And? There's lots of jackasses, too, along with liars, cheats, thieves,
and murderers but that doesn't make them Heavenly creatures.
~
On 2026-04-07 3:41 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Or how many angels on the head of a pin.Once again, this beast is not representative of Heaven, this is the
Greek empire under the reign of Alexander the Great.
Is that what it says, or is that someone's interpretation?
Figure it out yourself. You have access to search engines.
I will share this tidbit with you; Daniel and Alex lived in the same
period of time.
Or, we could argue about what orcs should look like.
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Samuel Spade wrote on 4/6/2026 12:51 PM:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Please do present your case anyway.
Please don't beg into a beliefs war, unless that's your regular
activity in which case...
You're talking beliefs. I'm talking factual context, which you
don't have any of. That's why it's called faith.
*plonk*
Another defender of the faith folds.
Don't worry. He'll be back.
I have a warm fuzzy feeling that he's right here with us as we type.
"Hey, that's great, but who is the chefly?" -- Andy Reid on a snickers
GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!!!
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2026-04-07, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
On 2026-04-07, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
Daniel 7.6 KJV
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had
upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also
four heads; and dominion was given to it.
Janet UK
Once again, this beast is not representative of Heaven, this is
the Greek empire under the reign of Alexander the Great.
Is that what it says, or is that someone's interpretation?
Figure it out yourself. You have access to search engines.
I will share this tidbit with you; Daniel and Alex lived in the
same period of time.
Or, we could argue about what orcs should look like.
It gets worse as you may one day find out:
AI Overview
In Revelation 9, "scorpion demons" (locusts with tails like scorpions) are released from the bottomless pit during the fifth trumpet judgment to inflict excruciating,
Key Aspects of Revelation 9 Locusts
Appearance: They are described as locusts with human-like faces, hair like women, teeth like lions, armor, and scorpion-like tails.
Jesus' Authority: In Luke 10:19, Jesus refers to the "power of the enemy" as snakes and scorpions, indicating authority over demonic forces, rather than literal insects.
Symbolism of Terror: The scorpion serves as a biblical symbol of terror, pain, and divine judgment.
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Samuel Spade wrote on 4/6/2026 12:51 PM:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Please do present your case anyway.
Please don't beg into a beliefs war, unless that's your
regular activity in which case...
You're talking beliefs. I'm talking factual context, which
you don't have any of. That's why it's called faith.
*plonk*
Another defender of the faith folds.
Don't worry. He'll be back.
I have a warm fuzzy feeling that he's right here with us as we
type.
"Hey, that's great, but who is the chefly?" -- Andy Reid on a
snickers
GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!!!
Lol! It just couldn't wait to prove us both right.
Chef, do you know what *plonk* means?
Do you know what Jesus does with innernetz liars?
Jesus' Authority: In Luke 10:19, Jesus refers to the "power of the
enemy" as snakes and scorpions, indicating authority over demonic
forces, rather than literal insects. Symbolism of Terror: The
scorpion serves as a biblical symbol of terror, pain, and divine
judgment.
Why did Jesus use Satan's demons to do his dirty work?
Doesn't he have his own angels?
Did Jesus pay Satan for their service?
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Samuel Spade wrote on 4/6/2026 12:51 PM:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Please do present your case anyway.
Please don't beg into a beliefs war, unless that's your
regular activity in which case...
You're talking beliefs. I'm talking factual context, which
you don't have any of. That's why it's called faith.
*plonk*
Another defender of the faith folds.
Don't worry. He'll be back.
I have a warm fuzzy feeling that he's right here with us as we
type.
"Hey, that's great, but who is the chefly?" -- Andy Reid on a
snickers
GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!!!
Lol! It just couldn't wait to prove us both right.
Now for desert.
Chef, do you know what *plonk* means?
Rudence, do you live for a good plonking?
Do you know what Jesus does with innernetz liars?
Jesus saves, you otoh must pay cash.
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Samuel Spade wrote on 4/6/2026 12:51 PM:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Please do present your case anyway.
Please don't beg into a beliefs war, unless that's your
regular activity in which case...
You're talking beliefs. I'm talking factual context, which
you don't have any of. That's why it's called faith.
*plonk*
Another defender of the faith folds.
Don't worry. He'll be back.
I have a warm fuzzy feeling that he's right here with us as we
type.
"Hey, that's great, but who is the chefly?" -- Andy Reid on a
snickers
GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!!!
Lol! It just couldn't wait to prove us both right.
Now for desert.
Why, are you on the lizards-n-cacti diet?
Chef, do you know what *plonk* means?
Rudence, do you live for a good plonking?
I won't get any kind of plonking from you, chef.
Do you know what Jesus does with innernetz liars?
Jesus saves, you otoh must pay cash.
That joke's been around since Green Stamps.
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Jesus' Authority: In Luke 10:19, Jesus refers to the "power of the
enemy" as snakes and scorpions, indicating authority over demonic
forces, rather than literal insects. Symbolism of Terror: The
scorpion serves as a biblical symbol of terror, pain, and divine judgment.
Why did Jesus use Satan's demons to do his dirty work?
He doesn't, in fact:
AI Overview
Jesus cast out a "Legion" of demons from a man (or two, according to Matthew) into a herd of pigs
Doesn't he have his own angels?
Of course - given he was the living embodiment of God on earth, duh.
Did Jesus pay Satan for their service?
Di you get dropped from a Suckramento overpass?
Samuel Spade wrote on 4/8/2026 8:39 PM:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Samuel Spade wrote on 4/6/2026 12:51 PM:
chefly <deal@me.al> wrote:
Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
Please do present your case anyway.
Please don't beg into a beliefs war, unless that's your
regular activity in which case...
You're talking beliefs. I'm talking factual context, which
you don't have any of. That's why it's called faith.
*plonk*
Another defender of the faith folds.
Don't worry. He'll be back.
I have a warm fuzzy feeling that he's right here with us as we
type.
"Hey, that's great, but who is the chefly?" -- Andy Reid on a
snickers
GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!!!
Lol! It just couldn't wait to prove us both right.
Now for desert.
Why, are you on the lizards-n-cacti diet?
Chef, do you know what *plonk* means?
Rudence, do you live for a good plonking?
I won't get any kind of plonking from you, chef.
Do you know what Jesus does with innernetz liars?
Jesus saves, you otoh must pay cash.
That joke's been around since Green Stamps.
I told you he'd be back :)
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