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jamace:
"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before. "


-- Steve Young, football player

I agree. The person in this world I would like to conquer the most is myself.

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Harold R. McAlindon

"If you want to succeed in the world must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the roadside until some one comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence."

John B. Gough

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

talina:

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"Men's best successes come after their disappointments."

Henry Ward Beecher

"Always do what you are afraid to do."

Reiterated by Ralph Waldo Emerson. True author unknown.

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."

Lanston Hughes

"All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible."

T.E. Lawrence

"Every artist was first an amateur."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

shouldn't some of you guys be in church already?

"The power of imagination makes us infinite."

John Muir

"If you would create something,you must be something."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

vindaloo

sauer:
My bet is these men cry cos they are only humans. . . .and it's certainly permitted for humans to cry. Bottling up emotions has never promised to be a good thing for anyone, men or women alike.
Plus, discard that little weeny notion in your mind that men are supposed to be tough, strong and unflinching. No, that isn't customary. And it speaks less of your general assumptions in life. Women, such as you maybe, might be stronger than certain men. . . and that is not unpermitted. 

I must say your intelligence is very attractive but I believe the OP was exclusively referring to the few perpetual actors whiners on NL.

@OP how can you even be so sure that all these so called "victims" are all males? I'm sure many people pose here with numerous identities.

Caster Semenya

surrender

Daiquiri:
@emofine

Cerebral drama?

erm no, not exactly. . . not on purpose.

gotizsata:
I saw this statement on a fellow poster's signature and it made me to pause and think for quite sometime. Perhaps the way I have been evaluating Santa Claus in a close minded way.

So I contrasted two statements to detect a difference in meaning:-

"Santa Claus exists"

"Santa Claus lives"

What do such sentences connote with each term adopted?

How important is it to differentiate between these two terms "exist" and "live". . . what is the difference?

Okay that did make me laugh

Firstly, let me just make it known to you that I am not a "Christian" so I am in no position to tackle this topic from a Christian angle.
However there are two points you raised that I'm quite amazed by. First, the idea of recovering one's virginity. The second is the comparison of women's virtue to men ("nobody bats an eyelid when its a guy"

I want to address your points chronologically.

Hymenoplasty?

I do not believe this method can restore a woman's virginity, more so despite whatever skills in science might be employed, losing one's virginity is irreversible and cannot be compromised.
I don't know if people realise that virginity is not solely a physical thing. So someone trying to deceive her partner into thinking she is indeed an actual virgin is only deceiving herself. She might have repaired her hymen (a symbol of virginity to some) but will she also be able to pretend that she is a novice during the act?
However being a virgin doesn't automatically make that person righteous.


Your second point:

-"Why is it that hell is always raised if a girl isn't found 'pure' but nobody bats an eyelid when its a guy?"-

On the issue of double standards, I suppose virgin men have cause to complain also because often times they are sneered at whilst female virgins are usually regarded highly. I understand some men may sleep with multiple partners and be met with compliments but that should not be a factor for why a woman should follow suite in order to challenge societal trend - believe me such will effect the lady more.
Some would actually consider it rather a fortunate thing that there is a value attached to their virtue and not the other way around.


"If Jesus was so concerned about virginity, why didn't he allow them stone the woman caught in adultery?"

Irony of that statement is that Jesus was said to have been born from a "virgin" woman so I doubt the value of one's virginity is underrated in Christianity plus I think you've misinterpreted that scripture

Lastly, you seem to find it difficult to reconcile with some principles that your faith requires you to follow so if I may ask, why are you still a "Christian"?

Do Christians have to mind what others think of them or shouldn't they be more concerned about what their God thinks?

xmas no b ma thing at all, na ordinary day I tek see am before. . .sha, no mean to say I no for wish una a very merry christmas, una enjoy

If I ever made him angry I will forever fear the retribution I may pay . . . 

I understand people can indeed change however I believe there is still something that can trigger that particular mood/reaction in them despite transformation.

Despite any apparent "change" I will find it very very difficult to respect such a man and I would even feel guilty for being with one because already a lady (in which I share certain characteristics with) had suffered - I have no idea why but I would feel as if I'm disrespecting the victims if I was to enter such a relationship with a former abuser but I'd hate to forever hold a past err against another imperfect human being.

Of course I cannot predict the future but as of now with my current frame of mind I would be too cautious and nervous to introduce such scenario in my life.

This guy jus dey collect babe anyhow

fetful pipo dey hard to find now oh

@ Daiquiri

The statement on the fellow poster's signature was a tongue-in-cheek and rhetorical question

The poster never posed the question, it was I.
I just converted the person's statement into a question because it wasn't my declaration and I wanted to hear other people's thought on the matter.

I don't know God but I know money, however I would like to know God. . . .

A: God


Objectivity or Subjectivity

hmmmmn. . . . False (the Rich cry more)



"Man created God in his own image"

books, lots and lots of books

@ Daiquiri

They mean God exists, and not as an imagination or fathom

but that, God is real and animate, as it were

Exist = Real; Live = Animate

hmm well I did ponder on that statement for quite a while and weighed each word against the other. I did initially see the difference in the terms and fairly understood what that particular poster was trying to communicate.

I also can accept the definitions you offered for each term and I quite agree. . . "exist" appears rather static to me but "lives" renders the subject being discussed some movement.

However I actually prefer your connotations.

I saw this statement on a fellow poster's signature and it made me to pause and think for quite sometime. Perhaps the way I have been evaluting God in a close minded way.

So I contrasted two statements to detect a difference in meaning:-

"God exists"

"God lives"

What do such sentences connote with each term adopted?

How important is it to differentiate between these two terms "exist" and "live". . . what is the difference?

Destiny can only be delayed but never denied

unknown

"If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."

Frank A. Clark

Re-quoted for emphasis!

edit: whoops wrong thread

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