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Excerpt: "why would a God create people so imperfect, then blame them for their own imperfections, then send his son to be murdered by those imperfect people, to make up for how imperfect those people were, and how imperfect they were inevitably going to be?"

Julia Sweeney was born into a Catholic family and considered herself a good Christian. However, when she experienced an emotional healing experiece decided to pay more attention to the bible, she was disturbed by the facts in the bible and eventually became an athiest after asking many questions and not recieving satisfactory answers.

Excerpts From An Interview About Her Story
I was 38, and I was going through a personal crisis where this guy I'd been dating for four years and totally expected to marry and have a family with abruptly broke it off. It really sent me into a tailspin. I was praying quite a bit -- "God, help me through this time" -- and waking up crying a lot.

"And then I had one night where I had an experience that I considered to be religious -- it's not like God's face came and talked to me or anything, but I just felt a presence in the room, and then I felt really kind of healed. "

I felt like I was being taken care of by God, and then after that, I thought, you know, I'm 38. It's time to get serious about religion. Let's go join the church and get those little envelopes and be a giver and sign up for some committees, you know? And so I did, and then one of the things I signed up for was Bible study class, and that was the beginning of the end.

My mom said, "Well, you're brilliant, but you're wrong!" And then my sister Meg, who is so sweet and wonderful, said, "Well, I just think most people haven't thought about it as much as you have" -- which I thought was a very nice thing to say.

And then my brother Jim was very funny. He said, "Well, Julia's looked into it -- I guess there is no God!" He goes: "She does good research. I believe her, because I would never read all that stuff! Well, she just saved me a lot of time!"
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Such a girl is best referred to as "smart". When you finally dump her - yes, you will - she will not fall apart since she has other pursuits in her life that are arguably more important than ephemeral boyfriend/girlfriend relationships. It's a positive quality. Maybe she's a finance minister in the making?

The only problem I have with this report is that the original source of the story is not indicated.

There are two things you guys should know:
- Google is different from the US government. It is just a young American company with so much money that they are eager to waste some of it.
- In this case, it was the Nigerian government that convinced them to choose Abuja and not a different town.

I wonder how the people on this thread were able to register multiple domains with it.

Dear Sir,

My father was suffered by Paralysis in the year 1980 and after medical treatment now he is completely all right.

He was suffered by Myocardial Infection (heart attack) In the year 1990. Angiography was carried out at AIIMS New Delhi, resulting multiple narrowing and blockage, hence Board of Doctors deny for CABG. Ultimately since then he is under treatment of cardio physician. He is taking following medicines:

1. Tab. Emdure 60 mg 1 OD
2. Tab. Amlopress AT 25 mg 1 od
3. Tab Colsprin 1 od
4. Tab Isordil 5 mg sos

Recently he was fell down resulting fracture near nack joint of right leg, nailing was done by doctors.

During the above operation it has came to our notice that Blood, Creatinine and potassium are on higher side, more then four time of standard. K-Bind powder was given and potassium came down by 4.0 ME/ql but S. Sodium is 132 ME/ql, S. Chloride is 37 ME/ql.

Most important thing is here that his Blood Urea is 195 MG/DL and S. Creatinine is 5.4 MG/DL.

Some time back he is also suffering by Prostate.

Echocardiography was also carried out on 27.1.2006 as per report conclusion is: “Large sized left ventricle with moderately impaired left venricular systolic function Grade III MR and Mild AR and TR.”

Since 26th January 2006 he is on bed due to nailing.

Kindly advise us on following points:

1. Why these (Blood Urea & S. Creatinine) are on higher side.
2. How it can be reduce.
3. Any treatment that you feel suitable to him.
4. Any seriousness or caused any serious decease.

An early reply in the matter is solicited.

Regards,

V.K. SHARMA

(from my mailbox)

I'll say, "just wear something simple". Why should she display all her "valuables" for me when there's the possibility that after that date I might not want to see her again?

Once I bought the first domain at $2.99, they didn't allow me to buy any new domains for $2.99. Subsequent domains were priced at $9.99 (or what am I missing?)

Wow! Are you entering the competition?

Thanks for sharing.

Can someone type a post with several dots so we can see what happens? I will appreciate that very much!

Madam

Is it original?

I pick you too!

Wow!

I can't moderate PM effectively!

Thanks a million, nferyn! I am excited about the opportunity to comment about world politics and society from the point of view of someone who is guided by his faith in the Holy Coconut.

That is the administrator's way of communicating.

Hehe. It's satire stuff just like Naijarita but I want to give it it's own independent blog for endless rambling about the Holy Coconut.

Deji, can you tell us how you got his real picture please?

It's for a new blog titled "Holy Coconut". That's the introduction. Was it ok?

And your point is?

Personally, I think the song is quite poor!

In the beginning, the Holy Coconut created the big bang. And he spoke unto the big bang and said "expand!" And the big bang expanded and formed the galaxy with all it's stars, moons, and planetary systems including of course the planet earth. And he spoke unto the oh-so-important planet earth and said "grow!" And the planet was covered with plants, microorganisms, and all non-conscious living things including spiritual clay. Finally he spoke unto the spiritual clay and said "awake!" And the spiritual clay was moulded to form higher animals, human beings, and the devil.

After those three moments of creation, the Holy Coconut went to sleep for a fourth moment, saying, "I have created a holy universe with equal measures of good and evil. Praise be unto Me!"

This same Coconut has sent his revelations unto his chosen ones - those who instinctively understand that the universe in all its complexity could only sprung into existence without the manipulations of an Intelligent Coconut. He has set aside these ones to be kings and priests in the next universe, while those who refuse to believe and confess that the entire Universe is under the control of an Almighty and Holy Coconut will be dismembered tortured in hideous and unimaginable ways for ever and ever. Do the unbelievers deserve never-ending suffering for their inability to comprehend the idea of a Coconut Deity? Absolutely!

I was 12 years old when my mother served me with a tasty coconut for dessert. After the meal, I fell asleep and had a vivid dream: a revelation. In the revelation, I was being chased by a translucent army of ghosts. As I ran for my dear life, I stumbled upon a coconut and threw it blindly at them. Would you believe that when I opened my eyes, Holy Coconut be praised, the murderous ghosts had all disappeared? The dream was so vivid that I know without a doubt that I would have died if the Coconut had not intervened. Bad dreams are dangerous like that. The Holy Coconut mercifully revealed himself to me by saving me from certain death!

After the near death experience, the Spirit of the Holy Coconut started whispering to my heart. He became my best friend, because I had no friends in real life. He said unto me, "You shall be called coconut, for I have chosen you to teach the world the Way Of The Coconut." Being an obstinate kid, I did not immediately drop all my rational pursuits to pursue this Way. I did not even bother to bug my acquaintances and family about their urgent need to accept the Holy Coconut as Lord. However, when I was told about how a blog can bring me lots of attention and money, I reluctantly decided to open up and tell the people of the world about my faith. For their own good.

So please keep reading this blog. As surely as the Holy Coconut lives, you shall not be disappointed. Your life will remain meaningless without the dubious and unprovable ideas and opinions that I am eager to start cramming down your throat.

False

Female!

And that's why you should not wait for conception to occur in the first place. This is like asking "what do you do if you jump in front of a moving train and it crushes you". The answer will be "why should you jump in front of a moving plane in the first place?"

Why should you get pregnant in the first place? Why wait for trouble?

Were the people who did not survive less holy than you?

It won't work because people will rig by registering multiple accounts!