Friends

: throwingstardna; December 21st, 22:00

Two burglars in NJ were arrested when an officer FOLLOWED A TRAIL OF THEIR FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW ::slaps forehead::
"I wrote a book." — "What's that?" — "Like a really long magazine." — "What's that?" — "Like the Internet made out of trees." (via @mattxmiller)
Chariot Skates—the newest douchetastic XTREME sports equipment that nobody will buy ever.
'Tis the season for every metal doorknob in the office to shock the shit out of me.
Wow, Brixton's face really changes so much from day to day:

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: susannahclark wrote in christianity; December 21st, 19:11

Current Location:: Berkhamsted, UK

Winter solstice - the shortest day of the year - and all afternoon it has been snowing heavily again here in the Chiltern Hills.

It is the dead of winter.

Outside I see the snow falling in the darkness.

Unless a grain of wheat goes down into the ground, it cannot bear its harvest.

Unless we die, unless we are buried in God, we cannot live in God.

Deep winter night in the Chiltern Hills.

My little church just before dawn

Peace to you all in Jesus Christ

(no subject)

: konohage wrote in christianity; December 20th, 23:22

Current Mood:: confused

Listening to:: My List-The Killers

Hey all! I have a question to all you history buffs out there.

I was recently watching some tv show about the Knights Templar, and they mentioned something I had never heard of before. Apparently some of the knights stopped worshiping Christ and started to revere John the Baptist, because they thought that Jesus was a disciple of John the Baptist and that he was a false prophet. The historian on the show who said this claimed that the whole, "Jesus was a disciple of John the Baptist," theory was popular and had evidence behind it. Apparently this made the Knights Templar think that Jesus was some renegade false prophet of John the Baptist or something.

I've never heard of this theory before, but even if Jesus was a follower of John the Baptist, how does that in any way make Him a false prophet? I don't get it. John the Baptist himself (according to the Bible) said that Jesus was the Christ. So how does that make Him a false prophet?

Anyone ever hear of this theory before? What are your thoughts?

Thanks in advance, God bless you all in Christ!

Advent Bell

: catdraco wrote in christianity; December 21st, 11:51

I just got this in an email... It's kinda cheesy I guess, but I liked it anyway. I thought some people here might enjoy it.

THE BELL
I KNOW WHO I AM
I am God's child (John 1:12)
I am Christ's friend (John 15:15 )
I am united with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17)
I am bought with a price (1 Cor 6:19-20)
I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)
I am a personal witness of Christ. (Acts 1:8)
I am the salt & light of the earth (Matt 5:13-14)
I am a member of the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27)
I am free forever from condemnation ( Rom. 8: 1-2)
I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant (Phil 3 :20)
I am free from any charge against me (Rom. 8:31 -34)
I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Cor 5:17-21)
I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:18)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)
I cannot be separated from the love of God (Rom 8:35-39)
I am established, anointed, sealed by God (2 Cor 1:21-22 )
I am assured all things work together for good (Rom. 8:28 )
I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16 )
I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph.. 3: 12 )
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13 )
I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)
I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3: 16). I am complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3).. I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor 6:1). I am God's workmanship (Eph. 2:10)
I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected. (Phil. 1: 5)
I have been redeemed and forgiven ( Col 1:14). I have been adopted as God's child (Eph 1:5)
We belong to God!
It's the Gospel!

Keep this bell ringing...pass it on
'The LORD bless you and keep you;
The LORD make His face shine upon you
And be gracious to you;
The LORD turn His face toward you
And give you peace...
Numbers 6:24-26

Quoting God

: _mike_y_ wrote in christianity; December 20th, 14:52

{Quote}
. . .
But when we don't have a good excuse, the first thing Jesus asks when we walk into His house of prayer late is: "Why are you late? I was waiting for you at the appointed time."
. . .
{endQuote}

I'm not very good at promptness, I admit, but the above line taken from a church email shocked me into questioning some things. Not about promptness, but about when is it appropriate to put words into Christ's mouth.

1. Is the demand for promptness (arriving on schedule) a Christian ideal?
2. Is putting Christ's name on a quote OK? If He said something similar?

The star of Bethlehem in the Antarctic Ice?

: susannahclark wrote in christianity; December 19th, 22:16

Current Location:: Berkhamsted, UK

People have often speculated about what year Jesus was born. If the star of Bethlehem was - as some have proposed - a supernova, then scientists working in Antarctica may be able to pin the date down.

It turns out that supernova displays leave nitrate traces in the layer of ice for a particular year. See this New Scientist article for details!

The main star of Bethlehem will always be Jesus (not forgetting his mother who bore him). But I wonder if nitrate traces will be found for the year zero?

mankind

: anti_nietzsche wrote in christianity; December 19th, 19:29

Do you still feel like complete members of mankind as a christian?

I ask because in the past I have found myself in a conflict there. I grew up and spent my youth as a pretty devout humanist ... what for a christian is God, for me was mankind. Later on I got to know about God and had pretty deep personal proofs of His existence to me, but still I struggled with God a lot about things like hell and punishment. I've found it incredibly hard to accept christian doctrine there. And now after becoming a baptized christian, I still struggle with it.

Do you have thoughts or ideas that may help with the thought that not all of humanity will be saved in the end?

Today I kind of gave up. I remembered Jesus' words that He had chosen His disciples out of the world, so that they would belong to Him and to His Father, and not to the world anymore.

I just can't "serve" both God and mankind. It's conflicting too much and distorts my search for truth.

Todays Random Stuffs

: throwingstardna; December 18th, 22:00

08:44 Do you like my scarf? My mommy made it for me. I am five.
09:52 When it is 14° out and you are only wearing a sweatshirt, and no hat or gloves, I do not think you are tough—I think you are dumb as shit.
12:49 Republicans—the Party of "No"—Blocks War Funding Just To Delay Health-Care Bill. TRAITORS! Why do they hate the troops?
16:19 I hate when people write "FUCK" as "F@#K" or something like that—it's not magically less offensive to those who are offended by such things.
18:25 Shooter fled via fire escape but "his low-slung pants fell to his ankles, sending him falling 3 stories to his death."
18:31 We almost went extinct! Somewhere between 130k to 190k years ago, the human species was reduced to less than 1,000 breeding individuals.

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Todays Random Stuffs

: throwingstardna; December 17th, 22:00

23:46 Three years old is not too young for practical jokes.
11:08 MAXIMUM PENALTY's new video for Life & Times is out now ... get down with that shit.
14:08 Oh look, it's the Jolly Green Midget!
20:28 Quote Of The Day: "If you make something idiot proof, nature will make a better idiot." (via @SebastianSH)
21:04 The Unintended Consequence of "Better" Technology: New LED traffic lights, with no wasted heat, get covered in snow.
21:11 Blondie's [new] version of We Three Kings is officially my new favorite Christmas song:

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OpenSolaris vs. Solaris

: technonick wrote in itprofessionals; December 17th, 8:15

I have some software that does some translation from UTF-8. In Solaris the product has always run fine, but in OpenSolaris I see an error:

ld.so.1: someprogram: fata: relocation error: file someprogram: symbol_iconv_open: referenced symbol not found

Now, from what I have found out is that Solaris used a system call called: _iconv_open
and most Linux use a similar system call in libc called: iconv_open

But apparently there is a slight difference between Solaris and OpenSolaris, which causes this issue.

Does any have ANY knowledge of this? Somewhere I can look to confirm this hypothesis?

Thanks

Leo Rosten:

: throwingstardna; December 16th, 22:00

"A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they’re dead."

Statistics for Paid Accounts

: marta wrote in paidmembers; December 16th, 15:01

Statistics are here!

You can now see the number of people who have visited your journal, your individual entries, a chart of comments, readers of the RSS feed of your journal, and the last 100 logged-in users who have visited your journal directly (if you've enabled My Guests).

Things you should know:
-Stats are completely anonymous (only My Guests is tied to username); only numbers are recorded, not any other information
-The times and dates in the graph are based on server time, which is UTC/GMT
-The light grey number at the top left corner of the graph is the statistical outlier
-While the graph may go back in time to this summer, the stats-gathering server was not on constantly, so previous stats may be missing. Today, and going forward, full stats are collected and displayed.
-If you opt out of My Guests (meaning that your username will not show up on other people's reports and you will not be able to view your My Guests tab), it does not affect your use of the rest of the Stats - if you're a Paid or Permanent user, you'll still be able to see all the rest of the information on this feature

( Page-by-page walkthrough )

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$10 coupon for your friends!

: marta wrote in paidmembers; December 16th, 14:59

If you have a Paid or Permanent account, you can now send 10 of your non-Paid friends a $10 coupon. Your friend will be able to purchase a Paid Account for $9.95 (instead of $19.95) for one year by enrolling in our automatic payment plan or make a manual payment of $15 (instead of $25).

All Paid and Permanent accounts can send out the coupons by clicking here (it's also under Friends -> Holiday promotion in the site header)
You can also send to people not on your Friends list by manually entering the username in the field provided
If your friend declines the invitation, it will be returned to your available invitation pool and you'll be able to send to someone else
You can send the invitations until January 15th

The river of life

: pastorlenny wrote in christianity; December 16th, 13:02

I posted a summary of last Sunday's sermon on Jesus at the well in Samaria from John 4 here, if anyone is interested.

fear of God

: anti_nietzsche wrote in christianity; December 16th, 18:52

Do you think Adam and Eve had any fear of God in the garden? I mean true fear, not just respect.

Is the fear of God maybe a compromise, something that is necessary because we have a fallen nature which would compel us to sin if we didn't stay in the fear of God? So that then, in Heaven, on and after that glorious day, there will not be any fear of God anymore, no matter how small or huge?

Pope Benedict XVI's Message for World Day of Peace

: restless_friar wrote in christianity; December 15th, 23:48

Following is Pope Benedict XVI's Message for the World Day of Peace, January 1, 2010:

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS
POPE BENEDICT XVI
FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE
WORLD DAY OF PEACE

1 JANUARY 2010

IF YOU WANT TO CULTIVATE PEACE, PROTECT CREATION

1. At the beginning of this New Year, I wish to offer heartfelt greetings of peace to all Christian communities, international leaders, and people of good will throughout the world. For this XLIII World Day of Peace I have chosen the theme: If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation. Respect for creation is of immense consequence, not least because "creation is the beginning and the foundation of all God's works",[1] and its preservation has now become essential for the pacific coexistence of mankind. Man's inhumanity to man has given rise to numerous threats to peace and to authentic and integral human development – wars, international and regional conflicts, acts of terrorism, and violations of human rights. Yet no less troubling are the threats arising from the neglect – if not downright misuse – of the earth and the natural goods that God has given us. For this reason, it is imperative that mankind renew and strengthen "that covenant between human beings and the environment, which should mirror the creative love of God, from whom we come and towards whom we are journeying".[2]

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Tags: environment, peace, pope benedict xvi, world day of peace

Todays Random Stuffs

: throwingstardna; December 15th, 22:00

10:15 How insurers trick Facebook users into opposing Health Care Reform
11:33 Slate Magazine: Why do rappers hold their guns sideways?
14:44 Just what I always wanted—a dead stuffed lamb with a rainbow horn. But does it shit gold nuggets?
15:13 THIS is why I don't beef with strangers over unimportant shit—because people are complete savages
15:15 Oh awesome—this memo pad documents my look from 1995 to 2005 bit.ly/6kbSqJ
16:12 This might be the best video you've seen all day:

20:05 Bea and Brixton are in TX, I miss them. At least Bea sends me photo updates several times a day:

Such a goofy baby.

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giving

: hoppii wrote in christianity; December 15th, 1:30

How do you distinguish the boundaries between giving and being taken advantage of?
Should lack of reciprocity result in less giving, or do you let yourself be taken advantage of, knowing they will have to answer to it later?

prayer request

: paedraggaidin wrote in christianity; December 15th, 1:15

Please pray for the family and friends of one of my classmates, Curtis, who passed away over the weekend. He leaves behind a wife and unborn child.

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Integration

: illegal_actions wrote in christianity; December 14th, 23:18

Current Location:: home

Current Mood:: worried

Listening to:: z104

So I have an atheist slowly working his way into my youth group. 17. Typical perverted male. Senior. Switches girlfriends like clothes. He's been coming for over a year now and nothing's really happened except he's edging towards be agnostic.

Suggestions in any area (acceptance, teaching, witnessing etc.) are more than welcome. I love this kid to death but sometimes...

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