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« on: August 22, 2012, 01:49:37 AM » |
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Question: Who Could Be In heaven?
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If people cry at weddings...why don't they laugh at funerals?
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« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2012, 01:58:39 AM » |
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Definitely Tupac Shakur. The man really did love his people and try his very hardest to be vocal and solve issues in his community. One time when talking to his lawyer, he pointed to a children's pre-school and said that if he goes to jail and can't work, then they cannot eat. He did not get very much money for his work, but of the little bit he got, he always donated most of it to charity. And while in jail he used to talk on the phone with the guards' troubled teenagers and lecture them about staying out of trouble. A very good man. Sure he had his problems, but deep down he was amazing and good hearted. Also, Bob Marley, he advocated peace during so much tension in his country and really just loved peace. He was a simple man but he held fast to his virtues and really tried to better his community and fight issues with peace and love through the one talent he had; music.
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"'Blessed are the peacemakers' For those are peacemakers in themselves who, in conquering and subjecting to reason all the motions of their souls and having their carnal desires tamed, have become in themselves a Kingdom of God."-St. Augustine of Hippo
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« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2012, 03:34:01 AM » |
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Definitely Tupac Shakur.
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From my youth have many passions warred against me, but do Thou Thyself defend and save me, O Saviour.
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« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2012, 03:35:38 AM » |
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John Lennon, doubtful; "Imagine there's no Heaven, no Hell below us..." I don't know, but I've always wondered about the violent death to which he was subjected at a young age; I do like most of his, and "The Beatles" music though, but one evening I was singing this song while listening to "60's on 6" and realised what I was saying. I've turned the song off since.
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« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2012, 03:49:04 AM » |
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Poor Taft deserves a little leniency after suffering through the tub incident. . . I'll give him my vote.
My personal picks: I'd love to imagine the Marx Brothers and Chaplin in Heaven. . . Out of my favorite writers, Gogol seems the safest bet, but it would be nice if someone like Calvino was allowed. Bach had better be. Actors? Gregory Peck. . . It'd be nice if Kenji Mizoguchi could join in, too.
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« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2012, 02:44:22 PM » |
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Pope John Paul II.
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Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
Mahatma Gandhi
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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2012, 10:39:49 PM » |
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Plontinus!
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"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled." - Plutarch
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« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2012, 11:09:19 PM » |
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Origen
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I know a secret about a former Supreme Court Justice. Can you guess what it is?
The greatest tragedy in the world is when a cigarette ends.
American Spirits - the eco-friendly cigarette.
Preston Robert Kinney (September 8th, 1997-August 14, 2011
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« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2012, 10:03:01 PM » |
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"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled." - Plutarch
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« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2012, 10:09:43 PM » |
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I do sincerely hope he is among the redeemed. I do not think it is unreasonable to assume so, either. Sure, he had his heretical points, but very few Ecclesiastical writers/Fathers contributed as much as he did to Christian thought. He was also a man of prayer, austere asceticism, and fasting. |
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Christ is risen! !المسيح قام Χριστός ἀνέστη! ⲠⲓⲬⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲧⲱⲛϥ! Christus resurrexit! Come and join OCnet's new book club! |
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« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2012, 10:27:41 PM » |
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As long as the 5th council didn't condemn him... or does it matter? I dunno...
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"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled." - Plutarch
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« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2012, 10:40:21 PM » |
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I still don't understand the point of these threads...
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« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2012, 10:55:24 PM » |
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I still don't understand the point of these threads...
This one was a joke |
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« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2012, 10:56:54 PM » |
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I still don't understand the point of these threads...
This one was a joke Ohh, my bad.  |
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« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2012, 11:49:55 PM » |
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I hope Diogenes is there. He is, in my humble opinion, the greatest of all the Greeks.
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Note : Many of my posts (especially the ones antedating late 2012) do not reflect charity, tact, or even views I presently hold. Please forgive me for any antagonism I have caused.
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« Reply #15 on: September 06, 2012, 11:51:21 PM » |
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"A Poet a Painter a Musician an Architect: the Man Or Woman who is not one of these is not a Christian." - William Blake
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« Reply #16 on: September 06, 2012, 11:54:36 PM » |
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I would second that, and throw in Laozi as well. |
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Note : Many of my posts (especially the ones antedating late 2012) do not reflect charity, tact, or even views I presently hold. Please forgive me for any antagonism I have caused.
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« Reply #17 on: September 06, 2012, 11:58:45 PM » |
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I would second that, and throw in Laozi as well. If he existed he'd definitely have a shot  |
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"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled." - Plutarch
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« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2012, 12:22:17 AM » |
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« Reply #19 on: September 07, 2012, 12:28:27 AM » |
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This thread...
You just jealous you no think of it first! |
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"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled." - Plutarch
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