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TO every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
 

TO every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
 

TO every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
 

You see how easy it is to obtain a confession from a simple gator - even for an aussie? There could be a lesson for @mirkwood here.

TO every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
 

TO every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
 

A true shepherd will risk his life to save his sheep.  About a year later he will be having lamb chops.  I don't see the problem with doing the same with pigs.

Be careful  @The Folk Prophet you are coming very close to revealing sacred secrets to the uninitiated here. @Vort will come to know of these things if he ever seeks to become an apprentice.

My thoughts on polyandry.....? I can fully understand why other men would like to marry my wife, she's that kind of woman. Lucky me  But understanding is different from agreement.

My thoughts on polyandry.....? I can fully understand why other men would like to marry my wife, she's that kind of woman. Lucky me  But understanding is different from agreement.

Here in Australia, today is the last day on which people can register to be included in the same sex postal plebiscite on same sex marriage that will commence in a few weeks time, the results of which will heavily influence how our politicians will vote on the question of whether same sex marriage will be legislated for. The government wanted to ask the question via a national plebiscite, similar to an election, but the Labor Opposition, with help from the Greens and some Independents  was able to block that move in the Senate and the national postal vote is seen as the next best option.

If there's uncertainty about the legality, perhaps we need a statute about statues in each State so that the status of their removal will be standardised.

As a fellow Aussie, I'm not sure we have a similar issue to the US civil war. We do have statues of Ned Kelly, who clearly killed police officers. Large monuments to Eureka, which was a rebellion against the government of the its day.

I have little to say in defense of the Confederate States of America. Some have claimed that the CSA's main goal was actually the idea of "state's rights", which is a poorly worded attempt to say that power resides at the state, not the federal, level. But I am convinced this is not so. The CSA was all about preserving slavery. That was the issue, and to claim otherwise is somewhere between naïve and duplicitous on the fault scale.
But it should be recognized that the United States as an entity was only a little over 70 years old at the outbreak of the US Civil War, and there was a strong sentiment (especially in the South) that the federal government was not "the boss of me". So to classify all Southerners, or even all CSA leaders, as "traitors" is reactionary and ignores the subtlety of the situation.
By all accounts, Robert E. Lee was an exceptional human being, notwithstanding being born and raised in slave territory and being married to a woman who inherited slaves (and thus being a slave owner himself). To condemn him for fighting for what he apparently believed as his fundamental principles is to overlook qualities we may wish to emulate. I have little sympathy for a statue of Jefferson Davis, but I have even less sympathy for a lawless hooligan who takes it on himself to destroy that statue. And Robert E. Lee was not Jefferson Davis.
In my middle age, I am beginning to recognize that subtlety is almost always lost in public discourse. Rather than bemoan this fact, I'm considering the idea that maybe we should just accept it and cater to it. Some people are historic Good Guys® and some are historic Bad Guys®. Whether they actually were "good" or "bad" is irrelevant; their symbolic status is all that matters. Let God decide how "good" they really were (or weren't); but for public purposes, we will exalt the Good Guys® and hang the Bad Guys® in effigy forevermore.
But, you know, I just can't really get on board with that. Too much of an ancient Roman empire mob mentality. I expect more of my fellow men, and especially of my fellow Americans. I am doomed to disappointment, but I'm not yet cynical enough to accept the meaningless Good Guys/Bad Guys paradigm suggested above.

See, @Grunt, even the moving company think you should be Mormon!

In case you haven't realized it yet, I'm somewhat of a prepper.   Not the kind you see on the documentaries with hidden food and bunkers, but just general self-sufficiency.  Most people wouldn't even notice it.  There are so many aspects to self-sufficiency but here is what I've found to make the most sense, particularly for those starting out.
1.  Most disasters aren't the apocalypse.  Most disasters are an injury that lands a family member in the hospital for multiple days.   A power outage for a week.   Getting snowed in.  
2.  Always keep a bug out bag for those small emergencies.  Toys to entertain kids.  Snacks.  Change of clothes.  Cell phone chargers.  Things you use daily and would miss if your whole family is stuck in the hospital with a sick child.
3.  Food supply is important.  MREs stink.  Do you want to eat them for 90 days?  They also have a shelf life.  When was the last time you needed extended food stores?  You don't want to replace your entire storage every "x" number of years.
4.  Set up a food pantry.  Can racks work GREAT, too.  The freshest is always on bottom.  Make a place to easily store food where rotation is natural.
5.  Track what you use.  Since most people don't eat the same meals every week, I suggest you track it for a month.  Every time you use something, write it down.  EVERYTHING, to include paper products.  At the end of the month, you now know what your typical food usage is for a month.  Duplicating this is "one month's supply".
6.  Buy what you use.  Do you eat canned beans a few times a week?  Every time you shop,  buy a few extra cans.  Buy only what you typically eat.  Don't buy peas because they are on sale and make a good prep item.  Buy what you use.
7.  Store these items in your can rack or pantry.  Continue to eat normally, using your stores.  Keep shopping on your normal schedule, buying a few extra cans each time and adding the new food to the back of your stores.  Since you're buying what you eat normally, you are constantly rotating your own stock.  Newest in the back, oldest on the dinner table.  Most importantly, should you ever NEED your stores, you just continue eating normally.  You bought the meals your family typically eats.
8.  Water filtration.  Stored water is fine, but it takes up a ton of room I don't care for the taste.  Sometimes it's necessary, so it's important in at least small quantities.  Have a well?  Buy a hand pump.  Buy water filtration so you can get your water anywhere.
9.  Start a garden.  Many people are turning their backyards into food production.  I have a friend who earns a living off 1/4 acre of fairly urban land.  That's it.
10.  Buy chickens.  Just a few hens can produce enough eggs for a family and they are almost zero work.  I know people with chickens in the city and suburbs.  If needed, they can also find most of their own food.
These are just inexpensive and simple ways to start.  I have rack plans, coop plans, chicken tractor plans, etc if anyone ever gets super crazy.  Add a rooster or two and now you sustain your own flock.  Save the seeds from the best plants and now you foster your own garden annually.  Graft trees and now you have multiple fruits in limited acreage.  Becoming self-sufficient isn't that hard or that much work.  

My miniscule understanding of particle physics makes me lean towards the conclusion that particle physics supprts the ex nihilo theory. According to particle physics the entire known universe is completely full of sub-atomic particles continously and spontaneously bursting in and out of existence. And everything in the entire universe is ultimately made up of sub-atomic particles.

I continue to exist and put up with mortality as a service to humanity 

Depends on the day of the week.

perhaps that idea of Bishop Gator is not really all that far off?

I think that it is important to remain friends with everyone in the church because you may well end up serving together. You need to learn to forgive and let bygones be bygones.

Sounds like it needs to be a multi-purpose app. Better ask someone else to do it.

It seems reasonable. I'm inclined not to let my daughters marry non-tithers. After all, it's bad enough dating a thief--but someone who would rob God???

You're just fishing for likes so you can put me in third place!  I won't forget this.  If you're not careful, I'll have to point out that the middle of your name is "bore".