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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/....reut/index.htm HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, popular with the poor at home, offered on Tuesday to help needy Americans with cheap supplies of gasoline. "We want to sell gasoline and heating fuel directly to poor communities in the United States," the populist leader told reporters at the end of a visit to Communist-run Cuba. Chavez did not say how Venezuela would go about providing gasoline to poor communities. Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA owns Citgo, which has 14,000 gas stations in the United States. The offer may sound attractive to Americans feeling pinched by soaring prices at the pump but not to the U.S. government, which sees Chavez as a left-wing troublemaker in Latin America. Gasoline is cheaper than mineral water in oil-producing Venezuela, where consumers can fill their tanks for less than $2. Average gas prices have risen to $2.61 a gallon in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Chavez said Venezuela could supply gasoline to Americans at half the price they now pay if intermediaries who "speculated ... and exploited consumers" were cut out. Venezuela supplies Cuba with generously financed oil and plans to help Caribbean nations foot their oil bills. Chavez, in Cuba to attend the graduation of Cuban-trained doctors from 28 countries, was seen off at the airport by Cuban President Fidel Castro. Washington has accused the two leaders of being a destabilizing influence in South America. Chavez and Castro offered to give poor Americans free health care and train doctors free of charge. l

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How truly interesting! Thanks for posting this!

kewl!

YIKES! ... there are sleeper cells, and one is in my own back yard!

Yeah, it would have to be Leonard for me!

Thanks Yahsway. I was just surprised when I found out it was some kind of "religious path". Don't worry, I am too Baptist to get into something like this. But now I can warn others.

There is a sign in a yard near my house that says "Walk a Labyrinth here". I have wondered for some time just what that was about. I even asked Mr. Biker, he did not know either. Well, I just came across some information on the Net, and am surprised to learn it is a religious practice! Any of you guys know anything about this? http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchiv...2labyrinth.html

I am a Christian no matter where God sends me to worship and serve Him. But I voted Baptist, because I am a member of a Baptist church. Easy enough.

http://firesofdarkness.com/ http://pureintimacy.org/ Check out these Christian websites for information on sex addiction and recovery. Sex addiction is one of the most difficult addictions to break free from, but with God, all things are possible. My husband was one of those guys "sitting on the front pew" but had a secret addiction to pornography. I had no idea what was going on with him, until I found the evidence on my computer. He was having an affair with someone he met in a chat room. Praise God for His grace, my husband has been sober for over three years now. Please let God deliver you from this horrible bondage, for yourself and for your (future) wife.

Fantastic! Praise God! Your cup is overflowing with his blessings!

I have never heard that before. What is the basis for believing the AC will not have a desire for women?

You guys want some popcorn while we wait?

Squirrel and rabbit gumbo, with andouille (pork sausage) is about as fine a dish as it gets here is Cajun country. Oysters make it even better. And, living in the country, I have watched what chickens eat.

http://search.csmonitor.com/2004/1229/p01s04-ussc.html Commerce in church: faith-based enterprise or unholy invasion? By G. Jeffrey MacDonald | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor People weary from the holiday shopping blitz and longing for refuge in a noncommercial zone had better not count on finding it in church. These days, along with the usual sermons, places of worship are quenching more literal forms of thirst, too. Those who crave Starbucks can step over to a kiosk at Grace Capital Church in Pembroke, N.H. At True Bethel Baptist Church in Buffalo, N.Y., the spot where the choir once sang now sells Subway sandwiches. And in more than a few picturesque meeting houses, hymns and prayers ascend through a steeple that doubles as a leased-out cellphone tower. For a growing number of churches, the boundary between sacred space and marketplace is coming down, as congregations cautiously warm to the notion of sharing their holy dominion with for-profit business. Purists who perceive an insidious desecration find themselves waging an uphill battle with those who regard the new arrangements as a welcome boost to their core missions. "Starbucks has done what churches should have done a long time ago, and that's to become more people-friendly," says the Rev. Peter Bonanno, senior pastor of Grace Capital Church. "It's not so much the coffee as the environment the coffee and the coffee bar create - a relaxed, relational, and fun place. We hope to create an environment that we believe is more biblical than [conventionally] religious." Parishioners seem satisfied. The kiosk opened in July, and visitors say the building that houses it "feels more like a Starbucks ... than a church," says Mr. Bonanno. Since July, average Sunday attendance has doubled to 550. But short-term convenience and growth may come at the expense of church ideals, says Barry Harvey, professor of contemporary theology at Baylor University in Houston. In his view, spirituality has been "commodified" in the past quarter-century, in part due to "church shopping" and a hot market for religious merchandise. From there, he says, "It's just one more step to say, 'What's the big deal about bringing in a McDonald's?' " As churches "come to resemble malls," says Dr. Harvey, "they no longer become communities that try to live differently from the rest of the world and model how life is supposed to be lived... We should meet [others] in a marketplace, but then welcome them into a community that says there are deeper ways of relating." To this point, for-profit businesses have found their warmest church receptions among highly autonomous congregations, where closeness to God depends more on conversion than sacred space. Evangelicals have led the way in embracing Starbucks, Subway, and, at Brentwood Baptist Church in Houston, a McDonald's. Meanwhile, mainline Congregationalists have welcomed cellphone towers to many of New England's quaint steeples. "From our perspective, it's been a rather happy encounter with the world of mammon," says Ronald Rucker, moderator of Middlebury Congregational Church in Middlebury, Vt. Construction on its tower began in October, opening the door to $9,000 in annual rental income - and financing a steeple paint job this spring. But up the road in Newport, Vt., Roman Catholics have split sharply over a proposal to rent out the bell tower for cellphone service. Lifelong church member Linda Curtis and others have filed suit to block tower construction at their St. Mary's Star-of-the-Sea Roman Catholic Church. They argue the introduction of for-profit infrastructure would violate city bylaws stipulating that no building may have more than one use. Her chief concern, though, is a matter of spiritual principle. "You're using the church for profit, and that's just wrong," Ms. Curtis says. "That church is God's home.... In our society, we've taken God out of everything, and now we're taking His home, too." Even those who support a cell tower at St. Mary's are sensitive to the possibility that for-profit enterprise in the wrong location could corrupt what's sacred in their trust. Sales of items from rosary beads to Knights of Columbus raffle tickets occur at the rectory and elsewhere, but never in the church sanctuary. The reason: Members recall the story of Jesus toppling the tables of money-changers in the temple. "They were conducting business in his Father's house, and his Father's house is for worship only," says parish council chairman Michael Marcotte, who supports putting Verizon antennas in the bell tower. "If [the antennas] were to be inside the church itself, we would have never considered it." In Protestant theology, the church building holds less sanctity than it does in Catholicism, since Protestants don't regard it as a necessity in the transmission of God's grace. Nevertheless, just as some Protestants cheer the practical value of sharing their space with business, others resist, citing equally pragmatic concerns. "It's not just about the secular invading the sacred. It's about the formation of disciples and how [retail business] affects it," says the Rev. Gary Greene, pastor of Pilgrim Congregational Church in Merrimac, Mass. "We tell new members to give a portion of their income, but the reality would be that we have coffee hour sponsored by Starbucks, and people love it and it's a real cash generator.... What we're saying is that being a member of a community doesn't require anything of you, so it doesn't mean anything." Yet where Starbucks flows after worship, the pastor tells a different story. Bonanno says his congregation tithes to support its own ministries. The approximately $500 raised at the coffee bar each month has become extra cash for donation to such causes as the Salvation Army, a local food pantry, and new churches.

Thanks for the rebuke, brother. May we listen.

Exactly, serotta. Notice how there is a little bit of truth mixed in with the lie. I wonder who is the evil mastermind behind that destortion. Also, have you noticed how people who say that homosexuality is a sin are accused of hating, and having no concern for the poor and oppressed? Is is just me, or does it seem that sins such as homosexuality and abortion get pushed under the rug so the focus can be on other sins that are more "comfortable" and can be addressed by throwing money at them? Ok, I am just rambling right now. This was sent to me by a Christian friend who apparently has accepted this garbage to be biblical. *sigh*

Sounds to me like the writer is trying to tickle someone's ears. What do you think?

I am thankful for my Savior, that though He did not have to leave His Father and His lovely home in Heaven, He did. That He did not have to get His beautiful white garments dirty going into the cesspool I had made of my life, but He did. That I am now clean and forgiven, though I don't deserve it. And that He gives me the opportunity to reach into the cesspool with Him to pull others out.

A non-believer friend pointed out to me (sarcastically) that Arafat says he is a Christian! I know it is absurd, but does anyone here know anything about Arafat claiming to be a Christian?

Amazed, It is awesome to hear how the Holy Spirit is moving in your church! My church has a "judgement house" presentation every year during the last week in October. We were able to share the Gospel with over 10, 000 people who visted our church last week. Through this ministry, the Holy Spirit moved over 300 people to make decisions for Christ, with more that 150 salvations. A 10 year old that I counseled accepted Christ as her savior, and then I talked with her Baptist parents afterward, who are born again believers from another church, so I am quite sure they will nourish their daughter in the faith. And we are notifying the churches of the decisions made for Christ by those who are part of other churchs, so their church family can encourage them. And we are visiting all this week who came forward during the invitation given at the end of each presentation. I join with you in praising God for the privilege of sharing the Good News, even during Halloween.

And don't forget St. Gerard. He will help you conceive. http://www.saintgerard.com :x:

Uh, you must bury St. Joseph in the BACK yard UPSIDE DOWN.

And who is going to protect the woman from the strong man?