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Family Guy finally gets one right:

When I was 17, a cousin who lived a few hours away lost his job. My dad was kind enough to offer him to stay at our place along with his two little kids while he got back on his feet. It was just a couple of weeks before my cousin found more work. At the end of his first week on the new job, he came to my dad to make a request: "Pops, just finished my first week. I don't get paid until next week. I was wondering if I could borrow $10 to buy the kids some food until then? I just don't have a single dollar left." My dad gladly obliged. Later that evening, I was in the car with my dad when we drove by a Little Ceasar's Pizza... and I saw my cousin in there with his kids. On the door was a banner, advertising a $10 pizza special. I pointed these things out to Pops, as well as the fact that this restaurant was between my cousin's new job and our house. My cousin had seen the pizza special on his way home, and conned my dad out of $10 to take his kids ther...

Calvinism is not Biblical Doctrine. It's a human philosophy that appeals to proud-minded individuals. Perseverance of the Saints: reality vs. claims.  Calvinists misrepresent their beliefs... a lot. They say that the "P" in TULIP (Perseverance of the Saints) means that once someone is saved, they are always saved. However, that is not what Calvin wrote about, and is certainly not the intent of the P in TULIP. From this link : At first glance one would think that John Calvin taught that eternal security of the believer is based on God's efforts alone, but upon closer inspection of other Calvinistic writings we find Calvin requiring the works of man as proof of his "election."   It is clear from Calvin's writings, he felt that works would persevere. We know that this is not necessarily the case. .

Irony is a martial arts organization with more 10th Dans than 1st Dans. Irony is that same martial arts organization not willing to recognize a 1st Dan due to "age." Irony is the AAU recognizes the rank. (Hint: the AAU is far bigger than the organization in question would ever hope to be.) .

And no, I will NOT vote for Lamar! in the next election.

When I was an early teen, there was an argument at my house about duties. My mom wanted all three of us children to perform more of the housework. At the time, my brother and I performed most of the housework, and she made the very fair request that my sister become more involved. However, my mom was rarely at home to monitor whether the duties would be performed. Also and however, I performed 3/4 of the work already, and yet she was asking for more from me. I asked her how she planned to monitor when she was never home. Literally - she would be gone for weeks at a time. My mom became very defensive at this, as one could imagine. After the argument was over, my dad and I were sitting in the room, and he said something to me that I remember to this day: "you are being awfully hard on your mother." That rang true... but there was something else: I wasn't being any harder on her than she had been on me. --------------------------------------------------------------...