Count Michael Ignatieff

[Happytrails]

The only thing that I worry about is the arrogance of the aggressive non believers. How they can enjoy the blessings of life without being thankful to some power outside of themselves is a mystery to me. Way self serving. I decided recently that I am a pantheist. We believe that all creation is God. HT

[FarmRanger]

Proverbs 2:1-5

[Wheatking]

Call me an agressive non believer. How come all
you cowboys seem to be such irrational
believers. I have only myself and my
surroundings to thank for my lot in life, not a
higher power. and I certainly don't base who I
vote for on what they believe. I could really care
less as long as they do what's right for me and
country. You churchy's are exactly what's wrong
with the conservative party and are what is
keeping them from a majority.

[TOM4CWB]

Wheatking,

It is great living in a nation of such a culture of tolerance.

As it is Easter... and in the spirit of this great Canadian tradition...

Why would the 'Believers' possibly be so tolerant to the vast explosion of ethnic minorities and other religions?

1 simple fact.

"Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world."


I hear it each year as we do our 2.5 hour live 'Love According to John' passion play in Edmonton Jubilee Auditorium at Easter for the past 40 years in total.

Background:

"... "the business of the Messiah is divine, and not corporeal?"''

And since this was the case, Caesar, or any civil government, had no reason to be uneasy on account of his being a king, and having a kingdom; since his kingdom and interests did not in the least break in upon, or injure any others: and that this was the nature of his kingdom, he proves by the following reason;

if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews: if Christ's kingdom had been a worldly one, set up on worldly views, and governed with worldly policy, and was to answer some worldly ends, Christ would have had servants enough among the Jews, who would have declared for him, and took up arms in his favour against the Romans; his own disciples would not have suffered him to have been betrayed into the hands of the Jews by Judas; nor would he have hindered them from attempting his rescue, as he did Peter; nor would they suffer him now to be delivered by Pilate into their hands, to put him to death; since they had such a Prince at the head of them, who, was he to make use of his power, was able to drive all the Roman forces before them out of the nation, and oblige a general submission among the Jews, to the sceptre of his kingdom:

but now is my kingdom not from hence; it does not rise out of, nor proceed upon, nor is it supported by worldly principles, wherefore none of the above methods are made use of."

http://bible.cc/john/18-36.htm

You have the right... under our Canadian system and tradition...

To believe as you choose. As does Count Iggy.

I wouldn't vote for him... my choice as well!

[checking]

Kings, king of kings, counts, labels and titles are all things I won't buy into. Now flesh and blood, and expiration dates, on these I will take note.

Do you think that there is a bacterial flagellum with wide screen telescopic powers that is struggling to convince its microscopic community that there is an electron microscope staring at them.?

Or is it that Tom etal hear a who at a frequency I can't tune? I'm hoping the lost Dr. Seuss writings will tell me!

[TOM4CWB]

Hope you are having fun Checking!

Checking checking!

Who exactly would you prefer of the options presented?

[checking]

Always, Tom.

I choose to keep my toonie value away from parties, and left with the Receiver General. It also saves on fuel getting to the poll station which I deem is at least a double up situation.

Now for a real race, how about the designer vs a few million years of evolution to see who can get Cotton to stop wasting his time on charts. (lol)