RE: [ZION] Nehors - was: Unconditional Love

2003-11-06 Thread Stephen Beecroft
-Ron- Ah, the Church of Ezra resurrects itself. Who is its profit: Reed? I don't understand this. Why would the prophet's words in General Conference constitute the Church of Ezra? And why would Reed Benson be called its profit? While I don't know Reed Benson personally, I have had a few

RE: [ZION] Dungeons and Dragons

2003-11-09 Thread Stephen Beecroft
-Cousin Bill- It decided I would be a Chaotic Good Half-Elf Bard. -JWR- I'm a neutral, good, human, fighter, ranger. I'm a confused bipolar half-Romulan smuggler accountant. Stephen // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please

[ZION] My intro

2003-11-10 Thread Stephen Beecroft
Who am I? Think back to high school. Remember the coolest kid there? He was incredibly smart, but so athletic that the jocks wanted to hang with him anyway. He was so good-looking that the cheerleaders all wanted to date him, but his girlfriend was the friendly but shy girl with braces that

[ZION] Hai karate?

2003-11-10 Thread Stephen Beecroft
About seventeen years ago, I lived at BYU with my cousin in a big old yellow polygamist house in Provo (5th East and 7th North, across the street from the laundromat there) that had been divided into four apartments. The smallest of those apartments was inhabited by a guy who taught ninjutsu,

[ZION]

2003-11-10 Thread Stephen Beecroft
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[ZION] Mother Teresa

2003-11-10 Thread Stephen Beecroft
Christopher Hitchens hates Mother Teresa. This is not a secret. Given some of Hitchens' proclivities, I am not necessarily prone to uncritical acceptance of his viewpoint, but the man is very intelligent and, I think, makes a few good points. (Not that I know enough about the issues to make

RE: [ZION] Sons of Perdition

2003-11-14 Thread Stephen Beecroft
-Ron- I love the way some of you apply gospel doctrine in your lives. Amazing. I've gotta tell you, Ron, that I've been thinking exactly the same thing while reading your posts to this list for the last week. Stephen

RE: [ZION] Very cold news sources

2003-11-17 Thread Stephen Beecroft
-Ron- network of stringers in virtually every berg in the world. Enjoying the mental picture of CNN correspondents huddled, shivering, on various icebergs floating around the north Atlantic... A visiting Asian* seated himself on an airplane next to the window, and was shortly joined by a man

RE: [ZION] The Return of the King

2003-11-18 Thread Stephen Beecroft
-Tom- I found the Tolkein movie that I watched (something about rings I think) Just curious if there's a Tolkien movie that isn't about rings... to be a tiresome road movie where the heroes kept getting into impossible situations for no apparent reason and then being rescued in the best

RE: [ZION] The Return of the King

2003-11-18 Thread Stephen Beecroft
-Tilly- Last winter I decided to take the Beecroft challenge and see what really was in Pride and Prejudice Till! I'm flattered. And glad to hear you enjoyed it, eventually at least. Her style has to grow on you, I guess. Orson Scott Card, LDS writer of fiction/science fiction/fantasy,

RE: [ZION] Genetic Republicans

2004-03-06 Thread Stephen Beecroft
-Ron- REPUBLICANISM SHOWN TO BE GENETIC IN ORIGIN This is about as funny as the Hillary Clinton joke posted a few days ago, and in about as good taste. Stephen // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// ///

RE: [ZION] Genetic Republicans

2004-03-06 Thread Stephen Beecroft
I have an amazing tolerance for perversity, which perhaps explains why I abide your insufferable sanctimony with grin and a groan. My friends, I've had enough of taking (and witnessing) abuse in what is supposed to be a friendly forum. If I were more mature, I would follow the example of

[ZION] Einstein and religion

2004-03-15 Thread Stephen Beecroft
Allow me to come back here just long enough to tell you about a link I found while researching some work (no, really). Someone here was writing about the idea that God is dead and related things about 20th-century beliefs and disbeliefs. I found a link wherein Albert Einstein discusses some

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