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Because it wasn't blanket from the beginning of time Christian theology. And as such just as likely Satan directed man made hatred....(ie: misanthropic)...

I’m not comprehending you. My apologies. I appreciate your reply nevertheless.

re: Count Me In

Posted by Mr. Misanthrope on 2/8/26 at 2:04 am to
Joe Morello
George Grantham
Hal Blaine
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awestruck
There was nothing misanthropic in my comment insofar as I’m aware. So quoting a dictionary isn’t really engaging with my comment, opinion, or point of view.
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Although we agree she's lost most everything that's appealing.

(and replaced it with things that are not)
Yes we agree she certainly has. It’s probably easier for us to see that in her because her physical defacement seems a pretty clear expression of her damaged spirit and soul.

As far as the moniker goes, it relates to a humorous tongue in cheek, back and forth ongoing conversation with my priest. God commands I love my neighbor, my fellow man; but do I have to like him? I asked him-tongue in cheek-if Christian Misanthropy wasn’t an acceptable philosophy. Something like, I will love my neighbor as myself but I don’t promise to like him, especially if he’s part of a mob.

It’s ironic that recently on TD there’s been discussion of just how much people have come to dislike other people in general and why. If you haven’t already, you might check out that thread and post your definition there because some of those opinions make my “misanthropy” pale in comparison.
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Do you guys find this attractive?
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"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female he created them."
It surely demonstrates satan’s effective defacement of imago Dei. In her case, if, in fact, she’s “a bag of crazy” as the OP suggested, possibly her spirit and soul, as well as her outward physical appearance has been marred.

In Christian thought, men and women, it’s believed, are created whole integrated persons consisting of spirit, soul, and body reflecting they were created triune beings by the triune God-having in themselves aspects of deity. Rationality. Intelligence. Creativity, and so forth.

Since the beginning, according to this line of theological reasoning, it’s been satan’s aim to deface God’s image in men and women and destroying their ability to relate to their Creator and subsequently to each other.

If you look at men’s ability to murder their fellow men without a twinge of conscience, a woman’s ability to murder her child in her womb for convenience, husbands and wives inability to remain faithful to their wedding vows, raise their children properly, the plethora of acceptable sexual appetites beyond heterosexual marriage, the madness inherent in many political philosophies, and the transgender fiasco, the tattooed girl of many piercings seems a fairly tame example.
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Republican response: "we stand on principle".

Gerrymandering for political advantage is not a problem according to SCOTUS, if I’m recalling correctly.

I think they have ruled it’s not constitutionally supportable if district lines are drawn or redrawn on a racial basis.

I’m pretty sure I read that the guy California Democrats hired to do their maps stated in several platforms that creating and strengthening Latino districts based on race guided his efforts.

I’m not sure POTUS gave an explanation of their decision, but I’m fairly sure there were no dissenting opinions offered.

It appears they screwed this up.
Youngest daughter. She was seated in the middle backseat separating her two brothers for reasons you might expect.

She was four; her brothers seven and six. Seven says, “Dad Four’s turning purple is choking, I think.”

We had just turned off Highland headed to Louie’s old location. I stopped in the middle of the street, hopped out and grabbed Four from the back seat and swung her out of the car.

By sheer coincidence I had both hands locked just below her ribs and the pressure exerted swinging her around blew the piece of candy out with a loud pop. Six had already opened the back door and Seven had unlocked her car seat belt. All I really did was reach in and try to get her out where I could do the maneuver. The boys showed their character and quick thinking in a crisis early in life.

Four just gave Mrs M and I our tenth grandchild this past November.

Praise God.
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early death.

It’s an interesting term.

Is it better to have lived until your death loved or aborted and deprived of life and never having been loved?

It’s a challenging read well worth the effort.

Lewis played out the ideas put forth in Abolition of Man in the third novel of his Space Trilogy, That Hideous Strength.

Reading it again Lewis’s novel is eerily prophetic and accurate.
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The left is loving it though. They give no shites about that chick. Cannon fodder for the cause she is.

That’s a fact. No question.
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A desolate hellscape, where Americans go to freeze their nuts off.

Sounds right.

It’s to be the 51st state populated by deported progressive liberals who can carve out a socialist paradise for the world to admire. Perhaps reinvigorating the once prosperous whaling industry.

re: Dog food help

Posted by Mr. Misanthrope on 1/8/26 at 1:09 pm to
I tried mixing some cheap soft stuff for a while to add some flavor and gruel but ultimately went with Pure Balance grain free. Several by them are good combos mixing meats, fats and carbs.

I recall Lamb, Bison, wild Boar etc for meat and protein. It wasn’t expensive especially relative to Hills and the like and worked well for one of my dog’s sensitive skin issues. Wendy was a Golden/Lab mix 50/50 and was especially prone to skin issues. Using that for her issues, I just put my other three on it as well and fed them all with good chow reasonably priced.
Cuff links if you choose that look. If not sporting a wrist watch, a chain and fob for your pocket watch is acceptable. I’ve seen people who, beyond wedding and college ring, view a “pinky” ring suitable. I don’t because I think it’s pretentious and a bit foppish. Like they say, less is more.

But who really cares when Columbia Fishing shirts are considered suitable for Mass on Sunday or a funeral on Tuesday.
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And they’re celebrating the removal of the Socialist despot Maduro.

Viva Trump!
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A cursory skimming of the gospels and Paul’s epistles and letters will yield dozens of commandments that all 21st century American churches flat out ignore.

Unless people are quibbling over “dozens” of commandments I don’t know why you got downvotes for writing that.

Maybe people who disregard St. Paul’s instructions vis a vis head coverings?
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wow theres a lot to unpack here.
Literally.
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Look at what Muslims are doing in and around these centuries old Christmas celebrations in Europe. That is not tolerance.

No it’s not. What ever they may say about Christ and Christians, Christmas really gets under the skin of Islamic Supremacists because it celebrates for twelve days the Feast of The Incarnation.

They cannot and will not tolerate it. It is a, if not the, distinguishing aspect of Christian doctrine from which all other doctrine and belief flow. God Incarnate. And it is this same Jesus who became flesh, whose gospel is converting people who were thought irredeemably lost and in places where few thought possible.

Which what was the original topic of OP’s thread until it was successfully hijacked by the usual suspects.

Jesus Christ is King of Kings, LORD of Lords, and the only God and Savior of Jews and Gentiles. There is no other name by which men and women can be saved from their sins and received into Christ’s Kingdom.
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frick this guy. Michigan holier than thou with morals doing things the right way? What a laughable, hypocritical bitch.
What’s his complaint?
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the perfect example now is john cornyn. to watch his re-election commercials, you would think he started maga

Cassidy in Louisiana is another. It’s nauseating.
From The Hill August 2025
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Cassidy has looked to make amends with President Trump after he became one of seven GOP senators to vote to convict the president in his 2021 Senate impeachment trial after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

The two-term GOP senator has since tried to repair his relationship with the president, including backing some of Trump’s more controversial nominees, such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his confirmation vote earlier this year.

The ads I’ve seen are replays of his previous campaign ads where he wrapped himself in the American flag and blathered on about he and President Trump were going to fix everything.
Never had before. Usually just took stuff to donate. GW or St. Vincent’s.

Went in one day to local GW and found a flawless Ralph Lauren tan fine wale corduroy sport coat that fit perfectly. About $12 if I remember correctly. Same with some pricy brand shirts. Those were about $5 or $6. I check them out now when I donate stuff maybe once a month.

St. Vincent’s had a flawless high end couch we got for about $100 and from GW a 10’ x 14’ rug that complimented it and the paint scheme we went with when renovating our condo. The rug was $65. They’re both in our living room now. Saved us a bundle and are way nicer than anything we’d seen new. What can I say? Mrs M is Scottish and her frugality is catching.:Casty:

GW has changed and they screen intake pretty carefully for valuable items and sell or auction them online. Gone are the days of finding Newcomb pottery or a Frederick Remington.

Now that I think about it, I did get a nicely framed Audubon Raven print from GW years back before they started screening intake.