I am not a particularly religious person, yet I feel compelled in light of today’s tragic events to offer the following prayer in memory of all of the world’s innocent victims. May they find the peace and serenity denied them in our world in their afterlife.
Heaven help the child who never had a home
Heaven help the girl who walks the streets alone
Heaven help the roses when the bombs begin to fall
HEAVEN HELP US ALL
Heaven help the working man as he struggles one more day
Heaven help the tax man as he turns his back away
Heaven help the man who kicks the man who has to crawl
HEAVEN HELP US ALL
Heaven help the man who won't turn twenty- one
Heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun
Heaven help the people with their backs against the wall
HEAVEN HELP US ALL
Now I lay me down before I go to sleep
In a trouble world, I pray the Lord to keep
Keep Hatred from the mighty, and the mighty from the small
HEAVEN HELP US ALL
Lord, hear our call, when we fall
HEAVEN HEAL THEM ALL
MAGIKMAN :'(
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Posted 11 September 2001 - 09:11 PM
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. ~ Carl Sagan
"...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination." ~ Arthur Koestler
"...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination." ~ Arthur Koestler
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Posted 11 September 2001 - 09:40 PM
Well, I will pray with you Magikman :-/
Odin Supreme :'(
Odin Supreme :'(
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| Heaven help the child who never had a home Heaven help the girl who walks the streets alone Heaven help the roses when the bombs begin to fall HEAVEN HELP US ALL Heaven help the working man as he struggles one more day Heaven help the tax man as he turns his back away Heaven help the man who kicks the man who has to crawl HEAVEN HELP US ALL Heaven help the man who won't turn twenty- one Heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun Heaven help the people with their backs against the wall HEAVEN HELP US ALL Now I lay me down before I go to sleep In a trouble world, I pray the Lord to keep Keep Hatred from the mighty, and the mighty from the small HEAVEN HELP US ALL Lord, hear our call, when we fall HEAVEN HEAL THEM ALL |
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Posted 11 September 2001 - 11:55 PM
Thoughtful prayer Magikman.
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Tommy :'(
"Superstition created all the gods and angels, all the devils and ghosts, all the witches, demons and goblins, gave us all the augurs, soothsayers and prophets, filled the heavens with signs and wonders, broke the chain of cause and effect, and wrote the history of man in miracles and lies" ~ Robert Green Ingersoll
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Posted 12 September 2001 - 08:40 AM
Magikman,
Touching prayer. With the recent tragedy, I'm sure all our hearts and prayers goes out to all who have lost loved ones.
Homer[glow=color,strength,width]
Touching prayer. With the recent tragedy, I'm sure all our hearts and prayers goes out to all who have lost loved ones.
Homer[glow=color,strength,width]
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Posted 12 September 2001 - 05:15 PM
Thats a very nice prayer Magikman. What a tragic thing to happen. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Posted 13 September 2001 - 01:19 AM
A very thoughtful poem, Magikman
NORA
NORA
"Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has
found no remedy for the worst of them all --- the apathy of human beings."
Helen Keller
found no remedy for the worst of them all --- the apathy of human beings."
Helen Keller
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Posted 13 September 2001 - 05:16 AM
Very touching poem indeed. May God bless the people of New York, and the loved ones they lost in the tragedy. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
"Have you ever noticed.... Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?" -George Carlin
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Posted 14 September 2001 - 02:33 AM
Very well put. Words though cannot change the past, but they can bring forth a brighter future, and I think that those words can do just that.
Abiogenesis (ab-i-o-jen`-a-sis) n. (Biol.) The theory of spontaineous generation from non-living matter [Gk. a-: neg.: bios, life, genesis, birth]. Farv Michael Larion
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"The one thing we have learnt from history is that we learn nothing from history." Albert Einstein
Posted 14 September 2001 - 10:13 AM
At times like these you have to ask yourself "Where is God?..."
THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. Can you? ;)
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Posted 14 September 2001 - 05:40 PM
Hopefully out rounding up all the petulant, snot-nosed little ‘wankers’ who lack the common decency and intelligence to refrain from posting insulting and inappropriate comments to a thread meant to eulogize the loss of thousands of people.
MAGIKMAN
* - My apologies to the rest of the forum members, clueless idiots just rub me the wrong way, and I had to vent.
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* - My apologies to the rest of the forum members, clueless idiots just rub me the wrong way, and I had to vent.
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. ~ Carl Sagan
"...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination." ~ Arthur Koestler
"...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination." ~ Arthur Koestler
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Posted 14 September 2001 - 05:53 PM
Amen to that Magikman
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"The one thing we have learnt from history is that we learn nothing from history." Albert Einstein
Posted 15 September 2001 - 04:33 AM
Magikman,
i guessing your talking to me, so what was so offensive about that?
Statistics show that 95% of men would of wanked by the age of 20 and 90% of girls would have done it by the age of 21 so don't use the word 'wankers' when you have probably done it yourself 'cause you're just teasing yourself :)
I'm not little! i'm about 175 - 180 cm tall
You always express your opinion to people because you think their beliefs are stupid and how is saying "Where is God?..." ment to hurt peoples feelings. i was just expressing my opinion.
No one should of died in the attacks and no one should ever die like that again but incase you haven't noticed thousands of people die every day by civil wars and holy wars. WAKE UP TO THE REAL WORLD!
you didn't like me using the word 'cock sucker' and i wasn't even calling anyone that and you call me a "snot-nosed little ‘wankers’ " and "clueless idiots " so isn't that a bit hypocritical because you didn't like me swearing but you did it to me.
I was mature enough to refrain from swearing. :)
Something good can always come out of something bad. the good that came out of this tragedy is that most of the nations (like china, russia, india) are coming together to put an end to terrorism in the world.
i guessing your talking to me, so what was so offensive about that?
Statistics show that 95% of men would of wanked by the age of 20 and 90% of girls would have done it by the age of 21 so don't use the word 'wankers' when you have probably done it yourself 'cause you're just teasing yourself :)
I'm not little! i'm about 175 - 180 cm tall
You always express your opinion to people because you think their beliefs are stupid and how is saying "Where is God?..." ment to hurt peoples feelings. i was just expressing my opinion.
No one should of died in the attacks and no one should ever die like that again but incase you haven't noticed thousands of people die every day by civil wars and holy wars. WAKE UP TO THE REAL WORLD!
you didn't like me using the word 'cock sucker' and i wasn't even calling anyone that and you call me a "snot-nosed little ‘wankers’ " and "clueless idiots " so isn't that a bit hypocritical because you didn't like me swearing but you did it to me.
I was mature enough to refrain from swearing. :)
Something good can always come out of something bad. the good that came out of this tragedy is that most of the nations (like china, russia, india) are coming together to put an end to terrorism in the world.
THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. Can you? ;)
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Posted 15 September 2001 - 08:33 AM
Thank you, Dowdy.
Somehow I knew you would be the ultimate expert on the subject of 'wanking'.
By the way, you may want to keep both hands on the keyboard when typing your messages. Otherwise your spelling tends to suffer.
MAGIKMAN
Somehow I knew you would be the ultimate expert on the subject of 'wanking'.
By the way, you may want to keep both hands on the keyboard when typing your messages. Otherwise your spelling tends to suffer.
MAGIKMAN
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. ~ Carl Sagan
"...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination." ~ Arthur Koestler
"...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination." ~ Arthur Koestler
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Posted 15 September 2001 - 11:31 AM
don't worry i will. :)
i'm 16, the only thing i think and talk about is sex and girls. Didn't you do the same thing when you were my age. On 'the human body' (that really good documentry that won a few awards) the guy asked a bunch of school kids around my age "who thinks about sex more than ten times a day" and all the guys put up their hands.
Even my teach talks about sex because he knows that will get our attention. we were talking about marketing and designing a product and he chose to talk about the condom and how it was designed and everything (and that subject was woodwork!) ;D but then he got serious once he knew we were paying attention and he talked about furniture. ;D
i'm 16, the only thing i think and talk about is sex and girls. Didn't you do the same thing when you were my age. On 'the human body' (that really good documentry that won a few awards) the guy asked a bunch of school kids around my age "who thinks about sex more than ten times a day" and all the guys put up their hands.
Even my teach talks about sex because he knows that will get our attention. we were talking about marketing and designing a product and he chose to talk about the condom and how it was designed and everything (and that subject was woodwork!) ;D but then he got serious once he knew we were paying attention and he talked about furniture. ;D
THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. Can you? ;)
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Posted 15 September 2001 - 04:35 PM
Ahhh, I think being tasteless must be the cornerstone that all kids your age are working with these days. >:(
Something important that your teachers forgot to mention, about sex, is that knowing something is fine, but to verbalize it at all the worst possible times, is trashy. Just plain trashy. There is no word that describes it as bluntly as you so like to be yourself. It is fine that all you think about is girls. So then I ask, what ever gave you the idea, that I or anyone else wants to know what you are thinking or doing in the privacy of Mommy and Daddy's house? Personally, I don't want the visual. And, if you don't want me to further make fun of all the "weird' and 'comical' things that a 16 year old body goes through, then you will leave well enough alone. It doesn't belong on this thread, and if you force me to further insult you, I will open up a new thread, just to make sure that there is ample of room for everything that I could write.
Reese :-*
Something important that your teachers forgot to mention, about sex, is that knowing something is fine, but to verbalize it at all the worst possible times, is trashy. Just plain trashy. There is no word that describes it as bluntly as you so like to be yourself. It is fine that all you think about is girls. So then I ask, what ever gave you the idea, that I or anyone else wants to know what you are thinking or doing in the privacy of Mommy and Daddy's house? Personally, I don't want the visual. And, if you don't want me to further make fun of all the "weird' and 'comical' things that a 16 year old body goes through, then you will leave well enough alone. It doesn't belong on this thread, and if you force me to further insult you, I will open up a new thread, just to make sure that there is ample of room for everything that I could write.
Reese :-*
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