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		<title>By: Richard Wade</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Wade</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 01:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I found a book at Amazon God vs. Satan : The Untold Story&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;It was written in the Bible that it would come in the hands of an angel to the world from God.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Uh, so Amazon is an angel?  

Are copies available in the 6,900 or so languages in the world, or does Angel Amazon have to wait for a second contract, depending on the proceeds from the first edition in English?

Tough to be a literary angel these days. Having to deal with book agents who want their percentage, jaded publishing house readers, editors who want to tweak the content for a better corner of the market, self-important graphic artists who want the cover to be their personal &lt;em&gt;Mona Lisa,&lt;/em&gt; and predatory Hollywood types who will get you to sign the movie rights away for a pittance. It&#039;s enough to make you want to take wing and just fly away. 

Your middle name isn&#039;t Poe, is it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I found a book at Amazon God vs. Satan : The Untold Story</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>It was written in the Bible that it would come in the hands of an angel to the world from God.</p></blockquote>
<p>Uh, so Amazon is an angel?  </p>
<p>Are copies available in the 6,900 or so languages in the world, or does Angel Amazon have to wait for a second contract, depending on the proceeds from the first edition in English?</p>
<p>Tough to be a literary angel these days. Having to deal with book agents who want their percentage, jaded publishing house readers, editors who want to tweak the content for a better corner of the market, self-important graphic artists who want the cover to be their personal <em>Mona Lisa,</em> and predatory Hollywood types who will get you to sign the movie rights away for a pittance. It&#8217;s enough to make you want to take wing and just fly away. </p>
<p>Your middle name isn&#8217;t Poe, is it?</p>
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		<title>By: Bob Lane</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob Lane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 19:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I found a book at Amazon God vs. Satan : The Untold Story which claims to be the Little Book predicted to explain God’s Mystery to mankind in Rev. 10. Even explains why he went into hiding, and when he would surface again, and why.

My family didn’t believe it, but we read it anyway. And it is true. I understand everything Jesus said. EVERYTHING! Even know where he left out information on purpose because his generation wasn’t ready for the truth.

I understand souls, God, how Satan’s Kingdom is divided, and how God and Satan fight in the world today. Except the actual truth is different from what anyone expects. It explains all the crime in our urban cities. And how to change it. 

It is a small book, as predicted in Rev. 10, every page is packed with new ideas. The words draw pictures, making the understanding easy. Even how creation started. And what the Holy Ghost is made out of.

It was written in the Bible that it would come in the hands of an angel to the world from God. I read it, and I don’t believe any human mind could have that much new information by itself. A thousand geniuses couldn’t have written that book. Or this
Einstein of religion kept himself hidden from the world for a long time.

The fact that book is here today amazes me. We must be in end times for it to exist. I need an expert on Revaluations to comment on the book.

I understand now why God went into hiding. Once you understand his mystery, what he really is, his early involvement in world affairs, and his absence later on becomes obvious. So does his return and when and why.

No one religion captured the truth. But many got pieces of it. But the real truth makes complete sense of reality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I found a book at Amazon God vs. Satan : The Untold Story which claims to be the Little Book predicted to explain God’s Mystery to mankind in Rev. 10. Even explains why he went into hiding, and when he would surface again, and why.</p>
<p>My family didn’t believe it, but we read it anyway. And it is true. I understand everything Jesus said. EVERYTHING! Even know where he left out information on purpose because his generation wasn’t ready for the truth.</p>
<p>I understand souls, God, how Satan’s Kingdom is divided, and how God and Satan fight in the world today. Except the actual truth is different from what anyone expects. It explains all the crime in our urban cities. And how to change it. </p>
<p>It is a small book, as predicted in Rev. 10, every page is packed with new ideas. The words draw pictures, making the understanding easy. Even how creation started. And what the Holy Ghost is made out of.</p>
<p>It was written in the Bible that it would come in the hands of an angel to the world from God. I read it, and I don’t believe any human mind could have that much new information by itself. A thousand geniuses couldn’t have written that book. Or this<br />
Einstein of religion kept himself hidden from the world for a long time.</p>
<p>The fact that book is here today amazes me. We must be in end times for it to exist. I need an expert on Revaluations to comment on the book.</p>
<p>I understand now why God went into hiding. Once you understand his mystery, what he really is, his early involvement in world affairs, and his absence later on becomes obvious. So does his return and when and why.</p>
<p>No one religion captured the truth. But many got pieces of it. But the real truth makes complete sense of reality.</p>
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		<title>By: What’s God Doing In Your Life=I’m Getting Ready To Judge You. &#171; JGHanks &#8211; Uncensored&#8230;for your pleasure.</title>
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		<dc:creator>What’s God Doing In Your Life=I’m Getting Ready To Judge You. &#171; JGHanks &#8211; Uncensored&#8230;for your pleasure.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] a non-Christian book?” Or, “I’ll think for you.” Or especially, “Liar.” [Inspired by Richard, Gdad, and [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Mriana</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mriana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Translation: “I believe as in days of yore that your soul leaves your body every time you sneeze and unless someone nearby says “Bless you” your soul can get lost and might not return to your body.”&lt;/blockquote&gt;

:lol:  My younger son brought this up the other day when he sneezed.  I didn&#039;t say anything and he said, &quot;You forgot that superstition&quot;.  I said, &quot;What?&quot;  Because I had no idea what he was talking about and he said with a grin that meant he was being silly, &quot;You know, the one where you are suppose to say &#039;Bless you&quot; or &#039;God bless you&#039; so the person&#039;s soul doesn&#039;t escape their body when they sneeze.&quot;  &quot;Oh. That one.&quot;  :roll:  &quot;Well?&quot;  Silly grin from him.  &quot;Well what?&quot;  &quot;Are you going to say it?&quot;  :roll: - from me.  &quot;Oh alright. Bless ya.  You want me to throw in some burning incense too?&quot;  &quot;Na.&quot;

Then he went on his merry way.  Not sure what that was all about, but it was pure silliness and he&#039;s 17.  Seemed awfully juvenile to me, but he is at that age where they flip back and forth with mental/emotional maturity.  Who knows.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Translation: “I believe as in days of yore that your soul leaves your body every time you sneeze and unless someone nearby says “Bless you” your soul can get lost and might not return to your body.”</p></blockquote>
<p> <img src='http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' />   My younger son brought this up the other day when he sneezed.  I didn&#8217;t say anything and he said, &#8220;You forgot that superstition&#8221;.  I said, &#8220;What?&#8221;  Because I had no idea what he was talking about and he said with a grin that meant he was being silly, &#8220;You know, the one where you are suppose to say &#8216;Bless you&#8221; or &#8216;God bless you&#8217; so the person&#8217;s soul doesn&#8217;t escape their body when they sneeze.&#8221;  &#8220;Oh. That one.&#8221;  <img src='http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif' alt=':roll:' class='wp-smiley' />   &#8220;Well?&#8221;  Silly grin from him.  &#8220;Well what?&#8221;  &#8220;Are you going to say it?&#8221;  <img src='http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif' alt=':roll:' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8211; from me.  &#8220;Oh alright. Bless ya.  You want me to throw in some burning incense too?&#8221;  &#8220;Na.&#8221;</p>
<p>Then he went on his merry way.  Not sure what that was all about, but it was pure silliness and he&#8217;s 17.  Seemed awfully juvenile to me, but he is at that age where they flip back and forth with mental/emotional maturity.  Who knows.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Wade</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/05/30/an-atheists-guide-to-christianese/#comment-176326</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard Wade</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&quot;Bless you.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;  (This said repeatedly each and every time a person sneezes. So it&#039;s:

&quot;A-choo!&quot;
&quot;Bless you!&quot;
&quot;A-choo!&quot;
&quot;Bless you!&quot;
&quot;A-choo!&quot;
&quot;Bless you!&quot;


Ad absurdium.

&lt;strong&gt;Translation:&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;I believe as in days of yore that your soul leaves your body every time you sneeze and unless someone nearby says &quot;Bless you&quot; your soul can get lost and might not return to your body.&quot;

&lt;strong&gt;Acceptable response:&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;Thank you.&quot;

&lt;strong&gt;Unacceptable response:&lt;/strong&gt;  &quot;When were you born, 1300? Gimme that kleenex. I caught this cold from you when you brought it to work, you selfish jerk.&quot;

(Not recommended to say to employers or co-workers who have a good chance for a promotion.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>&#8220;Bless you.&#8221;</em>  (This said repeatedly each and every time a person sneezes. So it&#8217;s:</p>
<p>&#8220;A-choo!&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Bless you!&#8221;<br />
&#8220;A-choo!&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Bless you!&#8221;<br />
&#8220;A-choo!&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Bless you!&#8221;</p>
<p>Ad absurdium.</p>
<p><strong>Translation:</strong> &#8220;I believe as in days of yore that your soul leaves your body every time you sneeze and unless someone nearby says &#8220;Bless you&#8221; your soul can get lost and might not return to your body.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Acceptable response:</strong> &#8220;Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Unacceptable response:</strong>  &#8220;When were you born, 1300? Gimme that kleenex. I caught this cold from you when you brought it to work, you selfish jerk.&#8221;</p>
<p>(Not recommended to say to employers or co-workers who have a good chance for a promotion.)</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Wade</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Wade</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Derek, I&#039;m impressed that you didn&#039;t give in to the temptation to make up something ahead of time in anticipation of your friend&#039;s question.  At least you weren&#039;t faking it with a contrived &quot;good answer.&quot;  Maybe that genuineness is part of what led you to where you are now about all that stuff.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Derek, I&#8217;m impressed that you didn&#8217;t give in to the temptation to make up something ahead of time in anticipation of your friend&#8217;s question.  At least you weren&#8217;t faking it with a contrived &#8220;good answer.&#8221;  Maybe that genuineness is part of what led you to where you are now about all that stuff.</p>
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		<title>By: Derek</title>
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		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just had a flashback reading this one:

&lt;em&gt;What’s God doing in your life?&lt;/em&gt;

In my Christian days, I had a friend who would ask me a similar question (what&#039;s God been teaching you since the last time we spoke?) &lt;em&gt;every single time&lt;/em&gt; we saw each other. I usually didn&#039;t have a good answer. I would always part ways with the guy feeling guilty and ashamed for not being more &quot;in touch&quot; with God.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just had a flashback reading this one:</p>
<p><em>What’s God doing in your life?</em></p>
<p>In my Christian days, I had a friend who would ask me a similar question (what&#8217;s God been teaching you since the last time we spoke?) <em>every single time</em> we saw each other. I usually didn&#8217;t have a good answer. I would always part ways with the guy feeling guilty and ashamed for not being more &#8220;in touch&#8221; with God.</p>
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		<title>By: Darryl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Darryl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Richard, you should have been a stand-up comic.  

&lt;em&gt;&quot;Seek to do God&#039;s will.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;

&lt;strong&gt;Translation: &lt;/strong&gt;Blindly grope around for some clue as to what you ought to do from day to day, but mostly depend upon what your preacher told you the Bible meant about this or that, and where the Bible is silent pretty much convince yourself that what you want is what God wants.

&lt;strong&gt;Acceptable Response: &lt;/strong&gt; &quot;Not my will but Thine be done. Amen.&quot;

&lt;strong&gt;Unacceptable Response: &lt;/strong&gt; &quot;Well, now that&#039;s the rub:  I&#039;m not clear on what God wants me to do, but everybody else seems to know precisely what that is.  I mean, if doing his will is so important, why does he make it so difficult; why doesn&#039;t he just tell me what he wants?&quot;

&lt;strong&gt;Alternate Unacceptable Response:&lt;/strong&gt;  &quot;How come people that are doing God&#039;s will assume that they&#039;ll be happy if they do?  Doesn&#039;t God, every once in a while, will that certain people live lives that are uncomfortable, or hard, or dreary?  Why do people that are having a hard time of it often conclude that they must be doing something wrong, or that they&#039;re not doing His will?  Maybe that is His will.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Richard, you should have been a stand-up comic.  </p>
<p><em>&#8220;Seek to do God&#8217;s will.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><strong>Translation: </strong>Blindly grope around for some clue as to what you ought to do from day to day, but mostly depend upon what your preacher told you the Bible meant about this or that, and where the Bible is silent pretty much convince yourself that what you want is what God wants.</p>
<p><strong>Acceptable Response: </strong> &#8220;Not my will but Thine be done. Amen.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Unacceptable Response: </strong> &#8220;Well, now that&#8217;s the rub:  I&#8217;m not clear on what God wants me to do, but everybody else seems to know precisely what that is.  I mean, if doing his will is so important, why does he make it so difficult; why doesn&#8217;t he just tell me what he wants?&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Alternate Unacceptable Response:</strong>  &#8220;How come people that are doing God&#8217;s will assume that they&#8217;ll be happy if they do?  Doesn&#8217;t God, every once in a while, will that certain people live lives that are uncomfortable, or hard, or dreary?  Why do people that are having a hard time of it often conclude that they must be doing something wrong, or that they&#8217;re not doing His will?  Maybe that is His will.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 19:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Let Jesus be your co-pilot&quot;

&lt;strong&gt;Translation:&lt;/strong&gt; Join a church and let the pastor and others in the congregation tell you what to do with all your free time and money.  Let the Church mold your children during their formative years to think just like the church wants them to think.

&lt;strong&gt;Acceptable Response:&lt;/strong&gt; I&#039;m so lost and in need of guidance.  I want to let go and let Jesus drive.

&lt;strong&gt;Unacceptable Response:&lt;/strong&gt; Who exactly is going to be making the decisions if I turn my life over to Jesus and how can I tell good ideas and advice from bad ones if I don&#039;t think for myself?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Let Jesus be your co-pilot&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Translation:</strong> Join a church and let the pastor and others in the congregation tell you what to do with all your free time and money.  Let the Church mold your children during their formative years to think just like the church wants them to think.</p>
<p><strong>Acceptable Response:</strong> I&#8217;m so lost and in need of guidance.  I want to let go and let Jesus drive.</p>
<p><strong>Unacceptable Response:</strong> Who exactly is going to be making the decisions if I turn my life over to Jesus and how can I tell good ideas and advice from bad ones if I don&#8217;t think for myself?</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Wade</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/05/30/an-atheists-guide-to-christianese/#comment-175826</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard Wade</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 17:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dawn, you have a good attitude.  I&#039;ll try to copy it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dawn, you have a good attitude.  I&#8217;ll try to copy it.</p>
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