Well there you go Jim.  What did I say ?  One never grows up to one's family.  LOL

Your post subscript would look good on a notice in the Police Station for the criminals to gaze at while they wait JPD.

Well you gave me a good laugh 2nd Timothy.  I wonder who 1st Timothy was since I only read of one Timothy in the bible.  

 2Co 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:


Father I offer up to you  2nd Timothy in prayer.  Please make him as good as 1st Timothy.

God bless

Very good solo 10000.  Very good theory.  Unfortunately practice is somewhat different.  Churches in general accept anybody who will walk through their doors and I have no problem with that.  What I do have a problem with is their willingness to "promote" anybody who shows the slightest zeal.  There is no examination of their beliefs or way of life.  Sometimes the person might be living in open sin and nothing is said because that would be "unfriendly and hurtful" and the person who said it would be branded as being, at best , unhelpful and at worst, downright uncharitable.  These unsaved "whirlwinds" wreak havoc in a church.  They think more about improving the building or mowing the churchyard grass than improving their relationship with God.

That is reality solo 10000 and for a saved person to follow them is tantamount to abandoning God.

God bless

That was a good post solo 10000.  You are definitely a llama !  LOL

Quite often names which have a meaning suggesting "little" are modified with age.  For example "Jamie" as a child would become "James" or "Jim" as an adult.  Similarly some female names ending in "ette" might me modified as one gets older.  Click here for an example.  A popular time to change one's name is when one starts work; it being a new environment.

God bless.

Well you guys have taught me why we have denominations.  It is so that we can worship without being in constant strife.  Unfortunately even there people sneak in crabwise and try to change things.  In this world the strongest will survive and impose their will on others but in the next life it will be the weak that will be heard.

God bless

 Ps 6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

 1Th 5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

This topic seems to be deteriorating to the uneven playing field of the world so I won't be contributing anymore to it.  I dare say certain Catholic people will lick their lips and say they have won but history will tell the truth; unfortunately for some.

What is it in a name that instinctively tells you whether it is male of female.  I have tried to fathom it out and failed.


I thot you were multilingual, Lance?   That would sorta tell you.  Many or most languages indicate the gender, in the spelling, or pronunciation?

I don't always "instinctively" know, either.  And the spellings can get obscure.

Today I just saw the mother's name of Howard Dean--Andree.  But I had to glean that from the context, 'cuz there were no personal pronouns aroudn to tell me.  I thot for a while Andree was one of his brothers.  So I guess that means the masculine would be Andre.  Of course, I guess the double e is feminine.

I've never understood "Leslie" for a guy.

Cary/Kerry/Kary, etc., can get downright confusing.  Any of those could be either.

But generally isn't it how the name ends, that tells you?
Marshal/Marsha; Mark/Marci; John/Joni,or Jonnie; William/Willa; Michael/Michelle...

No I am not multililingual Symphony.  

Usually Leslie is a girl whereas Lesley is a boy (same pronunciation) There are obviously exceptions to everything but my original question was addressed to the norm.

Hi michael_legna,
Anybody who says Martin Luther was a heretic is a heretic.
[Re:To any "confused" posters
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I grant you he got it wrong putting consubtantialism in place of transubstantiation [a halway house] but he generally got it right.  The only thing I never fully understood was why your church didn't burn him at the stake like they did to all the other "rebels" who broke away from your church.  I suppose it was that powerful prince who protected him.  Well zeal is one thing but murder is another.  I don't know why you come here pedling your Catholic doctrine.  You must know you will be opposed.  Perhaps it is to get some recogniition from the "holy father."

I will resend.  If you don't get it in an hour, let me know.

You might not mind ginger michael_legna but the moderator is giving off signals.  

Look what J Vernon McGee says in his "Thru the Bible" commentary about Genesis 19.

"And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat [Gen. 19:3].
Now these men have another feast. They had a feast with Abraham; they now have a feast with Lot.
They had brought out something when they said, “We’ll stay on the street and just sleep in the park,” and Lot says to them, “You don’t do that in Sodom. It’s dangerous! Your life wouldn’t be worth a thing if you did that.” May I say that maybe Los Angeles ought to change its name to Sodom. It would not be safe for you to sleep on the streets of Los Angeles; in fact, it is not safe at all to be on the streets of Los Angeles at night. Many women who live alone will not come out to church at night. One dear saint of God told me, “I just lock my door at dark, Brother McGee, and I do not open that door until the next morning at daylight. It’s not safe in my neighborhood to even walk on the street.” The days of Sodom and Gomorrah are here again, and practically for the same reason. Lot says, “No, men, do not stay on the street. It wouldn’t be safe for you.” When he “pressed upon them,” they came in.
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them [Gen. 19:4–5].
This is a sickening scene which reveals the degradation of this city—the city of Sodom. The name that has been put on this sin from that day to this is sodomy. Apparently there was no attempt made in the city of Sodom to have a church for this crowd and to tell them that they were all right in spite of the fact that they practiced this thing. May I say to you that the Word of God is specific on this, and you cannot tone it down. Sodomy is an awful sin.
When this man Lot had gone down into the city of Sodom, he did not realize what kind of city it was—I’m sure of that. He got down there and found out that perversion was the order of the day, and he brought up his children, his sons and his daughters, in that atmosphere. When he earlier had pitched his tent toward Sodom, he had looked down there and had seen the lovely streets and boulevards and parks and public buildings. And he had seen the folk as they were on the outside, but he had not seen what they really were. The sin of this city is so great that God is now going to judge it. God is going to destroy the city.
Let’s draw a sharp line here. There is a new attitude toward sin today. There is a gray area where sin is not really as black as we once thought it was. The church has compromised until it is pitiful. In Southern California we have a church made up of those who are homosexuals, and, lo and behold, they all admit that the pastor of the church is one also! May I say to you, the lesson of Sodom and Gomorrah is a lesson for this generation. God is not accepting this kind of church.
The idea today seems to be that you can become a child of God and continue on in sin. God says that is impossible—you cannot do that, and this city of Sodom is an example of that fact. Paul asks the question: “Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?” And the answer is “God forbid,” or, Let it not be (see Rom. 6:1–2). The idea that you can be a Christian and go on in sin is a tremendous mistake, especially to make light of it, as I judge is being done in this particular case.
This is what they were doing in Sodom and Gomorrah—and God destroyed these cities. Don’t say that we have a primitive view of God in Genesis but that we have a better one today. Don’t argue that, after all, Jesus received sinners. He sure did, but when He got through with them, He had changed them. The harlot who came to Him was no longer in that business. When she came to God, she changed. That is the thing that happened to other sinners. A publican came to Him, and he left the seat of customs. He gave up that which was crooked when he came to the Lord. If you have come to Christ, you will be changed. Many people write and try to explain to me that we are living in a new day and I need to wake up. My friend, we are living in a new day, but it just happens to be Sodom and Gomorrah all over again."

McGee, J. V. (1997, c1981). Thru the Bible commentary. Based on the Thru the Bible radio program. (electronic ed.) (Vol. 1, Page 81). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

There really is a thread called "Procrastination" JudgeNot.  I thought you were procrastinating.  LOL

What is it in a name that instinctively tells you whether it is male of female.  I have tried to fathom it out and failed.

Does anybody else know ?

God bless

I've been keeping quiet, but that just calls for a response. Lance, I know many, many, many Christians who react violently to Darwinism. I guess that means we are wrong, uh? I guess it was by chance, and not the will of God that the Universe was formed, uh?

Here is a thought, maybe it has nothing to do with what you say, and EVERYTHING to do with how you say it. Let me give you an example: I could say you are mislead, but your heart is in the right place. Or I could call you a troll. One show respect, the other tells it like it is. If you attack Catholics in real life the way you are attacking Catholicism on the net, then is it any wonder they get upset?

I never react to Darwinism Tibby.  Not even Darwin believed his theory when he died but a lot of those who were anxious to put the boot into the church for supporting Creation, they used it as a weapon.  I put his theory in the same bracket as the phlogiston theory.  Eternity will show who was right; God or man.  Who do you think ?

Well BEP, there is plenty of scripture in reply #47.  It took me the best part of an hour to look that lot up and reply (privately).

It would appear that some of you like the ginger in my posts.

God bless