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Feb 5, 2023Liked by Strange Sounds

I received your gift of a lovely gemstone. I adore it. Thank you very much.

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Thanks for always great work Manuel

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Thank you for reading and enjoying it!

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💌

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Feb 6, 2023Liked by Strange Sounds

Manuel please check out Thailand Princess. Thank you, Take care.

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Thanks, I talked about that 3-4 newsletter ago... Is she now dead?

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Crap, didn't realize. Thank you.

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Many years ago my friend and roommate was fired from a restaurant for giving homeless people the food she was supposed to throw in the dumpster .

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This is ridiculous! But it's the law in many countries around the world... Bad, bad, bad... Again too many laws (we need some) are taking away our basic freedoms...

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Regarding the spelunker John Jones... Who declared him dead? How did they declare him dead if they could reach only his feet? What would they have done if he didn't die but they still couldn't get him out? They had little alternatives in this situation. Some may say I think too much. I say it is better to think too much than too little. Question EVERYTHING. That is the only way to come to the truth of any matter ESPECIALLY in this age.

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Feb 5, 2023Liked by Strange Sounds

Something else to consider about the account of Adam and Eve, specifically Eve's conversation with the serpent is that she added information when she told the serpent what God had commanded Adam. She said [that God said] that, "ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die." Genesis 3:3 She added to God's words saying "neither shall ye touch it". God didn't say that so I had always (until this very minute) thought that EVE lied to the serpent when it could have been Adam who added that part when he told Eve what God had said. But just a minute! I just now thought of this: whether it was Adam that lied to Eve or Eve that lied to the serpent, lying is a sin and this happened BEFORE sin entered into the world! What can we make of that?

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Feb 6, 2023·edited Feb 6, 2023

But every time I ever see discontinuity in the Bible, I approach Scripture as; "God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar..." Romans 3:4 KJV I must look into this apparent conundrum ASAP. And EVERY time I ever have, it was my interpretation that was wrong. I'll readdress this matter later.

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Feb 5, 2023Liked by Strange Sounds

Actually the Bible doesn't specify what kind of fruit it was, or even that it WAS fruit, only that it was forbidden for Adam to eat. (Eve wasn't created yet when God warned Adam about eating from the tree; he would have had to tell her himself) The only way to arrive at the truth of what it was is to consult the written word of God so that leaves us without an definite answer and that is why all of the speculation has over time turned it into an apple. I have even heard that it was grapes. So, I will conclude that it was either the leaves or fruit (Bible doesn't specify) of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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Edinburgh again earns it’s old nick-name “Auld Stinky” but for a new reason. This reeks of nazism; hitler was disgusted at harming animals and tried to pass laws against meat-eating. People threatened to rebel. Farmers showed how livestock enhance the soil and help clean out pests. Laws were modified but the idea remains that meat-eating is evil. For myself! I tried veganism and wound up in the hospital four times because of it. Ancestors claim humanity is under a curse, that we have to eat meat.

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Yep just woke up to the news. More than 170 dead and rising. Terrible news

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They just want to asphyxiate us... A few of us (and I think it's now a growing number) will stay strong...

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True... Alo starting in Switzerland. But here you have barbed wires around the containers... They really don't want that Switzerland looks like it's poor!

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Yes, he will finish in a barbed wire coffin... How nice!

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Feb 5, 2023Liked by Strange Sounds

That is truly sad. What this world has become amazes me to a new level daily.

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Time's up. I give up. Tell me.

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