The Great Question

Navy · 03-21-2007, 02:44 PM

Subject: Grand Question From A USMC aviator
Dearest friends,

I am writing to you to ask for your help in shedding light on a perplexing situation I find myself contemplating. I have selected you as a group to aid me because you have known me for many years and I value your opinion. Your religious experiences are varied and that is important to the problem I am faced with.

Over the years, we have all observed the seemingly random factors that affect all of our lives, sometimes without apparent rhyme or reason. We have seen some marriages dissolve over nothing and others grow stronger under adverse conditions. We have seen fate play a role in who survives critical illnesses and who succumbs to them. We have all seen good people suffer great misfortunes while some people of low character thrive. In our lifetime, we have seen churches and religious institutions all around the world become revised, televised, energized and even scandalized. We are all well aware that a higher power has control of nearly all things.

Personally, I have stood in the doorway of a 7/11 in Atlanta, amid a shootout between the police and a gunman and walked away unscathed. On a golf course, I saw a lightning bolt strike a man dead while those of us nearby where untouched. We all watched as Hurricane Katrina ravaged some areas of the coast and left other nearby homes standing intact. The enormity of these random and seemingly unfair applications of good or bad fortune is at the core of my dilemma.

I have flown over the heaviest defended area of the world and emerged unscathed - missed as tracers crossed over my canopy.

I have studied sacred writings of all major religions searching for an answer and now I pose this to you. I cannot fathom that the highest power in this universe could take Anna Nicole from us and leave Hillary behind.

wlyon · 03-21-2007, 02:56 PM

Tom; That will require some serious thought. I wish you had not brought this up because I will not rest until I have the answer.., Very good Tom . Pondering in Montana. Bill

pipeman45 · 03-21-2007, 04:31 PM

This is too easy.

If you were the all powerful,

would you want Hillary up there with you???

c3006 · 03-21-2007, 04:53 PM

What pipeman said

stefanosg · 03-21-2007, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by pipeman45
This is too easy.
If you were the all powerful,
would you want Hillary up there with you???

Up there? Surely you jest.
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. "

Hugh · 03-21-2007, 11:41 PM

She had to stay on earth because God don't want her and the devil don't want her!

davidkachel · 03-22-2007, 12:18 AM

Or... the Almighty has a somewhat twisted sense of humor!

Roadkill · 03-22-2007, 05:01 AM

Anna Nicole had ruined all the men's lives she could. But it was the men's fault. Her purpose on earth was done. Hillary so far has made just one man's life truly miserable. She has only just begun. Anna Nicole was human. She was never able to realize who she had become or why. Hillary is a reicarnation of Hitler to whom fate happened to put in a parody of a female character. There is nothing feminine about her as everything was feminine about Anna Nicole. Hillary is as sexless as my neutered ugly dog.
She will use America, what's left of it anyway, the same way she uses her useless neutered husband.

Navy · 03-22-2007, 07:13 AM

RK,

Long time no see...good to know you, your lovely wife and ugly dog are still kicking on the banks of the mighty Tennessee river.

Tom A

davidkachel · 03-22-2007, 08:26 AM

Cold Roadkill, cold! <grin>

davidkachel · 03-22-2007, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tom A
RK,

Long time no see...good to know you, your lovely wife and ugly dog are still kicking on the banks of the mighty Tennessee river.

Tom A

That's odd, I have a lovely dog and a... well, never mind.

Roadkill · 03-22-2007, 06:55 PM

Same to you Tom. Its been pretty rough lately. I've had a toothache that would drop a horse, those C rations from 69 finally broke loose and my hemmrohoids are killing me, that was bad enough then my 87 year old Dad called me to get rid of the feral cats in his barn. So throbbning at both ends
drove over with a .22, killed two, hit the third and it ran into the barn. I couldn't find him. So I drove back home, got JD (big ugly hound), name used to be GD until wife found out what it meant, went back over and he went after the cat, it got into the loft. So I hauled his 100lb ass up the ladder, he went crazy, found the cat, had a big fight, cat nearly took his eye out. Cat is dead, I haul JD to the vet, pay $75 to get him sewed up, ask vet if for that price he'd sew up my hemmorhoids, no sense of humor, went home and got in a big fight with wife cause dog got messed up. Told her next time I'd drag her fat butt up the ladder and she could find the cat. Yeah, that went over well. So my head hurts, my ass is killing me, JD is probably blind in one eye, and wife is furious. So what's up with you?

DaveinTN · 03-22-2007, 09:29 PM

Roadkill,

Sorry about you getting your dog tore up by the cat, but you didn't mention what the dog's new name, "JD" meant.... I can imagine why Mrs. Roadkill got upset about the "GD," but what made "JD" acceptable?

Please let us know.... we're sitting on the edges of our seats (at least I am) waiting to find out.

Nice to learn you're in the Volunteer State.

Dave in TN.

PS: My deepest condolences regarding your "rhoids..."

Navy · 03-23-2007, 06:39 AM

RK,

I'm doin' just fine, thank you very much. Collection has grown with the addition of some exotic pieces and am startring to accumulate C&R speed guns...so far an MP 40, Lanchester Mk 1 and a Reising M55. In the sights are a Lewis in 30-06 and a Beretta 38/40.

Tom A

Roadkill · 03-23-2007, 07:30 AM

And I'm thinking about busting loose wide open and getting a new 30-30.
How the other half lives......

JD means Jeb Drooly. This hound slobbers a pint at a time. GD stood for, well. Not nice.

Ron Smith · 03-23-2007, 08:32 AM

RK,

I had an Aunt by marriage(from Texas) who's brothers name was Garland Delmar. He had a speech impediment when he was small. With a bit of imagination and adding a Texas accent. You can determine how he responded when someone would ask him what his name was. He answered to "Del" for most of his life.

Hope JD doesn't walk in circles from now on....

davidkachel · 03-23-2007, 09:04 AM

Tom,

I may have a line on a Lewis gun for you.
Contact me off-forum.
[email protected]

03-21-2007, 02:44 PM	#1
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	The Great Question Subject: Grand Question From A USMC aviator Dearest friends, I am writing to you to ask for your help in shedding light on a perplexing situation I find myself contemplating. I have selected you as a group to aid me because you have known me for many years and I value your opinion. Your religious experiences are varied and that is important to the problem I am faced with. Over the years, we have all observed the seemingly random factors that affect all of our lives, sometimes without apparent rhyme or reason. We have seen some marriages dissolve over nothing and others grow stronger under adverse conditions. We have seen fate play a role in who survives critical illnesses and who succumbs to them. We have all seen good people suffer great misfortunes while some people of low character thrive. In our lifetime, we have seen churches and religious institutions all around the world become revised, televised, energized and even scandalized. We are all well aware that a higher power has control of nearly all things. Personally, I have stood in the doorway of a 7/11 in Atlanta, amid a shootout between the police and a gunman and walked away unscathed. On a golf course, I saw a lightning bolt strike a man dead while those of us nearby where untouched. We all watched as Hurricane Katrina ravaged some areas of the coast and left other nearby homes standing intact. The enormity of these random and seemingly unfair applications of good or bad fortune is at the core of my dilemma. I have flown over the heaviest defended area of the world and emerged unscathed - missed as tracers crossed over my canopy. I have studied sacred writings of all major religions searching for an answer and now I pose this to you. I cannot fathom that the highest power in this universe could take Anna Nicole from us and leave Hillary behind.

03-21-2007, 02:56 PM	#2
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,637 Thanks: 3,174 Thanked 2,561 Times in 956 Posts	Tom; That will require some serious thought. I wish you had not brought this up because I will not rest until I have the answer.., Very good Tom . Pondering in Montana. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

03-21-2007, 04:31 PM	#3
pipeman45 User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 539 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	This is too easy. If you were the all powerful, would you want Hillary up there with you??? __________________ Dave

03-21-2007, 04:53 PM	#4
c3006 User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: east tn Posts: 526 Thanks: 5 Thanked 12 Times in 5 Posts	What pipeman said __________________ Men Accustomed unto thier arms and their liberties will never endure the yoke. James Harrington 1776

03-21-2007, 11:41 PM	#6
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 165 Times in 64 Posts	She had to stay on earth because God don't want her and the devil don't want her! __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

03-22-2007, 12:18 AM	#7
davidkachel User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 784 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Or... the Almighty has a somewhat twisted sense of humor! __________________ A heroin habit would be cheaper.

03-22-2007, 05:01 AM	#8
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,632 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Anna Nicole had ruined all the men's lives she could. But it was the men's fault. Her purpose on earth was done. Hillary so far has made just one man's life truly miserable. She has only just begun. Anna Nicole was human. She was never able to realize who she had become or why. Hillary is a reicarnation of Hitler to whom fate happened to put in a parody of a female character. There is nothing feminine about her as everything was feminine about Anna Nicole. Hillary is as sexless as my neutered ugly dog. She will use America, what's left of it anyway, the same way she uses her useless neutered husband.

03-22-2007, 07:13 AM	#9
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	RK, Long time no see...good to know you, your lovely wife and ugly dog are still kicking on the banks of the mighty Tennessee river. Tom A

03-22-2007, 08:26 AM	#10
davidkachel User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 784 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Cold Roadkill, cold! <grin> __________________ A heroin habit would be cheaper.

03-22-2007, 06:55 PM	#12
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,632 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Same to you Tom. Its been pretty rough lately. I've had a toothache that would drop a horse, those C rations from 69 finally broke loose and my hemmrohoids are killing me, that was bad enough then my 87 year old Dad called me to get rid of the feral cats in his barn. So throbbning at both ends drove over with a .22, killed two, hit the third and it ran into the barn. I couldn't find him. So I drove back home, got JD (big ugly hound), name used to be GD until wife found out what it meant, went back over and he went after the cat, it got into the loft. So I hauled his 100lb ass up the ladder, he went crazy, found the cat, had a big fight, cat nearly took his eye out. Cat is dead, I haul JD to the vet, pay $75 to get him sewed up, ask vet if for that price he'd sew up my hemmorhoids, no sense of humor, went home and got in a big fight with wife cause dog got messed up. Told her next time I'd drag her fat butt up the ladder and she could find the cat. Yeah, that went over well. So my head hurts, my ass is killing me, JD is probably blind in one eye, and wife is furious. So what's up with you?

03-22-2007, 09:29 PM	#13
DaveinTN User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 186 Thanks: 3 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	Roadkill, Sorry about you getting your dog tore up by the cat, but you didn't mention what the dog's new name, "JD" meant.... I can imagine why Mrs. Roadkill got upset about the "GD," but what made "JD" acceptable? Please let us know.... we're sitting on the edges of our seats (at least I am) waiting to find out. Nice to learn you're in the Volunteer State. Dave in TN. PS: My deepest condolences regarding your "rhoids..."

03-23-2007, 06:39 AM	#14
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	RK, I'm doin' just fine, thank you very much. Collection has grown with the addition of some exotic pieces and am startring to accumulate C&R speed guns...so far an MP 40, Lanchester Mk 1 and a Reising M55. In the sights are a Lewis in 30-06 and a Beretta 38/40. Tom A

03-23-2007, 07:30 AM	#15
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,632 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	And I'm thinking about busting loose wide open and getting a new 30-30. How the other half lives...... JD means Jeb Drooly. This hound slobbers a pint at a time. GD stood for, well. Not nice.

03-23-2007, 08:32 AM	#16
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	RK, I had an Aunt by marriage(from Texas) who's brothers name was Garland Delmar. He had a speech impediment when he was small. With a bit of imagination and adding a Texas accent. You can determine how he responded when someone would ask him what his name was. He answered to "Del" for most of his life. Hope JD doesn't walk in circles from now on.... __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

03-23-2007, 09:04 AM	#17
davidkachel User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 784 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Tom, I may have a line on a Lewis gun for you. Contact me off-forum. [email protected] __________________ A heroin habit would be cheaper.