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  1. JohnDB

    25th Amendment, now!

    Ummmm You do know that this is classic bot bait right? IOW a person paid to start online drama and arguing....but is kinda ignorant of social norms like an AI is ignorant. It doesn't work....but whatever floats your boat.
  2. JohnDB

    What’s for Dessert?

    Feel free to use....I'm not the originator....the cookie recipe is a standard and has been a standard for 100 years or more....likely more. (All my baking recipes are by weight) Cookie flour is also known as cake flour or pastry flour....forgive my loose terminology. I owned a bakery and...
  3. JohnDB

    Can We All Find our Soulmate Somewhere In Between Dodging Zombies at Halloween and Fruitcake at Christmas?

    Here in my little town.... And its literally a super small town like Mayberry. My cousin is on the planning committee that plans events for the town square. On Halloween our city has an event (monster bash) usually on the day itself. (We have no mall) on the city square with vendors and...
  4. JohnDB

    Why Are So Many Christians Still Single?

    She is unlovable.... She has herpes.
  5. JohnDB

    Why did so many people get baptized by John the Baptist?

    John the Baptist baptized because he was a prophet of God and told by God to Baptize others...he also was foretold about like all of those "Born from Above" (not "born again" as has been a marketing campaign from mistranslated scriptures for almost a century now) Sure, along John's life he was...
  6. JohnDB

    Why did so many people get baptized by John the Baptist?

    It wasn't....it was a ritual, ceremonial bath moreso than a bath for the removal of dirt.... The Essenes (the sect that raised John after his parents died) were especially devoted to ritual bathing at least once a week. (Nobody really believed in bathing before this....bathing was believed to...
  7. JohnDB

    What’s for Dessert?

    Yes.... There's several ways to get around some of that. The standard 11oz Pastry Flour 4 oz butter Tsp salt Food processor until peas form. (3-5 seconds) Ice water until a dough forms. Is the standard recipe for pie crusts....you don't have to use butter because lard works too. BUT...
  8. JohnDB

    What’s for Dessert?

    I had forgotten ALL about blueberry pie this past year.....ugggghhhhh. I had a shot at a bunch of free blueberries....passed it right on by. Didn't even think about them. Would, shoulda, and coulda..... But man oh man some blueberry pie....deep dish with oatmeal streusel topping would be...
  9. JohnDB

    Why did so many people get baptized by John the Baptist?

    YES....absolutely. This was the LAW in the Israeli Caste based society. We haven't lived in a caste-based society in hundreds of years....like 500 or so years since the English quit it. (And yes, King Henry 8th started the end of it) In a Caste based society and structure stepping outside...
  10. JohnDB

    Why did so many people get baptized by John the Baptist?

    Priesthood of every believer. Thats what it accomplished. According to the Law of Moses (613 laws) the only way sins were forgiven was on Atonement Day with a sacrifice. You could not offer your own sacrifice....an intermediary (priest) was needed PLUS The only way scripture was handled...
  11. JohnDB

    Anyone wanna be friends?

    As has been said.... A lot of us old farts with a lot of advice for young teenagers... Like setting firm boundaries and circles of friends as far as how close you allow them in. Few ever make the inner circle. (Just saying).
  12. JohnDB

    Shall we sin that grace may abound?

    Oh how come this sounds sooooo familiar?
  13. JohnDB

    The parable of the sower.

    Nope.... We create our soil/soul condition. We are without excuse.
  14. JohnDB

    The parable of the sower.

    What the Greeks say is not relevant now is it? The Jews and the Hebrew language is the point of the matter now isn't it? "Nation of priests" and all that.