Mike Williamson

Sure they will.... :rolleyes: Like the 2-story roof I did last week where I nearly killed myself because the roof had so much loose grit from the last idiot who pressurewashed it with full pressure every year for the past 5 years....The only reason they called me is that he's now sticking only with painting since the pressure washing wasn't paying enough. They had no clue, and would have allowed him to continue ruining their roof had he been willing. Some of the shingles had about 50% coverage of grit...I'm guessing he took at least 5 years off the life of their roof, not to mention making this roof impossible to walk....

Wow...Henry's been busy. It was "over 10,000 customers" last year. He's added 2000 customers this past year, apparently. Way to go, Henry!!!

Well, I think the problem comes down to the fact that Henry's store, Sunbrite Supply of Maryland, doesn't package and sell sodium hypochlorite roof cleaning products..... I wonder just how many roofs Henry has cleaned?

There's a difference. If I refrain from killing someone for stealing my rig, my life goes on pretty much as normal, after I deal with the insurance company and get back out working. Worst case I have a bit of financial difficulty for a short time. If we as Americans refuse to use force to keep another country from invading, our entire way of life will change, IF we survive the invasion. I'd be defending my way of life, that of my family, and everyone else. I'd be defending our freedom. If someone squats on my land, then they're illegally. I have them removed legally. If they are there legally, then I'd be pretty stupid to shoot them...that'd ruin MY life and take me from my family. Same thing goes for eminent domain...if the government decides to take my property, I have legal recourse (though limited)...Anything beyond that puts me on the wrong side of the law, and the jail bars. I agree that you never know what someone is going to do...maybe they just want your stuff, and maybe they want to kill you too. Better to be prepared, but that doesn't mean I'd shoot someone if they were trying to drive off with my rig or grab some stuff off the trailer. Better to back off and let them have what they want, and be prepared to act if they want more than that.

I agree! To me, any life is important. It's easy to think we know why some dirtbag is stealing from us, but the truth is, we really don't know. I have insurance on my stuff. If someone steals my rig while I'm working, I'll get it replaced. I just can't justify killing someone over a $15k trailer or a $30k truck (for which I still owe $24k!!). Neal Boortz made a good point a few years back...when someone is stealing your stuff, they are in effect taking your life. Not all of it, but the portion of it you spent working to attain whatever it is they're stealing. Even still, I just can't justify killing someone for taking my stuff. If my stuff is that sacred to me that I'm willing to end another's life, I really need to re-examine my priorities in life. That guy is someone's son, brother, father, husband, etc. Yes, making poor choices, but then again, I've made a few of my own in the past, and thank God I never ran into someone who thought my life was worth taking for what I was doing.

If I'm not mistaken, the Consumer Protection Act is a Federal thing...applies everywhere.

Wouldn't be impossible to find...she wrote him a check. It was either made out to a person, or to a company. That's a start.

I forgot the chains once...good thing I didn't need them. Got the trailer hooked up, and got distracted and forgot the chains and the electrical connector.

I had a Treo650 for two days...traded down to the Razr...the speakerphone sucked, and I use that a lot. There were a few other things that made me dislike it...nice idea, but poorly implemented, IMO. Not sure if they've improved with the 700 or not.

I love mine! Small, easy to use, works great with the bluetooth.

I sinned today too. That's what repentance is for. So no, just the fact that he sinned today, or yesterday, doesn't mean he'll go to hell with you. Whether he has followed the biblical plan of salvation will determine that. No, loving God isn't enough. He said IF you love Him, keep HIs commandments. If you really love Him, you'll do what He asks of you.

Everyone has sinned, and will do so again. Where GW goes is between him and God...certainly not for me to judge. I don't even know him!

Yep, something very similar to yours...though I did latch it and hook the chains...but the tongue wasn't all the way on the ball...hit a bump, and bang, dragging trailer! Luckily with the 4WD, I'm high enough that it just gouged the dropdown, not the truck.

Phillip, please don't try to play psychiatrist with me. I have nothing against scientists...I have a very scientific and analytic mind myself, and have nothing but respect for men and women who dedicate their lives to seeking knowledge. My point was simply that, despite their intellect and knowledge, they are still fallen, sin-prone humans, who are as a group, largely atheistic. You mis-quote me when you say I assume "that they are all atheistic". I never said that. In fact, I was clear that I did not mean that...yet you persist in putting words in my mouth and trying to twist what I said to fit your perception of it, despite my attempts at "clarity". Sorry, they're not speculation. Would you like weblinks to the surveys I've read regarding science and atheism? One survey, done by the magazine "nature" on 517 members of the National Academy of the Sciences showed that of respondents (about 1/2 responded), 93% were either atheists (72.2%) or expressed doubt or agnosticism (20.8%). This was in 1997, and was a repeat of a study done 80 years prior, and showed a vast decline in the number of scientists surveyed who beleived in a personal God. Here's another exerpt, from discovery.org, regarding this same survey. Scientists tend to be much less religious than other Americans. About 40 percent of scientists, and only 7 percent of members of the National Academy of Sciences, said they believed in God, according to surveys published in the journal Nature in 1997 and 1998. Among the general public, polls show, more than 90 percent believe in God. Yet another reason I have to believe as I do regarding the lack of spirituality among scientists in general is that you rarely, if EVER hear God mentioned in any scientific writings. Lots of theories about "maybe this and maybe that" but NEVER "maybe God". If there were that many God-believing scientists out there doing research and and looking for answers, I believe I'd see a bit more "maybe God" in the things I read. Certainly not solid evidence, but in my mind, circumstantial. Of course the people I know who are involved with science are not atheists...99% of the people I associate with on a level where we discuss religion are like-minded people...we attend the same church, believe the same things. I don't run in scientific circles. Thus, I have no personal data to draw from, only what I've read of others who have done the research. Phillip, I wasn't even talking to you when I made those statements. I was answering Celeste's question, and explaining WHY I believe God's word. If that's rhetoric to you, sorry you see it that way. Well, the next time you have a statement to make about why you take God's word as true rather than certain theories of science, feel free to use that language. Sounds good to me. That was not, however, what I chose to say, and for some reason, you are having a time reading a lot more into what I chose to say than was intended. Were I speaking to a scientist about his theories, I may very well have used your "more persuasive" statement or something similar. However, that's not what I was doing. Glad you were able to get that out of your system.

Where/who'd you get it from?

Phillip, you really need to wipe the defensiveness off your glass(es). Your glass isn't clear at all!! My intent was NOT to paint anyone in a negative light, but rather to explain to Celeste why I accept God's word rather than theories espoused by people who aren't perfect. The reason I inserted those words was simple, to make a point. Not everyone accepts or even realizes we're all sin prone, falleable, godless men. Inserting those words explains WHY I choose not to question God over scientists. I don't believe that it is a small portion of scientists who are godless. I realize the term "godless" sounds bad, and that wasn't my intent. I was simply saying that more oftne than not, a scientist will not be a believer. Phillip, you ARE smart, in some areas.... But not smart enough to figure out what I meant, apparently...you're way off base here.

Dude!!! Apparently you really don't know much of your bible. This was not a swing at scientists! This is a statement that could be said of ANYONE. We are ALL born in sin. We ALL have a sin-prone, God hating nature, even those of us who are in the process of salvation, who have had our transgressions forgiven and remitted. As far as godless, do you deny that a higher percentage of scientists are non-believers than in the general population? So yes, I believe scientists are often godless. Some aren't. Do YOU have any scientist or scientific-minded friends who are atheists? Sorry, they're godless. That doesn't mean they're not nice decent people by the world's standards, but they're still godless. I didn't say I could prove anything. I was referring to why I accept my God's word over scientific theories espoused by men who don't have a clue who created what they're studying. That's all. I don't hate science, or scientists. I do hate the deception that some of their mistaken theories cause. Oh calm down. You go from an analytical, very well spoken scientific type to an over-reacting over-emotional female in one post! (sorry Celeste and Beth)

LOL!!!

Very true. There is clearly "evolution" at some level. It is adaptation. The way a bacteria becomes resistant to antibiotics, for example. Or the way an animal may develop a certain behavior or trait to better survive in a changing environment. Arguing against that is kinda silly, the evidence IS there. The evolution that most of us creationists argue against is two-part. First, the concept that all life evolved from some single celled (or even smaller than that) organism. Scripture is clear that God created all these things as they are. He created monkeys to be monkeys, lions to be lions, etc. There's nothing to indicate He did otherwise. Second, the concept that man evolved from anything. The bible again is clear that God made Adam as a man. Now, you COULD argue that God used evolution to create Adam, and many HAVE arugued that. The problem with this is, it throws a HUGE wrench into the entire rest of the bible. What is the one problem God has with mankind, throughout scripture? Sin? Where does the bible teach that sin originated? From Adam, when he disobeyed God and ate of the tree of knowledge. If man evolved, certainly not just ONE man (Adam) evolved by himself. It would have been a gradual evolution over a long time involving MANY of whatever species man came from. Thus, if Adam was a result of that type of creation, and he sinned, it would not have affected all of mankind. The bible teaches that Adam's sin DID affect all of mankind. Every last one of us, through his bloodline. The ONLY way that would happen is if Adam were the father of all mankind...and that's not possible if mankind were a product of evolution. Amen to that. And his greatest tool is to make people think he doesn't exist. He delights in seeing us fail, and he loves to whisper ideas to us, like maybe God created man through evolution. That means the bible is wrong. If the bible is wrong, we may as well discard it, since we can't trust it. And if there is no sin problem affecting all of mankind, then some or all of us don't even need Jesus...we're not sinners. We're not dead in sin. For me, my trust is in God, as you say also. I think science is interesting, but in truth, we're just fumbling around in the dark trying to understand a tiny sliver of this world we live in, and we think we have it all figured out. In 100 years, if we're still here, I'm sure there will be many "discoveries" that discount many popular ideas and theories of today. And in 100 years, God's word will still remain, unwavering and unchanging. I'm not going to question God's word based on the theory of a falleable, sin-prone often-godless scientist. God said He created all this in its fulness, I beleive Him. It is what makes sense in light of His word, and for me, that is the final authority. Hope all this makes sense. I'm certainly not as eloquent or as scientifically educated as some of these guys who like to write multi-page books, but I at least try to make sense for the most part.

Nahh, I can understand your feelings about that. I used to feel the same way. In some cases, I still do. I believe in biblical tithing and supporting the work of God here on earth. I find some TV ministries offensive in how they try to coerce money from their viewers. On the other hand, if you regularly benefit from a long distance ministry, such as a TV ministry, online ministry, etc, you ought to support it in some way. As far as tithing, that's between me and God. He's told me to return my tithe to Him. I do that in both money and time, to the local ministry of which I am a part. I also believe in financially supporting works that are not local, such as missionaries, etc. It is a priciple God has put into place, and He honors it. If you do your part, He will do his part, blessing you beyond what you gave. I know business men who don't even attend church who tithe, because they KNOW God honors it. Yes, there are those (mostly Jews) who believe what we call the Old Testament is God's word to His people. Then there are Christians, who believe that God didn't stop with the Old Testament, but also gave us the New Testament. It isn't two bibles, it is one bible made up of both Old Testament writings, and New Testament writings. It is just that Jews and some others reject the NT as God's word. You are right, there is but one God. He is who He is...meaning He can't be the god of the Buddhists AND the God of the Christians, since those two contradict eachother.

Well, 5 that are close enough to realistically know them...There are others around here, but not really close enough to know, unless one of us took the time to stop by and say hi. We're pretty rural here tho. :) And yes, life is good. No, better than good. Life is GREAT, as Jeff always says!

Where did those poll numbers come from? I have a really hard time believing that 36% of people in the US think that the government caused or purposely allowed the 9/11 attacks to take place. People often believe what they hear, and when they hear a theory about the pentegon that says it was a missile, some don't bother to check the facts, they just assume that whatever is being said is true. Afterall, it makes sense the way it is presented. If those numbers are correct, the US population in general is much stupider than I thought.

LOL!! Rigghhht. First, we're nowhere close to sending all our troops elsewhere. Second, despite the efforts of the anti-gun nutjobs, we are still a pretty well armed populace. Third, there is no enemy so well armed and so well organized that they'd get that many troops anywhere close to the US. They'd never get past our Navy and Air Force. Well, depends on who YOU think really runs our city and state. Do I know them personally, of course not. Do I know who they are, of course. Do I know my neighbors? Yep...All 5 of them.

Here's what was said in the other thread leading up to this thread being split off...from the beginning...

Scott asked you to post it, so you went looking for it, and said it wasn't there. So yes, you WERE looking for it, to answer Scott. How in the world is me suggesting to you where you could find it trying to confuse things??? I think it might be time for me to step back here...I don't want a huge confrontation with you, and you seem to have a problem with me at this point.