AwesomeSauce

I went down this very rabbit hole before and for their population to grow at that rate or even stay stagnate it would require all urban families to have 1.5 babies (if the eldest is a girl the CCP allowed for them to have a seconded to try and have a son) and for every rural family (exempt from the mandate) to have 8 children. Even to stay stagnate they would need 1 child per urban family and nearly 5 per rural family. For population to be stagnate couples need to average 2 children (1 to replace mom and 1 to replace dad), China has had a birth rate at or around 1 for three decades. The population cannot grow at that rate, not to mention explode to their proclaimed numbers.

Did I say I didn't think he got what was coming to him? No. I just said that it's not happy that this guy's life devolved to that point, nor is it happy the grief and burden now put upon his family or the shock and other thoughts that I'm sure are going through the mind of the would be victim. Things can be just, and sad at the same time.

MPDPH, they came out like below...may as well have been crack. Me and mini AS ate the whole damn pan while watching the How to Train Your Dragon live action one Saturday night at the casa.

MPDPH.... :cheers:



with some frozen pineapple blended up....some of the best 'froyo' I've ever had.

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Did you read the verses I posted above?

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I've read and studied the Gospels at length. I am well aware of that verse and that you chose to pull out a handful of the 30 plus in John's account of this interaction.

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I honestly have 0 clue how someone could read that and then post what you did.

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Read the entire interaction, explore the savior the Jews are still looking for today, and apply the two.

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What teaching do you think they are talking about?

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The entirety of the discussion when they are already up in arms after He says He won't just be conducting miracles to show them He is the Savior. Him calling Himself the Son of God. His message here that they reject and do not believe is that He is the Son of God and his teachings and sacrifice will deliver salvation.

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It's the teaching that DIRECTLY proceeds the disciples' question.

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The whole of the teaching that preceded, not selective verses to prove my point.

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How can possibly say he's speaking figuratively when many disciples leave Him because of what He's saying?

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The followers/disciples were grumbling amongst themselves early when after the 5 loaves and 2 fish they asked that Jesus continue to feed them to prove He is who God sent to be the Savior. Jesus then answers them saying that He was not sent to give them food that spoils but to be the bread that gives eternal life. He also calls himself the Son of God. At which point they begin to grumble louder saying He is just the son of Joseph.

The Jews are still waiting on their savior who will save them because they want a literal triumph, not a spiritual one. The grumblings and the followers leaving is because that is not the savior they understood from the prophets, and the proclamation that He was the Son of God.

He had just fed thousands with more left over than was originally collected, then left and walked across a lake. Many of those following Him and calling themselves His disciples thought he was accumulating followers for a vast army that would destroy those bringing death and destruction to them, not realizing the death and destruction Jesus was sent to destroy was the spiritual kind. They expected more miracles and an overthrow of the government, not speaking of death and spiritual feeding, or 'heresy' in saying He was the Son of God.

They did not leave because of the handful of verses that you cite, but rather of progression of reality that He was not who they thought He was. Studying and referencing the entirety of what is going on here reveals the crowd and non-believers were ready to depart several verses prior to what you try and attribute as the reason as to their abandonment.

The hard teaching is that He is the Son of God and the way to eternal life, not that his followers are called to be cannibals.

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any nudes? afaf

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:lol:

MPDPH :cheers:

I'm sure young AS had a few on his RAZR.

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Gus' Fried Chicken

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Never had the Memphis location, but would stop in the Little Rock one whenever I was in the Natural State capital. That and the Flying Fish were my favorite stops downtown and was a nice easy walk from the Peabody (RIP) when I would be there for a conference.

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picadilly for lunch

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A picadilly two piece dark fried, carrot souffle, mac and cheese, corn stick, and a slice of lemon ice box pie sounds like late 90's/ early 2000's perfection to me. :lol:

Muh lunch: leftover broccoli n cheddar soup. RTFW x34oz.


GA all :cheers:

NoHo :cheers:

GA all

Lunch: Teriyaki chicken and super greens from the fast chinese bear.