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    USA Texas Governor Signs Bill Allowing Private Lawsuits Agst. Abortion Drug Providers

    The trouble with this line of thinking is that however distasteful we might find a particular product range, for as long as it is legal for adults to consume it's very difficult to restrict it. If we seek specific legislation to align with our goals we can't be surprised if another group decides...
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    A shorter run today, I covered five miles because I knew I had some other stuff to do that would chalk up the rest of the steps I needed. Usually I run four miles and walk the last mile and a bit, to get the extra steps. When I have enough stuff to do that I can be confident of filling the gap I...
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    My cousin thinks a book he is reading is going to give him godlike powers.

    It could be talking about anything. Some of it works, much of it doesn't. The stuff that works comes with strings attached that aren't obvious from the beginning.
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    My cousin thinks a book he is reading is going to give him godlike powers.

    Sometimes things can be revealed through divination - tarot cards, crystal gazing, scrying, general psychic abilities, there are a few ways.
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    Yesterday I planned a 4-mile gentle run, which typically means running fairly gently and taking a walk break if my pulse goes over a certain level. But after half a mile I caught up with one of the older guys from a local running club I know, so chatted with him as we ran. His pace is slower...
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    Leaving money to your church

    I haven't been at my current church for long enough to really think about it. At my previous church I made the specific decision not to leave them money in my will. The reason for that was simple - at the end of the year the standard procedure was that if there was money left over the church...
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    Does Satan give people gifts like God does?

    As Frank said the use of the term "gift" here is maybe a little inappropriate given the strings that are attached. That aside, yes, there are definitely supernatural powers that can be tapped if someone is willing to pay the price. It's just that the price isn't listed upfront and everything...
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    Church fundraising? Yay or Nay?

    I'm not sure what point you're wanting to make here? If people know what they are going to get then no, it's not trickery. My point was that sometimes churches seem to feel the need to do whatever it takes to get people through the doors, and that isn't likely to lead to a good result. In the...
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    My cousin thinks a book he is reading is going to give him godlike powers.

    This seems like the kind of thing that could be either natural, or divine, or demonic, depending on exactly what form it takes. Sometimes enhanced observation skills can make someone appear to be psychic. When I was learning to drive I remember one particular time when I was driving on a narrow...
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    My cousin thinks a book he is reading is going to give him godlike powers.

    Even without the element of spiritual concern, which a non-believer will write off as us not accepting "their way" or whatever else they want to call it, a simple question is this, "does this even sound plausible?" If it was this simple, why isn't everybody doing it? If all you have to do to...
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    Church fundraising? Yay or Nay?

    Are you saying that a church shouldn't do something like a car wash to raise money? If people within the church are offering a specific product or service I don't see why it shouldn't be used as a fundraiser. If people are coming to the church to let the teenagers wash their car to raise money...
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    Question (from Contact Us)

    This is something I've been discussing with one of our elders. At my church the prevailing view is that we have eternal security and that this person was always a Christian if they truly converted to Jesus at any point in their life. My view is the opposite, that we can walk away and do our own...
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    Another gentle (ish) 4-mile run with another mile or so of walking afterwards. My suggested workout was "recovery" but I struggle to run as slowly as that so I just ease off if my pulse goes up. I'm still finding I gravitate to a pace my watch clocks as "tempo" rather than "base" but I can live...
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    Yesterday was close, I ran 4 miles and walked the last mile and a bit again, but I guess my stride for the run was longer so I got home with about 8500 steps. It was about 11pm when I remembered I needed to check my step count and tip over 10000. I did, but the margin was the slimmest it's been...
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    For me a rest day usually means a walk rather than a run. I've got 10000+ steps every day for nearly three years now
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    Really badly disturbed night last night so I was happy to take an easier run today. 4 miles, then I walked the last mile or so for a cool down. No wind so I would have liked to go harder but I felt like my legs had very little to give.
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    The wind was very cold today, but I got my walk in anyway. It felt like a secondary workout playing with electrics in my house too, up and down stairs so many times it wasn't funny, and shifting flooring sheets around in the attic so I could get at the space to run a new cable.
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    It's always interesting when the wind gusts and it's a constant effort to walk in a straight line because it's trying to blow me sideways off the road. Or when it's an effort to make any progress at all into a massive headwind. The gusts are supposed to be down to a mere 25mph today. I hope...
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    My cousin thinks a book he is reading is going to give him godlike powers.

    What a book like that says will happen, and what will actually happen, are unlikely to be the same. If gaining access to everything we ever wanted was as simple as visualising a journey and pouring water over ourselves there wouldn't be many people struggling with poor health and poverty.
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    A walk today in howling winds. My weather app said the gusts were 43mph and I believe it.
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