mopaul
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Mon Aug-15-05 07:05 AM
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Why does God give certain tracts of land to certain people? |
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'this land is mine, god gave this land to me, god gave, this precious land to me'......exodus
'this land is your land, this land is my land, from california, to the new york island'........woody guthrie.
go ask the navajo and the apache
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Mon Aug-15-05 07:08 AM
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1. Ooooh, the lonely boys ... |
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Edited on Mon Aug-15-05 07:13 AM by meegbear
In their towers of faith Ooooh, the lonely boys Locked in their towers of faith
The prophet reclined In the Golan Heights
Ohhh, the lonely boys
He said "This land is my land" To the Shiites
Ooooh, the lonely boys
And Jehova looked up from the sea of Galilee beneath He said "I see you, you thief! This land is my land And this sand is my sand And this band is my band"
Oh the lonely boys Lookin' over their shoulder Checkin out every boulder in the park Where the gates are closed from hate After dark
And the Pope rolled up in his armored van He fell on his knees and kissed the land He said something that I did not understand It was in polish Then up stepped an aide, he said "I will translate Here is what His Holiness said: 'I am the Chief Jesuit. This land is Jesus' land. And that is all All that there is to it.'"
And in New York City The business man in his mohair suit In the world trade center Puffs on his cheroot And he said "Well I don't care who owns the desert sands, My brief Is with the hydrocarbons underneath"
And the sea of battle rages around the ancient tombs And mother nature licks her wounds And the lonely boys locked in their towers of faith Who are nervous in the park when the gates are closed after dark
Ooooh, the lonely boys In their towers of faith Ooooh, the lonely boys Locked in their towers of faith
-- Roger Waters: Towers of Faith (1986)
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Mon Aug-15-05 07:17 AM
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2. God gave us Nothing but shit brained assholes...look all around us... |
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only a few good peeps abound....swallowed by evil and greed, lazy and jaded.
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Mon Aug-15-05 07:17 AM
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3. And. paradoxically, why does he further confuse them.... |
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...by commanding them not to covet?
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Mon Aug-15-05 07:48 AM
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4. That's really not the problem |
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It's the poor registration system He has and the lack of Title Insurance
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Mon Aug-15-05 07:52 AM
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Mon Aug-15-05 07:55 AM
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Inferior savages = genocide |
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“The Nation of Narragansetts was one of the most populous among the Indians, and once filled this mighty wilderness. Unto that woeful nation the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ was freely rendered, but they with much affront and contempt, rejected it… The glorious Lord Jesus Christ, whom they had slighted, was with our army… Their city was laid in ashes. Above twenty of their chief captains were killed; a proportionable desolation cut off the inferior savages, mortal sickness and horrid famine pursued the remainders of them, so that we can hardly tell where any of them are left alive on the face of the earth.” Quoted in Trattner, W. (1999). From Poor Law to Welfare State. New York NY: The Free Press.
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Mon Aug-15-05 07:55 AM
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6. Well, the guy pays taxes to the middle of the road |
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So, I guess He chrages a service fee.
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Mon Aug-15-05 08:03 AM
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7. Didn't you know that the Bible is really a deed? |
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Mon Aug-15-05 08:06 AM
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8. The first quote is serious in claims of ownership...the second...not. |
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Guthrie's original lyric included this protest of private land ownership:
As I went walking, I saw a sign there; And on the sign there, It said, 'NO TRESPASSING.' But on the other side, It didn't say nothing. That side was made for you and me.
Decades upon decades of schoolroom omission has warped the meaning of the song.
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Mon Aug-15-05 08:25 AM
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11. yes, i used woody's lyric to counteract the exodus lyric |
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i know all the words to woody's song, and thanks for including that stanza.
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Mon Aug-15-05 10:03 AM
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Wasn't clear to me...and I guess it's just as well I posted that...for others who may not be aware. :)
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Mon Aug-15-05 08:08 AM
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9. I have always wondered why some people |
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are entitled to their land while everyone else is not.
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Mon Aug-15-05 08:12 AM
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10. Why not? I'd do it, if I were God. n/t |
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