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Not a hater, but I do have a serious lack of trust when I comes to most LE. I do not want to group them all together but man if they want to make your life miserable they can. Justified or not.

I did a Duracote job myself on a AR and a 12 ga.  Very happy with the out come. The only problem was with the shell carrier, it was to flexable and the paint started flaking off.  All metal and hard rubber has been great. 

  Why did Lot not turn over the men(angels) if they just wanted to find out about them? As you assume the word means. If the word "know" has the meaning you suggest then they were in no danger.  I did look up the orginial word and the many differant uses of it but only one would be something those men needed protection from.  The same orginal word is used in Genisis 4-1, so when Adam knew his wife and she conceived, there is only one way that can happen.  It surely is not what you are suggesting the same word is used for in with the men in Sodom.  So again what do you think these men wanted with these men that they needed protection from. Or what do you think the word "know" means here?   So your primise that Lot offered up his daughters as virgins in the attempt to make them more tempting to the angry men (that had no sexual inclinations toward these men) makes no sense at all. 

  that we may know them; not who they were, and from whence they came, and what their business was; nor did they pretend anything of this kind to hide and cover their design from Lot, but they were open and impudent, and declared their sin without shame and blushing, which is their character, Isaiah 3:9; their meaning was, that they might commit that unnatural sin with them, they were addicted to, and in common used, and which from them to this day bears the name of Sodomy. As lawful copulation with a man's wife is modestly expressed by knowing her, Genesis 4:1; so this unlawful and shocking copulation of man with man is expressed by this phrase; and that this was their meaning is plain from Lot's answer to them, Genesis 19:8.   Lot knew what these men had in mind, you may not see it but he sure did, his response was please do not do this wicked thing. He even offered up his daughters to try to fulfill the sexual frenzy these men were under     Why were the angles there in the first place?  They told Lot to get his family and get out because God was getting ready to destroy the city. So God provided a way out for those he wanted to save.      God did see the good in the city he removed it and then destroyed the rest. Seeing the good in people is certainly something we should all strive to do, but ignoring the wicked and refusing to call sin a sin is not the answer. At least God didn’t.

"On this one we will simply have to agree to disagree and go merrily about our way"   I have enjoyed the spirited debate. It is especially good that it did not turn personal.  It is good to show passion about our beliefs without attacking the belief of others.

    Please explain the account of Sodom and Gomorrah then. When the men of the city surrounded Abrahams house and demanded he give up the men that had come into his house. What did they want those men for. I will not use the word homosexuality. Those men wanted to have sex with other men. Some would understand that to be a homosexual act, no matter when the word was created.  It offended God so much that he destroyed a city because of it. Whatever word you want to use.   Are you of the opinion that God is in heaven and thinking to himself men having sex with men and women having sex with women is a good thing, yes that’s what the world needs more of?

Many of the sins you mentioned were cultural or specific sins for a specific group of people. Let’s look at the Old Testament (old agreement) and the New Testament (new agreement).   Matthew 5-17 Jesus says he came to fulfill the law not do away with it. So what laws did Jesus deal with in the new agreement?   Romans 1:27-32 "And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too." 1 Corinthians 6:9--Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) "Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or anyone practicing homosexuality," 1 Timothy 1:9-10--New International Version (NIV) "We also know that the law is made not for the righteous, but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine." Revelation 21:8--New International Version (NIV) "But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”   The Bible does not describe homosexuality as a “greater” sin than any other. All sin is offensive to God. Homosexuality is just one of the many things listed in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 that will keep a person from the kingdom of God. According to the Bible, God’s forgiveness is just as available to a homosexual as it is to an adulterer, idol worshipper, murderer, thief, etc. God also promises the strength for victory over sin, including homosexuality, to all those who will believe in Jesus Christ for their salvation (1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Philippians 4:13).

What other sins would you be referring to as not getting a reaction from anyone?

I have a maverick 88 with 3 inch 21 pellet #4 buckshot with a sling that holds 20 more shells. Hard to figure needing more than that.

My bad, half asleep typing..............not got this multi quote thing down yet.

Like what rules and laws are you talking about. If its abortion, that's a moral issue not religious. I consider it about personal responsibility. If you do not want a child then protect yourself or do not have sex. Our actions have consequeces . Having unprotected sex can have consequences. It is not the baby's fault. So why make the baby pay with it's life.

            One cannot force their religion on another. I cannot drag someone to heaven with me the same way they cannot drag me to hell with them. I do have a obligation though to tell them tell there is a heaven and a hell, but even if there was no heaven or hell I would still choose the Christian way just for the benefits in this life. Jesus did hang out with sinners, since everyone is a sinner he had no choice. He did not condone their sin, as he told the woman at the well "go and sin no more".

One cannot force their religion on another. I cannot drag someone to heaven with me the same way they cannot drag me to hell with them. I do have a obligation though to tell them tell there is a heaven and a hell, but even if there was no heaven or hell I would still choose the Christian way just for the benefits in this life. Jesus did hang out with sinners, since everyone is a sinner he had no choice. He did not condone their sin, as he told the woman at the well "go and sin no more".

Keep in mind the 10 commandments were a covenant between GOD and the nation of Israel. Gentiles (non Jews) were not included in this covenant.    That is why the apostle Paul had such great success with the message of Grace to the Gentiles and did not have near the same success with the Jews. They had never been thought to keep the law.   And also keep in mind murder is not the unpardonable sin.

It usually takes more than one treatment to get rid of termites. The company I used had a guarantee so they came back and retreated the next two years. I have not seen any after that.   The problem is they only swarm this time of year so you do not know if they are all gone until you go a spring without any.

Palmetto State Armory Hipertouch LBK. Anybody have any experience with this product? If so I would love to get opinions. http://palmettostatearmory.com/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/12382/s/palmetto-state-armory-classic-hipertouch-lbk/

Funny, I just sold/gave away all my guns and ammo.

I learned a long time ago, do not loan anything to anybody that you are not willing to give them.  That way if you get it back it is a bonus.

Hey I use spiel cheek, what could be the problem.

It is sad to hear radio personalities use the " I am going to be honest with you" I want to say well it's about time. Here in the Tri-cities there is a local guy that says that 4 or 5 times an hour. Another one is the weather forecasters saying " it is going to be 10 below zero today so dress extra warm or 100 percent chance of rain so grab that umbrella". Well da! I imagine some guy getting ready to go out the door and hearing that with a tee shirt and shorts on and thinking that's a good idea I better change. And while we are on this. Ever been to a restaurant and while you are waiting for your food you drink all your tea and the waitress comes along and says " can I get you a refill?" I want to say no I plan on eating my meal and sitting here without drinking anything else.

"Literally" Way over used. "I literally just got here. " to be honest with you.

I own a barter exchange in east TN. Business has been and is very good. I do see a lot of businesses going out of business or running very tight on money. That is why the service we provide is doing so well. Things can get so bad that people cannot afford to barter but that has not happened yet.

I would like to know if these was a normal search. If this is how they did all of the searches there should be some lawsuits that follow. The cops may have had a reason to believe this house was hiding the perp. or had creditable evidence that he was hiding on the property or in the house. I hope this is the case. I really hope this is not how all the home owners were treated.

  I don’t know about that. I am not sure what happened with this is “usual” I cannot remember an event like this with the manpower used that failed completely only to have a citizen find the guy. Maybe it’s out there but I cannot remember one. (Of course my memory is not what it used to be)

If they want to ask me about my house fine. I can help them speed up the search by not needlessly spending time in my house.  Keep in mind all those searches did not turn up the suspect.  An aware citizen that was finally allowed to go outside their house found him.