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Mike started this thread "idea" and its about time we get it going abit again. Here is a link to the original thread: On the Lighter SideSince what we discuss in these forums is of a serious nature and I would never intentionaly make light of the topics....There still is a joy of the Lord and I believe God has given us the gift of laughter. I find myself taking myself to seriously sometimes, so with that in mind....Humor us!Only let it be with the thought of "what is edifying".-Mike Balog

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Photo Moment: In 1954, scientists guess what a home computer will look like in 2004 1954 Popular Mechanics Magazine: Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a "home computer" could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use.hahhaah I thought this was hilarious :smart:

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moreofHim

LOL. What's the steering wheel for? Had they invented racing games back then? LOLI do think think that SI could use a little softness -love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness... about now. (not that it's really lacking, but...)Wisdom is good but joy is good too. :-) In Him, Chanin

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LOL. What's the steering wheel for? Had they invented racing games back then? LOLhee hee what about the printer.. looks like you could make a newspaper with that baby. Could make the SermonIndex newsletter a reality. :-P

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Spitfire

I want one! Of course, I'll need to build a building to put it in first. ;-) Dian.

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philologos

Did they do a PDA version?

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shazbot

Yes, but it requires a pack mule.

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philologos

I am looking at one of the automatically generated google adds on the left hand side bar. It reads…Holy SpiritHoly Spirit for sale. Aff Check out the deals now!www.ebay.comI was intrigued but all they had was a bunch of books. Actually I already know the ‘deal’. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Rom 12:1-2 KJV)

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phebebird

Looks like you could go into orbit with that thing.

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Looks like you could go into orbit with that thing.hehe I think I need one of those things to run SI properly! :-P

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Here is a test: what is wrong with this picture?Does anyone else see the inconsistency?

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hredii

I don’t know? At first I did see the inconsistency, but now I see hope.We are in dark times, but the morning is to come.A Joyous future of repentance. What a joyous time it will be!God is the one who rises up nations and tears them down. God has the power to rise up this dead nation to life and godliness once more. Let us all pray in faith and rejoice in hope through the Spirit. Above all putting on love the bond of perfection.

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hredii

I want to know Jesse; Did you take this picture?Where was this taken?

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quote: "We are in dark times, but the morning is to come. A Joyous future of repentance. What a joyous time it will be!God is the one who rises up nations and tears them down. God has the power to rise up this dead nation to life and godliness once more. Let us all pray in faith and rejoice in hope through the Spirit. Above all putting on love the bond of perfection."I also am standing in expectation of what God is going to do.I did not take the picture. Actually it was Jeff aka J_A_Olver, who showed it to me.

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----Study: PCs make kids dumberStudents who use computers frequently at school perform worse than their peers at maths and reading, a study claims.Those using computers several times a week performed "sizably and statistically significantly worse" than those who used them less often.Thomas Fuchs and Ludger Woessmann of the CESifo economic research organisation in Munich base their conclusions on an analysis of test performance and background data from the 2000 PISA study. This study involved tens of thousands of students in 31 countries, including the UK, organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).----

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I found this funny at first but really its pretty sad and very true.

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Here is a funny correction to the image that this thread started off with:---Popular Mechanics: Don't Blame UsNEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2004--Those co-workers who constantly clutter your inbox with e-mail forwards aren't the only ones who have fallen for a recent Internet hoax involving a fictitious 1954 POPULAR MECHANICS article. It appears two savvy software CEOs have also been taken in by the Photoshop handiwork of a Danish software designer.A manipulated photo of a mock submarine console (above), passed off as a 1950s projection of the 2004 home computer, was used by Sun Microsystems Chief Executive Scott McNealy in his Oracle OpenWorld keynote speech yesterday in San Francisco to illustrate how rapidly technology improves. And this past fall, Lotus founder Mitch Kapor posted the image on his blog before later posting a correction.Even we scratched our heads for a minute after first seeing the graphic. But after a closer look, everyone agreed that something wasn't quite right. More research revealed, much to our relief, that this was one prediction we did not make.

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crsschk

"Dear Lord," the preacher began with arms extended and a rapturous look on his upturned face, "without you we are but dust..."He would have continued, but at that moment one very obedient little girl (who was listening carefully) leaned over to her mother and asked quite audibly in her shrill little girl voice, "Mommy, WHAT is butt dust?"Church was pretty much over at that point...

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dullrainbow

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah".The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?"The little girl replied, "Then you ask him ".*----------------------*The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray:"Take only ONE. God is watching."Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies.A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples.

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PreachParsly

Evangelism LinebackerThis is great! This is for all of you who have fears about sharing your faith! HAHA you will enjoy it..

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allhavsinned

aparantly this is a true story:A Sundayschool teacher told her class how Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, a child put up her hand and informed the class that while driving one day, her mum looked back and turned into a lamp post :-o

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Melissa

Did I read that sign right? In an office: TOILET OUT OF ORDER...... PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW In a Laundromat: AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT In a London department store: BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS In an office: WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN In an office: AFTER TEA BREAK STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD Outside a secondhand shop: WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN? Notice in health food shop window: CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS Spotted in a safari park: ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR Seen during a conference: FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR Notice in a farmer's field: THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES. On a repair shop door: WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)

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cartoon

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GaryE

The local obituary had in the paper the other day that the woman who died had been ill for a while but her health took an upturn. :-)

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Oh maaannnnnnnnnnnnn Patrick, whadyago and do now ?I never saw this thread before. Oh my. God knows if I had seen this last year I would have never taken a three month Sabbatical from my ISP. Ohhhhhh nooooo, what will I do now ?You've found my Achilles heel. If you knew how many folders of graphics and smilies and stuff I have, then you'd know my other NUT SIDE.But now I have to go take another heart pill, cuz here I thought all of this time that Greg didn't have a sense of humor.Ooooooo, Annie better go hide in a corner and repent now. Ooooo.I better stay off this one for at least a little while. I may forget myself. Haaaaaaaaaaaaa.Romans 8:28 again with youse guys. Lord knew when this thread was needed too. :-D God Bless SI "fer shur" now.

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Hi all, got this in an email and had to share.JeffNoah in 2005 In the year 2005, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said, "Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save 2 of every living thing along with a few good humans." He gave Noah the blueprints, saying, "You have 6 months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights." Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard - but no Ark. "Noah!" He roared, "I'm about to start the rain! Where is theArk?" "Forgive me, Lord," begged Noah, "but things have changed. I needed a building permit. I've been arguing with the inspector about the need for a sprinkler system. My neighbors claim that I've violated the neighborhood zoning laws by building the Arkin my yard and exceeding the height limitations. We had to go to the Development Appeal Board for a decision. Then the Department of Transportation demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of moving power lines and other overhead obstructions, to clear the passage for the Ark's move to the sea. I told them that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it. Getting the wood was another problem. There's a ban on cutting local trees in order to save the spotted owl. I tried to convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the owls - but no go! When I started gathering the animals, an animal rights group sued me. They insisted that I was confining wild animals against their will. They argued the accommodation was too restrictive, and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space. Then the EPA ruled that I couldn't build the Ark until they'd conducted an environmental impact study on your proposed flood. I'm still trying to resolve a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on how many minorities I'm supposed to hire for my building crew. Immigration and Naturalization is checking the green-card status of most of the people who want to work. The trades unions say I can't use my sons. They insist I have to hire only Union workers with Ark-building experience. To make matters worse, the IRS seized all my assets, claiming I'm trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species. So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least 10 years for me to finish this Ark." Suddenly the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky. Noah looked up in wonder and asked, "You mean you're not going to destroy the world?" "No," said the Lord. "The government beat me to it."

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WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD ?Plato:For the greater good.Karl Marx:It was a historical inevitability.Machiavelli:So that its subjects will view it with admiration,as a chicken which has the daring and courage toboldly cross the road, but also with fear, for whomamong them has the strength to contend with such aparagon of avian virtue? In such a manner is theprincely chicken's dominion maintained.Hippocrates:Because of an excess of light pink gooey stuff in itspancreas.Jacques Derrida:Any number of contending discourses may be discoveredwithin the act of the chicken crossing the road, andeach interpretation is equally valid as the authorialintent can never be discerned, because structuralismis DEAD, DANGIT, DEAD!Thomas de Torquemada:Give me ten minutes with the chicken and I'll find out.Timothy Leary:Because that's the only kind of trip the Establishmentwould let it take.Douglas Adams:Forty-two.Nietzsche:Because if you gaze too long across the Road, the Roadgazes also across you.Oliver North:National Security was at stake.B.F. Skinner:Because the external influences which had pervaded itssensorium from birth had caused it to develop in such afashion that it would tend to cross roads, even whilebelieving these actions to be of its own free will.Carl Jung:The confluence of events in the cultural gestaltnecessitated that individual chickens cross roads atthis historical juncture, and thereforesynchronicitously brought such occurrences into being.Jean-Paul Sartre:In order to act in good faith and be true to itself,the chicken found it necessary to cross the road.Ludwig Wittgenstein:The possibility of "crossing" was encoded into theobjects "chicken" and "road", and circumstances cameinto being which caused the actualization of thispotential occurrence.Albert Einstein:Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossedthe chicken depends upon your frame of reference.Aristotle:To actualize its potential.Buddha:If you ask this question, you deny your own chicken-nature.Howard Cosell:It may very well have been one of the most astonishingevents to grace the annals of history. An historic,unprecedented avian biped with the temerity to attemptsuch an herculean achievement formerly relegated tohomo sapien pedestrians is truly a remarkable occurence.Salvador Dali:The Fish.Darwin:It was the logical next step after coming down fromthe trees.Emily ****inson:Because it could not stop for death.Epicurus:For fun.Ralph Waldo Emerson:It didn't cross the road; it transcended it.Johann von Goethe:The eternal hen-principle made it do it.Ernest Hemingway:To die. In the rain.Werner Heisenberg:We are not sure which side of the road the chickenwas on, but it was moving very fast.David Hume:Out of custom and habit.Jack Nicholson:'Cause it (censored) wanted to. That's the (censored)reason.Pyrrho the Skeptic:What road?Ronald Reagan:I forget.John Sununu:The Air Force was only too happy to provide thetransportation, so quite understandably the chickenavailed himself of the opportunity.The Sphinx:You tell me.Mr. T:If you saw me coming you'd cross the road too!Henry David Thoreau:To live deliberately ... and suck all the marrowout of life.Mark Twain:The news of its crossing has been greatly exaggerated.Molly Yard:It was a hen!Zeno of Elea:To prove it could never reach the other side.Chaucer:So priketh hem nature in hir corages.Wordsworth:To wander lonely as a cloud.The Godfather:I didn't want its mother to see it like that.Keats:Philosophy will clip a chicken's wings.Blake:To see heaven in a wild fowl.Othello:Jealousy.Dr Johnson:Sir, had you known the Chicken for as long as I have,you would not so readily inquire, but feel rather theNeed to resist such a public Display of your own lamentable and incorrigible Ignorance.Mrs Thatcher:This chicken's not for turning.Supreme Soviet:There has never been a chicken in this photograph.Oscar Wilde:Why, indeed? One's social engagements whilst intown ought never expose one to such barbarousinconvenience - although, perhaps, if one must cross a road, one may do far worse than to cross it as the chicken in question.Kafka:Hardly the most urgent enquiry to make of a low-grade insurance clerk who woke up that morning as a hen.Swift:It is, of course, inevitable that such a loathsome,filth-ridden and degraded creature as Man should assumeto question the actions of one in all respects hissuperior.Macbeth: To have turned back were as tedious as to go o'er.Whitehead:Clearly, having fallen victim to the fallacy ofmisplaced concreteness.Freud:An die andere Seite zu kommen. Hamlet: That is not the question.Donne:It crosseth for thee.Pope:It was mimicking my Lord Hervey.Constable:To get a better view.--------------------------------Hey, don't blame me - I swiped it from the 'sick' folks forum :-P .

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Return of the Church Bulletins. . . They're back! Church Bulletins: Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services: Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water." The sermon tonight: "Searching for Jesus." Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King. Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your husbands.The peace-making meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say "Hell" to someone who doesn't care much about you.Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help. Miss Charlene Mason sang, "I Will Not Pass This Way Again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs. Next Thursday, there will be try outs for the choir. They need all the help they can get.Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack's sermons. The Rector will preach his farewell message after which the choir will sing, "Break Forth Into Joy."Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24th in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days. A Bean Supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be, "What Is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice. Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children. Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.Potluck Supper Sunday at 5:00 p.m. - Prayer and medication to follow.The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon. This evening at 7:00 p.m., there will be a hymn-singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. is done.The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday. Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Please use the back door.The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church Basement on Friday at 7:00 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: "I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours!" One of my coworkers sent me this in an email. I laughed until I cried. :-P

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It's been a rough year so far for many of us.

Thank you all for this.

LOVE.

Annie

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Miccah


MSeaman wrote:
Return of the Church Bulletins. . .

They're back! Church Bulletins: Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services:

Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.

The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water." The sermon tonight: "Searching for Jesus."

Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King.

Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your husbands.

The peace-making meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.

Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say "Hell" to someone who doesn't care much about you.

Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.

Miss Charlene Mason sang, "I Will Not Pass This Way Again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.

For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

Next Thursday, there will be try outs for the choir. They need all the help they can get.

Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack's sermons.

The Rector will preach his farewell message after which the choir will sing, "Break Forth Into Joy."

Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24th in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.

A Bean Supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.

At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be, "What Is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice.

Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.

The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.

Potluck Supper Sunday at 5:00 p.m. - Prayer and medication to follow.

The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.

This evening at 7:00 p.m., there will be a hymn-singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.

Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. is done.

The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.

Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Please use the back door.

The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church Basement on Friday at 7:00 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: "I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours!"


[color=0000FF]One of my coworkers sent me this in an email. I laughed until I cried.[/color] :-P

Way too funny. Thanks for for resurrecting
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Over time we have realized on sermonindex that we need to focus on discussion towards a more "sober" and biblical nature. I thank God for the patience He has shown me as I have learned how to better moderate the forums to compliment and "add to" the existing sermons on the website.

I hope everyone understands this and is able to enter into the discussions on sermonindex with a more serious view of things, for the content on the website demands it. We are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses.

I am [b]locking[/b] this thread.

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