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God can't be resisted or stopped, but can be shaped and focused. This means God is not to be prayed to. Prayers only help the person doing the praying, and then, only if they strengthen and focus that person's resolve. If they're used that way, they can help us in our only real relationship with God. They help us to shape God and to accept and work with the shapes that God imposes on us. God is power... God prevails.
— Mar 24, 2026 10:01AM
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Embrace diversity.
Unite--
Or be divided,
robbed,
ruled,
killed
By those who see you as prey.
Embrace diversity
or be destroyed.
— Jun 11, 2026 02:24PM
Unite--
Or be divided,
robbed,
ruled,
killed
By those who see you as prey.
Embrace diversity
or be destroyed.
Nick
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"Not until the flow of blood stopped did I feel safe."
— Jun 08, 2026 04:24PM
Nick
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Haha laughed my ass off, thank you Ms. Butler: " Sensible. Conservative and sensible and mature and WRONG. Very much in character with Joanne."
— May 31, 2026 10:04AM
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"Olivar doesn't sound like slavery," he said. "Those rich people would never let themselves be slaves."
Dad gave him a smile. "Not now," he said. "Not at first." He shook his head. "Kagimoto, Stamm, Frampton: Japanese, German, Canadian. When I was young, people said it would come to this. Well, why shouldn't other countries buy what's left of us if we put it up for sale."
— May 31, 2026 09:26AM
Dad gave him a smile. "Not now," he said. "Not at first." He shook his head. "Kagimoto, Stamm, Frampton: Japanese, German, Canadian. When I was young, people said it would come to this. Well, why shouldn't other countries buy what's left of us if we put it up for sale."
Nick
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If hyperempathy syndrome were a more common complaint, people couldn't do such things. They could kill if they had to, and bear the pain of it or be destroyed by it. But if everyone could feel everyone else's pain, who would torture? Who would cause anyone unnecessary pain? I've never thought of my problem as something that might do some good before, but the way things are, I think it would help.
— May 30, 2026 03:12PM
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"It's just a nasty old building on the outside," he was saying of hus new home. "You wouldn't believe him great it looks once you go in, though."
"Whorehouse or spaceship?" I asked.
"It's got stuff you never saw," he evaded. "TV windows you go through instead of just sitting and looking at. Headsets, belts and touchrings... you see and feel everything, do anything. Anything!"
— May 30, 2026 02:18PM
"Whorehouse or spaceship?" I asked.
"It's got stuff you never saw," he evaded. "TV windows you go through instead of just sitting and looking at. Headsets, belts and touchrings... you see and feel everything, do anything. Anything!"
Nick
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"Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation.
Civilization, like intelligence, may serve well, serve adequately, or fail to serve its adaptive function. When civilization fails to serve, it must disintegrate unless it is acted upon by unifying internal or external forces."
— May 11, 2026 04:29PM
Civilization, like intelligence, may serve well, serve adequately, or fail to serve its adaptive function. When civilization fails to serve, it must disintegrate unless it is acted upon by unifying internal or external forces."
Nick
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To get along with God, consider the consequences of your behavior.
— Apr 23, 2026 12:50PM
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"If you can think of ways to entertain them and teach them at the same time, you'll get your information out. And all without making anyone look down."
"Look down...?"
"Into the abyss, Daughter." But I wasn't in trouble any more. Not at the moment. "You've just noticed the abyss," he continued. "The adults in the community have been balancing at the edge of it for more years than you've been alive."
— Apr 14, 2026 11:17AM
"Look down...?"
"Into the abyss, Daughter." But I wasn't in trouble any more. Not at the moment. "You've just noticed the abyss," he continued. "The adults in the community have been balancing at the edge of it for more years than you've been alive."
