Pope Francis Is Wrong

Posted on 18/04/2017 by Grumpa Joe

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Attached is a link to an article in which Pope Francis states that Christians, Jews, and Muslims are the same.  What this pope does not know is the difference between right and wrong, black and white. To me, it is clear that all three religions worship one God. They all claim their God to be the one true God. Why then, do the radical Muslims believe in a religion based on death, and the Christians and Jews believe in a faith based on the sanctity of life? Pope Francis obviously has no clue. The logic doesn’t hold up if the premise is correctly stated. It will hold up if stated like this:

Christians believe in one true God.

Muslims believe in one true God.

Therefore, Christians and Muslims believe in the same God.

If I use another premise the logic changes.

Muslims believe killing infidels is the way to heaven.

Christians believe that preserving life is the way to heaven.

Therefore, Muslims are different than Christians.

In previous articles, I have stated that these two paths do not make sense, they are direct opposite and contradictory.  God is never contradictory. God is not confused about what is right and what is wrong. He doesn’t need lawyers or theologians to determine which argument holds. On the other hand, we know from Scripture that there are two kinds of angels, good angels and bad angels. Bad angels do not worship God, but good angels do. It is my contention that Pope Francis does not hold the good angel, bad angel theory as valid since he cannot see christians as being good angels and radical muslims as bad angels. Francis sees only good angels. I commend him for that vision, but I condemn the concept. Black is not white, and white is not black. They are two distinct colors. Mix them, and you get something which is a blend of the two, and neither is pure anymore. Perhaps that is what Francis is referring to when he says Christians and Muslims are a blend of humans that we must learn to love, and deal with.

 

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Number One Is My Favorite

Posted on 15/04/2017 by Grumpa Joe

I love getting stuff from friends it makes my blogging life so much easier. Below is a list of quotes by famous people from cousin Rick.

 

Philosophers Of the Century …

1.~ Betsy Salkind… image001-3.jpg

Men are like linoleum floors. Lay ’em right and you can walk all over them for thirty years. 

2.~ Jean Kerr…image002-3.jpg 

The only reason they say ‘Women and children first’ is to test the strength of the lifeboats. 

3.~ Prince Philip…image003-2.jpg

When a man opens a car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife.

4.~ Harrison Ford… image004-2.jpg

Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself. 

5.~ Spike Milligan…image005-2.jpg 

The best cure for Sea Sickness, is to sit under a tree. 

6.~ Jean Rostand… image006-1.jpg

Kill one man and you’re a murderer, kill a million and you’re a conqueror. 

7.~  Arnold Schwarzenegger… image007-1.jpg

Having more money doesn’t make you happier. I have 50 million dollars but I’m just as happy as when I had 48 million. 

8.~ WH Auden… image008.jpg

We are here on earth to do good unto others. What the others are here for, I have no idea. 

9.~ Jonathan Katz… image009-1.jpg

In hotel rooms, I worry. I can’t be the only guy who sits on the furniture naked. 

10. ~ Johnny Carson… image010-1.jpg

If life were fair, Elvis would still be alive today and all the impersonators would be dead. 

11.~ Warren Tantum… image011-1.jpg(School photo album). 

I don’t believe in astrology. I am a Sagittarius and we’re very skeptical. 

12.~ Steve Martin…image012-1.jpg 

Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap. 

13.~ Jimmy Durante… image013-1.jpg

Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is. 

14.~ George Roberts.. image014-1.jpg

The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone. 

15.~ Jonathan Winters..image015.jpg

If God had intended us to fly he would have made it easier to get to the airport. 

16. ~ Robert Benchley…image016.jpg

I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something for it.

17. ~ John Glenn…image017.jpg

As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind – every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder. 

18. ~ David Letterman… image018.jpg

America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked. 

19. ~ Howard Hughes… image019.jpg

I’m not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. Dammit, I’m a billionaire. 

20. ~ Old Italian proverb.. image020.jpg

After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box. 

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Strange Travel

Posted on 14/04/2017 by Grumpa Joe
TRAVEL PLANS FOR 2017
1.    I have been in many places, but I’ve never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can’t go alone.  You have to be in Cahoots with someone.  
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2.    I’ve also never been in Cognito.  I hear no one recognizes you there.
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3.   I have, however, been in Sane.  They don’t have an airport; you have to be driven there.  I have made several trips there, thanks to my children, friends, family and work.
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4.     I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I’m not too much on physical activity anymore. 
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5.  I have also been in Doubt.  That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.
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6.   I’ve been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm. 
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7.  Sometimes I’m in Capable, and I go there more often as I’m getting older. 
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8.  One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense!  It really gets the adrenaline flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age, I need all the stimuli I can get!
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PSA-170414-Wisdom

Posted on 14/04/2017 by Grumpa Joe
Andy Rooney was a very wise man. Every week I looked forward to his reports on Sixty Minutes. Usually, he said in five minutes stuff that was better than the previous fifty-five.
Here are some of the things he offered us.
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I’ve learned….That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
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I’ve learned….That when you’re in love, it shows.
I’ve learned ….That just one person saying to me, ‘You’ve made my day!’ makes my day.
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I’ve learned….That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
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I’ve learned….That being kind is more important than being right. 
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I’ve learned….That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
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I’ve learned….That I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in any other way.
I’ve learned….That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I’ve learned….That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
I’ve learned….That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
I’ve learned….That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
I’ve learned….That money doesn’t buy class.
I’ve learned….That it’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
I’ve learned…That under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I’ve learned….That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
I’ve learned….That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
I’ve learned….That love, not time, heals all wounds.
I’ve learned….That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
I’ve learned….That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
I’ve learned….That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I’ve learned….That life is tough, but I’m tougher.
I’ve learned….That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
I’ve learned….That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
I’ve learned….That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.
I’ve learned….That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
I’ve learned….That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I’ve learned….That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, you’re hooked for life.
I’ve learned….That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.
I’ve learned….That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

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Amazing Stats

Posted on 12/04/2017 by Grumpa Joe
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This is what bothers a lot of people about Trump.
He won’t accept a can’t do attitude, or inexperienced, incompetent performance.  He will get results, it just might not be smooth or pretty.
 Here are some amazing stats: Make sure you read to the bottom.
 An eye opener!  (Or should be!)
 1. California
 New Mexico
 Mississippi
 Alabama
 Illinois
 Kentucky
 Ohio
 New York
 Maine
 South Carolina
 These 10 States now have More People on Welfare than they do Employed!
2.  Last month, the Senate Budget Committee reports that in fiscal year 2012, between food stamps, housing support, child care, Medicaid and other benefits, the average US. Household below the poverty line received $168.00 a day in government support.
What’s the problem with that much support? Well, the median household  income in America is just over $50,000, which averages out to $137.13 a day.
To put it another way, being on welfare now pays the equivalent of just over $20 an hour for 40 hour week, while the average job pays $24.00 an hour……. Check the last set of statistics!!
3. The percentage of each past president’s cabinet who had worked in the private business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet. You know what the private business sector is…..  A real-life business, not a government job.
 Here are the percentages:
38%    T. Roosevelt
40%    Taft
52%    Wilson
49%    Harding
48%    Coolidge
42%    Hoover
50%    F. D. Roosevelt
50%    Truman
57%    Eisenhower
30%    Kennedy
47%    Johnson
53%    Nixon
42%    Ford
32%    Carter
56%    Reagan
 51%    GH Bush
39%    Clinton
55%    GW Bush
 8%    Obama
Look at those numbers again.  This helps explain the bias, if not the incompetence, of the last administration.
ONLY 8% of them have ever worked in private business!
That’s right!  Only eight percent – the least, by far, of the last 19 presidents!
And these people tried to tell our corporations how to run their businesses?
How can the president of a major nation and society, the one with the most successful economic system in world history, stand and talk about business when he’s never worked for one?  Or about jobs when he has never really had one?  And, when it’s the same for 92% of his senior staff and closest advisers? They’ve spent most of their time in academia, government, and/or non-profit jobs or as “community organizers.”

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