Men of DU. I must share a text with you that may/ may not alter your life!

[JVS]

In the spirit of great copycatery

1 My son, keep my words
and store up my commands within you.
2 Keep my commands and you will live;
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister,"
and call understanding your kinsman;
5 they will keep you from the adulteress,
from the wayward wife with her seductive words.
6 At the window of my house
I looked out through the lattice.
7 I saw among the simple,
I noticed among the young men,
a youth who lacked judgment.
8 He was going down the street near her corner,
walking along in the direction of her house
9 at twilight, as the day was fading,
as the dark of night set in.
10 Then out came a woman to meet him,
dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
11 (She is loud and defiant,
her feet never stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the squares,
at every corner she lurks.)
13 She took hold of him and kissed him
and with a brazen face she said:
14 "I have fellowship offerings at home;
today I fulfilled my vows.
15 So I came out to meet you;
I looked for you and have found you!
16 I have covered my bed
with colored linens from Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
18 Come, let's drink deep of love till morning;
let's enjoy ourselves with love!
19 My husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took his purse filled with money
and will not be home till full moon."
21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
she seduced him with her smooth talk.
22 All at once he followed her
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer stepping into a noose
23 till an arrow pierces his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
little knowing it will cost him his life.
24 Now then, my sons, listen to me;
pay attention to what I say.
25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways
or stray into her paths.
26 Many are the victims she has brought down;
her slain are a mighty throng.
27 Her house is a highway to the grave,
leading down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 7

[The Zanti Regent]

1. You forget this was overriden by God's Priestess, Ayn Rand.

Remember that sister AYN (as in MINE) RAND preached "Look out for #1 and Screw thy Neighbor".

Look at the garbage that comes out of 700 Club franchises and tell me that it isn't like the Ayn Rand sample in my first sentence!

[JVS]

2. What the fuck are you talking about?

#1 Ayn was a Godless heathen.

#2 What sample did you post above?

#3 What is even the concept of above on a message board where most recently posted to threads get moved to the top?

[RPM]

3. you both are talking out of your arseholes...

but at least JVS has the decency to be coherent about it...

:toast:

[HEyHEY]

4. I'm religiously in-coherrent

Hence I'll stay outta this one

[RPM]

6. i think the message is stay away from dirty girls....

perhaps we should undertake a project to reduce the bible to simple, cogent messages.

[HEyHEY]

7. Works for me!

Especially the dirty girl thing :evilgrin:

Oh wait, "Stay AWAY from dirty girls."
Drat!

Actually I was gonna stay away from them anyway, I don't even like conversing with them in a non-pressured atmosphere.

[JVS]

11. I stand by any negative statements about Ms. Rand

[LilKim]

5. I'm not going to read all that

just make your point.

[democracyindanger]

8. If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

Rudyard Kipling

[HEyHEY]

9. I love Kipling - despite his facist leanings

Just kidding...I love his fascist leanings

[JVS]

10. You love him because of his fascist leanings!

[democracyindanger]

12. I prefer to think of him as

more of a fascist fanboy than an actual fascist. It's pretty thin, I know, but it works.