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Hard News: Team Little: pretty good

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  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to BenWilson,

    They claim to be Christians, no?

    I guess. As I said earlier , they all look the same to me ;)

    So many people, everywhere.

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Ron Davis, in reply to BenWilson,

    "They (Mormons) claim to be Christians, no?"
    Ones I have spoken to do make that claim. However many mainstream Christians refer to the church as a "cult" and don't interchurch too readily with them as a result. Mormons do, however, push for well regulated, clean, and wholesome family life and are quite admirable for their upstanding personal qualities. Like some Christians.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2014 • 25 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    (note) On this site, quotes are shown by wrapping < q > and < /q > around the text - removing the blank gaps I've used here inside the angled bracket thingies.

    If you are replying to somebody's comment, highlight the words you want to quote and click the Reply link.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Ron Davis, in reply to Sacha,

    If you are replying to somebody’s comment, highlight the words you want to quote and click the Reply link.

    Many thanks. you're a champ.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2014 • 25 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Williams, in reply to Ron Davis,

    Many thanks. you’re a champ.

    He is. Many here are.

    Sydney • Since Nov 2006 • 2273 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to Ron Davis,

    And all the other instructions are below the box you write in. So you can make your point, you can stress your point .You can link your point and what Sacha said

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,

    in the good books...

    yes Mormon man

    Damn, I was tending towards
    the extended 'Moorman' myself
    Something bestriding
    the Baskervilles' Dartmoor,
    or another minority from Venice
    the good fellow Othello,
    or Gypsy Heathcliff
    spinning on the
    Catherine wheel...

    (hmmm, there's a coupla
    good backstories on offer...)

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Damn, I was tending towards the extended ‘Moorman’ myself

    I kept harking back to the the mannagram from the Manna Ministries, man ;)

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Rich of Observationz,

    My edition of the "Penguin History of the United States" has in the section discussing Mormon beliefs the footnote: "I am not making this up".

    The reason there are so many Mormons in NZ is that they consider the Polynesian peoples to be a lost tribe of Israel, or something like that.

    Back in Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 5550 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    like no place on Earth...
    Speaking of mixed messages:
    Does anyone else think the new P&O cruises ads on telly might be channelling Scientology's Freewind for Operating Thetans... ?

    just sayin'...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic, in reply to Steve Curtis,

    Goes to show, he knew everything and knew nothing.

    More specifically, the cost of everything and the value of nothing.

    And the other major PM in history to have an accountancy background aside from Roger Douglas was, you guessed it, Rob Muldoon.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Kumara Republic,

    unchartered waters?

    And the other major PM in history to have an accountancy background aside from Roger Douglas...

    did you mean FM (Finance Minister) ?
    if not, when was the Reaver General,
    Sir Roger Douglas, PM?

    ...then again, I have long believed PA may span several
    concurrent alternate reality stubs...
    How's it going over your way?
    I hear Shane Jones is PM there now?

    (ps I heartily recommend The Peripheral
    even if William Gibson may owe a debt to Kage Baker,
    James cameron and Harry Harrison.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Ron Davis, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Wow...just, well, wow!

    Auckland • Since Nov 2014 • 25 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    did you mean FM (Finance Minister) ?

    Oops, yes, I meant Finance Minister. Mind you, Muldoon was both PM and Finance Minister in his day, which gave him some unusually big leverage.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Ron Davis,

    ...just, well...

    wow
    o x o
    mom

    inverse
    reverse
    perverse

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Hilary Stace,

    An interesting article here by Pattrick Smellie about Grant Robertson and the Finance portfolio.

    Wgtn • Since Jun 2008 • 3229 posts Report Reply

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