At the Central Baptist Church in Marshall, Texas, where I was baptized in the faith, we believed in a free church in a free state. I still do. My spiritual forbears did not take kindly to living under theocrats who embraced religious liberty for themselves but denied it to others. “Forced worship stinks in God’s nostrils,” thundered the dissenter Roger Williams… return to article
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Reader Comments (758)Curious Dave….................................You are a Perfect Fruit sometimes.
Little poke and cheeky Rabbit runs under the coffee table….............................................^^..................... .........................
Rabbit looked at Oolongs page last night and whilst looking at funny pictures without warning came the last few of his final day and up to the funeral. Rabbit had tears in his eyes, and went out and found our Sebastian (Little Hopper) and sat with him awhile.
Sebastian is also with Rabbit ar work today. I tried some head balancing with a pen and then a banana, it sems that he too can see the point of Head Performance. It must be a Rabbit thing. They do have funny wedge shaped heads and an odd sense of fun. It is hard to always know if a Rabbit is enjoying something, but a rule of thumb is, if it continues doing it, then its enjoying it.
I do notice too that he pays quite close attention to the driving of the car. Especially when starting the car and putting it into gear he watches closely and even has begun to anticipate the clutch and gear stick. I’m thinking about making a small electric vehicle with a left and right accelerator peddle which will give forward accelation and turning from two controls, and seeing if he can learn to drive it. He is only 2 so has a whole career ahead of him as a great Rabbit. Oolong has inspired Rabbit. Sebastian has brought so much wisdom and love from his tiny corner of the universe, and has affected us all in a nice way. He too should have his exploits featured. It is all for the betterment of Rabbits worldwide. Here in Oz Rabbits are treated with uncommonly atrocious visciousness. No weapon is considered too evil, they were first enslaved, let free in Oz to fend for themselves and they built a huge Nation on their own, without incurring any ill will among the natives animal or human, they were welcomed as companions and food, as all creatures are in nature.
The white man then began to exterminate Rabbits, shootings and poisonings and now twice Biological Warfare of the most horrible kind.
Rabbits deserve better.
But they are content to wait their turn and lend their small shoulders to the wheels of progress, revolution or whatever it takes to give the planet a future. Rabbits are prepared to become extinct if that is what it takes to save the planet.
Most animals have the same attitude. Rabbit knows only one creature which is so short sighted and selfish and stupid it would never accept extinction before the planet…....................
Posted by Rabbit on Nov 17, 2005 at 2:00 AM ODDLY enough it is the animal that has the least beneficial role to play within the ecosytem. The only creature which by dissapearing would not cause any negative impact on any species.
Posted by Rabbit on Nov 17, 2005 at 2:10 AM Thank you Rabbit but I am far from perfect. Still blossoming. I am a pretty flower.
(said like “I am a pretty pony”)Some humorous humility :)
Posted by David in Canada on Nov 18, 2005 at 5:20 AM Is this thread dying like so many flowers? Going to seed?
Digression to the nth degree? Anyone else still reading here? Are we talking to the walls and our terminals too? Only on the God Squad thread. We come here to say our prayers now maybe.
Are you there, God ....... It’s me, David.
Posted by David in Canada on Nov 18, 2005 at 7:01 AM The Squad has no time for God, they are busy killing the infidels, again.
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