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Stop hating God and come back to Him. He will forgive you. There's no real hate in this heart, brother. I used to run at lunch with a Christian guy I worked with. We talked about all kinds of stuff in very frank terms, as you can imagine. After a couple of years of running together nearly every work day, he timidly admitted that he often prayed for me to come back to God. One cannot help but be touched by such subtle, human compassion. Unfortunately, Tom was killed with his son when his Cessna hit a mountain about five years ago. I still go down to Portland on occasion to attend the monthly memorial run a mutual friend organized soon after the accident. I don't dwell much on where he did or didn't go after he died, just as I don't think much about anyone's afterlife or lack thereof. I only think about how he lived. He was a lovely man. Have a warm Christmas and be careful out there, spraylords.

I'm just striving to understand these things.

If we're made in God's likeness, and God is our father, and he is everywhere, does that mean that God's johnson is rammed firmly up KKK's ass?

Jesus, the flood gates have been reopened! Someone, build an arc! Man the divots! Beware of icefall!

Thermite thickly spread between two rented vans full of ammonium nitrate.

Matt, you act like relativism is some fundamental law of the universe or something. Jesus said “I am THE WAY”. Not “a WAY”. Not “One WAY”. Not “WAY out there”. THE WAY. There is ONE WAY to do things in this life. You suckular huminist relitivicisists may hide behind your eligint arguments, but the Truth is simple and written down…IN THE BIBLE. Let multi-culturalism have sway, and pretty soon everyone is thinking that they just might do things their way, rather than His way. Our answer to this movement to turn our cookies into biscotti and hot dogs into saucisson should be a resounding NO WAY. I thought I knew the Truth back when I was an ath/ag pre-christian. But God has shown himself to me, during my very worst behavior towards Him, in the form of really screamin gear deals and some hawt local ice pitches. So I thought to myself “Hey, this feels pretty good. Imagine what he’ll do for me if I worship him”. So what if every single born again Christian I’ve ever known has been a completely self righteous, intolerant, humorless asshole, and more often than not plagued (get it?) by deep seated emotional and neurotic disorders? Let there be Cheap Gear! So I’m now a Soldier for Christ…and a Skier for Christ. And Climber for Christ. Hell, I mean Heck, I’m even a Sprayer for Christ. And hopefully, He’ll see fit to equip me well so that I may better do His Work on Earth, particularly the snowy and icy parts. Merry Christmas indeed!

"To Vague, my fine soldiers, to Vague!"

I don't know much about Mennonites. Sorry.

Yosemite

Um, no. For the 100th time, I don't want your sausage.

In the end, my will is always done, my little hamsters.

I was searching for a camera on Craigslist and came up with this little gem: "Canon PowerShot S230 Digital Elph - GENITALLY USED. NO SCRATCHES ON SCREEN, LENS, OR FLASH. WORKS PERFECTLY. CHARGES PERFECTLY. EVERYTHING IS IN EXCELLENT, PRACTIALLY NEW CONDITION."

Why would anyone ever call for locking a thread in Spray? It's not like Satan's minions are forcing anyone at pitchfork point to read this shite.

Big Mon, don't even think about it with our avi danger right now. Your singing is annoying, but not that annoying. Let's go into the Pasayten, beyotch. Gotta go East of the Crest to more mellow terrain if you don't want to make King 5 News.

Problem solved. Spray on, bitches.

Nearby. No pics. Thin.

Back from ice climbing. I see I didn't miss much. This thread is amazingly brief when you've got Seahawks on Ignore.

In a resort, I hope. Avalanche advisory, Sense. BYAKTT.

Oh, and BTW: "Mount McKinley is also commonly known as Denali, which means "the high one" in the Athabaskan language, and which is also the name currently recognized by the State of Alaska. In 1896 the mountain was officially named Mount McKinley, after the former Governor of Ohio and future U.S. President William McKinley. When Denali National Park and Preserve was established by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, December 2, 1980, the Alaska Board of Geographic Names changed the name of the mountain back to Denali. However, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names maintains McKinley, which helps visitors differentiate between the mountain and Denali National Park, where the mountain is located. Alaskans tend to use "Denali" and rely on context to distinguish between the park and the mountain." Out of respect for local preference, convention, and the mountains original Athabaskan name, most climbers choose to use "Denali".

God helps those who help themselves...to good, cheap gear. IceClimbingTomorrowThxBi. Pray for cold, cuz, you know, I can't.

After all this God bashing I've been doing, I logged onto Craig's list and scored the Filson Outfitter jacket I've been waiting for about 20 years for 60% off, then I cruised by the REI basement on my way home from picking up the jacket and scored the exact pair of $180 boots I've been wanting for $30, 'used' but apparently never left the living room, the exact pair of gaitors I wanted for $5, and a cheap pair of Schoeller pants for my buddy. Good karma or broken karma? You decide. In any case, the Good Lord provided tonight.

That actually happened to me at a party once.

Rent "Evolution on Trial". It's all there.

It not you guys. Its them. Get real. We are the have not and the are the haves. In an educational sense, this couldn't be more true. The judge who ruled against ID was a conservative republican Bush appointee, BTW.