jbg Posted September 26, 2012 Report Posted September 26, 2012 The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur started today at sundown. It is a 24 hour (25 hours for some) period of no food and no water. Its purpose is to atone for sins. That doesn't let you off the hook though; you still have to make peace with those you have hurt. Yoma 8:9 (link) One who says, "I shall sin and repent, sin and repent"—will have no chance to do repentance. One who says, "I will sin and the Day of Atonement will atone"—the Day of Atonement does not atone. For transgressions done between a person and the Omnipresent, the Day of Atonement atones. For transgressions between one person and another, the Day of Atonement atones, only if the first one appeases the other. This is as Rabbi Eleazar ben Arakh states: "From all your sins shall you be clean before the Lord (Lev. 16:30)—for transgressions between a person and the Omnipresent does the Day of Atonement atone. For transgressions between one person and another, the Day of Atonement atones, only if the first one appeases the other." Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Bonam Posted September 26, 2012 Report Posted September 26, 2012 24 hours isn't that long to go without food and water. Back when I was addicted to computer games in my high school years, I'd go that long without food or water on occasion just by being absorbed in gaming and not wanting to get up and away from my computer. Thankfully those times are behind me. By the way, if you're looking to atone for stuff, cite where you got that first quote in your sig from Quote
jbg Posted September 26, 2012 Author Report Posted September 26, 2012 By the way, if you're looking to atone for stuff, cite where you got that first quote in your sig from It may have been a JBG original or I may have heard it somewhere. Google did not turn up an origin other than my siggies on various boards. So I may have coined it. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Mr.Canada Posted September 26, 2012 Report Posted September 26, 2012 Shalom aleichem jbg. Quote "You are scum for insinuating that isn't the case you snake." -William Ashley Canadian Immigration Reform Blog
Bonam Posted September 26, 2012 Report Posted September 26, 2012 It may have been a JBG original or I may have heard it somewhere. Google did not turn up an origin other than my siggies on various boards. So I may have coined it. Actually I posted that in a thread here about 2ish years ago, and you liked it and put it in your sig http://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=16972&view=findpost&p=573140 http://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=16972&view=findpost&p=573233 Quote
msj Posted September 26, 2012 Report Posted September 26, 2012 I don't know. Not as pathetic as the Christian "Licence to sin"1 stuff, but still.... whatever.... 1 Thanks Atheist Pig Quote If a believer demands that I, as a non-believer, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect but for my submission. And that is incompatible with a secular democracy. Flemming Rose (Dutch journalist) My biggest takeaway from economics is that the past wasn't as good as you remember, the present isn't as bad as you think, and the future will be better than you anticipate. Morgan Housel http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/14/things-im-pretty-sure-about.aspx
Moonlight Graham Posted September 26, 2012 Report Posted September 26, 2012 24 hours isn't that long to go without food and water. Back when I was addicted to computer games in my high school years, I'd go that long without food or water on occasion just by being absorbed in gaming and not wanting to get up and away from my computer. Thankfully those times are behind me. Interesting, out of curiosity what games were you addicted to? I always got addicted to the 'Civilization' PC games, but my marathons would only (only?) go for up to 12-hour stretches at most. Also, haven't you heard the international news stories of the occasional gamer collapsing and dying during MMO gaming marathons? Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
Bonam Posted September 26, 2012 Report Posted September 26, 2012 (edited) Interesting, out of curiosity what games were you addicted to? I always got addicted to the 'Civilization' PC games, but my marathons would only (only?) go for up to 12-hour stretches at most. My worst addiction was to a game called Dark Age of Camelot. It was a relatively early (2001) MMORPG in which players from three sides fought for control of a vast frontier and the keeps and relics situated in it. The most I ever played in one stretch was just over 36 hours, while on summer break from high school. They killed the fun of the game with various ill-conceived changes/additions by about 2004. Also, haven't you heard the international news stories of the occasional gamer collapsing and dying during MMO gaming marathons? I have, yes. One of the people I knew in Dark Age was a Korean that played even more than I did, he put in a few 70+ hour stretches with no sleep that I know of, with no ill effects (though he certainly had food and water during his long gaming stretches). Anyway, I certainly wouldn't play a computer game for anywhere close to that long these days. When I get into something though I usually REALLY get into it. These days it's hiking/mountaineering, and I'll happily spend 18-20 hours climbing up and down the slope of some mountain with nothing but 5 minute breaks here and there, then sleep in a tent for 6 hours and do it again the next day. Edited September 26, 2012 by Bonam Quote
bleeding heart Posted September 26, 2012 Report Posted September 26, 2012 Actually I posted that in a thread here about 2ish years ago, and you liked it and put it in your sig http://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=16972&view=findpost&p=573140 http://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=16972&view=findpost&p=573233 Quote “There is a limit to how much we can constantly say no to the political masters in Washington. All we had was Afghanistan to wave. On every other file we were offside. Eventually we came onside on Haiti, so we got another arrow in our quiver." --Bill Graham, Former Canadian Foreign Minister, 2007
jbg Posted September 26, 2012 Author Report Posted September 26, 2012 Actually I posted that in a thread here about 2ish years ago, and you liked it and put it in your sig http://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=16972&view=findpost&p=573140 http://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=16972&view=findpost&p=573233 Thanks for reminding me. I forgot all about that. Clever. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
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