but did they "buy" them, as per Scripture? Or were they gifts from their parents?


" the whole thing about prophets is no one in their time or place believes them!"

So, since no-one on Mudcat believes me when I say there are WMD in Iraq, I could be a prophet?

                               8-{E



"I just tell people this-- if your efforts to persuade have not borne good fruit, SOMEbody in the discussion isn't being what they say they mean to be, and usually it's TWO somebodies, not just one of them."


I am not sure that I understand this: Is it not possible for different people to have a different understanding of something, based on each person's own experiences and beliefs?