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Re: Old Sayings

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silentreader wrote:
gcdonner wrote:
silentreader wrote:Meanwhile, in Canada, Hats Off says, re the 400,
"The longest way around is the shortest way home."
My father always said "the longest way around is the sweetest way home", when dating...
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KingdomBuilder wrote:"An idle mind is the devil's playground"
I always heard, "Idle hands are the devil's playground"...
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gcdonner wrote:
KingdomBuilder wrote:"An idle mind is the devil's playground"
I always heard, "Idle hands are the devil's playground"...
I think that's the preterist version.
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silentreader wrote:
gcdonner wrote:
KingdomBuilder wrote:"An idle mind is the devil's playground"
I always heard, "Idle hands are the devil's playground"...
I think that's the preterist version.
But, but, but, my parents were Dispensationalists and that is who I learned it from,,, 8-)
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gcdonner wrote:
silentreader wrote:
gcdonner wrote: I always heard, "Idle hands are the devil's playground"...
I think that's the preterist version.
But, but, but, my parents were Dispensationalists and that is who I learned it from,,, 8-)
Oh, sorry, my mistake.
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:laugh :lol: :rofl:
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silentreader wrote:
gcdonner wrote:
silentreader wrote:
I think that's the preterist version.
But, but, but, my parents were Dispensationalists and that is who I learned it from,,, 8-)
Oh, sorry, my mistake.
But would logic not dictate that you would disagree with the Dispensationalist view on idle hands?
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silentreader wrote:
silentreader wrote:
gcdonner wrote: But, but, but, my parents were Dispensationalists and that is who I learned it from,,, 8-)
Oh, sorry, my mistake.
But would logic not dictate that you would disagree with the Dispensationalist view on idle hands?
Absolutely not! It is all about timing after all, isn't it? :mrgreen:
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gcdonner wrote:
silentreader wrote:
silentreader wrote:
Oh, sorry, my mistake.
But would logic not dictate that you would disagree with the Dispensationalist view on idle hands?
Absolutely not! It is all about timing after all, isn't it? :mrgreen:
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Re: Old Sayings

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Idle hands? Never heard that.
Personally, an idle mind makes more sense to me.
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