What were they thinking?
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This is a great flashlight bundle. The flashlight is very powerful an has great reach. The deal breaker for me is it's very large for a flashlight and quite heavy. It comes with a shoulder strap but they don't provide enough hardware to attach it to both batteries. This flashlight definitely won't fit in your pants pocket so one hand is tied up carrying it half the time. Also Nitecore's tolerances on this hardware is very poor. Impossible to install without tools and once installed it can't be removed without damaging the finish. By the way instructions failed to mentionon how to install shoulder strap hardware. It's intuitive but because of the improper tolerances you might think your doing something wrong. Seller responded to my email promptly but unfortunately according to the seller a second shoulder strap ring and clip can not be procured from Nitecore, disappointed that they aren't able to solve this issue for me. I emailed Nitecore and they requested more information which I have sent. I'm willing to pay extra for the hardware it just doesn't seem available, apparently the necessary mounting hardware is not included with nbp68 battery (very stupid, it's really necessary for this flashlight).

I'll keep the flashlight because of the quality but unfortunately I'm only going to be using the nbp68 battery pack unless Nitecore sends me the mounting hardware, the 18650's will be for emergency use only. Maybe I can make my own mounting hardware, but I shouldn't have to.

I will update this review if this issue gets resolved.
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The book was published today. So I suspect they are simply reguritating whatever talking head's comments that best matches their own particular political viewpoints. Therefore, in my opinion they are worthless as bookreviews. I have not as yet read the book, so this is not a book review, but a comment on today's toxic political division.
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Mmmm...not so sure. Maybe they need to spend time outside of the plastic bag it came in?
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Perhaps I liked them too much?  Or my expectations were too high?  Or perhaps I am becoming (have become) a grumpy old man.  And in support of the case for my own prosecution; I thought that Radiohead's "OK Computer" was a very poor follow-up to their previous work, which probably puts me into a group of one!

As with OK C, I have really tried to like P's 3rd, but just cannot.  And you know there is a problem when you try to like an album!  The recording seems laboured and just trying too much to be different, or challenging or avant-garde, or some such similar.  Now that is my personal taste, of course, and I can fully understand someone desiring a more challenging third album. If you are a commited Portishead fan, and that is what you are looking for, great, if not; caveat emptor!
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It wasn't what I expected based on recent customer reviews of this product.
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It's amazing how many people fall for this nonsense. Just say boo and they see ghosts. filmed with a green light to make it eery they claim they have EMF meters that can detect ghosts.  Even if there were ghosts what idiot decided they could be detected with a silly EMF meter? WOOOOOOOOOOOO The histoy was intersting though.
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I gave them as a gift. The person who received them liked them. Personally, I think they are a bit odd.
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Who in their RIGHT mind gave this book more than 2 stars? Seriously? I'm at a loss for words! I really just don't know what to say! I really wish I could get my 5 bucks back! Did I read the same book as everyone else?
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halfway thru and am quite taken by the book and thought to look thru the reviews (ready, fire, aim) and am sorta sorry that it did as the pans are quite damning. so i dunno, perhaps its good enough as a thought provoker. to me, from life experience, seems that there is a lot of truth in her observations. perhaps only bias-confirming?
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Showed to a group of teens - surprised them and I think it really made a lot of them think.
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Several have already noted the agenda driving the Jesus Seminar's propaganda. They jump to conclusions on the flimsiest of basis. really just wanting to act like they know something others don't. All an ego trip for them in my opinion.
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Have each person interviewed read Rick Warren's "Purpose-Driven Life", then come back a year later and interview them. Seriously.
They are looking for answers...but appears they are not asking the right questions.
On the surface, problems always seem complex. But upon closer examination, the source of the problem is usually simple.
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Ever been blind sided by a question you didn't expect to have to answer?

Maybe youve been with friends, or in a group where someone relates an event and asks, What would you do in that situation?

Im inclined to say that weve all been there, but maybe you havent.  Would you like to be?  Oh, wait, thats a question you weren't prepared to answer.

I have to admit I judged The Jesus Code by its cover.  It seems that most books using the word code  in the title and talking about Christianity in the content really resolve to some over-reaching, over-simplifying, and overwhelmingly confusing mish-mash of speculation that every Christian must take heed of now or face *sigh* something. The Jesus Code isn't like that.

In The Jesus Code, O.S. Hawkins poses 52 questions to the reader that were asked in the Bible. He poses it as What if you were asked this question?  How would you respond? He then fills in the details of why the question was being asked, what was the response, and what was the result of the response, if the response is known.

Too often, good willed people, make an allegory of the scriptures and put you in the story.  Famously, the history of David and Goliath is changed from revealing how God protects His people to asking an overly simplistic question like, What are the giants in your life?  Again, this is not the case with The Jesus Code.

The events remain intact, but the questions still come to us, Who do you say that Jesus is? What are you doing here? Could you not watch with me one hour?

Not all the questions are for us to answer, though.  Some are for God to answer. Its no stretch to assume that we ask the same questions of God today that believers in the past asked centuries and millenia ago.  Who is my neighbor? What must I do to be saved? If the Lord is with us why then has all this happened to us? Using scripture, Hawkins relates the answers that God gives to these questions.

While all 52 questions are worth asking, there are three things that I would watch out for in this book.

He uses a lot of slogans and quips which just make me cringe.  Salvation is not spelled D-O, but D-O-N-E, Get up! Get out! Get back!, Salvation is as easy as ABC. Thats a personal thing.  If quips, slogans and acronyms don't bother you than carry on.

In question 27, Will a man rob God? he discusses tithing.  He believes that Christians should tithe to receive blessings from God. If you want to tithe, tithe, but given that God blesses even those who don't tithe (Matthew 8:5-13) and allows disaster to come on those who do (Job) this view of tithing can lead to burden and disillusionment. Gods blessings are simply not tied to the tithe. Hawkins also insists that Jesus tithed because the Pharisees didn't hold that against Him. However, the reason the Pharisees had such a hard time convicting Jesus was because Jesus kept the Law, so if Jesus tithed, it was to keep the Law.

Finally, in question 39, Did not our hearts burn within us? he discusses the events of Luke 24 when Jesus appears to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.  Hawkins uses this event to say that we often remain dejected and depressed after our prayers because were doing all the talking.  We need to stop talking and listen.  Hawkins is right; we should at times be quiet before the Lord, but the irony is that the reason these disciples were talking was because they were answering a question Jesus asked them.

Overall, theres a lot of food for thought in this book and its well worth the read even just to keep you from getting blind sided by these questions.

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It was a book that madeyouthink. Was a very interesting book.
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Disappointed ....as basically it had no purpose! What happened that night???
Duh! Even they did not know!
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God, what a mess we have become because of it.  Mr. Loftus explains how it happened.  You know going into it the rationale behind it, and you wonder how you would have reacted.  But you hope you would have put the country's well being first, not to mention the souls lost in the fight against the Nazis.  Was no one thinking what the result would be?  Are you listening, Tea Party?
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SOME WAS GREAT AND THE OTHER'S JUST WASN'T UP TO POINT. WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY