And then there are those who just plainly love enforcing the rules no matter how much they love the church, God or what is right and with this pattern having its onset at an early age and and manifesting across their various life domains such as work home or play and in their relationships. Experiencing God’s laws would be more beneficial after attending therapeutic counseling the likes of our honorable Dr. George Tichy @GeorgeTichy and Kim @cincerity to restructure brain pathways and circuits to modify their intense love of enforcing laws.
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PCP 45.3
Just quoting the prophet!
Yet.
I have been informed that it has began to encroach at the GC cafeteria where salt and pepper dispensers have met their demise.
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Next purses and briefcases will be checked to see if any contraband salt and pepper are being smuggled into the cafeteria.
If I worked there, I would bring my S&P everyday…and shake it very vigorously on my lunch. What nonsense!!!
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You are such a REBEL…were you thinking of bringing in pickles or chow chow, too?? 
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Well, yes if by truth we mean how closely the conceptual content of your brain aligns with reality that such content points to.
So, unless you claim that we have same exact content, the sum of our individual experiences would be different. There would be plentiful overlaps, but it wouldn’t be the same, even though we give conceptual labels and share these as shortcuts which our language is.
So, the only standard you have is a content that your brain references to keep a coherent view of reality. Biblical narrative can be a part of that view, but it’s still “yours” and it is as unique a your brain is.
Of course, beyond that we have consensus views which transform into cultural presets, but these never static and that’s what serve lense through which you see and read Biblical narrative. 500 years ago you would have understood it differently than 2000 years ago or now.
Of course, there is a continuum of principles that point to transcendent values and virtues, but even those are subject to cultural lense through which you see the world.
So the Bible isn’t “the standalone standard” because … Hermeneutics is a thing 
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" We tend to fall off the road on one side or the other, too much judgement, or too much mercy. Jesus had the prefect touch."
Great sentence, Allen…a good description.
Truth=Perceptions…Perceptions=Truth. 
Which further illustrates why no one experiences the same events exactly the same…not even children in the same family.
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Yes! Coffee thermos (or better yet, Starbucks mugs/thermos), spices, butter!
My dad used to make some awesome chow chow…I haven’t heard that term in years.
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I threw in the chow chow thing because of the southern heritage…I thought that you might know what it was. My Grandmother used to make it and I could eat a can by myself (over the course of a week, of course)! It would be totally verboten in the GC caf!
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Did he like buttermilk, too?
Is Chow Chow a Southern thing?
I’ve only heard persons from RURAL Counties in TN that say they make
Chow Chow or even bring it to pot lucks.
It is really GREAT on slow cooked pinto beans.
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Yes! It has southern roots…It is making my pre-dinner saliva flow now…rofl
My distant family was from Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee…they all made it in my youth.
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Kim –
Cornbread in buttermilk.
A great delicacy in the South.
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Yes…and bread pudding! I love buttermilk! Oh…and pickles and beans…lol
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Oh yes! He certainly did.
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Yep…that’s how my dad liked it.
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Allen says “vegetarianism is NOT a test of fellowship”.
See what happens if some one brings ground beef in –
Chili
Lasagna
Other noodle/tomato dishes.
to Potluck on Sabbath.
LOL!!!
Not to mention fried chicken!
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My dad was from SC, and my mom from GA. Chow chow was very common in our neck of the woods.
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Making it is a LOT of work.
ALL that chopping!!!
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