Comments for paulmoreland.com http://paulmoreland.com Faith, Family, Friends, Firearms Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Thoughts on riding a motorcycle in Colombia by paul http://paulmoreland.com/2010/12/01/thoughts-on-riding-a-motorcycle-in-colombia/comment-page-1/#comment-332 paul Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:54:39 +0000 http://paulmoreland.com/?p=530#comment-332 Hi Tony, The current MSRP for the GN125 (according to Suzuki's website) is $3.390.000 colombian pesos. The dollar's falling so that makes the price go up in dollars. Anyway, you can also check out their website to see what else they offer at http://www.suzuki.com.co/productos/motocicletas/default.asp . Since I wrote that article I sold the GN125 and picked up a used Honda XL200. It makes a world of difference on the highway, especially the uphill pull to La Linea. I've ridden it clear to Puerto Lopez and back from Pereira. You might also give the AKT a look. They have a 180 cc bike for not much more than the GN125. http://www.aktmotos.com/home/1 The AK180 XM sells for 4,190,000 colombian pesos. A friend has the 200 cc version (no longer made) and has been quite happy with it. The friend mentioned in the article who has the 125 version now has almost 90,000 km on his - with nothing more than routine maintenance being done to it. But, as mentioned, they are rated at less horsepower than the Suzuki. When you get down here you can look around and see what's available. If you're not used to riding a motorcycle then you'd best give yourself some time here before getting started. It's an everything eat motorcyclist world down here. Hi Tony,

The current MSRP for the GN125 (according to Suzuki’s website) is $3.390.000 colombian pesos. The dollar’s falling so that makes the price go up in dollars. Anyway, you can also check out their website to see what else they offer at http://www.suzuki.com.co/productos/motocicletas/default.asp . Since I wrote that article I sold the GN125 and picked up a used Honda XL200. It makes a world of difference on the highway, especially the uphill pull to La Linea. I’ve ridden it clear to Puerto Lopez and back from Pereira. You might also give the AKT a look. They have a 180 cc bike for not much more than the GN125. http://www.aktmotos.com/home/1 The AK180 XM sells for 4,190,000 colombian pesos. A friend has the 200 cc version (no longer made) and has been quite happy with it. The friend mentioned in the article who has the 125 version now has almost 90,000 km on his – with nothing more than routine maintenance being done to it. But, as mentioned, they are rated at less horsepower than the Suzuki. When you get down here you can look around and see what’s available. If you’re not used to riding a motorcycle then you’d best give yourself some time here before getting started. It’s an everything eat motorcyclist world down here.

]]> Comment on Thoughts on riding a motorcycle in Colombia by ynot http://paulmoreland.com/2010/12/01/thoughts-on-riding-a-motorcycle-in-colombia/comment-page-1/#comment-331 ynot Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:02:28 +0000 http://paulmoreland.com/?p=530#comment-331 Hi Paul, I am moving to Colombia soon and found this post relevant. You refer to prices that must have been mentioned in the email you were responding to. Could you share a least one price to get me started, perhaps for the GN 125. Thanks Tony Hi Paul,

I am moving to Colombia soon and found this post relevant. You refer to prices that must have been mentioned in the email you were responding to. Could you share a least one price to get me started, perhaps for the GN 125.

Thanks

Tony

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]]> Comment on Sexual Purity – Christian Dating by Scott Tschirhart http://paulmoreland.com/2010/06/29/sexual-purity-christian-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Scott Tschirhart Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:45:35 +0000 http://paulmoreland.com/?p=435#comment-317 I am the guy who posted this on FB. I have been revisiting how and why I did things over the last 47 years and I have come to the realization that doing it my way, as opposed to God's way, has been very costly to me. So this particular post was a further exploration of the topic. However, I stand convicted that I will measure my actions by God's instructions and see if His way does not turn out much better than my way.....I have faith that He will be faithful to His promises. I am the guy who posted this on FB. I have been revisiting how and why I did things over the last 47 years and I have come to the realization that doing it my way, as opposed to God’s way, has been very costly to me. So this particular post was a further exploration of the topic.

However, I stand convicted that I will measure my actions by God’s instructions and see if His way does not turn out much better than my way…..I have faith that He will be faithful to His promises.

]]> Comment on The Healthcare Bill – Some Thoughts by paul http://paulmoreland.com/2010/03/23/healthcare-bill-some-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-309 paul Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:06:10 +0000 http://paulmoreland.com/?p=323#comment-309 Think about history a bit. Who controlled government, charities and hospitals for the first 100 years of our nation's existence? The church did. Not a specific denomination, but all these institutions were run by churches in one way or another. Our founding fathers ALL had a belief in God because that is how people thought in those days. BUT the church took some heavy blows over the years and did not know how to fight back effectively. This is not a sudden problem, it's been building up over time. Darwin's theories gave a lot of people cause to drift even further away from the core beliefs that founded our nation. Interaction with France had already allowed their humanist ideas (look at the differences between the French Revolution and the American Revolution) to permeate our land. German philosophies and the notion that the Bible is only "yet another ancient, fallible document" permeated our churches from the pulpit. Harvard, Yale, Princeton - they drifted from institutions founded to produce Bible teaching preachers to generators of liberal minded deniers of anything divine. All these things laid the grownd work for the fiasco now known as "Healt Care Reform" or "Obamacare". The humanists did not force the churches to give up their control of the social aspects of our nation - the churches gave them over to them freely over the last century. It is time for the church to start being the church again and to become the hands and the feet of our Savior. For example - this next Saturday we are having a medical day for poor folks, right here "in the church" as some would say. It is our first such effort, but Lord willing it will not be our last. We're still just a small congregation but we're doing our best with the limited resources we have, because God has everything we need to carry out His commandments. Think about history a bit. Who controlled government, charities and hospitals for the first 100 years of our nation’s existence? The church did. Not a specific denomination, but all these institutions were run by churches in one way or another. Our founding fathers ALL had a belief in God because that is how people thought in those days. BUT the church took some heavy blows over the years and did not know how to fight back effectively. This is not a sudden problem, it’s been building up over time. Darwin’s theories gave a lot of people cause to drift even further away from the core beliefs that founded our nation. Interaction with France had already allowed their humanist ideas (look at the differences between the French Revolution and the American Revolution) to permeate our land. German philosophies and the notion that the Bible is only “yet another ancient, fallible document” permeated our churches from the pulpit. Harvard, Yale, Princeton – they drifted from institutions founded to produce Bible teaching preachers to generators of liberal minded deniers of anything divine. All these things laid the grownd work for the fiasco now known as “Healt Care Reform” or “Obamacare”. The humanists did not force the churches to give up their control of the social aspects of our nation – the churches gave them over to them freely over the last century. It is time for the church to start being the church again and to become the hands and the feet of our Savior. For example – this next Saturday we are having a medical day for poor folks, right here “in the church” as some would say. It is our first such effort, but Lord willing it will not be our last. We’re still just a small congregation but we’re doing our best with the limited resources we have, because God has everything we need to carry out His commandments.

]]> Comment on The Healthcare Bill – Some Thoughts by FrozeRose http://paulmoreland.com/2010/03/23/healthcare-bill-some-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-308 FrozeRose Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:21:41 +0000 http://paulmoreland.com/?p=323#comment-308 This didn't happen because the church stopped being the church. This happened because the secular humanists are jealous of what makes the church effective, so they use government to force from us the resources to provide education, charity to the poor, and health care from the churches through high taxes and onerous regulation and then give these out in their own name instead of God's. This didn’t happen because the church stopped being the church. This happened because the secular humanists are jealous of what makes the church effective, so they use government to force from us the resources to provide education, charity to the poor, and health care from the churches through high taxes and onerous regulation and then give these out in their own name instead of God’s.

]]> Comment on Cultural Differences by Christian Ossa http://paulmoreland.com/2010/03/21/cultural-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Christian Ossa Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:10:08 +0000 http://paulmoreland.com/?p=301#comment-307 Very funny article. It does make you think how our very own personal life experiences shape our vision of life. It makes me ask: How are our experiences molding our vision of life? Very funny article. It does make you think how our very own personal life experiences shape our vision of life. It makes me ask: How are our experiences molding our vision of life?

]]> Comment on An interesting take on Thanksgiving Day’s meaning… by Christian Ossa http://paulmoreland.com/2008/11/29/an-interesting-take-on-thanksgiving-days-meaning/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Christian Ossa Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:17:20 +0000 http://paulmoreland.com/?p=135#comment-305 Wow. What an article. Too bad I am one of those who has NO idea what it is to be a hunter. Though I love to hear the experiences of those who are. It saddens me that we truly have to settle for meats full of who knows how many chemicals and there is really much we can do about it. Though, it would be AWESOME to live in countrysides where you go and directly hunt your meal. Wow. What an article. Too bad I am one of those who has NO idea what it is to be a hunter. Though I love to hear the experiences of those who are. It saddens me that we truly have to settle for meats full of who knows how many chemicals and there is really much we can do about it. Though, it would be AWESOME to live in countrysides where you go and directly hunt your meal.

]]> Comment on What would the consequences be? by Christian Ossa http://paulmoreland.com/2010/02/20/what-would-the-consequences-be/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Christian Ossa Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:35:10 +0000 http://paulmoreland.com/?p=278#comment-304 No doubt there would be some Atheists who would object by saying that there is no need to have beliefs in a non-existent being in order to exercise self control. But, with out a doubt the underlying message of Paul in this article is undeniable. I agree that if people were to let Christ transform them from the essence of their being, beautiful things would happen. How many people would feel devastated to know that no matter how much they pray, they would never be heard because God is nothing more than a fairy tale. Now that would be Hell here on Earth!! No doubt there would be some Atheists who would object by saying that there is no need to have beliefs in a non-existent being in order to exercise self control. But, with out a doubt the underlying message of Paul in this article is undeniable.
I agree that if people were to let Christ transform them from the essence of their being, beautiful things would happen. How many people would feel devastated to know that no matter how much they pray, they would never be heard because God is nothing more than a fairy tale.
Now that would be Hell here on Earth!!

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