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<DIV><FONT size=4>Pat, et al</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Pat says:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>"I must assume that you all realize that
Christians did not set up a 'one way to heaven' policy...<STRONG><FONT
size=6>God did</FONT></STRONG>."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>In the light of the issue you are responding
to and are attempting to answer, which is questioning the basis for belief in
particular gods or none at all, you are making a <STRONG><FONT size=5>circular
argument</FONT></STRONG> -- assuming exactly what you want to
prove.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I am afraid you have subscribed to the Cult Master
Wilson school of evangelical logic: The rules of logic apply to everything
except religious statements. They only apply to logic in ways that Wilson
and other superstitious persons in ways they decide at any one
moment.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pkraut@moscow.com href="mailto:pkraut@moscow.com">Pat Kraut</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 31, 2004 4:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] The Divinity of
Christ</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I must assume that you all realize that
Christians did not set up a 'one way to heaven' policy...God did. We
could move on to the whole concept of men writing the book but if you accept
that the 66 books used by most Christians is from God it is clear from
beginning to end the book makes it clear that if you call yourself Christian
there is only one way to follow it. Boy what a long sentence!) Not a decision
made by one person but a reading of the Word by many. You do not have to join
in as it is completely your choice. But, to hold those who have made the
choice up to punishment for the 'one way' concept is cruel and inaccurate.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>PK</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=deco@moscow.com href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">Art Deco</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 31, 2004 10:40
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] The Divinity
of Christ</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Ponderers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Ron Smith says:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>I say Christ is God. You say He is not. Christ being God is the
cornerstone of my faith. By you saying He is not God, you are saying my
faith is wrong. Don’t feel bad about it. We can’t all be right. <I>That</I>
would be silly.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Unintentionally perhaps, Ron has pointed to something that
might be of significance to many of us:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>In Ron's faith and many other faiths, the only way to some
alleged ecstatic, eternal life is by believing and affirming certain
statements.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>My guess is that for many of the religious, an ecstatic,
eternal life is the main event, allegedly infinitely paling anything and
everything that occurs here on earth. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Isn't it a bit perplexing that an alleged omnipowerful,
omnibeneficient God would present such difficult, confusing, yea
contradictory instructions for achieving/earning such a coveted goal.
Wouldn't the hypothesis that this alleged God is either indifferent or
diabolically sadistic be more consistent with the evidence at
hand?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Even a periodic, straightforward, unequivocal,
unmistakable demonstration of her/his/its existence/wishes/intentions would
certainly be a more effective way to market its/his/her program.
Instead we are left with a welter of confusing (the Virgin Mary appears on a
grilled cheese sandwich), contradictory, indecipherable, intransigent, hate
and war generating claims without not only rancorous disagreement, but
worse yet, no method, so far discoverable, to find the truth. Again,
this seems to support the hypotheses of either [1] an alleged god(s) of
vastly different properties than those proclaimed by his/her/its earthly
followers or [2] no god(s) at all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Perhaps, upon pondering these things, we might be better
off doing good works and improving the plight on earth of those here now and
those who will live in the future instead of worrying about an
afterlife. [Christians: compare this proposal with the verses
from Matthew recently discussed on this forum.]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>We (Linda, Wayne, and Star) wish <STRONG>all</STRONG> of
you and <STRONG>all</STRONG> in the universe joy and the hope that we all
can help find a way to achieve more peace and better will among
humankind.</FONT></DIV><FONT size=4>
<DIV><BR><BR>Wayne A. Fox<BR>1009 Karen Lane<BR>PO Box 9421<BR>Moscow,
ID 83843</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>(208) 882-7975<BR><A
href="mailto:waf@moscow.com">waf@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ron_smith@md7.com href="mailto:ron_smith@md7.com">Ron Smith</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 30, 2004
9:27 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] The
Divinity of Christ</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">That's "berry,
berry" sneaky of you Ms. Opyr. Either your response does not speak to the
issue at hand, or you changed the issue on me while my head was
turned. I wasn't speaking to you as a believer in the gospels. My response
was to your previous and fallacious claims that the first three gospels do
not speak to the deity of Jesus. "They sing a different tune" I believe is
what you said. My response was simply to refute that notion. All four
gospels sing loudly and in unison the same tune: "Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of the Living God."</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
color=#000000> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Then,
you go on to say, "</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
size=3>You have taken four texts, four gospels, all written by followers
of Jesus in the century or so after his crucifixion.
<STRONG><I>These gospels have one purpose</I></STRONG> and one purpose
only, and that is <STRONG><I>to spread the belief that Jesus was lord,
messiah, and Christ</I></STRONG>.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">"
(emphasis mine)</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
color=#000000> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">You need to
make up your mind. Do <EM>all four </EM>of the gospels all speak to the
divinity of Jesus or just John? Again, this has been my point from the
beginning of all this. I have sought to point out your inconsistencies
with regard to statements you made about the New Testament. The fact
that I deem these texts holy is irrelevant to this discussion. You have
made false statements about these texts and all I have been doing is
critisizing those false statements. Your subsequent example of how I would
not be convinced of non-biblical theology by the use non-biblical texts is
thus, pointless to this discussion. Of course, I would not.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
color=#000000> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Then you're
all: "</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT
size=3>I’m also not willing to say that your faith is
wrong</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">" </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
color=#000000> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">This is so
laughable and bursting with contradiction. I say Christ is God. You say He
is not. Christ being God is the cornerstone of my faith. By you saying He
is not God, you are saying my faith is wrong. Don’t feel bad about it. We
can’t all be right. <I>That</I> would be silly.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">
<DIV></DIV><FONT color=#000000> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<P><FONT color=#000000></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">"</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3>Sincerely (and,
for the sake of my friend Brad, my final word on the
subject)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">"</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Thanks so much
for giving me the final word, Ms Opyr. That’s awful “O’Reilly” of you. =)
It's been fun, seriously.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
color=#000000> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Happy New
Year,</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Ron
Smith/Billie the Goat</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com
on behalf of Joan Opyr<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 12/30/2004 5:27
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Vision2020 Moscow<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] The
Divinity of Christ<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><FONT color=#000080><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Ron
writes:</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
color=#000000></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">"It is clear as well, Ms. Opyr
that you are well versed in anti-Christian rhetoric, but you failed to
handle Jesus’ other claims to deity. Who else is called "Lord", "Messiah"
or "the Christ"? <SPAN> </SPAN>Who else is to be worshiped other than
God? Who else has the authority to forgive sin?"</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
color=#000000></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Don't be silly, young
man. If there's one thing I expect from Biblical literalists,
it's a thorough knowledge of scripture. If you'll re-read Acts, I
think you'll find that the high priest lists several other possibilities
for the title of messiah. And let's not forget that Jesus
preached in an occupied </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Jerusalem</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"> -- an occupation
that, not unlike our current occupation of </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Iraq</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">, was not universally welcomed
by the locals.<SPAN> </SPAN>The Jews were on the lookout for a
messiah to free them from </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Rome</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">, as well as from
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Rome</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">'s Sanhedrin
puppets.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT
size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">But that’s all beside the
point.<SPAN> </SPAN>Your questions to me are frankly
silly.<SPAN> </SPAN>They can only be asked by one believer of
another.<SPAN> </SPAN>I’m not a believer.<SPAN> </SPAN>The New
Testament is meaningless to me.<SPAN> </SPAN>You ask who else is
called Lord, Messiah, or Christ?<SPAN> </SPAN>I don’t know -- David
Koresh?<SPAN> </SPAN>Jim Jones?<SPAN> </SPAN>The Grand High
Llama of the Purple and White Garter?<SPAN> </SPAN>You have taken
four texts, four gospels, all written by followers of Jesus in the
century or so after his crucifixion.<SPAN> </SPAN>These gospels
have one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to spread the belief
that Jesus was lord, messiah, and Christ.<SPAN> </SPAN>It’s
impossible to use them as you’re attempting to do -- as part of a logical,
cohesive argument.<SPAN> </SPAN>You cannot turn faith into fact by
quoting scriptures that you deem holy.<SPAN>
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><SPAN></SPAN>Let me give you an
example: I’m guessing that you don’t believe in the
Upanishads.<SPAN> </SPAN>If I quoted from them in order to prove the
existence of </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT
color=#000000>Brahma the creator, Agni the god of fire, or Vishnu the
preserver, you’d throw those babies out along with their email
bathwater.<SPAN> </SPAN>And yet one billion Hindus can’t be wrong,
can they?<SPAN> Perhaps y</SPAN>ou’re willing to say that they
are.<SPAN> </SPAN>I’m not.<SPAN> </SPAN>I’m also not willing
to say that your faith is wrong, or Keely’s faith, or anyone else’s
faith. I don't have that kind of hubris -- just the kind that
makes me question your pillars certainty (and consequent criticism of
others) and ask you to defend them in their historical and contextual
context. As you and your pal Dale clearly feel quite cock-sure of
yourselves, you ought to be willing and able to do that.
In spades. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT
size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Which brings me to my final
point (and to the happy release of Brad Neuman’s delete key.)
<SPAN> </SPAN>I am <B><U>not</U></B> well-versed in
anti-Christian rhetoric.<SPAN> </SPAN>I am <B><U>not</U></B>
anti-Christian. Be Christian all you like. Have at it, with
my blessings upon you. I don't care what religion you practice
or what articles of faith you believe. I am, however,
anti-ignorance; I am anti-unexamined, unfettered, and indefensible
Biblical literalism; and I am utterly opposed to shoddy argumentation and
cheesy scriptural one-upsmanship. If you want to play the Bible
quote game, then try explaining Luke 3:38, in which Adam is described
as "son of God." (A tricky character, Adam -- no mother, only God,
his father. And what about Eve, born of the virgin Adam?) Try
also Job 38, which tells us that the "sons of God" shouted for joy at the
earth's creation, or Job 1:6, or Genesis 6:2, which again make
reference to "sons of God."<SPAN> </SPAN>Learn something about the
history and source of your faith before you toss out bits of Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John with such wild and reckless abandon.</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT
size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3>It’s fine with me
that you believe in the divinity of Christ. It should be fine with
you that I don’t.<SPAN> </SPAN>On matters of faith, we should live
and let live.<SPAN> </SPAN>What isn't fine is to accuse those who
believe differently of atheism, and then to make an argument in
your favor that goes something like this: some of Jesus' followers
believed him to be the only begotten son of God, they recorded this belief
in writing, and sometime between the second and fourth
centuries, the texts that supported this view were gathered together
into the four canonical gospels. So, now we've got a New
Testament; the early Christian Church has accepted it; ergo, Jesus is
the son of God. That's circular reasoning at its worst. I
have greater respect for those Christian Bookstore bumper stickers that
say, "God said it, I believe it, that's the end of it."
</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT
size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3>And so it
is<SPAN> As my grand-dad used to say, why </SPAN>go around your
ass to get to your elbow?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT
size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3>Sincerely (and,
for the sake of my friend Brad, my final word on the
subject),</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3>Joan Opyr/Auntie
Establishment</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN></P></FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV><BR
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