Colleen'

your last paragraph is filled with 'absolute' statements of fact that you just told me we can't do.

of course you can........and so can I.

I can make any statement of fact that I believe !........................and you can reject it and tell me I'm wrong, and silly, and foolish, and making things up, and I don't know God and I don't know Scripture, etc., etc., etc.

that's debate and I'm fine with it and any site like this should be fine with it or it's not worth much.

nobody has to believe me or even read what I'm writing.

can I say the earth is round ?.........................some will still challenge it.

you are ABSOLUTELY right...............................something isn't true because I say it. no argument there.

I said that God DID NOT push his creation into sin. but in order for free will to be authentic there has to be real choice..................................why is it impossible to believe a truly free being could also choose sin. if this wasn't REALLY possible then free will isn't free it's ..........an illusion.

God is not guilty. He warned what would happen if sin occurred. and God makes the rules, not you or me. where is the 'game' being played.

God doesn't use the word grudge. but He says sin doesn't just go away. it only goes away when 'payment' has been made.

since Adam and Eve stood in principle for 'Man', this creation called 'Man', when they sinned, then, IN PRINCIPLE Mankind sinned . that's all of us, whether we like it or not and our sin must be washed away or we are still in our sin.

but God is full of Grace and will forgive our sin if we seek Him.

I can assure you I'm not making ANYTHING up............................if you believe I'm off the wall, fine.

what is your understanding of our first parents....................................my account is consistent with Genesis.

Hitler existed.

are you saying that mere fact gets him into Holy Heaven, without any addressing of his sin ?!

it was, also, symbolic. God knew of the sin that would come and He WAS the Light that would enter man's soul and forgive sin and enlighten mankind.

get a food dehydrater.

but from  my experience they don't come out that great.

mass production makes dehydrated fruit reasonably priced and much better tasting than the results I got.

but I'm not an expert so it's just one experience.

fishlet,

thank you for your appreciation of this 'puzzle'.

I got another cricket recently. I get 2 or 3 a year. I don't like to kill anything, unneccessarily.

not wanting to kill it, and not knowing the answer to this mystery, with vital health concerns, I caught and freed it outside BEFORE I got another 'sample'.

I appreciate your experience with handling these particular insects. gives me some confidence they're not a big health concern. or, at least, no worse than others.

haven't had any luck on the web  FINALLY solving this issue.

I think I'm a little deeper than poo talk. but it's part of life and with this incredibly bad odor there's a concern for your health because this could have contaminated food, unknowingly. I've never experienced anything close, and I've worked at a seafood restaurant [bad fish is quite bad] and I've done morgue detail at a hospital,.............'nuff said.