Hey I believe we are all differently-abled, it's just that some ppl's disabilities are more apparent than others. Some people are easy to look at and difficult to live with, some of us have all kinds of disorders and maladies of the heart, emotions, and spirit too.
We shall overcome. You...
This post certainly says more about you than it does about me :). We should just have a big pie fight and get over it. And no, don't get your hopes up, I will still be around as usual, just with much less interest in your particular religion. This thread was trash from the OP on, I'm sure...
Have you read your own posts, Katzpur?
Your ability to misrepresent and misconstrue everything I post is exceeded only by your own ability to incur hurt feelings. On more than one occasion.
As to why I pursue honest answers with the tenacity of a feral pit bull, God who created me knows...
Well, that would entail actually reading (and maybe even pondering!) the quotes themselves, made in such a definitive expository manner as official proclamations.
And then contrasting that with a lame backpedaling press release by some LDS PR spin magician who is obviously expressing...
Oh, please elaborate Sola'lor. Because I think you have sensed where I was heading, and it would make for a much more open and honest discussion if YOU bring it up instead of me.
It could take me another 10 pages to get there... :)
By the way, I want to thank you for your thoughtful and...
Respond to your prophets then please, as all I have done is quote them. What do you think of their words? Why do you agree or disagree? Why would I believe you, instead of them? No one has explained this yet to any satisfaction. It seems you would rather deny than accept your own prophets'...
Thank you all for taking the time to address my little concerns here, and I apologize belatedly (and in advance) for my ineffectual tirades of doubt and outrage, as I can't help but feel I am getting a spiritual run-around.
There is way too much here to address point by point, although I did...
This is so far out of sync with the Bible. Lucifer is referred to here as
1. An angel
2. A spirit child - just like us
3. A child of God - just like Jesus.
The Bible classifies angels as a distinctly different type of being, and several different types of angels are mentioned (archangels...
Maybe it is the hairsplitting we are having a problem with. But we both know the results of policy and practice were undeniable racism. Can you understand how someone reading this could conclude the policy and practice were doctrinal??
Bruce R. McConkie wrote in his 1966 edition of Mormon...
Hmm, now I am wondering if Overstanding isn't actually a "plant", lol. He sure makes Mormonism look good by comparison, doesn't he?
You're not serious are you? It's like saying Joseph Smith didn't engage in polygamy. Actually there was a racist doctrine, but it shouldn't be anything to hide...
Excuse me Overstanding, before I start hurling insults I have to know:
Is English your native tongue? (that means, "do you speak English").
Just curious,
!Fluffy!
Dear Christine:
I adhere to Christianity without the religion. For a good idea of what this means, go here:
Welcome to PTM !
I also believe there are many misconceptions out there about the concept of faith.
In the days of Christ, the idea of FAITH as a belief without rational reason was...
A lot of the brainiacs i admire most would agree with you.
Including the guy who wrote Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton) - I'd highly recommend his book State of Fear. It's really entertaining but the back is filled with page after page of temperature charts and raw data that will blow your...
Fluffy:
That's easy at least from a debating standpoint, if I understand your post that is. There are facts. There are also suppositions, presuppositions, propositions and postulations around which you can structure an argument.
As I see it, a fact is merely a given (presupposition)...
Why don't we hear more about the plight of persecuted and martyred Christians?
(there were about 10 reasons listed on the website, here is one)
Lack of relevant, up-to-date information and only a few good sources of information on the plight of the persecuted church. The deafening silence of...
"How many Christians are killed for their faith every year?
The persecution facing Christians is the largest "human rights" violation issue in today's world.
According to the World Evangelical Alliance, over 200 million Christians in at least 60 countries are denied fundamental human rights...
I'm sorry to say it Scott but I have to strongly disagree. Before his audience with Nero in Rome, Paul was never formally charged. As a matter of fact Acts makes it clear that the Jews could not even come up with any witnesses OR substantiated charges for either Felix or Festus to act upon, and...
Sorry, now I get it I didn't see that thing about no free will before. that is just trippy, why would God yank our free will. Certainly an unorthodox view and not based on anything i can discern about the nature of the god who created us as free.