Actually, there is no need to be afraid.
He's not like that.
Your tendency will be to fear, probably-from sensing the power, but soon you will see everything that happens will be your free choice, no pressure whatsoever.
Like now. He is not pressuring us now and He won't then.
I wish you could...
I voted for Trump because I did not want the economy to tank further, nor taxes or gas prices to go up, nor the pandemic controls to last longer than necessary, nor the slide into immorality on a national basis to pick up steam again, nor to see Biden undo the good things Trump did.
I did not...
Then I have to suppose that you believe that a meaningless evolution, a meaningless life and a meaningless end are valuable.
That eternal life has to be a sham.
That God can't possibly exist nor make contact with people.
That to know anything you don't constitutes a lie.
That if someone pours...
Having actually read the Old Testament and New Testament several times and having spent decades studying them both, I think I can say with some authority(?) that I see no difference between the God of the Old Testament (Jesus Christ) and the God of the New Testament (Jesus Christ).
I see a lot...
If I lived and worked in Mexico I would only accept a job that guaranteed the traditional siesta. The food being what it is I would of course otherwise be in dining heaven.
As a sailor I have been all over the world.
My impression is not that Americans are the most overworked.
It is anyone who works for an employer who is un-righteously demanding, due to what you say, their greed-the employer that is.
It also affects employees who are hell-bent on promotion at the...
I no longer eat snakes, bugs and a few other things.
I am currently eating slightly fewer calories than I need per day to continue to bring my weight down, I used to weigh 255 and this morning I weighed 181. My goal is about 170, but I won't know until I get there since I am basing my goal on...
I would not unless they asked me to and even then I would have to ask questions based on their faith to come to the point where I thought I could say something actually meaningful and helpful. I often offer advise that seems pertinent to everyone, but advise based on another faith that I am no...
If a judge appointed by a civilized people to impose punishment for crime does so and the punishment is appropriate, in other words the punishment is instructive and has a history of actual success in reducing recidivism (and I do not mean some bloated statistical success, I mean actual success)...
Fear is not a good tool for teaching love. Verbal abuse is not a good tool for teaching love. Conceit and narcissism are not good tools for teaching love. Impatience and any type of insult or disrespect are not good tools for teaching love.
The only way to teach love is to show love.
Fear can...
The Resurrection of the Lord is recorded because it is a part of the Atoning Sacrifice. The Atoning Sacrifice has seven elements that only God Himself could perform, no man and no holy prophet was capable of completing any of these tasks.
They are: 1) The taking upon Himself the suffering of...
The critical thing is that if a person's testimony is not surely grounded, some of these people can talk you right out of your religion, it happened to one of my sons who was a returned missionary, he is no longer a member of the church. And we were convinced he was solid in the Church. If you...
Well, I agree with some of what you say. I have often thought that there should be a cap on how wealthy a person could become and thought that an accumulation of $500mm was extremely liberal.
But, taking parents rights from them, gives those rights to someone who is not their parents and that...
I accept anyone from any religion, faith or none or whatever they want to call it or to not call it. I only ask that they be kind, love others and not expect anyone to kiss their rear-ends.
People who are truly "religious" seek to help others, and not to demean them and to prove themselves...
Genesis 1:21 "AND GOD CREATED...EVERY LIVING CREATURE...AFTER THEIR KIND..."
This means, no, to evolution.
Evolution that does not extend beyond kind, is real, and provable, but no other evolution is provable, merely extrapolated. There is a reason for that, see Genesis.
I don't need to provide evidence to support my disagreeing opinion. And I don't call what you threw out evidence anyway. You are wasting your time going that way with me and your to-be-expected follow-up insults won't really get my goat either. Just talk normal and tell me what you think, you...