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    Understanding the Bible

    The Bible confused me with all the controdictions and so did all the ministers who try to make sense of it and different Christian sects having different ways of explaining what the scripture meas and I've come to the conclusion thatscripture is man's view of God too. Someone said to me that...
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    Pathetically Lost..

    Your poem is very real. Perhaps a lot of folks feel the same way one time or another and you've put it to words nicely. Thanks for sharing. SaraLee
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    Spiritual Warfare

    Thanks. I'll read the book of Job and see what's up. SaraLee
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    Do You Think You Would Regret.....

    Before Jesus crucifixion he summed up his message for the disciples saying you can tell the righteous from the unrighteous by their works....to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and generally help those in need. After living a life with the focus devoted mostly on myself, I am now seeing that...
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    Spiritual Warfare

    Hi again. I'm coming back to the topic of spiritual warfare in hopes that anyone can point to scriptural proof that satan or evil spirits in fact can manipulate material objects to try and defeat a Christian. In the book our Sunday School is now using, it states lots of scriputure showing how...
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    Would a Universal Language Make the World More Peaceful?

    If it became manditory for everyone to speak the same language I doubt it would last very long before groups of people would start creating new secret languages to preserve their privacy and in order to defend themselves and their country. I think it would create more havoc than good to have a...
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    Heaven

    Whether we do good works and salvation follows or if we are saved by faith and good works come after, the end result is we are to do good works. The idea of which comes first, the chicken or the egg can be debated for ever but one thing can not: Jesus taught us how to treat others and we are to...
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    Spiritual Warfare

    I agree too that things wear out or fall apart and it is not the fault of evil spirits or lack of responsibility on ones part and that sometimes we do neglect taking care of our wares. Aside of that I had a hard time thinking that satan or evil spirits can actually manipulate material objects...
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    Spiritual Warfare

    The Baptist church I'm attending is studying Spiritual Warfare. Some church members believe that if, for example, they have car trouble over and over again or if several home applicances break down over a short period of time that the devil is attacking them. I wondered if it is possible for...
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    Following More than One Faith Possible?

    I'm attending a Christian church and enjoy learning the Biblical interpretations of this sect and some I agree with and some I do not so I often re-interpret what is taught in the church for my sake alone. What is a bit difficult is keeping my alternate beliefs quiet when engaging with the...
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    God chooses where we live?

    I have relatives doing missions work in a country where poverty and illness abound. These people do not have the means to buy the bare necessities and health care is so costly most can not afford it plus living conditions in general are very bad. Does God choose where a person will be born...
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    Holding onto a grudge

    Laila, I agree. What you hold onto will define you. Danisty, thanks for the example of how you use anger to motivate yourself. From what you said, it is working for you. Anger or other negative emotions have spurred me on to apply myself but when it has, the anger was related to the current...
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    Holding onto a grudge

    Danisty, you said in another post you neither forgive or forget and from your last post (quoted above) you say your aim is not dwell on it but not let go of the negativity of anger either so if warranted, you can bring it back up to use it in some way when needed. Would you explain or give an...
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    Holding onto a grudge

    This subject brings out high emotions and I wonder if people have different opinions about what it means to forgive and forget? I see forgiveness as something not so much for the other person but for myself. It's about how I want to feel over all. I don't want to drown myself in crappy...
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    Your opinion on changing beliefs

    Right now I attend a Baptist Church but was raised Lutheran so right now I am not a member of either but I am enjoying learning what this new church teaches. I've also studied other spiritual and religious sects and have come to my own understanding of some scripture which sometimes does not...
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    Holding onto a grudge

    Someone said to me that a life well lived is the best way to make the hurtful things from the past move to the side, if not forgotten, then at least they become less impressionable upon my life. I think what the person meant was, fill my life with lots of joy and happy things so they are number...
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    Holding onto a grudge

    Hi Midnight Blue, The lesson for me was that after some thought and I add, a prayer, I realized that my new church friends comment was not about me but about her. People say things all the time based on their own expectations of others or on bad experiences they had in their past and often...
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    Holding onto a grudge

    That's a great saying to remember and so true. It's so easy to get upset at things people say or do and so often what is happening or going on doesn't even matter. SO why poison oneself for no good reason. Most of the time it's because someone wants to be right and make the other person wrong...
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    Holding onto a grudge

    Hi everyone, I'm not sure why but lately I've had a rotten attitude towards people in general and yesterday I had an incident that made me think twice. I think God was talking to me! I went to a Christian Conference yesterday and on the way to the stadium, 8 of us women stopped for a bite to...
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    Are Muslim Women Oppressed, or Most Free Women in the World?

    I have a few questions. Is it not so that Muslim men originally wore long sleeved loose robes down to their ankles and covered their hair yet today it is acceptable for them to dress in long sleeved shirts and loose fitting pants if they so choose? Why were men allowed to change their manner...
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