I'm wondering...

2ndAmendment

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vraiblonde said:
I don't feel pestered - I feel great! Life is good and even though I'm having a personal issue that you already know about, I feel confident that it will be resolved. And if it's not resolved the way I'd like it to be, I feel at peace with whatever does happen. :yay:
I mean by you being pestered is you are reading and participating in this thread. You are reading scripture and the witness of those that believe and recognize God in our lives therefore He is tapping on the window of your heart saying, "I am real and I waiting for you to let me in.".
 

mAlice

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vraiblonde said:
See, this is why you don't feel the peace that others feel - BECAUSE YOU'RE MEAN!!! :lol:


Whatcha' mean? This is the reason I AM at peace. I'm not being mean, I'm being honest. When dems is taking up too much air, I tell her, too.
 

mAlice

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2ndAmendment said:
I mean by you being pestered is you are reading and participating in this thread. You are reading scripture and the witness of those that believe and recognize God in our lives therefore He is tapping on the window of your heart saying, "I am real and I waiting for you to let me in.".


2A, THAT is such total :bs:
 

mAlice

professional daydreamer
vraiblonde said:
Don't listen to her :rolleyes: She's just trying to alienate you so she can say, "See? Christians don't practice what they preach!"

Thwart her evil plan! Post your head off! Tell her that God loves her (that really pisses her off :lol:)


B!tch.
 

2ndAmendment

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elaine said:
2A, THAT is such total :bs:
In your perspective but not mine. Even you are being nit picked by God. Every post of faith that is read by those that do not believe is a prick of the heart by God to say that He wants you to love Him. Every post of faith that is read by those that do believe is an affirmation of their own faith.
 

vraiblonde

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2ndAmendment said:
He is tapping on the window of your heart saying, "I am real and I waiting for you to let me in.".
And Larry just tells me I smoke too much! :lol: Wait til I tell him!

Joking aside, I enjoy the spiritual and human aspect of religion, not the actual "word of God" itself. It was reading the Bible that made me an atheist.
 

2ndAmendment

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vraiblonde said:
And Larry just tells me I smoke too much! :lol: Wait til I tell him!

Joking aside, I enjoy the spiritual and human aspect of religion, not the actual "word of God" itself. It was reading the Bible that made me an atheist.
The Bible flys in the face of human understanding. I tried to read it several times before I was really prepared to. I never got past the first couple of chapters of Genesis. My heart had to be prepared to accept what I read. I would read some stuff and have much of the same reaction you and Tonio have; God is capricious. How can He do that? Why? Then I prayed for His understanding and His wisdom to understand the Bible and, voila, it made sense.
 

mAlice

professional daydreamer
2ndAmendment said:
Every post of faith that is read by those that do not believe is a prick of the heart by God to say that He wants you to love Him.


If that's the case, I should have bled to death by now.

So, if I keep reading Bram Stoker, will I become a vampire?
 

dustin

UAIOE
Ive been going to church ever since I can remember.

About 9 yrs old I told my parents that I thought God and Jesus were real (or along those lines) and wanted to get baptized (southern baptist). I don't remember any kind of sudden feeling, or physical relief, just that I knew he was real. In my head and my heart. There was no other explanation needed. And that he wanted me to be close to him. So thats what I did.

Ive been on a windy path since....but God and Jesus have always been there for me...through thick and thin.

I just never questioned why I believe. I just do.
 

Mikeinsmd

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Hey all I'm going to drop out. Driving home today, I concluded that G.O. is correct that no one on this planet can answer. I didn't just want to dissappear after so many inquiring posts. Thanks to all who responded and thanks to Goofing Off, Vrai & 2A for attempting answer my question. :howdy:
 
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dems4me

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Mikeinsmd said:
Hey all I'm going to drop out. Driving home today, I concluded that G.O. is correct that no one on this planet can answer. I didn't just want to dissappear after so many inquiring posts. Thanks to all who responded and thanks to Goofing Off, Vrai & 2A for attempting answer my question. :howdy:


I tried to help tooo :ohwell:
 

vraiblonde

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2ndAmendment said:
The Bible flys in the face of human understanding.
If it was written by humans for humans, what sense does it make that they wouldn't understand it? If God really wanted us to spread the Good News, He'd have made it easier for us to know what Good News we're actually spreading.

The one that always gets me is the story of David. How he sent Uriah to death in battle so Uriah wouldn't find out that David had impregnated his wife. Yet David was the exalted chosen patriarch and Uriah, the faithful and honorable warrior, merely died. Even poor Nathan, who confronted David with his hypocrisy, didn't get any glory - he's merely a historian and a Biblical footnote.

The good die and the wicked flourish, and this is according to God's plan? That stuff makes no sense to me from a spiritual standpoint and is just flat out wrong.

It sounds more like Bill Clinton, who lied, cheated and stole, yet is the exalted patriarch of the modern Democratic party, complete with the glory and revisionist history that comes with that honor, while good women and men were persecuted on his way up the ladder.

Do you believe that Bill Clinton is God's chosen son? And if not, why not? He parallels David.
 

Mikeinsmd

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dems4me said:
I tried to help tooo :ohwell:
Thanks Dems. I didn't see where you took on my question directly. The thread grew so fast I couldn't keep up at work and when I peeked in at home and saw God compared to a BMW (good luck at your wedding Dustin :lol:), I knew I wasn't going to read further.... :lmao: Thanks again all!! :yay:
 

SmallTown

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vraiblonde said:
Do you believe that Bill Clinton is God's chosen son? And if not, why not? He parallels David.
Suddenly Chasey's sig comes to mind :lmao:

Staying in bed and screaming "Oh God!" does not constitute going to church. :bubble:
 

dustin

UAIOE
Mikeinsmd said:
Thanks Dems. I didn't see where you took on my question directly. The thread grew so fast I couldn't keep up at work and when I peeked in at home and saw God compared to a BMW (good luck at your wedding Dustin :lol:), I knew I wasn't going to read further.... :lmao: Thanks again all!! :yay:
I just over-do it sometimes don't I? :lol:

BTW, thanks, August 6th is finally tomorrow! :cheers:
 

vraiblonde

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SmallTown said:
Staying in bed and screaming "Oh God!" does not constitute going to church. :bubble:
It did for King David :shrug: And while he was visited with sorrow by his rotten children, he is a direct ancestor of Jesus.
 

2ndAmendment

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elaine said:
If that's the case, I should have bled to death by now.

So, if I keep reading Bram Stoker, will I become a vampire?
Bram Stoker is not the Holy Spirit and has no power to change lives.
 
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