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Thank y'all both for these posts. I really agree with these points and felt they were thoughtful contributions to the thread. I don't care about politics and so I'd like to avoid name-calling, but it's fair to say that as Americans and Christians we have in many, many ways grown stagnant. We go...

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, but I feel the need to get this off my chest... I'm feeling really troubled right now. I went and had lunch with my mother yesterday and while we were eating & catching up, she quietly said to me, "I've really aged a lot in the past 6 months...

If I could get some more opinions on this matter, that'd be much appreciated! Edit: Am I in the wrong forum? Should I post this in one of the theology forums?

I don't mean to be rude but what is your basis for these beliefs? I'm not completely following you, but why would God make a deal with the Devil? How would He not know what was in the Devil's heart? Can there be no reference point for God - the creator of all things?

Yet at the same time would you knowingly have a child that was assured to turn its back on you, harm you in the most grievous way, etc? Especially when you held the power to change that? We take that gamble with our own children and hope that through our love and parenting things will turn...

I've been struggling with this issue lately. Why did God allow for Adam and Eve to be tempted into sin? Why did he allow Satan to trick them? If the issue is of free will, wouldn't he have seen the future consequences? He loves us and created us in His image, so why would he have allowed this to...

Styles P - My Brother " Life is a circle of pain The darkest clouds, end up like the purplest rain They say patience is a virtue in the game F--- it, I guess I died when my brother died Cause to tell you the truth, I feel like I'm the curse in the game My vision is blurred, dreams is...

Anyone got some favorite verses? "[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] used to wear rags on they hair when it was fried up That's when we were lied to, buyin hair products Back before my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin 'til awareness started penetratin The styles come from prison, they used...

<Staff edit> That doesn't seem healthy to me. I'm no expert and it's something I struggle with, but it's important to try and address your anger. To constructively confront whatever's making you angry. We all know that doesn't work so you've gotta find something to help you relieve your stress...

Goodie Mob - Still Standing :prayer:

Roman Catholic by birth but wasn't raised religious. I still became disillusioned with all religions and was a pretty hardcore atheist, but I gradually softened and became more of an agnostic. After that I did a lot of looking around at various religions, and ended up feeling like the Catholic...

I'm sorry to hear that. I'll keep you in my prayers!

Cool videos thunderbyrd, thanks!

Wilmington might be my all time favorite NC city. The coast, the historic downtown... all very cool! Although Winston has always held a special place in my heart for some reason, so it's a tough call.

Born and raised in Durham here but I've been living in Cleveland for the past couple of months. And you're right about that warm weather, but I'm okay with it after -26 type weather with wind chill up in Ohio :D I'll take what I can get... hope everyone had a good Christmas !

Here's an excerpt from a sermon by Frederick Buechner which has helped motivated me. It's from his collection 'Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons' and it's entitled The Calling of Voices: "Like "duty," "law," and "religion," the word "vocation" has a dull ring to it, but in terms of what...

It's pure shame (albeit an understandable one) that you can't post links until you reach 50+ posts. I had a good list of soul food lined up for you all. If you're still interested, in youtube search: johnson and johnson hidden track (the realest & [for me] most played song in 08) blu in...

Haha very cool! I'm not in school at the moment but I'm going to be taking an EMT-Basic course in January, and I'm looking forward to that. I'm not sure I'll ever actually work as an EMT, but it's definitely a life experience and something that I hope will help me narrow down/discover what it...

If I may, I'd just like to take a second to thank everyone for this thread. Ryft, heymikey80, and GreenMunchkin in particular have written some wonderfully helpful posts here, but I can't think of a single response which didn't have its heart in the right place and contribute something to this...