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Recent content by Dismayed

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    Not feeling pretty

    Instead of looking at your face and body, look into things that matter. Who you are as a person other than how you look. Everyone is beautiful in different ways and you just need to let that inner you shine. Don't let people judge you because of the way you look, and don't judge them of course...
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    The Donkey And The Well

    Kind of like the mouse that fell into a big bowl of milk. He kept swimming and after long enough the milk churned into butter and he climbed out! =)
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    The Gospel For Women...

    nm
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    The Gospel For Women...

    if this is the Gospel for women, where is the good news?
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    Aid For Quake Victims Just Trickling In!

    Media coverage on the incident has paled in comparison to both earlier disasters. Thanks for posting this.
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    My heart is hardened towards God and I don't know why

    Just to throw out some questions for you... Don't you feel like you still need God's help? Is everything so perfect in your life that you don't need him anymore? Time for some introspection if you ask me. Keep seeking Truth both in your life and from the Bible. You already know that your heart...
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    The Peace of God

    OK. I also still do not understand this "spirit of fear". But, I'll agree that people should not be forced into obedience of God, it should be a choice. Could you also please elaborate on what these members of your church are going through? What thoughts are they having? What are they being...
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    Kinda wish I weren't alive...

    It sounds like you are feeling a lot of guilt for various reasons. But just from what you have already mentioned (may there be more?)... wanting to commit suicide or wishing you were not born, and then guilt for feeling self pity, and then guilt for Christ. In choosing my words carefully, I...
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    Is war justified in the new testament?

    I don't know if I'd call him blood thirsty. Maybe oil thirsty though, lol. :P What do you guys think about his policy of "the best defense is a good offense". Militaristically I believe this to be true, but I think we need to worry a little more about the world's opinion of us. I especially did...
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    Is war justified in the new testament?

    From the Hitler example... yes. also I think it's important to note that even in America these days it seems as though public displayes of religious expression are frowned upon as was the case in some communist nations during certain times (depending on who was president).
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    Is war justified in the new testament?

    not really anything specific. however with all the wars going on these days, I just think it's an important issue. I'm just curious where the line is drawn. In Luke 22:38 They said, "Lord, look, here are two swords." And He said to them, "It is enough." Yet when Jesus was being arrested and...
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    Is war justified in the new testament?

    who or what decides that war becomes necessary then?
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    Is war justified in the new testament?

    Jesus said he did not come here to bring peace, but to divide. Does this mean we are justified in war against other nations? :scratch:
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    i dont know anymore.

    if you ask me you are being blinded by satan himself. that is his goal, to drive believers away from God. pure and simple. you need to sit down and analyse where these feelings of God not existing come from. Satan uses many forms of trickery. Temptations are obviously his favorite, when he leads...