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Recent content by Lemmiwinks

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    How could the authors of Luke, Matthew & Mark so accurately have quoted Jesus?

    Joseph Smith founded Mormonism and he was martyred, just like Jesus and the apostles. Why would he have founded a religion that would only get him killed? He must have believed in it.
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    Help with teen homesickness/separation anxiety

    I can relate, I remember crying my eyes out when I was 12 I went to Boy Scout camp for a week, it was embarrassing but I couldn't help it. I'm not sure what advice to give, other than maybe it would be helpful to view it as making you stronger. Like anything that makes us stronger, it only...
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    God has been speaking to me

    How can you be so certain God spoke to you? There's no way you can be 100% certain. Better to say, "I believe God may have spoken to me." its more honest and more realistic, since it allows for the very likely possibility that God did not speak to you. I say this because a person can get hurt by...
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    What does the bible say about interracial relationships?

    Num 12:41, Moses had a wife from Cush
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    Sex Offender in the Church?

    No you're not wrong, sex abuse in church is rampant. Listen to your gut instincts and don't be afraid to speak your mind. Pastors have done a terrible job of handling this issue, they generally try to cover it up.
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    Millions of years.... or what the Bible says?

    Writing has been around for only 5,000 years
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    Condemnation in people's lives creat judgement mongers

    Pointing out others sins should not be a fun thing to do. Too many people get a gleeful rush from doing it. If you point out sin in someones life it should be done with a heavy heart and with a great deal of care, so that the sinner understands you aren't just merrily knocking them down for...
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    Can Christianity be relative?

    Society is evolving, eg, we have secular states nowadays, but 200 years ago we didn't. Religious freedom is a very new idea, and by new I mean only a couple hundred years. I have been pondering lately the definition of what is considered a long time or a short time. Like my grandmaom is 95 and...
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    Was Calvin Wrong in Burning Servitus?

    If Calvin is excused for simply being a product of his times and culture, then we should excuse al Qaeda on that same basis.
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    Santa Clause,Are we teaching kids to worship him?

    Kids grow out of it by the time they are like 5, so no harm done.
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    Lying about Loving your Job

    Good stuff there, I think the best example of God approving of lying is when the midwives spared the Hebrew babies' lives instead of killing them like Pharoah told them to do. They made up a lie to justify why they didn't kill the babies.
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    Lying about Loving your Job

    Another thing, it seems like nowadays Loving Your Job is the new measure of success, at least for my generation. I don't think my parents generation had the same obsession with it. Like it isn't enough that I get up and commute and work 40 hours a week, if I don't love my job, people look at me...
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    Lying about Loving your Job

    I don't think you are a liar. Firstly, you were asked an unwelcome question. They had no right to ask if you like your job or not. If people ask me a question that isn't any of their concern, I don't feel bad about lying to them. No one has the right to come up to me and demand that I share my...
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    Why is the Bible True???

    The Jewish state was wiped out 2000 years ago and it was re-instituted in 1948. The Aztecs got wiped out 500 years ago, and although their descendants live, it doesn't look like an Aztec state is forthcoming. The Gypsies left India 1,000 years ago and have lived as a people without a state...
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    Former Christian, now Agnostic

    How about an ancient people coming coming back from the brink and re-establishing a modern state? There is not historical parrallel that I know of. The modern state of ISrael is an oddity. The ancient Jews' contemporaries, the Hittites, the Edomites, etc. where are they now? Their descendants...