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    How do you feel about women not wearing bras? Is it a Sin?

    hello, by a very quick skim glance at some of the posts here, have any actually questioned that it is not how women, or men dress, but how others respond to that standard of dress, I had a workmate a while ago who is islamic, and he was definate on haw women should dress, so that men would not...
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    What happens in a divorce?

    You are correct, I did not really want to stay married to the wife who fell for our eldest daughters boyfriend. Yet I would have forgiven her and tried to make it work. However, she made the choice to leave.
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    When Is It Adultery?

    In my separation/divorce my wife (now ex) fell in love with a young man who had been our eldest daughters boyfriend, now, as a frigid woman sex was out of her scope, but it was the emotional closeness and love between them that constituted emotional adultery. I became nothing more than a wallet...
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    When Is It Adultery?

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    NZ ,Would you have an issue with a shopkeeper greeting you with 'kia ora'?

    I think it is an appropriate greeting from a native speaker to another, at least presumably native speaker, however, as with a lot of things the pc brigade would have us use the language to the detriment of our own language, English in my case. The maori language spoken today, as I understand...
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    advice

    As one who has had the same sort of issue, of insoluble sin, I have a few ideas. It became apparent to me that the sin was, in and of itself not the problem. The problem was, and is something deeper. After 30 or so years it appears the issue is more a psychological one, than a sin. As I have...
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    Songs that describe your dating life

    I guess my dating life would best be expressed in concept at least, by the song "There's a dead skunk lying in the middle of the road and it's stinking to high heaven" Currently I have no dating life, and when I try to move towards asking for a date, then I, like the skunk, find myself wandering...
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    Did God create a specific Woman/Man for us?

    Ceta_cea, experience tells me that a more impatient man would be better, in that he would tend to reflect your own actions in impatience, whereas a patient man would probably be simply quiet about your inappropriate behaviour. This is my opinion as that is how it played out in my own, failed...
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    tithe offering

    I must admit that now I have been giving 10%for a few years, and willingly choosing to do so, it has become no struggle to me. I have heard of a church, where the amount you give is read out, over the local radio station on Monday.
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    Hey guys, a question.

    I have until recently been going out with a lady who is 12 years my senior, and, dur to her earlier years out in the sun really looks it. We split up not due to her age, but due to her personality. Due to this she has also recently lost her job, so I feel more justified in my choice here. I...
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    Jesus as Pharisees

    If we take the major players of the day, certainly that I know of then, the best fit is Pharisee. He could not be a saducee, as they apparently did not believe in the resurrection, nor in angels, therefore His battle with the evil one is out etc. He could not be a zealot, as they tended to be...
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    tithe offering

    At our church we had a pastor who only spoke on tithing on 2 occaisions that I know of. There always seemed to be enough money in the pot. The pastor was no more wealthy than anyone else. even less so in some ways. There has been a change however and now we have weekly 'talks' on giving, but not...
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    Did God create a specific Woman/Man for us?

    For many years I was hung up on this one, as this is what we were taught, there is 1 only and if you miss it then you are missing His will for you and the result might as well be a failure. I had a vision once of a woman who, at the time was presumed to be the one. Thirty years later I have...
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    Favority Christian Band

    I have a new favourite, The Soorleys. They are a new (to me) aussie band of the folk rock variety. It is embarrassing as my previous favourite is a friend of mine, in my church, and now she has been replaced...
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    Are You Still Friends With Your Ex?

    5 years and counting, still not heard from my ex-wife, but am starting a face book friendship with my eldest daughter. This is a good thing, she seems to have grown up a lot and does not expect me to play the role of atm anymore.
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