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Recent content by mcpacker

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    Logic

    I cannot defend my actions. What I said was rash, insensitive and unfair. You posted what you did with only the best intentions and I will fully understand if you do not accept my apology. I cannot accomplish my goal alone and anyone can see that I have a lot of work to do. This apology is...
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    Logic

    Honestly this forum makes me not want anything to do with Christianity. A few of you that have posted to this thread have helped me with my issues. It is clear though that some of you love the sound of your own voices. I'm done with Christian Forums. "The message of Jesus as I understand...
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    Logic

    I have finally figured all this out. Pretty much all of Jesus' teachings are focused on one word. Faith. What is the point of rewarding the faithful if faith is not required? We are not living in reality. It only appears to be reality because we don't have anything to compare it with. The...
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    Logic

    The way you say that makes God sound naive I'm not saying we should go and execute children for things in the future. I'm saying why were these people born in the first place?
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    Logic

    This is good stuff!! In relation to omniscience would you say we are kinda living in a choose your own adventure book where the possible outcomes have already been written but it is up to the reader to choose which direction and which path he/she will take. Kinda like we are in a virtual...
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    Logic

    Here they are: The Bible describes God as being a person. Our father. When it says in the Bible that God gets angry and happy it sounds silly to me. A being powerful enough to create everything we see and don't see has human emotions? Since God created everything that means he created satan...
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    Logic

    I will use logic now. The very fact that I did not share all the thoughts I had and you guys were able to debunk them sends me a very powerful message. Logic implores that these thoughts were not something new and obviously demonic in origin. I'm trying to not let this bother me too much...
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    Logic

    The complexity of nature is astounding. What you said Sharon is good stuff. At random times during the day my mind will just take off and go all sorts of places. I would love to be able to explain the things I see so I started writing them down to see if I can make sense of things. I'm not...
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    Logic

    Last night after making this thread I started the logic game again except this time I attacked what I thought the other night so I will give you guys a rough outline of it. I thought prayer was just thought and that all thought could be considered prayer but if I'm in a social setting and just...
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    Logic

    Usually when I come to know something I will attack it in order to decide if this thing is worthwhile. Last night I decided to attack my faith with logic and doing that has really messed up my faith and I now seriously doubt everything about this. I really wish I never did that but I can't...
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    Losing faith and overcoming all doubts

    I'm still new in my relationship with Yeshua and recently I started losing faith. Everything was seeming ridiculous and I started sliding back to atheism. I did not go to church today because of all this. I thought it was stupid to focus on a being I have never met. Honestly within the last...
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    What does it mean to be a Christian?

    You can look up "Substance church" and you should find it. It is located in the Twin Cities, MN. They provide worship in three locations. Two on Sunday and one on Saturday. I go to the Saturday service because it is more intimate. You can watch their sermons on their website if you would...
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    Pray for my brother and all of S. Korea

    If you have seen the news you probably know that N. Korea has started firing on S. Korea. My brother in law is serving in the US Army over in S. Korea. Please pray for him and everyone in S. Korea.
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    What does it mean to be a Christian?

    Ozspen I have started to see the world for what it is. It makes sense about what is said about renewing the mind. God gave us a mind for a reason and He wants us to use it once it has been cleansed by the Holy Spirit. I don't have a specific plan for daily reading of the Bible. I just open...
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    What does it mean to be a Christian?

    Thank you everyone for the replies. I have grown since asking this question. My love for Yeshua is huge. I have been praying and asking for guidance and what I have experienced is incredible. I feel the love God has for me and it is wonderful. I want to tell everyone about Him. I really...