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Recent content by Mislaid

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    Protestant errors and inventions

    It doesn't particularly worry me if you believe what you want to about communion or whatever else, but I would prefer it if you would stop going around saying how it is a Protestant error when an analysis of the Bible and the culture of the day gives general support to our position (on communion...
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    Protestant errors and inventions

    To be brief, with the communion thing, consider the links between the Jewish Passover (what they thought of the bread - the bread of affliction) and Jesus' statements of the bread, and draw parallels from that. The Jews did not think of the bread in a literal sense, rather, a symbolic sense and...
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    Free Will

    *Writes prescription for glasses*
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    Why is the Palin Witchcraft video even news in Australia?

    I agree ... this is hardly news worthy and really has nothing at all to do with politics and policies in the run up to voting.
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    Free Will

    Deuteronomy 30:11 gives us one seemingly clear example: "I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life..." Much like the doctrines that we have made about the Trinity, the Second Coming, and so on, free-will as we know it isn't specifically mentioned, but we can...
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    Lost Faith

    I believe that it was indeed God who gave you comfort in those dark times when you were thinking about ending it all and I like wise believe that He will comfort you in some way now during these times. Many people, myself included, have experienced God's comfort when we need it the most ... just...
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    False Concept of God - A Divine Spectator

    I don't know... Some of what you wrote seems right and other parts don't - in my humble opinion of course. I realise that I can't really speak on the topic because I myself have no real idea about how God works and recently I've basically given up on finding out because its incomprehensible and...
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    Question about the Garden of Eden

    I don't believe that there was any suffering or death (including animals) prior to the Fall because God described His creation as being 'very good' and if one considers death and suffering as being 'very good', then they are a dark soul indeed... Besides that, the [book of] Revelation shows...
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    Jesus Army...What are they about?

    I've never heard of them before you mentioned them, but after looking at their website you'll learn what you need to about them. It seems that they are sort of like the Salvation Army in the beginning in the way that they operate and the people to whom they mainly try to reach out to. They...
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    Is this unethical?

    If its bothering you then it may be an indication that it maybe something that you'll have to think and pray about. I've always gone with legit software and accounts, so if its bothering you then just buy the game (on eBay if you want a cheeper price) and create an account as everyone else does.
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    Lieing.

    My advice may not be biblical or godly per se, but I'd say that it depends ... depends on what your lie is, depends on how it affected your friend, depends on what consequences the truth revealed would bring on your friend, you, and your friendship. I mean, I wouldn't endorse or recommend...
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    How do you choose a career path?

    I don't know if you've thought of this, but you won't be stuck in one area working for the rest of your life. Try picking one that offers you a fair availability of jobs and/or one that offers you a more immediate payback period (i.e. the career that will give you the fastest return on your...
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    Tattoos?

    I think that the last part may give you your answer: "Do not cut the hair on the sides of your head or trim your beard or tattoo yourselves or cut gashes in your body to mourn for the dead" (GNB). Other versions phrase it differently that seem to alter the meaning quite a bit; regardless of...
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    Which Video Card?

    I've been thinking about getting an ATI Radeon 4850 HD or a NVIDIA GeForce 9800, but I don't really know much about video cards. I've heard some people say that NVIDIA cards offer superior performance while others seem to suggest that ATI is more stable or something. I've got no idea. So I was...
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    Currently playing

    Been playing quite a bit of Battlefield 2142 online and I really hate getting that "Your connection is experiencing a problem" message and then when it fixes itself up "You were killed by ..." Grr... Other than that been playing a bit of the original Halo, World In Conflict, Battlefront, and...