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Sorry, I'll try to come round more often, just been really busy and had kinda' a sickly summer - haven't been on the computer all that much. Take care all! And ya'll are right, this section of the forum has to stay, I don't think there would be any safe place for us to discuss matters if they...

Being a simple fellow, yes, the sun moves. And yes, the Earth moves, and yes, dogs and cats move, and occasionally, I move. :P Maneki, thanks for that link - WHOA! Those folks are scary! I am always astounded when people can actually convince themselves to believe things as amazingly...

Hi Freedom and Light - Max's church? Wow! I came up as a Bethany guy here in Baton Rouge (Larry Stockstill) and back when, Ted Haggard was our youth pastor! Been in the hardcore evangelical mainstream all my life. I've read a couple of books lately that have helped me a lot. Most of Bart...

I believe God is utterly beyond my pitiful means of comprehension. I can barely program a DVR, and yet, I'm supposed to know about the person and nature of God? I've come to realize what folly it is to pursue that endeavor to the extreme - I can't do it. Perhaps others can, but it's beyond my...

Wow! Give that man a kewpie doll, we have a winner! Great post! Thanks very much - you've very eloquently expressed what I am clumsily dealing with here. God bless! :thumbsup:

Why shouldn't we look at the Bible the same way we look at every other book? That doesn't make sense to me. More than any other book on the planet, it should stand up to investigation, and in my pitiful opinion, it didn't. If you picked up your kid's high school history text book and in...

As others have said, first and foremost, be her friend. Hold her hand, let her vent, let her cry, eat some cookie dough together, do all those things that you gals like to do in times of trouble - go shopping, go to the coffee shop, whatever the both of you like to do. Healing takes time...

Just an update, the meeting with the pastor was less than I hoped for. He's a great guy, but we didn't get very deep and he ended up being a good bit more "fundamentalist" than I would've thought. Not sure I'll get much help there but I'll likely visit with him again this week or next - nice...

THIS, is brilliant - thank you ever so much. If I lived nearby I'd buy you some Starbucks for this one! Thank you! :)

Wow... thanks for those last two posts, AzA and Mewtwo - very helpful indeed, and I mean that seriously. Also thanks to those before who are sincerely trying to help. When I started this post, I never thought my most comforting help would come from self-proclaimed "athiests" or those outside...

This post has gone 'round the twist I think. I have a lot of issues right now with my faith and have done a lot of study in the last two or three years. I've studied Judaism and have Jewish friends - in short, NO, they do not, nor have they ever, believed in the Christian concept of "hell."...

Thanks again to all. AzA, your post was very encouraging and insightful, thank you very much for your carefully chosen words and I appreciate your thoughts greatly. Skywriting, you dug up a post I placed many years ago, congrats on your ability to find old posts, I'm not computer savvy...

With due respect you couldn't be more wrong. Yes, I have posted this matter in several sections in the last week because I'm still looking for help, forgive me if that offends you. My "progressive baptist" church IS NOT the problem - THE BIBLE is my problem! How much more plain can I make...

Thanks to all so far, please keep 'em coming. It's nice to hear encouragement. Being in the deep part of the Bible belt, down here in Louisiana, there's a lot of the "everything's true" crowd down here and to question that gets you instantly branded a pagan heretic. :liturgy::preach: And to...

Hi all, hope this is the right place to post this message. I've been an evangelical Christian all my life, and in the last half dozen years I've taken to studying the Bible much harder than ever before. In short, doing so has caused me a huge spiritual crisis. :confused: I'm torn apart...

Where, specifically, is the scripture in the OT that specifically says the Messiah must come into the world and die as an attonement for mankind's sin? And please, do not refer to Isaiah 53, as if you're any type of a Biblical scholar, you already know that chapter is referring to the nation...

THAT is my point. If the scriptures contradict each other, over and over and over again, how can we be certain of anything? I always held that Jesus (Yeshua) was the messiah, but, if you study the OT and read it as it was intended, clearly, there are MANY problems with Yeshua being the (or a)...

I have an honest appeal to any and all Unitarians out there, as I’m desperately seeking some peace in my life and need help. I was born and raised an evangelical Christian and am still very active with the youth group in my church. I’m 45-years-old, so this is something I’ve...

Thank you all for you insight and kindness. It is greatly appreciated. I don't know that I'll get around this issue, but I'm going to try to, because I really do worry that it is doing irreperable damage. If Isaiah 45 is correct, it's pretty clear that God CAUSES and CREATES both good and...

I've been an active Christian all my life and have been very active with several churches, primarily in youth ministry and music. Several years back I got heavy into theology and into the "nuts and bolts" of studying the Bible and its origin. I need help, as I am finding it very hard to hold...