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  1. elsbeth

    What is going on in America among Christians?

    I came back after a long absense from the forums, just to find a place to post some of my thoughts. I have been horrified at the anger, fear, and even hate I've seen on television lately, much of it from people who profess to be Christian. Then there's the "Pastor" in Phoenix, AZ (I'm in AZ...
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    maybe you married people can encourege a single guy

    You asked for stories, here's mine: My husband and I met on a blind date. My next-door neighbor set us up. Seems a friend she worked with was dating his brother, and they decided toset her up with him (my now-husband), but she (my neighbor) liked his nephew better, so she set him up with me. We...
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    Question....

    How do you "feel married"? Either you ARE or you're NOT.
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    Gone Baby Gone moral dilemma

    I saw it, and NO WAY would I have made the call. The child's welfare matters more than the mother's rights.
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    Gone Baby Gone moral dilemma

    I saw it, and NO WAY would I have made the call. The child's welfare matters more than the mother's rights.
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    I do believe we've been kidding ourselves

    I turned my back on God for almost 15 years at one point. By the end of iot I tried to tell myself I didn't believe anymore, but the Holy Spirit wouldn't let me. This voice inside just said "you know that's not true", and I DID know. He never gave up on me for the whole time. I finally turned...
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    God's relationship with His children

    Sure it does. That's why Jesus called God "Father", and talked a lot about parents and children. The main difference is that God isn't prone to all the negative things that we earthly parents are.
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    Sacrifice of Isaac

    I think Abraham made the right choice. He loved God more than Isaac, BUT he loved Isaac a lot, and he trusted that God would take care of Isaac and him (Abraham) whatever happened. SO he did what God told him to do.I was turned away from God for several years when I married my husband, and I...
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    Contraception

    I know some of both. The "no contraception any way, by anybody" ones tend to be so strict on other issues, and so fundamentalist, that I don't have much contact with them. The vindictive attitude I mentioned is more with those who disapprove of the unmarried sex. Those are the ones who really...
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    Contraception

    That's my point of view, too. But I find a lot of Christian people who also oppose contraception, and I don't get it. It seems to me to be a lot of "you made your bed- now lie in it" sentiment. It sems almost vindictive sometimes- if you do the sin (sex, presumably) you have to pay the price of...
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    Is this you?

    That cartoon is funny! And yes, sometimes it is me, sorry to say.
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    Super Tuesday Results Show Split Between Evangelicals and Their Spokesmen

    Personally, I think any indication that people actually are thinking for themselves is a good thing.
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    Scientology and the threat to Christianity

    If the interview with Tom Cruise is an example, they aren't much of a threat. Just a lot of nonsense gobbledegook.
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    Is It Better In The Dark?

    I didn't MISS the point, I'm disagreeing with the point. I don't think most Christians fit the OP at all.
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    Is It Better In The Dark?

    As a Christian, I would say that Christians criticize sexual activity when it is outside of marriage. Its the context that can make it right or wrong.
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    Proof Needed

    I know God is real because when on a whim I prayed with some people to "ask him into my heart" lo and behold I woke up with an awareness of God's presence that has never left. He's real cause I met him. AS far as the Bible- what do you mean real? To me, the Bible is a collection of books written...
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    Laugh at yourself here, and please add more

    If the chicken crossed the road, but no one SAW him cross, did he really cross?
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    Salvation and Dangerous Assumptions

    I agree that a believer can "throw away" their salvation, but I also believe hat they can "pick it up" again. I turned away from God for almost 15 years, tried to deny that God even exists, and when that didn't fly tried to deny that I cared. I finally turned back to God when I realised that He...