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    Is President Bush Really "One Of Us?" [Christian]

    Whether Bush is truely a christian or not is not for me to say. I can, however, say that he is not good for America or the world. He says one thing and does the opposite. He takes from the regular people of this country and gives to the rich. He and his administration are gutting the...
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    DTMS show on N. Korea children

    The show was about this guy who took a hidden camera into N.Korea and filmed some of the children who are orphans and have no one to take care of them. Often their parents died from starvation. These kids would pick up rice from the ground that other families dropped when they were eating...
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    DTMS show on N. Korea children

    The other night I watched a show on DTMS called "Children of the State" which was about the starving children in N. Korea. It was very sad. N. Korea is a very terrible place and I wish I could do something about all the poor people there. Did anyone else see it?
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    social anxiety

    I find that if I can distract myself from the thoughts I have that make me depressed I feel better. I figure the distraction is ok to do because these thoughts I have serve no positive purpose. They do not give me any insight into myself. I also pray to God to let me forget about myself yet...
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    Who did the FISH Symbol belong to first? - Jews or Christians?

    I think the fish symbol is actually an egyptian hieroglyphic called a cartouche with was used to hold names of people. I took a class in college about hieroglyphics and we transliterated the hieroglyphics from aramaic.
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    social anxiety

    I have social anxiety also. I started taking Lexapro to see if that would help me. I felt emotionally better although a little manic. I took it for about 3 months and I hoped it would help me with my social anxiety. However, it did nothing to help me with that problem. I eventually stopped...
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    How evil can take us away from God

    Sometimes when I read the bible or have a moment where I feel very connected to God I will, sometime after that, have a strong and persistant negative self-talk session which takes me into a downward spiral towards despair. I actually think this negative self talk is generated from evil that is...
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    Psalm 23 (?)

    I wanted a messianic judiastic(?) take on the first line of Psalm 23(?). Some versions of the bible have : The lord is my shepard I shall not want. Some have : The lord is my shepard I will lack for nothing. I often think about this line. Is the first one more correct...
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    My friend left and forgot me.

    Yes, Galadriel, I do know what you mean. I want a human to talk with, be with, etc. I talk to God every day and I feel the result of that in my life and within myself but sometimes my loneliness is very overwhelming especially when I feel forgotten. Today I missed my friend even more so I...
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    Adultery

    DaTsar wrote : "No, and I will surely say that they are not christan when comitting this act.Perhaps if they converted afterward, but if that were the case then it would be forgoten about anyways. For I say that no follower in christ can commit adultery, it would not be of hes or her fruits...
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    My friend left and forgot me.

    My boss retired recently. We were close once and he was a good friend to me when I really needed one. We had a falling out several years ago and since then I have been upset about the loss of that friendship. Seeing him everyday and continueing to want to share with him and talk with him made...
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    Adultery

    beyond the sinner feeling guilt - I mean others treating the adulterer differently as perhaps a way for God to impress upon the person what they did wrong. Others treating the adulterer perhaps as a social outcast (mild or intensely). This is just something I've thought of over the years.
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    Adultery

    Do you believe that people who commit adultery (christians) whether they be married or single commiting adultery with the married, ( or any sin really) are disciplined by God through a societal chastisement on a sub or unconscious level?
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    CROSS - Symbol of Faith or Curse?

    The cross, for some, could be considered an icon and thus not appropriate to use. I've noticed over the years that the cartouche (or fish) that some place on the back end of their car to represent Jesus with or without wording within.
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    Does Hell exist?

    I think a good definition of hell is a place where God is not present. Think of it - if God was not present at all in any form - don't you think that would be hell?
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    No Athiest in Fox Holes

    I think so many athiest come to this forum because God is approaching them to learn the truth and they are either seeking info or being stubborn and trying not to hear.
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    cool quotes

    I was searching for a different quote by Mother Theresa (loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted are the most terrible poverty) just for verification that I had the quote correct and found this one also : When Christ said: "I was hungry and you fed me," he didn't mean only the hunger for...
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    Messianic Judaism a fraud?

    From what was explained to me about messianic judaism vs christianity in a thread I started called " excuse my ignorance", I think messianic judaism is NOT a fraud. Seems perfectly valid to follow practices in the old testament and believe that Jesus is the Messiah. I am a christian, I do not...
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    Please excuse my ignorance

    Thanks for clarifying that for me.
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    We Choose God?

    Of course God can do what he wills and he respects the free will he gave humans. That is why we need to choose not to reject Jesus. Also, I seem to recall that in the new testament is a passage saying that if someone never has the opportunity to even know the existance of Jesus yet beliefs the...