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  1. Heartofsilver

    Anxiety in the workplace

    Hello everyone, I will be taking incoming calls for the 1st time at my state volunteer opportunity. I feel very anxious about it and want to overcome this fear. I don't want to be held back by my own anxieties. I want to move forward in life and learn this valuable skill in working the phones...
  2. G

    Design implies that the optimum, can be achieved, no matter what state the species is in

    Hi there, So it seems like forever, since I have set out to understand this, but now it is finally in sight. The advantage of design, is species wide. Why? Because design implies that the optimum for the species, can be achieved no matter what state the species is in. A newly conceived giraffe...
  3. A

    Church and State

    Something on my mind lately - is there a link between church and state? More specifically, does anyone have any perspective on what seems to be a link between democracy/capitalism/Protestantism compared to monarchy/feudalism/Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy? This isn’t to criticise...
  4. tryphena rose

    Best states in the US for young Christian family?

    I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but I'd try my hand at asking here anyway. My husband and I are currently in the state of California and long story short, we want out. California is going downhill fast and we're aware of similar situations occurring in the state of Oregon and...
  5. G

    New concept: the Beginning is a state

    Hi there, So if you look at the beginning in Genesis, what it says is "light was hovering over the waters" (from memory). This is a "state of affairs", not an action. The action comes later when God says "let there be light" (from memory). So the beginning that is there in the beginning, is...
  6. SummerMadness

    The Argument Against D.C. Statehood Is Rooted in Racism

    The Argument Against D.C. Statehood Is Rooted in Racism
  7. Not David

    What's more important: faith or state?

    If you are a politician what's more important: doing or implementing a law that directly goes against the teachings of your church; or your faith?
  8. SheldonCooper

    Church And State

    I recently read a post regarding a particular child being persecuted for proclaiming the Christian Faith in a public school during Christmas time. The children started to pick on the child and as an end result, the child wasn't so passionate about at home prayer time and bible readings. The...
  9. Winken

    The egregious misinterpretation and application of the First Amendment

    October 27, 2016 Many of those who seek to drive expressions of faith from the public square cite Thomas Jefferson's 1802 letter to the Danbury, Connecticut Baptist Association in which he referenced the First Amendment's "wall of separation between Church & State." Faith, they claim, should...