There are exceptions to every rule. Re-read this entire thread. People are attacking her every statement.
Does every Christian you come across 'shove their propaganda down your throat,' or have a few extremes (like your ex-boss, apparently) skewed your perception as a whole? I've never been to a conference like that - nor heard of one - and neither has anyone I know.
There's an assumption here, and it's a common one amongst Christians, that God is the only path to morality. Which is both untrue and, frankly, insulting. I am exceedingly confident in the fact that I am a good and moral person, who has lived a good and moral life, and I've managed it just fine even without God telling me not to steal or kill anyone.
This is more craziness...Why? Why not just give yourself some ing credit for making a good decision and not signing it all away to a ing book and a bearded man in the sky? If there is a god, he probably wouldn't give a about you nor your trivial, materialistic pursuits!!!
Nigerians are being slaughtered, wars being fought worldwide, poverty, starvation, earthquakes...And god is going to take a break and give you some ing guidance on a goddamn house purchase?!! Please... The fact that you opening the bible to a random ing page was what sealed the deal cannot be sane.
To each their own, sure, but I choose sanity and common sense
Get over yourself
I somehow missed this post(ADD), but this statement is probably the best one of the whole thread. The arguing back and forth with people who have no real interest in believing anything you are trying to convince them of is probably a close second.
And the go to Christian move seems to be to attack back, which is not at all what Jesus taught Christians to do.
that's one of my problems with Christian preachers.
They can spin all of life's victories and tragedies into being God's will.
Some have stated that Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment on New Orleans.
Meanwhile, Las Vegas thrives on.....
MLK got shot and killed. If he was doing the Lord's work so well, then why did God call him home?Sometimes you can be doing the right thing and still face extreme opposition and endure much difficulty. An example of this is Martin Luther King and all he accomplished.
What if he had forsaken his vision just because the going got tough?
That's true.
but that's not what you said in the previous post.
Just curious, exactly what did I say to you that made you post this on my profile page:
last time I just opened the Bible at random it landed on the verse that went "Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; / And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; / And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; / And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; / And Jesse begat David the king"..
I was afraid my wife would end up preggers.
what is even more disgusting to me than that is the idea that a person who lives a good, productive, selfless, charitable, but unbelieving life will still end up tortured and burning in for eternity....
while the murderer on death row can ask for forgiveness at the last minute and be accepted into Heaven.
I throw up a little in my mouth every time I hear someone try to justify it.
Back again.
Just had to go tell my parents the cancer had advanced to my sisters brain in several spots.
Gods Will be done.
Major Racks to Angel_luv for keeping a job this long,and for being able to support her religious beliefs as she finds the time to keep a cool head as she pulls out the smack and stands her ground.
Second rack for a topic over three pages.
on a side note I am not sure who said they talk to God but, can you ask him why the seed in the avocado is so big?
Thanks.
Duhhh...so he could make the seeds in pot small. If they were the size of avocado seeds they could blow your nose off.
I wonder why God didn't bother to tell these guys to keep their mitts off of little boys?
"Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100309/...Blc2Jyb3RoZXI-
Major Racks to Angel_luv for keeping a job this long,and for being able to support her religious beliefs as she finds the time to keep a cool head as she pulls out the smack and stands her ground.
Second rack for a topic over three pages.
on a side note I am not sure who said they talk to God but, can you ask him why the seed in the avocado is so big?
Thanks.
Please let me do the racking around here I don't want to lose my job ok ASS HOLE?
Who knew country rednecks can do stand up!
I wasn't forced to quit school. I actually had been offered finacial aid which would have covered the cost of tuition for the following semester.
As well, I would have been able to finish out some courses online. So, therefore, to my knowledge, would have had some flexibility while working full-time.
It really is pretty simple:
Boy meet girl.
Girl wants to get married even though boy is in college.
Boy takes semester off to make wife happy since they just got married.
Buy quits college to work more.
Wife quits job.
Given that Angel is the one who "guided" Bo to his faith, he listens to her and believes what she tells him to do. Something tells me it is not so much the voice of God as it the voice of a wife getting what she wants.
It is easy to find ways to support whatever it is that you want. You can find Scripture; you can find writings; you can fnd movies; or anything else to tell you that you should do whatever it is that you want to do.
You can even assure yourself that quitting your job was the right thing because you made a meatloaf.
Sounds like the voice of God to me, why didn't you listen?
I think that you are talking about the priorities that you have and waiting for a job in which you could do the type of work that you desire to do. I really see that more as you having certain ideals and sticking to them.
right now i could decide on 200 different career paths, and chances are i could credit any one i choose to the voice of God if i look back.
is it that God is the only path to morality or that that the way of Jesus is the path to salvation?
and while i agree that we should hold ourselves accountable for our morality, i must inquire how does one come to determine what is good and moral as opposed to bad and immoral?
is it not all relative? to whom are we comparing ourselves when making these self judgements?
"a person who lives a good, productive, selfless, charitable life."
based upon whose point of view? those are all comparative qualities.
imo, true Christians are to compare their path to the path of Jesus and hold themselves accountable.
that is, if one seeking spirituality on a higher plane.
for those that choose not to walk the path, why would it disgust you that they wouldn't reach the destination?
if one goes to college and gets straight A's, but never chooses a degree plan, what have they really accomplished.
with no true purpose, no defined goal, one will wander aimlessly, even if it is with the best intentions.
one does not barter their way into spiritual enlightenment.
Not everyone is going to work at a job they love doing so much it doesn't even feel like work. I'd quit the job that I have in a heartbeat if someone signed me to a contract as a studio guitarist or some . Mr. French in The Departed said it best: "Well make more in' money. This is America. You don't make money, then you're a in' bag."
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