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I'm sorry to hear that. Never joined a beer-bong club myself. Too busy working.
Nope. I already did the fraternity rent-a-friend thing complete with secret initiations in college.
Don't need God in our classrooms or on our money either.
I'm sorry to hear that. Never joined a beer-bong club myself. Too busy working.
And religion, I bet.
And praying?
I'm not a Bible-banger. I'm also not a re ed Atheist.
Didn't know you needed to be a Bible-banger to pray...
Ironically, if there is a god, we don't really have a choice.
Atheism shouldn't be capitalized just as bald shouldn't be. It's not a proper noun. I am an atheist because I don't have the ability to fake a belief in a god. I also don't have the ability to pretend I care what others think about it.
Well you sure get just as pissy and non-sequitory as Bible bangers whenever these topics come up.
Eureka! It must be because they're taught creationism and have mandatory prayers! If only we had those in public schools, our kids would perform better.
You should write your congressman to inform him of the genius revelation you just had.
One of the reasons this country is in such a mess is because we've taken God out of everything we can. And I blame the christians of my parents generation who sat idle and let this happen.
Do you think god is mad about that?
Yes, I do - I believe this country is suffering the consequences of turning away from God. And I also believe it's only going to get worse.
The Pope himself has said that Evolution is legitimate.
So, you honstly believe God occupied our schools and we mortals forced him out?
Seriously?
Boy, god is an angry .
Yes, too many kids running around making fun of bald people.
There you go then, it's real now.
What consequences are we currently suffering that out country has never suffered before?
Wow, two really generic predictable statements at once:
1. Blaming the "current state of affairs" on a lack of an invisible overlord.
2. Blaming parents for allowing it.
If God exists, he cannot be banned or barred from any place. He cannot be barred from schools or from libraries or anywhere else.
A really really, no brainer solution to this would be for God to walk into a congressional meeting and smite a few congressmen, demand laws be changed and prove his existence. If that happened, you wouldn't need to read a generic "god" name on a dollar bill in order to remind yourself that a god exists.
Oddly enough, no one questions the existence of the Sun.
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I just found the following commentary on a Christian website. It talks about the very thing I said in my post about removing God from everything.
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Is there any hope for revival in this country? Our Lord says to His people, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14) Based on this verse, I do believe that there is always hope for revival … but … I sincerely believe that we have passed the point of being willing to comply with this verse. In my opinion, our hearts are in the final stage shown in verse 27 above which says, “Tell them all this, but do not expect them to listen. Shout out your warnings, but do not expect them to respond.”
We, the Church, have sat idly by while the God we claim to worship has been removed from every vestige of our society.
We have allowed Him to be removed from our schools where our most precious treasure, our children, are being indoctrinated in their tender years to everything that is anti God. The Bible has been replaced by sex classes. Evolution has replaced the truth of creation by Almighty God. Discipline has been removed, resulting now in teachers being afraid of their students. Our schools have become a battleground. The Church has been silent.
The airwaves, be it movies, television, and even radio have become a bastion of filth. sexuality, promiscuous sex, gutter language, violence, drunkenness, drugs, divorce, etc. are all examples of Hollywood’s success in these avenues. The sinful acts against a Holy God are laughingly spat in His face. The Church has been silent.
The classical music of great composers has been replaced with trash. “Music” that encourages the killing of police officers, rape, hate, sex, and whatever else can come from the mouths of sewers. Instead of music that is soothing, uplifting, and comforting, it has been replaced with noise that draws gyrations of sexual desires. The Church has been silent.
God’s design for the family; husband (man), wife (woman) and children has been replaced with single parent families, or two same-sex parents. Also, one of the greatest detriments to the family is “no-fault divorce”. Children are not being given what they need in a family to grow mentally and emotionally as they should; a dad (man) and mom (woman). Is it any wonder they are confused. The Church has been silent.
sexually is overtaking this land like locusts, and it is a dirge to any society. Every society that has suc bed to this evil has fallen. We are not exempt. The Church has been silent.
Many of our governmental leaders are primarily corrupt, sexually perverted, obsessed with greed, and what do we do? We keep them in office year after year. The Church has been silent.
Even our manner of dress has changed to the point where there is often little to nothing left to the imagination. The body is not covered with respect, but put on display as a harlot. This can often be seen even in church worship services. The Church has been silent.
The Church has sat back on its haunches while Satan’s goats have infiltrated the local churches. In self-induced ignorance, the Church has allowed false teachings to infiltrate its assemblies and blaspheme the name of God by insulting His Holy Son, Jesus Christ. All that I have previously mentioned in this article, and more, have actually found their way into the local churches. The Church has been silent.
In Mark 6:12 the disciples, “…went out, and preached that men should repent.” This is what we, the Church, must do if there is any possibility of avoiding judgment. Notice that God said in 2 Chronicles 7:14, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. The emphasis is on “my people”.
We, the Church, could bring revival, if we only would. We must come to God as Job when he said, “Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” (Job 42:6) We cannot continue blaming the world around us for the mess we are in. The world is only doing what is natural to a fallen world. When we sit idly by and do nothing, we are the problem. It is we, the Church, who must come to God on bended knee and repent.
It has been nearly 50 years since Madalyn Murray O’Hair began her crusade against God and His Church. In all that time, the Church as a whole has done nothing but sit back and watch. “Nary a peep”, as they would say years ago, back in the hills where I was raised.
Most are probably thinking, “what could I have done, I’m only one person?” Let me ask this question, how much of the world’s influence has rubbed off in your life? Allow me to provide a few examples to clarify that question:
· If your grown unmarried child comes to visit, and they bring their date with them, where do they sleep in your house?
· What do we allow to be seen and not seen on the television screen?
· What do we talk about among friends? Specifically, is Jesus ever mentioned?
· When was the last time you spoke out against Satanic doctrine preached in the local church you attend? Are you still there?
· What kind of example for Christ are you in front of your own children?
· How do you treat your own spouse?
· Has your family ever seen you pray and study God’s Word?
I could give dozens of other examples, but the point is that we can make a difference in our own area of the world we live in. However, I have seen far too many times, good people suc bing to the pressures of the world. It’s the old “everybody’s doing it” excuse. Let us keep one thing in mind, there is only one yardstick, the Word of God. We call it the Bible. We need to be VERY familiar with this Book. Sadly, very few are.
Is it too late for revival? I reiterate that in my opinion we have gone so far in our rebellion against God, we will not choose to repent, but instead face judgment. I would love to be proven wrong.
Is it possible that the Church could go through a cleansing judgment in this country (and elsewhere) before Jesus comes to retrieve her in the Rapture? It is entirely possible. Whether that is the case, I do not know. My earnest prayer for our country is that the Church wake up. Even if it is too late to change the direction of all the Satanic garbage that is proliferating itself upon us, we need to get our hearts right with God.
We the Church have been silent far too long, perhaps even past the point of no return, while darkness has replaced the light that once was. When the light is turned off to a room, darkness immediately takes its place, and that is the result of our silence. Jesus told us, “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.” (Matthew 14-15) If our light is under a bushel, perhaps we need to get it out from under the bushel and place it on the candlestick. Jesus’ Word also tells us, “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12) Who are we following? If we are following Jesus, we will reflect His light to the world, because He is the light of life.
In closing, my observation is that many of those who claim to be Christians are good, moral people with high standards. They work hard at providing for their families, and they care for others. Perhaps they are the “silent majority” we speak of so often. Now is the time to break that silence and stand up for God. Jesus said “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 10:32-33) If we are ashamed to confess Him, maybe we are not His child. On the other hand, if we are ashamed of ourselves, maybe we should repent and seek His forgiveness. A revival can always begin with one. Otherwise, our own silence condemns us, and it is deafening.
Grant Phillips
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Pre-Rapture Commentary
http://grant-phillips.blogspot.com
What an absolute load of crap.
Here's the good news, Crookshanks, and you can pass this along to the Pharisee whose blog you pulled that misguided rant from: No government can ever stop God's people from praying. You can pray in your bedroom. You can pray in the car. You can pray in school (yes, that's right, YOU can pray in school... even without an official time designated to prayer).
Evolution hasn't replaced creation, it IS creation. If you believe in God, you believe in a God who set evolution into process. The laws guiding physics are no more godless than the laws guiding algebra. Teaching the history of the universe is no more heretical than teaching the history of the United States.
Stop acting like a victim. You live in a country where ever single President to this point has professed a Christian faith. It is extremely rare to find a non-Christian congressman. The idea that Christians are somehow oppressed in this country just because people have asked the government to stop putting Christian symbols and verses on everything, or questioned whether we should have added "Under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance, or decided to build a mosque in your city, or want to marry their same-sex partner, or anything else you've been alerted to by the manipulators who started the email chains you are sent every day, is patently absurd.
If your faith is so weak that it is threatened by any of these things, you need to have a long talk with God and read the Bible some more to see what it was like when Christians really were oppressed. They'd be rolling in their graves knowing how much you whine about how God's being driven out of this country.
Also, it's people like you driving people away from God. Not laws restricting government sanctioning of Christianity. You and your kind of Christian are the biggest threats to the faith. But you will never acknowledge this because to you, being a Christian is being a part of a team, like being a Republican or a Spurs fan. You don't have the slightest clue about how to treat others like Christ did. Why would anyone want to follow your faith when you're such an angry person who thinks her beliefs should be imposed on everyone?
What do you think god is gonna do about it?
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