Posts by myelaine

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Did the snake or serpent in the garden have free will?

by jam in

was the snake or serpent created perfect, god saw it was.

good.

so if the serpent or snake(presumably innocent).

myelaine

dear Prodigal Son...

you said: "No. Sometimes free will is interfered with by those who are selfish....It goes in astrological cycles as far as how much interference is allowed."...but this sounds like a "western" sweetening up of the "law" of karma...which you said that you didn't believe in.

you said: "An "incarnate" must first find out what he is capable of before he can move forward. Staying stuck in restrictive mindsets will keep a person from evolving"...if Jesus was an exemplar of this type of thinking...how do you explain His dogmatisim?

..."They are mind-control Nazi-types and they know exactly what they are doing. They've bought up all the media and taken over educational curriculum. We have little chance without some serious soul-searching and investigation of various philosophies above and beyond the "status quo"... Humanity as a whole is ready to do exactly that.... once the dark and selfish elite are out of the way. Problem is they ain't going quietly but they've been check-mated and are currently negotiating to save their necks from the wrath of their victims."...you're actually a bit of a nut aren't you?

love michelle

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Did the snake or serpent in the garden have free will?

by jam in

was the snake or serpent created perfect, god saw it was.

good.

so if the serpent or snake(presumably innocent).

myelaine

dear Prodigal Son...

are you saying that free will ALWAYS involves moving forwards or evolving?...

does an "incarnate" have the free will to choose to move forward...or...is he subject to something else besides his own free will?

with free will couldn't he choose to jump to the "good life"?...or no...there is no such thing as free will in your theory...really.

how do YOU equate the two?

love michelle

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Faith and the Bible

by tec in

jw
friends

for those of us who must walk by sight (for now), there is nothing wrong with using the bible to help learn about christ and god... as long as ... you look to christ first and foremost and over anything else.

otherwise, i do not see the point in saying you follow christ or you are a christian.

he is the truth.

myelaine

dear still thinking...

you said: "Gandhi made no money so following anything they teach by their example is not harmful."...so what about money!?!?!?

I have read that ghandi was a firm believer in the caste system...read up about that.

I have read that ghandi believed in reincarnation and karma...read up about that. there is no justice for someone like hitler...everything will be evened out in the end and he wont have to stand and pay for his murder of anyone...as hitler, the genocidal murderer.

I have read that ghandi believed that india should be a hindu nation...forgoing freedom of religion.

concluding...he didn't teach about love per se, but peaceful protest...his protest.

you said: "take what you want and leave the rest applies in most situations, if it doesn't seem right...it probably isn't."...indeed.

love michelle

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Did the snake or serpent in the garden have free will?

by jam in

was the snake or serpent created perfect, god saw it was.

good.

so if the serpent or snake(presumably innocent).

myelaine

dear darth frosty...

easy now...no need to get angry and accusative.

the LORD God said: "And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." "...history continues...Jesus did know the evil of death.

And all who dwell on the earth will worship him(the beast), whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the earth. (revelation 13:8)

love michelle

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Did the snake or serpent in the garden have free will?

by jam in

was the snake or serpent created perfect, god saw it was.

good.

so if the serpent or snake(presumably innocent).

myelaine

dear jam...

His ways are higher than ours but not completely unknowable...that is why we were given the bible, to reveal the reality of satans plan and Gods counter plan...

love michelle

p.s. you started a thread about being blessed by satan...what do you mean IF there is a God?...ummm never mind, you qualified your blessing by satan with the statement that you didn't believe in him

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Did the snake or serpent in the garden have free will?

by jam in

was the snake or serpent created perfect, god saw it was.

good.

so if the serpent or snake(presumably innocent).

myelaine

dear jam...

I am convinced that God's creation was designed to work towards His purpose perfectly.

love michelle

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Did the snake or serpent in the garden have free will?

by jam in

was the snake or serpent created perfect, god saw it was.

good.

so if the serpent or snake(presumably innocent).

myelaine

dear darth frosty...

hint: have you spent any time thinking of a possible answer to that question or do you want all the answers to be provided for you?

love michelle

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Did the snake or serpent in the garden have free will?

by jam in

was the snake or serpent created perfect, god saw it was.

good.

so if the serpent or snake(presumably innocent).

myelaine

dear jam...

all God's ways are perfect...

would it have been a perfect idea to give everlasting life to people who were capable of and would sin?...if at least one of the angels did sin?

God's perfect way will put an end to sin and the consequences of this sin and its "effects" in everyones life...there is a place for EVERYONE.

love michelle

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Faith and the Bible

by tec in

jw
friends

for those of us who must walk by sight (for now), there is nothing wrong with using the bible to help learn about christ and god... as long as ... you look to christ first and foremost and over anything else.

otherwise, i do not see the point in saying you follow christ or you are a christian.

he is the truth.

myelaine

dear Tammy...

you didn't answer my question...because my question only required a yes or no answer.

you said: "I am not going to be dogmatic just because some church or group or bible or men/women tell me to be so, or that to be so is right. "...Jesus said it.

you said: "Mercy and love are more important than dogma. THAT I learned from Christ and God, and the bible" ...the assurance that you have eternal life in Jesus Christ was taught by the Saviour Himself and is a foundational teaching of the apostles...we can afford to be dogmatic about this fact or we can't say that we trust Him.

yes, ultimately your salvation is up to Him...but if you personally aren't sure, when He says that you CAN be sure, then you don't even trust Him entirely?...do you?...contradictory words coming out of you right?

look, I know how difficult it would be for you to turn around right now and face the truth...but He IS waiting for you and even calling you back from going down this road you are on...in His mercy and love He asks that all His disciples talk to you about these things that those who are part of the world wont.(thanks for the effort vander)

It is because of God's love and mercy that He sent His Son to SAVE us who would believe. It is easy to believe that Jesus is loving and merciful...but His love and mercy are tempered with justice...those who haven't heard the gospel will be shown mercy at His coming...those who have heard the gospel and don't believe it, have rejected it, justice means that they will be rejected too. I'm not making this up, that's why there are scriptures repeating this "theme" and that is why there are so many scriptures regarding Jesus' ATONING death and that we can count on it for our salvation. *sigh*...I love you, Tammy.

gut yomtov

michelle...xoxo

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Did the snake or serpent in the garden have free will?

by jam in

was the snake or serpent created perfect, god saw it was.

good.

so if the serpent or snake(presumably innocent).

myelaine

dear jam...

God declared that what He had made was good. there is a difference between perfect and good.

love michelle