Posts by myelaine

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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 vander...

Tammy asked you a question about 7 hours ago. can you tell her if her bridge is out?

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...

I formed my questions in such a way as to only require a yes or no answer.

the scripture in john 8:24 says "Therefore I said to YOU that YOU will die in YOUR sins; for if YOU do not believe that I am He, YOU will die in YOUR sins."...?"...are words that Jesus said and I was asking for YOUR answer...

"do YOU believe this is true for YOU...and that is why YOU put YOUR faith in Jesus?"...your answer is, "I don't do it to save my life - my life belongs to him, whatever he chooses to do with it. I just do it because I love Him, and I follow Him for the same reason."...why is it so hard for you to say yes and yes?

you said: "But if you think that I am going to condemn anyone by my words... then you are mistaken"...let's talk about YOU...John 3:16-18...

you said: "Like I said, He said a lot of things. Love and mercy being of utmost importance."...isn't truth of utmost importance?

you said: "Yes, those who believe in and belong to Christ have eternal life in Him"...but you don't BELIEVE that He saves you...it's just a possibility.

you said: "I do trust Him entirely."...then why is it so hard for you to say yes and yes?...is it because it means that YOU would have to believe the same thing for everyone else and YOU don't think that is loving and merciful?...what is of utmost importance: love and mercy or truth?...what does the Holy Spirit say to you about this?

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...

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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