Posts by Hold Me-Thrill Me

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planting seed with jw carpet salesman.

by prologos in

p's remark to sales man: "you must feel right at home here like the israelites who lived on carpets and inside curtains, even the tabernacle?

layers of it ---".

p: "to think that millions trekking for 40 years did not leave a trace, nothing ever turned up?

Hold Me-Thrill Me

Tazemanian-devil,

Believe what you will. Last time I walked in a forest, or drove the open plains, the place was not filled with the bones of animals over 2000 years dead. Indian pottery was not laying around or easily dug up. Indian tents, moccasins, and clothing were also not to be found.

Deserts change, the sands do not remain stagnant. At one time the Sphinx was covered in sand up to its neck. Just because evidence is not found of a people spending 40 years, a miniscule amount of time, in the Sinai does not mean they were not there.

But as I said, believe what you will.

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planting seed with jw carpet salesman.

by prologos in

p's remark to sales man: "you must feel right at home here like the israelites who lived on carpets and inside curtains, even the tabernacle?

layers of it ---".

p: "to think that millions trekking for 40 years did not leave a trace, nothing ever turned up?

Hold Me-Thrill Me

"To think that millions trekking for 40 years did not leave a trace, nothing ever turned up? ----"

Giza saw decades of construction. Yet, were it not for the pyramids, temples, cities, and burial sites, permanent structures left behind, there would be no evidence that people were there. And you believe a nomadic people should have left something? Walk the sands of Arabia where for thousands of years people have traveled and think again.

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Time Magazine Article: Now’s the Time To End Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://time.com/3939143/nows-the-time-to-end-tax-exemptions-for-religious-institutions/?xid=newsletter-brief.

june 28, 2015 .

nows the time to end tax exemptions for religious institutions.

Hold Me-Thrill Me

I have five comments on the article quoted above.

1. The U.S. Constitution bars the government from establishing a state religion or preventing the free exercise of religion.

2. Therefore, no church should be forced to perform same-sex marriages if such a marriage is against their beliefs.

3. Christians should not expect Caesar to abide by their beliefs and should refrain from attempting to deny the LGBT community their lawful civil rights. Separation of church and state is an established rule in the U.S.

4. Determining which church or church activity merits IRS tax exemption is difficult and risks the integrity of the church/state divide.

5. Whereas, taxing the real estate holdings of all churches and charitable institutions would be much simpler and would in fairness contribute to the expenses of the local community which bears the burden of providing services to all in the community including churches and charitable institutions.

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The Verdict: God is Not Good.

by cappytan in

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not sure if this video has been posted before here or not, but it is a powerful scene.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx7irfn2gdi.

i haven't watched the entire movie yet, but from this scene alone, i will be..

Hold Me-Thrill Me

"do you believe god is all-knowing, all-powerful and all-loving?

God is all-powerful. God loves those who love. God is all knowing in those things he wants to be all knowing in. Why should God care whether an amoeba exists or not?

That is foolish thinking.

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