chrisjoel
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Christians
by chrisjoel inits been a while since i've dwelled on things "religious"...and i guess im due.
im often curious when ppl insisting that a faith is necessary and raise the christian eyebrow at anyone without jesus in their heart.and further, that if i dont have any faith well, it s not they that will judge me its god.
they are not the judges of anyone and they love me after all!
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chrisjoel
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever. He does not change. we must have patience and wait on him. In the meantime we believers will continue to glorify his holy name. We do not live on our time we live on his time.
Real ONe:.....Keep repeating "Because the Bible tells me so!" "Because the Bible tells me so, because the Bible tells me so......Seriously though, Good health to you my friend.
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Christians
by chrisjoel inits been a while since i've dwelled on things "religious"...and i guess im due.
im often curious when ppl insisting that a faith is necessary and raise the christian eyebrow at anyone without jesus in their heart.and further, that if i dont have any faith well, it s not they that will judge me its god.
they are not the judges of anyone and they love me after all!
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Yes, I agree. but....a lot has changed over the centuries having to do with christianity ...still we value our health and we value our family ..those things have stayed the same
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Christians
by chrisjoel inits been a while since i've dwelled on things "religious"...and i guess im due.
im often curious when ppl insisting that a faith is necessary and raise the christian eyebrow at anyone without jesus in their heart.and further, that if i dont have any faith well, it s not they that will judge me its god.
they are not the judges of anyone and they love me after all!
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chrisjoel
Its been a while since I've dwelled on things "religious"...and I guess im due. Im often curious when ppl insisting that a faith is necessary and raise the Christian eyebrow at anyone without Jesus in their heart.And further, that if I dont have any faith well, it s not they that will judge me its GOD. They are not the judges of anyone and they love me after all! oh..and God loves me too!. (Now i know why I lost intrest in the WTBTS). At any rate......for all the non judgmental Christians out there who love me, here's some food for thought. The point of which will become apparent....Lets say today you are a Christian. A true Christian . Someone who is not a member of a cult but who has a personal relationship with the Christ of the Bible. The time is today the hour is NOW. You are the part of the Body of Christ..ect..ect..Well. lets take a look where "We" were not too far long ago shall we.
with the passage of time....a little bit more time...still some more..........and .whew.....even more ...time...and...............here we are...
2000 yrs ago-Jesus is Born (lots of arguing)
Jesus starts a new religion..(lots of arguing)
The Apostlic Era-(lots of arging)
Paul-turns Jesus church into an institution..(lots of arguing)
and...then came wars...Rome and the Jews.......
then came the Gentiles...
then came a religion to die for...(.lots of arguing..)
then came the martyrs
but UTOPIA never came.....the end of the world never came...
so....., then came THE CHURCH....the hierarchy...
then came the heretics.....lots and lots of arguing...
that institution merged with the EMPIRE..c300..
But the EMPIRE fell...but the
Insitution survived...thus came dark ages...
then came the Monks/monasteries.....then came plagues, wars, ...collapse of Western Empire...
then came more controversy, shisms, .....
then came a Renaissance....
then a Reformation,...
Then came Science....technology...logic..
and ..then went Magic with myth...along with religion..
then came industry. pollution...ect..
But UTOPIA never came....no Rapture, No Armageddon..
So where are we now?...A quest to find out who Jesus really is...lots of books on "the historical Jesus"."lots of books on faith"..since in an age of science walking on water, being born of a virgin, or experiencing a resurrection after death are no longer sensible...
In the End we are back to the Start..we've come full circle...Had you live in previous centuries, you would be talking about Jesus, the way they talked about Jesus then. But this is just a gander at historical Christianity. ....the point is the message of Jesus in the Bible may not even be his message. No one today ever talked to him If Jesus words in the Bible help you fulfill a meaningful life and to deal with all the pain you may be experiencing in this world then I say this person's words are worthy of your attention. If you want to worship this person, by all means..IF you want to make this person your God. .by all means.
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"Real one" threatens athiests with Jugement Day! Why do Christians do this?
by Witness 007 in"real one" is a christian on this site and gets involved in many debates with athiests.
on my thread "jesus was just a man" he said:"non-beleivers will see jesus one day and you will not be happy.
" on my trinity thread:".....oh his {gods} existence is established.
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all u need to do is watch "Jesus Camp"....your other brothers in christ ....
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"Real one" threatens athiests with Jugement Day! Why do Christians do this?
by Witness 007 in"real one" is a christian on this site and gets involved in many debates with athiests.
on my thread "jesus was just a man" he said:"non-beleivers will see jesus one day and you will not be happy.
" on my trinity thread:".....oh his {gods} existence is established.
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Unbelievable. Realone im on your side with this. What these ppl dont realize ,apparently including, your so called brothers in christ, is that God himself in the Bible pronounces judgment on all unbelievers. Blood will be all over the place..ect..ect..so u are being just like God. Bravo i say. While these other CHrist i ans just sit back and just preach lovy lovy stuff at least u are talking about the judgment aspect of the Bible. Your in fact no different than God in this way.If ur gona be a Christian might as well Be like God i always say...oh wait..maybe that the side the other CHrisTian half like to IGNORE.
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Not my generation...but she performed this on the Sopranos..and whats good for Tony is good for me. So u better like it or else...badabum...lol
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Who's Going to the Memorial Tonight?
by daniel-p inok everyone, who has to go to the memorial tonight?
check in here, state the reason you have to go, and when you get back, let us know how it went and your impressions.
for me, i have to go for my family--since i'm doing the fade i figure it won't kill me to go.
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I went. Had to ....but....an elder who ive known since childhood ...and havent seen in yrs...gave me a hug knowin full well my "apostate " background.and that im stil lDFd....nice guy i still like him. THe local cong usuallly go to the local assembly hall for their memorial. They had like 1302 ppl there..seemed like less than usual ..lots of emtpy seats beside me...Usual crap ..how do u know if U are to partake of the emblems...blah blah blah....membership drive meeting mostly.
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Do you believe we are alone (Aliens, God and Angels)?
by Layla33 ina post someone else made, just made me want to start a discussion on the ideas of aliens, people from other planets, etc and our ideas of god, jesus and angels/demons.. the first time i ever even thought about this on any real level was when i was taking a greek mythology course and we were talking about avatars and the like, at the very same time i was taking a philosophy course and started discussing "did god create man or did man create god".
it was during that semester that that a group of friends and i started having these very existential discussion which lead to some very interesting questions and dialogue.
i have never looked at things the same.. flash forward to about three and a half years ago and through a chain of events, i am in a room with people from nasa working on a grant proposal.
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Press representative to Dick Cheney POINT blank question: Sir have you been briefed on the question of Ufo's?
Dick Cheney: "If i had been briefed on Ufo's, I wouldn't been able to talk about it."..next question....