When I was eight my Grandfather, who was like a dad to me, was in a terrible accident. He suffered for days until he finally died. I became obsessed with God, the devil, and all things spiritual. I went back and forth from serious doubt to weak belief. I don't know why, but little by little my search for the truth led me to a faith in God. The Bible says the rain falls on the just and the unjust. The one question that always came back to me was- Why did all of the Apostles give their lives for thier faith? All of them held their testimony. John was the only one to not be killed, but it wasn't for a lack of trying. They boiled him in oil and when it didn't kill him they abandoned him on the isle of Patmos. Judas, after betraying Jesus, would have been a hero at the temple. The weight of what he'd done left him so hopeless that he killed himself. Even Matthias, who took Judas' place died for the faith. If Jesus had been a fake, I don't think I would have said crucify me upside down because I'm not worthy to die like my lord, Like Peter did. When they crucified Andrew, he saluted the cross and said he had awaited this moment with great anticipation. He then preached for two days, from the cross, 'till he finally died. They were skinned alive, run through with spears, beheaded, beaten with whips, imprisoned, stoned, ect. All of them held to their testimony. Many religions distort who Jesus is, this didn't stop me from looking for myself. those guys didn't die like that for nothing. I know that for myself now. God bless you!
Aculama
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(when) Did you stop believing?
by megs ini stopped believing when my husband left us because my daughter no longer wanted to attend meeting, and he was a elder.
had to seek assistance from the government to buy food and pay bills.
he took all monies with him.
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Funny Noah's Ark site
by Aculama ini thought you all might find this funny.
http://home.att.net/~hideaway_today/t133/noah.htm
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Sorry, highlight the address and move it to your address bar, then hit go. It worked for me.
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Funny Noah's Ark site
by Aculama ini thought you all might find this funny.
http://home.att.net/~hideaway_today/t133/noah.htm
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I thought you all might find this funny. http://home.att.net/~hideaway_today/t133/noah.htm
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What TV Shows Do You Think Are Overrated or Simply Not That Good?
by minimus ini used to love boston legal.
now i think it's utterly ridiculous!
too too wacky for me.. the steve wilkos show is too much of steve screaming at child molesters and wife beaters!
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Skully not Sculley....sorry!
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What TV Shows Do You Think Are Overrated or Simply Not That Good?
by minimus ini used to love boston legal.
now i think it's utterly ridiculous!
too too wacky for me.. the steve wilkos show is too much of steve screaming at child molesters and wife beaters!
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Skulley, I agree, yes sireeee, amen!
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What TV Shows Do You Think Are Overrated or Simply Not That Good?
by minimus ini used to love boston legal.
now i think it's utterly ridiculous!
too too wacky for me.. the steve wilkos show is too much of steve screaming at child molesters and wife beaters!
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I feel a large percentage are nothing but junk. I miss Wild Kingdom on Saturday nights when I was a kid.
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Vinagar tanted icecubes. You can do a half and half batch, in a tray, and choose the good ones for yourself. Just put a drop or two ( not too obvious, but nasty in tea ). This one's good to pull out on unwanted guests. You set them up by telling them your pet monkey died recently and how he peed in the strangest places.
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God or no God? I really don't know anymore.
by easyreader1970 ini am no longer sure where i stand on the whole supreme being(s) thing anymore.
but i feel like i need to find out where i stand before i move in any particular direction.
how could it exist if there was no universe?
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Easyreader1970, I struggled with the same question myself. The answer I arrived at was not the result of culture or my parent's opinion. It was DEFINATELY not arrived at from my friends advice either. I wanted to know if the supernatural existed ( not based on someone's opinion ). If I was going to believe I had to know for myself, from a personal experience. I studied and dabbled with every kind of spiritual belief I could get information on. While going through this process I discovered that the black arts didn't apeal to me because of the murderous and vengeful people that I ran into not long after I began to study it. I did have some experiences that let me know there was something at work beyond the visable world though. I then shifted to wicca and the eastern religions. These too brought some strange experiences, but left me empty. Also in my studies of world religions I began to discover that in their earliest histories and texts there were common threads. Of all the major religions I studied, and there were many, they began with animal sacrifice as atonment for the sins of man. Not only that but they, almost without exception, had a flood story and one good god with an evil or rebellious advasary. I started to develope a theory that the sons of Noah, as they settled different parts of the world might have took their religion with them. After a while they were changed, added to and so on, until they became what they are today. After this I decided to respectfully aproach the God of the Bible to see if He would reveal Himself to me. I started listening to the Bible on cassette tape and praying. As I started applying the principles of the scripture to my life something strange began to take place. My life began to improve. I found that my prayers were getting answered and an undeniable presence was at work in me. I am now a born again christian ( by my own choice ) and I have had personal times in the presence of a Holy God. I cannot prove to you or anybody else that what I say is true. I cannot prove my theory that the world religions are deviations and offshoots of Biblical teaching. I can testify to you though that I have been in the pressence of the true and living God. I, personally, was caugt up in His presence on one occasion. He has spoken to me in a way that I was convinced was supernatural in nature. None of this came easily though. I came to Him beliving that He was. He built my faith in Him slowly... line upon line, precept upon precept. I came based on His promise that He was a rewarder of those that dilligently seek Him. He is. I am at a place now where no words can seperate me from my belief and faith in Christ Jesus. If you had known me twenty years ago you would NEVER have believed I would be where I am now. No man made organization showed me God. I met Him myself. I hope you do too. God bless you.
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Four Horsemen
by cameo-d indoes wt teach that the rider on white horse is jesus?.
do the other horsemen have identities that are actually named?.
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I have always thought this to represent the anti-Christ spirit...The "form" of righteousness ( religion ), but no sword ( the Word of God ). An evil entity that misrepresents God and funnels worship belonging to God to Satan in the form of religion. I wish I could write and express myself as well as Leolaia.
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Halloween
by beksbks indoes anyone else get excited about this holiday?
i just love it!
i always did, even when i was a dub kid sitting in my room (on the front of the house) in the dark, watching all the other kids running around the neighborhood.
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When I was a kid I looked forward to Halloween more than just about anything else. The fall festivals, haunted houses, scary movies (not sick ones though), trick or treat....all that fun stuff!!! When I got a little older it got a little weird though. Some people in our area started speaking out against it and tried to make it out to be satanic. There were also some cases of tanted candy. All of these things added up to a loss of glee. I wish things were as simple and innocent for my kids as they were for me. Now my kids have to go to the mall to trick or treat. they don't even get to roll yards or leave flaming poopie bags on folks porches with a quick ring and run.