GOD will set matters straight among the nations so just put faith in GOD .....
Which one?
Why?
sizemik
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Anyone can be saved
by StopTheTears ini prayed that 2 japanese men would come to church today, and thank god that 1 said yes so far.............so please pray he and his friend would come not only to church, but to jesus.
and i meet another non christian friend on monday, please pray for her salvation.. .
when asked which is the greatest commandment, jesus replied,.
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Do You Fear Death?
by Cold Steel inwhether you're a former jw, or active jw, or some other religion, or atheist, what do you say?
do you fear death and, whether yes, no, or i don't know, why?
have changed religious views changed your view of death?
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Ripping a persons faith away, a heavy responsibility?
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sizemik
Evolution has been subjected to decades of ridicule by religionists ... less so as the evidence mounts, admittedly.
Anybody who rejects a belief does so because they see the flaws ... some of which ARE ridiculous to those that reject them.
From such a standpoint it can be very difficult to treat some beliefs as worthy of serious debate. EG; The plausibility of a talking snake, or the "How did Kangaroos get to Australia?" question. To the holder of such a belief it seems worthy ... to others, not so much. But mention a unicorn for comparison ... and you're in deep shit on the ridicule front. If something looks, and is thus treated as ridiculous, DEFEND it ... don't whine.
If the truth hurts, is it the truth's fault? ... or the fault of the falsehood it replaces?
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Ripping a persons faith away, a heavy responsibility?
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sizemik
You can't "rip a persons faith away" by discussing belief, any more than you can reinforce it ... because both rely on the choices of the individual. Everybody believes something and many are in a constant state of change. Differing viewpoints are simply part of the intellectual environment.
Unless you equate advising someone to avoid a certain food, with starving them to death ... there is no such thing.
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Anyone can be saved
by StopTheTears ini prayed that 2 japanese men would come to church today, and thank god that 1 said yes so far.............so please pray he and his friend would come not only to church, but to jesus.
and i meet another non christian friend on monday, please pray for her salvation.. .
when asked which is the greatest commandment, jesus replied,.
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sizemik
I command you to love me more than anything else ... and I command you to love everybody else too ... that's an order. Anybody not following orders will eventually be detained indefinitely without trial and tortured, because I hate disobedience. Until then, you can hate them too. Repeatedly patronising them with the usual weird bullshit is permitted however.
By Order - Heaven.
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broken hearted
by recovering in9:05am may 12i just got this facebook message from my niece.
i had always thought she was smarter than this.
she is a college educated woman in her 50's .
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sizemik
I really think it has to do with either a fear of death or wanting to fit in with other family members. . . . mrsjones5
Personal experience tends to agree . . .
When you no longer have family connections and have genuinely got past the death thing . . . all religion becomes strangely unattractive.
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Study: Belief in an angry God associated with variety of mental illnesses
by sizemik inhardly surprising to most ... but it's interesting to have a study confirm it.. people who believe in an angry, punishing god are much more likely to suffer from a variety of mental illnesses, a scientific study published in the april edition of journal of religion & health finds.. the study, conducted by marymount manhattan college assistant psychology professor nava silton, used data from the 2010 baylor religion survey of us adults to examine the links between beliefs and anxiety disorders like social dysfunction, paranoia, obsession and compulsion.. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/17/study-belief-in-an-angry-god-associated-with-variety-of-mental-illnesses/.
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sizemik
I hadn't thought of it in terms of that analogy steve2 (pets and their owners), . . . but tend to agree. If you can accommodate mass slaughter as a moral act of your God, then participation is only one step away ... like a dog protecting it's owner. And let's be honest, that's been the pattern thus far, historically.
I'm no expert, but a psychopathic personality is likely to do better in accommodating the moral position (IMO). It's those who's true moral tendencies are constantly at odds with this position, who find it a crushing weight at times and find themselves in strife. I mean, you have to hate people to want them dead right? I felt bad about it and alone at times ... but you just don't understand why at the time. My anger has subsided in proportion to regaining mental health ... and it's been 10 years. What's even more remarkable is the change in the way I view people, looking back over that time. It's not natural to hate anyone. Mental health is totally dependent on this too I believe.
I got a lot of pleasure out of watching the passing of the marriage equality bill BTW.
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Study: Belief in an angry God associated with variety of mental illnesses
by sizemik inhardly surprising to most ... but it's interesting to have a study confirm it.. people who believe in an angry, punishing god are much more likely to suffer from a variety of mental illnesses, a scientific study published in the april edition of journal of religion & health finds.. the study, conducted by marymount manhattan college assistant psychology professor nava silton, used data from the 2010 baylor religion survey of us adults to examine the links between beliefs and anxiety disorders like social dysfunction, paranoia, obsession and compulsion.. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/17/study-belief-in-an-angry-god-associated-with-variety-of-mental-illnesses/.
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sizemik
Hardly surprising to most ... but it's interesting to have a study confirm it.
People who believe in an angry, punishing God are much more likely to suffer from a variety of mental illnesses, a scientific study published in the April edition of Journal of Religion & Health finds.
The study, conducted by Marymount Manhattan College Assistant Psychology Professor Nava Silton, used data from the 2010 Baylor Religion Survey of US Adults to examine the links between beliefs and anxiety disorders like social dysfunction, paranoia, obsession and compulsion.