Jythier

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Too bad about those who were 'helping' Tsunami victims. That's very sad to me. They should have helped everyone first. Sometimes physical needs should come first, in order to open a door to the spiritual need. If they were going to pick and choose, they should have helped those nonbelievers first - the believers go to heaven if they die. It doesn't sound right to me what they were doing. It does sound like exploiting - what kind of conversio

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Here's some things you don't have to do to be saved, according to that passage. Stop being gay Stop murdering people Stop sleeping with your side piece Etc.

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John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." Romans 5:8 "when we were in our sin

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Ah, guys, I'm pretty sure Romney is telling everyone to vote for him.

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Yes sir, they are. And always glad to stop by. You have a wonderful writing style and good 'grandpa' stories (my grandpa would always tell us fun stories about his life...)

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Also, I paraphrased the idea behind many scriptures. If I quoted actual scripture I would give you the reference. But that doesn't mean it's not Christian. If we went with that, we'd have to say that the rapture isn't Christian, the trinity isn't Christian, because the words are not mentioned in scripture... no, they are, but they are words that describe things that the Bible talks about over many passages.

Reply to Delusional beliefs and their harm to humanity in Ethics JoeUser Forums

Did you do the science yourself?

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God doesn't tell me to stone homosexuals on sight. That was part of a legal system that was given specifically to the Jewish nation, God's people, people who were supposed to be set apart and holy as a nation. I am not of that nation, so I don't have to follow the laws to that nation. Jesus came and gave many examples of grace (to you, common sense) where he, for example, didn't stone the woman caught in adultery, but let her go. <

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You say we hate, GFT, but what I see from Lula was a genuine concern for the health of those practicing homosexuality. As for how a Christian is supposed to act, we should love God and love other people. This isn't rocket science, it's just difficult to actually do it due to our selfish natures. Love means taking care of people spiritually and physically, but spiritually always matters more.

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[quote who="Anthony R" reply="13" id="3252834"]Obama slithered out of the debate without answering the Libya question on security and Candy Crowley who looks like the love child of Dudley Moore and Fred Gwynn helped him. [/quote] Is it really relevant what Candy Crowley looks like?

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Why do you trust what the videos say?

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[quote who="GirlFriendTess" reply="35" id="3252338"]Quoting Jythier, reply 33They assume the Bible isn't the Word of God. Is it ... then prove it. Your god didn't write it, your god didn't dictate it and your god didn't repeatedly edit it trying to make it a little more palatable. All you have is hearsay ... he said she said they said. Try taking this silly opinion to a court of law. Personally I don't know the people enough to make such fraudulent stipulations. Any o

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What I feel the need to express to you, though, is that you are perfectly free to go about your business not believing in this country, same as I am free to go about my business believing. If I pray, you don't have to join in. If I read the Bible, you don't have to listen or learn from it. However, I don't see where that gives you the right to stop me from praying, or stop me from reading the Bible, whether it's a public meeting or not. If I'm at a

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[quote who="ExpressoKid" reply="34" id="3252322"]"Freedom of religion"... What happened to "Freedom of NO religion?" Religions want everybody to tolerate them, but isn't tolerance supposed to go two ways? For example; The Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Islam & Christianity) are by default not tolerant religions. They are designed that way. Why should people tolerate what does not tolerate them? I think there should be a quid pro quo here. If for example Christiani

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[quote who="Tova7" reply="9" id="3252273"]Quoting LORD-ORION, reply 5Obama wins the election, unless something radical happens, like he punches a baby or something. I like an optimist! But I hope you're wrong. Four more years of this? Seriously, even if Romney can't do anything about the economy, just a change in command will garner more confidence. BO's face will forever be linked with debt and death. Quoting Jythier, reply 4Too

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Despite not liking Obama's policies, I doubt he would intentionally punch a baby in an election year.

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They aren't the best minds on the planet if they can't even figure out that God exists. They make the assumption that there is no God. They make the assumption that the researcher before them didn't make faulty assumptions. They assume the Bible isn't the Word of God. Other researchers assume the Bible is the Word of God, that there is a God, that the researchers before them may have made faulty assumptions, and they come to vastly different con

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The kids get to play video games sometimes, but it usually ends in fighting, so it's limited. They like to act things out, build guns with their blocks, etc. Growing up, I used to have these little plastic jumping frogs. I would set them up as a football team and have them play against each other. Imagination is a wonderful thing, and my kids have it. They pretend all the time. It's wonderful to watch. Video games can limit that, but

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Actually, in 4 years I hope they have a female moderator who is anxious to prove that they can do it right, and do so. Too bad nobody asks the right questions about reproductive health for women. Like why midwives aren't covered by insurance plans, and why nobody is doing anything about that. That choice, you know, one that has nothing to do with killing babies, has been taken away in many places. The choice of the location of birth, who is attending, etc. is att

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I don't like long games, so I'll use CTRL-N until I find the worst possible starting location. Then, I'll be crushed immediately and can go do something else!

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Who the heck is Candy Crowley? Why can't the moderators just let the candidates debate? Obama could have said that he said it was a terrorist attack. He'd be lying, then, instead of the moderator. 3 minutes is a lot of time when you're talking, and that's how much extra time she gave Obama, as well. If you really believed in Obama's chances, you wouldn't need to cheat.

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Your historical scientists look at something sitting here today, ask "How did this happen?" and then make stuff up, and call it science. Then, they look at something else, and say, "It's like this one... so that must be the same thing that happened as that." Now that looks a lot more like science, and so it perpetuates itself, but it all came from someone making stuff up.

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[quote who="GirlFriendTess" reply="161" id="3252016"] Quoting lulapilgrim, reply 160And the hate continues...You hate gays, Muslims, Jews, atheist, anyone remotly associated with another religion and everyone else that doesn't capitulate to your church ... I don't. You have a pretty big shit list to be going around accusing others of hate.[/quote] No, you think Christians hate them, because you are completely misled as to what Christianity actually is.

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Any health care reform that supposedly is fixing women's reproductive health issues, and is allowing them choice, but makes contraception coverage required but not midwifery care is absolutely idiotic.

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UPS - we're not responsible for what we do.