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Tess, here's what you do with the Bible. You read page 1. It says something, you decide it means 'this'. Then, you read page two, and you decide it means 'that', which conflicts with what you thought it said on page 1. So you decide it's contradictory of itself, instead of critically thinking about it to figure out if there is a third interpretation which fits with what the Bible actually says as opposed to what you decided it means. If th

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Also, I'm still waiting for this factual information that disavows the Bible.

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[quote who="GirlFriendTess" reply="55" id="3173299"]Quoting Jythier, reply 51You keep talking about God being a license to do anything and church masters having authority to speak for Him, but only the Bible has authority to speak for Him. My view is, since I know there is a God, and I know He's THIS powerful, I don't believe that God would let humans ruin his Word that He inspired to be written for our benefit. He's big enough to keep that from happening. So the written Word of G

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The thing that really tells me that there will be a rapture is that the church is not to be condemned like the way that the Bible says will happen to the people left on earth.

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Of course, he DOES care that you do that, because he IS your priest... but I digress... I could argue doctrine with you all day, Lula, but you already have done that with KFC so many times that I'd hate to go through it again.

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Lula, you are misinformed! The rapture isn't going to be a secret. Catholics who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ for their salvation will be raptured, as well. He doesn't care whether you believe you have to confess your sins to a priest as well, as long as you trust in Him first.

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Yeah, well, God DOES forget. On purpose. Pretty neat! Anyway, that's the gospel. That's the thing that people have died for for ~2000 years now. I would, if I were you, consider it much more closely than you appear to, because it's a big deal. The Bible isn't about a code of ethics or a way to live - it includes that, but that's not what it's about.

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2 Pastor Rick. :D

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A Christian, in the truest sense of the word, is someone who has accepted the gift of Jesus Christ taking the death penalty of our sin away from us. That is the only definition of a Christian.

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Half the reason you can't believe anyone could believe in the 'mumbo jumbo' 'magic' of the Bible is because you don't know what it actually says. If there IS a God, this is the God I would want there to be. A God that doesn't leave the answer in my frail, human hands, but in His own hands... he took care of getting me to heaven, I don't have to do anything more than accept the gift. If you think that all sounds way too easy, you're right

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Think how it works in the court system. If someone is given a fine to pay, they must pay that fine. That's justice. But if someone pays the fine for them... then they can go free. Same thing here. God is just, but God is so merciful, too, that he sent His perfect, sinless Son to die on the cross to take that death penalty off of us and onto himself. But it only works for you if you accept it. And the most grievious sin you can commit against God

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[quote who="GirlFriendTess" reply="47" id="3173095"] For all those who think they are going to heaven, I would point out that all Adam did was eat some fruit that Eve gave him: and that act so offended this benevolent loving god so much, that he stripped Adam of all his rights and condemned all of mankind forever more because of this egregious act. Lucifer and Adam were perfect designs of this god and they failed miserably. What chance does a modern materialistic and frail fallible human have

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Glad your mother is doing better, GFTess.

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I watched as Brad blogged on JoeUser, long before it became an open site. I read his blog, learned about the gaming industry, heard about the way he cared about consumers and how he just wanted to make amazing games. A TBS game that people's old computers could run too, when he made GalCiv. I've followed his career, I was around when he first posted about his new HQ building. I've been around a long time. Let me tell you

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That's the Brad Wardell who brought me to Joe User to begin with. Missed you. Referring, of course, to the innovative ways you repeatedly say, "Screw you, industry standards - we're going to do things the RIGHT way instead!"

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Dogs are property. People are not. I don't agree with cops shooting dogs for no reason. Cops do not have the right to shoot people at will, however, and probably also not dogs. But people definitely not. Every time a police officer fires his weapon, FIRES it, never mind where the bullet goes, there is an IA inquiry and he is questioned about everything that had to do with the shooting, in order to get to the facts of the case, and then is brought before a s

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That doesn't sound like Christ coming. It sounds like him staying. We meet HIM in the clouds. That's not coming. And then, after that, more things are going to happen... I don't see how this makes sense... Christ is going to come and rule on earth for 1000 years. That's what the Bible says and I'm not inclined to believe that it was metaphorical in that context or meaning anything short of 1000 years of Christ on the earth with us. So if

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So... what do you believe here?

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[quote who="Sinperium" reply="19" id="3172261"]A preterist view doesn't explain everything that's indicated to have occured by Christ's return. So this means you have to remove specific references that remain unfulfilled and say they "aren't relevant" (which opens up a whole deal about what the bible is for) or you have to generalize and smear the specificity to make them fit...redefine the whole idea of Christs return even as metaphor, etc., etc

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[quote who="Tankbushed" reply="20" id="3172188"]yeah. Honestly its much less reflexes than it is start up speed. You need to claim resources aggressively for the grind. There is an optimal balance between force building and expansion that needs to be discovered by each player. Reflexes are less necessary, the autocast AI for abilities isn't stellar but it works; you can focus on macro scale in large battles. Economy and its application, not APM, will win the game.[/quote] </

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I am still unable to watch your videos.

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Has anyone actually won a game by building a better civilization instead of having better reflexes in this game?

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The Bible is very specific in several points that make preterism not likely. Also, the things described in Revelations haven't happened yet. The way that the Bible specifically states the number of weeks that God will deal with Israel, but there's still a week left, is pretty clear as well. There's still 7 years that God is going to deal with Israel. It hasn't happened yet, and it doesn't say The Church. Israel is its own Biblical concept, whi

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Since I have this questioning mind I questioned evolution and found it wanting. Every question about the Bible is answered.

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[quote who="GirlFriendTess" reply="84" id="3172125"]lulapilgrim; No so; for the longest time religion was the controlling factor in primary education. At some point some humans decided to mature a little and actually try to encourage scientific and intellectual honesty … and we have been removing the magical nonsense ever since. We feel it is more important to teach children how the world around them works instead of telling them god did it, no need to worry how it works, now go read y