I agree with many points in this thread. I think that all the people that think they should be allowed to think and choose as they wish...should also do the same with Christians.....I have had this battle with every single person here. I am told what I believe is myth......hmmmm that to me doesn't seem to be letting me believe as I choose....

I am set in my beliefs but I also say anyone can believe what gets them through the day......."free will" says so.......I love all people but I don't love their sin....But I am also not that person so that is their gig not mine....And for no man to sin is a dellusion if they think that way....for all sin.

If a Christian enters a room and tells all they are sinners....well shame on them. If I saw this as a Christian they would get a tongue lashing...

In order for their to be sin it stems from right and wrong. Now of course if you don't want to look at the bad as sin.....I think that is perfectly fine. But for me I do look at bad as sin.....Now let's break this down a bit. If my phone rings and my youngest picks it up....And I say I am not here even though I am....Is that a sin....no....is it wrong....yes because it is showing my daughter that lying is ok. And some might say this type of "white" lie is ok.....for me no....It would be better and set the better example to answer and say you are busy and will call back.

yes bad can comes in many forms and yes Christians hold themselves up to high standards...but also can be the biggest sinners because of the expectations placed on them. It doesn't matter if a sin hurts anyone a sin is a sin.

And I agree babies are not born bad.....Jesus loves the children the most....Out of the mouths of babes. I do however believe that once a child knows right from wrong...they can choose to be bad or good. I also believe that when your a child of bad bad circumstances you grow up to do the same. I also believe in generational curses.....which I won't go into here...but maybe later.

And I think you misunderstand original sin.....No one can sin until they know the difference between right and wrong....Take for example the kid that went and killed another lil boy for no other reason then to watch it happen...this was a huge case. He started off killing animals and it just escalated....Now he knew that it was wrong and he still did it anyway.....was this now bad or sinful behavior.....Both....because you never never take the life of another....sin...But I also think he was a classic case of his environment.

It is no one job's to judge anyone. Only one Judge...and trust me that is no one here. I think the only major difference at least for me....Is when I sin...I know it instantly....it doesn't change that I sinned or maybe it does......Because I try to live as if I walk with Jesus and what would he do?

Peace love

& Bobby Sherman......gigglesnort

A man and a woman are opposite polarities that attract like magnets. During sexual intercourse they exchange energy which climaxes into a huge exchange of energy called orgasm. Man needs the female energy and woman needs the male energy to balance each other. According to Taoist teachings (foot note: book “Taoist Secrets of Love, Cultivating Male Sexual Energy” by Mantak Chia and Michael Winn) a man has a limited amount of sexual energy and a woman has an unlimited amount of sexual energy. Woman can achieve multiple orgasms but in most cases man cannot. It means woman is far superior to man when it comes to sex. That would explain why in most cases men often fall asleep after intercourse and women seem to have enough energy to go for a jog around the block. On the other hand, women loose their sexual energy during menstruation, resulting in moodiness, and being emotional, or they may experience a change in their sexual desire at this time. It is not the act of ejaculating semen or discharging menstrual blood that makes us loose energy, but it is just the physical outcome of energy being moved out. To me this sexual imbalance is still an unsolved mystery. Since men and women are supposed to be equal opposites, which function in a perfect balance and harmony, then why the difference when it comes to sex and sexual energy?


http://www.crystalhealings.com/Light%20Being%201-3.htm

That's only during the full moon though. I can't help it if some of my ancestors were raped by those bastard flesh eating reptilians.

I'm a good vampire though. Like Angel and Moonlighter, I fight crime and evil vampires.

But don't piss me off. I have split personalities. I can't control all of them.

Jeanniebean is one of the X-men????

Thanks
So how are you?

Schools all but finished now!
I have to wait until next spring to take my last class, microprocessors.
I've checked with 3 other schools so I coulds get it sooner, but none offer it till the spring semester, but Im down to 6 credits left!
Yay!!!

If Adam and Eve were the first to be born then is it not true that brothers and sisters had sex with the blessing of their " GOD " to multiply ? !.

Religious debates over Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling stem largely from assertions that the Harry Potter novels contain occult or Satanic subtexts.

This opposition comes from branches of Abrahamic religions, with some members of Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox Christians, in addition to Shia and Sunni Muslim faiths, arguing against the series.

In the United States calls for the books to be banned from schools have led occasionally to widely publicised legal challenges, usually on the grounds that witchcraft is a government-recognised religion and that to allow the books to be held in public schools violates the separation of church and state.

Religious opposition has also surfaced in other nations. The Orthodox churches of Greece and Bulgaria have campaigned against the series, and members of the Vatican hierarchy have voiced opposition.
The books have been banned from private schools in the United Arab Emirates and criticised in the Iranian state-run press.

Much of the criticism is from Christian groups, especially those of a fundamentalist tendency, who believe the series' alleged pagan imagery is dangerous to their children.

So, if you have read the series, do you think it promotes Pagan religions

If you are Pagan, do you think that HP series does the belief system credit.

... or is it just a yomping good yarn?

Redykeulous I, truly, think you are bored. You are always here to debate. I don't feel I should have to defend my beliefs to you. I am probably just as bored as you to be writing this. well, actually I am just waiting for the charcoal to get hot. I am grilling chicken, ribs and fish. Yummy

yup, a part time vocation indeed.

Let me guess......

no one has ever insulted a believer yet, until this professor did?

right?


how many insults can be hurled?

How many temptations and taunts can be hurled with impunity?

seventy times seven?

innumerable, is my guess.

carry on defending the athiest.

he is just one guy and oddly mistaken for being a stereotypical hater.

Such assumptive retribution by the Marine is despicable, right? So much for fear.

Doesn't the athiest have every right to exploit the believers?

Why shouldn't he? He doesn't believe in God at all.

Let him taunt, I say.

Every day and all day.

May his class be full and overflowing with likeminded students.

I am sure the institutions of higher education wouldn't mind a bit as long as paying customers are treated with extracurricular and off topic tests of manners all in the name of fun.

Yes, we should be tolerant of that, yes indeed.

Wwe should all applaud his right to taunt anything.

Who are we to judge his liberties?

Who are we to even be offended by such ridicule?



On the other hand.....

It is absurd to taunt God that has given no indication of ever intervening in the life of any that chooses not to believe.

God doesn't taunt or tempt any man, but men tempt and taunt God out of the same heart that accredits God with man's attributes.

Yeah, right.

get a clue.

Q: Why do atheists have so much anger towards Christians?

A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist and a member of the ACLU.

One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, 'God, if you are
real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes.' The lecture room fell silent.
You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, 'Here I am God. I'm still waiting.' It got
down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him;
knocking him off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to his seat and sat there silently.
The other students were shocked, stunned, and sat there looking on in silence. The professor eventually came to,
noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine and asked, 'What the heck is the matter with you? Why did you do that?'
The Marine calmly replied, 'God was too busy today protecting America’s soldiers who are protecting your right to
say stupid stuff and act like an idiot. So, He sent me.'