Drinking when you are depressed almost never helps. The secret is drinking better booze. Beer or cheap stuff just makes you feel more depressed. However, if you drink a nice $100 bottle of wine, or a few glasses of Macallan 18 or Glenmorangie 18 scotch you'll actually feel better. You won't have near the hang over tomorrow either.
After drinking good stuff you tend to remember better that actually things aren't really that bad. You aren't in Iraq getting shot at, you didn't just learn you have 24 hours to live, and you aren't in prison.
Have a nice glass of scotch and relax, better days could be starting tomorrow.

Cheers

Edit after reading more info:
Sorry for your loss. But seriously, better days are ahead. Have a drink tonight, you deserve it, but don't drive. Things will get better though.

Fascinating, simply fascinating....

The sky is blue, definately blue.

It's a religion for movie stars. They worship Tom Cruise.

Feral,
Is it possible some of us were created but some have evolved from monkeys?

It's not fake. I live in Houston and it's all over the news. It's getting referred to the Grand Jury. No jury in Texas would ever convict him though. He wasn't very smart saying what he said on the phone though, if he would have said "stop you're scaring me" it wouldn't even be an issue.

The problem is that this isn't a sharing of beliefs. This is a tell us what you believe and we'll tell you why we don't like it.
Someone asks for proof that God exists.
I tell them how I proved to myself he exists.
Someone else tries to tell me that my view is incorrect.
I try to explain my beliefs and get sucked into a tit for tat argument that could go on for years.

You guys can believe whatever you want to believe. However, if you do want to find the truth there is a way.

If you look in a bible instead of Wikipedia you'l see that Chapter one is an overview of the creation process while the other chapters drill down into the details. Nothing sinister, these are just taken out o context.

But what would it take for you to feel comfortable with the bibles account? At some point you have to trust and have a little faith. To always require absolute proof of everything must be a cumbersome way to live.


No, it's arrogant to demand it.



Some of your posts rejecting the "biblical" God border on, if not actually are blasphemy of the Holy Spirit which is the only unforgivable sin. I'm just guessing that their might be more. Either way you would have to ask to be forgiven which I'm sure won't happen.



You obviously didn't or we wouldn't be having this conversation. You seem to contridict yourself often. How can you accept someone as your Lord and Saviour if you don't believe they are real? BTW, teh ball is never in His court, it's always in yours. If you've gone to church as much as you claim, you should know that.



That was actually more for the benefit of others that might be reading this that are searching. I think you feel you've found what you were looking for. I'm just trying to keep anyone from following you over the cliff.



The reason I posted in response to you is because I'm not buying what you are selling. Originally, someone asked about proof of God. I told them how I got my proof. I'm not selling anything.



I really wish I had the free time some of you seem to have. I really did not want to get into this type of argument. I'm way too busy for this nonsense. The real short version is that if you want to know for sure God exists you have to seek him out. The clouds aren't going to open up set a bush on fire and ask you if you're satisfied.
I can't really keep this back and forth stuff up. It doesn't seem to make a difference anyway.

Ah, so World War 2 didn't happen because we cannot trust the historians that wrote about it? The Romans never existed because we have no proof other than written accounts and some ruins?

If I was to produce evidence of God what would it be? What would it take to prove it? Him coming down and signing autographs? Photo ops with Paris Hilton? Maybe we can ask him to send you something notarized in the mail. Actually, wait a minute. How do I know YOU exist?
It’s arrogant to insist God prove to you his existence. He sent his only son to die on the cross for your sins, I would assume that thinks he’s done enough.

Like I said before, if you really want to know he exists there’s a path to follow. It’s not a 123 path, it takes some faith, the opening of your heart, and letting go of your human tendency to need instant gratification. You will not find what you seek in a message on an Internet site either. It takes a little more effort than that.

God did come to Earth and prove his existance, you are just choosing to not believe the recorded history of it. Asking him to prove it to each person individually on the planet throughout all time makes no sense. The burden of proof is on you, not him.

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that God exists? Well actually there is. It does require some effort on your part though.
Have you ever been at a job that hires a lot of school age kids? Have you ever heard one say to coworkers or tell his boss “Hey, if you pay me more I’ll work harder!”. We all look at him and try to explain that it doesn’t work that way. Work harder and you’ll earn a raise.
Proving God’s existence is a lot like that. It can be proved but only to yourself not as common knowledge. If you have faith, attend church, study the bible (with an open heart), and believe God exists, then he’ll show you beyond a doubt that he does exist.
The inability to “prove” God’s existence is by design. The less you need proof, the more proof you’ll get.
Just beware when someone tells you that their religion is better because you get to do whatever you want. Even a moderate amount of wisdom should raise a red flag when someone offers you an easier path.

Yes I can, he's standing right here beside me.

I'm going to write in vote for Fred Thompsons wife. I could handle watching her on TV anytime....

Climatologists and weather "experts" cannot even tell me if it's going to rain this weekend. In the 70's we were going into an ice age that was going to kill everyone, then we were going to get hit by a comet, then massive earthquakes in Arkansas, killer hurricanes in New York.....etc. I have trouble trusting these guys at this point. I just know I'll go into shock if I ever turn on the news the the anchor says "Well folks, actually today was a pretty good day. Nothing bad happened and I see no impending doom in the forcast." Ratings would plummet.

Hi creativesoul, thanks for the welcome.

I think I'm a little more traditional in my beliefs. I think too many people reject parts of the bible they don't like. It's gets watered down to the point that many people never read the bible, never go to church, and think as long as they're a nice person they'll be alright. I think the things that are in there are there for good reason.
Don’t get me wrong though. I haven’t done well at all on this myself. I’d love to get rid of that pesky pre-marital sex sin. I have a really hard time following that one and I’m sure at some point I’m going to have a lot of explaining to do but I do think it’s a sin and understand why it’s a sin.
Anyway, this is for a different thread...

I go to a fairly large church in the Houston area but one of the things I like about it is that the financials are very open. We know what the pastor gets paid and we know he puts his money where his mouth is.
Televangelism I think is something that has the most potential for abuse. Watching church on TV doesn't count to me anyway. They pray on telling people that they can buy their way into heaven.

Thanks for the hellos! I'm enjoying reading the thoughts of others although the thoughts of some are a little disturbing...

I don't think "God's Plan" refers to a master plan for what's going to happen to everyone in the future. I think the whole bible is the plan. If you follow it's teachings then you will have God's result. If carpenters get plans to build a house and choose not to follow the plan then the result might not be as the plan creator designed.
By the same token if you follow God's plan and choose a spouse wisely, treat them the way God teaches, don't be a drunkard, worship, study his teachings, etc. Then the result will be what God intended for you.
Obviously God doesn't plan in advance that a person is going to be a pedophile and I don't think anyone that follows his plan could be.