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skinnychick @skinnychick (6905) • United States 6 Dec 07

Ok so I'm watching TV and some show on cable actually did a documentary on The Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka Kansas- this supposedly Christian Baptist church is against homosexuality so they go and picket on the side of the...

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dickkell Yeah, we could work with that. Bowling for Jesus with the Holy rollers!

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soadnot @soadnot (1606) • Canada 12 Dec 07

Not only on this discussion website, but all over the wold there is a huge reluctance to answer simple questions about religion and the rebuttals to criticisms always wind up short or the critics are simply ignored. is that...

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dickkell That seems a bit like an attack. Prophecy isn't evidence? That's insane. Prophecy is one of the most important evidences we have. If you could examine the world situation and acurately forecast what would happen in one hundred years, people would find you...

17 Dec 07

skinnychick @skinnychick (6905) • United States 6 Dec 07

Ok so I'm watching TV and some show on cable actually did a documentary on The Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka Kansas- this supposedly Christian Baptist church is against homosexuality so they go and picket on the side of the...

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dickkell It's not really about "scientific." The wind is invisible, but you can tell it's there because you feel it and see it's effects. God is the same way. He's not visible to your eyes (at least most of the time), but you feel him, and you can see the effects of...

17 Dec 07

skinnychick @skinnychick (6905) • United States 6 Dec 07

Ok so I'm watching TV and some show on cable actually did a documentary on The Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka Kansas- this supposedly Christian Baptist church is against homosexuality so they go and picket on the side of the...

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dickkell There a number of things I would like to respond to here, so bear with me. I'm going to start at the end. You said "I don't want to slam Christians, for myself itisn't right. For others who are into it, have at it..." The problem is that Jesus made a clear...

13 Dec 07

kayakalp @kayakalp (272) • India 1 Dec 07

Ageless Wisdom says that whatever pain or suffering you are going thru right now is because of your past karma. I believe in this. However, one question which keeps coming to my mind is that: If I am paying for my sins (done in...

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dickkell The philosophy that espouses Karma teaches that whatever is happeining to you in this life is a just punishment or reward for your behaviors in your previous life, and you must allow each person to experience the fullest reward or punishment. That means it is...

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dianagnes @dianagnes (1088) • Singapore 7 Dec 07

Jesus did not die.Jesus,the prophet and Messiah is alive and will return to the earth in the near future.We are muslims who love Jesus,believe in all his miracles and noble morality,know that he will come back to the world again...

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dickkell The New Testament is the most reliable source of information about Jesus. In terms of historocity, you can't accept a document written centuries after an event as more reliable than one written within decades of the event. It is well understood that the nearer...

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skinnychick @skinnychick (6905) • United States 6 Dec 07

Ok so I'm watching TV and some show on cable actually did a documentary on The Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka Kansas- this supposedly Christian Baptist church is against homosexuality so they go and picket on the side of the...

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dickkell Yes, but their hypocrisy doesn't change the REAL message of the scripture. Too many people wander around aimlessly Hypocrite hunting, and naturally, they will eventually find hypocracy in everything. Does that mean that nothing is real or has meaning, or does...

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Mike227 @Mike227 (155) • Australia 7 Dec 07

I hope you can help me here, as I have serious sleeping problems. I need to take strong medication to "shut down". So far I cannot think of one single reason, why it couldn't be me or anyone else. Because you don't need to...

return of the messiah

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dickkell It's not a matter of statistics but simple semantics. Ressurrection means to rise from the dead. It involves restoring life to what was previously lifeless. Now, having once restored life to the lifeless, you would have to die again to be resurrected again....

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Mike227 @Mike227 (155) • Australia 7 Dec 07

I hope you can help me here, as I have serious sleeping problems. I need to take strong medication to "shut down". So far I cannot think of one single reason, why it couldn't be me or anyone else. Because you don't need to...

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dickkell You and I can say "I am WHAT I am." But only God can say "I am THAT I am." It reveals a self-existance that is not true of any human being. "I am that I am" means that is in not possible that I am not. And there are many concieveable realities in which I...

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Mike227 @Mike227 (155) • Australia 7 Dec 07

I hope you can help me here, as I have serious sleeping problems. I need to take strong medication to "shut down". So far I cannot think of one single reason, why it couldn't be me or anyone else. Because you don't need to...

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dickkell How can you raise someone from the dead twice. You need to be more precise with your words. Ressurection describes what happened to Jesus. He was killed, and His lifeless body laid in a tomb. He was completely dead. Then, God raised Him BODILY from the dead....

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Mike227 @Mike227 (155) • Australia 7 Dec 07

I hope you can help me here, as I have serious sleeping problems. I need to take strong medication to "shut down". So far I cannot think of one single reason, why it couldn't be me or anyone else. Because you don't need to...

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dickkell The name that God revealed to Moses was "I AM that I AM." This became the basis for the tetragammon YHWH, which was the unspeakable name of God. In his "I AM" statements, Jesus was applying this unspeakable name to Himself - that is to say he was clearly...

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skinnychick @skinnychick (6905) • United States 6 Dec 07

Ok so I'm watching TV and some show on cable actually did a documentary on The Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka Kansas- this supposedly Christian Baptist church is against homosexuality so they go and picket on the side of the...

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dickkell If you approach the Bible with your own preconcieved notions, it's possible to readinto the text any message you want. This is true of all written works. I could take Mein Kampf, look at it out of context, and "prove" that Hitler was the greatest advocate of...

8 Dec 07

skinnychick @skinnychick (6905) • United States 6 Dec 07

Ok so I'm watching TV and some show on cable actually did a documentary on The Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka Kansas- this supposedly Christian Baptist church is against homosexuality so they go and picket on the side of the...

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dickkell Holy rollers is a derogatory term applied to early Charismatic Christians in the 20th century. It is not an appropriate description of Westboro (who strongly resist the charimatic teachings), nor should it be applied to Charismatic or Pentecostal Christians...

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Mike227 @Mike227 (155) • Australia 7 Dec 07

I hope you can help me here, as I have serious sleeping problems. I need to take strong medication to "shut down". So far I cannot think of one single reason, why it couldn't be me or anyone else. Because you don't need to...

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dickkell Simple correction. Jesus did make His own Messianic claims. Throughout the Gospels, He calls Himself the "Son of Man." This refers to certain prophecies by the prophet Daniel which were, in the culture of the time, seen as clearly referring to Messiah....

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jean_gomez3 @jean_gomez3 (105) • Philippines 4 Dec 07

I dont read bible a lot,but I want to know more and to learn whats in the bible only that its so confusing because there are too many chapters and verses in the bible...

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dickkell Magik - this is simply not true. Portions of the bible were written years after the events they describe, but other portions were written extremely close to the events they describe, such as the New Testament. Most scholars will agree that the earliest...

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