scout575
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"I Lasted 30 Years Until I Could Stand No More."
by scout575 in"i was born a "wee catholic", and as a baby baptized into it against my will.
i showed my displeasure by biting the priest's thumb regardless of the fact that, as i had no teeth, i could not draw blood.
at the tender age of six i was bundled off to the nuns for brainwashing.
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"Sick of all the fear and the lies."
by scout575 in"how i lost my faith?
i dunno - it happened by degrees.
i think it wasn't a sudden anti-epiphany.
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Is there a problem with Matthew 12:40?
by scout575 inmatthew 12:40b says: "so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
" if someone on this site were to say that jesus was 'in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights' would some helpful soul reply with a correction?
does this bible verse need to be corrected?
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
by scout575 in"for i know the thoughts that i think toward you, saith the lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
" ( jeremiah 29:11 ).
"then shalt thou say unto them, thus saith the lord, behold, i will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon david's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of jerusalem, with drunkenness.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
by scout575 in"so naaman went down to the jordan, dipped himself in it seven times, as elisha had instructed, and he was completely cured.
his flesh became firm and healthy, like that of a child.
he returned to elisha with all his men and said, "now i know that there is no god but the god of israel; so please, sir, accept a gift from me.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
by scout575 in"respect your father and your mother, as i, the lord your god, command you, so that all may go well with you and so that you may live a long time in the land that i am giving to you.
" ( deuteronomy 5:16 ).
"when you are living in the towns that the lord your god gives you, you may hear that some worthless men of your nation have misled the people of their town to worship gods that you have never worshipped before...then kill all the people in that town and all their livestock too.
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"The Threat of Bringing Me in Front of the Elders."
by scout575 in"my problem was that unlike the other holy ( marks and spencer/ next-wearing ), humble, young people in the church, i was the daughter of parents who had left the original church commune back in the seventies, before i was born.
they were back in the fellowship, of course ( no one escapes - its like star trek's 'borg'!
), but no longer elders...i met a wonderful man called stuart, but as soon as my parents found out, they threatened me with kicking me out of the house.
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"Breaking Away From it Can at Times Seem Impossible."
by scout575 in"i thought i was delivered from the bondage of cultism and "free" in my re-discovered "personal relationship with jesus christ".
nevertheless, it took me several more years to realize that i had substituted the cult-organization that clearly defined mormonism with the cult of born again christianity.".
"in many respects, i believe it may be even harder for a "born again christian" who has lost faith to come out of his/her own cult than it would be for a jehovah's witness or a mormon.
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Scriptures You Will Not Hear at the 23-04-06 Church Sermon
by scout575 in"take heed brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living god.
" ( hebrews 3:12 ).
"if any man love not the lord jesus christ, let him be anathema maranatha.