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The boy that visited Heaven
by PSacramento inhttp://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42191453/ns/today-today_people/t/meet-boy-who-says-he-visited-heaven-saw-jesus/#.tuzkdfbcbdc.
what's your idea of heaven ?
a little boy from nebraska thinks he has a good idea because he said he's been there.
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To my fellow believers
by PSacramento inwill you take responsibility for yourself?
will you give yourself to our lord?.
or will you follow man?.
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An uncaring Jesus?
by PSacramento ina friend of mine and i were discussing chritianity the other day and he mentioned that, at times, jesus seemd rather cruel and outside the proper tradions of the jewish people.. how so i asked?.
ex:matthew 8:21-22, where a man wants to follow jesus and askes to be allowed to bury his dead father and jesus replies for him to let the dead bury the dead.. there is also the case of matthew 15:21-28 with the cannanite woman who's daughter was possed and jesus said that he was their for the jews and that it would not be right to take the childrens bread and toss it to the dogs.. both passages are rather, well...cruel.. but.. in my view, and this is mine, they seemed to be "tests" that jesus was doing, in regards to the cannanite woman, her answer to the crule comparision was simply that even dog's eat the crumbs off their masters table and jesus' reply was that she had great faith and that her daughter was healed.. it seemed to me as a test of how much we are willing to give of ourselves ( in this case pride) for the betterment of our loved ones, she was more than willing to be humble and as such, her duaghter was saved.. in regards to the man who wanted to bury his father, something that was crucial in jewish law (honour they father) it seemed to me as being another test, i would think that if the man has said yes right away that jesus probably would have said, " go and bury your father, i will be here for you", the man's faith haveing been demonstrated to be true and willing.. .
thoughts?.
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Creating God in Our Image
by PSacramento inaccording to genesis, god created man in his image:.
"let us make man in our likeness".... but according to many it was man that created god in his image.. and perhaps they may be right.. while i certainly don't agree that if there is a god, we created him in our image but ido agree that, as humans, we created our understanding of god in our image.. that is why we give god the qualities we posses:.
he gets angry, he is jealous, he is vengeful, etc, etc.
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Rethinking Sexual repression?
by PSacramento inhttp://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=3768.
reconsidering sexual repressionthe new york post has an interesting article up on the price of sex.
summary; more women are giving it up sooner.
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Happy Rosh HaShana
by PSacramento inhappy new year 5772 to all our jewish friends !.
time to blow some shofar !!.
l'shanah tovah to all !.
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Seriously, what is wrong with US ?!?!!?
by PSacramento inno us as a internet forum but us as a people.. have you noticed how accetable violence is and how it seems unaccetable to view the human form?.
it is perfectly fine for us and our children to see violence during a sporting event, during a movie on primetime even read about "unbelievers" being destroyed by god, but if you see a pair of boobs or a butt a bit to revealing it's like freaking armageden !!!.
the other day a movie was on and there were a could or "risque" scenes that showed perhaps more cleavage than they should have, so it was blurred out, but then they showed a guy losing his head and the bloody neck stub !!!.
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Discussion? what's that?
by PSacramento infyi:.
http://cdn.twentytwowords.com/wp-content/uploads/flowchart-to-determine-if-youre-having-a-rational-discussion-e1300206446831-634x882.jpg.
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Moral improvments to God's Laws?
by PSacramento inthey say that god is the same, today, yesterday and tomorrow.. but we know that man isn't and neither is man's understanding of god.. the bible is a progressive and revelatory telling of man's interaction with god, at least i see it that way ;).
but the question of a moral and ethical god does keep being brought up and certainly one does indeed, at times, have a hard time understanding to ot understanding of god with how god is revealed via his son in the nt.. i have commented on this a few times myself, but on william lane's craig website, i found this q&a:.
question 217. subject: could gods moral commands be improved?.
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This Years Memeorial and MY heartbreak
by PSacramento inso...this years memorial came and went.. on saturday my mom called to invite my wife, myself and my two little girls to the memorial on sunday, i said thank you but said that we won't be going.. on sunday my older sister called inviting us also.. we didn't go, since my eldest daughter asked about it, i explaine dit to her and asked my wife and her if they wanted to do it at home and they said yes.. so after dinner, we all partook of our lord's sacrifice and i explained to my daughters how the taking in of christ's body and blood is symbolic for become one with christ and god.. we always remember christ and his sacrifice and last meal whenever we eat and "say grace" but, becuase of the whoel memorial meal thing, we decided to do a little more.. i read from luke and john.. it was very nice, very special.. then this morning at 8:30 am my mom calls and reams me for 40 min over the phone.. why anyone would think that i or anyone else would want to be a part of an organization that fills people with som much venom and spit, is beyond me.. she basically said that she gives up on me, that i am taken by satan, that satan is working through me and leading me and tha her heart is borken for my little girls.. my mother.... my heart is broken, there is a pain in my gut....