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06-11-2008, 05:19 PM
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Welcome Bud!
Then Saul said, "Thus shall you say to David, 'The king desires no bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king's enemies.'" 1 Samuel 18:25 ESV Speaking of dirty hippies... why is it that modern day Christians are the most clean cut and squeaky clean? To the point of irrational loathing of modern day hippies. 
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06-11-2008, 09:07 PM
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Exactly!
I think RELIGION by itself (without personal spiritual practice and faith) is a cultural vestige. FAITH and SPIRITUALITY, on the other hand can be dynamic, meaningful and deeply transformational.  Jesus never set out to start a new religion, and Christ(ianity) was not called as such until at least a generation after Jesus was executed. Religion without meaningful spiritual faith is a stale, irrelevant institution; spirituality without community or shared participation risks becoming inward-focused self gratification. Quote:
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Peace, John My Librarything MySpace My eBay World . . . . "The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.”" -Randy Pausch, from "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," also known as The Last Lecture
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06-20-2008, 04:33 PM
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Two boys were walking home from Sunday school after hearing a strong preaching on the devil. One said to the other, 'What do you think about all this Satan stuff?'
The other boy replied, 'Well, you know how Santa Claus turned out. It's probably just your Dad.'
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06-21-2008, 03:11 PM
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Sometimes I wonder if this is how all religions are made....just fast forward 100 years, presto..instant faith.
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06-21-2008, 03:23 PM
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07-02-2008, 05:58 PM
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There were two kids and they drove their parents crazy with their behavior - acting up, being destructive, etc.
The parents tried everything they could think of and when nothing else helped, they went to the Priest and asked for his help. The priest said, "The problem is that they don't know that Jesus is in their hearts and watching them all the time and sees all the bad things they are doing. Let me talk to them separately and see if I can get them to behave." The parents agreed and the priest took the first boy into a room and said to him, "Where is Jesus?" When the boy didn't respond, the priest said louder, "Where is Jesus?" The boy didn't know what to say and the priest banged his bible and yelled "Where is Jesus!?" The boy was so scared by this behavior that he ran out of the room and hid. When the second boy found him, he asked, "What happened in that room?" The first boy responded, "I don't know, but it seems they have lost Jesus and they think we have him!" (Ok - this sounded better when my cousin told it. Hope I got enough right to make it funny.)
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Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us. -- T. L. Holdcroft Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.-- S. R. Barr
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07-05-2008, 03:41 AM
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If you want to read about the bizarre beliefs, manipulative practices, and mind control tactics of scientology Operation Clambake is a site run by persons who have escaped from the cult or had family members who have done so. Some of it is pretty shocking stuff...
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Peace, John My Librarything MySpace My eBay World . . . . "The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.”" -Randy Pausch, from "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," also known as The Last Lecture
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07-05-2008, 03:55 AM
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