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Comment on “Your Inner God”? Why Yoga Should Be Compared To Drinking Bleach by Mary Raper

Mary Raper — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:19:00 +0000

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.~ Matthew 7:14

Comment on Questions For Atheists by Educated One

Educated One — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:10:00 +0000

I started to compose a lengthy reply highlighting the utter stupidity and irrelevancy of most of these questions, but I couldn’t finish because every question I began to address left me breathless from laughing so hard. ^_^ And to the guy questioning the atheists reading this thread: try not to forget that many atheists are in fact atheist because they have chosen to objectively research major world religions, and as a result have come to realize that its transience in terms of the larger picture (i.e. the Universe) is completely laughable.

Comment on “Your Inner God”? Why Yoga Should Be Compared To Drinking Bleach by ContessaLuisa

ContessaLuisa — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:47:00 +0000

Thank you, Michael, it’s time someone exposes this; but of course not too many people will care, because yoga is “in” and watered-down Christianity is the norm.

Comment on “Your Inner God”? Why Yoga Should Be Compared To Drinking Bleach by Greg

Greg — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:45:00 +0000

Its been quite a few years since I ran across a warning against yoga, martial arts etc.
back in the early 70′s, my younger sisters Christian school had them visualizing conversations with Jesus,among other pagan leanings, and I advised my mother to pull them out and put them in a pagan public school.
She didnt, but the lesson was not lost as we watched many churches and individuals slide slowly into the cesspool of eastern paganism.
Thru the years it has become clear to me at least, that Jesus explanation that men will not come to the light because their deeds are evil, applies to both pagan and ‘christian’ alike.
I think that’s the same reason folks abandon the light they do have, as has been happening like a tidal wave since the cultural revolution of the 60′s.
Evil deeds are measured in the church by worldly standards, such as murder, theft etc but I think Jesus definition of evil deeds was and is much deeper than actions, and speaks to intent and motive.
For a believer, to with hold good when its in our power is evil, as opposed to an unregenerate persons who does not know good from evil and doesnt have the indwelling Christ to do good.
So, to summarize, I quit railing against paganism in the church a few decades ago, and started preaching repentance to pagans and church members alike.
John the Baptist did the same thing, and actually, I thing Jesus did too.
We have never been church attendees, for 40 yrs, but rather gather in all sorts of ad hoc ways and places, with individuals or small groups who seem to live simply and without compromise. We have also have good relationships with honest, good hearted unbelievers, who live more transparently in their integrity than many believers. A few have become believers.
Its a shadow of a substitute for church I suppose, but its been safe, enriching and until Gods people decide to obey Him in all things Jesus commanded us, that’s going to be our journey.
blessings
Greg
Toronto Canada

Comment on “Your Inner God”? Why Yoga Should Be Compared To Drinking Bleach by Gaurav Garg

Gaurav Garg — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:03:00 +0000

hahahaha!!!!! Nice article…. Very narrow thoughts…. but still nice article

Comment on Occult Objects by Z. N.

Z. N. — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:04:00 +0000

Wait… so I can’t get massages? I’m a Christian and I don’t agree with much of this article, but I respect your beliefs.

Comment on Occult Objects by John Waite

John Waite — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:45:00 +0000

While I’m not sure about cocaine, marijuana was and still is worshipped in some forms of Shaivite Hinduism as a symbol of Shiva. I doubt the moron that made this page actually knows that though.

Comment on Questions For Atheists by James Moore

James Moore — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:22:00 +0000

Thank you for this, keep up the work towards the high calling in Jesus.

Comment on The Biblical Festivals In The Torah Are Evidence For The Christian Faith by Paradox

Paradox — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:17:00 +0000

Of course Jesus wasn’t born on December twenty-fifth!
Most people already know that His birth-day was moved to coincide with pagan holidays on purpose, to compete with them. This bold print is crucial to what I am trying to convey.
Why? The people were celebrating these holidays, but we (rightly, I should think) would have nothing of it. “Jesus is the focus of your life now. These holidays should not be. Either you are with Jesus, or you are against Him. Which is it?”

Don’t get me wrong, you mean well, but you might want to consider everything about a holiday’s origins, not just why our actions today are inconsistent with these awe-inspiring minutia.

Comment on The Ancient Hebrew Name For God Contains The Message Of The Gospel Of Jesus Christ by Paradox

Paradox — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:53:00 +0000

Maybe I’m deluded, but I recently had a theory about the meaning of one of God’s other names: “El Shaddai,” which means “God Almighty.”

It is spelled “אל שדי”. Aleph means ox, or strength. Lamed means goad, or lead. Hence, “El” means “Strong leader.”
Shin means Consume, destroy, devour. Dalet means door, tent opening. Yod means hand.

So, based on this, I theorize that a message exists in this name, and is something like, “The Strong Leader shall destroy the tent opening with His Hand.”
The Holy of Holies was separated from the rest of the temple by a curtain, which acted like a door. In the Bible, when Jesus was crucified, the curtain was ripped from the top to the bottom.

Therefore, I propose that God has given us another prophecy through His name, which was fulfilled when Jesus died.

If I think I have anything else about God’s names, I’ll put it here.

Comment on Questions For Atheists by Lulu012

Lulu012 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:40:00 +0000

“Trying to convince an atheist that God does exists, would be as complicated as trying to convince a christian that God does not exist. If a person doesn’t believe in God, I don’t think that any human being can convince him/her that there is. I believe that only God can do so. ”

exactly.

Comment on Questions For Atheists by Jo

Jo — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:25:00 +0000

A letter to an atheist and a Christian alike,
Trying to present a logical argument for a religious cause can have many of its own failings. As a Christian I will admit it now: I cannot try to win a spiritual argument with human tools. My logic, my reasoning, my persuasion or insults in the end will get me no closer to changing your heart. Knowing this, I will simply have to pray and trust God should I desire others to come to the Lord.
Now, someone on the feed suggested that Christians ought to stop attacking atheists for what they believe and witness like we were first called to do. They are right. We’ve lost sight of what’s important. Forgive us, we are only human.
Reading this feed has been frustrating. But I am called to love even when I don’t like someone and an angry vent won’t do any good. To be realistic I doubt anything can be truly resolved over an internet comment feed. o I will try to add something different and do as an atheist suggested: witness.

When I was young, I started planning my own funeral. Life is short and death is a destination we all hurtle towards. When I was first introduced to existentialism I was plunged into a mindset of despair. Nothing I do, nothing I accomplish, all I become, will, with time, surmount to nothing. In all likelihood my legacy will disappear within 2 generations. My great-grandchildren will have no recollection to what I was like as a person just like I know nothing of the kind of man my own great grandfather was. Now some legacies don’t disappear for a couple centuries, but eventually those too will be forgotten. Comb carefully through the history textbooks and whole civilizations have risen and fallen, leaving only a few ruins behind. What about civilizations that didn’t leave ruins? And so for a while everything seemed useless. Why bother? Why care? Nothing I ever did for myself would matter. Survival was a selfish act. Helping others- why? Someday they too will die and so will their legacy. No one will remember so it won’t matter.
Now we can go on and on about how maybe I can add to humanity’s scientific knowledge and thus leave my legacy that way, but I wanted to be cared for as a person, not a smart name. And what I came to really understand was that life is a long and lonely journey inside my own mind. Something like YOLO isn’t going to cut this kind of thing.
In the end, I came to understand that the meaning of life is not within the boundaries of the world. If I base my value off of man I am doomed to be forgotten. So instead I decided it is best to strive to live my life not for my own feeling of value. Right now I’m trying to give my life up for the only eternal thing I can find. And it’s hard, but at the same time freeing. There is no fear in death. The future is still scary but I have hope. There is purpose. I have a companion who knows my heart and my mind when no one else can comprehend. I am loved unconditionally and saved from my own flaws. Most importantly, with God in charge I don’t feel like I have only one shot at life that I better not screw up on. There is a plan and I trust it.
I’m no good at arguing evolution. Or Biblical history. But I find the words written in the Bible to still be true to me today. I can’t answer all of your questions. But I can tell you why I believe and hope that maybe in my story you may have something to consider. God bless.

Comment on Questions For Atheists by chris

chris — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:40:00 +0000

Tsunami Idea is interesting except that the Bible says: (Exodus 14:21-29) 21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night andmade the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23 The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,25 clogging[b] their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”

26 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.” 27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord threw[c] the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. 28 The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained. 29 But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

Comment on Carbon Dating And Dinosaurs by Pamela

Pamela — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:52:00 +0000

According to the Bible man has only been around 6000 years. I don’t believe that garbage that it has been billions of years. I believe dinosaurs were in the garden with us and died out during the flood.

Comment on Questions For Atheists by Devcoch

Devcoch — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 23:52:00 +0000

The saddest thing in both cases is each side must be so judgmental. Christians: you are supposed to reserve the judging for god. And atheists: you should know the fact that people need something to believe in is an almost primal instinct devolved through years of evolution and trying to explain why and how we got here.

Comment on Questions For Atheists by Albanism

Albanism — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:55:00 +0000

“How do you account for the vast archaeological documentation of Biblical stories, places, and people?”

Response: How do you account for fossils? And where is all this proof and why have i neve heard of it?

Response to Response: One interesting example that I have learned is that in a small island in Rome a few hundred years BCE, there was a gigantic volcanic eruption, resulting in a massive tsunami. (I deeply apologize for lack of specific details. My history textbook is not nearby. I do assure you, however vague, that what I say is historically or scientifically verified) Anyway, one of the results of a tsunami is the receding of water and then a huge and deadly refilling. This tsunami occurred the time that the Israelites were leaving to Canaan. (There may have been a mistranslation or record of which body they crossed and then crashed into the people chasing them.) It’s a bit of a stretch using mere probability, but the Israelites could have crossed and then the tsunami took out the Egyptians who chased after them.

In addition, most historians agree that many parts of the Torah and remaining parts of the Bible are valid historical texts

Comment on Deist Antony Flew Dies at 87 by Paradox

Paradox — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:19:00 +0000

When I first learned what Bible codes were, I was “skeptical” –in the same way Richard Dawkins is “skeptical” of Christianity– because it didn’t make any sense to me that God would put so much math into the Bible, when He already gave us enough proof. Not only that, but I had a very poorly formed understanding of how Biblical Inspiration worked, so I found myself believing that these codes were unscriptural! Now that I know better, I find this to be very fascinating!

Comment on Extraordinary Kid Preacher Tells The Truth About Creation And Evolution by Paradox

Paradox — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:37:00 +0000

I guess I’ll be the first to comment.

Forgive me for making a negative criticism, but I think that the argument presented against “Descent With Modification” is guilty of the Beard Fallacy.

Darwinists claim that life, over generations, is modified very slightly.
The point being made is that those who side with Darwin will simply retort firstly, “just because we don’t know where one species ends, and another begins, does not mean that we can’t tell the difference between two species (Beard Fallacy).” They will retort secondly, “evolution is just loads and loads of slight modification, which nobody rejects happens everyday!”

If you will allow me, I recommend to reference scientists who argue that there is a limitation on how much any given species can vary.

http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/natlim.html

Otherwise, I think he hits the nail on the head!

Comment on Why God Arranged The Tribes Of Israel The Way That He Did In Numbers Chapter 2 by Paradox

Paradox — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:24:00 +0000

This post simply made my day!

Thank you very much!

Comment on Scientific Evaluations of Christianity by Paradox

Paradox — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:17:00 +0000

Although it is wonderful that you produce links and videos for the data that you have gathered from far and wide, I wish that the videos would have a transcript underneath then. My computer doesn’t work well with audio.