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GZ shouldn't have had a gun in the first place, it's clear his father a judge got him out of 3 criminal offenses, two which were violent. The victim is dead, so we will never know the complete truth, however, it seems clear GZ was racially profiling this kid, but don't we all profile to an...

Many problems here. I agree that GZ was probably the type looking for trouble and willing to escalate it, let's remember he had previously been arrested 3 times. "According to a records search on George, he was previously arrested for domestic violence, resisting an officer without violence...

It did mention that several churches reworked loan, but more that many fell into the trap that homeowners did, they spent months reworking loans, told they would be approved and in the end the bank still foreclosed on them. One church who thought they were approved had their church sold out from...

Read an article in the Sunday paper here where I live that talked about the number of churches going into bankruptcy. They listed many that have and like most things couldn't pay the mortgage. Most stated the same, bad economy, members not able to give, causing severe shortage of money. It was...

Hinn is a simple scam artist doing it in the name of God for many reasons, one taxes, can hide so much being a pastor. Hinn uses the same tactics as a trained stage hypnotist does. What the many hidden videos of his crusades of his people working and deciding who gets to come on stage...

I don't buy into the concept we give and expect God to give back, it makes God a vending machine, complete doctrines are made on this point and some churches it's all about worldly gain. I do know several that think like this, they give, plant seeds, etc., expecting riches will fall from the sky...

You don't sound serious, just hurt, but not knowing I agree with others. I live with a serious nerve disease, also known as the "suicide disease" as it's considered to be the most painful known. I've known and dealt with people that commited suicide and think about it and have personally...

Most accept this to be the water natural child birth, as it comes first. Notice the order here, born of water and spirit.. This can't be baptism, baptism doesn't come before the spiritual rebirth. If we really needed a legalistic activity to assure our salvation how sad would that be, we are...

I think it is correct to remember Paul dealt within the different cultures of people, their laws, traditions, etc.. We must remember women were still considered the property of the man then, had no real legal rights, education, etc...Simply, the man ruled in all things. Getting women to remain...

I have no problem with you doing it at 12, but to continue it to 18, are you serious? First, once they reach 16, and I have 3 over that, they will start asserting themselves as adults, your lack of trust and keeping a string attached to them will do nothing but promote anger and inner...

I was brought up in a very fundie church and was surprised in bible college to learn that these many words on hell actually meant something different and that a hell of torture was hardly a concept until 400AD. I think we must differ between hell, which is the grave and the process of the lake...

That's the issue that becomes confusing, is knowing God enough, is just accepting God accepting Christ, the bible says different, that the only way we can come to the father is through the son, it doesn't say we come to the son through the father. The bible also says and history shows us most...

You better study levitical law, one can hardly state it was fair to women. I am not concerned with others, but comparitive tribal studies show must treated women about the same, although some cultures did give them higher status and even power.

Much of it's how you take the bible, totally literal or with an understanding of culture and history. Most tribes totally ruled their women, women were property of the father or husband, really no legal rights. As men do they often fought over property, men wanted more or things that didn't...

So Christ isn't the only way?

This has and will remain the hardest question of all times, great minds have debated it since conception. We lost a great person some years ago, he became a Doctor, instead of making bucks he was going in the mission field to be a christian doctor, but thugs broke in his home, killed him and...

This country wasn't founded not intended to be a theocracy, we can't force morality of our liking. Why I accept certain morals, I wouldn't legally force my morals on anyone, that isn't freedom of choice. The early church was strong on enforcing religious morals through laws and it became...

Maybe it was clothing that gave the body such sexual appeal. My views changed more or less when I worked with church missions in places like Africa and Borneo where most people ran around naked from childhood to adulthood. Since their culture didn't teach nakedness was lustful or evil, they had...

Actually the 10 commandments are the bedrock of the legal system, most law stems from past religious law in all cultures. We only have to look at church history when the church enforced the law, sadly, they were most brutal, torture and death were common, it took time for secular law to win...

All the doctrines of torture, fire, levels, about hell come from paganism, mostly became a theme when Dante stirred the fervor and scripture was translated to change most words about hell into something other than death. The LOF, well, God is a consuming fire, fire changes, in biblical times...