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You know, in thinking about this I'm reminded of the last church I was heavily involved in. The pastor was very good at going straight to scripture on everything. If they had a tradition that was against scripture, he didn't hesitate to point that out and work to change it. So by the time I...

They never said a word about this at mine. Since it was in a neighborhood that by this time was being infiltrated by the Compton Crips I know there had to be tons of guns and knives of all calibers and sizes in attendance!

That sure wasn't the way my graduation went. But then the valedictorian speech was made by none other than Weird Al Yankovic and we graduated in the year of the American Bi-centennial, so there was a ton of patriotism along with a professional quality fireworks show that rivaled any put on by a...

We will. There are many here who believe in prayer and we pray for each other all the time.

This is true. Spiritual healing is just as important as healing of a chemical imbalance or of a broken bone or a headache! It all depends on the situation. If spiritual healing is what's needed, I really think all the drugs and secular counseling can do is mask the problem at best.

And there goes the forum software acting up again. I give up! :eek2 hehe reba Thanks for the deletes of the multiple posts, Reba. I had to give up on it for a while. :yes

I have no message from God on this, but just wanted to say I've prayed that you will get what you need to deal with your situation. I agree with DS that I know of no reason why you need other people to confirm what God has told you directly or through one of His servants, but if you feel you...

Yep. I've seen and been a part of a real, verifiable miraculous healing as well as other types of miracles, so when I'm sick I usually ask God if He wants to heal me that way. Then God usually tells me to go take the pills that he had given people the knowledge to invent and produce to help me...

Yeah, really. They aren't the only ones either. I recently heard of another church that tells their people the words of Jesus don't apply to Christians today. (At least they aren't pulling off the same hateful antics of WBC.) I'm sure there are more out there too.

They didn't. They only think they did. Even if they don't own or haven't read the actual paper printed pages, someone at least had to tell them what the Bible says.

I agree.

Actually, I started watching the show because of this thread. I'd not really noticed it before. It's just a funny cartoon aimed at adults in my opinion. Sure it has some content that's not exactly supportive of Christianity, but it doesn't claim to be a Christian show either. My faith is in...

I was in the middle of a term as a deacon when funding was needed for a particular ministry and I suggested that we simply ask God to provide and have faith that if this is His will He will provide the funds. The pastor said "That usually doesn't work" I resigned from that board of deacons and...

I don't know. I agree he doesn't really give much indication that he is. But does that matter to me? In a way, it does, but not the way most of you will agree with. I've worked in a few churches and seen the inside of how some of those we think of as Christian leaders in our churches tend to...

This is true.

And I suppose those gouging businesses are the same ones that when there's no disaster are advertising to "buy local" and "support your local businesses." Right, we're all supposed to support them, but when the local people need help they take advantage of an opportunity to price gouge.

Ahhh. I see how that works. By the time a disaster is declared they've already gouged everyone so it doesn't matter.

I'd always heard they had laws against price gouging in situations like natural disasters, etc? I guess that's not true, then? Or the laws don't work for some reason?

Ah! I see my post crossed with JohnDB's post.

There is also a big difference between jewel quality diamonds and industrial tool quality diamonds. Quite a while back I was watching a documentary about the DeBeers corporation that owns most of the world's diamond mines. They are the ones that coined the phrase "A Diamond is Forever" a long...