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Received from: nj
Subject: come on, seriously?????
comments: "Those of us with hearts would have some serious questions for
the big guy, too. Why do you let little children suffer and die? Why do
you let your fans condemn anyone who doesn't act the way they think they
should? Do you really hate homosexuality? If so, why are humans and
other animals even capable of it? Are you really seriously trying to
tell us that there's this OTHER god called Satan who is SO powerful he
could corrupt your beloved creation and you just let it happen?"
Ok to start with, it is called generational curses. IF YOU want to know
more about the our religion and God then the one you claim does not
exist then please start researching! Dig deep! Maybe then you will find
the answers to your questions. If it calls for to much work for you to
go out of you way to prove that God does not exist then i guess you
really dont mean it. Other wise what effort are you doing other then
spouting questions that can be answered in our religion?
The children were effected by a generational curse. (something i
suffered from but was healed.) In our Bible, Jesus saw a blind man from
birth and his followers asked what he or his parents do that caused him
to be blind. When Jesus said niether they did not understand. So why
children suffer it is because generational curses can be placed on the
family up to 7 generations down, also blessings can be placed on the
family for the generations. (mine happened to be anger, skin sores,
sexual immorality, and lying.) When you do such things then your
children see them and it is passed even futher since they have commited
the crime.
"Why do you let your fans condemn anyone who doesn't act the way they
think they should? Do you really hate homosexuality? If so, why are
humans and other animals even capable of it?"
It is called human will. God gave each and every one us a human brain.
He let us think for our selves. Here is a question for you....i dont
know if you have kids or if you even want them...but if you do/want kids
would you want them to get up every morning and cook you breakfast
because you demanded it for love? or would you apperciate and love it
more when they did it out of there own free will? That is why God gave
us a mind to think. He wanted us to follow him on our own not force us.
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| Come on, NJ, seriously??????? You haven't answered the
question at all. WHY? Why would a god who loves his/her creation put
CURSES on children for something someone ELSE did? That's disgusting.
And if you were HEALED, NJ, why won't your god heal babies dying of
cancer? Why won't he save little girls from being abducted, raped, and
murdered? Why YOU?
I wouldn't command my children to cook me breakfast. They're
CHILDREN and shouldn't use the stove. (Okay, I admit that mine are grown
now, but I'm trying to show the analogy between what humans must be like
compared to an all-knowing supreme being.) And then again, I wouldn't
put curses on my children for something their great, great, great
grandfather did, or let them be murdered when I could stop it.
If God wants us to follow him, perhaps he should lead BY EXAMPLE! |
Received 02/24/2010 from: nj
Subject: About that
comments: "That's the whole point, people! If you have to believe it,
something fishy is going on. And rationalists will always choose to
refrain from "belief." We either know it, through hard, cold, ruthlessly
objective FACTS, or we don't know. But we certainly won't believe it
just because some other people (especially other people who wrote ages
ago) said it."
Last time i checked some one had to "believe" that the light will turn
on when you flicked the switch. Because it is not possible that the
light will be blown out? So how is that fact?
Define FACT:
Information that has been objectively verified.
www.teaching.state.pa.us/a_and_t/lib/a_and_t/Science_Glossary.doc
So by that definition you KNOW, because you verified, that the light
WILL turn on because you flicked the switch. There is NO possible way
that the bulb could be blown out or for some strange reason is does not
work.
Do tell me...Why in the world do you fight so hard to prove some thing
that does not exist? If it does not exist what does it matter?
i look forward to your response
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Huh?
I don't have to "believe" that the light will turn on when I flip the
switch. In fact, I don't believe it. Plenty of times it doesn't come on
and I have to figure out if the bulb is burnt out, or maybe there's a
switch turned off so the lamp won't come on. But I "expect" the light to
come on because I know how lights and electricity work and from a LOT of
EXPERIENCE in turning lights on and off.I really have no clue
what you're saying about "someone having to believe" the light would
turn on. What does that mean? What does this mean: "Because it is not
possible that the light will be blown out?" Can you please explain
exactly what you're trying to say?
What does the definition of "fact" have to do with my expectations
of a light turning on when I flip the switch?
As to your more important comment, I do not fight hard to prove
something does not exist. And I do not have to prove gods don't exist.
I'm just expressing myself, my frustration with religion, with
stupidity, and with sloppy writing skills. I don't really care what you
or anyone else believes, as long as you don't try to tell me and other
people that it's factual, or even sensible.
There's nothing at all wrong with fighting for reason, clarity,
logic, truth, and honesty. Nothing wrong with that at all.
As to the second part of your comment: It matters because there
are really stupid people in the world trying to control the freedoms of
people who don't believe what they believe. There are Muslims murdering
women because they don't live by a ridiculous religious code. There are
people in government thwarting the rights of freethinkers and attempting
to impose a Christian theocracy on us.
Those things are worth ranting about, and fighting against. |
Received 02/24/2010 from: Jessica
Subject: Not a christian? WELCOME! Christians come be challenged!
comments: Here is a point to ponder.....IF the people (christians) claim
there was a man named Jesus and his teachings were false then why did so
many of his followers die? Looking at history and ONLY history (because
even historians will say) that the claimed "apostles" died for believing
in this man. Most of them were even totured. I believe even the one
named "John" was the one who hung up side down on the cross because he
felt unworthy of dieing the same way then his messiah. SO here is my
question to all.....Would YOU lie about something and PURPOSEFULLY be
tortured for it? for instance, say you claimed the sky was purple. would
you still defend your point if you were cut on your arms, legs, and
other bodly memebers, as well as beat, thrown out into the streets and
shamed for it? Now i can under stand if this was one man (heck there are
many a lunitics out there) but for so many to agree upon one man and
still go threw that? I wish to inquire more information as i do my
research so i welcome ALL points of view.
thank you for time
sincerly
Jessica |
Jessica,
Thank you for your interesting comments.
1. The Bible is not a history book. So, looking at ONLY history, we
can't say whether or not these so-called apostles existed, much less
died in the way the stories claim.
2. Supposing the stories are true, who ever said that the followers of
Jesus knew his teachings were false? No. Clearly these people truly
believed what they believed and believed it so wholeheartedly they were
willing to die for their freedom to believe it and preach it. Did the
woman who murdered her children because she thought she was saving them
from Satan and sending them to heaven know she was deluded? No! People
will do all sorts of things because they "believe" something is true.
3. This makes your question "to all" a straw man. It has nothing to do
with believing something and dying for it. |
Received 02/17/2010 from: Marci
Subject: Another secular curriculum resource
comments: Great web site!
Just wanted to add another resource to your list of REAL secular
curriculum. I've been using Intellego Unit Studies for the past 8
months. They offer both a unit study aproach as well as core curriculum
based on the Core Knowledge Series by E.D. Hirsch. Rigorous, fun,
hands-on, and not dumbed down by any means! They are web based and all
of the links are maintained so they remain active. It's been great for
my kids because Intellego links to videos, online games, interactive web
sites, as well as reading, writing and discussion and hands-on
experiments and projects. And clearly secular -- world history units
teach evolution, that sort of approach.
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Received 02/08/2010 from paco:
Subject: wrong
Listen the power of prayer is strong just because people prayed for the
cell phone dosent mean they also cant pray for hati it dosent say in the
bible thou shall pray for one thing...No it says trust in God and he
will bless you...And if he dosent answer a prayer it just means you dont
need whatever you asked for in your life...Like i said god will bless
you if you believe in him...A blessing is a helping hand not a take
everything and do nothing gift.. |
| So, you're saying that the girl who prayed to God for protection
at Columbine just before that kid blew her brains out didn't need
saving? God blesses you if you believe in him? Right. He blesses you
while the rapist/murderer tortures you to death. He blesses the little
children while their step-dads are dunking their heads in the toilet.
Right. I get it. |
Recieved 02/08/2010 from Kaya:
Subject: thank god! lol
I thought is was just me! why I am having such a hard time
swapping books with my fellow home-schoolers? The last straw
happened when I read a hippies were like satanist in one of the
book I bought. I was in shock! So I began my search for like
minded home school moms.
Thanks for creating this site. |
| I'm glad you found me! |
| Received 02/07/2010 from anonymous: the bible says
to pray about everything no matter how little but remember to be open to
God's answer whether it is yes no or wait :) |
| I'm not sure but I think this comment may refer to
my posts about my friend's cell phone. I guess the answer was no. (see
blog) I added a subject line to the form in the hopes that future
comments will be more clear. |
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