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AnotherDan I am back. I must add James Merrick to my list. Personally, I don't care much for Copeland, Osteen, et. al. They are of the word faith movement and the prosperity gospel. If you get something edifying out of them. fine. but see how they live as well.

Has it been brought up that James, of the book, was Jesus' brother?

Aar What do you lose if you follow the Christian lifestyle? Atheism imho requires a lot more faith and trust in a series of blind luck than any faith system outside of LDS. Nowhere in the Bible are we told to blindly follow God. He invites us to come and reason with him. For me Chrisitanity is a logical and reasoned faith. Right on Jerry For us to experience a loving, mericiful, forgiving God, there must be something out there opposite those qualities to allow us a chance to compare.

Sunesis You summed up my questions. Good job.

I contend modern Western atheists have been so colored by a culture immersed in Christianity they do not know what they believe or disbelieve. I have heard that morals and ethics have evolved, but by whose standards? Are the jihadists a step backward or forward? Was Stalin on the right track? Or Christ? Is freedoom an inherent value or is it learned? What about murder, stealing, adultery or envy? How can one say these are wrong or should one even say it?

Would your faith suffer if the return of the Lord came during or after the great tribulation?

I stayed so long because TWI had convinced me there was nowhere else to go. Since then I have found the church was a welcoming place and have a stronger faith.

Welcome to the 20-reply club.

Way doctrines are and always were messed up.

I miss the Mountain Dew parties. I miss wow burgers. I miss staying up all night I miss the reunions I miss the Frisbee football games I miss learning how to eat yogurt for the first time I miss going to Ohio every August. I miss the fellowship. But I don't miss the Way

See now, you've all had time to get back to the original Island, while kept Henry alive on the other island. Kate, don't come back for me.

If an American dies overseas, there's a good chance they'll be from Michigan. (Missionaries shot down in Ecuador, engineer beheaded in Iraq) If a town elects a kid to be mayor - it will likely be from Michigan (Hillsdale 2005 - I voted for him) If a Mormon runs for president, he'll be from Michigan (George in 1968, Mitt in 2008)

Couldn't John 1:1 be In the beginning was A and A was with God and A was God? There's nothing to suggest that the Word has three meanings.

there aren't any verses to support slain the spirit.

If you don't know why your moral compass points north, then you will forever be lost in the dense forest of situational ethics.

1 John 3:2 is a platitude, not a promise. the name it, claim it crowd go nuts on this one. It's like us saying "I hope you are doing well. And the family's healthy." Why is this important? Because in other places, God tells his people they will experience hardships, trials and torture and gruesome deaths for his name. To claim this verse as a promise of healing, negates a lot of other scripture. Sometimes God will use sickness and (gasp) death to bring glory to His Name.

Is there a transcript available?

Does anyone think the Tigers can go back to the Series? I had a blast last year and didn't wince too much when they threw the games away. After 12 straight losing seasons, it was fun to be a Tiger fan. Last time I had that much fun, I was deep into TWI. But I am feeling much better now.

Starbird the Mike of the JWs? False religion is alive and well and living in Chicago. Go Cults!

not lost just a hiatus until Feb. 4 when it will be all new posts and no repeats.

Man it's been a long time. I took CFS and didn't remember the pics you guys talk about. I heard about the porn movies vpw said he kept for instructing corps not to be blown away by people with problems. Guess they were instructive alright.

Piffle after the 10th time. Most of the advanced class. Anything by loy boy

Belle I think if you have too many 7 and 7s you could get that answer. Another answer could be .500 (a team's record after 14 games)

Maybe this has been covered. Since there was no punctuation in the originals, (as vpw himself said) could his take on the parenthetical phrases in John 1 and Colossians be seen as an error. Who says these are parenthetical phrases anyway?