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06-23-2006, 03:29 PM
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I wonder if marichicko is taking all our great advice to heart.
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06-23-2006, 03:34 PM
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This moment is a gift, thats why they call it the present.
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 I hope so..
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06-24-2006, 12:09 PM
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My father and his family were devout Christians and I was raised in a denomination called the Disciples of Christ or "The First Christians." If I ever was to go back to the Christian Church, it would be as a Disciple of Christ. They're actually pretty cool. There's no special catechism or set of beliefs that you are expected to learn. The Disciples believe that God speaks to each one of us directly just as Jesus did to the first Christians - his disciples. All you do is read the Bible and pray and come to your own understanding of God. They believe that NO ONE can stand between you and God. The minister of the congregation IS the congregation. I don't get all this stuff about hellfire and damnation and never will. I think there most likely is an "Intelligence of the Universe" for lack of better words. I think this Intelligence is difficult to describe or define, and we each have our own personal understanding of it or lack of understanding. Its all good, as far as I'm concerned. But I have difficulty with someone who believes that infants go to hell or that sex outside of marriage is fornication which will be punished by an eternity of flame. I feel sorry for people who have been brain washed into believing such things. Its one reason I feel that my current fling is not going to go anywhere. I am very uncomfortable with a person who espouses such beliefs, even though he seems like a decent and kind man in other ways. We've already clashed a few times on the subject and have both agreed not to bring up the topic anymore. I've tried to reason with him on the matter out of compassion as much as anything. Like Dana's grandfather, he is convinced he's going to hell when he dies. Too bad. Last edited by marichiko; 06-24-2006 at 12:13 PM. |
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