Confession Thread.

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Liamson

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Iris25 said:
yeah i think there is a lot of the "feel good" stuff going around throughout "christian" churches. i used to go to a Pentecostal church and there was stuff i learned that was not in the bible. i now attend a Calvary chapel and have for many years. when i talk to people and they ask me what i am, i usually say a nondenominational christian, i read the bible and believe it to be the inherent word of god. the bible tells us to test the spirits as well so in the case of latter day saints, they just say have faith but their faith is blind faith not based on fact.
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Yeah, I love the way our local Calvary Chapel conducts itself. Its awesome. Our here goes through the Bible from stem to stern, over the course of like 3 years, on a rotation. They use more Bible than any church I've ever seen. (Orthodox aside)

I recently started attending a Foursquare/Vineyard type church and... I've been less than impressed.

They just preach out of a lot of books. Concepts like each nation that Israel conquered like the Ammonites and the Perizzites and Jebusites and the Canaanites, are all representations of Evil Spirits and bad Ju-Ju at work in the world today. Then they spend half the service praying over and binding those things in everyone's lives.

I went to a Sunday School where they were promoting "theophostic" healing and something called "The Immanuel Approach" Which, being who I am, I took notes and spent the afternoon researching the cognitive and behavioral underpinning of the Psychotherapy behind it. But it gets weird. Like people "See Jesus" in the corner and the Holy Spirit and God are like artifacts or persons in the room.
 
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DuchessAimee said:
I get frustrated with people when they think they're being cute (or attempt humor) by nit picking a concept.

For instance, if someone says, "I like chocolate cake."

The nit picker then says in what they perceive to be a cute or teasing way, "What if it's a milk chocolate cake? Or what if it's a burnt chocolate cake?"


I just want to look at them and say, "Okay, I realize you think this is cute, and I realize you think you're the funny one in this group, but you're not."
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Same Aimee .


It's a confession thread and you're ranting. If it was a rant thread you'd be confessing.


Carry on sis, carry on :D.
 
Searching4Truth

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Confession #1: I wish there was this little golden trail of light that lead me to to what I have to do on a daily basis. It seems to me that I have no power of my own to discern any truth in any theology, belief, and or personal opinions of others. The best thing I can do is try not to annoy anyone, and give as much as I can possibly give without getting annoyed myself. But it's kinda difficult when I have to "live" in the world as well.
 
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The problem with religious people is and always will be their infinite need for their own validation, their own existence; like a God has nothing better to do than to make you feel anything at all!
 
Liamson

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Countess said:
The problem with religious people is and always will be their infinite need for their own validation, their own existence; like a God has nothing better to do than to make you feel anything at all!
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Indeed.

This is something Kierkegaard said. Not directly but implicitly.
 
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Very true. Kierkegaard was intelligent. Religion should always be something intrinsic. No need to force beliefs on others if people would just honestly believe what they are trying to "shout from the mountain tops"
 
Liamson

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Countess said:
Very true. Kierkegaard was intelligent. Religion should always be something intrinsic. No need to force beliefs on others if people would just honestly believe what they are trying to "shout from the mountain tops"
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Yes, this is why Descartes believed in the moral perfection of God, that it was something intrinsic to our humanity, that we are aware that there is a perfection which exists and is implied by creation.


But it takes a Law to show man how far from such a thing he is.

And it takes A Messiah to provide a way back for such a man.
 
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A flaw in your belief though is to think that Descartes truly believed in any supernatural existence, as he did not validate any such existence in his writings; he merely gave in to suffice the religious leaders around him. With his argument I could validate the existence of Santa Claus.
 
Liamson

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Countess said:
A flaw in your belief though is to think that Descartes truly believed in any supernatural existence, as he did not validate any such existence in his writings; he merely gave in to suffice the religious leaders around him. With his argument I could validate the existence of Santa Claus.
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I see your Santa Clause and I raise you a Kant.
 
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I see you know your philosophers but I'm more of a Nietchze gal I guess I would say. The mere thought of nothingness is quite peaceful to me; perhaps not what I believe in but a peaceful thought at times.
 
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Danger? Actually you really don't even have the choice of choosing what you are risking your life for; uncontrollable urges force you into compliance, such as instinct or need. Unfortunately when you look into an abyss, it eventually starts looking back at you!
 
rachelsedge

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ji said:
We were three bothers.Now two.I believe in faith God called one of us early.
Back in my childhood,i wished i had a sister,or maybe i could have been a girl.I wished why God din't God make me a girl.Later it struck in my dumb head that every time i wish like that i am making God sad.He created me as a man,and in course of time a valiant soldier in Christ.So for me where did that 'being-woman' stuff came from?..
Yes,the devil and that's where the idea for cross dressing/transgendered way comes from.
Please don't think i am accusing you.If you are truly single and have good faith in God,he will give you a man suitable for you.And he will be gentle enough to give you a good perspective or about how men think.
Stay in God.(Please don't take things in a negative way)
God Bless:)
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GaryA said:
This is a part of what marriage is all about - learning from each other...

As husband and wife get closer to each other, listen to each other, talk with each other, share thoughts and ideas with each other, etc. etc. etc. --- they can help each other to understand "what it is like to be the other one"...

And, that is about as close as you are going to get... ;)

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I get both of your points, but I think you both misinterpreted what I said. :) I don't want to simply "understand" the male perspective via a husband. I want to know first hand by BEING a male for one day. Again, not that I want to be a male every day. It's only a silly wish that wouldn't happen but I think would be interesting.
 
DuchessAimee

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Countess said:
Danger? Actually you really don't even have the choice of choosing what you are risking your life for; uncontrollable urges force you into compliance, such as instinct or need. Unfortunately when you look into an abyss, it eventually starts looking back at you!
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That's not entirely true on all the counts you've mentioned. There are lots and lots of choices we make; some are intrinsic and some are not.


But yes... danger. It's okay you didn't get the reference. Someone else will.
 
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On days like these I wish I wasn't a perfectionist because then I wouldn't get so stressed out or feel so discouraged. And I think I have a tiny splinter under the nail of my left thumb because it's been sore and sensitive for the past three days and I see a tiny speck but I can't get it out!
 
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I get your reference. Actually you misunderstood me. I merely was saying people shouldn't parade around this world "forcing" people to believe in what they believe in. If people are going to be religious they should keep their beliefs intrinsically in them so that the world can cohesively exist. But the problem with people sadly is that they are incapable of believing intrinsically; a unfortunate side effect of human nature.
 
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Mark 16:15 He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."
 
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That's right. The bible does say this. If only the religious ones would follow their teachings. It says go into all the world, which most "Christians" would never go nor even believe most of the world even has the right to know their God or Jesus and secondly, take the word gospel, it means good news which banishing people to a dark fiery burning pit doesn't seem like good news to me and it's all done in the name of a God who actually only preached love and forgiveness! You wanna know what I think. If I would've met Jesus before I met the Christian, I would have a better chance of believing.
 
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rachelsedge said:
I get both of your points, but I think you both misinterpreted what I said. :) I don't want to simply "understand" the male perspective via a husband. I want to know first hand by BEING a male for one day. Again, not that I want to be a male every day. It's only a silly wish that wouldn't happen but I think would be interesting.
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Rachel, honey -- I understood what you were saying -- which is why I said:

GaryA said:
And, that is about as close as you are going to get... ;)
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:D
 
Grace-Like-Rain

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GaryA said:
Rachel, honey -- I understood what you were saying -- which is why I said:



:D
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Well, a girl can dream. Rachel, I wouldn't mind being a guy for a day. Just long enough to see what it feels like to be tall enough to look at the tops of people's heads, and have hair short enough that it dries instantly after a shower. Then I start thinking about hairy legs, men's public bathrooms and having to shave my face everyday, and I'm like... naaahhhhhh. ;)
 
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