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That's not humility; it's cowardice. I can never prove that there were no monsters under my bed when I was a kid, even though I believed there to be at the time. Nonetheless, I now, as an adult, state categorically that there were none.

Until death is immenent, at which point you will start to hedge your bets.

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I doubt many of us would choose being buried alive for a week or so, before dying a very unpleasant death, to be a good way to go. However, your OMNIPOTENT God seems to think it appropriate for many of his believers.

His Son was crucified on a wooden cross. All of the original disciples suffered horribly at death. The exception was John. He was tortured then exiled.

It is not how we go to death but, the confidence we have on the journey that is of paramount importance.

So being tortured to death is a good Christian way to die. OK, that explains some of your other posts on a variety of topics.

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That's not humility; it's cowardice. I can never prove that there were no monsters under my bed when I was a kid, even though I believed there to be at the time. Nonetheless, I now, as an adult, state categorically that there were none.

Until death is immenent, at which point you will start to hedge your bets.

I recently read a book about religion (or the lack thereof) in Denmark and Sweden. One of the interesting points that was brought up was how people deal with death. Atheists/Agnostics actually tended to deal the best with death, since they had long ago come to grips with the fact that they were going to die and had no idea what was going to happen afterwards. On the other hand, the Christians were generally the ones who were freaking out, worrying if they had really led good lives and concerned that they might go to hell if they hadn't. Granted, this was mostly based on anecdotal "evidence", but I found it interesting nonetheless.

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I doubt many of us would choose being buried alive for a week or so, before dying a very unpleasant death, to be a good way to go. However, your OMNIPOTENT God seems to think it appropriate for many of his believers.

His Son was crucified on a wooden cross. All of the original disciples suffered horribly at death. The exception was John. He was tortured then exiled.

It is not how we go to death but, the confidence we have on the journey that is of paramount importance.

So being tortured to death is a good Christian way to die. OK, that explains some of your other posts on a variety of topics.

I do not know how to respond except to say, God shall determine the time, place and manner in which we all die. Death is guaranteed and the process begins with our first breath out of the womb. Each morning is a victory over the forces of death the previous day.

The major concern is the judgment and I have the confidence of my experiences with Jesus Christ and the Word of God in the Holy Bible.

Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.

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The major concern is the judgment and I have the confidence of my experiences with Jesus Christ and the Word of God in the Holy Bible.

Can you elaborate on your experiences with Jesus Christ ?
Somebody you have obviously never met in real life...

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The major concern is the judgment and I have the confidence of my experiences with Jesus Christ and the Word of God in the Holy Bible.

Can you elaborate on your experiences with Jesus Christ ?
Somebody you have obviously never met in real life...

I did meet Jesus Christ of Nazareth in March 1981 at Mono Lake in Lee Vining CA. My relationship with Him has grown steadily since then. He is available to all who seek Him. The instructions are repeated often in the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.

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Death is guaranteed and the process begins with our first breath out of the womb. .

Really? So abortion can't be murder then.

Call me old fashioned, but I'd hold that life starts at conception.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

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Death is guaranteed and the process begins with our first breath out of the womb. .

Really? So abortion can't be murder then.

Call me old fashioned, but I'd hold that life starts at conception.

I agree with 100%. My assumption for the other poster was that the person was not murdered prior to birth.

Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

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I did meet Jesus Christ of Nazareth in March 1981 at Mono Lake in Lee Vining CA. My relationship with Him has grown steadily since then. He is available to all who seek Him. The instructions are repeated often in the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Well, that states that you met Jesus, as far as I recall the scripture Jesus is in heaven... How do you meet someone who is not physically present ?

But what I really want to know, how do you define your relationship with Jesus ?
So you speak to him ? Does he answer ? Do you sometimes have a Quarrel ?

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The major concern is the judgment and I have the confidence of my experiences with Jesus Christ and the Word of God in the Holy Bible.

Can you elaborate on your experiences with Jesus Christ ?
Somebody you have obviously never met in real life...

I did meet Jesus Christ of Nazareth in March 1981 at Mono Lake in Lee Vining CA. .

Was this during your chemically enhanced period?

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I do not know how to respond except to say, God shall determine the time, place and manner in which we all die. Death is guaranteed and the process begins with our first breath out of the womb. Each morning is a victory over the forces of death the previous day.

How is anything a victory if it's all pre-determined?

For that matter, why would you want to achieve victory over something your god planned for you?

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define "self-awareness" in the universe.

Us , Homo sapien sapien. We are, therefore we exist.

Okay, I thought you were talking about something else.

I'm still not sure why this is significant, though.

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

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define "self-awareness" in the universe.

Us , Homo sapien sapien. We are, therefore we exist.

Okay, I thought you were talking about something else.

I'm still not sure why this is significant, though.

I find the significance in that, since it occurs here on earth in us, it is obviously a part of the universe. Nothing in the universe ever disappears, only change form from time to time. It would only seem logical that the energy that is "self consciousness" would exist through out the universe and beyond in infinitely larger amounts. ( ie. God)


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I did meet Jesus Christ of Nazareth in March 1981 at Mono Lake in Lee Vining CA. .

Was this during your chemically enhanced period?

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Drop kick me Jesus,
Through the goal posts of life . . .

" . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

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What I think all of you are missing...
Religion an acquired ability.
You aren't born with your beliefs... you learn them.
Sometimes you will go to a building where you can feel a common bond with others with the same ability.
Sometimes you do "rituals" to connect with something.
However you do it, it's an ability that you learn through time.
It is all passed along by HUMANS.
As simple as a translation error could throw any text out of context.
It seems people fail to see what has actually happened.
War.
No one cares if they are right, they just can never be wrong.

I don't have a license for this.

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Drop kick me Jesus,
Through the goal posts of life . . .

Jesus saves...

Muhammed on the rebound, passes to Buddha - Vishnu scores!

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome