[Didymus Much]

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And if wishes were fishes, the lobsterman would be king...

Lobsters are fish, now?

In your defence, that's not as stupid as the Catholics saying beavers are fish.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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As Dogan said,

If I can learn from a 9-year-old, I will. If I can teach a 90-year-old, I will.

And if wishes were fishes, the lobsterman would be king.

So what? Jesus called you here for a reason. He wants to save you from hell. He wants you to give your love to Him, not some dead obese slant.

[James Hutchins]

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Hello ...tl;dr.... I will.

Tell me friend, why all the foot stomping and crying. Jesus cannot help you unless you are willing to commit to him? Tell me, are you ready to be committed?

[MilitantImbecile]

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Hello again,

I left this board in anger and vowed never to come back. I couldn't get it out of my mind though. During meditation today I realized that in a way I do need this board. I obviously need to learn how to keep a level head and compassion towards all living beings even ones who will intentionally insult me.

This board is very interesting, so much anger being thrown by people on both sides yet nobody is willing to stop for a second and listen.

As Dogan said,

If I can learn from a 9-year-old, I will. If I can teach a 90-year-old, I will.

[BelieverInGod]

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I never said that. Most people have a better reason than "Jesus didn't give me a pony, even after I stamped my feet and held my breath and everything", but if it works for you...



How do you know you just didn't try hard enough?



In your experience. Generalizing your own experience is a fallacy.



"Full attack mode"? The only thing I've raised to you is an eyebrow.

Well it seems that you're finally getting the message. Now can you explain why you're trying to convince others on this board to return to Jesus, but refuse to do so yourself?

I guess our prayers for you are slowly eeking in.

[Faith_Machine]

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Well Militant Moderate, I've got to give you credit for reading through our introductory materials. That right there puts you way ahead of the majority of people who come here and don't even bother to familiarize themselves with our rules and expectations before making fools of themselves.

I feel weird addressing you as "Militant Moderate," though. That doesn't really sound like a person's name. Why don't you tell us your Chinaman Buddhist name? I'll bet it's something like Lama Rinpoche Long Dong or something, right?

It's OK, I'm from the SF Bay Area; I deal with Chinamen all the time. Do you like sweet & sour pork? I can't get enough of that stuff!

[Redeemed Papist]

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I'm not sure how to put this clearer. If Jesus did anything to "upset" me, it was that he ignored me. I tried to be Christian, I tried really hard, I prayed I fasted, but nothing, nadda. So I gave up.

Then you weren't praying hard enough. Do you also blame the government for you not being able to earn enough to pay for medical treatment... wait, of course you do!

I was tired and didn't reach the end of the race. Damn you, racetrack! Quitters like you make me puke. You're as bad as the Pope.

[Didymus Much]

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Right, because nobody is allowed to just pack up and leave Christianity...

I never said that. Most people have a better reason than "Jesus didn't give me a pony, even after I stamped my feet and held my breath and everything", but if it works for you...

...In order to be a True Atheist™ I must hate Jesus with all my heart and all my soul, spit on every Christian within spitting range and scream at the ones who are too far away to spit on. I have to have some horror story of how I was ritually abused in the Vatican or some pastors basement.

I'm sorry that the idea of "I tried, but it didn't work" is just too boring for you...

How do you know you just didn't try hard enough?

...How dare I come simply to the realization that prayer was nothing more than talking to myself...

In your experience. Generalizing your own experience is a fallacy.

...Amazing how atheists claim the Christians are the ones full of hatred, yet it's the atheists that are in full attack mode on here.

"Full attack mode"? The only thing I've raised to you is an eyebrow.

[Zechariah Smyth]

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Yep, that's right, that's what I said....

Now maybe you'd like to slow down and re-read it. Sometimes I find reading it outloud will help you understand it better.

Sarcasm doesn't make your mish-mash posts more precise.

[Rev. Edward Clement]

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Yet I see you guys going on all the time about how you felt the power of god, or felt god working through you yet I have never felt anything no matter how much I tried.

What is apparent at this point friend is that you are relying on what you think you should feel, and what you think the Lord should do in order to answer your lustful desire for feelings; this is in error friend.

Jerimiah
17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

This not only speaks of your desire to not walk by faith but for warm fuzzy feelings that are based on lust which lusts against walking the walk of faith. So many problems arise when lustful sinners demand things from the Sovereign Jesus(which means He is God and you ain't and He makes the rules, not you).

James
4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

Jerimiah

17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

We are not to rely on our own ways of thinking and definitely not on feelings(unless one is a True-Christian(tm) ), as the Word has already stated, of which I quoted to you.

[MilitantImbecile]

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You don't believe in coal?



Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

Yep, that's right, that's what I said....

Now maybe you'd like to slow down and re-read it. Sometimes I find reading it outloud will help you understand it better.

[Zechariah Smyth]

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Of course threatening an atheist (yes I'm an atheist Buddhist) with Hell is like threatening an adult with coal in their stocking at Christmas. It's not much of a threat if you don't believe.

You don't believe in coal?



Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

[MilitantImbecile]

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You're atheist because you sucked at being a Christian?

Yay?

Right, because nobody is allowed to just pack up and leave Christianity.

In order to be a True Atheist(tm) I must hate Jesus with all my heart and all my soul, spit on every Christian within spitting range and scream at the ones who are too far away to spit on. I have to have some horror story of how I was ritually abused in the Vatican or some pastors basement.

I'm sorry that the idea of "I tried, but it didn't work" is just too boring for you. How dare I come simply to the realization that prayer was nothing more than talking to myself.

Amazing how atheists claim the Christians are the ones full of hatred, yet it's the atheists that are in full attack mode on here.

[Didymus Much]

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...If Jesus did anything to "upset" me, it was that he ignored me. I tried to be Christian, I tried really hard, I prayed I fasted, but nothing, nadda. So I gave up...

You're atheist because you sucked at being a Christian?

Yay?

[MilitantImbecile]

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The Holy Bible will look the exact same in 50 years as it does now, just as it was in 1611 when God Almighty Himself dictated it to King James.

I'm wondering why you're here? This is a Christian forum, not a buddhist orgy. We certainly aren't interested in your unsaved opinions.

I apologize Pastor, I believe there was miscommunication

I love the beautiful writing of the KJV Bible, I've always had a soft spot for Elizabethan English. I'm actually impressed that some of your followers tend to post from the original text.

I meant "what would the NIV" look like in 50 years. Every 2-3 years they put out another copy and change a little bit more. I believe the last time was to make everything "gender neutral". Not quite sure how that works, but it's what they're doing.

As for orgies, I haven't had sex in two years (nope not even masturbation) Sex leads to desire and of course as a follower of Zen, I am attempting to extinguish all desires.