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Each team of Bible translators interpreted the original Greek text in their own way, but no big deal, the basic message beneath the words usually comes through well enough.It's like different singers who all do their own version of well-known songs in their own way, using different musical...

(RobinD69;19693) OK maybe I can share from my own strongholds.I also have an addiction to porn,I have prayed to God to release me of this and other sins I tend to fall back into from time to time.. Look on the bright side mate, at least if you like women's bodies it proves you're not gay, so...

Thanx mate, and another thing - notice how scientists call the Theory of Evolution a 'theory'.In other words they're admitting its not fact, just a 'theory', namely a guess or hunch..

Which part of this needs digging deeper into with long studying, in order to properly understand it? -"Love one another, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends,Hungry and you fed...

Scientists can take any creature, analyse it, dissect it, list all its chemical parts and write lengthy scientific journals about it, but they can't actually MAKE one, not even something like a simple amoeba..This excerpt from a scientific website -AMOEBA -"The isolated plasma membrane of...

I've noticed some people seem to be over-complicating Christianity with big long chunks of theology that look like a cross between tangled balls of string, Frankenstein monsters and contenders for Robot Wars..That's a definite no-no as it must put a lot of people off Christianity by making them...

(PlanetJeff;19168) Music is a big part of my life,I'm a musician I play guitar and pretty much what I look forward to every day is playing guitar. But is it wrong to listen to aggressive, loud metal music? I think of it as a form of art but a lot of people consider it a sin and evil and it's a...

(poeticfighter;19162) Hello to all Everything in my life that i considered dear to me has been taken away in some way or form... I had a serious problem with Pornography and i never saw how bad it was until i got the net back....in the end i decided to stop school for a while until my focus...

(wenchaeng;19240) What does being a christian means? That's easy, a Christian is simply somebody who's Jesus's pal, that's all he asks.. "You're my friends if you follow me. I don't call you servants, but I call you friends, for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known to you."...

The old King James Version is my favourite because it's fearless,whereas some newer translations are wimpy and politically-correct.For example the KJV calls heathens 'heathens', whereas some of the others call them 'nations'.Likewise, some clergymen and women are replacing the first line of the...

CHAIN GANG by MickRight from our childhood we have rules and regulations laid on us by parents, teachers and society telling us to be good little boys and girls and play by the worlds rules in order to get a nice job, nice car, nice house, nice kids etc.That's fine of course for those who want...

Ha ha ha, I just saw Buddhist monks on TV running through the streets like crackheads in Bangkok, protesting about the government...If that's Buddhist "enlightenment" they can keep it.. Ha ha ha, we Christian holy men don't do 'running through the streets like crackheads'..

A local vicar and his family run 3 cars between them. Is that setting a good example in these days of pollution?Personally I don't drive and I never have because I'd feel dirty at fouling up the atmosphere and choking asthmatic patients.Church car parks are often full and I don't like to see it..

1 - People may say talking snakes, flaming magical swords, talking plants etc never happened, but I say PROVE it never happened.. 2 -Leviticus says kill gays, but the 10 Commandments says do NOT kill, so which do we follow, Lev or the Commandments? Let Jesus answer -"Now a man came up to Jesus...

If any kid of mine said "I wanna be an atheist", I'd say "Okay, if you don't like Jesus there's nothing me or anybody can say to make you like him"I'd then go on to say - "But just for the record,which bits of what he said don't you like, such as - "Love one another, love your enemies, bless...

As for makeup etc I'd prefer a woman not to do that either, it makes then look like clowns.. "Womens beauty comes from within,not from braided hair, jewellery and fine clothes"(1 Peter 3:3-4)

(Jon-Marc;17871) Thomas, because of all my doubts. What doubts mate? You're 62 years old and still have doubts?I'm 59 and get spiritually-stronger with each passing year so I'm definitely doing something right.. Tell us about your doubts and we can help.. PS - I'm probably a Jeremiah type, he...

(Jon-Marc;18047) In my opinion, such a procedure is done for the sake of vanity and pride--both of which are sin.:naughty: Right.. If any girlfriend of mine had it done I'd ditch her straight away because I prefer natural-born women, not freakos..

(tim bennett;17449) amen , a third grader can understand the bible better than most "so called" adults. hosanna Yes, plenty of kids can show stuffy adults how it should be done.. "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in...

(TallMan;17460) If you do not understand the points I made, please say which.If you do, then you know if you agree or not.If you do agree, then we agree, if you don't agree with me, then I don't agree with you. Ha ha ha, I don't understand your entire post Charlie,its all Klingon to me. You...