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I was a moderator once on a forum owned and operated by a good hearted and fair Catholic man. It had been a good forum for a while, but I only lasted a few months. I found that to do my job properly as a moderator according to established written rules, sometimes I would have go against my own...

Just let any fear you have be expressed in a fear of not doing what God wants you to do. Remember that men called Jesus a devil. He simply continued following the will of the Father, once saying to his closest followers: "...Will ye also go away?" John 6:67 As we know, Jesus had no intention...

It was simply your manner of expressing this in your earlier post. The way you say it now I like a lot better, that is , that "they could well be bogus", I like much better. Thank you for this. My point was to simply open a discussion to hopefully help all of us come to a better...

Good words, but I was really not disagreeing, nor do I now disagree, with the essentials of your words. It is simply, as I said, a disliking of the usage of the word, "reality", in that way. I try not to do it. For me I see this existence without God as more of an often unhappy fantasy world in...

In more recent years, I have learned finally to be more careful to annotate a saved document with at least the date I acquired it was much earlier than the date I saved it. Also it may be important I include the source of the information. Unfortunately there are many hundreds of saved documents...

Thank you for sharing... but your use of the word, bogus, on what we have so far including your link is I believe, at this point, inappropriate. You might say, doubtful or even suspect, but bogus seems a bit too strong to me especially considering how far removed we, you and I, are from being...

I dislike this usage. The place we live is IN the world, but if what Jesus said is true we are NOT OF the world. We are OF reality, which is where we find Jesus when he prays/says these words: "And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world,... " John 17:11 Until he had overcome...

Yes, but like the ones I posted someone apparently picked statements fitting their own purposes. They don't really tell us much about where the individual actually was in any walk with God... or even if he did walk with God. Jefferson was sincere in what he believed but few if any Christian...

And I am glad that you are here dear sister. We've both seen some of these other forums over the years. I remember when Mike was starting his own forums [3?] after his falling out at T2O. That has been several years ago. He worked so hard to make it happen right... and often it was better.

Perhaps some well read historians will visit us and help in this. The only ones I would tend to believe based on personal reading to be authentic would be Jefferson and Lincoln.

I don't know but I do have the date I copied it in May, of 2012 from a 97 Microsoft Word program format to my TextMaker which can read the MS Word. It may be much older than that as I transferred a lot of things from an older computer to a new one around that time using Textmaker program. Many...

Sorry, but no! I copied it to my computer from someone's post on another Christian forum probably more than ten years ago. It interested me at the time so I simply copied and saved it as it was presented. I was looking through some my many hundreds of such things saved and came across it. I...

From a writing more than 8 years ago If we were not speaking of people who attended a particular assembly, but rather of people who are together regularly because of circumstances, such working for the same employer, or living next door to each other, the answer of requiring someone to 'leave...

Consider these quotes: "The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian Doctrine." George Washington "I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature." Thomas Jefferson "The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the...

You are speaking about the difference between the letter and the spirit of the law. I do agree with the need to understand this distinction. While I understand why men feel it is necessary to have written black and white laws, a good cop or judge will understand the need at times bend a little...

Sometimes we do not understand things that others do understand or our understanding is completely different than theirs. Understanding this, should we not be very slow to conclude that they are making things up? Of course you believe you are right, as we all do, but perhaps she believes that...

I just about blew my mind trying to read it with understanding. I managed the first 3-4 lines with difficulty and then skipped to the end. What was it he was saying? No, don't try to answer that!

There is no rule book with black and white definitions of right and wrong. Guidelines may be in the Bible, the direction for us should come through the Holy Spirit in us. Without that, we will likely go in a hundred or more different directions. Consider how many Christians denominations they...

Well maybe I'll come to visit you next week... so see if you can find a reasonable alternative...LOL, don't believe absolutely everything that I say. If on the other hand, you come to see me, we'll try to do right by you for sure. I suppose you also read the two or three verses immediately...

This is where I am. I won't spend money needlessly for a more expensive and likely better version, but what I have works well enough for all of my purposes. I am used to it and have no problems as I understand the limitations. I accomplish what I need to accomplish and simply move forward in...