I sort of had no choice. You did accuse me of “name-calling” in my comment - to someone else!
I don’t see where I called them anything, but I also am not prepared to sit by when people spread threads about these sort of things - and this particular individual does just that rather frequently...
For goodness sake.
There is absolutely nothing you need to know about Sweden (or any other nation) that would justify them spreading ideas of “ethnic replacement”.
Search on the concept of “ethnic replacement” alone, if you’ve not come across its meaning. It goes really well with the use of...
Do not get me started on them!
Lots of our ministers say lots of abhorrent things all the time.
Sometimes, they are forced to step down but, lamentably, only to be replaced by someone else with pretty much the same standpoints.
They’ve outsourced our asylum policy which frankly, is...
I’m sorry @Audie, if you wish to defend fascist propaganda and the spreading of harmful conspiracy, then you shall most certainly not have silence coming from me.
I don’t click on links but title echoes current Swedish fascist propaganda and fascist propaganda in general.
You want more babies that look like you where you live? I say, stop moaning and give birth to them yourself.
Bless you @Xavier Graham,
Speaking only for myself, this issue really does improve with age. One is less lustful for most worldly things as one gets old.
I’m sure this is an unneeded remark, but still; the most important bit regarding your predicament is that you always ensure that whomever...
“Contamination” is a stark word.
I’d say that if you are secure in your faith, you need not be so fearful of the beliefs held by others.
They with a pure heart and enough peace of mind, shall remain upright even while walking through burning fire.
Strengthen your relationship with God and you...
All I can really say to that is that God -and life in general- indeed works in mysterious ways.
I personally was an atheist and certainly not seeking God when God “sought” me; giving me very little option but to welcome a new path of devotion, lived in deep faith.
I had not been a good person...
@kadzbiz; I like the simplicity and sincerity in that answer!
@Ostronomos, I don’t click on links but I understand your thinking and I agree with the ideas. It’s the language-thing, though.
To make sense to others; when you speak with people of faith, you must speak their language. There are...
Would you say that this is true about the atheists you know?
I was raised atheist, in a secular society. We never thought in religious terms. Religion was something that some people “still” did and we didn’t truly understand why, but we also didn’t care.
Religious people kept their religions...
I’d remind us of the commandment: Thou shalt not covet.
No matter how heartbreaking it may seem; our loved ones are not and never were “ours”.
We pray for the courage, clarity and strength to set our loved ones free from the bonds that hold them back and chain us to their passing.
Humbly...
About the thread’s title @Moon,
Do you feel yourself losing faith …or are you concerned that others “are losing” your type of faith …or that you cannot find people who share your exact beliefs?
Humbly,
Hermit
That’s not my take-away from the verse you refer to…
To me, it says that if you do things half heartedly and doubt that you should do them at all, perhaps you should not do them?
It’s about living attentively and true to your faith but it’s not about “unbelief” in general being a sin, is it...
When someone’s beliefs in general -not limited to the spiritual sort- change, they change [behaviour, priorities/choices, interactions with others, etc.] and that change in them is visible to all who know them. That change is non-subjective “evidence” (to self and others); but of what...