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  1. SoliDeoGloria

    Which Eastern Religion Makes Most Sense?

    That would be even more ironic when considering the actual facts, which still are that Christianity has it's roots in and is still very much an "eastern religion" that has been widely adopted by the west.:rolleyes: What I find ironic about most people in the western hemisphere taking that...
  2. SoliDeoGloria

    Which Eastern Religion Makes Most Sense?

    Very nice!!!:clap How ironic it is to see that most people in the western hemisphere seem to forget that Christianity ,very much, has it's roots in and is still very much an "eastern religion". I was afraid that I was going to have to affirm that fact until I saw your post. Well done Djamila...
  3. SoliDeoGloria

    A change of focus

    Oh boy, Mike, where do I start with this one? I don't know how much this will relate, but I will offer some personal experience and go from there. Before I got saved (when I was 19, march 99), I was raised very secularly. My mom was into Tarot cards and psychic stuff and my dad was into all...
  4. SoliDeoGloria

    Why Doesn't God Active on the Earth?

    The quick Calvinistic answer to this one comes from Rom.9:10-23 which is a bit much for me to type out right now, but then again this question comes with a presupposition that there is no such thing as predestination. Sincerely, SoliDeoGloria
  5. SoliDeoGloria

    Good Faith versus Bad Faith

    I probably meet this qualification more times than I am willing to admit. I have always been a promoter of proper communication though. If you don't mean it don't say it. I am not perfect when it comes to this but being as how intentions are not easily expressed in a forum such as this due to a...
  6. SoliDeoGloria

    You did it or it did you?

    For this to be true there needs to be a strong disagreement with the dictionarie's definition of the word "free", and while that may be very convenient, practicing linguistic conventionalism such as this really hurts communicative philosophy. I'm just going to have to disagree with this not...
  7. SoliDeoGloria

    What is not understood about the wall of separation?

    I wasn't trying to state that NCF was favoring Catholicism in this case. The point I was trying to get at was that the Chaplain facilitated only his own Church services. to state otherwise would be using the word "facilitate" in a rediculously loose sense of the word. The truth is that NCF was...
  8. SoliDeoGloria

    What is not understood about the wall of separation?

    The funny thing about this case, when it comes to Catholicism and other religions, is that, take for instance, for mass and confession services, a Catholic priest was allowed to come into NCF to perform them. It's not like the Chaplain was sitting in on Sweat Lodge, Equinox, or Ramadon services...
  9. SoliDeoGloria

    What is not understood about the wall of separation?

    This statement can't be supported/proven at least in this case. As a matter of fact, NCF had no major treatment programs like Clarinda, Oakdale, Mount Pleasant, etc.. Since this court case, NCF has decided to implement one. On top of that, from what I have experienced with government claims of...
  10. SoliDeoGloria

    What is not understood about the wall of separation?

    Well, In 2002 during what I called the mysterious money problems that miraculously disappeared(I elaborated on this here:http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36827 ), the Chaplain was laid off and religions were still facilitated clearly showing that it wasn't the Chaplain but...
  11. SoliDeoGloria

    What is not understood about the wall of separation?

    absolutely not. Sincerely, SoliDeoGloria
  12. SoliDeoGloria

    What is not understood about the wall of separation?

    I was waiting for you to bring this up. This may be what the article reported but as Paul Harvey would say, "Now here's the rest of the story...". I didn't do time with this "Burens" guy so I can't really comment on this one alone, but I did, however, do time with other Native American...
  13. SoliDeoGloria

    What is not understood about the wall of separation?

    Here's another fact you may want to consider. NCF, as most other prisons, has a government funded Chaplain who holds church services, etc. wouldn't that meet the same criteria people are whinning about? Trust me, there's more going on here than meets the eye. That was one issue that people...
  14. SoliDeoGloria

    What is not understood about the wall of separation?

    Right, so he managed to sneak "his" program in a state that has a democratic Governer (Vilsack) who is so anti-bush he was chosen to give a rebuttle to one of Bush's addressing the nation speeches. BTW, Governers have the final say in anything that has to do with state run corrections, parole...
  15. SoliDeoGloria

    What is not understood about the wall of separation?

    And here's the actual history behind that. It was not always that way. The only thing the government was funding originally was the inmates care and guards. While not all the IFI people agreed with this, including myself, a few people decided to go to the state legislature and ask for more...
  16. SoliDeoGloria

    What is not understood about the wall of separation?

    It is a voluntary program that I happened to participate in while incarcerated. I could tell you a lot more about it then the media could. All you had to do was ask. Besides that, Nice find. I was wondering if anybody would bring it up. Do you really want to go here? I thought the government...
  17. SoliDeoGloria

    Purposeful faith

    Great Point!!!! Another good reason why those who wish to use fear as their only evangelsitic tool should consider other options (1 Cor. 13:8) Sincerley, SoliDeoGloria
  18. SoliDeoGloria

    Purposeful faith

    It can be but it doesn't have to be. While the Bible definitely promotes a fear of God, There is really no proven need for fear to be a prerequisite to having faith in God. There are many different reasons why someone could come to faith in God appearant by the many different testimonies given...
  19. SoliDeoGloria

    Who is a true Christian? Find out here...

    The First thing these types of questions presuppose is that Christianity is only about following a set of rules. Not only does the Bible acknowledge that nobody follows all the rules (Rom. 3:23), but these questions forget the whole backdrop of the Gospel Message, which is that Jesus died on a...
  20. SoliDeoGloria

    Purposeful faith

    This isn't really all that suprising. I am curious, however, as to how you intended this post to be taken; as a negative or possitive commentary about Christianity or faith in it? I guess the only other thing I can state about this is that the idea that Christians need a new gimmick to...
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