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    Culture and god

    I often say that unicorns and the likes are simply not relevant as I see it. A flying tea pot orbiting the sun? Who cares? My take here: maybe they do exist. I just don't care.
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    Christians Preferred: Are only Literalists True Christians™?

    if it's logic according to you, you should be able to prove your point. If you can't, why make unsupported claims? Since you say you cannot verify one way or another... why make claims then? Let's remember: you were the one claiming that the Bible cannot be perfect. Variations in no way...
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    Don't lie to me...

    @KenS replied just fine. I'd like to add that you simply don't knoe if there is a God behind. You merely assume that a potential God does not influence his creation and pass it of as "observation". You don't have a second world that you know is running without a creator God. So you cannot compare.
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    Christians Preferred: Are only Literalists True Christians™?

    when you say it's illogic, the onus is on you to prove your point. A question is by no means a substancitation of a claim. you say you cannot say the Bible is perfect, since you are too imperfect. And yet you claimed it is not perfect, see post 19. This is quite biassed, I think By the same...
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    Scripture, Scholarship & Authorship: My Thoughts So Far

    I think they are wrong with their conclusion about it being a forgery. However, they usually make many good points about the letters, in my opinion. Last week I discussed things over with a scholar - at least he cited many of them, which lead me to the conclusion he is one of them himself. He...
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    Don't lie to me...

    thank you for sharing this. I remember a friend of mine also telling me that she has absolutely no memory (except three minor exceptions) of her past when she was aged 10 and younger. She even forgot her native toung. She had to (re-)learn some words of it later to at least know some words of...
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    Question for non-native speakers

    Yeah, that's fun. "handy" in German means a cell phone instead of practical.
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    Don't lie to me...

    Thank you very much for the explanation. Must have been religious people around so then. Must have been terrible for you to go through all of these horrible experiences you've made.
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    Don't lie to me...

    Can you tell me, @Evangelicalhumanist , who taught you this lullaby? Your parents? Or did your parents go to some sort of church and you learned it there? If so, how did they react to the domestic violence in your family?
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    Talking to Minors About Sex: Where Is the Line in the Sand?

    let me add a thing: Asking intrusive questions, even sexually explicit ones, to children aged 11-15 like the Mormons do (see #37)... only educates them to be open to infringements on their pesonality sphere. When an authority person wants to rape them, which is also an infringement on their...
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    Christians Preferred: Are only Literalists True Christians™?

    I disagree. I'm not claiming to be perfect. Beauty, for instance, can be evaluated by unperfect beings, I think. no, I think there are more than just one perfect thing in the world. In my opinion, God is perfect. But God's works can also be perfect. I see scripture as God's word. I don't know.
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    Don't lie to me...

    @Evangelicalhumanist was starting a thread about what he lived. It had to do with religion. That's totally fine in a board where religious themes are getting dicussed. It was a religious song he wrote about and he tried to set this in context with what he lived. That's normal, I think.
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    A religious practice question

    Christians often say "Jesus is a gentleman" meaning that he doesn't enter your house unless you open the door for him. This is also what Revelation 3 shows (I forgot the exact verse). Seems like they did not take this seriously.
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    A religious practice question

    and that's exactly where I see the problem lies. Often, penticostals get critcised for exercing peer pressure, and this is also what I often thought when I attended their assemblies. "Anyone who wants to have [enter spiritual capacity here] stand up please!" and suddenly everyone around you...
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    A religious practice question

    many Pentecostals want to heal. At least speaking from my experience in Pentecostal assemblies. So my take here: it's a 99% chance that they wanted to heal you from your autism, because efforts to heal is often what they are into. Laying hands on people is usually how they deal with illness...
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    A religious practice question

    thank you for sharing this. Here is my stance. They potentially misunderstood your gestures and took them as being the Holy Spirit working already, I assume. Whenever something extraordinary happens they often say it's the Holy Spirit. Could also be wrong. There are good Pentecostal...
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    Christians Preferred: Are only Literalists True Christians™?

    variations do not necessarily mean they are contradictory. I think the different tonb stories fit together very well complementing each other. My last reply also dealt with how we may take what is written in scripture. Just as your post did. Even if there are variations, taking the Bible...
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    Who Am I Kidding?

    Hi this is a poem I wrote with the help of a native speaker - a friend of mine. It's a song. You can listen to it here (on spotify): Who Am I Kidding VERSE I need more time to get things done, Before I go to enjoy the sun. I need a break before moving on, It takes me time when the battle is...
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    Talking to Minors About Sex: Where Is the Line in the Sand?

    I revisited the video about the questionings of children done by Mormon bishops. This video claims that there are sexually explicit questions asked to young girls by older men. Which would constitute sexual harrassment, in my view. I wanted to find out if it was truth. So I checked out the...
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    Christians Preferred: Are only Literalists True Christians™?

    no the truth cannot vary, the differences complement each other. One example: "the murderer had glasses" "the murderer was a man" Is that a contradiction? No, it was a man with glasses. Actually, the approach of taking things literally is as old as Jesus. Jesus referred to the sign of Jonah -...
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