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I have been a active Christian for more than 30 years and these are inspirational, encouraging or funny items related to being a Christian or spirtuality in general. You may be surprised, but my view may be very different from what you know about the sterotypical Christian. If there are videos, some only display the description and the play symbol, but if you click on the play symbol it will play the video.
This was the first miracle of Jesus' that is mentioned in theBible.
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Happy Easter from Jesus and his Peeps...yes, I know that this is irreverant, but it made me really laugh...how cute.
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Um, Eve, that's not a salad, that's my dirty laundry...
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Not a bad thing to keep in mind.
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MeuAnjo Gee @Coleen Uyehara I say that all the time. Its so true. Jesus came for the sick..(sinners)
Coleen Uyehara Jo, :-)
Wow!!! I've only heard of her vaguely. This woman has issues and seems so full of hatred and much more. What is really scary is that people listen to her ideas and believe them. Despite this being a reaction to 9/11, this is horrendous!!
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amargi . We did a parody event in SLC a number of years ago called the Liars Convention, where participants dressed as people from the Bush administration and pundits. I went as her, in a blonde wig and dominatrix gear, because she was the most despicable person I was aware of at the time.
timjordan everyone knows how l this idea worked during the crusades...
Coleen Uyehara Christine that is hilarious. Tim, yep. I'm currently reading about the historical Jesus and finding what was added to to the Bible about Jesus due to culture, the writer of the books in the Bible and more. Oh other Christians, may call me a heretic!!. But Ann's type of interpretation of Christianity, I want nothing to do with at all. The woman has issues.
John Welborn Christians like Ann give moderate or liberal Christians a bad name. Unfortunately this type of Christian has been around before the Crusades. You can see where this type of speech makes Muslims a little nervous. I think she's more like the shock jock... and speaks this way to sell books.
Coleen Uyehara Maybe a shock jock,but still believes in what she says. I'm glad that you pinned it. Thanks
Following the increased religious sentiment after the Civil War, US currancy was changed. "In God We Trust" was adopted as the official motto of the United States in 1956. In God We Trust has appeared on U.S. coins since 1864 and on paper currency since 1957.
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Coleen Uyehara Although the first colonists in America came from Europe (mostly Great Britain, Spain, and Holland), many of them to escape religious persecution (Christian persecution no less!), to establish a place of free Christian worship, these early European-Americans eventually succumbed to the government of Great Britain. The religious-right propagandists like to put emphasis on this period of American history because, indeed, these first European-Americans did live under Christian rule and it makes it seem as if these first colonists established the government of the United States.
Coleen Uyehara The Founding Fathers, also, rarely practiced Christian orthodoxy. Although they supported the free exercise of any religion, they understood the dangers of religion. Most of them believed in deism and attended Freemasonry lodges. According to John J. Robinson, "Freemasonry had been a powerful force for religious freedom." Freemasons took seriously the principle that men should worship according to their own conscience. Masonry welcomed anyone from any religion or non-religion, as long as they believed in a Supreme Being. Washington, Franklin, Hancock, Hamilton, Lafayette, and many others accepted Freemasonry.
Oh, this is quite and issue in the Christian community. What fits most in my thinking is that God knows what we are going to do, but does not make the decisions for you . You are still responsible for them. That is one question I still grapple with.
Because I don't know better ways of managing my emotions...listen to my cry for help.
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God does count tears, but as humans we are all designed to weep. No one has control of how you feel. Only you do. It is not the other person's actions. It is more often the way we react.
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Overused. My morality is based on my decisions with Biblical factors and others included. I don't abdicate my responsibility for my actions to God. Also, if this is true then should all Christians think alike? This is obviously not the case.
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Five founders who were skeptical of organized Christianity and couldn't be elected today.
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I am loved by the King and it makes my heart want to sing.
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Belgian artist Fred Eerdekens creates incredible shadow sculptures. When light filters through them, hidden messages are unveiled through bent wires, cotton clouds, cardboard boxes, and even living plants. The artist's play on words and images give rise to a surprising aesthetic effect, while the kinds of materials he chooses is reminiscent of poetry.
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The Christian Left Satirical Rundown of the GOP Presidential Field
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Every noble work is bound to face problems and obstacles. It is important to check your goal and motivation thoroughly. One should be very truthful, honest, and reasonable. One's actions should be good for others, and for oneself as well. Once a positive goal is chosen, you should decide to pursue it all the way to the end. Even if it is not realized, at least there will be no regret.- Dalai Lama
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Stacy Reed I appreciate that you have posted words of wisdom from sources outside of Christianity. I agree that love and altruism should be motivators, as well as an endless search for truth and meaning. I have a saying that I apply to religious zealots who uphold hateful biblical tenets that are racist, sexist, homophobic, or bigoted in some manner - any creed that makes an enemy of my brother is a falsehood, and I will not adhere to it. We are all connected, like it or not. The sooner we can put those misconceptions behind us, that one religion is better than another, that one God is true and the rest are false, the sooner we can get on with loving and respecting each other on a level of equality truly deserving of the human race.
So what is your answer? (Try not to use the Bible as there are people who do not believe that the Bible is the word of God)
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The writer of Hebrews states that, “Faith is the ‘hupostasis’ of things hoped for…” This is the original language. The meaning of substance has changed significantly from the original language. (continued in comment section) The following example is the best description that I have been able to find.
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Stacy Reed By the time I was reunited with my first love, and now husband, I was pretty agnostic. He is of Native American descent and so his beliefs in God were quite different from my own. We decided to start attending a local Unitarian Universalist church, because we felt it would do all of us some good to learn about other faiths and join a community that was making a difference in the area. Most UU's are fairly activist, I'm not sure if you've ever looked much into them, but they are accepting of all people, regardless of sexual orientation, beliefs, etc. I would recommend it, if you have not already. Anyway, it was during those early years of our marriage that we both came to realize we were atheists. Like you, I love educational shows and documentaries, but when I watch shows about the complexity of nature, I don't see any sign of a creator, but evidence for evolution. Exploring fractal geometry as an artist helped me also see that some of the Buddhist and Taoist teachings are probably...
Stacy Reed ...more in line with nature than what the Bible teaches, even if you weren't to take it literally, as many do. http://luxton.blogware.com/... "Philosopher, Alan Watts, once said that the fundamental, ultimate mystery — the only thing you need to know to understand the deepest metaphysical secrets — is this: that for every outside there is an inside and for every inside there is an outside, and although they are different, they go together. We can see those very principles of polarity at work in fractal mathematics, positives and negatives work together, not in opposition or conflict, but a united whole." In my opinion, it is better for us to learn what we can of reality in this life than it is to place so much importance on what may or may not happen in an afterlife. I am certain that if there is a god, it is not the one described in the Bible. If I die and there is a judging god waiting to decide my fate...
Stacy Reed I hope that they will judge me based on my actions, based on my intentions, based on the good I have done and not by the minute dogmatic details of one religion or another. For me, there was never a way to pinpoint which religion was the true one, no one has ever been able to prove that to me, and nothing inside me ever screamed out, "Eureka! This is it!!" It has always been, at least for me, a matter of how people treat each other. Any creed that makes an enemy of my brother is a falsehood. Every religion I've ever come across teaches that the righteous are to be set apart from certain people. I'm sure you have read in the Bible many instances where God orders his followers to kill their neighbors, even loved ones, and that is inconsistent with a loving peaceful creator. This, combined with how I saw "good" Christian people deceiving and abusing those they were supposed to love and protect causes me to come to an understanding that there are good and bad people of all faiths.
Stacy Reed Through the UU, atheist meetups, and the decade I've worked in the Internet industry, I have come to meet people of all walks of life from all around the globe - those I count among my friends are intelligent, funny, incredibly wonderful and loving people - regardless who or what they put their faith in. In my opinion, building these connections into friendships, learning more about the world we live in through our differing opinions and life experiences, then turning what we've shared and learned into some positive action, that is far more meaningful than sitting in a pew on Sunday and devoting ones life to the hereafter. Well, I must get back to work now, but I'll read more of your blog over the weekend. Thank you for bumping me on this thread. BTW, Polstar didn't remove that thread or the comments - nothing said there was an embarrassment to her. I can link you again if you're truly interested in any of the information on those sites. All the best to you and yours, Coleen!
Coleen Uyehara Stacy, it sound like you have been quite busy. Despite your concerns regarding my faith as a souce of comfort, there is no need to worry. I am in a questioning phase of my faith and am going back into history to see how, where and when the Bible was written. I also know that Christ was diefide (?) around the 3rd century, so I am reading some books that dispeal what mainstream Evangelical churches believe. I am also aware of the Unitarian and Episcopal churches who are open and don't teach the gospen message. Instead they encompass all people. I think that the bottomline is are you loving and accepting of others. Not, so sure about the rest of it. I am truly interested in looking at the links. I am going to go back and get Polstar's information on that ridiculous link. I am also interest in the link that you provided here. You have had quite a journey to becoming an atheist. I'm sorry that you too were abused. I would like to continue our conversation. Take care, Stacey.
I've been a active, questioning Christian since 1981. I can give all the Christian answers for why these things and other horrible things happen. But, bottom line is that I'm not God. I don't understand or know why. However, I do know that God is about love and acceptance. That is true for me despite these things happening. It to me is like we all do things that seem to contradict ourselves, but we don't know the mind or or feelings or the other person.
A few Christian fundamentalists attempt to convince us to return to the Christianity of early America, yet according to the historian, Robert T. Handy, "No more than 10 percent-- probably less-- of Americans in 1800 were members of congregations." The Founding Fathers, also, rarely practiced Christian orthodoxy. Although they supported the free exercise of any religion, they understood the dangers of religion. Most of them believed in deism and attended Freemasonry lodges.
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They would have hated him! He was liberal and radical for his time.
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They do challange my knowledge of the Bible, patience and debate skills.
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MeuAnjo Gee gosh..so true ! thank you for this.
Coleen Uyehara Jo, :-)