Samuel,You may be right, but then most religions have no shortage of fervent believers who all tell the same tale, you had better believe as I believe or you will be condemned after death.  They all think they are right and all have their own holy scriptures that they tout as God's will.  What do you think your chances of salvation would be if y…[Read more]

Quote (Samuel @ April 04 2008,16:16)See…man can't understand the fact that there is a creator…Because then they would want to know who created the creator? And…so on and so forth.At some point though you have to be honest with your self …there  is an Almighty Creator.Samuel,I think man can understand that there is a Creator, evidently the…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ April 04 2008,16:29)Quote (kejonn @ April 03 2008,07:34)But I don't have to with God. He does not expect me, IMHO, to have to base my faith on Him via such a flawed creation of humanity. The bible is full of the biases of man and can in no way be inspired by a perfect loving God. It is too bigoted, sexist, and brutal.OK, I follow…[Read more]

Samuel,Your quest for truth is admirable but remember truth is not enough, you still have to act upon it.  I know that sin is wrong, truth, yet I still sin.  Also perhaps you may want to broaden your search a bit, truth does exist beyond the pages of what you call scripture.  You are upset with what religion has done with God's word, well they ca…[Read more]

Samuel,Turn it lose, you were blessed on the day you were born.  I would think having a soul, a mind capable of reason, a heart to love, and a conscience to guide you is somewhat more then nothing.  Putting God first doesn't mean we are then nothing, if so why create us and give us sentience?   Life is both joy and sorrow, it has meaning I hope be…[Read more]

Quote (TimothyVI @ April 04 2008,03:28)Quote (Cato @ April 04 2008,02:29) Well for about 160,000 (approx # of world deaths per day) of our fellows, the end time is today.And what if that was the end time that Jesus meant we would all see soon?TimMost likely it is so.  I think just like in Jesus' day people want him to be the king of today's w…[Read more]

Quote (Samuel @ April 03 2008,06:17)There is no reason for me to be tough…Of course, I'm a spiritual warrior for Christ…however…without christ I am nothing but a lump of dust.I am also therefore a wittness, Jesus Christ fights my battles.  Hes the one thats tough.I'm the one that has Faith and look to him for everything…for without him I…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 03 2008,05:44)Quote (Cato @ April 02 2008,23:28)Samuel,You should read my thread on, “reincarnation is not hinduism”.  Many here seem to mix the two falsely.  Reincarnation is the concept that a soul can be reborn into different physical bodies.  It goes back to the idea that a person is in truth a spiritual being hi…[Read more]

For all those who can “feel it in their veins” that the end times are coming soon because of corruption, wars, rumors of war, famine, pestilence, etc., when has it ever not been so.  Soon after Jesus died many felt then his return was imminent then.  At the fall of the Roman Empire and the various barbarian invasions many thought the end was on h…[Read more]

Samuel,You should read my thread on, “reincarnation is not hinduism”.  Many here seem to mix the two falsely.  Reincarnation is the concept that a soul can be reborn into different physical bodies.  It goes back to the idea that a person is in truth a spiritual being himself and physical bodies are the clothes a soul wears to interact in the ph…[Read more]

It is normal for humans to try and control their world, when it is under the aegis of Christianity through prayer or under science using chemisty, physics, or whatever we see it as only natural.  When it is called magic, suddenly we look at it differently, though by definition prayer to God would be very similar to magic as we are asking a…[Read more]

Quote (Samuel @ April 02 2008,05:06)what is occult?Samuel,The word (occult) has many uses in the English language, popularly meaning “knowledge of the paranormal”, as opposed to “knowledge of the measurable”,usually referred to as science. The term is sometimes popularly taken to mean “knowledge meant only for certain people” or “knowledge that…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 02 2008,04:47)Quote (Cato @ April 01 2008,22:36)Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 01 2008,10:35)Hi cato, Genesis 3:22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:Natural man can know these…[Read more]

Quote (kejonn @ April 02 2008,00:09)Careful Cato, that sounds like occult talk .KJ,Nick started a thread on the occult in the believers section, I think you would find it entertaining.

Samuel,Perhaps the meaning is for you and your own life rather then a prophecy of the end times.  You are obviously going through spiritual changes and these may be part of it.  Your  message is viewed through the context of your unconscious, which from your upbringing is full of religious symbols.  These dreams may be the result of inner tur…[Read more]

Seek and Happyman,Just as a point of information, many of us see no need to write our prayers in public, but that does not mean your posts are not read or responded to in the way that matters.  So, Happyman keep up your good work and Seek do not be troubled, there is response from others here it is just not a written one.

Samuel,Perhaps such visions are revelations from God or perhaps they stem from the anxieties of your own unconscious mind.  If you think about something long enough or read about a subject it is only natural to dream about them.  Even if they are from God (which rationally would be the lowest probability) you must take care in interpreting same, f…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 01 2008,10:35)Hi cato, Genesis 3:22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:Natural man can know these things but does not seem to be equipped to handle that knowledge.Perhaps,…[Read more]

Quote (david @ April 01 2008,09:02)Quote sometimes you almost proclaim ignorance as virtue.Ignorance of some things (such as the occult) would be a virtue.If someone has an intimate knowledge of the occult, that would be the opposite of a virtue.If someone has a knowledge of how to commit badness (human torture for an extreme example) that…[Read more]

Quote (Samuel @ April 01 2008,00:56)I wish there was something that I could say to change your mind.It seems that you probably would not believe anything I told you.So…do you think we will be able to fly through space at speeds faster then light some day?Samuel,I respect your motivations in trying to spread what you think is God's truth as…[Read more]