Quote (Lightenup @ April 10 2008,16:49)So, maybe the birth control advise should include not having more than the number of events that you can get to in one dayAmen, sister! And I only have two. But even so, tonight I was at my daughter's softball practice while my son's practice started 15 minutes before hers ended (and the field was 15…[Read more]

Colter,Your avatar is freaking me out again! Just kidd'en ya! You didn't have to change it, but it's nice to see who you are. I tried to upload a true picture of me and my daughter once over on Kevin's site, but it didn't work. I'm just not that computer savvy.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 10 2008,09:49)Hi not3, If you do not share the Spirit you may be led to believe any man is inspired.Many do.Now are you talking about the holy spirit of God, or are you talking about the sword of the Spirit? I have God' holy spirit as a deposit guarentee that I am his. The “Sword of the Spirit” is in question whether…[Read more]

Cato,I think you flat make a lot of sense! I appreciate your approach and how you explain things. I tend to agree with much of what you are offering here. Nick and Irene, I also see your viewpoints according to the bible. Thanks to you also, Theo!Mandy

Oh, Kevin, that's funny stuff!

Quote (thehappyman @ April 10 2008,16:04)Hi Prayer partners:             Jock S. has eye problems,  Wayne M. cancer , final stage. Ralph P. unspoken , Frances's feet are bothering her. 2yr.old Zackery has to go through another operation on his legs.  Virginia F. fell and broke her wrist. Ollie G . has a brain tumor.  Bernice's left knee is hurti…[Read more]

Wow! What do you think verse 5 means? Could it mean just what I have been saying, and other's too, that various religions are all worshiping the same God but just with a different name/culture?

How come his (Paul) writings get to be inspired now after the fact (the OT). Why not other writings too?The Word of God is who God is. God is holy spirit. But we've had this debate before. “I am my word.” “My word is bond.” That sort of thing. Well, I'm out until this evening. Have to run to the tax-man and file. Really cutting it close…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 10 2008,08:54)Hi not3, So have we perverted the instincts of cats?No.They will still kill for food if it is not handed to them in a neat Friskies tin. Their instinct is still intact, albeit not dominant because the need is being met? Ya, that sounds OK.

Can I have another choice, please?It's this very thing that makes me insecure in Jesus being THE messiah. Other's claim that if you do not believe their religion that you will perish as well. Everyone has a qualifying belief that you must adhere to or your out of the club. Why call him a liar? If we are not positive he said everything that was…[Read more]

Good question, brother.Very good question.Ponder…..ponder……..I don't have an answer to that yet, I'm afraid.

I used to….and she used to bring her nightly “kill” to the front door every morning for me to see.If a cat was not domesticated, it would surely kill for food in the wild….in nature…..naturally.

I dunno.Look, I ask questions….I don't answer them! Seriously though, I'm not sure. I mean, perhaps he was referring to the holy spirit of God that speaks to each one of us? But more likely he was referring to the OT because it was “written” then. Paul had no idea a book would be put together centered on his writings.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 10 2008,08:41)Hi not3, Those who study the world include as normal whatever they find. Yet though animals kill each other they do not say murder is normal.Animals kill for food, we go to the Super Market for food.I don't see your reasoning here.

Hi Theo,Well, besides being truly eloquent in your words, I didn't quite follow you (although it is a pleasure to read your posts, along with other's here who handle the English language so beautifully).Man dictated to the animals how to “do it”?  

My point was that you are taking this passage in Hebrews literally. What if Paul (or whoever) was referring to something other than the bible?

I guess it's all relative, Nick. Colter uses the UB books and has his own ideas and theology. Other's here share their form of theology. All these are interpretational. All spiritual books claim inspiration of sorts.

Quote (Cato @ April 10 2008,06:25)It is my belief that in most cases homosexuality is not a choice, but a condition.  Whether an alternate means of sexual development, some sort of birth defect or hormonal imbalance no one knows.  I don't remember ever being alive that I did not like women, even as a preschooler you had crushes and attractions, w…[Read more]

Do you think Paul (or who ever wrote Hebrews), thought that his letters were the word of God? Do you think he was referring to the dried ink or the spirit who speaks God?

My husband is #9/9 in a Catholic family. His mother was so cute (she died several years ago), she used to tell me, “Kid, we would have had even more babies, but after Dan we ran out of material.”