WOW, a new baby boy! Yep, life will never be the same for you again, DK. Children are such a blessing.I'm running out the door with my “baby” boy (who is 10 years old, and weighing in at 170 pounds! Egads!) heading to football practice….Take care of one another and enjoy those baby days! Love,Mandy

Quote (kejonn @ July 16 2008,09:55)What makes you so certain that the God you met was indeed the God of the bible? Did He tell you?Because that God I met as a very small child also talks to me through the bible.Question – didn't you come to God through J e s u s, a character in the bible?

Quote (t8 @ July 16 2008,17:11)Welcome to the valley of decision and the supermarket of confusion. Will trusting in yourself give you salvation?Deep stuff.

Quote (kejonn @ July 16 2008,13:03)Quote (Not3in1 @ July 15 2008,18:15)Kevin,I'm running the kids to football and cheer practice, but I will respond later tonight.  I enjoy your view, although I don't believe you are any more happy or “free” by adopting your new understanding than you were when you believed in the Yahweh of the bible.  So if b…[Read more]

Kevin,I'm running the kids to football and cheer practice, but I will respond later tonight. I enjoy your view, although I don't believe you are any more happy or “free” by adopting your new understanding than you were when you believed in the Yahweh of the bible. So if believing and searching out religion is not for freedom and peace, why even…[Read more]

Hi Kevin,After reading your post I think the thread that I chose for us to debate in (after moving my post from the Trivia thread), the “Losing Faith” thread is more appropriate. You've lost faith in God altogether. Even a God you will find that suits you will have one heck of a time convincing you of much, if anything at all. Kevin, your…[Read more]

MOVED FROM TRIVIA THREADKevin,So basically your beef is not with God, it's with the people who wrote the bible and made up all this stuff?OK. But what if they didn't make it all up? What if God really is sort-of human-like and has killed, gets angry, jealous and all the humanistic characteristics that are attributed to him? What if he hates…[Read more]

I moved my post to Kejonn to a more appropriate thread – LOSING FAITH.Kevin, if you want to respond to me please do it THERE.Thanks so much,Mandy

Sorry, I know it's Trivia Time here….um……What are we not supposed to lean on?A.) a burning bushB.) a fattened calfC.) our own understandingD.) a staff

Quote (kejonn @ July 14 2008,23:44)Quote (Stu @ July 14 2008,03:44)Quote (kejonn @ July 14 2008,02:36)What is the largest group ever killed by Yahweh for simply looking in the ark of the covenant? 10 50,070 1 None of the above.I guessed then cheated by looking it up.Do I get half-points?StuartSee, an atheist guessing knows the true nature of…[Read more]

Quote (kejonn @ July 13 2008,00:21)I am still a theist — that is, I believe in a Creator God — but I simply no longer believe that Yahweh is an accurate representation. It takes no faith on my part to disbelieve in Yahweh.Nor do I believe in a God who personally made men. I believe in a God who set the laws of the universe in motion. I do not…[Read more]

Hey Jodi,I completely understand. A little background does help when praying for someone however I understand. I hope I haven't ruined it for you (sharing for prayer). You must know me by now that I tend to get more personal that I should. That's my bad and not anyone elses. I apologize again, I really feel bad about this. I prayed last…[Read more]

Dear Georg,Thank you for your words of encourgement, and indeed they did encourage me!!In reading your simple account of how Jesus chose the 12, and how we are to study, reminds me that our Father is not always angry with me for “not getting it”. Sometimes I think that I am one of the ones who are “ever studying but never learning…”. That…[Read more]

Oh, gotcha! That is what I hoped you meant. I was hoping I didn't over-step my bounds when sharing about my husband.Enjoy your weekend,Mandy

Hi Nick,Not completely sure what you are saying?  You say, “….I would plead for privacy in how we speak of the lives of others.”  Are you saying that for instance, when I bring issues here that have to do with my husband that I should not share anything personal in his life (i.e., he is an alcoholic)?  I'm a bit confused at the point you are ma…[Read more]

Thanks, Ken. Wow this post was unexpected and very welcomed. It seems I have run to the dessert and back to the ocean, at least a few hundred times in my trek for truth. I guess I have become more liberal in my thinking. Only because all the arguments are starting to sound the same, and starting to look like they hold the same evidence. I'm…[Read more]

Hi Jodi,No reason to have to defend anything.  I think you took my post way too personal.  It's just that I have some experience in this area having worked for and with drug rehabs in the past (detox is usually a part of the process. I may note here that folks who drink for a couple days out of sorrow usually don't need to go to an official d…[Read more]

Ha – “…no middle name because his mother couldn't afford one.” Now you've got my curiosity up, Irene! Do share…..

Irene,I will definitely remember Georg! It sounds like he is getting hit when he is down (the tooth on top of it all). Poor guy. I pray that his pain subsides and I pray the radiation zaps whatever it is that shouldn't be in his body. Meanwhile, I pray that you have peace and can sleep well knowing all is the hands of God.Love to you both (and…[Read more]

Hi Jodi,Having had some experience with drug and alcohol addicted persons, I'm wondering if your sis-in-law had good reason to pack up the kids and jet? Her staying in hiding is for a reason, I assume? It sounds like there might be more going on than you ar privy to, but this is just a guess. I mean, she could be deranged I suppose, but women…[Read more]