tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post8620060520070613999..comments2024-01-25T15:49:37.832-07:00Comments on <b>SEX SCENES AT STARBUCKS</b>: still engrossedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-68560801403322374622011-04-12T17:05:30.504-06:002011-04-12T17:05:30.504-06:00Tru dat.Tru dat.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-53700363250507443522011-04-12T14:58:49.908-06:002011-04-12T14:58:49.908-06:00If we could all agree to disagree about religion t...If we could all agree to disagree about religion there would be peace on earthKieron Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654815060055864068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-48707111132104640082011-04-11T17:55:16.222-06:002011-04-11T17:55:16.222-06:00Hi Kieron,
I think I didn't really believe unt...Hi Kieron,<br />I think I didn't really believe until well after I had children. <br /><br />I had an old friend who used to debate me on religion v. atheism and children seemed to trump his argument; even he couldn't come up with something to beat it. <br /><br />But seriously, to each his own (See Above).ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-26498350755643061862011-04-11T17:54:09.595-06:002011-04-11T17:54:09.595-06:00I don't believe in such a humanized version of...I don't believe in such a humanized version of Heaven, Hell, God and all the rest of it, Christine.<br /><br />That's my problem with most American faith today: the human spin. I think it's way fucking bigger than anything that can probably be put into words, and the Anglican service tends to speak to that belief in me.<br /><br />But I also think everyone gets to believe their own version, and that's cool too. I realized I'm probably a Witch at heart, or a pagan, after studying Wicca for SILVER SCAR. Which fits in with the angels theory pretty well, actually... if you can take Angels as demigods as per different viewpoints. (The viewpoint matters more than Truth to me; Truth will be known, it's how we live our lives in the meantime that's so important.)ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-784609339032476862011-04-11T15:53:45.881-06:002011-04-11T15:53:45.881-06:00Personally. I find it hard to believe, and I see i...Personally. I find it hard to believe, and I see it as a shame that I can't imagine believing in such an idea. I do however like the ethos and also plan on writing a book on the struggle between heaven and hell. It's a great idea and IF it is REAL. Wow. But I haven't had any sort of Damascus moment.Kieron Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654815060055864068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-59570625523662026972011-04-11T10:41:29.067-06:002011-04-11T10:41:29.067-06:00Totally him.
He'd be totally making out with ...Totally him.<br /><br />He'd be totally making out with her right now if everyone else wasn't around. <br /><br />But then, knowing him, he might not care too much if others were around.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-83962580174107465462011-04-11T10:32:08.889-06:002011-04-11T10:32:08.889-06:00PS The plane scene with Aidan... Oh my God... He i...PS The plane scene with Aidan... Oh my God... He is so adorable!<br /><br />That was so perfecto.Nighfalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745824744507928211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-61882840081949534102011-04-11T10:29:35.301-06:002011-04-11T10:29:35.301-06:00Ah, Betsy! Do you want the hour sermon, the 20 min...Ah, Betsy! Do you want the hour sermon, the 20 min short course or the two-minute digest? I'll try for two minutes.<br /><br />The traditional Christian view is this: God created the angels to serve him, but gave them free will. Lucifer and a third of the angels turned against him in a bid for more glory and were banished from Heaven. <br /><br />Man also had free will and sinned, which is blamed on the instigation of Lucifer but could also have happened without him. In both cases, free will resulted in rebellion. <br /><br />The risk of allowing choice!<br /><br />Hell is for the demons, not for humanity. But Satan, who knows his time is short, is taking as many people with him as possible by turning them against God. Lucifer will not rule in Hell, God will rule. It is not his desire to punish anyone, but for everyone to choose him, and He grieves mightily over every lost soul.<br /><br />Much of our cultural perception of Hell is based on Dante's Inferno, not on the Bible. (I can look up scripture refs if you want.)<br />Hence the common misperceptions.<br /><br />Disease, disasters, sin... are a result of rebellion against God and a fatal fracturing of the creation. God will remake everything when Christ comes again in glory, via the new heaven and new earth foretold in revelation, but is staying his hand to allow as many people as possible to make the choice to serve Him. <br /><br />Let's not discuss predestination - I don't pretend to know about that and it doesn't matter, on an individual level anyway, because everyone has to make their own choice sometime or another. Like, we don't know who's predestined so who cares?<br /><br />I have lived as a Christian my whole life, but challenged everything as I grew up. I have thought a LOT about all of these things, and I can tell you for God's sure truth that I have experienced the invisible but tangible presence of angels twice in my life. Too awesome for words. I know they exist.<br /><br />I just know!Nighfalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745824744507928211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-42711764974868456412011-04-11T10:24:56.397-06:002011-04-11T10:24:56.397-06:00Aww, Stephen! Thanks.Aww, Stephen! Thanks.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-88185313306802424352011-04-11T10:01:55.658-06:002011-04-11T10:01:55.658-06:00I don't have anything to contribute, but I do ...I don't have anything to contribute, but I do love this post. I love your honesty and openness.Stephen Parrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883165490847664389noreply@blogger.com