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RE: DO YOU BELIVE IN TAROT CARDS?

Hiya... I don't know if this response was directed at me or not.. but It is because I believe very much in God and the Holy Spirit that I would not touch them with a barge pole now...

Any Spirit that is not from God.... is a lier.... and people who dabble in these things are indeed false prophets....

False prophet can come in very attractive packaging.... but at the end of the day the source of their divinity is a liar so any 'insight' that comes from them is flawed...

RE: DO YOU BELIVE IN TAROT CARDS?

Hiya..... I used to actually read them before I knew any better.... a friend got a set for me for my B-day, cause I have always been a teeny bit pychic.... anyhow they really freaked me out... so I threw them away.... I believe in the Spiritual Realm.. it is very real... nowadays I try to walk in the Holy Spirit...

There are good spirits... (the Holy Spirit etc) and there are bad spirits, the Tarot cards when used by a sensitive person DO work (they did for me) but you don't know what you are channeling into...darker spirits, will let you lots of truths to reel you in... but they will include in there also lies, that can cause a lot of damage.... e.g... a friend of mine was big into the Tarot cards, and very confused about her relationship.. it was long distance.. when she used to get her cards read, there was so much in her reading that was soo accurate that she believed the cards when she said she was going to meet and marry an Irish guy.... she went out with some duds I can tell ya .... anyhooo... .the guy she DID marry (French) was patiently waiting in the wings the whole time (but she rejected him in favour of this illusive 'Irish Guy'..... anyway I think (I hope) that as a result of a chat I had with her that she began to look at the situation a little differently.... Mr Frenchy, wasn't perfect.. but he did love her with all his heart.. the proof was that he was waiting in the wings for about three years... and she also loved him, cause in spite of everything she always went back to him.... well they are married now, a lil boy and girl, and they seem very happy....

Thats the point I am making.. .they will tell you 75% of he truth to entice you.... the 25% will be to fool you...


Spirits are generally not happy benign entities.. be careful where you thread..

RE: The Match Thread.

Thats sooo cute... is it the case that you know each other sooo long that you have begun to Morph into one another... u could pass for biological brothers....

RE: The Match Thread.

Hey ur best friend in the photo looks like he could be ur brother.. u look really alike... is he your bro/bff??

RE: Maths Mystery... Unsolvable?????

so the caretaker originally had €60 in his hand he hands back 15 (he is now left with €45....... €40 was the original contract price... (plus the €5 on the side.. ) clever guy .... they wouldn't have seen that comin

RE: Maths Mystery... Unsolvable?????

3 into 40 is 13.3333333 so they each overpaid 6.67 each (approx) to the care taker... getting back 5 meant that there was an extra 1.67 x 3 in the pot 1.67 x 3 = €5.01.. this was the €5 that the caretaker kept

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

I don't think you need to support per se but is it really necessary to pick something out..... just because you have technical justification for doing so?.. where does 'compassion... or empathy' figure in this senario.....

Dunno do you remember those REALLY annoying kids in school, who would sit at the top of the class all angelic and shout 'MISS... u made a mistake with a delighted grin..every chance they got.... sooooo bloody annoying.... and they were the same ones who would practically 'sit' on their desk if we were doing a test, for FEAR you may copy...... have to say these kind of things never bothered me... .... thing is just cause your right...... does not mean you have to rub it in... sometimes it is more important to be gracious.... Thank goodness God is gracious or we would all be s*****d

Just pleaaaaase bear in mind.... the guy said a couple of words out of the way... anyhow... I am leaving it at this.. finito!!

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

Hiya again..... yeah clearly my attempt at compassionate support for a guy who I respect as being a decent principled guy is something which has the potential of 'scaring' all these budding Christians away and being a bad influence.... the mind boggles.. ... anyway I should not be letting my pride and stubborn ways prompt me to be defensive when I have no need to defend my position...

I am a fairly young Christian in that I have long way to go.. but by the same token, my memory is fresh.... an in my experience... I was alway deeply discouraged by any kind of self righteous type attitute among the various Churchs I visited over the years.. me being the kinda person I am was likely to be alot more impressed by compassion and generosity of spirit etc.. but then thats just me... thing is being the imperfect person that I was.. and am!!.. for me it was necessary to take one step at a time... in my own time.... and encouragement rather than judgment was more effective..... IMO

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

:hiya:...

was just wondering... do you just completely not believe in God at all? or is it just the Religious Dogma you dislike... cause Christianity (my kind) is not about that at all, it is about a personal relationship with God.. so yes you would be responsible for your own actions and actually 'feel' a sense of responsibility on the basis of what is right and what is wrong.. Religion doesn't really encourage that to the same degree cause of the distance between you and God... Being a Christian means that you actually 'care' what God thinks and you genuinely want to do whats right even if it means that it is a sacrifice.. u know you are not simply content with a make do fix...

RE: What us Guy's Want!!!

Sweet post ... I like a person with simple values..

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

If you thing a public 'admonishment' on an open forum was fair...in circumstances where it was clearly out of character... then you go ahead yes you are a free agent...

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

I don't know why you feel the need to defend your actions... Most of what I was saying was in relation to Mike and the empathy I have for the Thread he posted... wasn't politically correct perhaps, but I can understand why he did... and p.s. we are all sinners... being a Christian does not absolve us from the fact that we will continue to sin.. gossip say for example or a white lie ///or a biggie the sin of pride or vanity the list goes on..... we probably sin every day in some small way... being a Christian does make it easier on some levels but it also makes it harder on others because the bar is raised so high....

this is why I think it is important not to slip too easily into self righteous mode.... even Jesus' actions were judgeg by the Pharisees who were avid readers and observers of Scripture... in fact they admonished him (Gospel of Mark) when he dared to heal a man on the Sabbath, which under the Jewish Law was a day of rest... Jesus did not respect the Pharisees, he called them hypocrites, despite the fact that they were obedient Religious men.... Yes I agree with you... Read the Word, Live the word, but also very simply love others as yourself....

The reason I said what I said is because I noticed that there was a rash of negative comments mounted against Mike on this one rare occassion where he actually lost the Rag.... I decided to say something in support of him..... I know he didn't need me to... he is more than competent to speak for himself, but I did so anyway...

I also noted with some level of curiosity that not only were the usual suspects posting against him... but his Christian Sister also... if you didn't like the curse... send him a private mail...

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

Hiya Kid and Healthy..... as with everything.. a balance has to be achieved... there is no doubt that there were other issues involved in that awful situation... clearly he was a nasty control freak... and was deeply jealous of the relationship you had with God... what a NASTY situation to find yourself in... thank God you got out of it.. .was this recent??.. I hope you got a chance to get over it...

As regards unequally yolked... practically speaking it does make sense that when two people get together that they are capable (at the very least) of supporting each other in the fundamental things that are of value to them... one of these things for me if my faith in God.. another would be the fact that I definitely want children... these are two things that go to the core of my being.. lesser but also important would be the fact that I am a creative and intelligent person and I do better (am more myself) in an environment where these aspects of me are not neglected.. and then of course there are things such as chemistry, sense of humour all these other important things that one bases a choice of partner on...

The first in the list are the fundamentals.. faith and something like kids belong in that category.... there inlies the potential difficulties that can arise.. if someone was rigidly opposed to another persons view.... fireworks.. if someone was open and genuinely supportive of anothers views.. possibility for compromise.. however if someone shared and enjoyed and was equally passionate about the others views.. well then thats just a match made in heaven ... so while I wouldn't say NO to compromise.. I would say NO to someone who clearly would never be able to understand this fundamental thing about me

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

Cmon.... do you think it would make a darned bit of difference... to yours or indeed my view... .....

We are literally polar opposites on complete opposite sides of the spectrum of beliefs.. I believe in pretty much all that the Bible has said.. athiests believe in none of it....

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

Yes it is... and like you I hate organised Religion.... so that is some common ground that we have.... the thing is you have to be responsible...not only to yourself but others...I mean its fairly obvious that I have a very strong belief in God.... so dunno just would be fearful of how (in the long term) two people would gel when their belief systems are so polar opposite... I don't mind if someone is open to believing in God.. but someone... say and athiest who is completely closed off to the concept altogether would drive me nuts!!... u can just imagine ... ha ha.. me and Crotulus.. there would be prison sentences and all sorts ...

There are lots of people out there who are like seeds planted on fresh soil which have potential to grow once, they completely disassociate themselves with doctrinal Religion and all the PR damage it has done to Gods name....

But there are those seeds that have landed on concrete...

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

I am devout in that I go to Church every Sunday, Childrens Ministries (once a month)am part of the worship team and want to get involved in pastoral services to the Community when the Church gets its new building.... I also pray regularly and read the Bible nearly every day... and while alot of my needs in that regard are met by Church involvement and my friends from the Church... going home to an Athiest would be horrible... I wouldn't be able to share my thoughts on things etc or ask questions (where I was uncertain)...

Ha ha.. .I have just RUINED my chances of ever meeting anyone on this site ... but thats the truth... I don't think on a fundamental level I could properly fall in love with someone who didn't believe in God.. because such a huge chunk of what I would need to identify with in a person would be missing..

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

Ha ha are you kidding??? we would kill each other and both end up in Hell or wherever.... in fact we would even be arguing over that!!

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

Having said that.. as long as someone was 'open' to Christianity then I wouldn't mind evolving with that person...

One of the girls in my church married a non Christian guy who is now the most inspired convert I think I have ever witnessed ... seriously you would have to see it to believe it.. .they were married for about 25 years 4 kids and he just didn't want any of it.. they didn't argue per se and he did believe in God.. he just felt the need to do things in his own time and on his own terms.. through his own process of searching he has reached his own conclusion which is that Jesus is his saviour... so not impossible....as long as someone is open

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

A resolute no I am afraid... I know that seems a little harsh.. but the reality is the differences in fundamental outlook would be so great as to be devoid of any common ground.... can you imagine the arguments???.. it might be kinda fun at first, challenging and all but I really wouldn't like a life time of it.. and seeing as when I marry it will be for life.. a realistic choice of partner is adviseable

RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

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RE: The Atheist Starter Kit

hiya ...

It also says not to judge.. in fact in a way that is more important, cause lets face it.. its not a straight walk being a Christian... lots of twists and turns and pebbles, rocks and even the occassional boulder to knock us over... I for one have used 'curse words' I have apologised and they are a LOT less frequent... but never the less... none of us can cast the first stone.... also I admire Mikes struggle to get the truth out there... it may be in vain... sure... and it may be frustrating.....SURE!! but he is giving his view... plenty views to go around... EVERY ONE gets their say here .. whether any of us like it or not ... anyway..... sorry for the long winded ... what I am trying to say is that being a Christian does not mean we have to be silent lambs all the time... Righteous anger (when couple with a forgiving heart) is ok... Jesus lost his rag from time to time (remember the Temple) and I have to empathise with Mike... the insults some people fling at the Father (our Father) sometimes makes my blood boil

RE: Does the Atheist have a soul?

I see the point you are trying to make Phil....noted ..... I was responding to a specific point.... your man was saying that God blocks out our light.... I responded with something which was based on scripture (Jesus words are more reliable).... far from wanting to 'block' out our light... he wants us to shine like Beacons into the world... Religion however.. very much wants to counter this... because its leader does want the light for themselves...

RE: Does the Atheist have a soul?

LOL ... as long as they are 'abundant'... I would have thought that is all u would have been worried about Al

RE: Does the Atheist have a soul?

Of course!!!! and Sisters!!! .... how r u sweetie??

RE: Does the Atheist have a soul?

... and I always thought that Buddism was a harmless if even a little enlightened as a philosophy....

As for inflecting light.... Jesus said that we (his children) are to go into world as beacons of light and shed light into every dark corner.... he is the light within us that will illuminate our path and show us the way.... we should be able to know our brothers by the light that emanates from them and the abundance of their fruit....

RE: Does the Atheist have a soul?

Truth is a revelation that will fill you up and illuminate your path....... the longer we avoid the truth the longer we will remain in darkness.. and the longer we remain in darkness the longer we will continue going around in circles and bumping into things... JMV... mankind without God.... just doesn't work.....

RE: Does the Atheist have a soul?

our soul/spirit is like our 'creative' energy most people acknowledge (contingent on their belief in 'soul') that things such as music and are and poetry etc derive from soul.... would seem a bit pointless for that level of creative energy being transposed to a flea... nothing against fleas per se.... but can imagine one writing a symphony ...

RE: Does the Atheist have a soul?

I'm just thinkin since ur ego is as big as God's how would there be room for both of u perhaps thats why even if you were to believe he existed you wouldn't accept him.. .just a thought...

RE: Does the Atheist have a soul?

... a whole new level of egotistical... ... are you sure the universe has room for you both??