Yes, Bean'sBrother, sorry if the Christians among us sating that if someone does not believe that Jesus is the Messiah and son of God who Died to reconcile humans to God and then rose again, and will come again to fulfil the rest of the biblical prophesies won't be going to heaven, upsets you in any...

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Has anyone mentioned Samurai Champloo? I really enjoy that but I only have 3 dvd's at the moment.

First, I resent you bolding my name! It felt like you were poking me in my chest and trying to be mean! :( Second, I said that they didn't DESERVE it, not that they couldn't receive it. Though, I can see I did leave that out. I left a big part out. Perhaps they can be forgiven, but perhaps only by ...

Do any of you know the troubles South Africa has had with racism? The crimes white people have committed against black people and vice versa? When Mandela got out and got in control, he pleaded with the country to not take revenge, and not harbour resentment for past offences. He pleaded the country...

I tend to leave the eggs and the bunnies alone at Easter, even as a Christian. I get the new life sentiment, but if I get involved with anything remotely souvenir-like it would be a little cross made out of a palm leaf or something, to remember the way the crowd greeted Jesus with palm leaves in the...

I understand Slovak better than I understood all that, and I've been living in England for most of my life.



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The way I view hell is that it is not so much a physical torment, but the regret and shame that you missed out on heaven and that you were such an idiot to do so. And for people who believe in several layers of hell, then what you have described would most likely be the first layer, I imagine so an...

The only sin that is unforgiveable is unbelief. Do you really believe that? What about all the converts? Because if so, then converting won't "save you from eternal hell" if it is unpardonable not to have believed at some point in your life. I meant continued unbelief, even when you have ...

Sin is such a widely debated subject, but my two cents worth is that sin, is sin. Any amount of it, is too much for God. This means that there is no difference between murder and secretly wishing someone would die, or between stealing something or keeping something from somebody, even when you know ...

my question is how bean decrypted it... did card go into it?

He got Chuck Norris to stare at it until it turned into a Magic-Eye and revealed the code to them.

Anyways, here's mine. If there is a God, then He probably is omniscient and omnipotent, and probably has a sense of humor and is laughing at us for trying to redefine those two terms, and that He exists on another plane of existence. So that our choices, due to His omniscient, He must know, but lik...

thats just rasterization... i mean was petra hiding messages in between the pixels themselves? it didn't make any sense to me, if achilles had the battle kids under complete surveillance, how was she able to manipulate code and play with machine language. I mean i can't even log on to myspace at sc...

I've been trying for YEARS to get religious people to describe the critical attributes of the God they believe in, but typically no one wants to do it. Several posts I've written today might be what you're after Boothby, in as mush as I've been writing what I believe to be attributes of God and his...

The original purpose for Humans was to exist with God. Adam and Eve were very really with God. Physically close and intellectually close. Everything God made was brought to Adam for him to name. Adam and Eve mess that up when disobeyed. From then on God's purpose for humans is to enable them to come...

Little nasty squares on jpegs that appear when the image is resized badly... You know, when a pic looks like its a close-up a of a really crappy webcam...?

In the Bible (a part that both Jews and Christians would agree on) there is the account of Abraham and Sarah... - Abraham is married to Sarah. - Marriage is a holy covenant between a man and a woman. - A covenant is a two way agreement in which both parties can make demands on each other. - God make...

Just thinking over what Jotabe said... I have thought for a long time now that, in there being a God, you would not need more that one God for surely one God is enough to maintain all things and provide all things. This leads me to my Monotheistic view. From there I think if there is indeed (which I...

I like the one where the world is flat, Point of fact: educated people have known the world is round at least since the time of Eratosthenes. Yes but it illustrates that at one time, they did not. My point is simply that people who trust in nothing but science must come to terms with the fact that ...

...So let me get this straight. This thread was another opportunity for you to 'pick on Christianity' and you do so because it's so easy? So with the same fervour that many religious zealots have had in the past, you choose to use any and all forms of debate, piss-taking and or borrowed logic to pur...

...I'm pretty sure there aren't an infinite number of religions. Sorry, just wanted to pick that nit. Re: God Delusion - I haven't bothered reading Dawkin's book because after the reading the blurb on the back I came to the conclusion that he wasn't so much talking about God, or Christianity but mor...

The audience experienced it with him. The Shadow books have too much... description of what is happening without experience. It separates the reader from the action and emotion. I can honestly say, and thankfully I guess, I did not feel that way while reading any shadow saga book, or any ender book...

Then we eat.

I like your Church.

No no, in all seriousness, Happy Easter everyone.

I actually think that the Bean/Shadow saga series was EVERY bit as amazing as the Ender saga. Bean's plot is highly believable. Let us not forget that MANY ancient civilizations have CHILDREN for their 'living god' country leaders. To name a few... - Emporer Meiji of Japan was FOURTEEN years old whe...

Welcome, Azarel :) Don't worry, in this thread there is no limit for spiritualization. ;) Actually, I think the whole board is like this, so I hope you'll feel comfortable discussing your ideas here. A. Thanks for the welcome :) I'm literally just finishing 'Children of the Mind' this week and then...

Also, Jesus what not 'so' humble in everything he did. If he was and if that was his purpose, then chances are people wouldn't speak of him today. No, Jesus shook the entire world up with his teachings and that has lasted to this day. He wasn't humble when he stormed the merchants and moneylenders ...

I took the same approach as the original poster some years ago in regard to my Christian faith. I spent so long sitting there, being quiet about my faith, not mentioning it for fear of getting into debates and upsetting people that I ended up almost completely neglecting it. This is a very real dang...

I think from the angle of my own point of view/understanding most of what was said in the original post can explained as manifestations of compassion, especially in regard to babies laughing and mothers crying. Humans are individuals and yet we do - from the universal/global experiences of generatio...