Posted on 04 July 2011. Tags: argument, catholics, christians, discussion, faith, harry potter, Jesus, lord voldemort, muggles, Offended, Show, Wizards
I was having a discussion with a Christian affiliate, deploring him of his one-sided argument and ways, so I told him “Harry Potter died for your sins! Show some respect, muggle!” He thought this was way out of line, and I hardly see why. Time and time again people have told me that “Jesus died for your sins” why can’t I use the same response only in reference to Harry Potter. Both are true; Harry Potter did indeed sacrifice his life to protect wizards and muggles alike from Lord Voldemort, so why be offended?? I am not belittling your faith, we just happen to invest our faith in different venues, can’t we respect that?
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Posted on 20 May 2011. Tags: atheist, desire, equivalent, faith, going to hell, good person, heaven, muslims, person, rapture, Religion, thirteen years
I could understand going to Hell if I were a sinning Christian, but I’ve got nothing to do with, and no desire to be affiliated with religion. I’m thirteen years old and a good person. Would Muslims, for example, go to hell in the rapture, or would the go to the Islamic equivalent of Heaven? I just don’t feel that it’s right to send someone like me to Hell when I’m not of that faith.
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Posted on 08 March 2011. Tags: challege, chorus x2, faith, feelin, inner peace, leap of faith, negative thoughts, positive thoughts, rap lyrics, stick, three quarters, Verse, verse 1, verse 2, vision
It’s called, “Glass is Three-Quarters Full”
CHORUS:
Let’s raise a glass and toast, but have control, yeah, people let’s go!
Don’t be depressed, just hope! Let’s spread some hope! Yeah, people let’s hope!
I see your glass as half, your glass as half, no, three-quarters full!
I see your glass as half, your glass as half, no, three-quarters full!
VERSE 1:
With a bitter frown it has been awhile since you’re sittin’ down with a smile/
Now I’ve figured out with that 40 ounce you’re just drinkin’ now ’cause you’re down/
You have hit the ground there’s just no way down—there’s just one direction—it’s up!/
You are sadly stuck in this massive rut so I’ll just suggest you adjust/
If you want success yo I must suggest you adapt with positive thoughts/
‘Cause the positive thoughts solidify results you’d want—think positive stuff!/
‘Cause like mist or fog the real negative thoughts can obstruct your vision and path/
You will hit a trap you will hit a snag when you have no vision intact/
When you’re feelin’ stressed or just feel distressed—yo don’t be beatin’ yourself!/
But within yourself find some inner peace or inner meaning—it helps!/
And you’ll realize how when you know yourself that you’ll find your niche and your place/
With a leap of faith like within your brain you will see the bleakness erased/
What I mean to say’s: “Things will be okay! Have faith in goals that you set!”/
If you know your passions and your goals you are on the road to success/
If you go ahead and ignore the negatives—yeah you can go far!/
And just know success is what you’re destined for, and shoot for the stars!/
(CHORUS x2)
VERSE 2:
Life’s like photography, you use the negatives to develop/
Don’t let a challenge bring you down, you gotta stick with the challege/
Whenever doubters run they mouths you gotta stick it to doubters/
Whenever you’re wantin’ to excel you gotta think you’ve got talent/
In your life no doubt you’ll see ups and downs but don’t let the downs do you in/
When you’re feelin’ down don’t be sittin’ down smokin’ spliffs or downin’ a gin/
You must figure out how to tough it out with the grit and talent you bring/
You must figure out how to stick around, how to pick your battles and win/
And you have to think when you make mistakes they’re steppin’ stones to success/
Don’t just mope or fret, don’t just get so stressed or just get real low and depressed/
Don’t get so obsessed with the hopelessness or obsessed with hopin’ you’re dead/
You won’t know success with that sole distraction that is spreadin’ over your head/
When you dig for treasure when you dig for gold you will have to still understand…/
The real treasure chest you’ll eventually get if you’ve invested all that you can/
When you call an end to an exhaustin’ effort you will never know what you’ll get/
‘Cause with every step and with every depth you dig the closer you’ll get./
(CHORUS x2)
VERSE 3:
When you promptly slip and the struggles hit, is it darkness that you envision?/
Up is cost of livin’, when economy’s slippin’, I just hear some constantly bitchin’…/
“It’s my job I miss, it’s at home I sit, with the ample losses I’ve witnessed!”/
But we have to switch to positive thinkin’ to just make the toughest decisions/
When the problems hit remain calm and strictly stick to positive thinkin’/
Even though we’re constantly inundated with the opposite picture…/
From the thugs to kids to the poverty-strickened livin’ in squalid conditions/
When the gunshots ring troubled thugs would simply just get locked up in prisons/
With like drugs and guns in the picture, really it’s just awfully ridiculous/
When we’ve got like kids or other innocent just fallin’ as victims/
When the problems hit some are awfully quick to just resolve them with triggers/
Some just obviously think when they pop their pistols they will make their problems dimish/
But we cannot combat this sickness…with like drugs or doctor’s prescriptions/
When you fall or slip, when the problems hit you just can’t resolve them with liquor/
In a trough you’ll dip in a trough you’ll sink if you think it’s darkness you live in/
When the struggles hit think of positive things—concentrate and follow your vision!/
(CHORUS x2)
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Posted on 20 February 2011. Tags: attempt, christian goal, christian individuals, covenant, faith, interfaith councils, jewish converts, jews for jesus, liberal protestant, number of christian denominations, protestant churches, protestant denominations, roman catholic church, Salvation, way
Jews for Jesus is a single Christian ministry which attempts to convert Jews to Christianity.
The term is often used generically for Jewish converts to Christianity who try to retain some cultural trappings of their Judaism.
Leaders of these groups are often ordained Christian ministers who are specifically trained in techniques for converting vulnerable Jews. Members of these groups deceptively use Jewish symbols (such as Stars of David) and language so as to appear Jewish, their goal is to take Jews away from Judaism and to bring them into the Christian Church.
Jews for Jesus actually considers itself an arm of the evangelical church.
A number of Christian denominations have condemned the deceptive and aggressive nature of groups like Jews for Jesus.
The Roman Catholic Church, liberal Protestant churches, interdenominational study groups and interfaith councils worldwide have taken a stand against this form of proselytizing which does a disservice to both faith systems.
Other Christian individuals and groups have been less sensitive to Jewish community concerns and continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually to convert Jews to Christianity.
Most of the missionary and conversionary groups are affiliated with fundamentalist Protestant denominations.
Jewish understanding of salvation simply is different from that of Christianity and so the question of evangelization of Jews boils down to a question of whether or not Christians have the right to try to convince Jews that their version of salvation is preferable to the one Jews have already. Jews and Christians worship the same God — the God who made covenant with Israel. Should Christians then try to convince Jews to worship God in the Christian way, with the Christian goal (salvation) in mind, instead of the Jewish way, with the Jewish goal (obedience) in mind? Many Christians think so; many do not. In each case the response hangs on a critical interpretation of Christian identity.
Those Christians who would convert Jews firmly believe it is the divinely mandated mission of the church to preach the Gospel to them — as well as everyone else — for the sake of Jews themselves, for their salvation. According to this view, Christians would be false to their faith if they failed to bring Jews into the Christian fellowship.
On the other hand, there are Christians who are just as firmly convinced that the attempt to convert Jews to Christianity is to betray the God whom they both worship. On their reasoning, Jews as individuals are, by definition, part of the Jewish people with whom God made covenant; they are already within the covenant and have no need to enter it in a different way. The attempt to convince them otherwise is an attempt to convince them to deny God’s covenant with Israel. The proper stance for Christians, therefore, is to understand as best they can what it means for Jews to live as obedient members of the Jewish people before the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And, in the process, help Jews comprehend how it is that Christians — gentiles for the most part — can rightly worship that same God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Do you feel this Jews for Jesus group(s) is a deceptive form of proselytizing? That they use vague and misleading language along with deceptive tactics in its attempt to convert Jews to Christianity?
The Catholic Church regards the saving act of Christ as central to the process of human salvation for all, it also believes that Jews already dwell in a saving covenant with God. … The distinctive Jewish witness must be sustained if Catholics and Jews are truly to be, as Pope John Paul II envisioned, “a blessing to one another.”
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Posted on 18 February 2011. Tags: afterlife, atheist, faith, god, hassle, incorporeal, Jesus, Muslim, religious beliefs, Supreme, Thing?, trinity
I believe in God – He is incorporeal, and supreme – there is no trinity, or whatever. I believe that you don’t have to believe in Him to get to an afterlife – all that matters is HOW you conduct yourself in this life. I believe that he LOVES everyone – regardless if you’re an atheist, Muslim, Christian, homosexual or not, or whatever.
However, I don’t believe in Jesus. I see him as a historical figure, and that’s all it is for me.
What are my beliefs called? I’m kind of sick of having to tell people my religious beliefs “I believe in God but I’m not affiliated with a religion or a faith.” It’s a bit of a hassle.
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Posted on 13 November 2010. Tags: anything, Don't, faith, god, humanity, Religion, Religon, terrible things, terror
I believe in god but i feel like religon has failed me. I dont have faith in humanity and seeing all the terrible things that are being done in the name of religion disgusts me. I feel like i dont want to be affiliated with anything that can cause so much terror when it is supposed to be preaching the exact opposite.
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