Why does Christianity need missionaries? Wouldn't the proselytized just come to know Jesus naturally? Ohhh, of course not, because they've never heard of him until the missionaries come into the bush to tell them about it. So if the missionaries don't come, these people are just condemned to an ete...

Sadly, God knows our rebellious hearts.  Holy Scripture reinforces over and over the points made by barrett and pointed stick about the insincere and those who ignore the gift.  One example is below. ... Mountaineer The Parable of the Wedding Feast Matthew, Chapter 22 And again Jesus spoke to them i...

It's real. I was just getting ready to turn in my scissors and letter opener, but I can't find any references to this at all. It sounds like one of those periodic knife amnesties where teenage 'shoguns' get dragged into police stations by their mums to hand in the samurai sword and throwing stars t...

Benko wrote:

MachineGhost wrote: This really does feel like the beginning of The End.

Organisms including people have life cycles birth, maturation, death. 

Perhaps countries/societies do as well.

Yes, they do, at least to this point in the space-time continuum. 

... Mountaineer

I am hesitant to jump into this any more than I already have, but it seems that barrett and moda both have an underlying unconscious assumption that their progeny are not wise enough to discount what their parents have told them or not told them (indoctrinated them with the parent's worldview).  I k...

Since Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching, I thought I would offer my personal thanks to all of you on this thread who have taken the "high road" in comments, questions, new ideas, and in general non-snarkiness in your responses to everything I have posted.  Religion can definitely be a ho...

Talk about a yahoo wacko!  Eugenics and the master race reinvented.  Instead of killing off the weak, the undesirable, the ones "not like us", less-than-human man will make other less-than-human men perfect - might take a bit longer than the holocaust but the end result will surely justify...

Mountaineer, thanks for the explanation. I appreciate it. I hope you can understand how from my perspective, it looks like you chose Christianity because it was culturally familiar and emotionally appealing to you. If you've never actually felt God's presence, or spoken with Jesus, or been touched ...

I respectfully disagree, Mountaineer. (You and I are in the U.S., and with respect to other forum members, that's what I'm writing about when I say) we are in a secular state, not a theocracy, and some states have the deathy penalty. Once it is a forgone conclusion that there are going to be execut...

I'm thinking alien, and which planet's government?  Time travel possibility?  Definitely from a wormhole.  :o ... Mountaineer not to mention the moniker "machineghost", that alone has computer infiltration written all over it.. ;) Oh my gosh!  Now I know why his avatar keeps popping up on...

Does the term "humane death" strike anyone else as an oxymoron? Not really. Does euthanasia of a terminal dog, cat or horse in pain strike you as inhumane? Aren't they God's creatures? Who are we as humans to play God and decide for our loving pet when enough is enough? Why is it any diff...

Jeeze, do you people not know how to recognize legitimate websites or use Internet security?  I have a IP blocker, a firewall and and an anti-virus all running live in real time (all top rated, not the commercial marketing fiction garbage).  Plus I can sandbox any suspicious application upon runnin...

Does the term "humane death" strike anyone else as an oxymoron? Not really. Does euthanasia of a terminal dog, cat or horse in pain strike you as inhumane? Aren't they God's creatures? Who are we as humans to play God and decide for our loving pet when enough is enough? Why is it any diff...

Benko wrote: I need to thank this board for helping me become properly suspicious.  Those were my first thoughts as well.

Plus another ?

  mountaineer

Favorite comment: same as the war on drugs now more drugs then ever and cheaper. war on poverty now there is more poverty being we import it by the tens of millions That social engineering stuff is really working out well ... next chapter - war on the legislative process, a.k.a. management by dikta...

Lastly, I can't seem to conjure up any kind of picture of heaven that seems like it might even remotely please everyone. What if God dictates that I have to listen to hip-hop for eternity? There is great news for you Barrett, if there is hip-hop for eternity, at least you won't cry about it, nor wi...

And in case you misunderstood my firing squad comment:  I'm not a huge fan of the death penalty.  I often lean dangerously left in the eyes of my Christian buddies (although I've recently discovered a whole band of Christians who aren't staunch Republicans).  I think the death penalty comes with hu...

Mountaineer, ..... what is right/wrong abot keeping people alive at the end of life.  ...... I do not see this any differently, from a Scripture or personal perspective, than choosing to prolong ones life by taking antibotics when one has an otherwise fatal infection.  Keeping someone alive via tec...

Mountaineer, You made an overt claim that people who want certain end of life care are "gullible."  Yes, assuming your "certain end of life care" statement is choosing to end life by unnatural means; I stand by my statement they are gullible.  They are gullible to the lies of Sa...

Mountaineer, Well if you can find where God informs us of these end-of-life matters in terms of what he thinks, I'd love to read it.  You seem to carry opinions of things and then when they get challenged, often defer to God, who oftentimes, even in Scripture, doesn't make it clear exactly what he ...

Religion is such an important issue with one's children as well. I always tell our daughter that she has to choose her own path with religion and politics. My reasoning is that if kids are not free to do so, then whoever procreates the most wins (so to speak). Isn't that kind of like saying I'm goi...

I'm not aware of specific studies, but varicella vaccine should indeed prevent shingles as it's caused by the same bug that causes chicken pox.  It hides out in nerve roots in the spinal column and then reactivates years later.  The only problem is that as an adult, you have almost certainly been e...

Mountaineer, Is simply taking someone off of life-support and/or a feeding tube "killing them?"  Aren't we screwing with God's will quite a bit by trying to keep everyone alive as long as possible (a little hyperbole there, but not entirely unwarranted)? Also, we have to remember that the...

Mountaineer, thanks for the explanation. I appreciate it. I hope you can understand how from my perspective, it looks like you chose Christianity because it was culturally familiar and emotionally appealing to you. If you've never actually felt God's presence, or spoken with Jesus, or been touched ...

It's fascinating to me how the most "progressive" in our society are also the most barbarous.  I wonder if most defenders of abortion have done any study of the procedure at all?  I doubt that they have.  They fall in line with the progressive beliefs that the cool people hold, rarely que...