Happiness to me is making the most of what you have and enjoying it with the people you love. We all have worries, and always will, you have to choose to be happy instead of worry. Some of the happiest people I have ever met share one thing in common, they make the best of what they have and don't dwell on the bad things that happen in life.
[quote] Full well you reject the commandment of God that you may keep your own tradition.[/quote] Exactly! If the Catholic Church did as Christ instructed and gave to the poor and needy then they wouldn't be rich, right? It's just one example of how "traditions" and "word of mouth" can be corrupted by man. The Bible itself has had it happen, the words have been slightly distorted by man, however it's
[quote]I didn't say Christ gave His authority to teach the word of God only to His Apostles, rather I said Christ gave His authority to teach His Faith and morals only to His Apostles....[/quote] Wouldn't His Faith and morals be directly from the word of God.... [quote]Zwingli, Luther and Calvin and their followers prefering to follow their own private judgment in matters of faith and morals, first protested and then rejected the Church and her God-given authority of Inf
[quote]No one on earth accept these priests have this authority given to them by Apostolic Succession.[/quote] If you really believe that then you wouldn't be expressing your views here. If no one but them has the ability to teach the word of God then why are we discussing it here?
[quote]Here is the first mention of the word “Church” in the NT, a word that means an assembly[/quote] Yes, so let's view church as assembly. All those who "assembled" under Him and followed His teachings were His "church". His flock was all those who would listen no matter who they were, no matter where they were. His "church" today then would be all those who "assemble" in His name and follow Him, would it not? Those who have "unity in the Spirit", in the Holy Spirit, in
Difference between the two views as of the post above. (I had edited it in the blog mode) Now the view from forum mode.... Hope it helps.
Tried posting in this thread a minute ago to say that I could see that there were replies, but no replies showed up after my last post. Went to the actual blog page and it's showing the other replies, but now my last post didn't show up that I tried to post through the forum.... UPDATE: I could see both posts after I posted, and it updated from two pages to 6! Seems like there's a bad caching problem or something...... It also updated the page for the forum after the blog
Well, the post listing says that there are other replies after my last post, but that's the last one I see here... o.0 Other threads don't seem to have this problem, though. Tried clearing the cache, same problem. Now I'm confused.
Okay, now I can see it on Firefox..... but I'm still only showing 20 replies to this thread. I have no clue what happened only thing I did was restart Firefox. *shrug*
Well... now in IE this thread shows 24 replies in it, but the counter at the top shows only 20 still....
Can see https://forums.joeuser.com on IE but not in Firefox.... tried clearing cookies, cache, everything. Dunno what's doing it but it's just a blank white page in Firefox. Running the latest version of Firefox 3.
[quote] St.John 17 is Christ's Prayer that takes place at the end of the Last Supper. After praying that His Sacrifice on the Cross be acceptable to the Father, He then prays for unity. [/quote] Unity is not mentioned, he prays for all believers! [quote] Jesus Prays for All Believers 20 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, <sup i
[quote] What I highlighted from St.Augustine also knocks Luther's notion of salvation "by faith alone" out the window. "Justification by faith alone" is a false doctrine KFC. [/quote] Then why does Jesus pray for all those who believe in Him? [quote] John 17: 20-26 20 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,
[quote who="Nephilim_X" reply="9" id="2225823"]no see im questioning the necessity of such a holiday period when not only are there obvious cases of cruelty ranging from taunting children with clean water to outright rape and murder, but actual veteran care upon returning home is terrible in essence memorial day is all flash, no substance. why is it a weekend for celebration over the dead? canada has remembrance day and it's a day of mourning more than anything el
[quote who="Nephilim_X" reply="20" id="2222656"]It's almost as if the potential for cruelty and sadism is amplified upon being given a gun and a position of power over civilians in a war-torn country! Those meanies! Laughing as children beg for clean water, but it's ok, OORAH it's for our national defense! Throwing dogs off cliffs! OORAH! Raping 14 year olds and killing her family! OORAH! Just a dumb stunt, man, I still salute those meanies for being there! Not a mor
I'll tell you what then. You go track them down and have this out with them and leave us to go about our business.
[quote who="Nephilim_X" reply="15" id="2221547"]...Why would I put my hand over my heart in the presence of your flag? And yes, I am saying you shouldn't apply a blanket honour to anyone who happens to die during military service. You know nothing of their conduct or motives. Honour decent people, sure. But don't worry, I'm sure those iraqi kids did some amazing terrorist attacks when I wasn't looking. To segregate opinions and wrap yourself in the comfort of the like-mi
"G"od is typically used when referring to a god of a religion who has only one diety (usually by followers of that religion). "god" is when referring to any god (or sometimes the god of another religion). Just for informative perposes. I've seen capital G used by non-Christians who also believed in one diety.
Solution.... Download Firefox!
[quote who="Nephilim_X" reply="6" id="2220074"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9yRzoOB1C4 Thanks America! [/quote] If you can't say anything nice..... Anyways, thank you to all who have served in the military and a special thank you to all who made that their last actions. [e digicons]:beer:[/e] [e digicons]:beer:[/e] [e digicons]:beer:[/e] [e digicons]:beer:[/e] [e digicons]:beer:[/e]
http://www.avpress.com/n/14/0514_s8.hts http://www.avpress.com/n/12/0512_s5.hts Posts from Palmdale's newspaper about the shooting, if anyone's interested.
What people believe God asks of them is philosophical, that is very true, however we may one day find evidence of a supernatural being that can be proven. There are many things that were once thought impossible that became possible. I'm not saying that it's very probable, but then again, like I said, it's not very probable that science will prove common descent either. There are a lot of people, even some in scientific circles, that say that the shear complexity of all that is around us is ev
[quote] Anyone who claims that the theory of evolution is fact is incorrect... the data that supports it is, but evolution is both "theory and fact" in that the fact of evolution (the changes we can demonstrate have and do occur) and the theory of evolution (the explanatory framework for the data) both go by the same name. Evolution is not "truth", it's "best, most useful explanation". It won't be "proved" in the mathematical sense because science isn't mathematics. H
[quote] As long as there is no other possible explanation, it is as good as a fact. And so far the explanation we have has been confirmed by every experiment. [/quote] There is no other explanation that science is willing to accept. That doesn't mean that there won't be one found in the future or that there isn't other possibilities. [quote] Actually, what we know about genetics confirms that there is a single common ancestor of all life on earth. Darwi
[quote] Yes, that is evolution. And all the evidence points to it being the true explanation. We also don't have a better one that remains compatible with the evidence. It doesn't matter if you have a problem with it though. It remains the best explanation. What is your problem with common descent? [/quote] The biggest problem I have with common descent is that it is portrayed as fact by many rather than the best explanation as you said. As for
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