Is evolution a concept from Satan?
Uh Oh.
Have I put myself in a box here?
I’d say no.
As with most things – there are two ways to look at this as well.
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The problem of God Calling
So – the concept of God calling. It’s one of those church terms. It’s used, with an assumption that everyone knows what it means. Or maybe, that everyone will figure out what it means. Or – maybe – it’s one of those words that is so polarizing that no one wants to really touch what it means,
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The healthy and the sick. What did Jesus really mean?
Finally, some hope – although look how it comes. Through another marriage to a prostitute and an exile – to cure all the things they have been doing wrong. So, yes – hope. But are they willing to pay the price of “admission” – pun entirely intended. They have to “admit” what they had become in order to be “admitted” back to a relationship with God.
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NY court asked to determine if chimp is legally a person
There is certainly more than enough said in just the verses I’ve quoted above to give us the responsibility to care for God’s creations. We don’t need more. And we don’t need to reduce ourselves either.
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What’s next? – about me, March 2017 update
For as long as I can remember, I’ve thought my life would end when God’s done with me. There were times when I was pretty sure He was – but apparently I was wrong. Then it was time to ask – what’s next.
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Learning how to go through surgery – from a dog
So with this third surgery – I learned from Dewey. In spite of my previous experiences, I decided I was going to “enjoy” this one the way Dewey did.
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Protected from the Bible – Who’s in Hell
It’s easy to get mad at God because of Hell. But we have to remember – no, we have to know that Hell wasn’t made for us. We also have to realize that we don’t go their without plenty of warnings from God – and from our own choice. Some go so far as to “condemn” God – without realizing what’s even going on.
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The Problem of Free Will
Free will means there’s responsibility attached to our choices. If there’s a price to pay for a given choice, the bill comes to us. Free will means that when we mess up, we are at least partly at fault. It’s hard to blame someone else for choices that we made. It’s much “nicer” to be able to say, “I was made that way”, or “It’s so-and-so’s” fault. We can absolve ourselves of all responsibility.
Would the world be better off if people were like robots?
Would we be better off if people were like robots?
“I want you to think about the damage that has been done to mankind because of the choices of men and women. Think of the suffering, the anguish, the loss. All of it, throughout human history. Wars waged throughout the ages, using ever-escalating weaponry that is crafted to bring about newer and more efficient ways of killing the enemy. The horrors and atrocities of Hitler’s concentration camps. Barbarism. Pornography and the sex trade. Slavery. Organized crime. Genocide. The list goes on. “Think about these things, and ask yourself . . . Wouldn’t the world be better off if humanity lacked free will? If people did not have the ability to choose their actions for themselves, but were forced to behave as they should?”
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I didn’t know you prayed
This seems like a conversation that would really happen – someone praying that doesn’t normally pray, or maybe even for the first time. So – I had to look up this scenario, to find something on official “church” doctrine for when people pray for either the first time or maybe only rarely. I was disappointed. Even surprised. Very disappointed.