kBoy I read your response and really did not see the difference you were claiming existed from what I said to what you said. To reiterate: Human life is just life for all of us, suffering happens to all. Unfairness, injustice, wounding, grief, broken dreams happen to all, and normally good things also, and even those we consider "rich and famous" have their own sufferings. The dif
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Hello Invisible. My experience leads me to believe that there is no qualifications to forgiveness. It seems to me to be an absolute requirement. As an example I love America with all my heart, mind, and strength. Not so much about people but the idea of personal liberty and freedom, that then allows spiritual "experimentation." Unless there is political freedom, personal freedom
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Perhaps something to consider is that no Christian movement we know of has gone beyond two generations without becoming dead in its doctrines and practices. Something John Stevens was well aware of and repeatedly warned about. From Martin Luther onward it seems human beings can only move in a few "new" things, then God moves upon others to carry the torch. I think such is happening n
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Liberal Democratic Party will prepare a draft law on "the family estate." A few days ago the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Public Associations and Religious Organizations, LDPR deputy Jaroslav Nilov held a meeting with representatives of the initiative group, offering a revival in Russia ancestral homes as a national idea. At the moment, no counterpart to such type of ma
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What could be wrong with being naked in your own garden. Maybe there is even some truth in the statement and there really are some Russians who meditate naked but the reason to include such an observation in an article is what interests me here. Could it possibly be an attempt to discredit a movement. Certainly the terms sect and cult would also serve that purpose scaring people off but to those
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Some food is organic but a lot of the produce in the supermarkets is not and there are other issues. Food should be as fresh as possible and a system designed for making money rather than food is not concerned with freshness. Linings in tinned foods contain bisphenol-A for example which is a carcinogen. Foods that are convenient to grow in monocultures are grown rather than a wide variety of food
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Quotecorboy Final note: Agnew reported there was a high rate of relationship and marriage break ups among back to landers. If your husband wont see reality on this one, you will have to decide whether its better to face this while still in town, rather than face it when you're miles away on a mud road with a pile of bills and an unkind universe that has sent a tree falling on top of yo
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