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This thread is basically random, though I propose that we try and discuss Christianity, Addiction, Healthy Eating, and Philosophy/psychology. Let's stick to those. Oh and Right vs Left politics in light of psychology, philosophy and/or end times Biblical references and external articles
I will be posting here as basically my internet Altar Ego, Thugpreacha. Of course, you all know me as "Phat" so I will keep my Forum name. Edited by AdminPhat, : added link for peanut gallery Edited by AdminPhat, : restructuring thread.
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Phat Member Posts: 16107 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
Dear Faith: As controversial as you are and have been, you are an integral part of the history and archives of the EvC Forum. I joined on 12-02-2004, whereas you joined on 10-06-2001 and have over 30,000 posts--second only to jar and not by much. You should pass him if he stays inactive.
I want this topic to focus on our respective interests and opinions regarding religion, politics, healthy eating, and my pet topic of addiction. Though we may disagree on various things, I want us to present our cases articulately and respectfully as we dialogue among ourselves. To start this thread out, I want to share with you all a powerful yet true story which I have never shared with anyone anywhere before. It was 1998. I was 38 years old and was working at a grocery store named Cub Foods in Aurora, Colorado. We were somewhat busy and were the only chain in Colorado with no baggers....customers bagged their own. I was a fulltime checker with a set schedule...I worked from 530 am to 130 pm every day. I had a set routine in life. Each morning I would stock the candy near the registers and would wait on my regular customers, chatting about news of the day. One day, we had several new hires join our team at Cub Foods. 4 of them are in my memory: Nichole, Bryan, Eddie, and Zach. All of them were 18, I believe and all of them were hired as cashiers...thus I allowed them to shadow me and I taught them the ropes regarding customer service, efficient working habits, and friendly folksy charm. I was pleased, but thought nothing of it--- Eddie's life was clearly in Gods hands as is all of our lives, right? Plus, I never worried about youth in Aurora! I was very naive in those days and thought that all gangs were only in the inner city. Surely the suburbs were safe, as they had been when I was growing up. I distinctly recall that after Eddie listened to my tape, an event occurred which seared my mind and which remains very strong within my conscience even today. That was 1998, remember? 21 years ago. Fast forward to 2019. March. I had one of my close friends over for socializing and watching movies. We became bored and I began to share some of my audio journals with my friend, who was actually in some of them. It was nostalgic and amusing to listen to how we thought in 2016 and 2017! As I browsed, my memory of 1998 was suddenly jogged. Feelings and emotions came flooding back into my mind and I began to cry. The tears and emotions were very real and were overwhelming. So I began to search the internet to pull up the story. The pieces suddenly fell into place, and I cried and cried. So let me continue where I left off. I was first born again in 1993. February if my memory serves me. People here at EvC have never believed in being saved or in experiencing the literal presence of God as have some of us believers, but I don't need to convince you that its real. You know. I might think that you are a bit crazy regarding YEC and a Word for Word literal Bible, but I can assure everyone here at EvC that God is very real. So in 1998, Eddie told me that he liked my tape. One of the songs was this one: Picture the lyrics, for I will post them under the YouTube Link. The lyrics were not well understood by me at that time...all I thought is that the music would reach the youth of that time. And after all, Aurora was the suburbs, right? It was maybe one or two weeks later. Maybe as long as a month. Dave Scott, one of my coworkers and I were standing outside in the parking lot chatting. We looked up and saw a trio of helicopters circling the neighborhood near our store. It certainly looked like an incident...for they were police helicopters!! So we watched in fascination before saying our goodbyes and going about our day. I was devastated! It all seemed so unreal! A week later, I attended the funeral home where a viewing was done of Eddie....perhaps Zach also. I remember a man in the room who was Eddies Father...I had seen him in the store a time or two. By then, I had read about the tragedy and what those police helicopters were doing that fateful day. Jesus was alive though! That much I did know. In His perfect timing, He had given me the rap tape and it was destined that Eddie Morales, Jr. would hear that tape. The tape was oddly prophetic. Note the lyrics of that song that I posted above: It's 3 in the morning Now, whats very scary and sobering is the method by which Eddie and Zach actually died, according to the news reports. Teen Booked in Colo. Killing Spree This emotion has been buried within me for many years. I never thought that I would cry or feel pain at two boys whom I barely knew. Now I realize how sad and hurt that I was. I'm going to talk with the reporter who made this blog to see if they ever caught the suspect or if anything else that I never knew about it occurred. I need closure from this pain, but I know that Jesus reached Eddie and perhaps others also. I will never be silent about Him when an inner voice tells me to share Him with others. Comments? Edited by Phat, : spelling Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.
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Phat Member Posts: 16107 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
Faith, this topic was meant to be a shared experience of two Sojourners on the road towards Salvation, Inner Peace, Mindfulness (In Christ) and social commentary. Where are you? Thus I will continue. The Painful Memories are painful no longer. Remember Frank Sinatra?
Lyrics To My Way: quote: The main difference between Frank and myself is that I want to be able to say I did it His way. ![]() Edited by Phat, : No reason given. Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.
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Faith ![]() Suspended Member (Idle past 766 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
I responded some time ago, Phat, saying I just didn't feel any desire to post on this thread. I agree with you, of course, that Sinatra's theme is far from Christian.
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Phat Member Posts: 16107 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
I will try my best not to insult or belittle you. I respect your world view though it is not mine, except for the Jesus as Lord and In My Heart and Soul part.
![]() Edited by Phat, : No reason given. Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.
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Faith ![]() Suspended Member (Idle past 766 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Phat I just don't want to get into a debate with you about things I KNOW are the truth which you do not. That would only be futility from my point of view. I don't see the point. I didn't spend the last thirty years learning the orthodox truths of Christianity only to have to defend them against other Christians.
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Phat Member Posts: 16107 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
What makes you think you will have to defend anything? How do you know I was not planning to defend you?? (let's just agree not to talk politics. Religion is fair game.)
![]() Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.
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Phat Member Posts: 16107 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
You may believe a lot of things I don't fall for, but that hardly makes you right. You have the audacity to refuse to engage in what would have been a light-hearted discussion with me similar to how Pastor ICANT and I did but Your Ego simply wont let you share a stage or be challenged to think outside of your pathetic little box which you have sturdily built around yourself. The sheer hubris of you posting 30,000 posts at a forum that does NOT belong to you--at which you consistently choose to ignore your opponents and carry on like a kid with their fingers in their ears-- has no excuse nor defense. Your behavior online is proof that you do not live according to what Christ expects of you. (None of us do, however.) But I really don't even need you at this Great Debate. I already know most of your arguments. Perhaps, God, Himself can and will silence me...but He may also decide to let you have it for the many years you have ignored us here at a forum in which YOU are the top prolific poster child. Are you outraged at my "UnChristian" behavior? Good!! I won't put up with any temper tantrums from you. If you really believe that I'm out of line, its high time that you got on your knees and prayed for EvC Forum rather than coming here and sharing your ugly prejudiced accusations. Even if you left the Forum forever, we have plenty of your material with which to start a discussion...and don't think I won't resort to digging it up through the archives. The bottom line is that by continually refusing to engage any of us in dialogue, you have lost any battle you hoped to win here. Go ahead and slink away...your threats will not bother any of us in the least. Your demon is defeated here. It is now dead...Forever. Edited by Phat, : proper formatting Edited by Phat, : edited to reflect Gods admonishment towards me Edited by Phat, : upon reflection. Left most of it the way it was, though. Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.
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Phat Member Posts: 16107 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1
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Great Debate Topic Now Open To Everyone. Be Ignored nor forgotten any longer. Jezebel has fallen.
quote: To reiterate, this topic is basically open. Let's call it a free for all. Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.
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Phat Member Posts: 16107 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
Concerning Good & Evil:
WHY OPPOSE EVIL? IT’S A SIGN OF THE END TIMES! We have joked before about the whole concept of a Rapture, but I believe that it is entirely within the realm of possibility. The Bible is, to me, not simply another book written by humans with an agenda. Granted some of the arguments at EvC have been logically persuasive, and I thank those who bothered to argue with me thus forcing me to sharpen my thinking, acknowledge the soundness of my critics, and causing me to question what I believe. Let's address the basic argument that the author (or authors) of The Gospel Of John were redactors with an ulterior motive. My first question is this: Edited by Phat, : spelling Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.
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ringo Member Posts: 19784 From: frozen wasteland Joined: Member Rating: 2.8 |
Not even the parts you throw away? And our geese will blot out the sun.
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Phat Member Posts: 16107 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
I will admit that humans by nature all have an agenda. The Orthodox Christians themselves would call it a *sin* nature. Given that hypothesis, there would be grounds for an argument.
I believe that God (Creator of all seen and unseen) chose that venue for His communion with humanity. Jesus was and is Gods character---as a human---thus *we* have no excuse not to relate to Him. Add by Edit: But of course, you will return again to your argument that it is the message that is important and not the messenger. Consider, however, that every message ever written had an author. Edited by Phat, : No reason given. Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.
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ringo Member Posts: 19784 From: frozen wasteland Joined: Member Rating: 2.8 |
You should stop using Faith's made-up terminology. Orthodox Christianity is a real thing and Faith is NOT part of it. Her doctrines are definitely NOT Orthodox.
That's why I'm asking you: Why do you reject His message?
And every one of those authors was less important than his/her message. And our geese will blot out the sun.
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Stile Member Posts: 4087 From: Ontario, Canada Joined: Member Rating: 5.3
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Faith's beliefs, alone, should be respected. It's not that Faith "falls for" her beliefs and you don't. Faiths, yours, mine, Richard Dawkins'... everyone's. Regardless of whether or not those beliefs include God. If it's something accepted based on evidence - then it's not a belief. It's a tentative position that will change as the evidence changes. If you have a belief and you think there's also evidence that supports it - it's still a belief. There's nothing wrong with beliefs - no matter how ridiculous you or I may find someone else's ideas. In fact, when used correctly, they can be extremely useful and beneficial. I would suggest that disrespecting beliefs should be avoided.
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Phat Member Posts: 16107 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
![]() Edited by Phat, : tidied up spelling Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.
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