Quote: Originally posted by Pick-4_Master on January 12, 2004
(1) I've met Religious people like VISIONDUDE before but they were WAY OUT there with the things they believed.
(2)SOME of the things he says
NOT all are very close to being a "RELIGIOUS FANATIC"
my definition of this is a person that is so into GOD that nothing else is possible or right if it seems to go against GOD even though GOD made this world
(3)I have studied Astrology,Numerology and Tarot Cards and was told by a Religious Friend of mine that they were tools of the Devil.I told him I "WASN'T" trying to "CONJURE" the Devil I was studying them as a Hobby and had never read anything where the DEVIL was mentioned.
(1) another clarification, i am not "religious" despite my passionate pleas about God. "religion" is a man made "attempt" at being righteous before a Holy God. something that none of us are capable of. i prefer the term "believer" as my pursuit is aimed at a simple loving intimate stress free (did i say simple?)..... RELATIONSHIP with God. but i understand where you are coming from.
within the context of that relationship, i guess i have never learned the art of turning the "faucet" on and off. i guess i must have missed that sermon where the pastor taught his congregation how to invite God into certain parts of your life, while banning him from others. i never thought that i could tell God that he had no business messing around in different areas of my life. that he belonged in a building on sundays and wasn't allowed to follow me home. i never thought that i could switch the order around and dictate how my life would go. seems to me that as i understood how things worked, that he was the "creator" and i was the "created". that there was no such thing as "too much" of God for my own good in any part of my life at anytime. i always thought that the more i allowed him his rightful place, the more that became evident with EVERY choice i made, every minute of every day. i might as well gear up for it now rather than defer it to later, i will be spending eternity with him. having too much of God would be an oxy-moron, unless one would prefer keeping him at arms length and thats just not me. so i can see where you would think i jump the curb at times.
(2) it's not. i don't know about you, but i am unwilling to tell God that something he has made patently clear, is way off base. i can't get myself to do that, even though God did not strip me of my free-will after he introduced himself to me. i mean really 'IF' there is a creator, how can someone paint outside the lines that he has drawn and still call that "art"?
here is an analogy that i know you will understand. if you are employed, at what point do you feel that you can come to work, do whatever you want, disregard any wishes that the employer has and still expect a paycheck? who makes the rules in that relationship? can you come into the workplace and tell the boss that you will be the boss on any given day? there is nothing inherently wrong with questioning the "boss" in the areas that you do not understand. but at the end of the day, he is the boss and you are not. and you cannot expect to be rewarded by him unless you fulfill his wishes.
(3) he was right. but before you get twisted let me say this, i am only representing what the bible has to say about it. it's black and white about this issue and those things God warned against. but here is the deal. it is ONLY applicable to people who are remotely interested in what the bible has to say to them. it does not apply to those who could careless what it says. this kind of stuff shouldn't bother people who put little or no creedence in the bible as the actual preserved word of God. it "should" bother those who do. if it does, don't shoot the messenger as i didn't write it. i am on repeating what it says. just like anybody else, i have an opinion in here. i cannot with that opinion make an allowance for things contrary to what i believe, just like you have a strong opinion when people dis lottery systems. oh yeah i almost forgot. the debbil doesn't wear a red costume and carry a pitchfork. his best work is done low and under the radar of life. he specializes in the sublime and the perceived harmless. he doesn't like to draw attention to himself because that defeats his purpose. of course it still all boils down whether a person even believes he exists. if one doesn't, that shouldn't bother you either. his most valuable tool is that he mimics God and that he can somehow get us to believe that what he is suggesting, is acceptable to God.
(4) i am not here to bring division to this board or shove God down anyones throats. but you should have realized by now pick4 that i will come to the defense of God and his word everytime that door opens. look back at the thread and you can see that you and thomas opened that door. not me. i will go down that road as far as i have to. if you are not thrilled with hearing it, i suggest you refrain from mentioning it because you know where i will go. just as when someone mentions something that you don't agree with, you mae no hesitation to defend it.....sometimes going to great lengths to do so. certainly the subject matter might be different, but our penchant for defense is the same. and despite your efforts to minimalize the "God-talk" in here because it makes you uncomfortable, there are people in here that do feel the way that i do and for those people i "work". don't want to know or hear about it? it's simple......don't bring it up.
(5) oh yeah an BTW. i just saved alot of money on my car insurance by switching to geico...
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