Don't worry, Mike, I have one specific person's overuse of preaching in mind.

>Don't leave, Tore. You are one of the very best members. I promise to lay off religion if that will be any help.
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>>The only good it does, is to his ego in his own mind. I have lost all my respect for that disrespectful man. I left Foxite partly because of his writing there, don't be surprised if I leave this forum also for the same reason.
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>>>No disrespect meant, Rick ... but can we lay off the Bible-thumping topics for awhile? It's really a line of discussion that causes lots of heated words and hurt feelings. I can't see how that does anybody any good at all.
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>>>~~Bonnie
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>>>>>All I can say is that if there really is a God he was in a bad mood when
>>>>> he created mankind. Or maybe it was a warped cosmic sense of humor.
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>>>>It relates to who we are. We were made in the image of God, Mike. We are not these flesh bodies, fighting with one another, mere mortals walking the Earth for a time having gone through evolutionary blah blah blah. We are eternal, spiritual beings caught up in sin. And sin cannot live in that place (eternity) because we have seen what it has done to this Earth, to men everywhere. God put into motion a plan to put an end to sin. Forever. It is what Heaven is.
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>>>>The truth I do know, Mike. He is Jesus Christ. Notice I didn't say "it" for truth. He is truth. And when I say that, I mean it literally. We have the concept of truth here, which is honesty, goodness, foundational, immutable realities. The truth has one voice, while lies and deceit have a billion voices. The truth always exists no matter what lies are spread about it.
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>>>>Jesus is truth. He is also love. All of this "cosmic sense of humor" you refer to ... God is putting away sin. All who go to that place will never hear His voice. Will never seek to know the truth. They were lost before they were born because their hearts were hard.
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>>>>Seek to learn of Him, Mike, and you also will see for yourself.